China Doll 2 — Restaurant in Hoover

(I do not believe the 5 star reviews. I am a real person.)

The person that takes your order has an issue with paying attention and seems to be really eager to get you out of the way. I do not like interacting with them.

Before I even got the eat the food, the aroma from the bag smelled funky. Which isn’t a good sign.

The fried rice was possible. Nothing special. Basic 5/10

The egg roll I got was flavorless. Terrible. 1/10

The shrimp “low mein” I got was atrocious. It was made with spaghetti noodles and had some sweetness to it, but the aftertaste was gross. They give you 5 shrimp for the lunch order and while they are big, they taste terrible. Overly salted and has a similar bad aftertaste. 2/10

Overall not a good experience and I won’t be returning. Honestly a waste of...

My wife and I went here for the lunch buffet. First thing I smelled upon entering tbe restaurant was mold/mildew. Dimly lit. Staff not very friendly. We arrived at 2 pm and the food selection was almost nonexistent. What was there was cold and unflavorful. The promise to bring more food out never arrived, other than some butter shrimp (at least that was hot and had some flavor). Service was fair. WORST chinese restaurant I have ever been to! The.lunch menu was supposed to be $10.99 each but our bill wound up being almost $30. Service was fair. Never again! It's a good thing the waitress/server didn't ask me how everything was bc she wouid've gotten an earful! I hope I don't get food poisoning...

I took my daughter here on her birthday because she wanted Chinese and it was halfway between us so we decided to meet here. Very disappointed in the food and the varieties of food available on the buffet. It was barely stocked at 12:00 and the food was not very good and WAY overpriced for the tiny little buffet! For two adults and two children ages 9 and 7 was just under $50. For that price we could have gone to a buffet with 10 times the variety. I will not be returning...