China Best Restaurant

This is definitely a hidden gem in the Hayward Highland area near California State University, East Bay. Located inside University Plaza, is China Best, which serves up good Chinese foods at a very reasonable price with good sized portions.Everything here is cooked fresh to order, so everything is very fresh, tasty and delicious. The portions here are very generous, they definitely don't skimp out on the portions. I've tried the following here:Sweet & Sour PorkSweet & Sour Chicken String Bean ChickenBeef with Fried TofuShredded Pork with Garlic SauceMongolian BeefCurry Bew StewYou can either get them as an entree, lunch special, or combo. Lunch comes with rice and fried wonton skins, while the combo comes with rice, and chow mein, all at different pricing, but very reasonable.The owner here is so sweet, she remembers all her regular customers and she has owned the place for the past 5 years. If you are looking for some tasty Chinese food with reasonable pricing, this is the place!

Upon nearing the place you will notice a boarded up window, which has been there for months. Also, the lighted sign overhead is flickering in a glaring display of neglect.The food is bland. The lunch combo comes with unflavored white rice and plain noodles which look like they've been through a soy sauce bath.The interior is a bit of a storage unit for boxes. They need to close, clean up, revamp the menu, and put some effort into their dishes.

I really liked the walnut prawns here. I got the lunch special which came with rice and a fried wonton. The batter was light and crispy, however I could have done with less of the mayo sauce. The rice had some hard, overcooked bits which were not fun to accidentally bite into, so I had to eat extra cautiously. We also ordered best orange chicken lunch special with chow mein and rice. It was really good as well. Overall, it was a lot of food for the value and the lady working was really sweet. I might just order ala carte next time.

To start off, I would give this place a 3.5/5. Main reason is the sweet and sour pork doesn't have that fresh taste to it. When my order was ready, the plate was very hot, and as I bit into the sweet and sour pork it was a little crispy but almost had a somewhat frozen texture that is hard to describe. The onions and bell peppers also had this frozen texture as it was hard and not really soft and grilled. The sauce is okay and the rice was also okay. However, the portion is huge and definitely filled me up. Employees are also very friendly and attentive.

The owner keeps this place pretty clean and post Covid the owner is the only one at the front desk serving customers. It is a small Chinese restaurant and aiming to serve the community so I can't expect top of the line fancy Chinese restaurant. But for this community Chinese restaurant I want to give it a five starts because they even allow me to customize dishes and willing to accept feedback. Return customer like me for sure.

Jessica, the owner is the BEST! I come in once a week for the HK Style Noodles, crispy! Kung Pao ckn is also good. The place is nice and chill and clean! Love the sesame balls too for desert!

I was in the neighborhood and popped into this Chinese restaurant. The food was fresh and packed with flavor! I really enjoyed it and will definitely be back for more.

We have ordered from China Best Restaurant about 3x or so. 2x for lunch and 1x for dinner. By far, the food at lunch was SO much better aka fresh and we enjoyed the combos, which included plain chow mein noodles and rice. The Lemon Chicken and Green Onion and Ginger Chicken were cooked well and had great flavor without being overly salty. Now their dinner was an entirely different story. The Salt and Pepper Pork was horrible. The meat tasted old, gamey, and was the worst that we've had as this is our go-to dish. No amount of breading or salt could save it and the portions were large and no leftovers were eaten. The potatoes in the Curry Chicken were sliced thin and were too al dente for my liking, but others might like it this way. The flavors weren't bad but felt disjointed. The Beef Chow Fun was fine. Would we get food from here again? Still debating as prices were good for the portions, but if so, it would only be for lunch.

This place gives large portions for a very affordable price and it taste very good. Worker is very friendly. It's a great place for east bay students to come for lunch.

This is our go to place when we don't feel like cooking. We order the orange chicken, ham fried rice, tomato fish, and beef with soft tofu. Kids grew up on eating here and when they're back visiting us they always request food from here.