Modern China Cafe

1525 N Main St, Walnut Creek
(925) 988-8008

Recent Reviews

James C.

Great infused modern Chinese food with a great atmosphere. The service is always good from weight staff to management on down. Make sure you make reservations because this place gets busy really fast. I highly recommend this place.

Andre Jackson

Food and atmosphere is definitely worth it. 5 star ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Britney Valerio

I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS BUSINESS!!!Saturday night I was coming to celebrate my girls bday. I showed up and there was a bunch of black and brown people like myself outside trying to get in. For some reason, security was holding the line that I was in the front of and being rude. Said he wasn’t gonna let anyone else in even though a handful of people left. But yet proceeds to let this couple in before me AND his boys in that weren’t even in line nor spending $$$ + a dog! WTH? I spoke to some guy named Chris who said he’s the owner and expressed my frustration but he was useless and I highly doubt he’s the owner. As someone that has worked in the hospitality industry as a bartender/server in the Bay for YEARS, I was sooo disappointed and disgusted in this place. Sooo you want to promote Fri & Sat nights as hip hop night with a DJ but yet NOT let too many black and brown people in? And then hold the line for HELLA long and NOT even let the people standing in line in to come spend $$$? SMH, GOT IT! I never even got inside this establishment and I will NEVER support it. I will also post my review on ALL my social media outlets to warn my followers as well as google, FB, etc. Might even contact the city, police department & fire department because of the safety hazard/violation of this place being sooo TRASH with their cocky/rude unprofessional security guards smh this place will be shut down shortly…MARK MY WORDS! ??‍♀️?

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Britney V.

Saturday night I was coming to celebrate my girls bday. I showed up and there was a bunch of black and brown people like myself outside trying to get in. For some reason, security was holding the line that I was in the front of and being rude. Said he wasn't gonna let anyone else in even though a handful of people left. But yet proceeds to let this couple in before me AND his boys in that weren't even in line nor spending $$$ + a dog! WTH? I spoke to some guy named Chris who said he's the owner and expressed my frustration but he was useless and I highly doubt he's the owner. As someone that has worked in the hospitality industry as a bartender/server in the Bay for YEARS, I was sooo disappointed and disgusted in this place. Sooo you want to promote Fri & Sat nights as hip hop night with a DJ but yet NOT let too many black and brown people in? And then hold the line for HELLA long and NOT even let the people standing in line in to come spend $$$? SMH, GOT IT! I never even got inside this establishment and I will NEVER support it. I will also post my review on ALL my social media outlets to warn my followers as well as google, FB, etc. Might even contact the city, police department & fire department because of the safety hazard/violation of this place being sooo TRASH with their cocky/rude unprofessional security guards smh this place will be shut down shortly...MARK MY WORDS! ‍

Shamina W.

There was parking on the backside of the building. Kind of looks like an Alley way but there was tight parking that required meters to be paid. I had no change but found a meter that took cards. The restaurant was clean and the staff were friendly. The food came out quickly and the staff were super helpful and mindful of the menu. The food was pretty yummy, the fried rice was actually not fried. They have a full bar and the drinks were decent. They have indoor and outdoor seating we sat outside where they had heater readily available. I

Trina B.

I tried this place with a friend, we came to grab a drink at the bar. There was many people eating outside and inside the bar was packed. We ordered 2 drinks and the price was $52! I was shocked and disappointed in the mixed drink I got. We ordered a Paloma and a jalapeño margarita. Not sure why they charge so much for some basic drinks. Overall the vibes were good and the music was great. Will I be back? Maybe... I'd like to try the food. I'll just make sure to get my drinks elsewhere. The bartenders were nice, and their bathrooms were clean. I liked that.

Bria Brown B.

We thought we would give Modern China a try after seeing good reviews on Instagram . We spent $100 each on food and drinks . The vibes were nice and we had a good time but sadly the next day we both got food poisoning . I was vomiting and she had diarrhea . I'm vegetarian and made that clear with our server (I think my food was prepared in the same pan as meat) . We will not be returning

Raquina Delaney

My friend and I visited this restaurant 3/16 , we spent $100 each on food and drinks and enjoyed our time … but the next day 3/17 we both had symptoms of food poisoning. I was vomiting , she had diarrhea. We won’t be returning , at least not for any

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Raymond Gipson

Excellent tasting

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rodney S.

Food is not bad for the price. Service is always fast fun and friendly. The ambiance is awesome for a first date or for the fellas or group of ladies to just kick back and have cocktails. The prices have slightly increased since the pandemic. All of the bartenders are awesome and knowledgeable about their pours. Also a solid spot to just stop and grab a beer solo.

Yousuf K.

Came here around 10pm at night and it was essentially more of a bar than a restaurant. Ordered egg rolls, singapore style noodles, soup, and green onion pancake and to be quite frank, none of it tasted good at all. Normally I'd give spots like this a second shot, but unfortunately this one's a hard no for me.

Tao Z.

This place is absolutely amazing, it has the best vibes at night time in Walnut Creek. our server was very friendly and helpful as well. They have live DJ events on Fridays and Saturdays so the atmosphere is great on the weekends. The food was also very tasty. Especially the Honey Walnut Prawns. Highly recommended!!!

Dianah W.

The dim sum was the nastiest I've ever tasted. They serve you defrosted shrimp dumplings. The bar tender was more drunk than anyone in the restaurant. The waitresses do not know how to provide good service. They had attitude the entire time. One of them made it obvious she wanted to serve her "boyfriend" something personal rather than doing her job which is to tend to the customers. This place is a waste of space and time.

Emil Viceral

First time dining here and I gotta say I'm not a fan. The layout is odd and overall not very large. The food is subpar. 2 menus but foodeisr everything seems to be a la cart. I ordered the lemongrass pork and it did not match the description. My friend ordered skewers and they were average at best. Definitely overpriced. Much better Chinese food places to go in the area. I will not waste my time and money going here. I don't know how I heard good things about this place. Oh the best part was the fortune cookies that came with the bill. They looked off in color and found out why. On the back of the fortune, there was a QR code for 3 months of free downloads to Napster! For those that don't remember Napster it was a peer to peer filesharing service that closed in 2001 and filed bankruptcy in 2002! So yeah...how old are the fortune cookies?

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Shakira M.

This place has to be joking itself. My friend and I came on a sat night to sit and eat dinner. We were told that we could not be seated without showing ID. I asked if there was age limit since they were requiring ID and he informed me yes there was. He said on FRI-SUN no one under the age of 21 is allowed in the restaurant because of the DJ and issues w underage drinker sneaking to the bar. Yet later on while seated I see two children walk through no older than 12 y.o. This place seriously needs to be get itself together trying to act like a club when it is a restaurant. The food here is amazing but doesn't seem like they have it all together if they are accidentally serving people who are underage. They should require an ID to buy a drink but not to sit at a table for dinner. I also tried to contact the management regarding this situation left my name and phone number no response. You cannot pick and choose who you ID for a table it's seems very discriminatory, for whatever reason that may be age, race, or anything other.

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