The food is great, the people are friendly. I drive past 15 other Asian restaurants to go here. One improvement would be to have some crabmeat in the Crab
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Boneless Spareribs, Egg Foo Young, Chicken Teriyaki, Pork Fried Rice, Crab Rangoon, Teriyaki Beef on a Stick
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China Maxim has been one of the best spots for Chinese food in dracut/lowell area as far back as I can remember. Their consistent quality which had been built up over so many years had made them a local staple and trusted small family business in the area. Unfortunately with the recent change in owners, it would appear that they were entirely hoping to come onboard and continue running the operation as if nothing changed, riding the coattails of their predecessors. The name is the same, and they are still literally using the same exact menus, but THE most important thing here, THE very thing that had once made them one of the best and stand above many others: is of course the quality and consistency of the food. Upon opening the bag and taking just a brief glimpse at the food items it was painfully obvious we were not dealing with the China Maxim that my family and I had been enjoying for many years. Ok here’s some specifics: We ordered pork fried rice, beef lo mein no veggies, Pu Pu platter for 2 w/ a wide variety of different items. The pork fried rice had big dry chunks of chicken in it, the rice was not good at all, the beef lo mein came with loads of veggies that we didn’t want and very little beef, there should have been 4 teriyaki beef sticks but instead there were 2 burnt chicken chunks on sticks and then 2 teriyaki beefs that were so leathery and hard none of us were even able to take a bite out of them. One of my personal favorites has always been their egg rolls, these were completely different and not god at all. No meat inside and everything inside the roll was really just shredded to oblivion with little to no flavor but the worst part was the hard, overcooked outer shell of the eggroll. I often feel that Chinese food is over priced for the kind of food that it is, but we tend to overlook this for a nice treat where the family enjoys a good meal. But in this situation we ordered China Maxim off the China Maxim menu and paid the China Maxim prices, but what we received was not China Maxim, in fact it was barely edible. 10-15 minutes after sitting down with my fam, we all just kinda looked at each other in disgust. For the first time in my 45 years on this Earth, I threw all the food back into the bag and drove it back to the restaurant for a full refund. China Maxim is gone and an imposter now occupies its space. . . .consider yourself warned!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Donna Hall
Food was disgusting. ?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Kelly Dame
Place is dirty. Ordered beef terraki. They mixed in chicken terraki. So check your order before leaving. Pork was hard and dry. Nasty. Miss the old owners.. will never go back
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jason Smith
Great food, very friendly staff, a must try in my opinion
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
IAM “perfectpandora” PANDISIS
The delivery driver was nice but the language barrier made my dinner impossible to enjoy. The food was at best mediocre.
Food: 3
Service: 2
Tyrell Soartan
Amazing food, good service, and fair prices what more could you really ask for huh?
This place makes horrible fried rice. Try below for good fried rice.Lo Kai - across the street - best fried rice in the area.Pan Asia Restaurant - NashuaRuby China - Pelham, NHPurple Bamboo - Billerica
Dec 5 experience. Had to throw away my food. My pork chow mein was not edible. I could eat the rice only because i was hungry Almost threw up after eating my egg roll. The taste was that bad. The sauce didn't help, it might be fermented. The rice was over soy sauced. The maxim lo mein was without sauce and completely different than described. The taste and presentation was awful. I'm not sure why it was that bad. They had 4 cooks working and yet it looked as if I got what was meant for the disposal.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Lisa Parlee Carr
Update:The original owners have sold. Since the new owners took iver the food is greasy and old tasting. When you irder online you are forced to tip or the irder won't be taken.I was a customer for 28 years and won't be back.No longer the best food around.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Chris
This place has gone way downhill since the old owners left. I ordered here a couple times with the new owners and both times the food has been cold to luke warm. They also give less food than they used to and charge more money. Will not be
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 5
John Pelletier
I am updating my review from 6 years ago, This place was my absolute favorite Chinese food place,... used to be.I ordered my usual PuPu Platter and an order of pork fried rice.This food is definitely not the same.I've found out that they are under new ownership and the food is absolutely horrible.Hopefully the new owners see the reviews and go back to the old style that made everyone love them.Unfortunately, until today happens I and my entire family will not be eating there and I would not recommend to anyone.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
M M
China Maxim has new owners. I had been going here since 1983, it was my go to place. I got to know the owners over all these years and watched their family grow from youngsters to college age. I grew up on the Northshore of Boston and had my go to Chinese Food favorites, and found China Maxim to be very similar.Unfortunately all things must change and they sold their business. The food is now terrible!!!!!! Burnt and very greasy boneless spareribs, chicken fingers with the breading so thick it is like eating a chicken sandwich. I am looking for a new go to restaurant in the Dracut area that has outstanding food.
The food is great, the people are friendly. I drive past 15 other Asian restaurants to go here. One improvement would be to have some crabmeat in the Crab
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Boneless Spareribs, Egg Foo Young, Chicken Teriyaki, Pork Fried Rice, Crab Rangoon, Teriyaki Beef on a Stick
China Maxim has been one of the best spots for Chinese food in dracut/lowell area as far back as I can remember. Their consistent quality which had been built up over so many years had made them a local staple and trusted small family business in the area.
Unfortunately with the recent change in owners, it would appear that they were entirely hoping to come onboard and continue running the operation as if nothing changed, riding the coattails of their predecessors. The name is the same, and they are still literally using the same exact menus, but THE most important thing here, THE very thing that had once made them one of the best and stand above many others: is of course the quality and consistency of the food.
Upon opening the bag and taking just a brief glimpse at the food items it was painfully obvious we were not dealing with the China Maxim that my family and I had been enjoying for many years.
Ok here’s some specifics:
We ordered pork fried rice, beef lo mein no veggies, Pu Pu platter for 2 w/ a wide variety of different items. The pork fried rice had big dry chunks of chicken in it, the rice was not good at all, the beef lo mein came with loads of veggies that we didn’t want and very little beef, there should have been 4 teriyaki beef sticks but instead there were 2 burnt chicken chunks on sticks and then 2 teriyaki beefs that were so leathery and hard none of us were even able to take a bite out of them. One of my personal favorites has always been their egg rolls, these were completely different and not god at all. No meat inside and everything inside the roll was really just shredded to oblivion with little to no flavor but the worst part was the hard, overcooked outer shell of the eggroll.
I often feel that Chinese food is over priced for the kind of food that it is, but we tend to overlook this for a nice treat where the family enjoys a good meal. But in this situation we ordered China Maxim off the China Maxim menu and paid the China Maxim prices, but what we received was not China Maxim, in fact it was barely edible. 10-15 minutes after sitting down with my fam, we all just kinda looked at each other in disgust. For the first time in my 45 years on this Earth, I threw all the food back into the bag and drove it back to the restaurant for a full refund.
China Maxim is gone and an imposter now occupies its space. . . .consider yourself warned!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
Food was disgusting. ?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Place is dirty. Ordered beef terraki. They mixed in chicken terraki. So check your order before leaving. Pork was hard and dry. Nasty. Miss the old owners.. will never go back
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great food, very friendly staff, a must try in my opinion
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The delivery driver was nice but the language barrier made my dinner impossible to enjoy. The food was at best mediocre.
Food: 3
Service: 2
Amazing food, good service, and fair prices what more could you really ask for huh?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Boneless Spareribs, Wings, Sesame Chicken, Chicken Teriyaki, Boneless Ribs, Pork Fried Rice, Pu Pu Platter, Crab Rangoon, Chicken Finger, Chicken Wings
Ok food, AMAZING crab rangoons!!
My friend Ray told me about this restaurant!Great
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wings, Pu Pu Platter
This place makes horrible fried rice. Try below for good fried rice.Lo Kai - across the street - best fried rice in the area.Pan Asia Restaurant - NashuaRuby China - Pelham, NHPurple Bamboo - Billerica
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Dec 5 experience. Had to throw away my food. My pork chow mein was not edible. I could eat the rice only because i was hungry Almost threw up after eating my egg roll. The taste was that bad. The sauce didn't help, it might be fermented. The rice was over soy sauced. The maxim lo mein was without sauce and completely different than described. The taste and presentation was awful. I'm not sure why it was that bad. They had 4 cooks working and yet it looked as if I got what was meant for the disposal.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Update:The original owners have sold. Since the new owners took iver the food is greasy and old tasting. When you irder online you are forced to tip or the irder won't be taken.I was a customer for 28 years and won't be back.No longer the best food around.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
This place has gone way downhill since the old owners left. I ordered here a couple times with the new owners and both times the food has been cold to luke warm. They also give less food than they used to and charge more money. Will not be
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 5
I am updating my review from 6 years ago, This place was my absolute favorite Chinese food place,... used to be.I ordered my usual PuPu Platter and an order of pork fried rice.This food is definitely not the same.I've found out that they are under new ownership and the food is absolutely horrible.Hopefully the new owners see the reviews and go back to the old style that made everyone love them.Unfortunately, until today happens I and my entire family will not be eating there and I would not recommend to anyone.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 3
China Maxim has new owners. I had been going here since 1983, it was my go to place. I got to know the owners over all these years and watched their family grow from youngsters to college age. I grew up on the Northshore of Boston and had my go to Chinese Food favorites, and found China Maxim to be very similar.Unfortunately all things must change and they sold their business. The food is now terrible!!!!!! Burnt and very greasy boneless spareribs, chicken fingers with the breading so thick it is like eating a chicken sandwich. I am looking for a new go to restaurant in the Dracut area that has outstanding food.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
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