Panda Garden

Best Chinese food in Janesville! Love the atmosphere - looks so much like it did when I was a kid…read more Staff is friendly, helpful, some even remember your name!

Had high expectations but visit did not measure up. Three flight stair climb in a very narrow…read morestaircase lead to the front door. Entered and thought I was in China Town in Chicago or in China Town in San Francisco. Very quaint, very nicely decorated. Travelled quite a distance so decided to go all out. Started with a selection of appetizers ... eggs rolls, bbq pork, crab Rangoon and deep fried shrimp. Nothing stood out as special. Egg rolls were large but little flavor, pork was slices of pork loin in bbq sauce, other two items average at best. For entrees we ordered Pepper Steak, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Shrimp in Lobster Sauce and the special House Fried Rice. Portions were modest in size and lacked flavor. There didn't appear to be any garlic or ginger in the dishes but there was plenty of soy sauce. We expected a more flavorful meal. Service was friendly and modestly attentive. We ended the meal with almond cookies which were quite good. We were pleased to experience the 2nd oldest Chinese food restaurant in Wisconsin. Food 3, Service 4, Ambience 5: Average 4. Would not return.

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China House - Janesville

2.9(43 reviews)

1.1 mi

So on a whim, I bought China house Chinese food for the family tonight. I was going in expecting…read moreto pay around $20.00. It cost over $29.00. I did get a lot of Chinese food. Sweet & sour pork platter* Sesame chicken platter* Small chicken fried rice Crab rangoons (6) Fried dumpings (8) * = platters add pork fried rice and a pork egg roll. I asked if I can substitute na shrimp egg roll for the pork one and the clerk told me it would be a additional charge. I chose to pass on the shrimp. I just ate and the food was hot and delicious. I wonder if the meal was worth the almost $30.00. I can't decide. I like the taste but wish the prices were $15% more affordable. My wife and I agreed that the rangoon didn't have much crab flavor, but the dumplings were quite tasty. My wife said "these are the best dumplings I have ever had. I guess I should report that I took the order to go. I did notice that the floor was dingy and it looked like a good cleaning would of helped. But I was eating non the floor so it didn't bother me too much. Would I use China house again. Sure, I just think I would go during lunchtime when they have more affordable lunch specials.

Be careful ordering the egg rolls. My wife and I ordered 3 pork egg rolls, 4 vegetable egg rolls,…read moreand 2 spring rolls for carry out. Every one of the 7 egg rolls were filled with nothing but cabbage. They were the worst egg rolls I've ever had. when I stopped back in and showed them pictures, they totally blew me off. the worst customer service I've ever seen

Wontons wraps with nothing inside them!

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Peking Chinese Restaurant

3.6(44 reviews)

1.5 mi

Service great . Fast service and was there with a group of about 15 people. A little disappointed…read morewith dish as far as I think they short people of the shrimp dish . It was Shrimp egg foo yung a lot . Too many mushrooms looks like Shrimp at first. But you get a lot of food for your money . Shrimp toast is excellent. Just think shrimp egg foo yung not many shrimp. We all enjoyed food and service excellent always very nice ladies and servers .

We've been coming here for decades and it never disappoints. The eggrolls are amazing, the menu…read moreoptions are fantastic. The egg foo young is honestly the only place I'll ever get it because no place can make it better. The garlic chicken is my husband's favorite. The staff is awesome and the place is cute and clean.

I love Peking a trip back in time when you enter . Yes classic cigarette machine.

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Oriental Express

3.6(18 reviews)

3.8 mi

Our first time ordering from here and we were happily surprised. We were told it would take 40…read moreminutes but arrived in less than 20. Started with egg rolls, which were shorter than we are used to but also larger in diameter. The veggies inside were fresh and crunchy with just a hint of heat. Very tasty. Fried dumplings were nice with excellent dough but the filling was just a bit under seasoned. The sauce made the difference between blah and excellent. Worth getting again. The wonton soup was excellent. The wonton filling was better than expected after the dumplings and the broth was seasoned just right. Our shrimp lo mein was a little different as the noodles were mostly short but that made it less messy. Plenty of shrimp, not over cooked and a nice sauce. We'll try the pork version next time. The beef with mushrooms was the best. FRESH and perfectly cooked mushrooms in a sauce that is not quite the same as what you expect. It's better than what we are used to. Next time will be beef and broccoli. As transplants from the east coast, we expect a lot of a Chinese restaurant. Until today we had a different favorite Chinese joint.

Checked it out. More of a carry out than sit down restaurant.food looks good but we were looking…read morefor a buffet type restaurant.

Chicken Cashew my favorite!

Orange chicken with pork fried rice. So good!

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Beef with mixed vegetables and lomein. Vegetables are crisp, sauce is perfect and beef is tender.

New King Wok

3.4(20 reviews)

3.0 mi

Best Chinese in Janesville. (Not hard to do, Janesville is kind of a Chinese food desert)…read more The food is pretty good, the prices are great. It's not pretty, but there's no BS. You don't need table cloths and cloth napkins, etc. Funny story: I was in line there one time and this hillbilly in front of me was getting upset with the cashier saying, "He's in 'Merica...he oughta speak 'Merican!" He said it as an aside, and kind loud enough that he meant for me to hear it. I looked at him strangely. The cashier was taking an order on the phone, (speaking Spanish), later talking to the kitchen staff in Mandrin, and ringing people up in English with only a slight accent. I know this is more about the hillbilly's prejudices than the food, but I thought it was relevant.

I used to order from this place more regularly, but the last few times the food has been terrible…read more Today I ordered sweet & sour chicken, chicken fried rice, and crab rangoon. Rangoon & fried rice not bad. The sweet & sour chicken was TERRIBLE. I got a large order and there were maybe 4 pieces larger than a quarter. MOST of the "chicken" was either breaded tiny bits of meat or just fried breading with nothing inside. I'm done trying.

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China Garden

3.6(23 reviews)

6.2 mi

It is the only place close. But fair enough. We had the general tso Chicken, snow pea chicken and…read morethe sweet and sour chicken. Generals was ok I like broccoli in mine (not in this One). Snow pea chicken excellent! New go to. And the sweet and sour ok also. Egg rolls average and the smaller sized ones. I have also had their cashew chicken very good. So it's a mixed bag. If it has veggies in it it seems really good.

Some of the worst fried rice I've ever had, no eggs, peas, carrots, and despite ordering "chicken…read morefried" no chicken. It looks orange like Mexican rice. Also I'm nearly certain they use minute rice. The orange chicken was ok though, same as most Chinese restaurants in taste and more breading than meat. It's very hard to find good ethnic food in this area. This place is better than another local place but much worse than where I moved from.

Kung Pao chicken combo

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Panda Express

2.6(44 reviews)

1.9 mi

This location is always busy. So sometimes, they have to make more food, so you might have to…read morewait. Just like if you went to a sit down restaurant. We have had very good customer service each time we have visited. There have been times we have had to wait for fresh food as they were low and making more of it, and I am perfectly fine with wait to get fresh, hot food. Customers make this place a mess, don't clean up after themselves, make the soda area all full of garbage etc. They just have no care or concern. Employees do their best to keep tables clean, the soda area, outdoor etc but customers are to blame for that not the employees. It's fast paced and some people might not like that, but we have never felt rushed, employees have always been helpful and chatted with us etc. Never had issues of getting sick here, we have always had hot fresh food.

Giving this a 2 star solely based on the order wait process. As I stand in the restaurant awaiting…read morean online order that should have been ready. The DoorDash and Uber drivers make it overwhelming, and there is no clear lineup for waiting for your own individual order. This is something they seriously need to fix, so until they do be aware if you order during a possibly busy time.

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Sandee's Thai Fusion

4.0(110 reviews)

1.9 mi

If you are looking for Thai in Janesville, there is no better place that I have found. The service…read morewas impeccable, the food was awesome (if you need a little more heat than they make, ask for the spice bowl and have at it). My guest had the Chicken Basil and was delighted with it.

My waitress was friendly but didn't enter any part of my order properly. I ordered a sprite, veggie…read moresummer rolls and a noodle dish with shrimp. About 5 minutes later a different employee brought out a noodle dish that had tofu. I got my waitress' attention and asked if this was my order. She checked her receipt and saw that she incorrectly input it as tofu instead of shrimp. She took the dish to be remade and brought it back steaming hot with shrimp. It was delicious. However, this is when I noticed I never received my sprite or summer rolls. I don't know if she forgot to enter them originally or what happened. However, my experience was sullied because I had to ask for everything more than once.

Entryway, booths to the left, tables center and family booths in back.

Special of the night, Tom Yum Ramen not my favorite dish but it was tasty.

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Looking from the front door

China Buffet

3.3(8 reviews)

1.0 mi

The food was excellent! The service was excellent!…read moreThe China buffet was extremely clean! We try to eat there generally every Friday and we've never been disappointed!!!

I did not go with my family, however, everyone who did go got so sick from food poisoning that they…read moreall had to take a day off of work to recuperate. One thing my family noticed on their way out was that when they added more food to the trays the workers simply poured the new food on top of the old food rather than putting the new tray down in the line first and adding the old food on top. This created an environment for food born illnesses. BEWARE - DO NOT EAT HERE UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET SICK.

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Beth W.

14 years ago

It's basic Chinese food. The restaurant has hired a lot of high school students, which might explain comments about the service. It seems to have gone from a small family restaurant to a place with two locations. It's not gourmet, but it doesn't pretend to be. read more

Christy C.

5 years ago

the Food is never ready when they say it will be!

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