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Chicken Fried Rice no vegetables
Casie H.

Honestly the worst chicken fried rice I've ever had. It's literally just yellow rice with something that resembles chicken, possibly chicken from a can. Only giving one star because the crab rangoon was good, basically no crab but the cream cheese and wonton were not bad.

Lunch Special
Ty B.

Decent take out. I got shrimp lo mein and beef egg foo young. The shrimp lo mein tasted good but most of the other ingredients were at the top of the container, not evenly distributed. The sauce for the egg foo young was thicker than I expected, still good tho.

Lomein w chicken
Chase K.

I've gotten take out 4-5 times here and nothing has been bad - it's your typical to-go Chinese. I've had the lomein most often and chicken fried rice once. I'm not a fan of yellow fried rice and this is another place in Nashville with yellow fried rice (and not much chicken). The lomein is solid. And although they give you a ton of food it could use some more chicken as well. Their hot & sour soup is very good but disappointed in their wanton strips. They were old and stale and not the kind we all love. Egg rolls are good but heavy. Overall it's a solid Chinese spot with good reliable service and consistent food. If they say ten minutes it's probably more like 5. They're fast!

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Larissa W.

DO NOT order from them with Door Dash. They basically called me a liar when they left off an item from my order (the crab rangoons)-- I have a screen shot showing otherwise. Corner Asian is a much better option in the area.

Ordered C15. Beef Lo Mein Platter. Hope you like onions instead of noodles?!? So aggressive.

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Good portions and your standard Chinese food fare. Easy access and quick and in a great location at Lenox village.

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Best egg roll in Nashville! Fast, hot, and delicious! Thank you for the great service!

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This was some excellent Chinese food. Order was ready when I arrived. Food was good for the price.

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