China Chef

This is in a complex that I visit often, and I thought I would try. The reviews were mixed but went ahead. I called for pickup and placed an order for vegetable fried rice and to make it spicy. This place had shared and enough parking. The store is easily accessible. As I entered the store, it looked like a big place but not used for dinein anymore. The staff was preparing the takeout orders, they were ready with my order, and the ambiance is okay inside. The vegetable fried rice that I ordered was packed in a box. I like the packing. The fried rice tasted really good, and it was made as per request, which is spicy. I don't see the problem that the other reviewers had to me. The fried rice was made well. The rice could have been cooked a little more. Otherwise, I like fried rice. I also ordered the same day takeout in another Chinese place but but everyone liked this version of the fried rice because it was made spicier. I would definitely try more items in this place and post my feedback on those.

Best in Thorndale got fried dumplings egg rolls and the sweet and sour chicken everyone enjoyed it

I've ordered from here on and off for close to 10years (maybe more, I've lived in the area since 1999, just not sure if it was always China Chef). I've always found it to be a little too greasy/oily. Tonight we decided to try something new, so we went for the Thai Mei Fun, Kaeng Keiw Warn Green Curry (shrimp), chicken w mixed vegs, and crab rangoons. I'm fairly disappointed in the spice level. The Thai mei fun is bland at best, and the green curry is mildly spicy. I expected a Thai dish to burn my taste buds off and this falls incredibly short. They were out of white rice, which isn't a big deal as we generally don't eat much if any of it, but they also took 0$ off. Would have been nice to get some money off or at least 1 small fried rice, SOMETHING.

Rude owner. She was yelling in Chinese because I asked them to remake my burnt sweet & sour pork. Then opened the door from the back of house to front of house to glare at me while my food was handed to me. Never going here again

So the hubby and I were shopping and decided to stop in for a easy late lunch. It was a Sunday and no one in there sitting, but a few people coming in to get pick up orders. I ordered the Singapore Mei fun w/shrimp and hubby got the combo of Kung Pao chicken with pork fried rice and eggroll. The place looked barren, nothing on the tables, not even napkins or soy sauce, but everything was clean at least. I was not expecting my singapore noodles to be heavy with yellow curry, i guess I've had more soy sauce based noodles with less curry. I personally do not like things too spicy- but amazingly I loved this! It was just on the edge of spicy with fresh red pepper chopped in the noodles, and I literally had a shrimp with every bite! Chock full of shrimp- and they were cooked well and fresh. I may have liked more veggies in the mix, esp more onion, but honestly it was delightful, and now I can breath even better from the spice helping my sinuses! lolMy husband loved his Kung pao - again fresh chopped red pepper, plenty of peanuts, not too many of carrots (seems many places load up on carrots and it takes away from the dish) but he felt it was a great balance of heat and veggies/meat. He even felt it was a good eggroll, that was fresh and crunchy, not greasy.Only reason I did not give 5 stars is the bland atmosphere, and drinks were very expensive. a 16 oz coke for 1.75 or a 2 liter for 2.95- but no glasses or cups to save the money. I think for the future this will be a "to go order pick up" from us. But we did enjoy the quality of the food. Will stop by when we are around again.

China Chef is around the block from my house and has been consistently good every time I've ordered. I'm not sure what the bad reviews are about, as I've never had a problem here. The only thing I can potentially see is that service is a bit rushed, but it appears they get slammed around dinner time. Overall it's an okay restaurant for basic Chinese food. If you're looking for higher quality I would travel a little bit further near Malvern or Paoli.

This spot had a great Covid-19 safe distancing set up for food pickup! To add to that the food was very good. Our first time ordering and we were super pleased. Beef LoMein, fried chicken wings, chicken and broccoli, egg rolls were all excellent. Fresh and flavorful. Definitely will be coming back. I didn't get pics of the food but I am adding menu photos to show the variety of options available...

They messed up my order 2 times. Then I go 15 minutes home. I called them to tell them and they say oh sorry about that! No real customer service! I asked for sauce on the side... Nope, my food was smothered in it!

I got the beef lo mein combo. Lo mein was good and food was done fast! The rice is suprisingly my favorite part, a lot of flavor. Would recommend :)

I've been coming here for 15+ years. In my opinion it's the best Chinese food in the Thorndale area. Never had a bad experience and the food tastes great. The chicken lo mein and general tso chicken are our favorites