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    Iron Chef

    4.0 (73 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:20 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    General Tso's Chicken
    Sydney H.

    Delicious General So's chicken and fried rice! I wish I had ordered vegetables with it and was pleased to find wonderfully cooked broccoli inside. The disappointing part was that there were only 2 pieces of broccoli. The sauce although thick, and I'm sure sugary, didn't leave me feeling gross. This made two wonderful meals! The spring roll was okay to me. The order was quick and see ice was great!

    Bourbon Chicken

    This place is gooood! We were a little put off when we walked inside because it was the size of a shoe box, but we ordered anyway and we were so happy. My daughter is an orange chicken fanatic and she said it was the best orange chicken she'd ever tasted. I had the bourbon chicken and it was wonderful, as was the sweet & sour pork. The hot & soup was a tad too spicy for me, but it was great. And there was a lot of food! A. Lot. Try it, enjoy, just watch out for potholes in the parking lot.

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    Erica W.

    This is a real quick place to grab takeout if you're hungry. It's super accessible and easy to order. You can call it in or just come pick it up It's walking distance from my house so it's basically my go-to. They seem to be practicing good covid procedures. I always order the small chicken fried rice and spring rolls which is usually plenty for me.

    Location in mini mall.

    I had the lo mien and did not like the sauce, I also switched to egg rolls that tasted bad. This is a take out place. Cashier was very kind and sweet. Not a place to enjoy your food, only 2 tables, and cooler that looks like it is used to store stuff.

    Chicken fried rice

    This was probably the worst Chinese food I've ever had! Ordered chicken fried rice and the chicken was incredibly strange, spongy and zero flavor. Couldn't eat it. I also got sesame chicken and it was drowned in sauce but somewhat edible. The egg rolls were ok but the spring rolls were not edible either. 0/10 don't recommend, wasted $53 dollars.

    Pick up window worked great!
    Vanessa R.

    I would give a 10 stars if I could! I ordered steamed and fried pork dumplings, crab rangoon, shrimp and rice, egg roll and more. Not a bad choice out of all the meals. Food was fresh and hot after drinking home to eat. I sometimes have negative reactions to Chinese food but NONE with any of the choices we made. Don't justy take it from me, all family gave it a 5+ rating. Can't wait to be back in Lexington to try it again. No pictures of food but the door was fixed to limit direct contact. Support small business!

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    Caroline S.

    I absolutely love this place. You get so much food. I had a lot of leftover! Their steamed dumplings are my favorite as well as their Chinese donuts! They are always so nice when I go in to pick up my food. I'd highly recommend them. I noticed there weren't updated photos for their menu so I thought I'd give those because prices have gone up just a bit.

    Mongolian beef off-tasting; cashew chicken spongy texture no chicken flavor--tossed everything after few bites. 7/5/19 8:15pm
    Mark D.

    Cashew chicken: strangest spongey texture chicken with no chicken taste. Looked great though; celery seemed to be only other ingredient beside cashews. Mongolian beef: beef tasted spoiled. Smelled *off* immediately on opening container. It was cooked a deep dark color. Lo mein and rice sides were fine as was Crab Rangoon. First visit based on th many good Yelp reviews about th food. Food quality of the proteins was nothing like th reviews. Pickup order was prepared in time and th kitchen area at 8:15pm was dark, some food was out. I did not notice latest health inspection rating. Very disappointed, tossed everything after a few bites. (Motivation to write first review)

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    5 months ago

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

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    9 months ago

    Always good and fast. We always get pork lo mein, pork fried rice, egg rolls, crab Rangoon, and wonton soup.

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    2 years ago

    Carry out Mongolian beef , not allot of spice or flavor . Food was ready when I arrived for preorder .

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    2 years ago

    I always have a great experience my food is always great and hot fresh the restaurant is always clean

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    Just did not taste good. The noodles in lo mein were really thick. No flavor. The sweet and sour chicken was all breading

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    1 year ago

    bland. holy crap they need seasoning or sauce or something no flavor at all and chicken is so chewy. boo

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    2 years ago

    Great taste and reasonably priced! Fast friendly. We go every week or 2. They are closed on Tuesdays - so don't forget like we did

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    3 years ago

    General tso was actually spicy. Egg rolls were on point. Service was quick. Food was fresh,

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    3 years ago

    I usually order the Szechuan chicken or Kung Pao chicken. Everything that I have ordered from Iron Chef has been excellent.

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    Best Chinese carryout I've had yet in Lexington. Best food, prices, and their Covid protocol was fantastic.

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    4.2(164 reviews)
    5.1 mi
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    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!!!

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    J2C Sichuan Bistro - Went there last night. Service and food were fantastic!

    Went there last night. Service and food were fantastic!

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    China Star

    4.3(22 reviews)
    4.5 mi
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    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.

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    China Star - Broccoli beef - above standard definitely better than Panda Express.

    Broccoli beef - above standard definitely better than Panda Express.

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    Paradise Cafe - Singapore Noodles

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    4.6(69 reviews)
    16.7 mi
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    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.

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    Paradise Cafe - Singapore Noodles :)

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