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    Number 1 Chinese Restaurant

    4.0 (60 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese, Asian Fusion
    Open 11:00 am - 10:30 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Dogs allowed

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    Angela W.

    This No. 1 Chinese Restaurant is located in the Salem Crossing shopping area. It's mostly a take out place. Ordering by the quart is recommended. The food was quite flavorful. Like how there's a lot of mushrooms in the roast pork and mushrooms. The egg foo young had a lot of shrimp and fried rice.

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    Rose S.

    Not bad.. food was hot. Ready in 10 mins. Rice could've had more flavor. Bourbon chicken was too peppery but fine. Egg rolls were good but Very very greasy. Lots of shrimp in the shrimp fried rice. Great portions.

    Kristen M.

    The establishment isn't fancy and that's ok. I'd rather the food be good and the establishment be cozy like I'm in someone's home and that is what this place delivers. I like to order plain lo mein and finally a restaurant that doesn't charge for vegetable lo mein when all I'm eating is the noodles. I like to see patrons sitting in the restaurant and eating and today there were two families dining in. As soon as I try the food I'll update my review. So, my food was the best! Crunchy where it counts and soft appropriately. The plain lo mein noodles were so incredibly good I tried not to eat the whole container. I will absolutely be eating here again.

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    Shey R.

    This is my favorite place since teenager back in '97 till now. I always order the undying lunch special General Tso chicken separate sauce with fried rice. I never had any complaints maybe once or twice. She is very nice. Sometimes she's mean but it's understandable because when the place is busy with lots of calls and pending order. This is the only place can get my Tso right.

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    Kiera M.

    This Chinese takeout is literally number one , I've been going here for years and never had any issues with my food as far as taste , temperature or freshness . I always call in and my food is cooked exactly the way I have asked and ready when I arrive no matter how busy they are .

    Jonathan M.

    So let's start with the bad - I've never liked (or frankly, understood) when restaurants don't give priority to the person standing in front of them. I was about to order a general tso lunch special and I was asked to hold on so they could answer the phone. The phone order also asked for a general tso. As I was watching them make the food they made it and bagged it in the order they took the order. Meaning they made a general tso, bagged it up and marked it as a phone order and then I stood there another 2-3 minutes waiting for them to finish making the next one that was for me. The phone order never came in while inwas in there so why not just flip them? Common sense. Anyway as far as the food it's pretty good. Had a nice kick to it, although the sauce was a little sweeter than general tso normally is. Huge portion, I took a picture after I had eaten several pieces of chicken and a couple scoops of rice. So that's nice. The rice is much browner than usual fast food Chinese and has a smoky flavor which I ended up masking with the general tso sauce. All in all pretty decent food with a great portion size and iffy customer service.

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    Our go to Chinese restaurant ! Food always good and fresh. We've been ordering food from them for years.

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    Good spot for quick, yummy chinese! I always get the chicken lo mein/beef lo mein. One of my go-tos and serving sizes are plenty.

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    I don't see a need to write a review but this crab as yelp app sucks. The food from here is really good. The service is nice as well.

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    It came so hot it burnt my mouth . I Love that they have all the vegetables and the rice and chicken is crispy .... I can't complain

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    I got the shrimp egg foo young & it was tasty. It was a bit greasy though, but flavorful and It was enough for dinner & lunch the next day.

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