China Chef

Good food probably would go there again good General Tsos Chicken I would recommend the Dumplings there I would also recommend the Wonton soup there cause it is good to help get rid of colds

Only Chinese take out I order! The food is Always amazing and never takes long to get here!

To begin this review I need to describe my experience attempting to get food from China Chef through BringMeThat, while I don’t hold this against China Chef I do want to inform people so they can avoid similar experiences. I first ordered on a Friday night, after having waited literally two hours I contacted BringMeThat’s costumer service who informed me (much to my frustration) that «someone had called the restaurant and cancelled my order». I never received notification of the fact that I was waiting for food that was never coming and who knows if I would have even gotten my refund if I hadn’t talked to them. I really wanted to order their chicken with oyster sauce and their almond chicken since they sound similar to my favourite Canadian Chinese dish of almond soo gai which I have been unable to locate an equivalent dish for in America. As such I attempted to order from them again the next day, a representative from BringMeThat called me a few minutes later saying that the restaurant no longer served chicken with oyster sauce and asked for a replacement I went with almond chicken, minutes later another call the restaurant was out of almonds, so I went with general Tso’s chicken. After an hour of waiting (they said it would be 40 minutes from when the order was finally confirmed) I checked to make sure the same thing as the previous night wasn’t happening again, it was not and my food arrived after two and a half hours (from confirmation, three hours from the placement of my order online).
Their fried rice was the best I’ve had of the Chinese restaurants in Bristol I’ve tried so far, ⁴⁄₅. The egg roll was not very good, ²⁄₅. The fried dumplings were small and quite good, ⁴⁄₅. The beef with Hunan was decent, ³⁄₅. Their general Tso’s chicken was the worst I’ve had in Bristol so far (likely due to how long it took to get here), ²⁄₅. If I were to order from them again I would see if it was possible to order using the restaurant’s own delivery service rather than BringMeThat and I would want to try their crispy beef and almond chicken.

China Chef has, at least in my opinion, the best Chinese takeout in Bristol. Everything that I’ve gotten there has been pretty good. And as is mostly the case with Chinese takeout places, the food is always pretty good but never really great. I do specify Chinese takeout because there is at least one Chinese buffet in town with a larger selection, but I consider to be a different category of restaurant.
My personal favorite there is the sesame chicken, which gives a nice additional crunch to the standard General Tso’s chicken you can find at literally every Chinese place in the country.
Overall, not the best food that you’ve ever eaten, but probably the best Chinese takeout in town!
*One additional side note that has nothing to do with the quality of their food but somewhat annoyed me about the place. I used to work at the ShopRite in that plaza, and the workers at China Chef would always steal our shopping carts to put their trash in even though managers and other associates repeatedly told them to stop. Shopping carts are surprisingly expensive (a few hundred dollars) and the few times we get some of the 5 (or more) carts back from them that they would have at one time, they would be absolutely filthy and smelled like grease and Chinese food. In order to perhaps try and be sneaky about it, the workers would send a small, maybe 8 or 9 year old child, to try and poach some of the shopping carts and bring them to their restaurant.
Again, that was totally random and has nothing to do with my rating of the place, I just thought it was a funny story to add.

We’ve been going to China Chef for years. It’s usually very good. Today I stopped in and ordered a lunch plate that consisted of boneless spare ribs and pork fried rice. I also ordered a shrimp roll. When I got home and opened the dish the fried rice didn’t look right at all, it had a peculiar color to it. When I tasted it, I found out why… it was burned. I mean right down to the peas being blackened! It was awful! The boneless ribs also had numerous crispy, completely black pieces in it. The shrimp roll was so greasy, I had to wipe the grease off my lips after each bite. I was very disappointed! I will give them another try, since they are usually good, but another meal like this and I will find a new place.

Their sesame wantons are amazing! I highly recommend them! I have never had an issue with this place, reasonably priced, hot and tasty.

The pork fried rice tasted like cigarettes. Dont ask me how. It was truely bizzare. Not much else can be said. Simply horrible.

I’ve been to China Chef a couple of times. Each time was not a disappointment. There are certain things that leave a little to be desired. The food: Ordered general tso’s combo. Sesame chicken combo. Crab rangoons. Boneless spare rib combo. Steam dumplings. Everything tasted wonderful. Definitely better than most Chinese places around. The general tso’s, although tasted VERY GOOD as not cooked enough. All the chicken was a bit soggy. It should have a crisp to it. The steamed dumplings were tasty and cooked well. The soy sauce that came with them had bits of fresh ginger in it. Very nice touch. Lastly, the boneless spare ribs were amazing. Well cooked. Slightly caramelized. Flavor spot on. Best I’ve had. Oh, the pork fried rice. Not greasy. Lots of flavor. Really happy overall.
The service was really nice. Everyone seemed friendly. Quick and accurate with the order taking. No complaints there. One thing of note. Others who actually enjoy the presence of children may not mind their little girl floppin around and making noise. We, on the other hand, find children to be quite annoying when they aren’t behaving. And although she was acting OK I really don’t feel I should have to stand there and listen to them discipline their child. It’s just an irritation that could easily be avoided. Luckily I’m all about take out and only had to deal with it while waiting and not while eating dinner. Very big difference and this won’t effect me going back.
Lastly, prices. Everything came up to $ 32. Not bad for all the food that was ordered.

Good food and cheap. I’ve been coming here since it opened in 2004 and have yet to have a meal worth complaining about. For a local, decent Chinese food restaurant, I’d definitely recommend this place.

Best Chinese in Bristol. Friendly and always fresh and delicious. My husband and I go here all the time an we’ve never had a bad experience. It is ALWAYS super busy but still fast and has decent prices. Once we were inside ordering and the owner had to take the phone off the hook because the amount of orders was too large.
As an added bonus they have an adorable daughter who will keep you company while you wait. She is absolutely hilarious. Anyone who has gone here knows what I’m talking about.

We ordered again. Not good. The quality was not as good as the first time. The egg roll was even more disappointing than the first time. The rest of the meal was less than average. The only thing that was good was the packaging and the accurate time given for delivery. I will not be ordering from here again. Inconsistent and not worth the money.

just moved here from boston and stumbled upon china chef. I ordered one night after work and was pleasantly surprise at how decent the food portions were for the price. I ordered a small boneless spareribs and orange flavored chicken with steamed white rice. The food itself was tastey and i had no complaints. I would most certainly go back again but i would order the lunch specials because they are half off the regular menu price.

I love the china chef in Hamden so I was a little disappointed in the quality of the food here. The chicken was too over cooked but the rice was good, the egg roll also delicious. The prices are good, and take out times are quick. I’ll have to give them another try…