China Wok II — Restaurant in Bradenton

This used to be the best Chinese takeout food around. Boy, has this place gone downhill. First off, they raised the prices on everything... again. (In the photos, you’ll see the previous prices on the left and the new increased prices on the right.) They recently raised their prices already over the past year. Just less than a year and a half ago, the lunch special was $5.95. Secondly, the quality of the food has really been poor. The fried wontons that clearly state “meat”, no longer have meat or crab. It’s solely just cheese. The sweet and sour dipping sauce for it also had a chemical taste to it. Third, we hesitated even eating the food. While we were waiting in line to pick up our food, one of the cooks (no mask or gloves) went to the cash register and handled money. He then went back to the chicken that was sitting in a large bowl, grabbed a handful, and tossed it into a portion container and threw it into the cooker. Another cook (an older man wearing a cap and no mask) also was coughing into the pan he was cooking. Finally, the gentleman that always answers the phone and handles the cash register is always rude. Without fail. Wow, unbelievable. Needless to say, the increase in prices, the decrease in the quality of food, and the unsanitary practices are enough for us to find a new takeout Chinese place...

On my birthday in December of this year, I went to call an order to celebrate, it was lunch special 2 sesame chicken and 2 order egg foo young; vegetable. On my way, I went to get 4 boba tea and went grocery shopping, I knew they called to know that my food was ready but didn't pick it up, so it was my time to go get the food. Around 1:35pm or 1:40pm, I was by myself and I'm at the front table to pick up my order; she scold me telling me that even though I called around possibly 11:50pm or so she called and waited two hours, she throws my food away, I didn't even pay the food yet telling me where was I, I'm a customer and misunderstood the situation nothing was solved and I didn't get my food from the front at all when I came and they wouldn't make it when I waited complaining about. So I walked off the place, that's the last time...

We ordered here for the first time last week and this really was poor food...Their duck sauce was completely old and sour and smelt bad. I ordered crunchy noodles and they were stale. If you noticed, I’m mentioning BASIC things that you get from a Chinese restaurant and those were bad. That should tell you how fresh the rest of the food was...Why it took me a week to write my review? Because yesterday we ordered Chinese from a different place and their duck sauce was fresh and their crispy noodles weren’t stale. I hadn’t ordered Chinese in forever before this place and so when ordering GOOD/FRESH Chinese from somewhere else it opened my eyes to just how bad this food was from here. It will be hard to give them another chance especially when we went right down the street to Lakewood Ranch Blvd for...