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    China Wok

    3.2 (78 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese, Seafood
    Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    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.

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    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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    China Star - Beef Beef with Broccoli

    China Star

    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!!!

    Since I last reviwed this family run buissnes, about 9 years ago when I had my 1st take out, Kung…read morePao Chicken. Little has changed, too me. Hands down still one of the best if not the best in Central Florida, Chinese take out , and if you understand you will agree. 1 prepared General Tso menu item General Tso's Chicken is authentic, and another Kung Pao Chicken [ "palace garden"] Also authentic, are right On Carefully prepared by family and staff the husband and wife consistently greet customers and take the order. Then the husband and wife work together with their seasoned cooks with hands on supervision. Although no place is perfect China Star strives to serve Their very Best.

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    Royal Asian Bistro - Jalapeño hamachi

    Royal Asian Bistro

    4.4(82 reviews)
    10.8 mi

    I read another review where they awarded a 5 star rating to this oriental food restaurant, and I…read moredecided to treat my hubby to a lunch out. We enjoy trying new eateries and we chose the Royal Asian Bistro. What a treat!! The 5 star rating, in my opinion, was absolute! When we arrived, we were greated with a genuine, friendly smile and a "welcome". My hubby is a diabetic and I asked the young lady behind the counter if all their dishes were prepared with sugar (a BIG "no no" for a diabetic) or was it possible to order a dish made WITHOUT sugar. The receptionist went back to the kitchen to inquire an obtain an accurate answer (we really liked that .. no guesswork). We were told that many of the sauces for some dishes are already prepared containing sugar, but, some of those dishes contain a very small amount of sugar. Also, they had some dishes containing no sugar at all. This was pleasing to our ears and we decided to give it a try. The restaurant was was not large, and was neat and clean. It was fairly full already but we were seated immediately and given menus by a very friendly server who asked us what beverages we would like while deciding on our meal. We both are seafood lovers so we chose an appetizer of crab rangoons (6). I opted for an Asian Shrimp lunch special which came with a cup of very good, egg drop soup that had a suprisingly delicate, but very pleasant, enjoyable taste. Not the strong chicken noodly flavor that some places serve. I ate EVERY DROP. The JUMBO shrimp was in a lightly spiced garlic brown sauce with mixed veggies (green peppers, onions, mushrooms, broccoli, zucchini, carrots and a touch of celery). The sauce was "labeled .. hot garlic sauce" but my inquiry as to "how hot" was answered as "very little". Our server was right .. it had a delightful slight amount of heat that evolved only as you were swallowing. The dish consisted 10 or 11 JUMBO shrimp. I'm not kidding .. JUMBO! It was quite good ... and the portion was large (literally half of the plate). It came with tasty fried rice with a small amount of veggies in it that filled the other half of the plate! What an excellent lunch special and all of it .. cup of egg drop soup, jumbo shrimp with mixed veggies and fried rice .. all for only $10.99! I couldn't eat it all and took 1/2 of the shrimp dish home as well as the 6 crab rangoons ($6.99). We had ordered them to go. My hubby opted for a shrimp dish as well ... Thai Cashew Nut Shrimp .. lightly breaded jumbo shrimp, onion, green peppers, and carrots served in a very tasty brown sweet chili sauce .. Again JUMBO shrimp .. a large portion of about 10 shrimp at a cost of $15.99. Hubby changed the white rice to fried rice with only a $2.00 upcharge. Hubby ate the whole thing! He was a very happy camper. We each had a soda for our beverage. As a side note, when hubby tested his blood sugar in the evening .. it was at a normal level .. yeaaa! So, the small amount of sugar in his shrimp dish did NOT cause his blood sugar to spike .. GREAT NEWS for any diabetic .. no insulin shot was needed! Our lunch was really enjoyable .. in a quiet, friendly, clean, smallish sized restaurant, with attentive, happy servers, GREAT tasting food, and VERY REASONABLE prices. Our entire lunch .. a crab rangoon appetizer (6) that we ordered to go, my cup of egg drop soup (part of the lunch special) , 2 large portioned shrimp & veggie meals, and 2 sodas came to only $43.60. What a treat .. great food in a nice clean little restaurant, with very friendly people at great prices .. what more could a person want? If you enjoy Thai, Japanese & Chinese food at reasonable prices, I believe you'll enjoy the Royal Asian Bistro located in Orange City, FL in the shopping center right after The Olive Garden on Enterprise Blvd. We will definitely be going there again, and again! Happy day!!!

    We went for an impromptu dinner - it was good. Shared a sushi rolls and some hibachi. Sushi was…read moregood, but the hibachi meat was super impressive. Got the chicken and the steak - hubs loved the chicken and I loved the steak. Veggies were yum. I did love the rice that came with the hibachi though, it was more of a Chinese fried rice over hibachi. All in all, we will be back!

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    Dalis Lao Thai Cafe - Pad Thai Noodles Beef

    Dalis Lao Thai Cafe

    4.6(258 reviews)
    4.0 mi
    $$

    This place is amazing. Brandon took our order- he's part chef, along with his wife and his father…read morein law and his kids are back there helping as well (they're 18) so it's definitely family owned and operated. Brandon's wife's family is from Laos. The restaurant has been open about 6 years. Why did it take me so long to come here?? It was my dad's birthday. So we went to lunch and shared the papaya salad with Thai style dressing, the summer rolls with extra peanut sauce, and he had the pad Thai w shrimp and I had the pad see ew with chicken. Dad had a Diet Coke (can) and I had a Thai coffee with extra ice. Everything we ordered came packaged in to go boxes- so if you don't finish- it's ok! It's ready to take home. But since we were eating there, they gave us two plates and our choice of chopsticks/fork/spoon etc. The food is made to order but still came out fast. Two to go orders were processed while we perused the menu and another to go came in while we were eating. A table for three came in during that time as well. So this place is probably more take out than dine in. The iced coffee was as predicted - sweet. But not overly sweet. The extra ice toned it down a bit. The summer rolls were huge. He was right to suggest an extra sauce for $0.50 because my dad pretty much used the entire sauce ramekin for himself. The papaya salad was great. Lightly dressed. Lots of shredded papaya with a chunk of cabbage in it, some stewed? Tomatoes. They have the option for Laotian dressing but I am not familiar with that fermented fish sauce? So I went with the Thai style which is regular fish sauce. I probably should have been more adventurous. We got the salad mild so no spice. For my dish I went with level one spice which is mild medium. You could definitely feel the heat after you swallowed the bite. I can't imagine what level 6 spice is like! Pad see ew was delicious. Those chunky soaked noodles in brown sauce with lots of big veggies. I got the chicken. Next time I'll do double meat. I like more meat. Dad had the pad thai w shrimp medium spice. It was definitely more spicy than mine but tolerable. Again- I would get double shrimp, but that's my opinion. We did not get dessert. We thought about ordering the beef waterfall- that will be my next dish. And they had some new specials! So I will definitely be back. I love the Christian atmosphere- not overwhelming and honestly you could go in for take out and not notice it. They do a great job with the food and customer service. In fact, they gave us a discount because my dad is a veteran and he was wearing his hat which reflected his service, and the owner noticed it. He thanked my dad for his service :) the discount was not expected and was a surprise! Wow! I would recommend this place. Family owned and operated. Food is great portion and delicious, made to order. I will be back.

    Dali's Laos in Sanford is one of my regular go-to spots. It's a small place inside with a few…read moretables if you want to eat there, but not a ton of seating. They package everything to-go whether you're dining in or not, which honestly makes it really easy to take your leftovers. I order the same thing almost every time because it's that good: the drunken noodles and the fried spring rolls. The food here is always incredibly fresh, and you can tell everything is being made to order. You will wait a bit if you order at the counter (because they are making everything fresh like I mentioned). If you're in a hurry, order online for pickup. If you like drunken noodles, you absolutely need to order them here. And if you've never tried drunken noodles before, this is a great place to start. You can choose your spice level with every dish, from no spice all the way up to super spicy, and their spicy is actually really spicy. I've also tried the massaman (yellow curry), which is really tasty, even at the lowest spice level it has a little kick to it. The wonton soup is good, the pad thai is good, and honestly I firmly believe that anything on the menu is probably going to be good. The portions here are HUGE - they are really generous with the amount of food you get. Service has always been super friendly as well. You order at the counter and grab your food when it's ready. Prices are really good for how much food you get, and the quality is consistently great. This spot is a constant go-to for me

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    Spring roles with peanut dipping sauce.

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