China Moon — Restaurant in Huntsville

Average atmosphere for Chinese take-our place. Not fancy and not horrible. Just plain. If I could have graded the food BELOW one star, I would have. I questioned the man at the register, about my order, before I left, to make sure I got the correct items I ordered. I ordered SPRING ROLLS (4 of them, price was $6.00 for 4). Expecting a nice crunchy exterior, with shredded cabbage, grated carrots and maybe some ground pork, I got a mouth full of mushy rice. And, the light, crisp exterior I expected, was thick and tough, like the dough had been worked too long. But, truthfully, the lack of crunchy vegetables was such a put-off. I took 2 bites of one egg roll, and am sitting here looking at 3 1/2 egg rolls going into the trash. I ordered Tung Ting Shrimp for my entree. It is described on the menu as shrimp with tiny corn cob, broccoli and straw mushrooms in a white wine, egg white sauce. When I opened my entree, I immediately noticed that it was covered in white "stuff" that looks like egg white slime that is not cooked thoroughly. I absolutely LOVE shrimp, but when it is covered in slime, it is instantly off-putting, and I cannot eat it. I raked the white stuff off one piece of shrimp, ate HALF of one piece, and could not stomach anymore. Also, there was literally 2-3 small corn cob in the entire order, regular mushrooms, cut into quarters (NOT straw, as in the description), and massive pieces of bell pepper, which is not mentioned in the description. If the bell peppers had been mentioned, I would have asked them to omit them, because I do not eat bell peppers. Finally, the crunchy noodles that they give you, with your soup? They are not even like they have been in the past, or at other Chinese restaurants. They were not thin and crunchy. They were thick and cut into triangles (like little Doritos) and were not fried like usual. They were tasteless, and obviously rolled out, shaped, cut, and baked not fried. Out of a $30.00 order, I ate 2 bites of mushy rice inside a sad spring roll, and 1 bite of slimy shrimp. I did, actually eat my fried rice, (which was firm rice, and not mushy like in the spring roll) and I drank my canned Coca-Cola. I have gone to China Moon for at least 10 years, but tonight will be the very last time I will visit them. I will spend my gas money and meal money and travel to Meteor Buffet in North Huntsville, or literally ANY OTHER CHINESE RESTAURANTA, before I set foot in China Moon, again. I was literally ripped off $25.00, of my $30.00 meal! I hope you can see the egg white "slime" on my meal. And, I took a photo of my "supposedly" thin, crunchy...

I have to be honest on this one, it wasn't a good experience. I try to refrain from leaving a review at all if it's not positive, but I feel I wouldn't be fair here if I didn't leave the honest feedback.

It was dimly lit, which is fine...until you begin to question what you are eating or drinking and can't see it that well.

One of the tea containers were empty, so I asked if the other one was sweet. The gentleman stated that it was sweet (it wasn't as I soon realized, I filled an entire cup of unsweet that I ended up pouring out). I then got a second drink, an orange soda from the fountain machine and I immediately realized the soda machine had flies in it (now in my drink, see photo). I did nicely show the gentleman as well as the woman, then poured out that drink as well. I ended up getting a can coke from the cooler.

The chicken. Well, I ordered Sweet & Sour chicken...it wasn't horrible, but it was a bit different than the usual sweet & sour chicken you get at similar restaurants; huge pieces, kind've spongy, but again not bad so I'm neutral on the chicken. I hesitate to add that several of the pieces were coincidentally shaped like small, eh, "animals" which was only exaggerated by the fact that the experience had been a rough one thus far.

Lastly, the fortune cookies. I do love to get the fortune cookies at this type of restaurant...I will usually eat the cookie & read the fun little messages. I would venture to say these particular cookies were significantly past their expiration date, I seriously about broke a tooth before having to spit it out, it was like biting into glass.

Unfortunately, this visit was a bad one. I may give it another shot in the future (after some time has passed) because I try to be open minded that everyone has a bad day. Will update review if a future...

I have eaten at the China Moon for the last 6 years and have always had a pleasant experience with the food and the service. Tonight I called in a order for their dinner special combo Lo Mein with a side of fried dumplings. When I picked up the order I was greeted by someone I have never seen before but they had my food ready in a stout paper sack. When he told me the price of the order, I was taken aback - $17.00 when what I was used to was $13.00. I inquired why so much and was told it was the new menu. I reluctantly gave him my credit card and was in the process of signing the receipt when he put another charge receipt for me to sign for $1.85. I asked what this was for and he said it was tax. I informed him I would not sign it as he told me the price was $17.00. I left rather discouraged and upon arrival at the house proceeded to take out the order and discovered that there was no white rice. My wife called and spoke to someone who said I had ordered wrong and the order didn't come with rice. He did say that if I would drive back, he would give me a complimentary order of rice. I drove back and picked up the rice. I asked if this was a new management team or were they bought out by someone but received no answer. After eating the food ,the Lo Mein was tasteless, the egg roll was cold and fortune cookies were stale and rubbery. Needless to say, I will be taking my cravings for Chinese cuisine to some other place as I will never darken their door...