Love their crabragoon very quick service decent prices.
Food: 5
Nathan Wiese
The food is really good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried
badhal acharya
Food is bad ?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
Erika Gottshall
Take out only. Decent food and prices. Consistently good, but do check your bags before you go for any requested extras. They are fairly busy, be kind.For folks from the coasts and larger metro areas, order your food extra spicy if you are accustomed to spicier food. They cater to a midwestern palette.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Teresa Oliver
Order wasn't right then when I got it home they packed it upside down and everything spilled in the bag. Worst experience of my life. So disappointed.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Noodles, Fried
Chad Lancaster
Came in for a last minute to-go order for dinner. The lady up front was helpful when selecting food. I ordered Sweet and Sour Chicken Fingers, Chicken and Broccoli, Vegetable Fried Rice, and Crab Rangoon for my wife, daughter, and myself.Pro's:Wife and daughter liked the Crab RangoonThe Sweet and sour sauce was really goodFood was done in less than 10 minutesCon's:Chicken and Broccoli had no Brown Sauce(This might have just been a different style of cooking, but not what was expected)The Vegetable Fried Rice was loaded with oil and didn't taste very goodThe Sweet and Sour Chicken Fingers were more like chicken niblets, I'd guess around 70% coating and 30% chicken.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Crab Rangoon
Eric Thiele
Visited on 11/15/23 between 12:15-12:40pm. Apparently its mostly take out only but was able to sit and eat quickly with the food in the to-go packaging. Based on the reviews it seems since Covid restrictions lifted 2.5 years ago they haven't even bothered going back to actual dine-in service. I inquired as to if they were having remodeling work done or something since it was carry out only and they have the dining space to hold 100 customers + being the only oriental restaurant in a mid-sized town (nearest option is in the larger town Newton).. doesn't make any sense as to why they have not fully opened after all this time. Couldn't understand half of what the wife who was taking the orders upfront was saying, but she shook her head when I had inquired to if it was closed for remodeling since the place looks worn and in disrepair, and there were some cardboard boxes as a makeshift pathway on the floor & half the dining room lights were out. Then I asked if it was due to a possible lack of business (I wouldn't find it surprising considering Grinnell is a town under 10K population & half downtown is either empty spaces or bareboned furnished businesses that could pack up shop in mere hours) suspect she might of taken offense to being asked that because she left the dining area after saying something unintelligible... could hear her talking to her husband the chef in the kitchen, hear him within a couple of minutes make a loud hacking cough sound.. and my food get delivered to me 2 minutes later. Why I don't doubt my food might of been coughed on since also he came in/out of the kitchen few times and not once did I ever hear him cough again. lol, still ate it none the less 9-). Could tell they mixed cold veggies within the mildly warm rice & sweet & sour chicken. Whether or not my food had been hacked on I've had better tasting & experiences at others... I think since they know their the only option in town they don't have to try.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Grace Soriano
I placed an order to have a meal for dinner, and then noodles work dry and sticking together, mushrooms were burned, all in all, it looked nasty to eat, so I had to throw it all away. I must try to post a short video of it.
One of my favorite Chinese Restaurants, even though it’s 408 miles from my house. The crispy tofu is worth every mile.
Jeff Henderson
Usually this place is pretty decent, but today got orange chicken and fried rice the chicken was so over cooked I couldn't even stab my fork through it. Seems like this place has gone downhill ever since they changed to take out only it's sad because it's the only Chinese restaurant in town.
Adam Solar
I used to really look forward to the days when we could order out from this place when I lived around here. The fried rice, hot and sour soup, Hunan beef, and almost everything else couldn't be beat.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Rangoon, Hot and Sour Soup, Schezwan Beef, Beef with Broccoli
Ray Miles
Good food, but when I looked this place up on Google, it said dine in was available. It is not, the restaurant is take out only.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Megan Zarger
Food was subpar. Hot n sour soup had only a few items within(all broth). Shrimp fried rice had no flavor. Took 15 minutes longer than they told us on the phone.
Love their crabragoon very quick service decent prices.
Food: 5
The food is really good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried
Food is bad ?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
Take out only. Decent food and prices. Consistently good, but do check your bags before you go for any requested extras. They are fairly busy, be kind.For folks from the coasts and larger metro areas, order your food extra spicy if you are accustomed to spicier food. They cater to a midwestern palette.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Order wasn't right then when I got it home they packed it upside down and everything spilled in the bag. Worst experience of my life. So disappointed.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Noodles, Fried
Came in for a last minute to-go order for dinner. The lady up front was helpful when selecting food. I ordered Sweet and Sour Chicken Fingers, Chicken and Broccoli, Vegetable Fried Rice, and Crab Rangoon for my wife, daughter, and myself.Pro's:Wife and daughter liked the Crab RangoonThe Sweet and sour sauce was really goodFood was done in less than 10 minutesCon's:Chicken and Broccoli had no Brown Sauce(This might have just been a different style of cooking, but not what was expected)The Vegetable Fried Rice was loaded with oil and didn't taste very goodThe Sweet and Sour Chicken Fingers were more like chicken niblets, I'd guess around 70% coating and 30% chicken.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Crab Rangoon
Visited on 11/15/23 between 12:15-12:40pm. Apparently its mostly take out only but was able to sit and eat quickly with the food in the to-go packaging. Based on the reviews it seems since Covid restrictions lifted 2.5 years ago they haven't even bothered going back to actual dine-in service. I inquired as to if they were having remodeling work done or something since it was carry out only and they have the dining space to hold 100 customers + being the only oriental restaurant in a mid-sized town (nearest option is in the larger town Newton).. doesn't make any sense as to why they have not fully opened after all this time. Couldn't understand half of what the wife who was taking the orders upfront was saying, but she shook her head when I had inquired to if it was closed for remodeling since the place looks worn and in disrepair, and there were some cardboard boxes as a makeshift pathway on the floor & half the dining room lights were out. Then I asked if it was due to a possible lack of business (I wouldn't find it surprising considering Grinnell is a town under 10K population & half downtown is either empty spaces or bareboned furnished businesses that could pack up shop in mere hours) suspect she might of taken offense to being asked that because she left the dining area after saying something unintelligible... could hear her talking to her husband the chef in the kitchen, hear him within a couple of minutes make a loud hacking cough sound.. and my food get delivered to me 2 minutes later. Why I don't doubt my food might of been coughed on since also he came in/out of the kitchen few times and not once did I ever hear him cough again. lol, still ate it none the less 9-). Could tell they mixed cold veggies within the mildly warm rice & sweet & sour chicken. Whether or not my food had been hacked on I've had better tasting & experiences at others... I think since they know their the only option in town they don't have to try.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
I placed an order to have a meal for dinner, and then noodles work dry and sticking together, mushrooms were burned, all in all, it looked nasty to eat, so I had to throw it all away. I must try to post a short video of it.
Food: 1
Take out only. Burnt nasty food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Love their dumplings!
Restaurantji Recommends
One of my favorite Chinese Restaurants, even though it’s 408 miles from my house. The crispy tofu is worth every mile.
Usually this place is pretty decent, but today got orange chicken and fried rice the chicken was so over cooked I couldn't even stab my fork through it. Seems like this place has gone downhill ever since they changed to take out only it's sad because it's the only Chinese restaurant in town.
I used to really look forward to the days when we could order out from this place when I lived around here. The fried rice, hot and sour soup, Hunan beef, and almost everything else couldn't be beat.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Rangoon, Hot and Sour Soup, Schezwan Beef, Beef with Broccoli
Good food, but when I looked this place up on Google, it said dine in was available. It is not, the restaurant is take out only.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Food was subpar. Hot n sour soup had only a few items within(all broth). Shrimp fried rice had no flavor. Took 15 minutes longer than they told us on the phone.
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