China's Alley Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Porterville

I did a call and order for Mother’s Day. They forgot a side dish we ordered. And I also ordered Asada fajitas with no jalapeño. She didn’t even put my order in right there was jalapeños in my fajitas which I cannot eat jalapeños because I am allergic to them. Didn’t realize it until I got back to the house. I had to drive all the way back into town from the country just to get my food made right. I don’t understand how they screwed it up so bad. It’s not that hard to get an order right. My parents have been eating here for years. I don’t particularly care for the food. Only went there because that’s what my mom wanted. I will never go there again. Because if I ordered something that had mayonnaise in it and if they put mayonnaise in it. I would’ve been in the hospital because I’m deathly allergic. And then when I question them about the food that was missing and that was not made right all she could say is I’m sorry. I wrote it down, but I didn’t transfer it when they made the food. You’re going to be in the restaurant business make sure you get peoples orders right that’s all I got to...

The food is ok and the service is fine. The problem comes when you get the check. We had a 8 at our table so a 20% gratuity was added to the bill. That is not the problem. The problem is that the gratuity is added to the total before sales tax is calculated. They got a computerized system recently and it is not set up correctly. The gratuity should not be coded as a sale, but as an “other liability” and non-taxable. The owner needs to talk to their accountant. It is very annoying to pay more taxes than we are required to pay in California, even if it is...

Love Chinas. Been going to the Lindsay location my entire life. But it was Tuesday, and they are closed, so drove to Porterville. My favorite item, that I can only find at Chinas, are the refried refried beans ( yes twice!) . I recommend them to everyone. I am just going to say there must have been a new cook that didn't know how to make these. They were smashed up, but completely flavorless, and there was no cheese in them. No crispy bits that I love from being " refried" ......no seasoning at all. sigh. Will keep going to...