China Palace — Restaurant in North Charleston

I work in Charleston. I live in Georgia. I’m constantly asking coworkers opinions about different foods in the area. Recently I had a taste for Chinese. It was recommended to try China Palace. Needless to say it will be my last time. Walking into the establishment made me want to try some place else to eat, however looks can be deceiving. Looking at the menu I wasn’t sure what to try. I have a rule that when ordering Chinese and undecided order shrimp fried rice. You can’t go wrong. Well the photo attached says it all. Some cooked rice with an egg scrambled hard and some cooked shrimp. That was it. Was not good at all. There were a few shrimp with a container filled with rice. It was a waste of money. By the way you can only order to go. They aren’t set up for dining in. Once again not sure anyone would want to eat here after walking through the door. I started looking for the restaurant inspection sticker hanging around to see what grade they were given. I noticed one other person that came in for an ordered that they called in. A local no doubt. Once again this was a clear case of people not knowing what good taste like and settle for less. As I type my review I saw how others rated this place very high. Don’t be fooled people. It was not...

We arrived around 8:30 and the first thing said to us was “we close at 9:30”. Baffled because, that’s a whole hour and we weren’t planning on staying that long, I just said okay and we sat down. The waitress didn’t even come to the table, but yelled across a couple of tables asking what we wanted to drink. We got food, sat down to eat and talked while doing so. The food wasn’t really that great, but we could blame it on them closing in an hour (I’ll give some grace here). The restaurant was empty at this point besides one rogue person fixing a to go plate, yet both of our drinks were completely empty and about 5-6 employees were just standing around talking to one another. We ended up just sitting and talking because we weren’t thrilled with the experience in general and a lady came over to our table and said “can I go ahead and take your payment so I can close my register out. You can continue to eat, but I’d like to close your check.” I looked at my phone and it was BARELY 9pm. At this point I was just extremely irritated. I understand you close at 9:30, but approaching our table at 9pm to close us out is just mind boggling. $50 for a bad experience start to finish was definitely not worth it, but we will not...

Kind of skeptical about coming here because there were very few reviews and no menu online 🚩. I had a Chinese food craving so beyond belief so this was one I decided to roll the dice on and so glad I did. The restaurant is not open for dine in most likely due to covid-19. They have made a make shift take out window through the front door. They have the menu taped on the window and plenty of menus on the take out table. You place your order, go back to your vehicle or chill outside, about 10 mins later you go back up to the door to see if your food is ready because they do not notify you. The food is great, flavorful, price is right and awesome portion sizes. I can make 2 meals out of 1 and will keep...