Chop Sticks — Restaurant in Fresno

Ugh. I just don't understand all the 4 and 5 star reviews. My wife and I were staying at a local hotel near the airport and checked reviews for dinner recommendations nearby. This restaurant came up highly rated, and we decided to go for it. We should have read the 1 star reviews. The place is a dive. When we arrived I had second, third, and fourth thoughts. Bad neighborhood, the place looks like it should be torn down, and the inside was worse. I was ready to leave immediately and should have trusted my "gut" since it was going to have to deal with the food, but my wife doesn't like "searching" for food (she's a one stop shopper), it seemed popular with a number of people picking up food, and a local PD officer was picking up his order. Typically, if law enforcement eats at a restaurant it's probably clean and the food is good. Well, maybe not in Fresno.

Well, given the popularity, and having eaten at dives before and had good food we decided to place a take out order. I got the Thai Garlic Chicken, and my wife got the Ginger Beef. We probably should have looked at the food before leaving, but we just paid and took it to the hotel (We were in a hurry to leave the area). The containers seemed heavy and packed with food, but when I opened up the Styrofoam container what I saw was pretty gross, and mostly rice. I still can't figure out what was "Thai" about my Thai Garlic Chicken (there was absolutely nothing "Thai" about it), or "ginger" about the Ginger Beef. Both seemed to have the same gray/brown gravy poured over them. I seriously thought about not eating either dish given the appearance, but I tried a couple of bites anyway. My chicken had a strange taste and texture to it, simply put......very unpleasant, and I decided to cut my loses and not try the beef. Both had a gray/brown color to them. My wife did, and we quickly closed the containers and threw it in the trash "outside" the room and down the hall. Live and learn. Don't believe the hype about this place. You'll be disappointed. Read the one star reviews and believe...

Hola y buenas tardes. I am not Chinese, but I am a Chicano, which is close enough for me to proclaim a gentleman for all ethnicities. Chopsticks serves the greatest recipes this side of the Yangtze River. The eats are worthy of a factory that produces the platinum standard of 69 Michelin Stars. There are no demos going on here, with overrated Emerson (sic) Lagasse peddling pots and pans that could not withstand an acne-pocked tween creating a masterpiece from a packet of Takis/Skittles/Essentia water of the Maruchan experience. The service, as the millennial foolios have always practiced..."Dis iz an absolute game-changa, bruhs!" First of all, their is no game. Secondly, it has not been sanctioned by the UFC. Next, there is nothing to change, except Millennium Morgan needing for her Luvs needing to be relieved of a diaper brimming with the caca of their own mouths. And lastly, that saying is as old as the roach in Uncle Stevie's 1994 Dodge Neon ashtray. And finally, the decor of Chopsticks is much more creatively original than Panda Express's Asian motif of endangered bears and orange chicken that seems it was pooped out of Gorton's famous species of dinosaur-shaped fish sticks. Holla, scholla! All hail, Chopsticks, with a swift kick to the jewels of...

Love this place been coming here from when I was 6yrs old tell now and I'm 32yrs old now the price is great for those who are on a budget and there food still gives the same taste the same as when I was a kid great place for family get-togethers business meeting business luncheon or just take the time of day to have a good meal so yeah I would recommend this to anybody who loves Chinese food place that hasn't changed 4 years and never and never lost that delicious flavor that I remember when I was a kid I recommend you guys trying their beef and broccoli even their special number one plate or number to plate is wonderful they're very nice and you're to help you with your food and try to have it out to you as fast as possible but without losing any other...