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Top 4 Chinese food in Vista, California, United States
Reviews on Chinese food in Vista, California, United States. Vista (/ˈvɪstə/; Spanish: view) is a city in Southern California and is located in northwestern San Diego County. Vista is a medium-sized city within the San Diego Metropolitan Area and has a population of 101,659. Vista's sphere of influence also includes portions of unincorporated San Diego County to north and east, with a county island in the central west. Located just seven miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, it has a Mediterranean climate.
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1. Spicy King Chinese Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 21 reviews
Spicy King Chinese Restaurant is an Authentic Chinese Sichuan Cusine located in Vista, CA. The head chef is Qi. Chef Qi is a well known chef from Northern California, Albany. During the last president campaign, he cooked for the presidential candidate Ber
Reviewed By zeytinlari
From the moment we entered the front door and were welcomed by one of the new owners, David, we were treated to a remarkable and wonderful dining experience that lasted through the entire meal. We were greeted with a warm friendly welcome, and given some history about how David and his business partner, the chef, had come to open this restuarant. We were already enjoying ourselves, even before we tasted the food. The experience was exemplary in every way. The flavors of each of our dishes were complex and well-balanced. Absolutely delicious. As we began our meal with the cold appetizer, Organic Chicken in Spicy Sauce, we realized we were in for a rare treat. Each dish we had lived up to that first impression. We are eager to return and try some of the other dishes. Portions were very generous. David is deservedly proud of care taken in creating this gem of a restaurant. Everything has been thoroughly cleaned, re-painted and re-decorated, resulting in a very pleasant space for enjoying the meal. He told us about searching out the top quality ingredients that they use and made helpful suggestions to guide our selections from the menu. They also offer some excellent winesI have eaten great Chinese food in the Bay Area and in New York City. In San Diego County, I have been places that have been okay, but nothing to rave about. Would never have dreamed that this place in a shopping center in Vista would be right up there with the best. But it definitely is.
2. Chin's Szechwan Cuisine
Overall Ratings
3 based on 20 reviews
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Reviewed By vmez0623
Frequenting Chin's on E. Vista Way in Vista - our families' favorite Chinese restaurant - for over 15 years. Our favorites: Kung Pao Chicken: tender chicken chunks with crispy water chestnuts, peanuts in a sweet and spicy sauce; Orange aka Tangerine Chicken (pictured): crispy and lightly breaded chicken pieces glazed with a sweet orange coating; Pork Chop Suey: tender pork slivers with many veggies (broccoli; cabbage; snow peas; mushrooms; carrots; water chestnuts; etc...) in a tasty sauce; Egg Flower Soup: tofu chunks with peas, carrots and egg ribbons in a tasty chicken broth-based soup; Chicken Lo Mein (pictured): very tasty, stir-fried noodles with thin onion and carrot slithers; Egg Rolls: filled with seasoned veggies or chicken with veggies and fried to a golden brown and served with sweet and sour sauce; Hot Tea: jazmine and oolong combined for a flavorful and relaxing drink. All staff are very courteous and friendly. Love the restaurant's decor: rich cherry wood colored plantation shutters and dark, polished tables; wall paper has pink, grey and plum hues. Cost a bit higher than fast food restaurants however food quality, generous portions and ambiance worth extra cost. Highly recommend this restaurant!!! Note: pictures depict entrees after we had started enjoying them.
3. Chef Tang
Reviewed By grskodacek
Fast, friendly service coupled with excellent food makes this place an almost weekly favorite. The Kung Pao Shrimp is tasty. Highly recommended.
4. Sun Hing Buffet
Reviewed By houstontosandiego
When a business runs weekly discount ads in the local Penny Saver, I am always a bit leery of the quality of the food, and this place confirmed my time tested perception completely. I saw the ads and finally decided to give the place a try.The facility itself seems nice, but the quality of many of the dishes leaves a lot to be desired. Much of what I saw was obviously Sysco sourced frozen food like the fried shrimp; breaded in corn meal, deep fried, and completely tasteless.The meat dishes are cut into bite-sized morsels so small that you needed a microscope at your table. And there were lots of other warmed over entrees and vegetables, some with cheese melted all over them. You know, Chinese style!! The chef must be from the "Ched-Dar" Province of China. He must have also made the traditional Chinese pizza slices Marco Polo style on the buffet, too. Jeez their menu is lame.The rangoons and dumplings were not very fresh, either. Now, perhaps they were just having a bad day, but I was there at the height of the dinner hour around 6PM.The service is pretty lame, as well. I always bristle when I am expected to tip a person who simply brings me the first beverage and then never returns to refill it. We never saw our server again after we were served out hot tea and water. This seems to be a server practice specific to eating in Asian buffets. The dessert menu is a bad joke, with stale almond cookies, Smart and Final sourced puddings (2 flavors, (neither flavor identifiable to anyone's palate) the usual jello cubes, some awful cream puff concoction that I had to spit out because the whipped cream tasted funny to me, and let's not forget the not so fresh fruit.Bottom line: If your standards are extremely low and you have a large family to feed, this place might fill the bill, but just remember what it is...a low end and formulaic faux Asian buffet that lacks flavor and quality, and rather overpriced.
