La China Restaurant
La China Restaurant
Sweet and sour pork
Beef and Broccoli
Kung Pao Chicken lunch, add snow peas. Needs a little sweetness.
Table condiments include a delicious array of soy sauce and hand sanitizer
Shower curtain dividers
Getting my order together.
That is the front where you can order to go.
Menu as of March 2024
Seating area...pretty basic seating.
House soft noodle
Chicken with orange sauce
Beef soft noodle chow mein
There is sit down although it doesn't let ok like it outside
Lunch menu
Good, piping hot small egg flower soup.
Menu as of March 2024
Mu shui beef
Beer and wine list
Teriyaki chicken
Barbecue BBQ Pork
This is the new menu
Barbecue pork
Mongolian Beef
6 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings and small House Fried Rice
Christian S.
Apr 6, 2024
Straight up solid Chinese American food. My order of Singapore noodles and spring roles arrived in 5 minutes and was served with a smile. Food was great. Another reviewer knocked them down for the strip mall ambience. Well, many of us have had some great food from "holes in the wall". Or strip malls. Love that they had Singapore noodles. I will be back.
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Armando D.
Jun 6, 2024
Food is good not great. Had the won to. Soup and barbecue pork. Soup was a little salty and the pork was very greasy! I had to use napkins to take the grease off. My brother had the pork noodles and they looked ok. He seemed to like it.
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Christine S.
Jul 22, 2024
I love their salt and pepper wings. They are very crispy and delicious. They might be a tiny bit on the sweet side.
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Georlea P.
Jul 11, 2024
Ordered food to go and it was awful. It had too much brown sauce and salty. Vegetables were over cooked. Sauce leaked all over the bag and the worst part, served in styrofoam which is banned. Food looked unappetizing. Walked into the restaurant where a table was lined up with food to go orders. Along the wall were boxes, metal shelf piece, containers, etc. If you turned to the right there were tables to eat in house. The restaurant ambiance wasn't appealing. The restaurant needs a complete facelift.
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Tammie W.
Feb 26, 2023
I was craving egg drop soup and sweet and sour chicken so decided to check out La China in San Carlos/El Cajon. It's in the strip mall with a bunch of other shops and looks to be primarily focused on take-out, though I saw a few tables filled inside. The food we ordered took me back to my childhood eating fried sweet and sour chicken, egg drop soup, mongolian beef, and cream cheese wontons. Everything was hot, made with good quality meat and a decent price. The egg drop soup was okay, I enhanced it by adding soy sauce. The fried wonton pieces are always my favorite and they provided a nice side bag of them. The sweet and sour chicken was all white meat served with pineapple, onions and peppers. I asked for sauce on the side so it would still be crisp when I brought it home. The Mongolian beef was very good. Tasty, tender cuts of beef with a generous hand in thinly sliced onions and sauce. The cream cheese wontons were fried and served with the same sauce as the chicken. I was hoping it would be a sweet chili sauce but still good. It's by no means traditional Chinese food, though they do have specialties. It's a clean shop and the lady who took my order and helped me was super friendly and helpful.
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Sabrina T.
Apr 29, 2023
First of all, what's with the name? La China sounds like an inappropriate conglomerate of Americanized Spanish tacked onto China as an afterthought. Then again, this is an east county hole-in-the-wall next to a CVS so I'm not surprised.How did I find myself here? I went on a very lackluster date and sad to say, this restaurant was a mirror image of how this date went. So, what baffles me is that the east county locals dig it. I guess I'm not too shocked...But before I open that can of worms, I just want to be kind and nuanced with a few positives about La China:- cheap, decent portions- friendly service (although the server quickly threw fortune cookies and the bill at us when HIS plate was sucked down despite MY plate being 3/4 full)- quiet and I guess intimate for those who have been hitched for a long timeNow, for the lame details:- lukewarm food with a watery, canned taste- terribly bright garage-style lighting - lackluster decor- entrees don't automatically come with rice (this I could somewhat forgive but considering the blahness... you can at least make white rice free)So, there's my two cents. I would never go on another date with Mr. Lame La China guy and I would never come back here.
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Chrissy S.
Apr 21, 2024
My coworker and I decided to give this place a try and I loved it so much I went back with my partner. It seems to be a small, family-owned business. The decor is dated but I feel like that added to its charm. The menu prices are very affordable, the staff is super prompt and kind, and there's plenty of parking. So far I've tried the egg drop and hot and sour soup, the general tsaos chicken, sweet and sour chicken, and the noodles. The egg drop soup was yummy but the hot and sour was my favorite- they don't skimp on the mushrooms or tofu and it came out piping hot. Both chicken entrees I ordered were perfectly crisped on the outside, tender inside, and packed with flavor. Lastly, the noodles are my favorite, they have that distinct wok flavor thats hard to come by at other places. I very much appreciated this place and think it deserves more attention.
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Kerri S.
Apr 28, 2024
Total dive but really really good food. Highly recommend for your basic food Chinese takeout.
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Lauri T.
Aug 4, 2024
Great food & good people. Try the Kung pow chicken & fried rice. Husband loves the egg drop soup and fried shrimp.
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Sophia S.
Jul 20, 2024
La China is great! (While not the best food I've had they are very good and I'm always going back)My go to dishes are:- beef broccoli - orange chicken- crab Rangoon- chow mein I have only ever done take out.
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