China Bowl — Restaurant in Maryland

When I sat down & ate here before The Pandemic food was good. Somebody here said "They're the only thing keeping the Food Court busy!" ( I didn't look @ the date they wrote this) BUT there was hardly no 1 getting food from here when I went on a weekend so I am dumbfounded and I prob shoulda though about that before ordering. What I received was a Hot Mess. My food was not good; glad others had tasty food because I did not. The 1 star is very generous for my experience here on a Sat evening. Do the pictures I've uploaded look particularly APPETIZING to you?🤔 Maybe I went on an OFF Day because so many reviews are saying the food here is really good. I dunno. Ordered (2) $13.99 ($14) Dinner Plates for myself & a friend. Yes they do give you decent size entree portions. But once I started tasting everything I wish they'd given me less. Rice & lo-mein tasteless and very very oily/greasy. Bourbon chicken bad artificial flavor did not taste fresh but flavor was kind of alright. General TSO was halfway Ok (tolerable) but also did not taste exactly fresh either. I thought egg rolls came with the meals because an egg roll is sitting on the plate right up there on the picture where they are advertising what you are supposed to get. But I paid $5 & some change (actually almost $6) for 2 chicken egg rolls which tasted like frozen PF Chang's grocery's store egg rolls: Also No Real Flavor. I gave a $5 tip and the lady @ the cash register who wears black rimmed glasses looked @ me like I was an alien and never spoke or even looked halfway pleasant. Maybe she was going thru something. The lady who was putting the food in the containers was sweet, friendly, and said Hello tho. I can get Chinese in certain Hoods decent portions that LOOKS & TASTES WAY better and most definitely CHEAPER than THIS. All friend could say ( very sadly) after he tried some of his was: '"Yeah...it did...

i honestly think if it weren't for china bowl this mall would have closed by now. They're the only thing that keeps the food court busy! I work in the mall and come here for lunch pretty often and the workers are always so so nice, eventually i didn't even need to tell them what i wanted anymore because they just knew! I am moving out of Maryland soon and I think this restaurant is going to be one of the few things I'll actually miss about...

WOW! Marley station on Ritchie highway was one of my favorite stomping grounds to shop. I don't live close anymore, but I had a craven to shop there one day and to eat again at China bowl( I know prediabete) so I only ate the noodles which is still awesomely delicious no matter how many times China bowl changes management or ownership. The movie theatre did an upgrade a few years ago and its awesome( it use to be the Regal). Its open so...