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    Lai Wah

    3.0 (30 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Good for kids

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    Hilary Clinton's Box
    Kody P.

    I created a yelp account to warn everyone that instead of beef, they're serving the people of Apple Valley raw slices of Hillary Clinton's box in their chow mein. Soaked through the bottom of the container before I even got home to the disappointment.

    All the extra stuff from only ONE wonton as well as the metal shavings

    If we could give it a zero we would. As avid Chinese lovers we love the opportunity to try new places. Unfortunately this has to be one of the worst places south of the river. Not only were we missing itema, got wrong items, but we also found metal shavings in our food from a wire scrub brush which makes sense with the soapy taste. I also tried their try 3 apps, egg rolls, chicken wings, and cheese wontons... and all where over fried and unable to get to the inside contents. Even my 3yr old didn't want to eat the cheese inside the wontons after peeling away 3 layers of over fried dough.

    Delicious sweet and sour chickens, Fantastic!
    Wei L.

    The foods are just like the name Happy. The best Chinese foods that I ever had. Reasonable price and foods are fantastic delicious. I highly recommended everyone in the neighbors come here for the Chinese foods. You won't disappoint at all.

    Vegetable egg roll and dipping sauce
    Jesse H.

    This little hole-in-the-strip-mall turned out to be surprisingly tasty. The vegetable egg rolls seemed quite home-made, with a hearty, cinnamon-bias and crunchy cabbage. We ordered Beijing Chicken and Sai Dai Pork, as neither of us were familiar with these dishes. The pork was particularly enjoyable, with a smoky grill flavor, a gooey brown sauce and a good spice kick. I don't like it when Chinese food is drenched in oily, generic, too-sweet, runny brown sauce. This sauce was none of those things. The chicken was more familiar, bearing strong similarity to sweet and sour chicken. However, it had a significantly stronger spice kick and was more sour than sweet. It was definitely not stingy with the onions, green peppers and pineapples, like many typical S&S chicken dishes. We ate in, and the decor did not initially inspire confidence, however I recommend you don't judge this book by the cover and try them out if you're in the area. The only reason it's down a star is the lack of ambience, as others have reported. Service was fine, a little curt, from a Chinese-born dude in his 30's, and we were the only people dining in.

    Wow was this gross. We ordered orange chicken, moo goo gai pan/ fried rice combo dinner, egg drop soup, dumplings... $31. First off, moo goo gai pan is supposed to be in a white sauce. They did it in brown teriyaki. Did they just not want to make the sauce? The chicken was dehydrated, the veggies frozen, they put canned mushrooms in the soup. Just a big ole NO!!! Don't go there. Go to Simplee Pho instead down 150th and Galaxie. They do both Vietnamese and Chinese (American style). It's better than this mess.

    i stoped by lai wah today ,  i ordered veggie veggie lo mein . i loved it .
    Eat E.

    lai wah is the best (chinese restaurant) in apple valley, i love the pot sticker (dumpling), they are made it by hands there isnt any place still made it by hands. also the curry chicken fried rice isnt bad at all and they have tradition chow mein. my mom loves the chow mein with the egg foo young . i would try it again in future. overall, not too bad. there is a reason why i give them 4 stars , i dont know why they only open 4pm-8pm on sunday ??

    The best chicken broccoli ever, it not too oily or salty.  Just perfect like the way I like it.  This will be my must come for lunch place .

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    Got it for delivery for a group of 7. Food was fast and great! Nothing to complain about on my end.

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    Very decent chinese restaurant, the food and service are really good !

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    First time here. I was leary about ordering when I first walked in. Very dumpy looking. Water on…read morethe floor, down the hall (I'm guessing toilet leak). In all fairness, when I was leaving, one of the workers was heading back with a mop and bucket. With all that said, I still wanted to try the food. I just changed my order from "eat in" to "to go". I ordered L4. Lunch special. Shrimp lo mean and paid the extra 50 cents for an egg roll. The egg roll was tasty, especially for 50 cents. The lo main was very good tasting. The shrimp were small but plentiful. I have to agree with a previous review, the chicken rice definitely tastes like something out of a box. Nothing I would call a fried rice. The portion was plentiful, especially since this was a lunch special. If you can overlook the overall shape of the restaurant and the chicken fried rice, it's not bad.

    This is our go to Chinese place for lunch orders. They are close by and it's quick! It's not the…read morebest but it's good enough for when you are craving Chinese food. We've tried a few different items here multiple times and it's always decent. My coworker thinks it's the best around here, you do have to go out farther for more authentic Asian food. The portions are big for me but I tend to not eat a lot but I will have multiple meals with this. It's a good deal for $10. You can pick from an appetizer and what rice you want. I like the amount of sweet and sour sauce they give you for your chicken!

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