West Lake Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Virginia

+JMJ Not enough stars here!! This was one of my all-time favorite Chinese food restaurants when I lived in Richmond VA. Friends and I ate here regularly. The food is good and the prices are just right. Their egg foo yung is the best (in my not so humble opinion!) I have eaten at any Chinese restaurant. At least I haven't found anything comparable here in Cottonwood since I moved here in 2013. And, their fried rice was some of the first non-greasy fried rice that I ever ate. Never found their restaurant crowded but when I would go to dine in or pick up carry out, they always had customers. The atmosphere is low-key but still homey. And, the staff are actually Chinese. Loved to hear them speak their native language when they would call out food orders to the kitchen staff. Arizona is now my home (no regrets!) but surely would love to have some of my favorite restaurants open up here in Cottonwood. Heavy sigh! If you are ever on Patterson Avenue and looking for truly good Chinese...

We used to go to this place for lunch but when I went yesterday after 2 years of not being there it was a huge disappointment. Half the restaurant is boxes and tables on top of each other and everything is still in paper and plastic as if we were in the throes of covid still. I ordered General Tso's chicken and one piece tasted like it had dish soap in it. So I tasted another and another and they all tasted like dish soap. The fried rice was extremely Bland and had nothing but a few pieces of onion in it. There was no Chinese hot sauce as we were accustomed to before. There were only to go packets. The restaurants smelled a little like sewer as well. I will never go there again. I am so sad as that was our favorite lunch time place when we were landscaping. I actually could not eat my lunch and pushed it away and left. I was hoping that I was not going to get...

My husband and I just moved to the area and decided to try this place out since it was nearby. I called ahead an order, and my husband picked it up. I'd have to say that the food was a bit lacking in flavor for what I am accustomed to as far as Chinese food goes. I ordered Pepper Steak and my husband order General Tso's. The pepper steak was extremely salty, but lacked any other flavor and the General Tso's was very bland. I did like the fried rice though. The added bean sprouts to the rice was different and tasty. We didn't get any fortune cookies, chopsticks or napkins, and that is the first time I've called a take-out order for chinese food and didn't get...