Grand Buffet

Let me start off by saying this place is a little small and gets really busy (because it's great)…read moreso I highly recommend calling ahead for a reservation or take out. That being said, the service is absolutely fantastic. The people are super friendly, helpful and hard working! The food tastes great and the variety is good. We love that they have soup dumplings on the menu as we've had a hard time finding them elsewhere in the area! Highly recommend checking them out.

don't waste your money. food was so horrible. my friend bought two different meals at 20.00 a…read morepiece. i bought one costing same. thefood was tasteless, used spagetti noodles. it truly was so horribly bland. ambience sign said take out only. told them we drove a long way to have lunch there first time for us both. we were told we could eat there, served on paper plates and plastic silverwhere, no bowl for soup. had to eat out of plastic container. aomeone lied about rating. it was a horrible meal for us both first time visitors. don't ever waste your money there! not worth the drive!

Shrimp shumai

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Very hot oolong tea.

Chen’s Gourmet Chinese Restaurant

4.1(55 reviews)

1.4 mi

Food is always good. Never seems very busy. Nice service. Very nice Asian interior. Would return…read morefor dinner.

Really good, I get the diced cashew chicken and it is so wonderful, always fresh and hot, perfect!!read more

Hot and sour. Meh.

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Shanghai Chinese Restaurant

3.9(71 reviews)

4.6 mi

We were very pleased with our meal at Shanghai. While it is set up as a counter service takeout…read moreplace, they also have four tables inside and another outside where you can sit and enjoy their food. At one point in our visit all four well-spaced tables were occupied, so dining in is not an unusual activity. We figured out what we wanted for our late lunch and ordered at the counter, in my case their Bourbon Chicken. I got the large size and it turned out to be so large I took about a third home for the next day. It wasn't as syrupy sweet as you tend to find in food courts but a nice reasonable flavor with some sweet brown sauce. The person who we interacted with was nice, offering us disposable plates and silverware. Located in a shopping plaza at the NE corner of Manatee Ave W and 75th St W, it was easy to find and easy to park.

Something tasted off in fried rice! Ate in and split stuff no extra plate had to eat off the…read morecover of one of the dishes! Very greasy food! X g

Bourbon Chicken

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General TSO's Chicken w/pork fried rice (9/24)

China City Express

3.9(56 reviews)

2.8 mi

The bourbon chicken and krab ragoon is good. The dining area is nice and the drive through…read moreconvenient.

I was looking for a quick lunch bite, so I figured any port in a storm, expecting a not great…read moreexperience. But,...... I was pleasantly surprised. The place had plenty of simple, but clean seating indoors. They also seemed to do a good bit of both drive through and take away business. Placed my order at the counter (General Tso's chicken) and it was brought out to me pretty quickly. The food itself was piping hot, and was good, not great. It seemed heavily seasoned (slat, MSG?) which was a bit overpowering. It worked for me, but I don't think I'd seek out China City again.

Interior with drive through window visible behind counter

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Great place! These are the correct prices as of 11/23/24.

Dim Sum King

4.1(303 reviews)

8.5 mi

Ambience was great very relaxing very culturally appropriate compared to other chineses restaurants…read moreserves and manger were very kind sweet and very respectful I loved it would definitely come again was so peaceful I started to even fall asleep five stars

We stepped a bit out of our usual food-travel zone and ventured down to Dim Sum King in the…read moreBradenton/Sarasota to eat with family friends at their recommendation. With that being said, the hour-and-ten minute drive from Lutz was well worth the effort to eat the Dim Sum King (plus we made a day out of it). For starters, Dim Sum King excelled in all the categories of variety, quality, and freshness. Dim Sum King's dim sum is ordered from the menu - you mark the number of the respective dim sum plate that you wish to order on a dry-erase menu placard and receive the food as they are made. While different than the push-cart ordering which gives you more of an eyes-on confirmation of the actual dishes and a nostalgic-traditional dim-sum brunch vibe, the menu ordering offers a different approach. Ordering from the menu potentially means that each plate is cooked right and not sitting in the steaming cart which may result in overcooked food or sogginess. So the food does come out fresh here! When it comes to variety, Dim Sum King has most of the usual suspects - har gow, shui mai, chicken feet, short ribs, tripe, lo bak go (turnip cake), shrimp/beef/veggie cheung fun (rice noodle rolls), and sticky rice. Additionally, they carry other fanciful dim sum dishes such as zhaliang (fried Chinese donut rice noodle roll), crispy shrimp toast and stuffed eggplant. Simple and great dim sum menu! The quality is arguably the best I've had in a while. Each dish was made and cooked to perfection. Specific call outs to the crispy shrimp toast and beef cheung fun - these were amazing in both flavor and textures. Our friends told us that the place usually has a line. Perhaps it was right after the holidays, but they were seated promptly around 12pm when they arrived. The restaurant has two large round banquet tables that seat approximately 10, with smaller set-ups of booths and table between. Definitely one of the best dim sum spots in this region of Florida!

Fried shrimp balls January 2024

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Golden Wok

3.6(59 reviews)

4.0 mi

This is the second Chinese place in the Bradenton area we've tried. Last night was an "I don't want…read moreto cook" night, and on those nights, who doesn't love Chinese? It's quick, cheap, and generally pretty foolproof. We ordered a dish of chicken lo mein, pork fried rice, and some pork egg rolls. The lo mein was to die for! Plenty of sauce and seasoning, and super tasty chicken. The egg rolls were also excellent. The fried rice left a little to be desired- it leaned a little on the dry side. Short version: would 100% come back for that lo mein, but next time, we'll try other dishes on the menu besides the pork fried rice.

Moved to Florida 2 years ago and finally found Chinese food like we are used to from the Midwest…read more Really good and fresh food. The crab Rangoon is great. We also loved the egg drop soup, dumplings - fried and steamed, General Tso's chicken, sweet and sour chicken, and pork fried rice. Very fast order fulfillment too.

Menu as of Jan. 22, 2015

Whats inside

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China One

4.2(19 reviews)

0.9 mi

Great Food love their shrimp toast. The owners are great! Very fast service always. Their location…read moreis close to our home.

Chinese restaurants are a dime, a dozen but try to find when they can make chop Suey or chow mein…read morethese days They had both it was fresh tasty and so good to find

Rice Bowl Asian House

4.4(348 reviews)

6.8 mi

I have had a lot of Chinese food lately and this is by far the BEST quality in town. No weird fat…read morein the mean, no canned vegetables. I am disappointed in myself for forgetting how good this place really is. You really can't go wrong with anything on the menu.

Recently ordered takeout from here at a friend's recommendation, but it was some of the worst…read moreChinese take out I've ever tried. For context I'm used to take out from New York, and while I haven't found any perfect comparisons nearby, some come close and have flavor and texture more like what I'm used to. We ordered the general tso's chicken and pineapple shrimp and it genuinely tasted exactly the same. The rice had a starchy taste to it and the consistency was mushy. The lo mein noodles had a really funky taste also. The crab rangoon was equally disappointing, it wasn't crunchy when we got it and the flavor was a bit off. We were left really disappointed and not satisfied with the meal at all. The inside ambiance seemed decent and the woman at the takeout counter was very pleasant though. It might be a decent sushi spot, but we will probably just stick to something that suits our flavor palette better.

Chicken Lo Mein

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Nam Fong

3.7(94 reviews)

0.7 mi

The worst Chinese food I've ever experienced. Save…read moreyourself. Fried rice is so full of soy sauce, it's like soup. Disgusting. Chicken with vegetables, same thing, nothing but overcooked broccoli . Occasional onion. I'm pretty sure it was yesterday's fare. The whole dinner was disgusting.

We do take out from this restaurant a couple of times a month…read more The staff is always is friendly and seems to remember what my family orders when we return. The portions are big and reasonably priced. They are pretty much always consistent in flavor.

Lunch Platters

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Yummy House

3.5(787 reviews)

9.9 mi

Oh my! Best Chinese restaurant in Sarasota. Go for lunch since prices are best. They have some…read moresmall plate/dim sum to mix and match with their entrees. Atmosphere is nice. Service is wonderful. Highly recommended!

In the hopes that Yummy House fixed their problems we decided to order again. Yummy House used to…read morebe the best Chinese restaurant in Sarasota maybe 10 years ago. Unfortunately it was even worst than last time. The Mongolian beef was chewy and gritty. The chicken dish had too much breading and was supposed to be crisp but was soggy. The egg roles were mainly wrapper with no filling. And they were dry and over cooked. Strongly recommend against Yummy House.