Chinese Restaurants near Dingmans Ferry

“We have lived up here for 5 years and have tried pretty much every Chinese restaurant in the area. They start out decent enough but they always wind up disappointing. We have never tried this place because I always forget they are down in Dingmans Ferry but last night my husband Googled Chinese food near us and this place came up so we decided to try it. We did read the reviews so we were not hopeful. How wrong are these reviews! If you are judging this place is food by their appearance you are doing a disservice to yourself and to anyone else that reads the reviews. I went in thinking the worst to pick up my food and looked around to find this place is very clean. Yes it's old and dated but we find that some of the best old and dated places have the best food and this place did not disappoint in that area. We are from Brooklyn New York so we have had some of the worst and the best Chinese food we've ever tasted. And if you are at all familiar with Williamsburg Brooklyn there was a place called Kam-Wah that had the absolute best food in our area. My husband and I would both put this food from China Delight up against kam-wah any day if they were still open. Is it as good as Wo-Hop Manhattan probably not, but their food was absolutely perfect. We ordered a lot of food for the house including the pepper steak, the roast pork fried rice, the vegetable fried rice, the beef fried rice, boneless spare ribs, chicken noodle soup, chicken rice soup, they gave us a dozen of their donuts for free as a thank you and my husband's in order a few things that I cannot even name and he is a cynic when it comes to Chinese food. He is not a fan of Chinese food at all he is a pizza person but he was not feeling good last night and he wanted the soup and he cannot believe how amazing their food was. So please before you write any review on this place I hope you read this and overlook their appearance or anything else judge them solely on their food because it was absolutely delicious. As far as I am concerned it was absolutely nothing wrong with their restaurant. Everything was clean from the floors to the counter and even all the stainless steel from the kitchen that you could see it was all very clean. I spoke with the girl behind the counter while she was begging up out food and she told me they've been there for 17 years and possibly even longer but that is how old she is and she knows they have been there her whole life she was so nice and polite and friendly and so were the other people I wave to behind the counter. All I have to say is I know we have found a new home in China Delight. We will be ordering from them anytime we want Chinese and now that I've tasted their food I could say I hope we order Chinese more often. To me this is the Hidden Gem of Dingmans Ferry and Milford!!!“

“August 12, 2024 - Context is important , when reviewing a “ Buffet “ ! My wife and I go out to restaurants of all shapes , cuisines, and countries. Understanding the nature & operation of a Buffet helps when passing judgement.

1. A buffet is not a restaurant in reality.

2. Buffets are for serving clients quickly!

3. Buffets offer many entrees & sides

4. Tough to keep hot entrees hot & fresh

5. Food consistency changes as it sits

6. Goal, offer quantity fast, quality suffers

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My advice is to avoid the breaded entrees!
Sitting under heat lamps ruins the dish such as sesame chicken, General Tso’s Chicken, Mongolian Beef, breaded Shrimp is a NO !

Stay with entree meats that were cooked in hot oil & veggies. Try to watch as the staff adds a fresh tray , and run for that option! It’s fresh and the consistency is perfect out of the kitchen! Fried rice is generally fine the 1st hour or so under a heat lamp.

The soups are OK, ingredients don’t include dairy /milk . . . Prefer not to let sit long! I like a hot & sour soup. . . then I add mushrooms, bits of pork, or chunks of chicken, or shrimp ? to kick up that choice with hot sauce!

Veggies are suppose to be crunchy in most Chinese entrees! Usually cooked or steamed quickly. Folks in the U.S. over cook veggies to mush! I guess it’s tradition or poor dental health. As veggies sit under heat lamps the crunchy crispness in veggies are lost.

To wrap up, a Chinese Buffet will NOT give you the freshness , crispness , and quality of a true cuisine of a top Chinese Restaurant.

So . . . our experience was reasonable to my expectations of a buffet. Quick , with lots of choices. Go into a buffet . . . Knowing the parameters.

Thanks to our server, and cashier at the front desk, Diane! Her family has owned & operated this China Buffet for 12 years!
Maybe your family might transform this into a top notch Chinese Restaurant! Customers would have to wait 15 to 30 minutes for a chef prepared meal in one of the eight true Chinese Regional Cuisines! ?????????“

“Typical chinese restaurant feels like one in NYC. Food tastes the same. Not great but not bad either. The ones I went to on NE PA suck. So this one is way better. Chicken & Broccoli was decent. General Tso Cicken was better. Fried Rice is a hit or miss. I'll go back.“

“I don’t understand why there are so many negative reviews. Establishment was clean, food was good, service was fast and efficient. I couldn’t ask for anything better! My family and I got chicken with broccoli and chicken lo mein, to which I have no critiques. Only thing is the lo mein could’ve used a bit more sauce, but that’s my personal preference. Overall a great experience!“