China Inn Restaurant — Restaurant in Westminster

Came in on a snowy night and we were the only people in the restaurant. Lots of carry out going on though. Staff was very friendly and obviously we were attended to promptly. Owing to the circumstances I can't speak to how things might go on a busy night with good weather.

We started with hot and sour soup, which is a tough thing to get just right. This soup was really delicious. From the server, the solid contents of the soup are prepared to order, only the broth was prepped in advance. This gave the soup a crunchy fresh taste.

Entrees were beef with broccoli medium spicy, and General Tso's shrimp. Broccoli was chewy florets and crunchy stalks, a tough trick to pull off. Beef was fine, could have been marinated a bit longer, but decently tasty. Shrimp was fried in a fritter batter, which I thought made it too doughy. A coconut or panko batter would have improved it. The shrimp were quite large, and a goodly number of shrimp were on the plate. The Tso sauce was lightly sweet, lightly sticky, which is a very good balance.

All in all this was a pleasant surprise. An enjoyable meal in a friendly atmosphere. Location near the college and Best Western hotel is convenient in the west side of Westminster. I recommend readers...

Worst Chinese food experience since a bad night in college. My wife and I got a carry out order tonight, Beef with Snow Peas for her, Szechuan Double Delight for me and egg rolls to share. Her dish was bland, the snow peas were gray and the beef was super-tough. My dish (which was on the "Chef's Specialties" menu and cost $13.50) was mostly filler vegetables like bok choy and baby corn, had 3 small shrimp, and the Szechuan Chicken was flavorless and 70% batter with a microscopic piece of mystery-meat "chicken" in the center. The egg rolls were the same way, flavorless and mostly fried wrapper. Our carry out total came to $27 including tip and if I could put a hold on the payment I would do do in a heartbeat. We will never go back and I encourage you to not waste your money...

I have been ordering from them for about 4 years. I never had a problem until recently. They delivered burnt food. I called them back and was told that my next order would be free. About 2 weeks later when I called, I was told that the Manager was on vacation& to call back. I called back this evening & was told by the manager that she couldn't help me. She put me on hold and asked her boss what she should. Her boss Paul told her to tell me to never call again. I was Shocked! All of this for $20.00. There goes the saying...the customer is always right. I am now going to be looking for a different Chinese Restaurant. VERY...