China Cottage Restaurant

We have visited the China Cottage several times and always have a great experience. The service is always friendly and it is one of our favorite Chinese restaurants in the area. The shrimp and vegetables, teriyaki chicken, and crab Rangoon are some of our favorite items. The egg drop soup is always a must - it's so good! China Cottage is a great choice if you find yourself hungry in Madison with a craving for some delicious Chinese cuisine.

Food is not very tasty at all. Ordered the shrimpEgg foo young and chicken and broccoli. They both were very bland. The sauce for the egg foo young had shrimp, mushrooms, carrots, and was in a watered down brown sauce. The rice that came on the side of both dishes was simple just plain rice but the dishes were so flavorless we couldn't do anything with the dishes. Ate as much as we could and the leftovers sat in the fridge until we threw them away.

China Cottage is in a word "great." We had the General Tso chicken and fried rice. The ingredients are of high quality, and the preparation is done right. The General Tso breading was light, the chicken was a good quality white meat. Sauce was flavorful with a bit spice. Not thick and sugary and seems like it came directly out of can that you get at similar types of restaurants.Fried rice was plentiful and had a good flavor. As did the hot tea.Service was attentive, fast, and they seemed to actually enjoy being there, and helping. We were genuinely invited back and encouraged to try other items on the menu us because they are all good. And we believe them.Prices are reasonable, and they don't nickel and dime you. Entrees are around 12-14 on average. Hot Tea was $1.65. Menu selection has all classics you find in any Chinese restaurant which caters to a western customer.China Cottage just became our go to for Chinese food.

This place has great service & really good Chinese food. I was so surprised as it looks unassuming on the outside in the busy Rivergate area but blows the other Chinese restaurants in the area away in terms of quality.General tso's, orange chicken, & the crab delight were all tasted and satisfying. Making this my new go to for take out & for when I need satiate my craving for Chinese. I still think Lucky Bamboo is tops but it's not close to home like China Cottage

General Tso's chicken was okay, not a lot of flavor but decent, and the girls liked the sesame chicken. However, the cashew chicken was not good at all. There were a great deal of inedible fatty chicken pieces and there was no flavor depth at all. Overall it was very bland.

Quality Chinese is somewhat of a myth here in Nashville... sans the "somewhat" if we didn't have China Cottage. This is one IF NOT the best Chinese spot in Nashville. Food will speak for itself. I don't need to write a novel... filling the review with a bunch of flowery words, adjectives and/or imagery. The food is good. Put it in your mouth and you will know yourself. I try something different most of the time but staples in my house is the Lo Mein, orange chicken, spring rolls, chicken wings, etc. Everything here is top. Service is always on as well. Family ran and a great family at that. The scene here is cool if you want to dine in. Typical Asian themed spot, but they are remodeling so who knows maybe they'll go with 70s disco or 90s rave next... check them out if you like tasty morsels.

It's been a long time since I've had good Chinese. If you're looking for something good, GET HERE FAST. Best quality food I've had in some time. Service was amazing and food came out fast, hot and exceptionally delicious. I can believe I was born and raised 4 miles from this place and it's been here almost 1/2 my life. There's a new location in Hendersonville and I look forward to visiting that one soon, as well.

Chicken Lo Mien Food taste is super super authentic and fresh. The best Chinese I've tasted in my life.

I was really looking for an authentic chinese restaurant that had a specific dish: hong kong style crispy pan fried noodles. They call it "House special pan fried noodles." It is basically deep fried noodles topped with a vegetable/meat gravy. The portions here are definitely massive like any typical chinese establishment so I definitely recommend sharing a dish amongst a few people. The noodles were delicious but I will say that the gravy itself was a bit on the saltier side than I prefer. There was also too much gravy so much that the noodles sogged up pretty quickly. The beauty of this dish when it is done well is that you can get some noodles that have soaked up the flavor of the gravy and some bits that are crunchy. The crunchy bits were definitely missing here. Overall, for the amount of options for chinese food here in the Nashville area, it's alright.

Excellent food! The service was great! It is a storefront in a little strip mall, but the ambiance is great inside. We tried General Tso, lemon chicken, sesame chicken and the seafood bowl. All 4 were extremely good! The lo mein was seasoned perfectly. I normally do not like dumplings, but theirs was very good. Crab Rangoon was excellent - full of flavor!Do not leave without trying the donuts!