The service is amazing, the food is phenomenal. I like the porterhouse steak. They cook it just the…read moreway I want it. Everything is delicious. I love the owner. She is amazing and her husband always cooks my steak for me. Yum. I definitely recommend this place.

We love Chinese food, and honestly had been underwhelmed by the restaurants we tried in the area…read moreafter moving here a few years ago. The restaurant is located in a strip mall - clean, neat with a few tables and booths (but you can also reserve for large groups). This place was on the list to try and I'm so glad we did! First, Alice, who is one of the owners, waited on us and could not have been more friendly or personable - she is a joy! The restaurant serves a number of different Asian cuisines - in addition to Chinese there are Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese offerings as well. We started with pan-fried gyoza which were SO good - fresh and flavorful. Hubs loves kimchi so had to try theirs - he inhaled the bowl and declared it amazing (I'm not a fan but it did smell yummy and garlicky!!). He enjoyed it so much he got an order to go as well. I tried my go-to Chinese favorite Kung Pao Chicken - it was quite good, well spiced, full of fresh veggies and lots of peanuts. Next time I'll probably get it with shrimp or tofu. Hubs had Pad Kee Mao with chicken (Thai hot!) and loved it. Although we were too full, the almond pudding on the menu did sound good - maybe next time!

This is the best Chinese takeout in the continental US. I am not kidding. High praise but well…read moredeserved. Literally a hole in the wall place you would miss if you weren't specifically looking for it. Please, do yourself a favor and FIND IT. The food is high end Chinese restaurant quality at very fair take home pricing. This place has existed in Port Orange for years and all residents in the area are lucky to have them. Today I had their take on Orange Chicken and it is amazing. Proper cook, other worldly Orange sauce, and generous portion. The egg roll that came with it has that wonderful slight peanut taste and is fried perfectly. If you have never tried them, please do.

Absolutely amazing! You can tell the difference from other Chinese restaurants. The wonton soup…read morebroth is heaven. It's a go to for our family anytime we don't want to cook. The spices curry Mei fun and beef with Vegetables are great. And the spring rolls are perfection!

I ordered from Uber eats, and the delivery was fast and the food came in hot. My husband and I…read moreordered bourbon chicken, vegetable soup and Mongolian beef. Much to our disappointment, the food did not live up to its name and both meat are questionable. The "chicken" did not taste like chicken and most of it was rubbery. And the beef had a weird after taste to it that I can't fully describe. The vegetable soup was the only decent meal out of the 3 we ordered. I haven't tried any other dishes from this restaurant, but I am too skeptic to try anything after this experience.

Great food and service. We like the take out menu allows selection of a free item if the total is a…read morespecific amount. It's nice to still get a bonus for my family. I like the staff too.

Excellent service you will not leave hungry guaranteed, seafood, dairy ice cream, pork steaks to…read moreOrder almost anything you can think of, but if you think of it and it's not there, that's too bad cause you're not gonna leave there hungry anyway just go for it. Be happy you like it she'll like it he'll like it bye.

Drove 26 miles based on recommendations & enjoyed the best Chinese food in Flagler/Volusia/St…read moreJohn's country region. We enjoyed the Krab Rangoon, Chicken Wontons, and Vietnamese Egg Roll as apps. For entrees the Sesame Chicken, Gen Tso and Singapore Noodles (the later which were properly made with just the right amount of Curry). Service was friendly & attentive. There's a reason that there's often a wait to get a table at this attractive restaurant. They also feature Vietnamese, Korean and Thai specialties. A family run hidden gem.

Let's start by saying I'm from NY and worked over 20 years near Chinatown. It would be unfair to…read morecompare this restaurant to those in NY so I will compare China Star with other restaurants in the area. I ordered several basic dishes. If you can't get the basics right, then you're in the wrong business. Before you say anything, I did not eat all of this at one sitting. Eggroll - A bit small but not bad. Could have used some bits of pork in the filling. Fried pork dumplings - The first one I tried was very dry. I took the rest of the dumplings and placed them in a steamer for a few minutes. That brought them back to life. In most area restaurants, the dumplings are terrible. They are small with little filling and are pretty much comparable to frozen dumplings from the supermarket. Some of them probably are. China Star makes their own. While they are more like shumai than the traditional potstickers, they are very tasty and have the right amount of filling. I would probably lean towards the steamed dumplings next time and I would fry them myself. Sweet and sour chicken - This was done very well. The coating was light and not at all greasy. So many places use too much batter and overcook them. Beef lo mein - Extremely well done. Lots of tender beef with properly sauced noodles. I really enjoyed this. Spareribs and fried rice combo - This is the only dish that I had a problem with. The fried rice had no flavor. The ribs were overcooked and overly sauced. They were a sloppy mess to eat and not worth getting dirty over. Since moving to Daytona Beach Shores 4 years ago, I have been searching for decent Chinese food. Several high rated restaurants were obviously rated by people who don't have a clue. China Star is the first local Chinese restaurant I would go back to. They are definitely not great, but better than any others I have tried in the area. I look forward to trying some other dishes. I just won't order the ribs again.

Love there food!!! Best and most reasonable Chinese food in the area! Very large portions. My only…read morecomplaint is there fried rice is to land,it needs some more flavoring it's like eating white rice it's barely yellow.There crab ragoons are out of this. And all ribs boneless or with bone are great. All meats in dishes are really tender. The egg roll are perfect color and crispy and flaverful!!!! Will never stop going there!!!

let's break this down, 1 star staff where great I loved it…read morethey where so fast 1 star food was amazing I loved it 1 star ambiance it was a restaurant can't say much more 1 star they where so helpful to my drill team great for large groups I think we had 20 ish people 2 stars drinks and convenience

We used to regularly eat at a wonderful Chinese buffet in Middle Tennessee and thought we'd try…read morethis one. Servers were quick and attentive with beverages and refills. The buffet is well lit, clean, and frequently replenished. While some of the food was ok (really enjoyed the mushrooms and green beans, and the stir fried bean sprouts were my absolute favorite thing), the rest of the food was mediocre and hit or miss. We did not try any of the sushi. Many dishes were cold or lukewarm (egg rolls, crab Rangoon, shrimp in garlic & butter) and the chicken in some cases was not cooked all the way through. Based on this visit, probably wouldn't return.

Go for dimsum!! All the dimsum we tried was hot, fresh, and tasty. Very good variety! Good for…read moregroups as everyone can try different dimsum to find their favorites. Our favorites were the roast bbq pork buns (baked char siu bao), lotus leaf wrapped rice (lo mai gai), and the chewy fried dimsum (ham sui gok). And the radish cake with XO sauce! Good spice level. Service is friendly and prompt. The tasteful interior is nicely lit, not too bright. There is bar seating but most sit in one of the many booths, and there are bigger tables for large groups. I almost can't believe dimsum this tasty exists in Port Orange. We're excited to go back and try the roast duck!

We were the second table in that day and promptly served by the owner. We ordered a variety of our…read morefavorites such as steamed eggplant stuffed with shrimp, rib tips in black bean sauce, soup dumplings, seafood dumplings, siu mai, baked pork buns, and sesame balls. I got the beef brisket noodle soup and my father got the braised pork belly and taro. Stand out favorites were the baked pork buns and sesame balls, both perfectly cooked and filled. The siu mai were available as shrimp, pork, or beef - we got shrimp and yes it was nice shrimp but I prefer the shrimp/pork mixture. Seafood dumplings were good as was the eggplant. The black bean pork rib tips were a bit underseasoned and the soup dumplings had only a few drops of soup and too thick skins BUT if you just think of them as ginger pork dumplings they're great. Brisket noodles soup was good but nothing outstanding. The pork belly was thick cut and perfectly cooked tender and fatty and while we assumed it would be chunks of taro it turned out to be minced into the sauce. Mostly sweet without much other nuance but adding a bit of the chili paste we asked for made it better. Only complaint is that after our final dish came out we never saw our waiter again. A younger waiter started working the floor which only had 3 other tables occupied. We had to flag him down for take out boxes and the check after sitting there for 10 minutes despite him having visited once to refill water when we were already done. If I'm craving dim sum and had to be in the area I'd go again but I'll still be going to Orlando to really scratch that dim sum itch.

This was our first time trying this place. We go somewhere else that unfortunately is closed on…read moreWednesdays. My son is sick and wanted wonton soup. For wonton soup and fried rice it was almost $20. The soup was tasteless and the rice is uncooked in the fried rice. There is zero friendliness no hi hello how are you. I ordered and she said "you pay now" I said I'll pay when I pick up I have to run into Publix to get meds for my son. Truthfully with mediocre food, they should have a decent personality and greet people. Not an enjoyable experience and not good food and for what you get too expensive

The pork fried rice have really good taste to it. We really enjoyed. It was our first visit there…read moreas for the egg rolls we did not care for them at all. The kind of greasy they taste. They didn't taste like an egg to us. They were fast and friendly as well. They also have a few tables and chairs where you can just sit there and eat. I find that to be very convenient, but will be back to try some other stuff.

quality has gone downhill. Taste isn't there any longer. Will definitely try other Chinese places…read moreto order from.

The joy Café is still the best place to get orange chicken! Their food is always great and it's…read moresuch an honor to support, small businesses and truly family run businesses. Simple dine in experience or take out with you.

On a road dotted with chain quick serve restaurants this stretch of Dunlawton does have quite a few…read moreunexpected and delightful places and this is one of them! The restaurant is small and the decor is what I'd call cozy chaotic - lots of beautiful Thai shrines and figures, but then funky Christmas lights strung over whimsical photos. Don't let the "Reserved" tags on every table cause you concern, we and every party that came in after us were assured we could sit anywhere. We started with the Som Tam papaya salad at a medium and it had a perfect kick with the sour-sweet-funk punch of lime, fish sauce, rock sugar, probably some tamarind? It was fresh, cool and crunchy and a refreshing start to the meal. I had to try the Summer Breeze Rolls because I was actually first introduced to this restaurant by their stalls set up at various local farmers markets and the peanut sauce is out of this world, perfectly sweet and salty and a little curry spice kick as well. The rolls were wrapped a bit loose but I love that they grill the shrimp and also stuff mostly with lettuce instead of a ton of noodles so the rolls were more crisp than squish/starch. I got the panang curry medium and I think I could have gone a step up on heat but it was a nice mild burn that let the flavor of the sauce shine through. The veggies were crisp, the chicken tender, and I was happy with every bite. My father got the Lard Na 100 with crispy duck (a $10.50 upcharge but so worth it, so well cooked and crisp!) and loved it, just had no heat despite ordering it medium. I was impressed with the noodles - wide rice noodles but cooked firm so they didn't fall apart but had a delightful chew. The service was friendly, attentive, and super helpful with suggestions on heat level since we hadn't been before and didn't know if they pulled their punches (they don't, so start at a level below what you usually get elsewhere). We're now on a quest to eat our way through the menu!

We have been ordering to go food from here for years. We stay at a nearby hotel and it's super…read moreconvenient to pickup the food. Tonight we had the "winter pockets" (crab rangoon) and chicken pad Thai. The pockets were a lot smaller than they were a few months ago. Taste was good. Probably wouldn't order them again. Chicken pad Thai did not have peanuts or bean sprouts ?? This seemed odd to us. It was not the best pad Thai we have ever had. It wasn't the worst either. I ordered medium spicy and the food as not spicy at all. Overall, we were disappointed. Next time we will probably try a different restaurant.