Very plain fried rice. Had it twice and it only had rice and chicken. No veggies or egg…read more Crab Rangoon is very good.

Good: Crab ragoon was good, hot and fresh. The steamed shrimp with vegetables was good. Shrimp…read morewere nice sized and cooked well. Bad: Egg roll was cold but tasted ok. Fried rice was yellow rice with some onions, very sad rice with no flavor at all. Hardly traditional fried rice. Was given a 25 minute estimate. Got there at 20 minutes and waited almost 30 more for my order. The huge tub of brown gravy they give you is ridiculously large for the amount needed for the entree and scalding hot temperature. The container it comes in has a lid that is impossible to remove without spilling the full sauce all over. There are no sauce packets out for you to grab like most Chinese take out places have and when the bag was handed to me all sealed up I assumed (wrongly) that they had thrown some sauces in. My bad for assuming. They did throw fortune cookies in. Ugly: The General Tso chicken was inedible. The unrecognizable chunks of "chicken" were so stringy and tough and full of cartridge more than half of them could not be eaten and had to be spit out. The sauce also had no heat (menu shows a spicy symbol) and really no flavor like traditional General Chicken you would expect. Our total order exceeded the amount ($21 before tax) listed on the menu for 3 free crab rangoon which I asked for when I ordered. When I got there they charged me for the rangoon but I didn't notice that until I got home. This is our 3rd disappointing visit in a row. I realize it's the only Chinese in town and everyone in Bethalto loves it but it's really sad that it doesn't live up to the hype.

Yes, I a giving a Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant 5 Stars. China Wok is a combo of both, dine-in and…read morea carry-out. I primarily use it for carry-out. I think sometime in the near future, I'll try dining in. I frequently change my entree, but I always get one egg roll and an order of crab rangoon. The egg roll is larger than most Chinese restaurants. I like that it's super crispy and the inside is packed full. The crab rangoon comes with four pieces and they'll ask you if you want a side of sweet & sour sauce. If you say yes, you'll get a small cup of the red sauce like when you order Sweet & Sour Pork or Chicken. They don't give you those small packets like other restaurants. My usual go to entrees are always Beef and Broccoli or General Tso's Chicken. Both of them are very good. I do the B&B when I'm trying to eat healthy Chinese. The beef is tender and the broccoli is soft, but still has a little snap to it. When enjoying the Beef and Broccoli, I have white rice. The General Tso's Chicken has a lite crispy coating and the sauce blends perfectly with fried rice, instead of white rice. Service is over the top friendly. Kelly the owner has personality plus, is super witty and always makes sure you are a satisfied customer.

Staff was super friendly, the owner is fabulous, and proud of her establishment. Food was fresh &…read morethose green beans of hers were amazing!!

Great place to eat! Lots of selection and attentive service! Very clean and lots of tasty…read moreselections. Only thing I would ding them on is food is not always really hot! Today was good but, times the food has just slightly over warm. Good food at a good price! Very nice place for dinner!

My son and I went to Chinatown yesterday after a long time…read more The Lady behind the counter i think the owner? Was not very friendly, had an attitude as soon as we walked in. Lady. If you don't want to be there stay home,that's all I can say! Our waitress was very nice and helpful though. Thank you to her.​

The orange chicken, as always, was great. Surprised that last time the mushroom zucchini chicken…read morewas very salty, it's the only other thing I used to like. The staff here is always really nice. I already know I do not like anything else on the menu- from rice and noodles to egg roll and dessert, and every other entree, not so great. But the orange chicken is always delicious.

The people here are really nice and the food is good to , we usually pick up when visiting I love…read morethe chicken and broccoli, crab Rangoon and the shrimp chop suey

We came here for dinner after a long day of shopping, and it ended up being the perfect way to wrap…read moreup the night. We were seated immediately, which we appreciated because we were tired and hungry. Since we already have our favorite dishes at Cate Zone, we knew exactly what to order as soon as our server came by. Our go‑to appetizer is always the beef tripe -- non‑spicy -- and it never disappoints. We always enjoy it with a bowl of rice, and the combination is incredibly comforting and flavorful. We also ordered the crisp shrimp with egg yolk, which is my 6‑year‑old son's absolute favorite. It's unbelievably tasty -- rich, crispy, and just out‑of‑this‑world good. For our last dish, we tried the crisp sautéed pork for the first time. This one didn't quite hit the mark for us. The flavor leaned sweet and salty with no spice, and it didn't have the same wow factor as the crisp shrimp we love so much. Still, it was worth trying something new. All our dishes came with a bowl of hot, steaming white rice, and everything arrived at our table in under 10 minutes -- their speed is impressive. The portions were generous, and we left completely full with leftovers to take home. Cate Zone continues to be one of our favorite spots, and experiences like this are exactly why we keep coming back.

I came here NEEDING chengdu spicy chicken because I love szechuan peppers and love that numbing…read moretaste and feel. And it wasn't spicy enough for me until I had to reheat it for lunch the next day. Woo, re-stir frying it with rice and cooking it for longer gets those chilli oils out and going. Chicken was great and my small side order of rice was plentiful! I ordered this for pick up and it was ready 10 minutes from placing it. Walking in, it was very spacious, and very modern looking. Shout out to the astronaut upfront. I will be back!

Hey folks, remember going across the street from Rusty's back in the day in Edwardsville? Well…read moremaybe Rusty's and Ahns are no longer, but you can get your pot stickers, or St. Paul just like back in the day. Same folks cooking it up. Enjoy!

I really wanted to leave a great review for this place. I ordered beef and vegetables, and it was…read moredelicious. I enjoyed every bite. I also ordered crab rangoon and it was, by far, the worst I've ever had. The crab rangoon was clearly made sometime in the past and then re-fried. I don't like to complain, but they were pretty disgusting. After a couple of bites I offered it to my dog, and he didn't even want it. No huge deal, I thought. Just order an entree and not the crab next time. Until I woke up the next morning with uncontrollable food poisoning out of both ends, if you know what I mean. I have to wonder if they only make food once per day and let it sit all day long, and then only heat it up when they get an order. I don't know. All I do know is that despite the entree being delicious, I'm never going to order from them again because I am sure the food poisoning was from that meal and I really don't want to go through that again.

Love everything I tried. The food is always fresh and hot. It is made the way you ask for it. I…read moreask for no MSG. The service is fast always. We don't eat there but it just a little sit down Place.

We have been ordering from this place for ten plus years, it was a tradition for Christmas eve…read moredinner. I haven't ordered since December because something seemed off with that order. The fried rice was not the best and the veggies in the entree were different. Placed order tonight and everything was fine until they called me while my husband was driving home with the food. When I answered a woman was shouting over her coworkers asking if I picked up food. I said yes, my husband did and click she hung up. The phone rang again it's them and again asked if I picked up my order. I said my husband is driving home with the order now and I asked if there was a problem. She said check the order and let us know and click. I called them back and I'm upset because we live close to thirty minutes away. I ask what is going on? Do I need to call him and check the order? Surprise!!!! The people that take your order and talk to you on the phone are an answering service. That has terrible customer service. We ended up missing parts of our order and were told to come back and get the food they forgot. I asked if they could just refund me and the terrible telephone service they have didn't know how to do that. We will not be order it again. Shame the family that did own it was wonderful!!! We will miss them.

Absolutely a complete waste of money the food taste like it was cooked days ago they over charged (…read moreonly by a few dollars but still that's theft) their worker had some kind of allergy or infection and is making gross sounds with their nose. I'd ur sick stay home not out with people trying to eat. The soft food is hard the hard food is soft. The wet food is dry the dry food is moist. The whole experience was horrid. Won't be coming back here again.

Dined here with a small group from church around 11 am. I personally had not been to the Chinese…read moreBuffet since Covid began, nearly 7 years ago now, believe it or not. However, I remember it as being a decent place to dine with a good amount of selection and fair prices. Upon entering, I was quite surprised to see that their pricing was still reasonable, however I didn't understand the upcharge for Sunday vs. the weekly buffet price as nothing on that Sunday buffet reflected an upcharge type dish in the slightest. Upon my first trip up to the buffet, I was a bit surprised to see that literally not one item on that buffet had changed in the past 7 years. I guess any kind of variety is out with this place or they don't know how to prepare anything else. At 11 am with a very light crowd present, all of the food was cold, completely unacceptatble having only opened at 10:30 am! Honestly I think the General Tso was the only item I had that was luke warm besides my bowl of soup. Many of the buffet dishes appeared to be leftover from the previous evening - - a good cook can tell what's fresh vs. leftover. The crab ragoons were tough and chewy a telltale sign of having been reheated. The egg rolls appeared to be refried as they were exceptionally dark brown in color. Literally no one was touching them either. The "fresh" seasoned green beans were all shriveled up. The lo mein noodles were swollen, having clearly soaked up all the juices/sauce from being stored and re-served. I think you get the picture here. I guess one might get food that is fresh and warm after all the leftovers have been eaten up by the victims dining at opening time. Good luck with your experience. Also, this place is exceptionally dirty and ran down with black mold on the walls and ceiling. It desperately needs a coat of paint, some new ceiling tiles, flooring, and lighting upgrades. . . fairly inexpensive upgrades and things you think would have changed somewhere along the way in the past 7 years since my last visit.