China Town Restaurant

Pretty good food! And good portions for the price. The service was also solid. Nice having a place like this not far from work.

Next up on my "best egg roll around" quest is China Town Restaurant. I usually don't go east of 55th when I'm driving on North Ave, so I forgot that I hadn't tried China Town yet until I recently drove past. I looked at the menu on their website and called in an order that met the minimum amount (it was $20, now it's $25) for adding either two free egg rolls, two free sodas, or a free pint of fried rice (I chose the fried rice). My order consisted of a shrimp fried rice plate with Chinese fried chicken and crab rangoon as the sides, a quart of chicken lo mein (the only size available), two chicken egg rolls, a pork & shrimp egg roll, and a free beef fried rice.Visually, the egg rolls didn't look like they were store bought with the pork & shrimp egg roll being noticeably larger than the chicken egg roll and both having different looking texture for the wrap than a typical egg roll. Taste wise, I thought they were both elevated store bought quality. I didn't find any shrimp in the pork & shrimp egg roll and the filling was wet, which in turn made the wrap start to get soggy. I preferred the chicken egg roll, but not enough that I would want it again considering China East's superior egg roll is roughly 6 minutes away.The crab rangoon was pretty basic. Not bad, but not special. The Chinese fried chicken, though, was great. Instead of your average sized sweet and sour chicken, these were large strips and had much more chicken than the usual chicken to breading ratio in sweet and sour chicken. Even without sauce to dip it in the Chinese fried chicken was moist and flavorful.The chicken lo mein was different than any I've had to this point because of its inclusion of snow peas. I'd much rather have snow peas in my lo mein than water chestnuts like some other Chinese restaurants add, so this was a welcome addition. The portion I tried didn't have a ton of flavor from sauce, so that was disappointing. I'm hoping some sauce settled to the bottom of the container and the rest will be more flavorful when I eat it later.Since I was going to eat the shrimp fried rice for this meal and the only difference between the beef fried rice and shrimp fried rice was the protein, I tried a single piece of the beef just to quick review it. The beef didn't have a ton of flavor either, but it was a better quality of beef than I've had elsewhere. I'd probably get pork next time in hopes that it's more flavorful.Lastly and most importantly, the shrimp fried rice. While the shrimp itself wasn't very noteworthy given that it also didn't look or taste like it had been cooked in a sauce and the pieces weren't large, the fried rice was excellent. I will always prefer fried rice that includes eggs and bean sprouts over fried rice that cheaps out with carrots and peas, so that immediately gave me a good impression of China Town since it was the first container I opened. The rice was cooked well and the flavor fantastic. The amount you get, coupled with the two crab rangoon and two large pieced of Chinese fried chicken, makes the fried rice plate an amazing value and something I'd gladly come back for and keep this from being a 3-star review (hopefully it's even better with pork as the protein).As an FYI, the restaurant is currently takeout only and doesn't look like it'll be allowing dine-in anytime soon if ever again.

The restaurant doesn't appear to be doing table service still but I was ordering takeout anyway. The food was ready promptly for pick up and the pickup was easy. The food was really good tasty and they do a free side like friend rice or egg rolls if you order a certain amount. I love the old dragon statues out front too!

I was in the mood for Chinese food for lunch so I looked at my bookmarks and went over here, the Singapore noodles pictured sealed the deal.I have to admit it's a dated Chinese restaurant but I liked it because a lot of places are so plain looking especially the strip mall places. The place has a little bar, a buffet and dark tables/chairs with cool lights hanging from the ceiling and red carpet. The staff was very friendly and took my order right away. I was the only person not having the buffet so maybe the buffet is good.I have this thing for Singapore noodles and I was surprised to be asked what kind of meat because it's shrimp, pork and chicken traditionally so that's what I asked for. If you don't know what Singapore noodles is it's a curry dish with thin noodles and meat. Spend $10 or more and the yelp check in gets you a free can of sodaThe portion is generous and after filling a plate I barely made a dent in the over stuffed quart container, see my picture. I asked for hot and most places screw that up but they didn't because my nose was running.The Singapore noodles came with butter fly shrimp, big pieces of chicken and pork, pea pods, celery, green onions and shredded carrots for the most part in curry noodles. They didn't skimp on the meat like some places do and the butter fly shrimp makes them look bigger for a great presentation. The Singapore noodles was pretty good and and hit the spot and a plus was that the veggies had crunch left in them which I love because I hate veggies cooked to death.I can't understand the lack of reviews after I had lunch to see what other people thought, just three reviews only. I can't complain because my Singapore noodles was a one of the better ones and meaty with nice heat. I would definitely go back and try some more of the menu.

I stopped at China town on a whim as I was hungry and love Chinese Food . Having worked in a Chinese restaurant as a kid I know what good food is suppose to taste like. I ordered some egg foo young and fried rice among other things. They were excellent, some of the best I have had anywhere. The egg foo young were huge. the rice over flowing the container. Everything was as expected it to be, good portions , tasty, hot.I would highly recommend this place to anyone. I will be back for more.

Absolutely good food, one of my favorite Chinese food places to visit and get takeout (:

i've been going to china town restaurant for years. i will no longer go. i know that quanities are smaller and prices are higher. i got the scallop and veggie dish as always and will never get it again. the scallops this time were the size of small marbels. the egg rolls have changed to and are not good at all.i will never go back.

I had the shrimp and pork fried rice ... excellent... very good and friendly service... big selection on the menu... I have never had any complaints here... highly recommend

First visit on a Saturday evening, no other diners, although numerous people came in to pick up carry-outs. Not sure what their busy time might be, but suspect the daily luncheon buffets (except Sunday) bring in the trade. Solid meals (Chicken with snow peas and an order of fried rice). Generous portions, reasonable prices, fine flavor, courteous service. We will return. Have tried two other Chinese restaurants on North and this is the best so far.

Outstanding food a lot of it hot good service !!! Fast service and the service clerk was so sweet !!! Fair prices