China King — Restaurant in Virginia

I am from Colorado visiting my cousin in Fredericksburg, VA. We both drove one his vehicles to get serviced on the backside of China King. Being that we did not have breakfast and almost midday my cousin raves about this restaurants food. As we walked around the building to enter the establishment my cousin ordered his food and gracefully greeted the short lady at the counter to show gratitude that he was a repeat customer. Next, I asked if I could have the Beef Steak meal speaking at the same volume that my cousin did as we both had mask on (because of COVID) and through the clear plastic protective cover draped from the ceiling. Apparently she didn’t hear or understand me so I repeated my order a second time as I pointed to the picture as a child would (in case she didn’t understand English) again she said I can’t hear which assured me she spoke English. For the third time I said BEEF STEAK. At that point she grimace in disgust to my surprise. At this point my cousin wanted to leave after paying for both meals and a can of Ginger Ale. I explained to him that I wanted to stay because I did not trust the order taking lady with my food. Eventually we both exited the restaurant awaiting our order. I spent my time next door browsing the discount store a few doors down as my cousin killed time looking at a store in the opposite direction. After 10min I returned to China King only to see my cousin exiting the store without our food. “Hey man what happened,” I asked. “Man that lady has a major issue so I got my money back,” he said. In closing, we don’t know if she was having a bad day or perhaps I reminded her of her derelict child’s father or if she was having a heavy period day. Regardless of the circumstances you treat customers appropriately and with respect. We decided to walk up the hill in the rear and order from the El Salvadoran restaurant tipping that lady $30 on our $59 meal & drinks. Second moral of the story, don’t judge a book by it cover. Just because I have braids in my head doesn’t mean we didn’t have money as we drove away in two separate Mercedes.

China King...

My son and I ordered for pick-up, via phone, a few days ago. We have eaten here for a long time. We always order from the combo menu. We always know exactly what we want. So, I rattled off General Tso's chicken with fried rice and wonton soup as well as shrimp with lobster sauce, listing the ONLY vegetables I wanted, and choosing the won ton soup also. I knew the meals also came with an eggroll. I was informed that the soup no longer comes with the dinner combos. You have to pay à la carte for the soup now. As a result, my son and I don't want to order from them anymore. The other issue is since the new Korean BBQ restaurant opened, parking is at a premium. Most times, I can't even find an empty spot, even having a handicapped placard. So, basically, 2 people would have to go to pick up the food...a driver who let's the passenger out to go in and get the food. This is why I've given them 3 stars. There are so many other great restaurants we can choose from, so China King...

We vacation in the Fredericksburg, VA area quite often. We have tried many of the Chinese Restaurants in the area. Today we tried China King (10-11-23). The food was excellent! The portions were great! They don't call it a lunch special but a combination platter with different offers for lunch or dinner. We got it at lunch and I took a picture of my beef with broccoli. It came with an egg roll and a can of soda. At dinner you get an egg roll AND a soup! Both times it comes with fried rice and the fried rice was delicious! The woman who took our order was fine. No issues at all. I'm sure it is helpful if you just give the number of the item you want because there could be a language barrier, but overall we will be back when we come back to this area in November. Highly recommend! I included a picture of the combination...