China City is the epitome of Chinese takeout. The description that of "Casual takeout with generous portions of Chinese American cuisine" is extremely accurate. From the moment you walk in and out, the flavours is what you expect from start to finish. Taste: 4.5/5 Service: 4/5 Ambiance: 1/5 - not much to see here and very low effort Value for money: 5/5 We had: 1) Chicken Lo Mein: As you would expect! 2) General Tsos Chicken: Chicken was good, rice is okay 3) Beef Hor fun: great and carby 4) Moo Shu Pork: Not bad You don't come here for a view, or to be treated with perfection, you come here for your fix of Chinese American food and that's all! read more

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This is some of the best takeout I've had in a while. Portions are decent with pad thai at around $12 bucks. Shrimp lo mein at $9 with combo and lunch specials. Very accommodating of adjusting pork fried rice and pork spring rolls to vegetarian versions. The shrimps were huge in the entree items with plenty of veggies. I haven't been to a place that actually does both lo mein and pad thai well and this place does both things excellently. I'd avoid the broccoli and shrimp -type combos if you want flavor packed, as these seem very light on the sauce and possibly more healthy. The hunan, sesame, etc. are the more traditional American-Chinese style if that's what you're looking for. Excellent quantity and quality of protein. Only disappointment is that they have a nice window view of the lake and there are a lot of boxes covering it. read more

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I've been coming here for years as I hike in the area. Food is good with generous portions, served hot and fast even when there is a lengthy line. If you're looking for ambiance you are in the wrong place as half the restaurant is a storage area. They have a paucity of drink selections so you might not find the flavor or type you want. They serve food eaten there on actual plates and bowls, not plastic containers. The mixed egg drop/wonton soup is delicious. read more

We've been coming up here for over 30 years and we've ordered from here many many times. They have pretty much all the dishes you're looking for and service is usually quick. The inside hasn't changed, it's kind of dumpy looking inside with just a couple of tables but most business is take out. Prices are comparable to other Chinese restaurants. We had nice size portions. The combination plates were good and came with fried rice and egg rolls. The sesame chicken was a little spicy which my family loved. I had shrimp and Chinese vegetables....a very mild flavored dish with 5 large shrimp, which I prefer over the little ones. We also had chicken and broccoli and sweet and sour chicken. Everything was very good. read more

Good food! I got the curry chicken and it had really great flavor. The chicken was okay. The crab rations were also amazing! The spring roll was a little sketchy but still had good flavor. I would probably eat here again if we came up here to Lake Placid. read more

The beef with pepper and onion is decent and has great flavor. It did have a lot of onion but was a little skimpy on the beef though. I strongly suggest the boiled Szechuan dumplings with the spicy peanut sauce! Staff was super nice and they seem to do a solid amount of takeout business. read more

China City - Beef with pepper and onion combo; boiled Szechuan dumplings with spicy peanut sauce - Chinese Near Me - Lake Placid, New York

Not great, the only place in town. Not a sit down place, just to go. Food is very average and underwhelming. Good size portions, but I wasn't excited for any leftovers. read more

Okay going here was impulsive and we did not know what we were walking into but omg it was worth it. the food was so so good and authentic. the crab rangoon were the best i have ever had, and the rest of the food was just as good. they give good portions for good prices, and the food doesn't even take long to be prepared! we even went again during our trip and brought others to try. organge chicken is a must get read more

China City - Shrimp Or Beef Lo Mein, Beef With Broccoli - Chinese Near Me - Lake Placid, New York

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Ordered dinner. Wrong food delivered. Restaurant made zero attempt to correct the issue and referred to delivery service.

I ordered lunch from China City on Doordash, Christmas Day. Unfortunately DD was unable to find an available driver. The restaurant called me, re-fired my order and delivered it personally. The food was really good and plentiful! Thank you for going above and beyond with your exceptional service and attitude! Happy Holidays! read more

Best Chinese Food in the Adirondacks! Always Delicious , Fresh ! And Fast! Vegetable Chow Mein , Mei Fun , and any chicken dish excellent. Try the bean curd soup. Consistent and Best Bang for the Buck in Lake Placid. Thank You ! read more

China City - Chinese Near Me - Lake Placid, New York

The place looks bad but the food is so good i got chicken fried rice so good and it was only 7 dollars

Not bad but not good. Our expectations as Chinese American New Yorkers were super low but this place is not as bad as we feared from the reviews. We got beef with broccoli and mei fun. It's definitely worse than the average Chinese takeout we're used to but much better than the beef brisket and wings from smoke signals we had the night before. read more

I gotta say, when you walk by China City it isn't the most appealing of places but don't be fooled by the odd exterior...the food is delicious and fresh! I usually order the Chicken Chow Mein, an egg roll and sometimes the mixed soup (Won To/Egg Drop). My husband orders the Singapore Street Noodles. Not a typical Chinese menu item but he fell in love with it and always gets it! We also like the boneless spare ribs and Shrimp with Snow Peas. We have always ordered take out but there is a place to dine if you'd like. Not the best atmosphere but I've seen plenty of people sit inside the restaurant. The Adirondacks doesn't have many choices for Chinese food. You can count on China City! read more

Food was very tasteless! They forgot part of my order and they had trays of chicken out in the open near the seating area. Wish I saw that before I placed my order. Yuck! Definitely don't recommend this place! read more

Enjoy our food will be going again soon very nice family we ordered meFun noodles and ribs also teriyaki beef

Always dependably available, tasty, filling and affordable. We tried the Mongolian beef tonight. Delicious, but not much beef in there among the onions and bamboo shoots. read more

This place is excellent. My husband and I are from NYC and have had our fair share of Chinese food. This place can most definitely hold it's own against the best in the city. We've been living here since March and we both can't believe we didn't try it sooner. EVERYTHING (and we ordered a lot) was DELICIOUS. Super safe procedure for COVID as well. Stop by China City and tip kindly!! read more

Best chinese food at town！ chicken wings and beef mei fen was SUPER delicious！！ The hot &sour soap are alittle bit spicy,but it really warm me up,when i was paddle boarding,i fall to the lake.all dress are wet and could lol...love it！ read more

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Let me start off by saying I don't think I've ever given a place only 1 star. But, this place warranted it. We were vacationing at Lake Placid & needed a quick take-out meal. After walking up & down Main Street, our group opted for Chinese as we were all tired of sandwiches. MISTAKE. Food was awful. We had 6 orders; they all were just bad. Noodles were soggy, like they had been soaking in water or something too long. Meat was rubbery, chewy, & in some dishes, tasted rotten (we didn't eat those). There was woeful lack of seasoning; for example, the dish that we asked for "very spicy" had no more heat than the other dishes. We must have used every sauce packet in the bag to try & save these dishes, but they were beyond help. Oh, and 2 people had the runs about 4 hours after eating. Not cool. The only positive: the price was good & it was ready fast. Literally, that's it. Maybe they just had a REALLY off day. All I know, is I wouldn't recommend this place, based on our experience, to anyone. read more

My husbqnd and I are visiting from Rhode Island. Our first night here in Lake Placid. We wanted something quick so we stopped in here. We placed our order and it came out quick. We werent thrill3d wi5h the food but after a 6 hr drive it would do. Until i tried the mooshoo that i ordered. It was horrible. Inedible because of all the salt. She took it from me and threw it out in front of me and said...your still paying for it...well that wasnt going to happen!!! She proceeded to make another order and eat it in front of me with food coming out of her mouth stating..its fine. I have NEVER had this kind of experience before. I only gave 1 star because 0 stars wasnt an option read more

I ordered sesame chicken and steamed dumplings. Both were honestly the worst I've ever had from a Chinese restaurant. The chicken was grey on the inside and just gross looking. The dumplings had absolutely no flavor. So disappointed and pricey too for the quality. read more

Do not depend on Door Dash for delivery. My husband was not well so we ordered delivery. We kept getting updates, until the order was pushed out 2 hours. No one from restaurant called even though they knew order was sitting there. I finally called restaurant and they told me they could not get driver and they would remake order if I came and got it. Unacceptable, Door dash or restaurant owed me a call, something....I am sure the food would have been great, if we could have received it. read more

I am glad this spot is here. Being a vegetarian, it is not very easy to find vegetarian food here at night. The food is cheap and vegetable egg foo young is excellent. My go to spot after a hike. read more

Surprised by how good the food was! Definitely will be back on our next trip to Lake Placid.

Ya know, it's a great little takeout place. And as a part-time NYC resident, I know my Chinese Takeout! We had to feed a large group of about 15 at one point, and thought we'd give China City a try. It is really awesome! Good enough that we came back and ordered a few hundred bucks worth of food for this annual event three years running! Every single dish has always been well prepared and perfectly done. Even living over in Saranac Lake, this is our go-to takeout place. read more

A solid Chinese takeout place that earns an extra star for the view of the lake in the back and the very reasonable prices in the middle of tourist-y Main Street. Lunch doesn't come with soup, but a pint of hot & sour is just $2.05 and will serve 2-3. I got the shrimp with garlic sauce @ $5.95. Meaty fresh shrimp, fresh and properly cooked broccoli, no heat at all even though it was requested "extra spicy". read more

I had the taste for Chinese food but not in the area. I usually don't trust food without recommendations bc you just never know what you're going to get and don't want to just hope for the best at your stomach and wallet's expense. I put in Chinese food and this is the first that came up. My hunger was raging and probably anything would've been good, Somehow after being ravishingly hungry I just could not eat all of it. Just a simple chicken and broccoli! The meat was rubbery and was extremely hard to chew through and I began to gag. I guess my taste palate wasn't accustomed to that sort of taste and consistency. The rice was not the freshest I had ever tasted... and can you believe The fortune cookie in the bag was open at bottom of paperbag and crumbs fell everywhere. Then I went looking for napkins and found one very thin one covered in crumbs and oil. Little improvements can go alone way for a business. When I called I even informed her I'm not from town and seeking very good experience, she didn't seem reassuring just "okay okay"...the positive is the guy there is very nice and friendly, sometimes all you can do is smile and still be hungry after you buy food.. read more

OK Chinese. I've had a lot better. It's not much to look at, but there is a decent amount of seating indoors if you want to eat in rather than take-out. read more

DO NOT GO TO THIS RESTAURANT IF YOU HAVE A NUT ALLERGY. The kitchen was very careful in preparing a dish with no nuts. However, once the plates were placed on the table and the customers asked to confirm no nuts before consuming, they gave the customers extremely mixed messages. As a result, the customers did not consume their meal because they were scared of the possibility nuts were present (understandably so, as the allergy would have put a child into anaphylactic shock). Then, when asking the restaurant for a refund of the one dish, they gave me an EXTREMELY difficult time and wound up giving me what they called a "donation" (an amount of money of their choice) not the price of the dish that was ordered. read more

Do not go in there! We felt like throwing up after eating. It's better to just eat almost anything else. Very unsettling creating bad memories. read more

Consistently bad food! The least amount of effort required is put into making this garbage that loosely resembles the dish you ordered! Do you like pork with your PORK fried rice? Don't go here if you do! Even if there were some pork the rice was terrible! 5 stars people? You don't know good food if you can give this place 5 stars. That's a joke! Move along... nothing to eat here! read more

China City - a plate of rice and beans - Chinese Near Me - Lake Placid, New York

Better decor and nice ambience dining experience comparing to most chinese takeout place. End table even have lake view nice to look at. Price is great! read more

China City - Shrimp mai fun my daughter says very yummy! - Chinese Near Me - Lake Placid, New York

Disappointing! Got my order and didn't receive my rice. Called to tell them and they offer a measly $1!!!!! Seriously? Not worth the hassle of having to drive all the way back! read more

Warning: very rude people! And the food is mediocre, I had much better food from other Chinese places. Despite of staying for a month in lake placid, definitely won't be back. read more

Now, maybe it's important to keep expectations managed...and in my mind there are like the pricy gourmet innovative Chinese places....and the great, inexpensive, quick hole-in-the walls with the giant menus wiTH EVERYTHING that are soooooo much better..China city is THAT PLACE! Spent five days in our favorite lake resort town and we were tired of pub faire and over hyped pricy hotel dinners ...found China city's menu ...portions were giant...three entrees could have fed family of 6! Dozens Combo dinner specials w entree, egg roll and fried rice for $8? Cohn time in! Fresh veggies, fresh shrimp ! Tofu dish had equivalent two tofu packs from grocery store...would have cost me twice price to make this much food ...FANTASTIC! Took care of my take-out Chinese Jones! Yummmmmm in the Time of covid! Fresh, generous, cheap, quick and massive choice! Thanks China city! read more

Typical Chinese take-out. Very good food & quick service. Good option for a cheap & quick meal in Lake Placid.

after being traumatized by hunan oshaka, i decided to take the extra walk to try this little place. the food here is excellent. reminds me of the great yummy chinese take out places i would go to when i lived in new york. i had the singapore noodles twice, they were excellent. it was loaded with shrimp, chicken, and bbq pork. on another day, i had the general tso's chicken. again, very good. not gristly at all. the egg rolls were wonderful. very reminiscent of new york city. on another day, i had the shanghai chicken which was tasty as well, chicken, bamboo shoots, snow peas, and shitake mushrooms in a spicy sauce. very well executed, as my ger-ger would say. service was good enough. this is a great place to get something different in lake placid. prices are as good as it gets. thank goodness this place exists in an otherwise culinarily-defunct town. read more

After being so let down at some restaurants here, we tried takeout. Really the dishes looked pretty delicious. The sesame chicken was an overly fried, pretty awful dish. The chicken with veggies had a strange flavor. Good prices though and portions. read more

Loved the general tso's w fried rice and egg roll , my boyfriend got the beef w broccoli ! I love the general tso sauce so good! Def going back! read more