China Spring — Restaurant in West Virginia

we decided to try this place due to the prices at China Star constantly increasing. Nope. We always order a big order for the family and love all the left overs. This was a mistake. We now have a bunch of not great leftovers, actually not even good leftovers. The food lacked flavor. We ordered shrimp egg rolls, won ton soup, orange chicken, egg Fu yung, coconut shrimp, general tso's chicken, and dumplings. The egg Fu yung was extremely "eggy, slimy like". It was so lack luster on taste. You could tell they were frozen and then heated up. It was horrible. The coconut shrimp was tiny pieces of shrimp with So much whatever breading that was really mushy semi pie dough like, it was weird. And again, no flavor. The dumplings were okay, but again felt frozen and reheated in a microwave. Had so much "water" inside them. The egg rolls were ok, just no flavor and extremely brittle. The general TSO's was ok, tasted like store bought but less spice. The orange chicken didn't even taste like orange chicken. There was no spice to it, no orange kick, it tasted like weak thicken up sauce poured over nuggets. And the won ton's in the soup we're very very mushy, they literally couldn't be picked up with my chop sticks. You had to spoon them out. Again, like they were frozen or something. I guess, we'll stick to our normal place. Won't go back here. Really upset we tried saving some money for the the lesser...

*Update 05Oct18 - Well, we finally..FINALLY managed to find our new 'China Spring' in NC...'Golden China Restaraunt'. That said, this will be my final post under this review, as sad as I know that is for all of my loyal readers. I must thank you all for your support during these dire times of 'China Spring' withdrawal. Their crab rangoons that explode because they are WAY TOO stuffed will always be very fond memories for us. Our Christmas General Tso's and Pepper Chicken feast under the tree each year will need to be a continued tradition here with our new Golden China. Farewell All!

*Update 11Aug18 - We have thus far been fruitless in our pursuit of discovering cuisine comparable to our China Spring near our new home some 400 miles away. We shall continue on our mission to fulfill this absolutely necessary requirement in hopes that we shall soon be satiated!

*Update 04Jul18 - It is with great sadness that we will no longer be able to enjoy the AWESOMENESS of China Spring as we are moving away. We will miss their Crab Rangoons and General Tsos BIGTIME! Please read on below for our original review. Farewell China Spring...Farewell! 😪 The ONLY place we order Chinese from! The food has been consistently GREAT since they opened years ago. Online menu and ordering makes it...

I wanted to get something special for dinner tonight as a celebration for moving to the area. I read the reviews before choosing this restaurant, and I really wanted to like it because it seemed like it’s a local favorite.

I was planning on having leftovers so that I would not have to cook for the next day or two, so I ordered beef & broccoli, sesame chicken, egg foo young, egg rolls, and Chinese donuts. The food was disappointing and not good. I couldn’t eat it- other than the Chinese donuts which were fairly decent. I don’t understand how, but most of the dishes had an odd perfume-like taste. I am writing this review because after having taken only a few bites, 30 minutes later, I still feel ill.

I haven’t gotten Chinese takeout in years, but being someone who used to eat out almost every night, I can say with absolute certainty that those dishes are not supposed to taste like they did. Maybe it’s just a one-off and I got a bad batch of something, or maybe it’s because there isn’t much competition since there are not many Chinese takeout options in the area. Either way, I won’t...