new china

as good as chinatown. i was in san francisco a few weeks ago on business in the financial district. i ate at a great place in chinatown. it was really good. but afterwards, i thought to myself, 'this is really not any better than what i get at new china in birmingham.' and i can tell you the price is much better at new china. i recommend the kung pow chicken. you won't regret it.

just moved to the highland village area & have finally found a good chinese place! new china has authentic food & serve great chinese. their fried rice & egg rolls are not greasy just delish, their hot & sour soup the best, & wait til you try their egg drop with wontons soup & crab ragoons! so glad i stopped in for take out. will definitely be going back!

food isn't fantastic..but it's good enough. about what you would expect from an americanized chinese restaurant. however the appeal here is that they give you a lot of food for a great price. the value is good enough to keep me coming back when i'm craving americhinese food, just wish they delivered.

consistently good. best eggdrop soup in town.

just ok. no soup with lunch meal. egg roll small and tasteless packaged sauces. not sure food wasn’t processed prepackaged. can’t suggest it

gave it one star as you do get generous portions.

food has no taste.

the fried rice is really boiled rice with no taste. you will need to season as well as fry the rice.

pork portions are small. again, no taste except boiled pork.

orange chicken has zero spice, tasted like boiled breaded chicken.

chicken and mushroom was like soup. actually watered down soup. no taste.

we had the food delivered, but i am sure this is not an authentic chinese restaurant.

there are lots of other options that have just as much portions, but you actually get tasty food.

this primarily take-out restaurant has been one of our faves for over 20 years! the family is hard-working at preparing their authentic cuisine, serving large portions at a very reasonable price!  it's not a fancy place, but i don't really care if the food is great and the service is fast! for sure a true gem in highland village!

i have been ordering from here for 20 yrs . 20 years says a lot about a small food business . the place is nothing fancy but the food is some of the best chinese i have ever had !

i've loved asian cuisine--especially chinese food--all my life. most americanized chinese cuisine available in this area seems to taste the same these days, so finding something that impresses and satisfies me is rare. i came to new china hoping i'd succeed suffice it to say that "new china" is an appropriate name... as long as the "n" is removed. "ew china." not kidding.

the place doesn't take pride in its business. no music plays inside, and my partner and i noticed that cleanliness wasn't exactly a priority. the floor, restroom, and even the nozzles on the drink machine weren't clean. but a fellow patron we talked to while in line to place our order said that several menu items were "to die for,' so we decided to give the restaurant the benefit of the doubt.

i have no idea why my fellow diner raved about new china's fare--our dishes were positively disgusting. we ordered the egg drop wonton soup, steamed dumplings, vegetable spring rolls, general tso's chicken, and roast pork lo mein. nothing--i repeat, nothing--was well-prepared. the soup was overly salty and almost congealed, and the dumplings--both the steamed ones and those in the soup--were doughy, undercooked, and underseasoned. the spring rolls were obviously frozen, with inexcusably mushy vegetables and soggy wrappers.

the lo mein had practically nothing in it except the noodles and sliced pork. in my experience, carrots, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, and the like are added to the main ingredient. the pork, meanwhile, tasted gamey--a classic sign that it wasn't fresh and had been reheated. the general tso's was just about as bad, with next to no unique flavor, and the breading tasted suspiciously "off." freezer burn, now that we think about it. meanwhile, the fried rice we ordered with the chicken had absolutely nothing in it--no egg, carrot, peas, etc.

a few bites into our meal, my partner and i were so disappointed that we decided to ask for a refund and have dinner elsewhere. the man behind the counter gave us our money back immediately, with no apology, no emotion... almost as if.he knew the food was bad but he was resigned to the fact that he couldn't do anything about it. it seemed like it was a daily occurrence.

"ew china," indeed. stay away at all costs. irredeemably bad.

maybe i went on a bad night but the meal i ordered this week and sour chicken was the worst thing i have ever eaten. i tried to find their health rating and was unable to locate it i don't think it would be very good;they had durty rags hanging up not very appetizing

the food was awful, the women that took my order was rude on the phone and even more rude when i went to pick my food up, the place isn't clean, they over charge, and there are too many good chinese restaurants for me to waste my money here

very nice people, fast service, good food. i had cashew chicken and my husband had mongolian beef. both were good, i loved the egg drop soup, hot and sour soup and the egg rolls.

love this place and been eating here for years. it is heads and shoulders above any other chinese place in the area. it is a definite go to for us. the ambiance at the place sucks, but we always get it to go. is the owner the friendliest...no, but again since we are not staying who cares. i would rather the food be good than warm and fuzzies anyway.

it's not authentic but it's amazing!!! cooked fresh right in front of you. well priced. there aren't many tables. they primarily do to go orders. this place is awesome!!

hands down, best chinese food in town!!


-----29 jan, 2013-----

by far the best chinese food around. it's authentic and cooked to order. they may not speak great english but they sure can cook!!!