Great food. Great service. Great ambiance. The Beef Chow Fun or Beef Ho Fun, was delicious. It is a Cantonese stir-fried noodle dish featuring tender beef, wide rice noodles (ho fun), bean sprouts, and scallions.. read more

Ask for the Chinese-Chinese menu. The food is not Americanized. May not be for everyone. You have to ask for it. But the selection is so much more authentic! read more

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Had a great experience eating here! The food was delicious and very Fresh. I was tended to very quickly and everyone there was so kind. Would definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for great quality Chinese food and service! read more

Great place to get food in Bloomington for pickup! Always get the spicy chicken and the service and overall speed is amazing.

Still pretty good. Nice variety. Fast service. Not formal. Easy access. Small place. Now for sentences with more than two words. I've never been disappointed here. It's not fine or classical dining. No serious booths and cushions. The price is about market for downtown Bloomington. What I really like: nicely done. You want a conversation? You can hear yourself think. No heavy bar or boozers. Fair prices for a good selection of stuff; the portions are pretty good. It's not truly amazing or top-of-class. You'll eat well anyway. Very unpretentious. If you don't need to be schmoozed, coddled, or gushed over, go here. The food's fine. read more

Ordered spring rolls, crab ragoons, teriyaki mushrooms, beef with mushrooms, sesame chicken, wantons, sesame balls, chicken on a stick, pork egg rolls and fried rice. The spring rolls are awesome. Pork egg rolls were nasty. Took one bite and spit it out. Crab ragoons are really good so was their beef and mushrooms. Chicken on a stick I've had better. It was edible tho. Their fried rice is a big pass. Just say no. Sesame chicken was different than what we normally get. Even tho it looked different from our usual place. The sauce was gooey but was really good. Our usual Chinese place is golden China. I think we will stick to them. Over all edible but nothing to write home about. read more

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Had three delicious items (beef Hor fun, hot n Spicy Chicken and Crab Rangoon.) Hot and spicy chicken was delicious (warning though, you may find it too salty. I'm a saltaholic so I loved it.) Overall, all three items were delicious. read more

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Very authentic Chinese food, especially Sichuan dishes. This has been my favorite Chinese restaurant in town.

Food is best taste like the name says. They need to package all do go orders in containers that don't leak though!

There is Chinese food in Bloomington that I think is as close to authentic as you can get, and it is tasty. Order the fried beef in cumin, the eggplant in garlic sauce, the spare ribs with taro, the seafood hot pot (I can't remember the actual name of the dish), the Dan Dan noodles, the lamb skewers, or the mapo tofu. I've eaten more, but these are the dishes that stand out. I have liked almost everything I've tried. The fried rice, however, is just standard. There's nothing special about it, but I'd rather eat steamed rice anyway. And the garlic chicken would be better for me if it wasn't chopped up skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs. Most of the chicken dishes are prepared that way, though. I'm only giving this place three stars because it's a little small, the cups and tableware are cheap and a bit worn, and the place itself could use some sprucing. It's fairly loud when there's a full crowd, and during those times it's hard to get the server to come back. These things won't prevent me from going back though, and they shouldn't prevent you from trying it out either. read more

Red Lantern - Fried beef in cumin - Chinese Near Me - Bloomington, Indiana

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Have been here twice now and decided to go ahead and write a review. First time I went was during the week for lunch. The restaurant was busy and we had the lunch special. It was tasty and I was eager to come back and try another dish. Went back on a Sunday during lunch. The restaurant was empty. Not a great sign, but we decided that it was a fluke. Ordered a noodle dish and chicken with broccoli. No lunch specials on the weekend, which is not a surprise. The noodle dish was bland and the chicken with broccoli was not very good either. Maybe it is a different cook on the weekend? No fortune cookies brought with our check (we did get fortune cookies on our previous visit). Disappointed because we liked this place on our first visit. With so many choices for Chinese food in Bloomington, doubt we will try Best Taste again. Besides the not great food, the interior of the place is just tired and sad looking. Could easily overlook that if the food was better. read more

Just threw out most of my delivery. The third star is for the spring rolls, which were good. The Kung Pao pork was so greasy I could barely eat anything but the vegetables. Sorry to give a bad review but there were several pieces of meat that were literally nothing but fat. The whole dish tasted mostly of grease. Poor prep work in the kitchen. Last time I order from here (and I have eaten here and ordered from here before and enjoyed it). read more

Sadly, I have to update my review of this restaurant. The owner is so sweet, I hate to do it. But the chef that I love love loved moved a while back, and the replacement chef I have found to be just ok. Things are sometimes too oily, or sometimes bland, but whatever the specific issue is with the dish, none of it comes out delicious. I never crave the food here anymore. With so many amazing Chinese restaurants in Bloomington, I've stopped coming here and have started going elsewhere. read more

Best Chinese food in Bloomington! Eggplant in garlic sauce and the hor fun noodles are amazing. Chicken is hit or miss quality wise but flavors are always on point! read more

I ordered their baked fish and it tasted great! The portion size is sufficient for two, and you can add anything into it like a hot pot. Definitely recommend! read more

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We have eaten at this place on two occasions. One was in house and one large carry out order. The food was excellent both times. We will definitely visit again in the future. My last order was House Fried Rice. It was very good and the service was friendly! read more

I think by far one of the best if not the best food places in town and one of the better restaurants overall as far as taste goes. Beware this food is pretty oily. This is the Chinese way I hear though I've never had such greasy Asian food. read more

Went to this place for only once in 2014 and never go back. Their fried fish is not good as the one in Lotus Garden, even though their chef was originally from Lotus Lol Still remembered that this place was popular when I visited in 5pm read more

This is the kind of joint and the kind of menu you find in the Chinatowns of cities like Chicago and San Francisco -- not the big places, but the little mom and pop type places. The menu is heavy on exotic-sounding things that Bloomington hasn't seen before. I hewed to the safe and traditional for my first visit. I started with the won ton soup -- a little too salty, but flavorful and obviously all homemade. As a main course, I had the "house chow mein," which was very tasty. It was basically like what you find as "lo mein" in other Chinese restaurants -- spaghetti-style noodles mixed and stir fried in a tasty sauce with chicken, shrimp, beef, and pork. Some difficulties with language, but otherwise the service was fast and very cheerful. read more

Best Taste? Why yes it is! Stumbled in here on College Football Saturday for takeout, and I was immediately treated like a king by the warm and wonderful crew. I like spicy, and the smiling Chef was more than happy to oblige me. I ordered way too much food -- spicy shrimp with white rice and spicy noodles (similar to Dan Dan Noodles but called something else here) -- and when I unpacked it at home, it nearly blew the roof off the house with all the heat packed into those deliciously evil red peppers! Thank you, Chef! Oh my, was that tasty (albeit tongue-numbing) food! Can't wait to enjoy the leftovers, but I need to find my fire protection suit first. Also can't wait to return to Best Taste as soon as I can feel my face again. read more

I love their fried fish and many dishes, there have mushrooms, fungus, fish balls, chinese cabbage inside fried fish pan, really delicious and amount is a lot! Enough for even three people read more

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We ordered delivery and it was prompt. My daughter ordered sweet and sour chicken, which they loved. I ordered general tsao tofu, which actually came sweet and sour style, which I don't love. The crab Rangoon and spring rolls were very good. I'm just very disappointed in my tofu order being not what I ordered,as I do not like sweet and sour. read more

This place use to be the standard for authentic Chinese food. But it passed its prime time. I usually have dinners with my family once every week there, but not any more. I did go back once in a while, but finally give up. The usually disk was not the same anymore, maybe the chief left. Lower quality cut of mea, salty, not fresh, too much oil, what happened? read more

This place is very good! I last visited this joint a couple of months ago as i used to live in Bloomington but now in indy, so am not completely sure of the current situation with a new chef...but in my experiences dining there, I thought it was better than any chinese restaurant in Indianapolis (even sczecuan garden and lucky lou) by a decent margin (minus the dim sum at the indy restaurants, btown needs some dim sum!). With this being said, do not order any Americanized dishes, you will likely be disappointed read more

Still and continues to be the best Chinese restaurant in town. Very accurate naming! I often bring lots of friends here.

Pretty solid spot, the Asian food is well made, a bit on the high price side but still worth it if you pick the right dish. I always get the braised pork with seaweed and cabbage. It has great flavor, the pork is definitely a bit small in regards to each piece itself, us Asians prefer more meaty sizes with more fat pieces on top, these are much smaller so that could improve. For $12 a dish, this is at max what I would pay, I would say $10 is more reasonable, don't forget to ask for the 10% discount if you pay with cash. read more

I have enjoyed the food at dinner in the restaurant and this was the first time I ordered delivery from B'town Delivers. Pleased to say the order arrived in excellent time, still nicely warm. The steamed dumplings were really good, not the nasty doughy things I usually am served. The portions were generous and delicious, and it was really nice to get moist rice, not the dried out stuff that usually comes in those little boxes. Will definitely order from here again. read more

The only Chinese restaurant I would give four star, which means it is slightly better than being mediocre. Ordered many dishes here, but the best one is the lamb hot pot, you can ordered extra lamb and add more. Two or more people share it would be good. read more

I am vegetarian so idk how their meat dishes are, but their vegetarian dishes are the best in Bloomington! The garlic broccoli is to die for! read more

i have always loved place-- great music, kind service, and BYOB miso soup is mi-SO good! kung pao tofu is great BUT recently, omitted the peanuts. the peanuts!! not what it used to be... just a warning, the vegetable mei fun is not all that fun read more

Not just a clever name. Very nice staff. Excellent excellent food. They are actually open on Mondays too, unlike the yelp and yelp related sites may say. read more

If you're looking for the standard fare of breaded and deep-fried food stuffs covered in goopy corn-starchy sauce, Best Taste is NOT for you. They don't even have the trio of condiments at every table! (duck sauce, mustard, and soy packets). If you're looking for fresh, vibrant food that is incredibly tasty, then Best Taste is a winner. I've been there three times and each dish was incredible! Highly recommend. The dishes are simple, but plentiful. You'll leave satisfied. read more

It's like the most recommended Chinese food in town. And it is authentic, but just not that tasty. Even not as good as what I cook.

Do not order here if you value your time. My $25 order took 2 hours to make. The food was worse than any of the other spots in Btown. Only tried them because all the good spots are closed this week. Never ordering from them again. read more

Everything there tastes strange... What I could say is it's definitely not authentic Sichuan style.

Excellent food rather on the authentic side. Don't come here expecting to find General Tso's chicken. The food is delicious and well prepared, using authentic ingredients as much as they are available in Bloomington. read more

What a fun big bowl we got to eat! They offer a GIANT bowl of some sort of stirfry for about $13 (good to feed at least three people). You can add almost any ingredient to this bowl for an extra charge. My favorite dish here is the jellyfish. It might sound unusual, but it was refreshing and delicious. read more

I have eaten here twice. First time 3 of us got a lunch plate. Sesame chicken, Generals chicken, and szechuan chicken. All came with soup, we all had egg drop soup which was the best I have ever had. All the lunches came with steamed rice, but for a dollar more you can get fried rice. Food was better than good. The second time I ordered through btown menus, and the food was better than good as well. Egg foo yung, fried rice(average), teriyaki chicken on a stick, spicy chicken (hot and the best dish). For a dollar more we got lo mein with 2 of the main dishes. We also got free General Tsos chicken with a $30.00 order. Would definitely go back again. read more

Get the Beijing style fish hot pot. Don't ask questions, just do it. Make it spicy if you're a fan or go with the oyster sauce if you're a wuss. Can feed up to 3 or 4 people if you order one or two other sides. Great selection of dishes, but don't bother eating here if you're looking for American-style Chinese food. Best Taste is serving up genuine, traditional Chinese food, and you'll realize that when you look around at the client base. Great spot if you're dining with a group, but make reservations since the place fills up at peak hours. read more

I love this place! They are cheap and have a wide variety on the menu. There is something for everyone. The portions are huge and the leftovers stay well. read more