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    Jade Bowl House

    3.8 (56 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Quiet
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    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Homestyle Bean Curd
    Steve A.

    Jade Bowl House is a popular Chinese place in Gahanna. It does most of it's business from carry out. Take a look inside and you'll know why. It looks like it's been there forever. The food could also use some updating. I had the homestyle bean curd. It's about $5 for the lunch portion. This is for sure one of the cheapest Chinese places in central Ohio. It's a good value even though the food isn't among the best. The food tastes like too much of MSG. It's recommended to not get any added sodium to it. The menu on the wall looks like it's been there as long as the restaurant. It has most of the current menu items listed. There's even some they don't have any more. Instead of removing them, they just put a note next to them saying they don't have it. The service is pretty fast so you can only wait a few minutes. In Gahanna the cheapest Chinese is at Jade Bowl House. It looks and smells awful inside. This is why it's good for takeout.

    Dragon and Phoenix lunch special with hot and sour soup. Very tasty.
    Michelle B.

    Lunch specials are a great deal, and in my opinion the perfect amount of food. It was a little difficult for me to navigate their website to find a menu, but luckily someone posted a picture on yelp. I ordered the dragon and Phoenix. I had no idea what to expect since there weren't any descriptions on the lunch specials menu. I'll tell you what it is- shrimp, white meat chicken, carrot, pea pods, mushrooms, baby corn, bamboo shoot, and water chestnuts. All of this is tossed in what I can best describe as a light chicken and seafood gravy. It was very good, although it needed some spice. After adding sriracha it was excellent. The hot and sour soup I ordered with it had potential, but it tasted like they used a cooking wine and didn't burn off all of the alcohol. All in all- great quality and very nice flavor. I'll definitely order again!

    General Tso's chicken and white rice
    Stefandy L.

    Oh this is the best Chinese I've had in a very long time! Lots of flavor, the decor is beautiful, the music is so soothing, And I received such wonderful service! The waitress was so nice. First time I've ever been here and she made my dine in experience incredible! The cook did an amazing job with my meal! I love everything to be extra spicy and they did not disappoint! Definitely recommend and will be coming back often!

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    Anjan C.

    This place is a typical Americanized Chinese restaurant. All those Kung pao, hunan, Szechuan etc available here. No authenticity and yet quick Chinese takeaway when in that mood. It's a reasonably inexpensive place- at an average it would cost $7ish for lunch and $10ish for dinner. We ordered food for our small company and it was refreshing for a change.

    Lighted street sign is taller than the restaurant.
    Tom H.

    Buy far the biggest portion for your buck. I had my very first chinese food here. War Sue Gai, if you can call it chinese food. It was more like early chicken fingers with gravy. Back then it was Bo Ding's. 24 years ago, this nice famsmeily bought it and made it their own. True dedication proven by traveling this week to China for the first time in 34 years to see family. The food is OK not stellar. The rice is true fried and not colored. The portions must be what keeps the regulars coming back. This place could easily move up to the next level if they made some minor improvements. Cut back on the sauce and msg. Improve the decor. The location is great for Gahanna, and easy off 670 for others. The staff/owners are friendly and pleasant. I'm totaling the upgrades in my head, and thinking, that might be more upfront cost. It's tough for me to not see it as it once was. The table linens, plating. I even told the owner how all the meals came out on a pedestal with the metal dome lid unveiling. Guess it was impressionable to a kid. I would never avoid here, but I do have a taste for some close by alternatives. Give it a try. Sample more of the menu than we did. Lunch menu looks like a standout deal.

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    Carry out was great! Fast good food! Would definitely eat here again if on the east side.

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    This is the best Chinese food around. The service is great. My husband and I go to eat there often. The food is cheap. I LOVE this place.

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    So the egg roll hype got to me so I did the hour round trip to Asian Kitchen near Easton. Got 4…read morerolls (2 in freezer now) steamed dumplings, wonton soup, hot sour soup, and twice cooked pork. Egg rolls. Yep, worth the drive. Wish they were fist busting size like the old days. But they fit the bill well. Fresh hot mustard raised the bar. Dumps. Owner tried to talk me into frying them. I said nope. Nice old school chewy dough exterior, the filling was ample tho a bit bland. The vinegar dipping sauce brought em back to life. Soups. No complaints. The wonton broth was quite savory, nice plump wontons along with sliced char su and mushrooms. Hot and sour had a good deep taste and an ok amount of ingredients. Needed a lil more fire. Twice cooked pork. Saving it for later but looks legit. Lots of tasty cabbage which is the signature. Though the use of char su instead of pork loin is off target I suspect it will be ok. Still miss the Hunan House version that left their menu a few years back. I'll go back one day and try some other stuff, their salt pepper wings and shrimp toast and fried rice dishes looked good in photos.

    We were visiting family on the northeast side, looking for quick takeout. We noted that they had…read moregood reviews from the 'locals.' We ordered vegetarian and chicken noodle dishes, both very good, and generous servings. They will be on our list for next time.

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    I have been going here for over 4 years and I have to say, their quality has never gone down…read more Portions? Generous Flavor? Overflowing Steak? Juicy Sauces? Saucyyyy I recommend this place to everyone and there is nothing that ever goes wrong with their dishes. It is always at its' best throughout these years and their prices have been very reasonable. And to top it off, their hot chili oil??? Chefs kiss 10/10 It is absolutely worth it after a day of cleaning around or running errands and all you want to do is enjoy dinner at home with a hot, delicious meal. Their service is amazing, the guy is always very welcoming and transparent with timing on orders. I also do appreciate the free eggroll special after buying a certain amount..

    Went her for an early dinner with a friend. She had been wanting to take me here for awhile now…read more Did not live up to the hype and she even knew it. No one was in the restaurant when we sat down but had a steady stream of to go orders. Menu is very extensive. I purposely asked the server if the Hunan and the Szechwan were very hot. She said yes. So I went with the Hunan Combination and Hot and Sour Soup. . My friend got the beef lo mein and an order of veggie dumplings. The dumplings were very cold and doughy. The soup was decent and lots of tofu. My Hunan Combo was not at all spicy. Very bland. My friend was not a fan of her lo mein as well. The win is if you are hungry, come here. The portion sizes were huge. Enough for two people per dish. Ambiance was a bit dark and not inviting. Probably won't be visiting this place again.

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    3.5
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    5.0 mi
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    This review is for takeout: Lantern was recommended by a number of Blacklick locals, so my…read moreexpectations might have been too high, but food was just fine. We ordered sweet and sour chicken, vegetable lo mein, an egg roll, steamed rice, and yum yum sauce. I was surprised that all our dishes were fairly bland; I found myself dumping soy sauce on the lo mein, for instance, to get any flavor. The yum yum sauce was much more like a honey mustard than any other version of that sauce I ever had, and neither my daughter nor I liked it. Sweet and sour chicken was decent: chicken was not greasy or had too much breading, which i appreciated. Portions were not huge, unlike a lot of other Chinese restaurants, especially given the price. Fine, but I'll be looking for other Chinese restaurants for take out in the future.

    We ordered our usual Lantern Chicken, one egg roll and crispy chow mein noodles. It was $19. We…read morealways got a full container of Lantern Chicken and a paper container of rice. This time they put the rice and the Lantern Chicken in the same container and it's a smaller container. You're getting less for more money. We called and they tried to say we were getting the same amount because they said they measure it. How can you get the same amount if the container is smaller? More lies. We are now done ordering from them. And we have been ordering from them for over 20 years. Wish I could post a picture. Picture is an old container showing the size, second picture is the new container, which they say is the same size of food as the old container but 1/2 is now the rice.

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    New containers. 1/2 is rice and the other half is the entree
    New containers. 1/2 is rice and the other half is the entree
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