China Wok — Restaurant in Siesta Key

Quite serviceable. Not gourmet sit down fine dining, and tables are basically used by folks waiting for their orders, but excellent for what it is, a strip mall take out joint.

The spice dishes are generally set for an American palate, so I could see someone who has a need for heat being disappointed. (I don't, and I don't know what happens if you ask for it spicy.) Unlike the spice, they do not hold back on the sugar, if it comes with a sweet-ish sauce, it will definitely be quite sweet - i.e. bourbon chicken, even Gen. Tso's is more sweet than hot.

The shop next door is a cigar bar, so for me, it's just as well it's take out. I don't smell it inside, but the sidewalk air is sometimes tainted and on those days I'm happy to let my nose reset on the drive home. And I do drive by a couple other places to get here.

I don't understand the criticism of the egg rolls in some reviews. They may not be outstanding hand rolled gems, and I feel pretty certain they are from the same supplier that services most (all?) of the similar take out places locally, but they are well executed, always fried to order hot, and really rise above with a dab of the hot mustard (not the insipid packets, but the little cups of the "good stuff" - not on...

I can’t get over the fact that this deserving 5 ⭐️ restaurant has a 3.9 rating. DONT TRUST ALL OF THE NEGATIVES! Whatever you’re doing, China Wok…keep doing it. This is by far the best Chinese I’ve had since moving to Florida from NY/CT 4 years ago. I was leaving a store nearby and I looked over and saw the faded menu in the window and I said, “they got food food.” It wasn’t until a couple of hours later when I decided to get it door dashed to me that I was impressed with the low prices. These were prices I grew up on! Combination plates under $10! WHAT! Nowadays, you’re paying $15+. I lived in Venice for a little and I’d spend $50+ on 2 combo plates and crab Rangoons. I got ribs, Rangoons, sweet & sour chicken, a sesame chicken combo plate and 2 extra egg rolls for under $42 and it was enough food for me and my family more than 1 meal from. Thank you for the $8 boneless spare ribs. I stopped getting them because the place in Venice charged $22!!! I was highly impressed. The food was delicious. The pricing was a huge bonus and I just hope it’s consistent here on out because I’ll be a repeat...

I didn't eat there it was delivery. So the atmosphere rating doesn't really count. The Hot and sour soup was ridiculously salty to the point to where I could not eat it and I will have to reduce it down with some chicken stock or something to make it edible. The teriyaki chicken skewers were okay, can't honestly say what part of the chicken they were from . The meat was very stringy, not like any chicken I'm used to eating and very very chewy. It literally took me about 2 minutes of constant chewing to break one bite down. The pork was pretty good, the Red Hot Chicken or whatever they called it was not what I expected. If you're going to call Chicken Red Hot Chicken I would think it would be some sort of red sauce... maybe. Anyway, all in all, not the worst but far from the best....