We love coming to this restaurant. The food is all ways tasty and affordable. Thai food outs also amazing! read more

Cathay Kitchen Chinese Restaurant - Great food at reasonable prices. Extensive menu! - Chinese Near Me - Florence, Kentucky

Great place for dinner. Started off with one of my favorites, Crab Rangoon and I have to say it was he best I have ever had. Sounds odd to say that but usually you order it outlet and it's fried beyond recognition. For my dinner I opted for the orange chicken with fried rice. The dish was was cooked perfectly and we will be back to sample other dishes. This place is a local gem! read more

Cathay Kitchen Chinese Restaurant - Orange Chicken with Fried Rice. - Chinese Near Me - Florence, Kentucky

I can sum up Cathay Kitchen in one word: consistent. I've eaten here for years and I can always rely on pleasant service and well-prepared meals. My personal favorite is the Singapore style noodles with chicken. The curry spice adds punch without too much heat. read more

Cathay Kitchen Chinese Restaurant - Photo from Cathay Kitchen's website - Chinese Near Me - Florence, Kentucky

Food is good, I ordered Hong Kong Chicken, which is not the authentic one, but some fries chicken in stead, with source over it. They don't accept Discover credit card, just remember that read more

Husband and I came here due to my Asian food cravings. Tried this place for the ratings on Yelp (of course). The food is great, the environment is calming and the staff are friendly. Can't go wrong with any of these. The food isn't as spicy as I anticipated (I like spicy food). They have a good lunch portion with a good lunch price. The dinner prices are a little pricey for a casual dining place. But we'll definitely come back again to try other food and at dinner too! It definitely is a place to keep coming back and try the others. read more

I'm really not sure how to give this place more than three stars. To me, just another place for Chinese food. On the up-side, it is walking distance to one of my offices - and that's why I go there. But that doesn't matter to the majority of the population of Northern Kentucky. I found the prices to be decent, the quality of the food decent, and the service decent. But decent is "okay" and that means three stars to me. read more

I really like this place. I had the chicken udon and shrimp dumplings. Both were great. We were the only ones in the restaurant so the service was great. Looks like they have a large take out fan base. I can't remember what my buddy had but he always asks Asian restaurants for brown rice and they have it which is another plus. I would definitely return. This was a hard restaurant to locate. Garmin had it pinned at a different strip (useless) and Waze had it pinned right before you get to the shopping center, so just keep driving. read more

Florence is so lucky to have an authentic family owned Chinese restaurant. I love the Kung Pao chicken and the Singapore Noodles. The atmosphere is very low key and maybe even a little dated. I think that adds to its charm though. read more

We ate here for lunch on a weekday. Great service and delicious food! We ordered the hot and sour soup to start as well as the steamed Shanghai dumplings. Both great starters! We split an order of the yellow curry and it was plenty. Everything was fresh and delicious. We will definitely be back! read more

Great service. It's Americanized Chinese food, but it's good food. I had Hong Kong Chicken and Hunan Beef and they taste good read more

Cathay Kitchen Chinese Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Florence, Kentucky

It was great they were open at 8:00 on a Sunday night. Only another couple when we arrived and they soon left. Counted six carryouts in the next thirty minutes. Food was excellent, as was the service. Didn't like the owner's toddler wandering through our area acting as any toddler would (seriously cute kid, but ...). He was attended fairly soon, so it wasn't a huge deal. Thumbs up. read more

Terrible...I don't know how this place gets these reviews. I'm an out of towner from Nashville and convinced my family to go here given the reviews. We couldn't finish our food it was so bad. Would not recommend and will not be back...ever. They were nice at the register though. read more

I come here pretty often, the staff here is friendly and the food suits my taste. I'm picky when it comes to Chinese food but this is a good local place to try. read more

Holy what this is good food. Got the Sesame Chicken, it was savory and sweet and (upon request) just as spicy as it needed to be. Delicious. Might eat here every work day. Also super good, fresh hot egg rolls. Om nom. read more

Visiting from out of town for a long period of time on business and ran out of chain Restaurants to go to. Initially I was skeptical to go because upon first glance this place seems like a little hole in the wall that could be a gamble, needless to say this place has hands down the best food I have consumed in my entire life. I'm not normally the kind of guy to write a review on Yelp but this family business deserves it. I would personally recommend the beef Tom Yum Mee, easily the savoriest soup I've had in my entire life, be sure to get it spicy. read more

Cathay Kitchen Chinese Restaurant - Beef Tom Yum Mee - Chinese Near Me - Florence, Kentucky

Large portions with ample meats and vegetables. One of the few restaurants that haven't cut portion size because it's carryout.

This is the best fried rice I've had in a very long time. The service was fast and friendly and I love that they have school kids earning a living over the summer. read more

Cathay Kitchen Chinese Restaurant - House Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Florence, Kentucky

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Had the pad thai...it did not taste like normal pad thai...the ramen also tasted funky..would try another place.

I had been wanting to try this place for a while, as we go to church right across the street. We finally made it over today, and boy it did NOT disappoint!! I had the Yaki Udon with chicken at a spicy seven, it was AMAZING. The food came out fast, it was unbelievably fresh and flavorful! I highly recommend it for anyone that loves authentic Asian cuisine! read more

Definitely my new favorite Asian food spot! Great service and even better food. I have never been disappointed with a visit here in the two times I have been, and will definitely become a repeat customer. The menu is full of variety and the each dish made with skill and care read more

Service was great. Food was tasty! We were craving Chinese food before driving into Cincinnati. It was a great, affordable option. Don't be scared by the fact that it's in a strip mall. It's worth the stop. read more

I ordered kung pao chicken for lunch and it came with an egg roll. The egg roll was delicious, crunchy and hot. But the chicken was not good, it was very salty, without any other flavor. The chicken is breaded and deep fried so I knew to expect some oil but the dish was also very oily, even the sauce was oily. read more

Good food friendly service I really am glad I did stop by my only recommendation would be might want to clean the carpet detracts from the restaurant ambience. read more

I've just recently moved to the florence area and have tried four other Chinese restaurants nearby. I will not be going back to any of them now that I've found this place. No comparison. We ordered the low mein, crab rangoons, egg rolls, and my favorite the Mongolian beef. It was delicious. Watress was attentive and very nice. Can't wait to try the Kung pao chicken. read more

What a nice little surprise. I tried the crispy duck with some green curry sauce and a side of chili!!! It was authentic and tasty

I ate here for the first time. The restaurant is kept clean and for the most part nicely decorated. I went during lunch time and there were only 2 other customers there eating. The restaurant was so extremely quiet you could hear a pin drop. It was a little awkward, I felt like everyone could hear my conversation so I found myself whispering. I wish they would play some music. As for the food and service, we got sat at a table immediately when we walked in. The waitress was friendly and attentive. We enjoyed our food. It was very cheap since we ordered off the lunch menu. The portion sizes were decent and we had food left over to bring home. Overall I would go back again! read more

This is great Chinese! Feel free to experiment, it's all good! It is expensive for what you may be used to, but well worth the price.

As for Chinese food in Northern Kentucky, this place is worth the stop. The only reason it got 3 stars was the service. I was greeted, seated and initially waited on by a 12 year old boy. That was just weird. read more

Lunch prices are great and the food is quite tasty. The inside is much classier than the strip mall location would suggest from the outside. read more

Cathay Kitchen Chinese Restaurant - Sczechuan pork lunch meal half eaten - Chinese Near Me - Florence, Kentucky

This place is a very good Chinese restaurant, its a big step better than other Chinese takeout places. I highly recommend the BBQ pork buns, but everything is good. read more

The only reason I did not give 5stars is because they no longer seem to offer delivery. The food is top notch and very authentic.

Worst service! I went here on Christmas Day around 8 pm and there was a decent dining room full of people, but not packed or super busy. We came in and there was a child about 10 years old waiting on people and sitting them down, and ringing them out at the register. When we were seated by the little boy he took our drink orders and never came back, mind you there is nothing against him but this to me is extremely irresponsible of the parents to have him work like this. About five minutes later another young women came and asked with we got our order in and I told them no and we have my got our drinks. She took our drink order and then the young boy came back with our drinks. About 20 to 25 minutes later we got our order of crab rangoons which where so cold it tasted like room temp filling. We then waited another 20 minutes for our food and when it came out my food was the same cold temp along with the other guests with me. Not only this the other three people with me got fried rice and they proceeded to tell us they were out and making more, which took even longer to get. I proceeded to tell the lady that my food was cold so she took it back and then brought it back a few minutes later on the same plate, the same way it left, and all she did was put it under a heat lamp from what I could tell. When she brought my food, and finally our other party members food, I asked for boxes and our check. I informed them at the register of a coupon on their website and when I pulled it up they didn't even know what to do with it until another lady came to help them. I left no tip for the terrible experience and will not return. The food was mediocre due to the difficulties. I would not recommend going to this place, they don't know what they are doing and you will get your food after people that walked in after you. read more

Best Chinese food in NKY with excellent service! Recommended! Good quality food and not one of those chinese resturants that have the same exact menu as the other guy. read more

The service is so friendly and the food was wonderful! I'll definitely be back. Very reasonably priced and quiet, which is nice.

After a recent trip to San Francisco, where we were blown away by an exciting dim sum lunch, as I was writing the post-trip blog post, I googled dim sum in Cincinnati. The clearest option for dim sum (carts and all) was Grand Oriental, but Cathay Kitchen was also listed as a choice. Since we were meeting some friends for lunch, Cathay Kitchen was a closer option (they were at the Florence Antique Mall, which was their favorite part of the trip) and we went for it. I even called ahead to make sure they had dim sum, but I should have known better when the response was a yes, but not a confident one. This trip turned up some respectable, somewhat authentic Chinese food - but not carts and options galore for dim sum. The Food: We had hoped not to order off a menu at all, but since there were no carts (more below on the setting), we settled in for a more typical meal. The one note of dim sum on the menu was a starter of dim sum, which we ordered. We also chose some chicken curry pot stickers and shumai dumplings, trying to recreate the multitude of appetizer options we had come in hopes of. Then, we ordered 3 entrees to split - Mongolian beef, kung pao chicken, and sweet and sour pork. The chicken pot stickers came first and were straightforward and good. They came with a simple gyoza-esque sauce that was mostly soy sauce. Next up were the shumai dumplings, which are one of the many kinds of beautiful looking bites that are about the size of a marshmallow. The dough that holds the pork inside is twisted at the top and they came in a steamy silver container. One member of our table (cough *Ben* cough), bit into one just a bit too quickly and then just about spat it back out it was so hot (not spicy hot, but the juices inside the dumpling were scalding). After learning from that mistake, we all made little holes to let out some steam and then enjoyed the dumplings just fine. Lastly, the dim sum, which was made up of two different dumplings - one was a light shrimp offering and the other was some sort of sausage with water chesnuts that looked like a little tree stump. Both of these were just OK in my opinion. Our three entrees came out and we dug in. The Mongolian beef was probably my favorite option - the meat was very tender and along with stir-fried onions and chili peppers it had just a bit of a kick. Kung pao chicken (which I've been meaning to cook for a while, as it is Ezra Klein's favorite - and then I just learned his recipe was adapted, just barely, from Fuschia Dunlop's) is a simple dish, and they did a nice job with small, succulent pieces of chicken to go with the peanuts and chilies in a brown sauce. I led our dining team astray a bit with the choice of sweet and sour pork. I was imagining some of the pork I'd been reading about at over-the-top Chinese banquets, not pork that was battered just like sweet and sour chicken at Panda Express at the mall. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't very exciting either. The lunch specials also came with egg rolls, which were standard. The Ingredients: Nothing listed as local or organic here, and the language barrier was pretty substantial with our server, so I don't think we would have gotten far in asking. If we ever return, maybe we'll try. The Story, Setting, & Service: Cathay Kitchen is smack dab in the middle of a strip mall, just off the interstate. It's next to an empty storefront and several other small businesses. We walked in to a completely empty dining room at noon (which did have about 5 tables full at 1:30 when we left). Needless to say, this is not a place you'd likely come for a romantic dinner (even if the website tells you that's the case). Our server was kind and smiled sheepishly just about every time we talked (the language barrier was substantial). There was another staff person who came over to answer some of our questions when we asked about what was the most authentic on the menu, what she liked, that sort of thing. The Last Bite: It's highly unlikely we'll be back to Cathay Kitchen because it is so out of the way for us and doesn't have anything special that we could tell. If it was in Cincinnati and within 10 minutes of Northside then it just might be the best Chinese restaurant around (until I try Chung Ching in College Hill, which I've heard is good). If we do go back, we'd probably stick to the Mongolian beef. If you enjoyed this review, there's more at Amateur Foodies. read more

Best Chinese I've had so far! We came here on a Sunday night and and the place was completely empty. Well, it was the night of the night of the Super Bowl so I guess I can't really judge off of that. I got the General Tso and my husband got the Kung Pao. We shared with each other and they were both delicious. They had great service, the waitress was very nice and the food was beautifully presented. I really enjoyed watching their fish. They have a big white one that I named Frank. Frank is pretty awesome. read more

We ate at Cathay Kitchen yesterday. I had the hot and sour soup, spring roll, and Kung pao chicken. Husband had the pecan crusted shrimp. We shared the spring rolls, and they were tasty if small. The hot and sour soup was very good. It wasn't very spicy, but it did have a nice little kick. The Kung pao chicken wasn't the best I've had, but it was good (I could have had more spice and more veggies). I had enough leftovers for two small meals the next day. My husband really enjoyed the pecan crusted shrimp and said it was not like anything he's had before and he really enjoyed it (ate every bite). The service was a tad slow at first (especially getting drinks) but very courteous and polite. read more

My go-to for Chinese food in northern Kentucky. Always is fresh and great flavor on Szechuan chicken. I am picky about my Chinese restaurants and this place is hands down the best!! Very courteous and polite family that operates the place. Place is always very clean as well. Highly recommend! read more

Best Chinese food I've had in a long time. Good customer service and the food came out quick and delicious. Will definitely go back again!

Came here at 6:30 on a Saturday, and no one else was here! The ladies working were nice, and the wait was very quick. Both the pad Thai and Singapore noodles were a little spicy, but tasty. read more