China Kitchen — Restaurant in Eugene

The good: The appetizer bbq pork was tender and fried wontons were hot and crisp. Orange chicken sauce had good flavor and plenty of breading if you like that; I don't think it was chicken breast but it was white meat. The combination meal had good portions (packed into the small takeout boxes). Plenty of broccoli in bbq pork broccoli. There was also lots of pork, but more on that below. No random peas and carrots or other veggies in the rice which is a plus for me. Fortune cookies, soy sauce, hot mustard, and containers of sweet and sour sauce were included without asking (the lids on sweet and sour were loose - careful).

The less good: The bbq pork in the main dish was largely gristly and fatty unlike the pork in the appetizer, and there were lots of mushrooms/too many onions for my taste. It would have been much better if the pork was as nice as the appetizer; as it was, I'm picky about texture and could only eat a few pieces of it. The pork fried rice was dry and bland but better with soy and other sauces. Little donuts mentioned in other reviews were not included in takeout. When I came in, the woman at the counter handed someone else a bag and then got on her phone and stayed on it for about a minute, which could be understandable, but it wasn't until after that that she acknowledged me which was a little off-putting. She was polite but not overly friendly, and although I'd read online they will do substitutions and I was going to ask about that for the future, I didn't feel like it would be well received. I ordered online but would recommend calling or going in because there were specials I'd have ordered instead if I'd known about them and they were not on the website.

Overall: Food did seem fresh and was hot; I'd go back to try again, but would stick with the safer combos of things they clearly make most often instead of a standalone dish off the menu. This was a weekend midafternoon and the dining area seemed reasonably full, more than I'd expect for the time. Decor is standard American Chinese restaurant and it seemed clean and comfortable. 3.5 stars overall with most of the downgrade based on service, given that most of the food was hot, fresh and good, and some of the food critique is to my personal taste but might have been...

This is the best Chinese restaurant in Eugene! Hands down! I used to live in the San Francisco Bay area and I was schooled in what real good Chinese food is like by Chinese friends. I KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!You must come here!!! The fresh real Chow Fun noodles are amazing! The vegetarian general Tso’s tofu is incredible! We are sitting here right now having this amazing meal and the rest of the restaurant is empty. Eugene, fix this! get your butts in here now! You are missing the best dang Chinese food in town! Trust me there is such mediocre Chinese food in this town and most of you don’t even know it. Come here and you’ll find out that it is the case. The food here is excellent and they are very friendly. So tasty! Good wok hau if you know what that is! Huge portions at reasonable prices! You owe it to yourself to come here. Am I making my point yet? Oh and the prices are good! And lots of vegetarian options if you need.

Edit three months later: we are having Kung pow tofu from Jade dumpling, which apparently has a well-deserved reputation for their dumplings, unfortunately I’m gluten-free so I have not been able to try them. But I can tell you that I know what layers of flavoring should be (and it’s not in this King Pao). It’s called Wok Hay. You really really need to come to China kitchen. If enough people are understood Chinese Food and Eugene there would be a line out the door for this...

Been here in Eugene for about a year and have tried probably 20 different Chinese places and I have been severely disappointed with all…..until I found this place!!!! China Kitchen tastes just like my local place back home in California and I’m hooked now!! I had the Garlic Chicken, Pork Fried Rice, and Beef Chow Fun which I had the noodles changed out to what they call “thin noodle” and it was OUTSTANDING. The Garlic Chicken was stir fried with a spicy red chili sauce and lots of garlic . It was juicy, savory and the more I smelled it the more I kept wanting to eat it. It was literally addicting. The Beef Chow fun “thin noodle” was exactly the same all the flavors melding together reminded me of home and it was intoxicating to say the least. The pork fried rice was almost spot on like home as well as the only thing it was missing was bigger chunks of smoky bacon but again the flavors were there and I couldn’t stop eating it. If you love Chinese food this place will have you hooked in no time!! The staff are very accommodating and friendly. the restaurant is very quaint and inviting. You can bring big parties and not have to worry about not having any room. The amount of food you receive is quite bountiful and what I ordered will probably feed 2 to 3 people maybe 4 depending on your eating habits. China Kitchen is now my number 1 for when I want...