Happy China

Usually I start off talking about ambiance and service but my god the food here was EXCELLENT!! I…read morepersonally had the Jalapeño Chicken and BBQ Pork Buns and both dishes were delightful. The chicken had just the right amount of spice where you noticed it but it didn't overpower the food. A co-worker had the Pad Thai and it looked delicious as well. There is an extensive menu and if I lived near there I'd be trying something different on a regular basis. As for the ambiance, it's a small little restaurant in a strip mall where you will overlook it if you don't know what you're looking for. Not much parking but it wasn't overly busy either. Nothing fancy here but it was clean and with how good the food is, it doesn't need to be fancy. The service was what you would expect. The waitress checked on us regularly and was friendly.

I ordered the Scallion and Garlic Chicken. This type of dish is one of my favorites, so I like to…read morethink of myself as something of an expert or at least semi-pro. All that to say this was one of the best dishes of chicken rice I've ever had. While I didn't realize that it's a portion for the table, I made every effort to eat it all and was left happily defeated. Now back in the hotel, I'm lying recumbent as I nurse a food baby and am grateful to have leftovers sitting in the fridge, for either a midnight snack or savory start to my Sunday. The food came out relatively quickly. The place was extremely clean and well-lit, and the young lady who took my order was extremely professional and cheerful. Overall, I would give this my strongest recommendation and will make a point to return even if doing so would require its own trip or a significant detour from another route. Great stuff!!!

Chengdu Chicken

Went there last night. Service and food were fantastic!

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HOUSE PAD THAI

Shun Lee

3.9(33 reviews)

1.7 mi

Food was fantastic! Ordered the steamed pork dumplings & crab rangoons for appetizers. Dumplings…read morewere amazing and so were the crab Rangoons - good amount of filling. Then we ordered pork with garlic sauce, beef lo mein & chicken fried rice. The pork was a little dry but the sauce was delicious with the veggies. Beef lo mein was my ultimate favorite so tender, definitely going back for that. Fried rice was good but my boyfriend wished it was stir fried with more sauce. Throughout dinner we both had two lychee martinis and they were super refreshing. The Service was great as well, owner was very attentive and funny. Finished the night with mochi ice cream and the blood orange flavor was to die for. Great for a date night or solo date!

Got the General Tsos it was very good. Comparable to take out. Appetizers were great!read more

Black pepper beef

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Chicken lo mein

Cheng's Chinese Restaurant

4.2(141 reviews)

5.5 mi

Best Chinese food in Lexington, the service is always excellent. The food is always on point and…read morethe eggrolls are delicious.

The food was very good. The service was excellent…read more There is a good selection of food options. Our meals were prepared well and delicious. I expect I will be returning many times.

Sesame chicken with roccoli and fried rice. Only part of order -- plated at home.

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Corner of dine in area; booths and tables available and tables can be put together to support groups of 8 or more. Clean.

Panda Cuisine

3.8(243 reviews)

4.2 mi

We went for lunch after an appointment I had . We got there…read moreat 11:30 and were the only customers . My friend got the chicken lo mein lunch special that came with soup. (She got the egg drop soup). I got the Mongolian Beef with a spring roll and fried rice . The soup looked really good as did the chicken lo mein . As for the Mongolian Beef it was really good . The beef was nice and tender while the vegetables were still crispy. The spring roll was crispy as well and had more than enough filling. Our server was very friendly and attentive. FYI the buffet is now available only on the weekends .

If I could give them 100 stars, I would! We first heard about Panda Cuisine from a TikTok video and…read morehad to try it. I'm usually cautious about trying new restaurants, but I'm so glad I did. First and foremost, the customer service was amazing and I have never been treated so kindly by all of the staff. The food was the best! The atmosphere was great! And I could not say enough good things. This is my new favorite spot. I'll also add, I never post reviews. But I felt I needed to because the kindness was so refreshing.

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China Star

4.3(22 reviews)

1.8 mi

Get the orange chicken every few weeks. Always what I'm craving. It's a huge portion, 2 fill ya up…read moresize servings for me. The lady working the counter and cooking is a nice older lady and we usually talk about the weather. The store has a picture of an elk in front of an American flag and it always gets a chuckle from me. Store ambiance is that of a neighborhood Chinese place and that's a bit comforting for me.

It does not look like much and is definitely not on the better side of town. The place offers a…read morevery American Chinese menu, but it was pretty long on the vegetable and tofu side compared to a lot of cheap Chinese joints, which is what inspired me to give them a try. And their Kung Pao tofu delivered all that I could have hoped of it. A packed full container of finely cubed fried tofu (one hack for anyone that doesn't know how to make tofu taste good: you should probably cut it smaller to give it more surface area to absorb whatever sauce you're cooking it in) as well as some diced carrots, baby corn, and quite a lot of peanuts in a brown sauce with just a bit of spice. I also got some sesame noodles, which is one of the more basic versions of the dish I've had, which is basically just noodles with a dollop of spiced peanut butter to spread around and coat them with. This probably sounds like a dig, but it's pretty satisfying and the noodles themselves had a nice soft texture. It was, as I would expect, a ton of food for the money. Basically the whole interior of this little building was devoted to what looked like a clean and organized kitchen. Fancy? Authentic? No, but American Chinese cuisine is a subculture of its own, and this seems a good example of it. I definitely think it would be worth returning to try their other tofu dishes.

Shrimp mein fun

Broccoli beef - above standard definitely better than Panda Express.

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Egg roll

Shanghai Bistro

4.1(100 reviews)

5.5 mi

This is the best Chinese food and is always consistent. The owner is very kind every time.read more

This is the best Chinese restaurant to go to. They have the best General Tso's chicken. I got a…read morelarge portion, the container was full. They were very kind, I had a great experience. 100% recommend

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Lots of pictures that line the walls

Paradise Cafe

4.6(69 reviews)

16.0 mi

I gave a five star because I wanted people to read this, this has been one of my favorite places to…read moreeat for nearly 10 years. But what happened recently I cannot unsee. I'm sitting there eating, and of course, it has very dim lighting, next thing I know, crawling up the wall next to me comes Mr. cockroach. I can't go back. I just can't. All I can think about now is that under that dark table there are roaches crawling around on my feet, up my leg, and down the wall. I was terrified they were crawling into my purse.

Visited Paradise Cafe recently and had a mixed experience. The space itself feels a bit dated and…read morequite heavy... the lighting is very dark, and even moving the dining chairs felt a bit difficult. A lighter, refreshed atmosphere would go a long way. I ended up ordering a few appetizers. The Hot & Sour Soup was the standout... flavorful, comforting, and easily a 5/5 on a cold n wet day. Unfortunately, the rest didn't quite hit the mark. The shrimp rolls were below average... mostly lettuce, the shrimps were dried out, and they took about 10 extra minutes to come out. The crab rangoon was the biggest disappointment; the filling had an unpleasant smell and tasted like heavy, clotted cream cheese and there wasn't even an iota of imitation crab meat to justify that name. My friends ordered egg rolls, which actually looked pretty good (I'd say a solid 4/5), and Singapore noodles, which unfortunately looked underwhelming. Overall, there are a few bright spots, especially the soup, but the food quality and atmosphere were inconsistent. With some updates and more attention to freshness and flavor, this place could really improve.

Singapore Noodles :)

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Yummy spring rolls!

Golden Wok

3.7(75 reviews)

3.0 mi

I have given this place chance after chance after chance and today was my last straw. I always…read moreorder the same thing. It's always Kung pow chicken today was my birthday. I ordered delivery. It did arrive timely and hot but the flavors of the Kung pow chicken were gross and the crab ragoons were uneditable due to how fishy they were. I have yet to find a great Chinese place here in Lexington and I am very disappointed that Goldenwok has again let me down. Also, I'm not paying almost 8$ for half of my food to be celery!

While we love their food, they are still asking customers to wait outside for their food. It would…read morebe nice if they would consider opening it up a bit for customers to wait inside... especially during inclement weather. Completely understand not wanting to have table service.

Eggroll--it was OK. Hot&sour soup was edible. Dessert cookies were not so great.

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Iron Chef

4.0(73 reviews)

3.1 mi

Our food was delicious, hot and fresh. This was such a treat to have an incredible meal on…read moreChristmas.

The egg drop soup smelled and tasted like sewage and the microwave beeping was echoing through the…read morerestaurant. The entire building smelled like it had a sewage leak and I have never had worse fried rice or chicken. It was like eating wet sponge. The fact that this place is rated as highly as it is, is baffling. I'm no stranger to chinese takeout, but this was awful.