China City

"Always have to carry out half of my plate because of the great quantities served. Great tasting! Had the chicken and shrimp with broccoli for lunch. Always satisfied and reasonable prices!"

"Very generous portions for a great price. Good food. The service wasn't too bad but wasn't the best either. You can do the lunch deals anytime of the day."

"We’d seen the China City Restaurant any number of times when we’d stopped at a favorite hamburger/steak place, just across San Mateo. It always seemed busy at lunch and we thought we’d pop in for a change in food styles. As you can see from the pictures, it seemed like a fairly nice place. I really liked the traditional decor and the wooden wall decorations. The jasmine tea, unfortunately only so, so. We struggled a bit getting across our order. The waiter had difficulty understanding our statements (allergic to shellfish and mushrooms, is the food fried in same oil as the shrimp, and do you use MSG?). No, to our questions. He came back a few minutes later and said the soup had “MS-Gay” in it. Our normal reaction to MSG is swollen joints, and did they ever swell up. Maybe I misunderstood the waiter, perhaps he meant everything except the soup had MSG added. We switched soups and proceeded with the wait. When the food was delivered, we found it over cooked and the deep fried items were a dark brown color (in our experience that indicates the cooking oil is too old). The taste wasn’t the normal crisp and flavorful we found in good Chinese restaurants. We were very disappointed further, not long after we left. Both of us had a greasy feeling in our mouth. Now, don’t totally misunderstand, we like Chinese food, but not the style served here. So, if you like greasy, overcooked food, and are willing to play Russian roulette with food allergies then, go ahead and visit this restaurant. Otherwise, run as fast as you can very, very far away."

"Really good Chinese food! My husband had the spicy pork plate and I had the combo general taos sesame chicken with sweet and sour shrimp."

"Outstanding hot and sour soup. Sweet and sour shrimp was delicious and made to order with a great fluffy batter. Sechuan beef had lots of fresh vegetables and a great but not particularly spicy flavor. Egg roll was house made and had a great 5 spice flavor."