Empress Of China

The service is excellent and the food is delicious. The only thing I would change would be to increase the portions.

Terrible food quality and way over priced. One of the dishes had a very strong odor of pee. Another dish tasted like it was microwaved, couldn't even chew the chicken.Edited to add: ended up getting pretty sick later that night with stomach issues

Very Solid Chinese fair. I am partial to sesame anything here, especially the beef. Great egg rolls and wontons. We order about once or twice a month, usually in a fit of what's for dinner ... The owner likes to greet everyone and service is fast. Carry out orders will ask you how fast rather than suggesting a time. This is the best on the hilltop!!

For Chinese food this is the best bar noneI have been a customer for 35 years. First the one in Louisville and now this one in Madison The food is always great and good portions The service is friendly I try hot and sour soup at every Chinese restaurant I go to and Empress sets the standard My go to is Mongolian beef or Kung pao chicken but everything I have had is amazing and full of flavorYou will never leave hungry or disappointed

The best Chinese food in Madison and competes with big city Chinese restaurants. This is quality delicious Chinese cuisine prepared consistently and properly. They use fresh ingredients in their dishes with homemade sauces. They will also adjust the spiciness of the spicy dishes to your request. Potstickers are great, the mu shu is the real deal, handmade lo mein noodles, stir fried tofu, sesame chicken are my go to dishes. Think I'm heading there for lunch now! They have great lunch dishes with entree, soup, and egg roll!

Cool to find a nice family sit down American Chinese restaurant in Madison. My litmus test for Chinese restaurants is how they cook their fried rice. Is it the frozen bright yellow stuff, or did they actually take the time to fry white rice in a wok? This place did it right. It's definitely the best choice in town, if you're looking for something better than the takeout and buffet style places. Very friendly staff as well.

Best Chinese food in this area! The restaurant owner is extremely nice to customers. I have been there many times and always enjoyed their service. Their sizzling rice soup is so great that i always order. Also you can taste that they use very fresh ingredients in their foods (shrimps are big!). If you can speak Chinese or knows Chinese dish name- talk to the owner directly and they may be able to prepare for u. Their Ma Po Tou fu is the best i have had in the country! Also great place to have dinner or lunch after a hike at the Cliffty Fall state park!

Today was my 75th birthday. To celebrate my husband and son drove 25 miles to get carry-out. I had always said of all the Chinese restaurants I had ever eaten at, Empress was my favorite. After my dinner tonight I won't say that again. I had the mu shu pork which should have called mu shu cabbage. Since that's what it mostly was. What pork there was was fatty and slimy. My son had Mongolian pork and it was mostly fatty too. The cabbage was tasty but sliced in big pieces which made it hard to roll up. My husband's orange beef was the only thing worth eating and some of the beef wasn't as good as it used to be 2 years ago. Very disappointing. Sorry I didn't choose Key West Shrimp House. Definitely will next time.

Had Singapore fei funThis probably is the only place where I did not need the hot sauce or any other sauces. The portions are huge but I had a big appetite that day and finished it allI thought I did smell some Ajinomoto but might have been from another table

I hadn't had Empress for almost a year since COVID started. They have opened their dine in back up and I've been once a week since. The service has been great and their food is so good! I recommend their Mongolian beef!