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China Wok

3.2 (79 reviews)
InexpensiveChinese, Seafood
Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Good for kids

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Ut N.

Today, my family and I visited China Wok for some Chinese takeout. We were pleased to see that customers were coming in and out for takeout orders. Despite the busy scene, we managed to grab a table for dine-in. We ordered chicken lo mein, large with extra vegetables, four pieces of chicken wings, and a large hot and sour soup. The chicken wings were crispy, but we felt that they had been fried in old oil, which gave them a darker bone color. My mom taught me that lighter chicken bones indicate freshness, while darker ones suggest that they have been frozen for a while. The noodles were soft and delicious, but they were not long strands as we expected. Instead, they were small little pieces. Although we paid for extra vegetables, we felt that we did not receive as much as we had hoped for. However, the chicken was ample in proportion to the vegetables. We did not try the hot and sour soup at the restaurant because it was served in a large container, and we did not want to eat out of it. We decided to take it home, and we plan to pour a portion of it into a smaller bowl for a better dining experience.

My trip to China wok while on vacation in Florida
Norman J.

When I was on vacation in Sanford Florida. I was out with my family .and we decided to get some Chinese food. And we came across China wok. A Chinese restaurant that the folks in Sanford already knew about. Soon as we walk into the establishment I noticed that the place was very clean. And look like a buffet kinda restaurant would look back in new York. I was like wow this is really a cool looking Chinese restaurant you can see the food through the glass window while they prepare it the trays of food is right there. You have all your sauces duck sauce, soy,mustard for you to use as much as you want.this spot was not a real big restaurant but it was a decent size to sit down it is big enough put it that way . in you have nice size tables and chairs to enjoy your meal.the lady who took our order was very nice and the prices were not bad at all. We didn't stay we decided to take out .I ordered the chicken and broccoli and chicken fried rice along with there cauliflower. And another order of sesame chicken and chicken fried rice with broccoli and egg . The food was made fresh and it had a really good taste to it .the taste was different from nyc Chinese restaurant. Being in Sanford I had the opportunity to try a few different Chinese restaurant and this one was my favorite. They give you a nice portion and the white meat chicken was made absolutely the way I like it ,the food was delicious. Being from new York I can really judge the different Chinese restaurant and other states because in NYC we have so many different Chinese restaurant. But china wok impressed me with there food .so that was a plus to add on to a good vacation .I would definitely go back there in the future

Really good lo mein!
Scott W.

While working on a project after-hours with one of my co workers we decided to get some Chinese take out for dinner. I couldn't leave the jobsite so I am unable to provide my experience of the actual venue itself. However, the staff was very friendly over the phone and our food was ready by the time my coworker got to the restaurant to pickup our order. You can order online but need to set up an account at checkout. We decided to call our order in then pick it up since they don't do delivery. I ordered the Chicken Moo Goo Gai Pan with two Egg Rolls. The food was awesome. They made it for me without MSG. Everything was hot and freshly cooked. The only issue was they didn't throw any sauces in the to go bag. My coworker was in a hurry and forgot to check before departure but that's kind of on both parties. Regardless of this minor issue, everything else was on point. We will return again in the near future.

The Wonton Soup
Jayloni D.

China Wok is my absolute favorite Chinese restaurant. Their food is amazing!! Like, the beef and broccoli is incredible. I also love the fried rice and lo mein. I have become kind of discouraged that not all of the workers are required to wear masks, even the cooks from what I see. If you are going to be handling food preparation for the public, you need to be wearing a mask at all times.

Found this in tonight's combo of sweet and sour chicken. A 5-6 inch long piece of plastic inside of the chicken
Kyli P.

Found this in my sweet and sour chicken. Everything tasted great until this. I felt so grossed out I had to throw the rest away. First time I've ever found debris this big in food. It was over 5 inches long. Not coming back

What sweet and sour chicken is portrayed to be...
Henry Amanda L.

I ordered the sweet and sour chicken lunch special from the picture they had on their menu. It came all separate with no veggies or the nice pineapple sweet glaze sautéed on the chicken. When I asked about the picture and why this came out different they responded by telling me "We do no make it like the picture" I replied "So these pictures are false?" She replied, "Yes, I am sorry" and walked away. I am absolutely disappointed with the level of customer service and will not be returning. No refund for the meal or any care for the customer. This place does not take pride in their food or service. Doesn't deserve even 1star.

It's already ready already. From their website http://www.chinawoksanford.com/

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Great food, was clean and very quick. The service was excellent as well. My new go to Chinese!

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Not that good of food, was rubbery the next day when I heated it up . Couldn't chew it and it didn't have very good flavor

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Crab rangoons are trash. This review is mostly for me because I keep forgetting and keep getting them anyways.

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The BEST Chinese food I've had in Lake Mary. I will always continue to order from this restaurant!

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Key word consistency, food hasn't change since forever, great place for take out and lunch is special for a quick in and out

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Food is always good when I order from them. Ppl are nice and friendly. Homemade tea is good also.

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While there are many words I could use to describe China Wok, I'm going to say only this: China Wok is a bad restaurant."

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3.5
(38 reviews)
4.1 mi
$

Not good Chinese food!! . We tried this place only because it had significantly higher reviews than…read morethe Chinese place closer to us (which is China 2 next to Publix). (Overall general theme/tip here: you might as well order off the vegetable section, because with any of the entrées that come with vegetables, you're not going to get much meat, it is mostly vegetables). --Worst Thing We Had: We got a large order of Kung Pao Shrimp and I could not believe the entire container only had *five* pieces of shrimp (which were on the smaller side too) in it!!!! The container was packed to the brim with a lot of different kinds of small-piece chopped-up veggies, and a lot of peanuts, and a good amount of sauce-- But you had to dig through everything really good to try to spot a shrimp, and Inwuickly realized that at the VERY BOTTOM down deep underneath everything there was a layer of literally only five pieces of shrimp!!! (so that large container was 90% chopped up veggies, peanuts, and sauce!). We were sharing this as part of a family style meal for several people, so obviously this was problematic.... (even if *one* person ate it they would be very disappointed by this). I mean, our fam loves veggies, sure, but when you order shrimp, you expect to get some shrimp. Especially since you're paying a premium price for it - you're not ordering from the "veggie" section. So, this was the extremely disappointing. -Second Worst Thing: Mongolian Beef. I have had Mongolian Beef before where it is thinly sliced but *large* slices of beef mixed with onions in a brown sauce. THIS Mongolian beef - the beef was barely hardly there at all. They might as well have called it "Mongolian Onions." It was mostly onions and the sauce was not really a brown sauce - it was mostly liquid & watery, with a little bit of brown color in that. Yes the beef was *technically* there - in the form of very small crinkled up ground beef-ey shaped & sized little pieces. I'd say in this large size it was 75-percent onions. So it was like we were just spooning cooked onions and bland water onto our plates. -Third Worst Thing: Hot & Sour Soup. I LOVE Hot & Sour Soup, and I "get" that (based on trying it at a lot of various places) it seems like it's something that's kinda hard to do right (you need to use wood ear mushrooms, tofu -- Basically, the right type of ingredients as well as the right ratio of sour to sweet to savory). In other words, I do have some grace here; I realize I was just *trying* theirs out. But THIS one was just horrible!! It didn't have any of the components I mentioned, was totally bland tasting, I don't think there were any mushrooms in it, and the worst thing about it was that.. well, let me just put it this way: If you had egg rolls, scooped just the fillings out of them and into a container, and then filled it up with some soy-sauce broth, that's exactly what this was like. On top of that, they messed up our order and charged us non-refundably for a large container instead of $3 for the pint container we had ordered to be able to try it. -Fourth Worst Thing: House Lo Mein: "House" means that it should come with each kind of meat -- pork, shrimp, and chicken. But again, another dish with hardly any meat in it, and *NO SHRIMP AT ALL in it!!!* (I *will* say as for the noodles themselves tasted fine/normal). The noodles were a LOT more oily though than other places which maybe is personal preference but (based on taste/texture/health reasons (I mean who needs to eat a ton of oil) we didn't like this about it either. --If I Had to Choose a "Best" Thing: the Orange Chicken. I know that sounds utterly common, but it seriously wasn't bad... I like that it had discernible little pieces of orange peels in it, which gave it even more of an orange flavor (compared to how some orange chicken is just real sweet without much orange flavor). My only criticism of this dish would be that it seemed like they used really old oil - like if you're at the end of your frying and instead of cleaning your pan and adding more oil you just fry the rest in that bit you know it's not gonna come out good, lol - Well, it was pretty much that in terms of excess oiliness, lack of any crispness, and more of a "darkened flour" flavor. (But again it was in more of an exceptional sauce). So overall I think this would equal to being average/maybe slightly below. I mean I don't know, maybe there's a few hidden gems on the menu that if we ordered those they might do better than some other place(?)?).. but based on ordering 5 significant no one out of 7 diners being happy with this meal, we will not be returning. We'll for sure just keep trying around until we find a good Chinese takeout!!!

Best Chinese food in Sanford! Nice people. Indoor seating. The lunch special is delicious and the…read moreportion is large. You can make two meals out of it. Reminder that it's closed on Mondays.

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4.0
(487 reviews)
8.5 mi
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Just had dinner tonight around 6:30, we had a large party of 9 of which I called earlier just to…read moremake sure we could get a table without a wait. We were sat immediately and our drink orders were taking shortly after. Took us a few minutes to figure out what to order and the waiter came over to take it. We ordered eight dishes all of which came out very hot and tasty. The portion sizes we're very good enough to feed all nine people and to take some of it home. The service was excellent our water was filled and our dishes were cleared as we ate them. It was a pretty busy night all the tables were full and it seemed to be a steady line of people taking to go. Everybody had a good time and will definitely be back

So many people rave about this place, but our takeout order was terrible…read more My husband wanted to try their orange chicken with rice and veg and the sides and the chicken was very dry and overall tasted very sweet like vanilla cake. Awful. I ordered the beef chow fun. I liked the kind of noodles they used, but everything tasted charred and very burnt. The onion pieces were burnt on the ends but still raw through the middle. I think the sauce may have been where the burned taste was coming from. The beef was a good texture, but couldn't get past the taste. We thought the pan fried dumplings would be a safe bet, but they didn't taste like anything. Still, they weren't as bad as the other two items. We threw everything away and wasted $60 after tip. I'm glad other people like this restaurant, but we won't order again.

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3.6
(119 reviews)
3.8 mi
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Food was fresh and the prices reasonable. The service was very friendly. We will definitely be…read moregoing back!!!

Lived in the area for over five years and I'm just now stumbling on Lee's. That's actually…read moreunfortunate for me and hubby b/c the food was outstanding. Much better than our "usual" place. You know how we get used to going to the same place and just keep going again and again and again... Well, I was craving a pupu platter the other night and our reg place doesn't have the usual things with theirs, so I took to Yelp to find somewhere else to get one. Lee's Palace looked like that have a great one, and they definitely do! Everything on their platter was fabulous. The wings were so darn good hubby and I are going to find out if we can just order wings from there b/c we always do a big wing order on Super Bowl Day every year! The only other thing we tried was a large order of beef lomein and I kid you not when I say it is the best I have had - hubby also agreed. We're from Florida, so it's not like we've got the best experience with Chinese food, but it truly is the best either of us have had before. Can't wait to try other things on the menu which is the only reason for four stars and not five. I'd rather try some of their main courses before giving five stars. You can bet the next time we are craving Chinese food that Lee's Palace is where we'll be getting it from. I will definitely update the review. Totally forgot to get pics because we were starving and the food was almost gone by the time I remembered. Oops! LOL I'll get some next time!

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3.1
(144 reviews)
0.4 mi
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Food was hot , good taste , & the place had a super calm atmosphere . I went in within the first 30…read moremins of opening so I already knew the food is at its freshest it could be for the day . The sushi is super mediocre but it's expected , I had about four plates of food before they came over and dropped the check at my table without me asking for it lol The mei fun was and always is great . I don't have anything bad to say honestly , well maybe one . They sat me in a booth right next to where they all stand and wait so as I was eating , I could look above my shoulder and there would be a women just right at my neck watching what I do on my phone or even just stare at me eat lol but I moved to the other side after I got up for my second plate . I spent 13.90$ for lunch . I'd recommend and if I'm in the area one day I wouldn't mind stopping in again

This is my favorite new buffet in the Orlando area. The decor inside is above average with some…read morelarge chandeliers, and some wall art. The buffet area is always clean and rarely is there any empty bins. The chicken for sweet and sour chicken is always nice and crispy . The sushi is great too and the hibachi is available if you want that also. The price for the lunch is amazing for the offering of what you get and the dinner price is also a great deal. The servers are always very helpful and friendly. I was able to recreate one of my favorite dishes from here with their advice and help. I'll definitely be coming back again and bringing the whole family.

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