China City — Restaurant in Summit Township

Mein translates to noodles. Chow Mein translates to stir fried noodles. Chow Mein is not shredded cabbage with a cellophane bag of deep fried wonton strips. If you are going to sell a traditional dish, expect people to be disappointed and frustrated when you give them something other than that dish. There are no noodles in your Chow Mein. If I had a restaurant and you came in and ordered a steak would you be pleased if I gave you a grilled cheese and insisted that was my version of a steak? This is not a gray area, chow mein is a well known, well established, recognizable dish with the main ingredient in the title. Shame on you for allowing Americans to have incredibly lo(w) expectations and false notions about a cuisine that can be absolutely brilliant when done with integrity. At least change the name to noodle free shredded cabbage with deep fried wontons in a bag on the side. Other suggestions, Anti-Mein, Mein Free Chow, No Mein! or Less...

The young teenager in there was trying to hustle me. I asked for a one choice from the lunch special section. I ask if I could get an egg roll to substitute for the other choice I was not choosing, still had to pay $1.25. Then the lady asks me if I want sweet and sour soup because that comes with the meal and refused to show me the other soup.Then she gives me my total...$12?! Ok so I got a one choice plus an egg roll...whatever, I know I couldn't ask for a detailed receipt because she didn't speak English very well anyways. Never gonna order from that place again. When I ate the egg roll it was alright, I've had much better. The noodles were super mushy, fried rice was dry & lacking flavor, orange chicken was way spicy. I was surprised that the best tasting item was the one I was skeptical about accepting...the...

Definitely a carry out place. Service was friendly. The food was so-so for me.. met some great people inside while waiting for my order. Since I'm not from the area I was not familiar with this place as I was just driving through. I've seen it for years, always thought I was going to stop in, this time I did. The people I talk to said it was the best in town. I come to realize Chinese food is like your grandma's apple pie. Your grandma's pie sets the bar and when you have someone else's is very tough to meet expectations. My order was good, not great. Maybe it was what I ordered. It's worth a try, maybe your grandma just makes so...