I'm afraid I have to side with the general consensus on this place. I was across the street when I picked up on the delicious smells that, based on what was around, could have only been coming from this place. I'm new to the area and I decided "why not?". You see, I'm not a very spontaneous person... I like to do my homework beforehand; had I done my yelping before I may not have visited this place at all.
What I will give them credit for. I have placed my order at 6:20 pm. and received my food by 6:25 pm. This is not an exaggeration. But what good is fast service if the food is less than spectacular?
Here's what I ordered (All but the Lobster Sauce was part of their "House Special Combination"):
+ Crab Rangoons
+ Pork Fried Rice
+ Lobster Sauce
+ Beef Teriyaki
+ General Gao's Chicken
Crab rangoons is something I have a little bit of a weakness for. I will always get them, even though I know they may not be the best thing for me. I did not find them overly greasy as some Yelpers mentioned items at this location can be.
I do however have several criticisms: First, they seemed like they were just a touch overdone. Second, they were seriously devoid of meat, mostly cream cheese. Third, and these are very small items which don't really bother me all that much is that the dough could have been a couple millimeters thinner, and they came unglued rather easily.
Pork fried rice was, unfortunately, less than appetizing. To their credit, it did have a somewhat decent amount of boneless pork (that boneless pink colored stuff). however even though there was some pork in there, I found it exceedingly bland and quite dry.
Now, I would have hoped that the lobster sauce would offer some salvation and redemption to this, dare I say, atrocious rice. It did offer some in that it offered moisture, but not a whole lot else. While I did like the amount of "meat" in the sauce, it well it's also rather Bland. The only flavor I could pick up on definitively was salt.
Beef teriyaki was rather surprising actually. It was slightly above average relative to the beef teriyaki I've had and other Chinese places. this was because it was a little more tender than other places make it. Not undercooked by any means, but not slightly overdone as happens way too often. The level of the marinade was also great, I did not find an overly sweet or salty, the balanced flavor was right on.
The chicken was also rather surprising. It too was quite a bit more tender than I was expecting, and like the beef not undercooked. the sauce that it came in was also delightful, not overly sweet and with just the right amount of tang. my critique in regards to the chicken is that well Pleasant the sore seems like it was added after the fact. The chicken was not allowed to marinate in it very much, if at all. Also, per the menu this was supposed to be spicy... it was not.
I'm sorry to say that while I live close by, and especially with their trash service this location would have been very convenient, the quality of food will not have me returning. Their prices might be reasonable, but, my mother once told me that it is better to spend a buck-fifty on a good piece of chocolate candy than $0.25 on a lollipop.
By the way, what is with those barely cooked pieces of broccoli that came with the combo? read more