China Cottage

China cottageAtmosphere:It's surprisingly big in the inside with tons of seating. No wait. Staff are really fast but less interactive. We sat by the kitchen so it was pretty loud but fine. They have a fish pond out side but the fish weren't moving and kinda concerning since it's pretty cold outside hahaMeal:Did the complete dinner option with the entrees that included a soup and a spring roll. We got lo mein with chicken and sesame chicken. The lo mein was good and large size. Sesame chicken had good flavor but the chicken itself was in very small tiny bite size and some pieces were just the breading (probably would not get again). Other people's pictures of the sesame chicken are accurate in size and shape of chicken pieces. Would go again but not order the same dishes and try something new, luckily the have a huge menu so there are plenty of options to choose from for a second round!

When you look at the reviews check when they were submitted, I don't think there's been a good one for a while. Rude is the #1 descriptor of this place. The host didn't look us in the eye, no smile, no welcome, and did not say one word to our party on the way to the table. He literally plopped the menus on the table and walked away. The server never welcomed us, he did not smile, there were no pleasantries at all. What do you want to drink? What do you want to order? I asked for a ginger mojito he said they didn't have it when it was clearly the featured drink. Portions are huge but all the food arrived cold to lukewarm. Broccoli was just flat out cold. It was Valentine's Day so not sure what the problem was. The General Tso's chicken was ordered extra spicy but in fact had not one single pepper in it. The orange chicken had dried orange peels in it but no fresh oranges. The freeze dried orange peels were impossible to chew so just spit those out. How disappointing. Not one person offered a hello, goodbye, or thank you and that includes the manager standing at the door on the way out. Wow. We took our food to-go so we could heat up in the microwave at home.

We got take out from China Cottage recently and enjoyed it. We tried crab rangoons (comes with 6), chicken & broccoli, and a chicken noodle stir fry. Portions were large and the food was tasty. Prices were reasonable. It was ready on time, and packaged neatly. Overall, we had a good experience and plan to order again.

This is the best Chinese in the area! Hunan chicken is delicious, the beef noodle soup is like pho on crack (next level goodness) and they are clean, fast and super friendly! I've been coming here for years and they never disappoint.

Living in the Cincinnati area for years, I never found any Chinese food that was any good. Moving back here made me excited when I thought about China Cottage. BEST Chinese ever.Spicy Triple Delight is my go to. And every serving is big enough for at least two meals! You can share, or carry home for tomorrow. While that's my go to, everything on the menu is great. It's fun to go with a group, and eat family style trying some of everything....Outside the restaurant looks like a steakhouse (which it was in a former life) but beautiful and clean inside. Service is the bomb. Eat here...you can thank me later.

Big, big fan of China Cottage! The restaurant itself it's super spacious with a lot of seating, so we have never personally waited for a table even though they have been very packed at times - the tables turn fairly quickly. The staff is all super nice and helpful and willing to listen to any accommodations you may be asking for. As for the food... haven't tried anything I don't like yet - BUT, I will order the Mala green beans with pork (extra spicy) every single time! It is so good and the spice level is perfect, even when kicked up a notch above regular. The pork is perfectly cooked and tastes SO GOOD. Highly recommend if you have never tried or want to branch out and try something new!

I did return to the restaurant on 48. The food was good as usual and I did not see any signs of any critters this time. I'm still only raising my review to 4 stars because it'll take a while until I'm satisfied.

Away like the food and portions here, EXCEPT, today I got my usual Cashew Chicken, and it was not good, even mediocre.

The food was fantastic!! However I noticed our server he seemed to be a bit overwhelmed. But I know he tried his best. If your party is huge, they do an automatic 20% gratuity. I usually do 20% but I prefer a heads up but that's okay.Also, please make sure if you have the right credit card since I don't take Discover card.

For ten years, our favorite Chinese restaurant has been China Cottage in Springboro. Last night was our first visit to the 48 location in Centerville.The menu offered far fewer selections than we were accustomed to and had eliminated a number of the favorites we enjoyed so much. The menu was hard to read, artistic, but with item information that was disorganized and seemingly incomplete. We ordered Crab Rangoon that was wonderful, but served with plastic cups of fruit sauce that tasted commercially made, less flavorful and oversweet, along with commercial plastic pouches of mustard, bitter. My General Tao's chicken was served in surprisingly large pieces. Most turned out being so tough I could not bite through them. Since we were not given knives, and our server was seldom available to ask, I was left with pulling unchewed chicken from my mouth, once. I avoided multi-bite sized pieces after that... about half my serving. The flavor was very good, however. One of our company ordered cashew chicken that tasted bland, a little disappointing. The cashews were tasty.The other of our three ordered chicken and noodles. She reported that it was ok. Her favorite part was the robot carrying to-go orders from the kitchen to the front.Service was mediocre and inexperienced. Wait times for food felt long. Our server disappeared for long periods, was awkward in placing our food on the table and in removing dishes when we were finished. He did bring us to-go containers for those uneaten portions we chose to take home.We were seated in an area where loud conversations were distracting and continued through most of our meal.Having been accustomed to the excellence we always experienced at the Springboro store, we were pretty disappointed. After some discussion, decided we would not return.