Ordered the sesame chicken. Outside texture perfect the inside yuck. Looks like dark meat & it's a grey color. The texture feel funny & the sauce is just ok. The veggie chow Mien saved my lunch, barely. It was "blonde" most of the time it's a dark sauce. I won't be back. East coast Chinese is better, NYC is way better. This very much food court realness. The sesame chicken sauce & chow sauce taste the same. Got egg drop soup chips with a red sauce & no soup. All I wanted was sweet and sour chicken with the sauce on the side they said no it comes together I should have walked out. read more

China Kitchen - Unsure - Chinese Near Me - El Sobrante, California

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This spot is a local gem! I always order the veggie chow mein and the mandarin braised tofu because it is undoubtedly fresh and delicious. Every. Time. I love the quick service. I order at least twice a week. Highly recommend it! read more

Our family go to spot for Chinese food. Usually go with the Singapore noodles, very distinct flavor I can't really describe but it's good. Combination fried rice, chicken chow mein, salt & pepper fish and chicken. Tried the honey walnut prawn and beef chow fun before, it was ehh. Love the Chinese broccoli tho read more

My coworker and I stopped by here for lunch while in the area for work. My coworker doesn't eat fast food and there weren't many restaurant options nearby either, so we ended up settling with this Chinese place since we were both craving some chow fun. I ordered a beef chow fun and my coworker ordered a chicken chow fun. You get complimentary soup during lunch hour. We each got a bowl of hot and sour soup. It was pretty good, but a little too much on the sour side than what I'm used to. I hope it wasn't cuz it was spoiled from the hot weather. When we got the chow fun, just by looking at it, I was already let down. It is not your average chow fun. It had mushrooms and bak choy in it. Where were the onion and the bean sprouts? Sure, you can add whatever you want to the chow fun, but at least make it taste like it! It did not taste like chow fun. Maybe I should've ordered a sweet and sour pork dish. Maybe that would've been a safer order. I'm Chinese and have had plenty of chow fun in my lifetime and the chow fun here does not even compare. I don't want to say the food here isn't authentic, since I have not tried anything else. Maybe they just don't know how to make chow fun. Don't get the chow fun!! read more

China Kitchen - Beef chow fun. - Chinese Near Me - El Sobrante, California

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Small cozy place in the middle of el sobrante very good and affordable food lot of choices on the menu but I went for their famous wonton soup and man I am so happy read more

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Hands down the Best Chinese Food around my area! We have tried getting Chinese Food closer to home but doesn't compare. Worth the extra drive time for us for sure. read more

We wanted to try a Chinese restaurant around our neighborhood. We were so happy to have found this hole in the wall. The food was good and not greasy. It was fresh and I loved the wonton soup it was really tasty. My husband loved the shrimp and scramble eggs. read more

Food is delish every time!! Highly recommend eating there so you get the soup too. Most staff are friendly and they recently remodeled inside. read more

Delicious Chinese food and good service, whenever I get home tired from work that is my go to place, quick and easy a phone call away

Placed an order for vegetable fried rice, vegetable chow mein, salt and pepper green beans, egg rolls, and honey walnut prawns-EVERYTHING WAS DELICIOUS! I actually told my niece that this was the best Chinese food that I had had in a looooooooong time! I will definitely be going back!!!!!!! read more

Nice staff, fast service, great portion size for the price. Best Asian spot I've had in El Sobrante

Came here hella hungry today (July 11,2020) and got disappointed!!! The food was okay... BUT the service wasn't what I expected. My boyfriend went into China Kitchen ordered rice with salt and pepper. Chicken no onions add garlic!!! IM ALLERGIC TO ONION so I couldn't eat anything!!! WE SPENT $40 and he was the only person who could eat!!! Next time instead of giving me a hard time CORRECT YOUR MISTAKE AND REMAKE MY DAMN FOOD!!! read more

Good food and good service. Call for pickup, HC parking at front door.Happy to recommend.

The only place I eat Chinese food at. I will never go to another place. The owner Paul is cool. He knows me and my family by name. That always makes anyone feel at home. Our neighborhood restaurant. Stays busy at all times. Obviously, this place is amazing. I love all the dishes they serve here read more

I've been coming here from time to time since 2003. Fast, inexpensive Chinese food. Service is pretty mediocre, as you'd expect from a Chinese place, but the food is decent. Most recently got white chicken meat with vegetables today (zucchini, carrots, water chestnuts, and broccoli). Not a lot of carrots in there, but they definitely did not skimp on the protein. read more

Came here several times since my first visit, I am very impressed with the singapore style noodles, the fried rice is good, the lunch specials are a very good value. normally I do not like hot and sour soup, but it is very good here, I always finish the bowl they give you with lunch. the portions are large, the walnut prawn is also delicious and not too heavy like some other places. the mandarin braised tofu felt like a very healthy option, but came out hot and hardy, the tofu was full of flavor and the vegetables were soft and well steamed. there are not many employees here, it seems like a family run type of restaurant, but that is probably how they can keep costs low for the amount and quality. highly recommended for local casual dining. read more

Food is great customer service horrible one they never want to answer second the lady on the phone dam rude always wanna say it's busy like 100 times after u order and when u finish like wanting you to say nvm I don't want it just Bc she says it's "bussy" read more

My family and I have been coming here since it was Yans.. Which was always our favorite. Even though it's changed owners, the food is pretty good! Quiet location, nothing too fancy, never seen it packed inside. Plenty of parking outside. We always order family style and almost everything I've tried is really good! Good service, not sure if its because my parents go there often and speak Chinese or just in general, lol. Either way, I will be back whether it's to dine in or for take out since I live literally a block away. read more

China Kitchen - Nothing like a full lazy susan... everything was good!! - Chinese Near Me - El Sobrante, California

I just went there for my very first time for a take out the food was DELICIOUS I am so happy that I found a good Chinese restaurant nearby but let me tell you something there is one lady there that seems like she hates people I was gonna ask her something and before I finished my sentence she said NOOO she is very rude unfortunately I forgot to get her name and then left me there and went to the kitchen and a guys came and was very nice thank GOD i told him that the women was rude and I hope next time he will be my server. They have a very good food but need to improve on staff read more

The three (3) stars are for the not so bad food. The woman who takes orders is so rude. Every time I've ordered from this place this moron has a bad attitude. I've been helped by the owner at other times, and he is very polite so I assume that he is the owner. This time I told this arrogant and moody cashier that the reason that I don't patronize this restaurant often it's due to her poor customer skills. She sucks big time. She takes my order as if I was ordering free food. She's been at this restaurant for many years and always been the same sour grape. read more

I attempted to come here with some friends. We walked in and I told the lady that there were 5 of us and she motioned with her head and said "go have a seat." Mind you, there was NO ONE in the restaurant. My friends and I left. Poor service. We were already leery about going in and their service just put the nail in the coffin. Won't be going here ever again. read more

I've only ordered take out, but the service has always been good. The menu has a ton of options, including items I have a hard time finding elsewhere such as pork buns and foil wrapped chicken. The foil wrapped chicken has herbs in it (cilantro?) which I've never seen used anywhere else but that's a nice addition! I prefer this place to others I've tried in Pinole/San Pablo/Richmond, which is great because I live down the street! They've never screwed up an order, and my food is still hot when I get it home (I know down the street isn't far to go, but I've had food get cold THAT fast before). Only one gripe is that they don't have my bf's favorite, House Special fried rice, so I'm having a hard time getting him to eat here. Then again, I've also never asked if they could make it. read more

Came here for lunch on a Saturday with the family. Empty so we were seated right away. Ordered combo appetizer, Szechuan Chicken, sesame chicken, oyster sauce prawns, fried rice, chow mien. Food was pretty good but the service was terrible! Lady was rude and asking her simple questions seems like torture. I'd probably not return here and if your looking for decent service this isn't the place... try take out! read more

Love this place they have really inexpensive lunch specials that are tasty and filling. My favorite is the king pao prawns. I usually have it at least twice a week for lunch. read more

That one star is actually a no-star (there's no option for zero.) I've never written a review to give a one star because it seems harsh but also because there's never been a restaurant that was that bad. Until China Kitchen. I feel it's necessary to write this review because their food is so bad I would consider it borderline dangerous to eat. I ordered Szechuan chicken, wonton soup and combination chow mein, they have a very basic American Chinese menu so I just went with some standard choices. The wonton soup was unremarkable with undercooked wontons, the chow mein was soggy and tasted like it was cooked in a microwave, definitely never touched a wok, no flavor and was possibly old. The Szechuan Chicken WAS old for sure, it was so tough and dry it was like pieces of wood and the sauce tasted like it was corn syrup and nothing else. Even if this food wasn't old and reheated (and possibly spoiled) it would still be horrible because of the lack of seasoning and improper preparation. Needless to say I woke up and threw up a little while later. I'm not a picky eater and I haven't gotten sick from food in years so this felt necessary to review. Don't do it . read more

This place definitely has a hold on me. There's a nice blend of flavors in the dishes I ordered.

Rude people, they act like theyre doing you a favor. Most Chinese restaurants are like this unfortunately, so if you do go the policy should be no tips and if you do give them a tip tell them to be polite. read more

Great food here! 1st timer and left full and happy. Service was great too during lunch.

Excellent won ton soup and beef chow fun. Hearty servings of both. The chow fun beef was tender and cooked with black mushrooms and baby bok chow. The won tons were huge, there were many of them, and they were tasty. China Kitchen will now be my go-to Chinese takeout. read more

After passing by China Kitchen for years on my way home and to various other places in the area I finally decided to give it a try. When a friend wanted to meet up for lunch I suggested that we meet here. I had heard drastically different reviews of this restaurant with one person telling me it was great and how they brought their large family and the other telling me it was so bad and flavorless that they couldn't even finish their meal threw away their leftovers! We came around 1pm on a rainy Saturday, there were quite a bit of people eating which looked like a good sign. We waited while a table was cleaned and were seated within 5 mins. The tables were nice as they had the Chinese Zodiac placed under the glass table top. Upon sitting down we were brought soup, and tea (both of which were very tasty) while we looked over the menu. We decided to order the Combo Appetizer (egg rolls, fried prawns, foil wrapped chicken & bbq pork), Mongolian Beef w/ Chow Mein & Hot Brased Prawns w/ fried rice). The food came out pretty fast and portion sizes were nice & large. EVERYTHING was well seasoned and flavorful. The fried prawns and Mongolian beef were my favorite items. The fried rice was also tasty. I wasn't a fan of the brased Prawns not bc they weren't seasoned but bc they were too sweet for my taste (they had a pepper on the side of them on the menu which is an indication of 'hot & spicy') but they were very sweet almost sweet & sour tasting. The foil wrapped chicken was also a little sweet for me. We were given such large portions of food (we ordered 3 menu items) for only $28.09! The prices and portions sizes are great! I'd definitely go back to try more options off the menu! read more

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My mom takes my family and I here all the time and we love to sit and try most of our favorites and some new items. read more

China Kitchen - Chinese Near Me - El Sobrante, California

Listen I've I read a lot of reviews bashing this place because the owners are supposedly rude I think it's more of a language barrier thing. Well to a point English speaking or not the guy is pretty darn Pleasant and the lady is well let's just say she's emotionally pragmatic. Personalities aside I've always gotten a good meal here. They are very accommodating and their food is fairly priced I like them we probably eat here maybe twice a month on a Sunday night we always get it to go we've only eaten there once so I can't really speak intelligently on the "dining" experience. read more

Very nice restaurant the food is always delicious, the service could be better the owners are nice but the gentlemen is the nicest, there is a waitress that looks mean and rude but I guess thats the way she is, the only thing I miss is eating in, I don't know if they ever are gonna open to dine in again read more

Food quality is consistent even with the pandemic. The Mongolian Beef sauce is not the sauce we are used to but still tasty.   We also enjoy the black bean sauce beef chow fun which is flavorful, black pepper beef which had good amount of beef, and none of the beef had the weird texture you get with some Chinese restaurants. I also like their sautéed mustard greens which was tender and full flavored, and not a usual dish I can find at Chinese restaurants in this area. read more

Mediocre Chinese food. The staff seems fairly miserable. They do have a cheap lunch special however, so I used to eat here sometimes. Last time I ate there I ordered lettuce wraps, which didn't come with much lettuce. When I asked for more they said they would charge me $1 for each additional lettuce leaf. Not a great way to treat a customer. I never returned. read more

The food at China Kitchen is so-so, nothing to jump up and down for. It's also a little pricey.

I had been here before a few years ago but i stopped coming because of the horrible costumer service they staff literally dont have respect for the costumers when you pay the throw the money at you no thank you not even a hi when you coming and they treat you like trash i reasonly came back thinkin they had changed theyre way of bieng but they got worst and the food is just ok its not its extremely good that its worth putting up with their behavior either and I recommend the other restaurants around since they way better and you get treated right read more

The food is absolutely delicious no matter what did you order. The filling inside the egg rolls is actually cooked and not raw.

Recommended! When we lived in El Sobrante before moving out to Richmond. This was our spot! We decided to try and find something a little closer but no other Chinese Restaurant would compare. We continue ordering Chinese food from here! Worth the extra drive out. read more

The food is fresh and delicious and the staff is friendly. Reasonable prices! We've been eating here and also getting takeout for years. I love the soups, both Mongolian Beef and Chicken and pretty much anything I order is delicious. read more