China Gourmet — Restaurant in Modesto

I have been going here since I was a child and have always liked the food and service. Throughout the years and owner changes, there was always a good rapport between my family and owners. Today, I went in and put an order in, Normally whoever works the front counter will give me an approx. time my food will be ready (15 min or 20 min). Today there were 2 other customers in the restaurant, so after placing my order, i kindly asked the lady, "How long will it be"? The lady turned around and told me "I don't know, maybe 10 min. but who knows" and just left. Meanwhile as she took orders over the phone, she provided other customers with a time, but it was too much for her to find out for a customer standing in the store. She was also sitting in the corner eating when not answering the phone or helping a walk in customer like myself, which is not professional nor was she wearing gloves as she handled other peoples food because she was eating. I will go back to China Gourmet, but will turn around if she is working the front counter and come back...

WARNING!! If you are from out of town and staying at a hotel or motel DO NOT ORDER YOUR DINNER ONLINE!! The online company that is providing service to the restaurant doesn't have the option for ordering plates and utensils for your dinner. Even though we listed the delivery address and room number from a local motel we were not provided these basic items for a $30 dinner for two. Thankfully there was a Jack in the box 4 blocks away where we were able to get bowls and plastic forks which allowed us to eat our dinner. On the good side of this experience even though our food was luke warm by the time we were able to eat our dinner the food quality was exceptional. I called the restaurant and voiced my displeasure about the missing utensils but was told that if I wanted that included with my delivery I should have called my order in over the phone. My 1st visit to Modesto hasn't been that impressive but hopefully this review will help someone else to avoid...

Not as good as it used to be. I don't know if they changed ownership or something but what used to be some of the best bargain Americanized Chinese food in the area is really hard to stomach. The oil used for the orange chicken and fried rice tastes nasty, like perhaps rancid or something, and somehow the orange chicken barely has any chicken inside. It's just a tiny dried out piece of meat with a ton of dried out breading on the outside. Absolutely not worthwhile

Edit: going to bump this from 1 to 2 stars. If you buy the right items, you get a good amount of food for the price, but just keep in mind that they will skimp on the meat. The shrimp foo young combo had 3 of those micro shrimps in the whole box and the beef and broccoli had two small slices of beef. A lot of the food is fairly tasty and it is dirt cheap so with that in mind...