China Stix & Sushi — Restaurant in Beşiktaş

Don't waste your money or time!

OK...didn't HATE it! Simply walked away feeling overcharged, cheated, and under fed; moreover, diseased and filthy cats everywhere. HORRIBLE overall experience. 1.) mediocre food that cost 32.00 Turkish Lira on average = USD $12.00. WHAT? Yes! I've eaten better Chinese food all over the world for the average of around USD $8.00. This place is around USD $4 - 5.00/ Entre OVERPRICED. 2.) Portion sizes. RIDICULOUS! Extremely small portion sizes! 3.) Everything 'A La Carte'...everything. 4.) Steam rice TL14.00 - HALLO! Yes, USD $5.00 for the teeny tiny bowl of normal rice that had been cooked probably a few days ago. REALLY? Yes! 5) Cat annoyance. Because they most probably have fed cats from the restaurant, we could not enjoy our meal.

I spent USD $23.00 for a one (1) Entre meal (Beef in Oyster sauce) dried up old extra small bowl of rice, and a Lemon Aid. THEFT!

Will NOT go back again, and will NOT recommend to ANYONE. There is NOT any reason why it should have cost that much for Chinese food that was lacking in quality, taste, and experience. No wonder there were not any other guests in the restaurant.

The owner claimed that the majority of their orders are 'Take Away'. Ohhh...

They have an extensive menu of Japanese and Chinese dishes which got me excited thinking the chef was 'master of all' but I was sadly disappointed. I started with ordering miso soup and 2 pieces of maguro naguri and when the sushi arrived it was brown and dry. The soup never arrived because 'they were out'. Ok so I naively thought their Chinese food must be better and ordered General Tso's chicken. Yes I understand this is not a real Chinese dish but hot crunchy fried chicken in tangy hot and sweet sauce is really awesome. What arrived was mushy breaded pieces with tiny pea sized chicken mcnugget consistency chicken, obviously microwaved from frozen. The sauce was a horrible sweet and sour with zero heat. I couldn't eat more than a couple bites for fear of becoming sick. I still felt ill on the way home but managed not to vomit through force of will.

The joy of this experience only cost me 70L for which I could have had a nice steak dinner. When the server cleared the food he asked if there was a problem and I explained nicely that it was so bad I could not eat it but they decided to charge full price anyhow. Seriously folks...

It used to be much better. The quality of the food went down a couple of notches, worst offenders are the fried chicken and beef; they're way too sour for my taste and the prices have gone really up. If you want a chicken and a noodle you're gonna end up paying from 60-70 TL and even more if you order drinks. They also have to increase the portions in their appetizers, which are also really...