China Villa Restaurant

Nathan Jones

I’ve gone to China Villa and their previous restaurants for close to 20 years. They were my absolute favorite Chinese restaurant to go to and even one of my favorite restaurants when considering any kind of restaurant. I loved this place so much that I would order three or for lunch specials at a time and eat the leftovers for breakfast lunch and dinner until they were gone and wished I had more. I loved China Villa. I loved them. Not anymore. After tonight’s order, I am finally saying I am never eating here again. It actually upsets me to say it because of how much I used to enjoy the food. They started deteriorating about 5 or 6 years ago. I would give them a break and try again 6 months later when an order was placed at work. The food would be hit or miss. I’d get a really good meal every so often and think they were back on track only to be disappointed with my next order. Tonight’s order was sweet and sour chicken with chicken teriyaki as the appetizer, Cantonese pork lo mein with chicken teriyaki, moo goo gai pan with chicken teriyaki, a couple orders or egg rolls and an order of boneless BBQ pork. The sweet and sour chicken fingers had the skinniest pieces of chicken beneath excessive amounts of hard batter. They did not taste fresh. They tasted like they had been fried and sitting around waiting to be stuck back in the fryer to be reheated for my order. The chicken teriyaki was literally like a piece of jerky you would get from a plastic bag while standing in line waiting to be checked out at Walmart. It was incredibly thin, overcooked and dry. It was like leather. Chicken teriyaki was a new appetizer choice for me tonight. I always used to get their egg foo yong as an appetizer and loved it but that has become one of the most flavorless things I’ve ever eaten. I’ve added salt to it and soy sauce to the gravy. It’s just not good anymore. The Cantonese pork lo mein used to be my favorite thing to get here. The last few times I’ve ordered it, it’s had an incredibly strong weird flavor. I can’t figure out what the flavor is but it is weird. Tonight’s order had a very strong moldy scallion taste to it. The moo goo gai pan was ordered for a friend and hasn’t been tasted yet. The fried rice that came with the meals was horrid. They’ve never had good fried rice. It’s always been very basic. You could throw a pack of soy sauce on it though and it was edible. Tonight’s rice tasted like rancid oil. The egg rolls were not horrible but they were not good. They’re half the size they used to be. They are all wrapper with barely any filling. The boneless BBQ pork was delicious. Pure sugar water and grease soaked pork. I know it doesn’t sound very appetizing but it’s good. Fatty and tender meat. Just the way I like it. Tonight’s order cost more than $74 before tipping the delivery driver. We gagged down some of the food to fill the hole but are throwing the majority of it right in the trash. None of this food will be sticking around here to have as leftovers for breakfast, lunch or dinner tomorrow. What a shame. I don’t know what has happened to China Villa’s quality standards but they’re long gone. It breaks my heart. You’d understand that if you knew how much I love Chinese food and how disappointed I am to have to write this review.

C Easton

One of , if not THE best Chinese restaurant in the area. Very friendly staff and the food is always hot and fresh. So hot that I still have to let it cool after I get it home! Do not miss the wonton soup. I can make a meal just out of that because there's so much in it!

Theresa Cawood

No more ordering here due to portions are getting a lot smaller with same high prices. This has always been my favorite place and only place I would order. Over the last -10 months I noticed portions are getting smaller and price is still the same and figured no big deal. When we order out it’s like $70 plus dollars for the family. This last week we ordered out the portions are even smaller then the month before. So this is the last time I will be ordering here. I found a new place that has great quality and more food for less.

Richard Paris

By far the worse food ever. Don’t waste your money. Ordered sweat and sour chicken on the lunch menu. 6 large chicken fingers came out cold. I complained and they made them over. This time they were overcooked but came out hot. The batter was so hard I couldn’t bite in to them. The white meat chicken inside the batter was tough and tasteless. their idea of sweat and sour chicken is 6 chicken fingers in a heavy batter with a pink/redish color sauce that is a little sweat but really doesn’t cut it. The fried rice was barely tasty. The only thing worth eating were the crab Rangoon but no crab at all. Please don’t go there Definitely not worth it