We tried China Palace for the first time from a friend recommendation and the only thing we regret is not knowing about this place sooner. We’ve lived in Austin for almost 15 years and this is the best place for affordable Chinese food. We ordered the broccoli beef, fried tofu, kung pao chicken, hot sour soup, sesame balls, and egg drop soup. Everything was seasoned and cooked so well! The beef was especially tender.
While we did order to go, we were greeted so warmly and graciously by the woman during pick up. We cannot wait to come back and eat in person!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Chicken, Egg Drop Soup, Hot \u0026 Sour Soup, Soup, Beef with Broccoli
Austin Sorscher
Excellent family run restaurant. Food is delicious and consistent. Atmosphere is homey, they sat us immediately and served us tea. Takeout is also great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ashley Nicole Longoria (Nico)
At the risk of exposing my favorite neighborhood Chinese food restaurant, I come to tell any that will listen to me about the glory of China Palace. There are some times in your life you need nourishment and you can't for some reason cook at home. This family welcomes you as though they've known you your whole life and the food is prepared with such consideration and skill that you feel rejuvenated after having a meal here. Their food is simple and has stand alone quality. I like that their fried rice isn't greasy or full of random peas and things. All of the soups are on point. They have all the usual suspects, and the General Tso is one of the best I've ever had, comforting and rich-delicious. I've worked my way down the well-known items like honey crispy chicken (YUM) and am excited to venture out and try some lesser known items like mushy pork and others.
When I say care, I mean they even cut little squares of cardboard to put your togo food on top of in the bag (for stability) and cut a very precise corner out of the crab Rangoons to allow for ventilation so they are not soggy by the time you eat them at home. Not required by any means, but perfectly exemplifies the lengths this family restaurant goes to, to ensure their customers satisfaction. I truly feel welcomed here every time I am here and I highly recommend you try China Palace and all that they have to offer. You cannot miss here :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jose Castillo
The food is amazing. Great taste and quality. I ordered the shrimp friend rice, egg rolls and the chicken wings. Everything tasted fresh and all seasoned. The owner is so nice and friendly. I highly recommend this family restaurant for lunch and dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emie Shepherd
Given we came in on a slow Friday afternoon, we got a table right away and had very attentive service. We came in craving good Chinese food and got a comforting, warm, and delicious meal in return! This is definitely going to become our go-to Chinese place:)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rodney Frederick
No good
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
Alicia Davis
Hands down the worst Chinese food I've had. The eggrolls were limp and greasy. The Palace Potatoes were limp and greasy and had a weird fishy flavor. The fried chicken wing in the PuPu platter was soggy, the crab rangoon was weirdly sweet. The hot and sour soup was bland and watery. The Garlic Pork was mushy and dlat flavored, supposed fried rice that accompanied it was tan and mushy. And I paid a whopping $50 for food that went straight into the trash..there goes my eating out budget for the week. What a dismal waste. Take my advice a avoid this place. It truly sucks.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Harper Rye
The food here is delicious and a great value for the portion size you get! Definitely would be fun to go back and get a couple different dishes to share family style with a group. Lots of vegetarian options, the tofu here is great. The staff is kind and makes you feel very welcome. Yay!
Oscar Sanchez
Very affordable, great-tasting food, and the staff are very nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Patrick Price
Delicious 😋 *****
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Egg Drop Soup, Sweet and Sour Chicken
Stopped into this restaurant on a whim. Doesn't look like anything special on the outside, but loved everything about my visit. The staff was so nice, the food was delicious especially for the price, and the atmosphere was lovely. Would highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Leona Peña
My children & I usually eat buffet style Asian cuisine since we can see what we want to try. Thus place wasn't a buffet but we stayed anyways. The service was excellent & very friendly, especially when I explained we usually do buffet style. The food was perfect as well. Egg drop soup was totally different but very delicious. We tried each other's food lol. We enjoyed ourselves emensely.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nicole Smith
Love the staff they were great. Will go again. Food was awesome.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ana Paula Wong San Martin
Love this place! They are so fast and the food is the best Chinese food ive had in austin😍 the portions are huge and the pricing great!
Mister Axe
The sesame chicken was of very poor quality and mushy. The breading and seasoning was okay. The egg roll was extremely good and had a perfect crisp to it. The service was overall decent however, just the food was not worth it.
We tried China Palace for the first time from a friend recommendation and the only thing we regret is not knowing about this place sooner. We’ve lived in Austin for almost 15 years and this is the best place for affordable Chinese food. We ordered the broccoli beef, fried tofu, kung pao chicken, hot sour soup, sesame balls, and egg drop soup. Everything was seasoned and cooked so well! The beef was especially tender.
While we did order to go, we were greeted so warmly and graciously by the woman during pick up. We cannot wait to come back and eat in person!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sesame Chicken, Egg Drop Soup, Hot \u0026 Sour Soup, Soup, Beef with Broccoli
Excellent family run restaurant. Food is delicious and consistent. Atmosphere is homey, they sat us immediately and served us tea. Takeout is also great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
At the risk of exposing my favorite neighborhood Chinese food restaurant, I come to tell any that will listen to me about the glory of China Palace.
There are some times in your life you need nourishment and you can't for some reason cook at home. This family welcomes you as though they've known you your whole life and the food is prepared with such consideration and skill that you feel rejuvenated after having a meal here.
Their food is simple and has stand alone quality. I like that their fried rice isn't greasy or full of random peas and things. All of the soups are on point. They have all the usual suspects, and the General Tso is one of the best I've ever had, comforting and rich-delicious. I've worked my way down the well-known items like honey crispy chicken (YUM) and am excited to venture out and try some lesser known items like mushy pork and others.
When I say care, I mean they even cut little squares of cardboard to put your togo food on top of in the bag (for stability) and cut a very precise corner out of the crab Rangoons to allow for ventilation so they are not soggy by the time you eat them at home. Not required by any means, but perfectly exemplifies the lengths this family restaurant goes to, to ensure their customers satisfaction.
I truly feel welcomed here every time I am here and I highly recommend you try China Palace and all that they have to offer. You cannot miss here :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is amazing. Great taste and quality. I ordered the shrimp friend rice, egg rolls and the chicken wings. Everything tasted fresh and all seasoned. The owner is so nice and friendly. I highly recommend this family restaurant for lunch and dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Given we came in on a slow Friday afternoon, we got a table right away and had very attentive service. We came in craving good Chinese food and got a comforting, warm, and delicious meal in return! This is definitely going to become our go-to Chinese place:)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
No good
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
Hands down the worst Chinese food I've had. The eggrolls were limp and greasy. The Palace Potatoes were limp and greasy and had a weird fishy flavor. The fried chicken wing in the PuPu platter was soggy, the crab rangoon was weirdly sweet. The hot and sour soup was bland and watery. The Garlic Pork was mushy and dlat flavored, supposed fried rice that accompanied it was tan and mushy. And I paid a whopping $50 for food that went straight into the trash..there goes my eating out budget for the week. What a dismal waste. Take my advice a avoid this place. It truly sucks.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
The food here is delicious and a great value for the portion size you get! Definitely would be fun to go back and get a couple different dishes to share family style with a group. Lots of vegetarian options, the tofu here is great. The staff is kind and makes you feel very welcome. Yay!
Very affordable, great-tasting food, and the staff are very nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious 😋 *****
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Egg Drop Soup, Sweet and Sour Chicken
Restaurantji Recommends
Stopped into this restaurant on a whim. Doesn't look like anything special on the outside, but loved everything about my visit. The staff was so nice, the food was delicious especially for the price, and the atmosphere was lovely. Would highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My children & I usually eat buffet style Asian cuisine since we can see what we want to try. Thus place wasn't a buffet but we stayed anyways. The service was excellent & very friendly, especially when I explained we usually do buffet style. The food was perfect as well. Egg drop soup was totally different but very delicious. We tried each other's food lol. We enjoyed ourselves emensely.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love the staff they were great. Will go again. Food was awesome.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place! They are so fast and the food is the best Chinese food ive had in austin😍 the portions are huge and the pricing great!
The sesame chicken was of very poor quality and mushy. The breading and seasoning was okay. The egg roll was extremely good and had a perfect crisp to it. The service was overall decent however, just the food was not worth it.
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