After all these years, still seriously good food. Super friendly service. Unmistakably a Chinese restaurant with classic ornaments and traditional music softly in the background. I think I've tried everything on their menu. Never a bad meal here. read more

China Inn Restaurant - Hot and Sour Soup with crispy fried thingies - Chinese Near Me - West Branch, Michigan

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Proper gravy in almond chicken little more flavor in egg drop . Steak cow needs chunky beef. read more

Great food. Fast and friendly service. I highly recommend requesting Marv, she is fantastic. She will make suggestions, guide you to trying new things if you like. You'll love becoming her regular. read more

China Inn Restaurant - This is the Three Ingredient aka Triple Delight - Chinese Near Me - West Branch, Michigan

I love this restaurant. Very friendly and the food is highly quality and delicious and they give you such a large portion it's great for leftover after leftover. read more

Food is always excellent! Great service!! Friendly!! Waitress was very helpful and answered all our questions!!

China Inn is located in a former hotel on Houghton Ave in West Branch Michigan. It's owned by a Taiwanese family serving lunch and dinner in an upscale setting. The food is delicious and service is great. read more

Great fresh food. Pleasant and friendly wait staff. Very clean and comfortable. Luncheon and dinner menus

Always delicious .. never had a bad meal in all the years I've been going there, we've been going since 2006.

We stopped and experienced a delightful meal! Would highly recommend this restaurant, great food and service!

Enjoyed the Mongolian beef entrée I selected. The hot and sour soup was also good. Would like to go back and try the sizzling rice soup. I have not seen that on a menu in a long time. I did not care for the Rangoon, but I like a bit sweeter filling. Do not get to West Branch very often as I live on the west side of the state, and this is not on my way to anywhere read more

One of the best Chinese food in the state, definitely worth a visit. The atmosphere is something to be experienced to fully appreciate. Decor is nice and the building itself is beautiful. It still has a coat room and a pay phone (not connected) for those who are nostalgic. I am stuck on the General's chicken while my wife experimented with a few other dishes, and nothing was disappointing. Tried the chicken cream corn soup (a rare find in Michigan) and found it very tasty (and hot temperature wise). One thing I really liked was that they cooked with the whole dried red pepper, something that I feel enhanced the "heat". Not many Chinese restaurants up here have it and it's a differentiator in my opinion. It's also not salt heavy so my BP doesn't spike. The staff is friendly and attentive. They patiently explain the ingredients. You are treated as a welcome guest. It's definitely a place to check out if you're in the area. read more

Basically over priced and overrated. Very impressive the first time. Not traditional Chinese food.

Service and food is good. The atmosphere is very old Asian cuisine. They have a great lunch special.

Love the food, the service, and the decor! We started going to the China Inn when the Chinese restaurant in our town (East Tawas) closed due to the pandemic. The cook at China Inn is some how related to the one who used to be at Hsing's Garden in Tawas. The food is delicious! I am particularly fond of the "Triple Delight" featuring beef, chicken, and shrimp with fresh vegetables and a delicious sauce. My partner orders sweet & sour chicken or beef with broccoli. The wonton soup is spectacular--it's delicate broth is perfection. Partner loves the egg drop soup. The staff is friendly and polite--the decor and ambiance has a calming nature and definitely exudes a Chinese feeling. I highly recommend China Inn in West Branch, MI. Check the website for days/hours of operation...I believe they are closed on Mondays. read more

Was visiting west branch for an up north vacation. I'm from metro Detroit. Where I was at, I had no signal so I ordered from this place blind. All I had was a takeout menu. I ordered the egg drop soup, almond chicken, general tso, and the walnut shrimp. Total was about $50. I thought this place was legit when they had walnut shrimp since it's an authentic Chinese dish. The place also looked legit, reminded me of the authentic places by my area. I'm sorry guys but this place isn't a good American-Chinese and Chinese place. I think there is only 2 Chinese restaurants in west branch that I know of. I was greatly disappointed with this place. The egg drop soup had pickles in it. No idea why? The almond chicken is supposed to be a fried chicken and then sauce over it. The walnut shrimp was supposed to be in a mayo like sauce. It all wasn't good. I hope you guys can try better Chinese food one day. read more

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First time ordering there and got a take out. Ordered Mongolian Beef. I got home which was 15 miles away opened it up and it was burned. Wow how disappointing. Will not be back!!! read more

A friend (who lives in the area) suggested we get Chinese food. Turns out I had been here about four years prior so I had low expectations going in as the prior experience was not the greatest either. My friend strongly recommended avoiding the egg foo young as he had it once and it looked nothing like typical egg foo young. Something made me ask about the almond chicken and I am glad I did - it was dark meat chicken, non breaded and in a light sauce. Whew! Glad I heard that so I ordered beef and broccoli. While waiting for lunch to arrive, I did a quick Yelp scan and somebody else complained about the almond boneless chicken. What was good: fast service, decent tasting beef in my entree Not as good: two fried crab ragoons take up part of your plate so you get less entree, combo does not include egg roll Next time I want Chinese food and in this area, I will skip it snd go to just about any other restaurant instead. read more

China Inn is one of two Chinese restaurants in West branch. While it's not fantastic, it is far better than the other option and the food is OK. The staff is very friendly, the prices are very reasonable and it's in this old historic building, which is kind of cool. the portion sizes are pretty small in my opinion, but certainly enough for a meal as long as you order an eggroll or something to go with it. I've been several times and it's consistently decent. Not my favorite Chinese restaurant by any measure, but my favorite Chinese restaurant in west branch. read more

I am from down state (live here now) and I've had a lot of very good and a lot of mediocre Chinese food and this is sincerely in the top rated! I was very pleasantly surprised and crave this about every other week now. Everything tastes very fresh. I love the hot and sour soup, which is hard to find just right. The last time I was there I had cashew shrimp which was outstanding! I wish I could remember what I had the fist time I was there but I can't, I just know I loved it and I was looking forward to going back: I'll add updates as I try different things. read more

This place is slightly below average. If you like Panda Express you might like it here. It's more of an American version of Chinese food. The setting is a beautiful antique building. Our waitress was very friendly and fast. She was super sweet and very attentive. Unfortunately the chef is very inflexible. The menu has beef and broccoli or seafood and mixed vegetables. I asked for seafood and broccoli. After checking with the chef, I was told my request was not possible, even if I was willing to pay extra. The lunch soup choices are egg drop or sweet and sour. I was able to pay extra for wonton soup. Should have skipped soup, it looks great but the main ingredient in all three was salt. read more

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Friendly staff, really good food. Great atmosphere. The soups and dumplings are delicious. read more

China Inn Restaurant - Restaurant dining room. - Chinese Near Me - West Branch, Michigan

This was a wonderful alternative to the typical roadside travel options in West Branch. Restaurant environment is great. Service was great. Everyone was very happy with taste. And they accommodated vegetarian gluten free so well. Fried tofu was delicious. read more

Awesome service, great food, very friendly staff Very clean! It's a very cute place in town!!! read more

The food is awesome here I had the sesame chicken and my wife had the emperors Shrimp. Everything was great we had Crab Rangoon for the appetizer it was great the sauce was great it came with it. You get to sit down at a great table with great chairs glass top table with real plates real silverware. We will be back again. and reasonably priced.. read more

The wife and I were in the mood for Chinese food the other day. We had never been to the China Inn before so we decided to try it. The other Chinese restaurant in town is horrible. But China Inn was fantastic... I had the Shrimp Chow Mein and the wife had Sweet & Sour Chicken. It was delicious.... read more

China Inn Restaurant - a plate of chinese food - Chinese Near Me - West Branch, Michigan

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Food & service is awesome... I love the "Shrimp Chow Mein", and the wife loves the "Sweet & Sour Chicken". We highly recommend this restaurant. read more

China Inn Restaurant - Shrimp Chow Mein - Chinese Near Me - West Branch, Michigan

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I always get the empress chicken (extra spicy) with fried rice and the hot and sour soup. I go often enough the staff remembers who I am and knows what I'm going to order haha. They are very friendly and you never have to wait for anything. read more

A great restaurant! The same family that ran Hsing's Garden in Tawas, our hands-down favorite. I look forward to Hsing's reopening, but in the meantime an hour away is the China Inn. Good to get out and about, and we had a wonderful meal there. read more

Gross and disappointing Hubby ordered Hunan Chicken and I ordered General Tso both were lunch orders, got home to see each order looked exactly the same except hubby's had broccoli in his, both taste exactly the same which was ridiculously sweet and each had 3 pieces of small dried out Chicken. We were starving and could hardly choke this food down For $28.00 including an order of crab ragoon ridiculous! We haven't had Chinese for over a year and was really looking forward to it read more

Decent Chinese food in West Branch. I found our server very attentive to our needs. We ordered the special of the day- orange chicken and an additional Hunan chicken. We also ordered egg drop soup based on Yelp recommendations. The food was pretty good. The restaurant is very clean. My only complaint was that the orange chicken had large pieces of orange peel in it. The flavoring was good but the orange peel was not edible and was throughout the entire dish. In my personal experience and opinion- it was unexpected and disliked. read more

Taste is good but chicken seemed to be made of dark meat and was dry as hell was really distracting rice was amazing pork fried rice was amazing dumplings were ok but dip for it won't taste like anything it left me wondering if it was a watered down if you want Chinese food and are hungry it is great just has couple things you could nitpick read more

Everything about this place screams authentic Chinese dining! From their dishes their table settings their staff they take the rush of cash and carry food out of the picture! These guys are awesome Food is awesome it's a must-see don't forget to stop when you're in West Branch! read more

The best in the state!!! Everything I've tried has been amazing. I have never been disappointed.

Food was very good, service was great, the staff was super friendly, I just wish the egg rolls were stuffed with bean sprouts and not cabbage (that's just my personal preference). read more

I loved this place they even have cloth table cloth's and napkins. Food was good, been there 8 yrs ago I'm sure it has'int changed much. Moving back to Michigan will be soon. read more

My first time. Mom's second. Neither of us was disappointed. I was pleasantly surprised by the dining area. Very nice. All the staff were friendly and helpful. The food was very good. We both started with Wonton Soup. Some of the best broth I've had in a while. The wontons could have been a little softer on the chew but were still good. I love all the extras in the soup--snow peas, carrots, mushrooms, and water chestnuts. I had Sesame Chicken which was sweet with a tang--liked it a lot since I ate it all. Came with a scoop of brown rice instead of the usual fried or white. There also were two Rangoon's. Mom had the asparagus chicken which I tasted. It too was very good. I know Mom liked it since she ate all of her's. She always takes home a doggie bag--not this time. Next time I'm hungry for chinese, I'll drive the 35 minutes. read more

Tried twice. Food simply wasn't very good. And the dishes were not in the style expected. Sesame chicken wasn't close to what is recognized as Sesame chicken I've had anywhere else in the country. Several menu items proved to be the same way. But, some locals really like the place. Just not us. Otherwise we has no other issues with the restaurant. Not for us. read more

Best chinese food north of 10 in michigan. Fresh vegitables, food cooked perfectly and full of flavor. Highly recommended read more

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this spot is absolutely beautiful, super clean the service is so nice. the food came out so quickly and was very tasteful not to salty or anything prices are very reasonable for the portions. highly recommend!!!! soft music playing in the background, nice lighting good tea selection i read the "bad" reviews and almost decided to not come so glad we did end up come in!! read more

China Inn Restaurant - wontons and plum sauce - Chinese Near Me - West Branch, Michigan

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Always a good meal. Friendly staff. Been going there for 20 years. I usually get the honey chicken.