China House

I’m not sure why this place has such bad reviews; it’s your standard hole-​in-​the-​wall Chinese take-​out place and I had no problems with the food. Sure it’s definitely not fancy, could use a good cleaning, and the staff speak broken English, but the prices are cheap and the food was A-​Okay. I actually liked it better than King Wah. When we stopped in there were four other customers picking up/​placing orders so you know it can’t be that bad.
We went with the Special Combination Plates which includes a meat with pork fried rice and an egg roll for less than $ 8. We got the Coconut Chicken, the Sesame Chicken and a side of Crab Rangoons. The rice was yellow and had bits of pork, onion, and bean sprouts in it. The Egg roll was standard size, crispy and tasty. I also enjoyed my coconut chicken dish. My only complaint with the food lies in the crab rangoons which were more chewy than crispy (could have cooked longer) and they were more like cream cheese and diced onion rangoons as there was no crab in these babies.
Overall, I’d hit this place up again for some satisfying Chinese take-​out! I’d like to try their Honey Chicken and Steamed Dumplings.

I think it is good food for take out. The reviews on here make it seems as if the food is horrible. We order here for delivery all the time and have never had a problem.

Great Chinese food. I ordered $ 75 bucks worth for a group of girls and everyone loved it. My only complaint was that they had the nerve to charge me 25 cents for each pair of chop sticks I needed. The crab rangoons and chicken teriyaki were my favorites! Best Chinese place around.

My husband and I have gotten takeout from here for years and I’ve always thought it was just normal standard Chinese take-​out. We have always gotten the General Tso’s chicken, Fried Rice, Eggrolls, and Teriyaki Beef Sticks. Those items are fine. Not by any means fancy, but not the chinese takeout grade that is overly greasy tasting. Tonight, I decided to be adventurous and get the Chicken Chow Mein. I uploaded a picture because it was laughable. Seriously all onions and celery with inedible chicken strips that I thought were spatzel even after eating a strip. I tried to call to get my money back, but the phone said it was disconnected. Not sure what is going on there.

I cannot imagine this place will be in business much longer. My husband and I ordered an inedible mess of Chinese vegetables and moo goo gai pan. My veggies were 90% napa cabbage. They should have called it Chinese vegetable. The sauce was orange water – no flavor whatsoever. His food was equally bland and awful.
When we called to complain, the owner showed no signs of caring.
We’ve lived in Fairview for nearly 13 years and I’d say the first ten years or so, they were fine. Quality and customer service has totally gone off the rails. We will never be going back.

Ordered from here last night– and will not order from here again. Agree with other reviewer that says it has gone downhill. We used to order at least once a month, but the quality is absolutely non-​existent at this point. Sesame chicken was rock hard, tasted old and warmed up. Rice was also hard and flavorless. LoMein was full of garlic and greasy, hardly any chicken to be found. Even fortune cookie was stale. Very disappointed in loss of this take out place.

I am sad to report that this place has really gone downhill over the last few years. I used to enjoy going there, and the food was completely acceptable. I’m not sure if it is new ownership, or if they are short on money, but the food lately has been awful. The egg and shrimp rolls are the only thing which is edible. I had the curry chicken today. It consisted of 99% onions and then some chunks of a white, watery, tasteless substance which was supposed to be the chicken. Absolutely terrible. I ate a few bites and gave up. My wife had chicken with Chinese vegetables. It was basically the same, 99% celery and then this mystery chicken. My son had sweet and sour chicken, and he didn’t finish his meal, which is very telling. He said the chicken tasted funny and the breading as weird. All in all, it was a waste of 19 dollars. We just had some sandwiches to fill us up and the food went in the disposal. Oh, did I mention that the fortune cookies were stale?

Misfortune Cookies from China House.
Had I cracked them open before sampling the four different take-​out items, my fortunes should have read something like this:
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Mystery Meat Chow Mein is in your future.
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You will soon be very disappointed with your order.
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Don’t expect happiness from China House.
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Maybe just plain bad luck, but out of three visits in 7 years, with at least 3 dishes each time, we’ve never had anything even «fair». Nothing was ever salty, but neither did any dish taste even remotely Chinese. I’ve never eaten canned Asian meals — don’t know if there is such a thing — but this is what I’d expect it to taste like.
This last visit was the worst of all. Maybe other dishes are okay, but what we ordered I’d never recommend.
CHICKEN CHOW MEIN *. .. Worst «velveting» preparation I’ve ever had. Every chicken piece looked like — and had the texture of — fat. Pale yellow and sponge-​like. After trying just two pieces, all chicken was shoved to the side of the plate, then thrown out. I’ve made chow mein several times, and whatever China House did to get this unappetizing result was either a huge mistake or ignorance of Chinese cooking techniques. Out of necessity, I added my own soy, sesame oil, and oyster sauce to the remaining ingredients, in order to flavor this unseasoned dish — which consisted of just celery, bok choy, and a total of 6 or 7 single onion wedge slices. No other ingredients. No bean sprouts, water chestnuts, mushrooms, or bamboo shoots.
VEGETABLE EGG FOO YOUNG * *. .. peas, carrots, bean sprouts, and eggs— that’s all. No water chestnuts, mushrooms, discernible onions, or snow peas. As basic as basic can get — and without flavor — except for the unpleasant «earthy”-tasting fried exterior with burned edges. The only redeeming aspect was the brown sauce and steamed white rice.
PORK FRIED RICE * * *. .. the plainest-​tasting and looking we’ve ever had. Very few pork pieces, but at least no chunks of fat or gristle.
EGG ROLLS *. .. a large (1.5» x 1.5″) piece of hard, barely-​cooked cabbage in the one I had. Very firm exterior. Was probably re-​fried or re-​heated — to warm it throughout — when we ordered. If there was any ingredient other than cabbage, we didn’t taste it or see it.
CARRY-​OUT CONDIMENTS. .. no stars, since none were given. No soy sauce, or hot mustard and sweet sauce for egg rolls, in the bag. Used my own. Contacted them and was given no apologies for the omission. She said that they never give condiments unless they’re asked for. (Noticed no sign to indicate this when order was picked up.)
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Because it had been about 4 years since our last visit, I ordered what I believe are the easiest to prepare and probably among the most frequently chosen. I try these dishes first from all Chinese places where we’ve never eaten, BEFORE any other dishes. If a restaurant can’t get THESE right, I can’t imagine they’ll do a satisfactory job on others.
CHINA HOUSE has the worst Chinese food we’ve ever eaten — all three times. We gave it three tries and will never return. When you think of all the wonderful ingredients that make up flavorful, inviting Chinese dishes — whether authentic or Americanized — from the unique vegetables, to the sauces and seasonings — but then to serve up such surprisingly bland results — with the absolutely bare minimum of poorly-​prepared ingredients — I’d say it’s time to return to square one, and begin using recipes from even the most basic of Chinese cookbooks.

I love take-​out chinese food, especially the kind that isn’t so saturated in salt that it makes your tongue dry out and have heart palpitations the next day.
And this is a great little find.
Everything we had was good, (wonton soup, moo shu combo and sweet and sour chicken). The chicken portion was a little small in the dinner sweet and sour chicken, but it wasn’t a cakey thick batter, and they were smart enough to put the sauce on the side, so it wasn’t soggy by the time we ate.
Two thumbs up, can’t wait to order up from them again soon!

I have found my favorite Chinese place! Finally!
We wouldn’t have known about this restaurant, but we were with some friends in Rocky River who ordered from here.
I decided to switch it up a bit and order STEAMED chicken and broccoli instead of regular, with the brown sauce on the side. Daring, I know. Well, for a dish that is essentially tasteless, they did a great job. The brown sauce it came with was the best brown sauce ever. It wasn’t just like a brown gelatin glob, it was actually smooth and tasted slightly sweet. I liked this sauce better than the normal chicken & broccoli sauce. They did throw some carrots into the dish, which I wasn’t too excited about (especially since they looked like crinkly-​cut fries — for some reason, I hate it when carrots are cut like that). But a home run nonetheless.
And of course, the wonton soup. Thick, chewy dough, slightly salty broth without making you feel like your hands and feet are going to swell. It came with some noodles that I didn’t try. But nice touch. I always appreciate the noodles. My only complaint, but this is minor, is that they didn’t include any roast pork in the broth. But maybe I just got a dud serving.
And the fortune cookie: «Don’t listen to snide remarks.» Why are fortunes never fortunes anymore? They’re more like watching contestants from The Biggest Loser wax poetic: «It’s not what you have done already, it’s what you CAN do;» «A nice person and a good person are not the same thing;» «Begin your journey today, even if your vacation starts tomorrow.»
Anyway, five stars to China House!