I ordered here for takeout and the food is overall quite good! The servers were nice and patient…read moreand gave recommendations. The inside was super clean and there was a big waiting area. The food itself was a bit pricy for what it was but was very tasty and authentic Chinese food. I got the broccoli beef lunch special and calamari. The sauce for the calamari was good and the portion sizes were decent. I would come back to try other dishes!

2 of us had lunch today well within posted lunch menu hours. Took eons to get service. Ordered off…read morethe lunch menu, water to drink. Got one meal after a reasonable time, meal seemed odd. 2nd meal nowhere to be seen. About 10 minutes later, no 2nd meal, but they came and told us the one we got was someone else's. Took it away. Eventually got 2 meals. No water to drink. Food was bland, not great, but might just be the way those dishes are normally. No water. Bill came, got charged supper meal prices, when asked, heard some nonsense that since we didn't order soup or salad (best we could understand) we paid dinner price. $75 for lunch - no, we won't be back.

As my mother, father, and I were on our way from Springfield to Columbia, we found that our course…read morewould pass near Jefferson City at about dinner time. Since I knew my parents were fond of Chinese food, I used my cell phone to search Yelp's mobile site to see if there were any well-rated, inexpensive Chinese establishments near the highway. As it turned out, this restaurant was just a mile further along an exit where my parents had refueled many times without even knowing it was there. When we entered the restaurant, several things impressed us. The staff was very friendly and courteous to us at all times. My parents remarked upon the large number of bad checks stapled up above the ordering counter, and we all had a chuckle at a somewhat unfortunately-named menu item (see second photo). The dining area was relatively small, with just five or six tables, but did not feel crowded. Familiar with how such restaurants often have huge portions, we ordered two entrees (Mongolian Beef, Beef with Broccoli) to split among the three of us. The entrees came with fried or steamed rice (we chose fried) and an egg roll (or various other options, but we chose the egg roll) each, and we ordered an extra egg roll to make three. My parents were pleased to see that the hot tea they ordered actually was real, freshly-made tea, and came in cute (albeit not terribly Oriental) ceramic mugs. However, I was a little nonplussed that when I ordered "just water" to drink (which I had intended to mean just a cup of tap water, not wanting to add unduly to my parents' bill) they gave me bottled water instead. We all agreed that the food was excellent, and certainly well within our budget. The egg rolls were hand-made--not the frozen kind that many restaurants serve. The portions were such that 2/3 of an entree + egg roll was sufficient to fill us all up entirely. We were delighted by the good quality, good price, and convenience to the Interstate that we found in this little strip-mall Chinese restaurant. If we should ever again be passing through the area at the appropriate time, I imagine we would eat here again.

Totally disappointed in chicken mai fun. Very little chicken and vegetables. Can you say, "all rice…read morenoodles!" ? We also had crab Rangoon and they tasted like they were fried in "old" oil.

The food is amazing! Get the scallion pancakes, chicken with sour garlic, Szechuan cucumbers or try…read morethe shredded pork with pickled peppers. It's consistent and wonderful!

TLDR: Horrible experience. Do NOT go here unless you want to be treated extremely rudely, spoken to…read morelike you are dumb, be charged for to go boxes, and be forced a 15% tip that is NOT disclosed anywhere on the receipt, menu, or inside the restaurant. Hotpot was the most expensive thing on the menu being $60 which is already a very high price as is. The menu was confusing because it said you got 4 meats and 4 other toppings and then the section under had two types of soups for $6 extra. My friend and I were confused because we figured the steep $60 cost would include a soup and the two soups that were an upcharge were special. The server came to take our order we think is also the owner or the manager because she was giving instructions to the other workers. When the server came to take our order we asked the server about what the broth would be if we didn't want the upcharge broths and she immediately already had an attitude and talked to us like we were dumb. She said that we HAD to pick from the upcharge broths and basically insinuated that if we just paid $60 we'd be getting raw meat and no broth which doesn't make sense to me because why not just include the cost in the price ?? Before we could even place our order she just huffed and stormed away and left us confused. We tried waving her over several times and she'd just make eye contact and walk the other direction. Eventually she came back and we just sucked it up and ordered w the upcharge broths. When she took the menus from us she slammed them down on the pile of menus in the front which was off putting. She brought us our food but gave us a plate and chopsticks. We had to attempt to wave her over several times before she finally came over so we can ask for bowls and spoons. She brought over bowls and no spoons. And we had to attempt several more times before we could get spoons. Every time we called her over she had an attitude like we were bothering her and she borderline rolled her eyes at us every time we asked for something. She also never brought a ladle for the soup either but we didn't wanna deal with her attitude again so we sucked it up and used our small soup spoons to grab soup into our bowls. Our server never checked on us while we were eating and eventually dropped off the check. We asked for to go boxes and she again seemed annoyed. She originally brought one large soup cup and one box for the meats and toppings when did NOT fit at all. We asked for a second soup cup so we can separate the broths and a second box so we can separate the meat and veggies. she again had an attitude and sighed. Then grabbed our original large soup cup and brought back two tiny ones that barely held half the soup on either side of the hotpot. We had to call her over again to ask for a bigger soup cup or a larger one and she brought over another tiny one. When we asked for a bigger one she said "if you want more boxes it's an upcharge" which is crazy to me bc we already paid a steep price for the food and now you wanna charge us for to go when you purposefully gave us smaller boxes so our food won't fit?? My friend went up to the counter to pay and the lady auto charged him a $10 tip. He was confused because no where on the receipt, menu, or in the store did it say tip was auto gratuity. On the reciept it self it also only said "suggest tips" with the price of 15%, 20%, and 25% tips. He tried to ask her why there was an auto tip and she completely ignored him and started talking to another customer. When she was done with that customer he asked her about it and she was SUPER rude and said "if you wanna eat here you have to tip." He was not planning on not tipping he wanted to change the tip lower due to the horrible service and get clarification on where the tip was an auto tip. We would've been fine paying the tip if it was disclosed beforehand but nowhere did it say that. He again asked if he can change it and she had a major attitude so we decided to just leave. In terms of the food itself. It was not worth the $66 price. The meat was not even the right type of meat for hotpot. It was thick slices like you would use for chow fun which does not go well with hotpot at all. The broth itself was fine and standard hotpot broth. The food was not worth the price and you can make it much cheaper at home with bigger portions. Overall, horrible experience and I would never go back here and never recommend anyone to eat there due to the extremely rude service and condescending tone of the server/owner.

Ready, hot and delicious. Go here for a great take out experience. I got the lomein. Was delicious.read more

I've eaten here before but it has been a few years. I was craving Chinese food recently and wanted…read moresomething I knew would be good every time but I didnt want a full service restaurant. Yelp reviews suggested China Moon. It wasn't even close to where I was at the time but I didn't want to be disappointed so I drove probably 10 miles to get there. I had driven by other options but they all looked deserted at 3:30 p.m. which isn't a good sign. China Moon had a couple of cars out front so I went in and ordered. Delicious! While I enjoyed my food inside i observed the constant flow of customers coming in and picking up orders. Obviously this place has quite the following. I enjoyed my food, had plenty to take home for later and shared my experience with you. Well worth the few extra miles it may be to reach.

Combo for only $11.00, and I couldn't finish the chicken. Great place. Why spend more elsewhere? I…read morewatched the staff handle a dinner rush very well.

This is a pretty standard Chinese takeout restaurant. The inside is small but has a few booths if…read moreyou did prefer to eat there (I would do takeout). Overall I would not return though. The service was quick but the food was just not good. The rice was bland and tasted old while the orange chicken was just slightly below average orange chicken. The hot and sour soup was good however. The lunch special was cheap being $9 for orange chicken fried rice and hot and sour. I would still not return either way.

Cute little restaurant in downtown Columbia! We didn't expect much going in since the decor was…read moresimple and there wasn't much of a crowd but the food was amazing!! This has been the best Chinese I've had while living in Columbia. I got the Curry Crab Rangoon and the Szechwan Chicken both exceeded my expectations.

This is one of the better family owned restaurants in town, everything I have tried from the menu…read moreis delicious. I am also a bit of a spice fan so I always add some and the cook gets it just how I like. There is a great spread of different dishes you can choose from as well! With this place being tucked away in busy downtown they stay very on top of getting refills and food done quickly!

Friday night, my kids asked me to take them to Taste Place, so they could watch their friends at…read moreopen Mic. I thought it sounded fun so why not, we headed there to get a table and have some food. However, when we arrived, their friend's parents already had a table and invited us to sit with them. The menu is extensive and has a lot of options, yet the hot pot definitely caught my eye! Nobody else was getting it though, so I decided to save that for the next time. Instead, I ordered Poached Beef in Chili O il because it was as close to hot pot as I could get. I also ordered Garlic Bok Choy, and Roasted Pork Chow Mein. They must've heard me wrong because they brought me out Chow Mei Fun. It did end up being a happy accident because it was really good, and I've never tried it before. My son ordered orange chicken and his friend ordered General Tso chicken. The Poached Beef was amazing! And I really enjoyed the Mei Fun. The Bok Choy was just ok. It was missing some umami. I also really enjoyed open mic and truly hope they continue that in the future...though they do need to work on the sound system and figure it out a bit more because the highest pitch screaming from the speakers almost made my ears bleed LOL. No, but in all seriousness, it was a lot of fun and we will definitely be visiting Taste Place again!!!

Great hot and sour soup, loaded with tofu, mushrooms and vegetables. Their wonton and egg drop…read moresoup is good as well. Their noodles are the wide crispy ones (not the thin ones). We have had their moo shu, a number of times and have always enjoyed it. The food is fresh and good quality. Have brought friends and they have been happy with their dinners as well. Will definitely be back.

No kidding best Chinese food I've ever had! Homemade dumplings were beautiful! We had beef we…read morebroccoli and general tso's chicken. So fresh and delish. Service was friendly and attentive.

What a find in Columbia for Chinese food. This place has all the right flavors to their dishes…read more The entrees we got here On our visit, our easily up with the stuff you'd expect out of a big city China Town. Yup - this place is that good. The place was all very clean. The staff were nice and attentive. What a great place to have in Columbia.