Exactly what you'd expect from a Chinese corner store in Philadelphia. If Yelp were comprised of only Chinese Corner stores I'd give it five stars. Inexpensive and quick. Just so you know the lunch special comes with a soda or an egg roll . Not both. read more

I placed a $60.00 order tonight for my family's dinner and mine at Red Central Chinese restaurant for delivery. I called them at about 640pm. I was on hold forever because the girl who answered the phone couldn't get the chef on the phone. Odd, I thought, because I've been inside this restaurant many many times. I've lived in this area for 30 years! The person who answers the phone is not 10 feet away from the people cooking. So, she lied. 4 times she put me on extended holds. My request was simple. I wanted a quart of wonton soup with only 4 wontons. They told me they were prepared with 10 wontons. I said, "Well here's what you do. Throw 6 of those wontons into the trash can and put the other 4 in my soup or you can give them to a homeless person or whoever wants them." Don't put 6 of them in my soup. This seemed like a really tough request for her. After being on hold 3 times for at least 15 minutes she came on the line and asked if I wanted a small with only 5 wontons. I said, "no thanks. I want a quart. I want 4 wontons. It's not a very difficult request." She put me back on hold. In the end, the chef finally picked up his phone (lies again) and said he could do it. Honestly, I am paying the price of 10, but only want 4, what's the difference? They told me it would take 50 to 70 minutes for delivery. At about 8:10 which was then more than the timeframe, the driver called me. He was here. I had ordered the combination platter C20 with gravy on the side. It is listed on their menu as $10.25. It states it comes with pork fried rice and an eggroll. It is shrimp egg foo young. I got no gravy with my egg foo young. I called the driver back and asked him where the gravy was. No gravy in my bag. He asked me to hold on. I waited. Then I decided to just call the restaurant. I called them and told them I had NO gravy for my egg foo young. No apology from the manager! She said oh well we can send the gravy right out. I said and then what eat cold egg foo young? I said you really need to make me a whole new platter and I will gladly give you this order of egg foo young. I mentioned the price was incorrect. I was supposed to be charged 10.25 for the combination platter. I was charged $9.50 for egg foo young gravy on the side and 3.00 for pork fried rice as well as 2.00 for the eggroll plus taxes of course! I waited 40 minutes for the food to come again. At 915PM I called them back. I was so frustrated I told them to forget the food since the driver hadn't even left to bring it out and give me a full refund. I was livid! What awful service this place has. They are very rude. I would much rather deal with people who have a good grasp of the English language and who understand business. She said fine, the driver would come with my refund. At 950PM the driver called for the 2nd time to let me know he was there. He tried to give me 10.00! I said are you crazy. I showed him my receipt. I added it up and the driver used a calculator. He arrived at 14.50 plus tax. After speaking to me the driver walked away and started talking in another language I didn't know. In the end, the driver gave me $13.00 since that is what his boss told him to give me. I got reimbursed 13.00 instead of 14.50 plus tax. I showed them on their receipt why. I also had to return the food, which I am sure they threw away. Save yourself the trouble of ordering food from this place. Red Central Chinese Food their service is horrible. They repeatedly put you on long holds. I got no apology for their error. I will most definitely be looking for a new Chinese restaurant to order from in my area. There is one right down the street from me. Maybe I will check them out. I wound up having eggs and toast for dinner instead of Chinese food. This whole process of ordering and getting the refund wasted more than 3 hours of my life and angered me to no end plus I had to cook my own dinner. Thanks for the lousy service and an I don't care attitude! Great business practices. THUMBS DOWN! read more

Red central has literally blown me away for many years I was stuck getting my chinese fix from Beijing which really sucks these days , painstakingly enough I had to settle for less bad delivery etiquette And a nasty attitude from the drivers. Fortunately I will never have to suffer that fate again. Red central has answered the age old question of are we alone out here in Juniata park when it comes to good chinese food? The answer is no ! We can get our fix here. The food is ridiculously good. From the first order I was impressed. I will always get my chinese food from here. It's quick fast and the food is always freshly prepared, I'm in are you ? Don't order ever from Beijing you don't have to subject yourself to the crap food they serve there. The lawn is definitely a lot greener on this side so live it up!!!!!! Enjoy the wonton soup or the happy family you can't go wrong with any dish on their menu. Grab some of the orange chicken or some house fried rice with Extra eggs and extra pork. Or you can try the wonton soup and fried dumplings. I wan to try something very different now, I usually order the pork Egg foo young but, I am wanting to try some of their other dishes. Order pick up instead of take away and save yourself a few bucks and a few mins on the delivery times. Ordering thru grub hub is a complete waste of time and not worth it call the number directly you will get you food a lot faster. read more

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I have been ordering from the Red Central name for five years and the food was amazing customer service excellent then about a year and a half ago the original owners sold the name to whomever is running it now. I must say it is by far the worst food I've eaten service sucks I've been ordering the same thing for five yearsThese new owners haven't got it right once . I will never order from here again read more

Hey listen, this place is great for the price. You get what you pay for. This is not my usual Chinese restaurant, but a great substitute. My usual place is closed for renovations, so I ventured to GrubHub for a filler, and this place is perfect. The take online orders and they deliver, which is perfect. The food that arrived was very tasty...no complaints thus far. I have ordered from here twice. The reason I did not give 5 starts is because delivery takes forever!!! Both times were an hour long! Yes, there are at least 15 minutes away from me, but an hours for Chinese food??? Otherwise, they are a perfect replacement for my regular spot. read more

I am extremely disappointed with this place. It took them over an hour to deliver my food. Beef broccoli = soggy, fishy taste, and inedible in my opinion Shrimp roll= flour was Nicely cooked but it is an overall bland side :( Spring rolls = were ill tasting and soggy Pork fried rice= delicious The sauce has spilled into the bag and all over everything... Just an absolute mess and terrible experience read more

Probably my favorite Chinese restaurant in North Philadelphia who is always well prepared And the service is fast

So, we ordered from this restaurant today. I had mistakenly ordered from Red Central because our usual Chinese restaurant didn't show up towards the top of the Grub Hub search. Anyway, all technical mistakes aside, this place had very mediocre food. Their pork rolls were extremely soggy and greasy. I mean, I could use the grease from their pork roll to oil my car for the next 50 decades with the amount of grease they used. The rest of the food was just okay. Now, onto the delivery part. After an hour, we still have not received our food. Our normal delivery place, Jade Palace (which is FAR SUPERIOR to this place), the delivery guy is so quick, I swear his butt is on fire. This place, when I had called about my order, they not only acted unprofessionally, but acted like complete idiots. I will not be ordering from here again. This place gets a D-, and I'm being generous today. read more

I decided to give a new Chinese place a try and landed on Red Central. My usual is Chicken on a Stick (Chicken Teriyaki) & Shrimp Lo Mein. Both were absolutely delicious. And I'm pretty picky with both of those orders. My Chicken on a Stick was perfect. Nice and juicy in that aluminum bag that keeps the heat in. And the SLM was awesome as well. Delivery was early and I'll be ordering again. read more

If zero stars was available this place fits the bill.This place is horrible. I ordered lunch from here and they forgot my fries, soda, and gave me pork egg roll instead of a shrimp roll. No forks or napkins. I called them back to get the rest of my order delivered and the ladies continuously scream "next time" to me. She wouldn't let me get a word in and then hung up on me. A rep from Grubhub called and they hung up on him 2! After a few tries he got them to commit to delivering my missing food in 10 minutes. After waiting almost 30 mins, I didn't even want it anymore. They finally arrived and hung the food on my front door!!! I can't believe these guys. To add further insult to injury the food sucked and I tipped the delivery guy $2.00 on the 1st trip not knowing the headache awaiting me. NEVER EVER ORDERING FROM HERE AGAIN! read more

This used to be my go to Chinese joint. Not any more. If you order delivery, you get no plastics and no napkins. I always have to stress to them I want extra soy and hot sauce, but they seem to ALWAYS forget. Once I called them about not giving enough sauce and the dude came back but hung it on my door. Not cool. It was all good until my daughter got sick from some pepper steak, haven't ordered since. read more

Worst Chinese EVER, I order at 10:20pm and never got my order. When I called them to ask what happened the next day because I payed with my card the insulted me and them hung up! read more

Extremely unprofessional employees and upper management. Not only did the delivery guy call and ask for my directions (which were given through grubhub), he was unprofessional and talked to me like I was his friend; also, he showed up with a friend in the car and it seemed to be like he was under the influence and my roommate and I could smell smoke on him. When my roommate and I called to talk to a manager about this, no one helped or would disclose who they were. Hence did not take our complaint seriously or at all. read more

I ordered my food and I've waited almost an hour for my order to be delivered instead I get a call saying that they cancelled my order because they were busy.... I am really upset with this place. Don't not order here ! read more

My favorite Chinese Delivery in the area, good prices and the food is great. I recommend the Singapore Mei Fun.

There ate at three Chinese restaurants in the area and this one is the best of the 3. People are friendly and you can order online. It's fast cheap food you get what you pay for. You want upscale go to PF Chengs LoL. read more

Took 2.5 hours to receive my food. This is way too much time allotted for delivery service!! The food was good but I'm still shocked how long it took this time around. They usually take about an hour or a little more but this was just way too much for me. Won't be ordering from here again. Pickup only for those considering! read more

I've never wrote a review before but this place deserves what i have to say Worst restaurant ever ordered food from here it took an hour an 10 minutes for the food to get here first of all second they took down my card number twice an when they got here said I didn't pay for it something shady is going on read more

I guess I am one of the Unlucky few to have ordered from this place and end up extremely disappointed. We ordered a few things off the menu, Crab Rangoon was disgusting. It didn't taste fresh and had a fishy taste to it... not pleasant at all. Also ordered some Fried shrimp, and that was also not as good as I was anticipating. Too much breading and the so called "cocktail sauce" tasted like Ketchup and Pepper. The only thing we ordered that had us pleased were the BBQ wings. I doubt I would ever order from here again, Ill stick with my China Garden, on 8th and Erie. If your from the North Philly Area and loooooved Louies cooking that is the place you want to go to. read more