While on vacation to Walt Disney World we thought we would try some good ol' Chinese food and since our resort had in-suite kitchens we could have leftovers too; win-win!
First Order: First time we ordered we got delivery. I called at about 8:00pm as we left the park at closing (7pm) and it took us that long to get back to a resort 5 minutes from Magic Kingdom. But they said hours were until 10:00pm on the menu left in our check-in package.
The only problem I had was with the man on the other end of the phone. I only took one star off because it is late in the work day for them and I typically give people the benefit of the situation. He answers and he sounds like he is literally ready to go home. Drawn out speech, many sighs. I asked if our resort was within delivery radius (even though we had a menu implanted in our check-in package) and there was a drawn out sigh as a response. He did use the standard niceties like "thank you" and "please." Just something told me he did not want to be there and I was putting him out. Not a typically a bad thing, but they were preparing our food! Just doesn't give you a great feeling.
I was told 45 minutes for delivers. Took 30 minutes. The man who delivered was super nice, energetic, definitely a different person. He even went over my order with me since it was a big one to ensure it was satisfactory. I gladly tipped him more than 20%.
The food was actually pretty good. Standard American-Chinese food. The General Tso's and Sesame Chicken type meals. We tried the egg fried rice and that rice alone could have made my night! To this day best fried rice I have had in the States.
Second time we were going to a place to eat when we get there and it is not open until 4pm (Saturday). In my home state we are used to this place serving lunch so it caught us off guard. Then we see 126 Chinese Restaurant across the street and having been about a week decided to have it again! Went in person to order to-go and service was magnificent! While ordering the gentleman behind the counter was courteous, asked me questions about the meals to make sure I got what I wanted and even engaged our daughter about Disney World while we waited (ended up giving her a sucker and free drink). Free stuff aside, I thought the service this time was 6/5 stars and it almost made me give them 5 stars overall. I wish I could do 4.5/5 because that is what they truly got from me.
This time the food was just as great as last time if not better (we were a bit more tired and hungrier). Fried rice again was spectacular!
In total six different "chef specialty" meals were eaten and all were great. Definitely all between 8.5 to 10 out of 10 for the food.
I wish I did not have that first experience and am glad I gave them more than one shot. Hopefully people will read this and understand I think the people there work themselves a bit too hard perhaps. Typically service is great, the food is great...don't let a single tired employee keep you from...
Read moreI want to first say that the service here was good. The girl behind the counter was very nice both on the phone and when we picked up our food. Our order was ready when we arrived after 15 minutes. We are on vacation and thought we would try some Chinese while down here in Florida. I know that the Chinese food in the south is somewhat different than in the north, so I was prepared for the chicken chow mein to be different as I know the chow mein noodles were when I lived in SC. My husband ordered the chow mein and I ordered the moo goo gui pan. When ordering I was asked whether I wanted the white sauce or the brown...not knowing what she meant I ordered the white sauce assuming it would be a garlic sauce. After picking up the order and bringing it back to our suite, I opened the container and thought we were given the wrong order. I could not tell which was the chicken chow mein and which was the moo goo gui pan. The chow mein had some cabbage looking vegetable, a few pieces of celery, pea pods, strips of chicken and a few carrots. Nothing what I expected. My husband refused to eat it. I proceeded to eat my moo goo gui pan and I had to pick out what was supposed to be chicken? It had the consistency of a firm fish or very tender scallop...not chicken (very mushy). I would have accepted the fact that the chicken was made like that but the chicken in the chow mein looked like chicken even though the moo goo GUI pan’s did not. The fried rice was very bland as well, not at all like what I am used to. I am sorry to say, that the meal was very disappointing and I personally will not order from here again. Maybe I am expecting too much, but if I go to an Italian restaurant down here I would expect it to taste similar and contain simular ingredients to recipes made in other areas of...
Read moreAs locals we always try to venture out and try new places, from my past experience its the best way to find a local hidden gem. Today was our first time eating here at 126 Chinese restaraunt and both my husband and I were very pleased with the food. This is the first Chinese restaraunt in this area that actually offer the 1/2 gallon or gallon rices (this is something that we were so use to in Miami whenever we would pick-up Chinese). When you have a big family it makes sense and its more affordable. The 1/2 gallon costed around $15 bucks for the House Special fried rice. All of the other surrounding chinese restaraunt around here, sell their quarter fried rice around $10 bucks. Food taste and quality in our opinion was pretty good. We don't like greasy food 🤢 or salty food and this was neither. The rice wasn't swimming in grease and it wasn't salty at all. Again taste is something very personal to each person, we particularly do not cook with salt so we have a low tolerance for salty food. You can tell the food you ate was salty because instantly after eating you become a camel 🐫, consuming gallons of water but can't feel hydrated. This almost always happens when we have eaten chinese at other places. This did not happen to us this time, which we were very happy. I will definitely put 126 as my top Chinese restaraunt for next time we have...
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