China Inn Restaurant
1401 1st Ave SE, Cedar Rapids
(319) 247-1888
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The food was terrible. I ordered orange chicken, fried rice and eggrolls. The very first bite of the chicken was pure grisle. The rest of the chicken wasn't much better, with the texture reminding me more of chicken that was leftover after all the good parts were cut off. It was either crunchy or tough, and the orange sauce wasn't orange - it was more like some thick, congealed brown sauce. The rice wasn't "fried rice". It was white rice colored brown, with none of the other stuff that is usually in fried rice like carrot bits and peas. It had no flavor, and I had to dump soy sauce all over it to make it palatable. The egg rolls lacked much filling and didn't have much flavor. The egg rolls were more wrap than anything else. I won't be ordering from China Inn again. To say the food was subpar is an understatement. I did not finish the meal. It wasnt worth it.
My family has been coming here for over 20 years, I grew up getting carry-out regularly. In my 18 years, this place had had completely consistent delicious food, great prices, and wonderful service. It's quite obvious to me that the owners are incredibly hard-working, virtuous people. I'd highly recommend China Inn, for it's own sentimental value to me, but also for the DELICIOUS, authentic food!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Seemed to be an overwhelming amount of veggies and only a couple shrimp on the small. The flavor was good though, the rice was good. Shrimp egg roll was a bit greasy but not bad overall. Wouldn't go back, but wasn't a bad meal, just nothing special or over the top.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Low quality. Not seasoned well. Small portions.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Great for family dinners or relaxed outings
The food is great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
SMELLS LIKE RAW SEWAGE IN HERE ALL THE TIME
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ordered delivery through doordash, doordash did great. However let's get to the food. The crab rangoons have little to no flavor and bring no joy. The lo mein makes me wish I'd just taken a Remington haircut instead it would have been more satisfying and likely cheaper. The general tsos chicken was probably the only dish that tasted alright but the fried rice was lacking in any meaningful flavor. If I wanted to know what Midwestern chinese was this is it right here. Might please a local with no sense of taste or care for flavor but anyone who's loved food will realize quickly how dissapointing this is.
Food: 1
Service: 3
good food- however when i order chicken dishes multiple times i have gotten chunks/full pieces of shrimp so please be careful if you have an allergy!!!!!!
This is my first time going. I’ve always wanted entering there was a horrible musty dirty smell. The woman bathroom smelled horrible. Like sewage maybe ? Men’s bathroom was closed. The service was fast people were nice. I didn’t like the food. I don’t consider myself picky. But it’s the worst fried rice I’ve had. I’ve never seen fried rice so dark. It wasn’t flavorful at all. Also I got Mongolian beef and there wasn’t really any meat. Everything’s expensive nowadays least can offer decent portions. All in all nice people but I won’t be returning due to food quality. And the smells threw me off a lot.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
Great food and great staff
10/10 Everytime. I love the staff. The food is a hit for real. Love yall!
still the best place in the city for my Chinese food. I like the healthy choice. A relative from New York City had something vegetarian and she was happy. Ordered at high noon on Saturday and it was here by 12:30.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ordered moo goo gai pan and 3 crab lagoons delivered by Doordash. Came with no utensils. Ragoons had VERY little filling and were hard. Moo goo gai pan....chicken was tender but the dish was tasteless. Never again.
The inside of this place smells like dirty toilet water
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