China New Star — Restaurant in New York

I'm not a fan of Chinese food in general but I remember coming here with some (who I'd consider foodie) friends YEARS ago. So, having a craving why not try? I am so happy I chose here to order. My bf and his mom ordered combination specials. He raved about the beef and broccoli. Me feeling like a lot of Chinese food tastes samey, I went with an egg roll, wonton soup, fried dumplings, and shrimp toast. Of course I couldn't finish all of that, but I wished I could for once. The egg roll was crispy without being greasy and there was less wrapper than I expected. Like, the ends weren't a mass of chewy unfried dough. There was still filling in the end bites. For being a small, there were 5 full sized wontons packed into the container. The pan fried dumplings were light. Not at all greasy with thin dumpling skins. So thin you could almost see the filling. Lastly, the shrimp toast was super crisp, not too greasy (which is hard when you're basically deep frying bread) and had delicious shrimp flavor. It wasn't overpowered by any additions some places use like ginger or green onion. It was just simple and tasty shrimp toast. The only reason I didn't give them a 5 star rating is because as I said in the beginning, I don't generally care for Chinese food... But I...

The food is always amazing and I have been coming to this establishment for years. I knew them when they were under a different name. The delivery had never been a problem for me before today. My delivery driver got to my house called me multiple times demanding I come down to his car. When I had informed him I was not coming to his car, he angrily got out the car stomped to my house like a two year old and dropped my food at the bottom of my steps. He then stormed away giving me dirty looks as he went. I have never experienced such an aggressively poor delivery from another human being. I’m concerned for the safety of others whom he will deliver food to and worry that one day he will assault or hurt someone who he’s delivering food too. God forbid I went to his car there’s a multitude of things that could have happened. When you are a delivery driver you’re delivering food to the persons door it’s the bare minimum. I have a ring camera and all of the actions depicted by this driver is on film. I called the establishment and they just kept saying yes they will tell the boss without even asking me what transpired. Unfortunately now due to this review I will probably never get...

First, they charge the customer the credit card service fee. Which is expressly against merchant agreement. Customers aren't supposed to pay that fee as an add on cost. They sneakily add to bill and label in Mandarin.

Second, the lunch special ordered (L20) was an atrocity. The fried rice looked like it was colored/flavored with literal charcoal. No pork in the rice. No vegetables either. It was absolutely terrible! The entree was decent though pretty small. The included wonton soup had freezer burned wontons/dumplings. They were unpleasant. The broth was oily and lacked any actual flavor. The shrimp egg roll had exactly 2 small shrimp inside. Everything else inside was just cabbage. No carrot, no anything else.

Keep in mind, the food is priced on the slightly higher side, the portion thankfully (sarcasm) are undersized. And basic staple dishes (fried rice) are not even remotely close to actual fried rice.

Be prepared to spend your money on bland, boring or...