China House II
China House II
the menus of the restaurant
Jayme B.
Oct 19, 2017
The menu is extensive! And with all of those options, I always end up getting the Mixed Vegetables with Garlic Sauce. Their sauce has a kick, but it's not too spicy. There are a wide variety of veggies, which I love! My boyfriend is more adventurous and tries new things every time we order from here. He has not been disappointed yet. This place is our go-to for Chinese food in Swissvale! *Also, last night I bought some of the homemade sweet-tea they make. It's $1.75/quart and definitely worth it! It's a bit sweeter than I like, so I added some water and it was perfect!!
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Stephanie L.
Oct 23, 2017
Just skip this place. I kinda knew I'd be getting mediocrity, because the reviews reflect that it's just "okay," but I didn't expect our experience to be just flat out BAD.I ordered a sweet and sour chicken combination plate, my husband ordered a chicken chow mein combination plate, and we got our son a small bowl of chicken and broccoli. We also ordered fried cheese wontons and egg rolls. To their credit, the sweet and sour chicken was actually pretty good. When I go to a Chinese place I've never been before I usually go for something that's pretty fool-proof and my method paid off this time. The fried rice was terrible; it contained no egg and not ONE piece of pork, which the menu claimed it would. Pork fried rice should include pork. We're new Pittsburghers from California and back home, chow mein means a plate of noodles. My husband got an extremely pale plate of... onions and zucchini, I think? The chicken looked cooked but the whole meal, overall, looked fairly pale and unappetizing. It came with "crispy fried" noodles to mix into it but they tasted stale and didn't do much for it. We threw that entire meal away. Pros:-sweet and sour chicken was good-fried cheese wontons were goodCons:-food didn't seem entirely fresh, even though it's supposed to be made-to-order-menu confusion resulted in a kind of "too bad" shrug from the staff-overall disappointing for the amount of money paidWe really wanted some fast, affordable, Chinese food but I think from now on we'll just stick to the short drive to Squirrel Hill for the good stuff. We left feeling like we wasted a lot of money and time on this place.
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Nia B.
Mar 21, 2017
Do you like basic Chinese food? Of course you do, this place is fast and tasty. Take out or eat in! I love the shrimp toast! They also make their own sweet tea that is divine. Is this the fanciest place for lunch or dinner, not at all but it's exactly what you want when you have a hankering for Chinese food.
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Chuck K.
Jun 23, 2012
This is going to be an extremely short review.I got take-out from China House in Swissvale. I was tired of pizza (not really) and wanted to try some Chinese for a change. I love General Tso's and Almond Chicken. I called around 6ish, and my food was ready in 15 minutes.I got home and opened the Almond Chicken first. There were sparse pieces of un-sauced chicken, a few pieces of broccoli, and some crushed almonds. We were really puzzled when we looked at the dish. "This isn't almond chicken!" We got a small container of hot viscous liquid, but after tasting it, we couldn't tell if it was soup or something else.The General Tso's looked a little more like it should, and tasted good as well. The pieces of chicken were small, but the sauce was flavorful. The almond chicken was moist-free, and lacking any flavor.We ordered fried rice, but what we got looked more like starch soaked in chicken stock- no peas, no egg, no fried anything.We had a few summer rolls that were tasty, but extremely undercooked.Almond and fortune cookies completed our meal. The food was really disappointing. That being said, the young man and woman that own and work in the restaurant are extremely kind and accommodating.
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Youliang W.
Mar 11, 2018
It's actually a fast food restaurant, however, the food is a mix of Chinese and Western. It lost its original flavor esp. those Sichuan food which should be spicy to be called Sichuan dishes.
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Deborah G.
May 2, 2016
This place has gone downhill tremendously. I just had a baby roach drop out of the takeout bag. Never again.
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Morgan H.
Nov 5, 2011
Their food is always pretty tasty, although perhaps a little heavily sauce for my tastes, but I'd rather too much sauce than not enough. I'm not a fan of their appetizers much, other than the yummy egg rolls. They make their crab rangoon and fried wonton a little differently than most Chinese joints. The best part is the staff, they are always smiling and friendly, ask how you're doing when you come in, and remember you if you're a regular.
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Reina P.
Sep 20, 2019
Favorite Chinese food around the area hands down. The food is always made fresh when I order it and the owners are friendly. The food is really good and there's always extra sauce to put with the rice. They also make this homemade sweet tea that is really good.
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Ben H.
Jul 28, 2011
Delicious food, clean establishment, quick and friendly service. Just about perfection for strip mall Chinese food.
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Bill P.
Dec 13, 2010
Passable, cheap Chinese food. I like the Kung Pao chicken, but they definitely put in too many carrots.
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