China Jo's — Restaurant in La Quinta

If I could give it zero stars, I would. I have eaten in many Chinese restaurants across the country, since I love good Chinese food, and this is the worst one I have ever been in. First of all, we were completely ignored when we walked in. After standing there for a while, I went over to the counter and asked the woman if we could sit anywhere, and she begrudgingly said "yes". No other information or welcoming words. We then sat for another 10-15 minutes, waiting for a server. I then got up again and walked over to the unwelcoming, mis emotional and angry woman behind the counter and asked if we needed to order at the counter, and she begrudgingly said "yes" again. Well, thanks for letting us know! I placed our order of General Tso's chicken and Kung Pao chicken (which was not easy since she barely spoke any English, and couldn't understand that we wanted green peppers with the General Tso's chicken). Well, after another good 20 minutes or so, she yelled "21" and I went to get the food at the counter, which of course was incorrect and not what I had ordered. She had green pepper beef in with the General Tso's chicken. She had not understood what was said, obviously. I took it anyway since we just wanted to get out of there at that point. The General Tso's Chicken and the Green Pepper beef were barely okay. Pretty bland but at least edible. But the Kung Pao chicken was horrible. I could barely recognize any of the meat being chicken and I basically left most of it. It was pieces of meat from something, but I couldn't tell what. It was not edible. I just ate the rice and most of the vegetables. Anyway, needless to say, we're never coming back to this place, and I would recommend you...

I used to be a regular here. I've ordered food here for years. The last time I went I did a phone order for pad thai "with no peanuts or shrimp". When I went to pick up the food, I found shrimp in my food. I kindly pointed it out and they said I never said it over the phone but I did (my boyfriend can confirm this as he heard the whole call) and I guess they didn't hear me. I wasn't mad and I didn't blame anyone, but I did need it to be remade due to my strict diet restrictions. They remade it but one of the employees (I think the one who took the call), YELLED at me and said "YOU DIDN'T SAY NO SHRIMP".

This was obviously a case of my word vs theirs, and there was nothing I could prove or do because they obviously just didn't hear me. I didn't blame anyone and I wasn't rude - what could I have done to convince them that I said it? I loved this place but that left me feeling so attacked and hurt. I always try so hard to be polite to people working and after being a loyal customer for years, I had hoped they'd understand the mixup. Why yell at me in the end like that? I have end stage renal disease and I can't have shellfish. Should I have just not said anything? I'm honestly hurt.

Their food is still good and I stand by that. Just double check your order if you order over the phone. We're all human, but I don't think I'll be ordering...

I were in the area looking for Chinese food and I found this place with a 4.1 star review. I read some of the reviews and I didn't find anything really major so I went and tried. This is a family owned Chinese restaurant. They have a typical one to three item fast Chinese food menu and a cook to order menu. I opted for the cook to order and It was really good. I ordered the large of their house fried rice, the pad Thai, orange chicken, beef with snow peas and cashew shrimp. The food is really good. I have eaten in multiple Chinese food locations and this place is legit. Most of the low star reviews were complaints to the staff or they ordered the wrong thing. It was my first time here and I was impressed with the quality of the food. They cooked it fast and it was delicious 😋. The cook even delivered it to my table. The price for the portion size I got is really affordable. I paid $70 including a tip to feed 6 people and I still have leftovers for later. I definitely recommend visiting this place especially if you are in the area.

My only issue was on the cashew shrimp they put peanuts instead of cashews but nevertheless the...