We dropped in for a early dinner midweek. It seemed like only locals were there at that time. The restaurant was clean, the waitress was fantastic, and I was able to easily order a meal of steamed rice with steamed tofu and vegetables. The veggies tasted fresh and streamed perfectly, and the bok choy was crisp and sweet.
Marcie Holtgrefe
Ordered the Lo Mein. The portion was large, but that didn't matter when it was inedible. Spaghetti noodles with a bit of soy sauce. Chicken tasted off. Was not a place for good authentic or good american style chinese. All I felt was disappointment in my mouth.
Waitress was wonderful and kept my water topped off. Perhaps a different dish would be better.
Marge Kilkelly
A good to in the Harbor. Hot soup on a cold day is superb. Great service always!
Chris Rud
This is sub par asian food, and it's not inexpensive either. We ordered takeout for 2. Szechuan chicken, Fried rice, egg rolls, sweet and sour soup, egg drop soup. It was almost $70.
Portions were big, but that was irrelevant because it was bland and certainly not quality asian food. I'm not even sure it was prepared in a Wok. Basically cooked chicken with diced veggies and some kind of thin broth poured over the top. The soups were inedible, water, and sesame oil with some frozen veggies included. The egg rolls were I'm sure frozen and the fried rice was very mediocre and quite bland.
Very dissapointing.
Jeffrey Dorn
First: I have to say that if you've come to Boothbay Harbor Maine for the Chinese food, you're an idiot... Just saying. On that note... I love a good experience and I found that here. The place is clean & inviting. The staff friendly & enthusiastic. My wife & daughter had the Pad Thai luncheon special and while I may think the cooks could use a few hours in front of YouTube learning just what that dish is, My Dragon Phoenix was dope. All was fresh and as close to authentic as one would expect in a non-asian town on the coast of Maine. If you're still Sus, I'd recommend sticking with the appetizer stuff 'cuz the egg rolls were crispy and delicious. Enjoy the experience!
Biro Saintclair
Great service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Marcia Fields
This is a sorry excuse for a Chinese restaurant. We walked in at 6 pm and all of the tables except two were empty. Their eggrolls were frozen and nuked and their soup was watered down...disgusting! They wanted to charge for noodles with the soup. Don't waste your money here...seriously.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Bob Silvano
Great food and good service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Helena Gawlowski
Got takeout beef chow mein. Opened up my container and it looked like somebody had just eaten the food and threw it up into the to go box. Beef was grey. Everything was greenish-grey. Drowned in a grey liquid to boot. Absolutely disgusting and immediately killed my appetite. The chow mein wasn't even chow mein- it completely lacked stir fry noodles. I can't speak on the service of the place as I didn't dine in, but the appaling appearance of the takeout food is enough for me to stay away. I immediately threw it out. YUCK!
Lori Weissberg
We went to this restaurant because somebody reviewed it as the best Chinese food in Boothbay. We walked out without eating because it was the worst Chinese food we’ve ever had anywhere.
You place a order thinking it’s going to be the price on the menu online $26.95 for a pupu two and $8.75 for Lo mein and get to pick it up and it’s over $50 and they say well they don’t use the menu online anymore but don’t care to upgrade it
Lisa C Perry
My go to for Chinese food. Great price for the serving you get. Friendly staff and quick service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Elsie Martinolich
Service was great and friendly. Food and drink was very satisfying. The atmosphere was very friendly and local favorite type of place. Everyone seemed to know each other. Except me, not a local. They made you feel like one though. Great experience ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Dennis Labbe
Great food, fair price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dessy Cusumano
Absolutely love China by the sea. I don’t usually like any other Chinese places crabragoons, China by the sea has the best.
Parking: Could be beneficial to have a bigger parking lot it’s a tight squeeze sometimes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Fried Rice, Jordan Chicken, Chicken Fingers, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Crab Rangoon
We dropped in for a early dinner midweek. It seemed like only locals were there at that time. The restaurant was clean, the waitress was fantastic, and I was able to easily order a meal of steamed rice with steamed tofu and vegetables. The veggies tasted fresh and streamed perfectly, and the bok choy was crisp and sweet.
Ordered the Lo Mein. The portion was large, but that didn't matter when it was inedible. Spaghetti noodles with a bit of soy sauce. Chicken tasted off. Was not a place for good authentic or good american style chinese. All I felt was disappointment in my mouth.
Waitress was wonderful and kept my water topped off. Perhaps a different dish would be better.
A good to in the Harbor. Hot soup on a cold day is superb. Great service always!
This is sub par asian food, and it's not inexpensive either. We ordered takeout for 2. Szechuan chicken, Fried rice, egg rolls, sweet and sour soup, egg drop soup. It was almost $70.
Portions were big, but that was irrelevant because it was bland and certainly not quality asian food. I'm not even sure it was prepared in a Wok. Basically cooked chicken with diced veggies and some kind of thin broth poured over the top. The soups were inedible, water, and sesame oil with some frozen veggies included. The egg rolls were I'm sure frozen and the fried rice was very mediocre and quite bland.
Very dissapointing.
First: I have to say that if you've come to Boothbay Harbor Maine for the Chinese food, you're an idiot... Just saying.
On that note...
I love a good experience and I found that here. The place is clean & inviting. The staff friendly & enthusiastic. My wife & daughter had the Pad Thai luncheon special and while I may think the cooks could use a few hours in front of YouTube learning just what that dish is, My Dragon Phoenix was dope. All was fresh and as close to authentic as one would expect in a non-asian town on the coast of Maine. If you're still Sus, I'd recommend sticking with the appetizer stuff 'cuz the egg rolls were crispy and delicious. Enjoy the experience!
Great service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is a sorry excuse for a Chinese restaurant. We walked in at 6 pm and all of the tables except two were empty. Their eggrolls were frozen and nuked and their soup was watered down...disgusting!
They wanted to charge for noodles with the soup.
Don't waste your money here...seriously.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Great food and good service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Got takeout beef chow mein. Opened up my container and it looked like somebody had just eaten the food and threw it up into the to go box. Beef was grey. Everything was greenish-grey. Drowned in a grey liquid to boot. Absolutely disgusting and immediately killed my appetite. The chow mein wasn't even chow mein- it completely lacked stir fry noodles. I can't speak on the service of the place as I didn't dine in, but the appaling appearance of the takeout food is enough for me to stay away. I immediately threw it out. YUCK!
We went to this restaurant because somebody reviewed it as the best Chinese food in Boothbay. We walked out without eating because it was the worst Chinese food we’ve ever had anywhere.
Restaurantji Recommends
You place a order thinking it’s going to be the price on the menu online $26.95 for a pupu two and $8.75 for Lo mein and get to pick it up and it’s over $50 and they say well they don’t use the menu online anymore but don’t care to upgrade it
My go to for Chinese food. Great price for the serving you get. Friendly staff and quick service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service was great and friendly. Food and drink was very satisfying. The atmosphere was very friendly and local favorite type of place. Everyone seemed to know each other. Except me, not a local. They made you feel like one though. Great experience ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great food, fair price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolutely love China by the sea. I don’t usually like any other Chinese places crabragoons, China by the sea has the best.
Parking: Could be beneficial to have a bigger parking lot it’s a tight squeeze sometimes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Fried Rice, Jordan Chicken, Chicken Fingers, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Crab Rangoon
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