China Pearl

It’s been years since China Moon was reviewed, but it hasn’t changed much. Overpriced, only takes cash and when I purchased an order of sesame chicken it was quite spicy. I’ve had it before, it wasn’t this way previously. I would describe it as BBQ, therefore I thought I had the wrong order. I called to let them know and the person answering the phone told me it was their sauce, there was no mistake. They do not deliver, therefore I would have to drive back out if I wanted a new order, but due to his insistence that there was no mistake I decided not to. I received a call back less than 5 minutes later from a female employee reiterating what they could do for me. I appreciated the customer service follow up, but I wouldn’t order the sesame chicken from there again. Their steady business is most likely a result of being the only Chinese restaurant between Niagara Falls and Youngstown.

I ordered General Tso’s from here a couple of days ago, and I was very disappointed. The pork fried rice and the chicken tasted exactly the same.
In Lewiston, it’s either China Moon or nothing if you want chinese. I’m going to go with nothing for a while.

Update: April 17, 2010
OK, some credit where it’s due… I wonder if the owners of China Moon have been reading such reviews, and if so, good for them, because just lately the food here has been MUCH MUCH BETTER than in the past.
They now take a bit longer to prepare the food, and it shows. Much fresher tasting (no longer stewed to death). I haven’t noticed any new folks in there doing the cooking, so they seem to have just gotten better. I’d much prefer to wait 15 – 20 minutes than 5 – 10 minutes and actually enjoy eating the food. I hope they keep up the good work!
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Unfortunately this is the only Chinese restaurant/​take out in Lewiston. If they had some competition nearby then maybe the quality of their food would improve. The food served is very bland, not fresh tasting, and tends to be very oily. If you’ve ever eaten good quality Chinese food then you would immediately recognize that this is definitely not it! People can get used to eating garbage I suppose! The food from China Moon varies from awful to mediocre at best, according to who seems to be cooking. The best description I could give the food from this place is «Edible» (but sadly not enjoyable). I sometimes call in here for a take out if I get back to Lewiston late and don’t feel like cooking, but the only reason is because it’s quick. I have the feeling that a lot of their business comes from customers feeling the same way (at least that seems to be the case with every friend I have ever discussed this place with)