China City — Restaurant in Tampa

This has been or go to Chinese take out for about 2 years. We use it about once a month. The standards are good and servings plentiful. Orange chicken, sesame chicken Tso, etc are all good. You can sub fried rice for white rice with all meals and we always do that. However, the fried rice is very weak compared to what I have gotten at others. It has essentially no pieces of pork, carrot, etc and occasionally has a few onion bits. Taste is decent but needs something besides rice in it. Egg rolls are good. Based on good serving sizes, prices are very fair. Depending on if one of the ladies is working or the owner (?) means service is with or minus a smile. The gentleman at the register needs a bit of people skills schooling. Wonton and egg drop soup are good although the wonton can be a bit salty sometimes.Overall it is a good steady place. However after trying Ho King up BBD, I will likely never return to China City. Went there again to days ago early April 2018 and found things pretty much stayed the same. Egg drop soup was very good. Sesame chicken came in a generous portion along with the fried rice that was enough for two people. My only complaint is still the fried rice I think you should come with a few pieces of vegetable and a few pieces of pork in it but it pretty much has nothing in it. It has decent flavor but needs a little bit of vegetable in it. The eggrolls are very well made but they again are a bit plain and could use a few crumbs pork or shrimp in them. However still a solid three...

Ordered chicken chow mein, expected noodles and something similar to orange chicken. Got thin slices of chicken (like the chicken style in yellow rice) in a clear stew like mix of vegetables. Couldnt even see noodles really.

Not sure if it was just how they make it (only reason not 1 star) or got wrong order. Threw out but called and asked for refund...mentioned I primarily expected noodles and chicken which consisted of 10% of what they gave me in the stew. They told me that was their chicken chow mein and I ordered the wrong thing.

No refund and their website (ordered online) gives no description or pic for the meal.

*Apparently they have chicken chow mein on their menu 2x, under Combo Plates and under Chow Mein. I ordered Combo which contains only rice and no noodles...and is a completely different style dish. Still feel jipped and guy still refused to consider a refund. He definitely never considered assuming customer could have even...

I've been here about five times now. This place has the most crispy General Tsos chicken I have ever tried! I wish it was a little more spicy but my friends loved it as is. The Garlic Eggplant is delicious and has a great spice to it. The chicken lo mein was just the way I like it. The Hunan Chicken was also delicious and perfectly spiced... Good portions of chicken and vegetables. To top it all off the steamed dumplings are THE BEST I have ever had! They seem homemade (unlike many Chinese restaurants here in Florida). The staff is VERY friendly, the food is reasonably priced, and they've always gotten my order right. Plus the food is always prepared surprisingly fast. All in all this is the best Chinese food I've had since moving to Florida in 2012 and I'm very happy to have them close to my current home. Good people...