JL China House

1403 3rd Ave, Chula Vista
(619) 691-1285

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It's not a buffet!

Atmosphere: 1

Asahir Navarro

I've been a customer for 15 years and the new management that took over the restaurant has the worst customer service.The girl on the is the front desk taking orders. with the big glasses is really rude. I saw 3 customers leave because of that.Because of a rudeness should not have that kind of people in and customer service

Service: 1

Nico Alex

This place used to have lines outside back in the late 90's and earlier 2000s, my fam and I used to come here all the time and they would serve all your food into those styrofoam food plates and fill it to the brim. You could easily feed a family for days with those portions and with great customer service, it was the best place to get chinese back in the day.

I moved back into town and stopped by recently with my cousin visiting from TJ and the quality dropped so bad, I was really shocked.

You can no longer go inside to order, you have to go to the window with this rude woman who very arrogantly told me that I have to order at the window. I didn't want to make a comment about it but my cousin and I noticed very quickly how aggressive and annoyed her tone was.

And when you make an order now a days, they no longer give the food in those plates I mentioned, it all now in these tiny to go containers for prices ranging from $5 to $12 per container??
And the worst part, according to the woman who attended us, she said that the container sizes change with every entree. A small container for broccoli beef is very different for spicy chicken. The spicy chicken was going to come in a paper chinese take out box the size of an apple and for a higher price.

The lack of transparency and consistency with the box sizes at this place is extremely shady and dishonest, we were not surprised by all the reviews that mention the lack of clarity other customers had with the portions.

Fun fact: If you go on Yelp, you'll see that this place has received 6 Food Violations, the 2 most recent being in Oct and Nov of 2024. Do what you will with that information.

My cousin and I decided to leave, there was no way we were going to pay over $12 for a apple sized container of spicy chicken and be treated with disrespected for asking follow up questions on why each meat had different container sizes. That woman was very defensive and rude; the change in management has made this place take a nosedive in quality.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

MD N

The down fall you no.longer can go in and sit down.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 4

Itay zaober

Chinese food, classic and good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Vicente Arellano

Great food and service. Awesome

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jonathan Crawford

Hella good food plus you get what you paid for. I miss when they had the buffet, but still, A must go-to!!! Plus friendly and bi-lingual

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Denise Luevano

I left San Diego 6years ago. Just moved back, and couldn't wait to eat there. I was so bummed out that you're not able to go inside the restaurant anymore and sit down and eat. I always enjoyed and love going to this restaurant , especially the shrimp šŸ¤ I always enjoyed the buffet šŸ˜‹ šŸ‘Œ ā˜ŗļø

Food: 5

Service: 5

Deniss Angulo

Well, I didn't have a good experience of restoring apart from the fact that it has very powerful workers and they want you to order Fast in his food in the very chewy rice

Jeb Garcia

On a Sunday I wanted red BBQ Pork and this was the restaurant I wanted to try. The combo #11 was ready in about 10 min from a walk in order. It is more than enough food for 2 meals, and great tasting food. The shrimp were nicely done too, crispy without excess oil. You can call in orders to pick up. Great bargain.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Isaias Guerrero

The food is really good and fresh. The portions are well served for the price.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chris Crane

I ordered from yall on DoorDash…. Oh my Goodness. I was reading the reviews and people were saying ā€œoh they stuffed my plateā€ I’m like ya ok. So I ordered….. yep. Confirmed. More food that could feed the Congo and its delicious. I went out of my way to post this on Google. Was not able to type on DoorDash but my word I’m coming to visit yall soon. I couldn’t even finish the food so I brought it to work the next day. Working on it now

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

TM Laws

Expensive for what it is (no dine in, only get to dine outside on tables that aren't cleaned after guests eat there). The make a plate deal ended up being 17$ (chow mein $6.99, sides 5.50 to 6.99). On the side of the building it says free soda with dine in, but like I said, they are only outdoor. I only ate here because I didn't want Jack in the Box but maybe I would have been better off there . I will admit the portions are huge but the orange chicken is so so, beef with broccoli is better, and the chow mein is alright.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 3

Daniela Arreola

Omg when I tell you this is the BEST Chinese in the area!!! So good and a great price as well!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Patricia Eaton

Unfortunately, sitting is outside now, and you can't enjoy the food because it gets cold fast. Customer service is now lacking.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

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