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Where to eat Chinese food in Grafton: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Find out what Chinese restaurants to try in Grafton. Grafton is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, along the East Branch of the Black River. The population was 6,636 at the 2010 census. The Lorain Correctional Institution and several other prisons are located in and near Grafton.
Things to do in Grafton
1. Golden Bowl
Overall Ratings
4 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By NorthCoastTraveller
Arriving at dinner time on a hot Sunday evening, we were invited to sit wherever we wanted among the tables and booths. Almost immediately, we were asked for our drink choices. We chose tea, brought in styrofoam cups with a tea bag just starting to steep. When we asked for menus, we got the full sheet paper flyer you'd expect from a carryout or delivery restaurant. But then we were presented with a complementary dish of 2 crab rangoon and a bowl of warmed sweet and sour sauce for dipping. I can't tell you how many different restaurants I've ordered crab rangoon in or from. I love the crispy outside and creamy, slightly sweet filling, and have been disappointed many times by soggy dough, cold, hard shells, overly sweet inside, and all the other simple failures that happen with fried dough around a filling. Golden Bowl's crab rangoon was as close to perfect as I have ever had - hot, crispy dough encasing a creamy warm filling, no off flavors, no greasiness. I was so happy.But then the wait started. We arrived around 5:30, and by 6 the waitress had still not come back to take our order. The reason was obvious - the phone was ringing off the hook and customers waiting for carryout had begun to line up inside. We didn't get our dinners until after 6:30, when there was a lull in the carryout madness. The combination dinners are the usual choices you see on every Chinese restaurant, but the quality of the food was completely different from the usual. The egg roll contained crunchy, tender fresh vegetables and was fried perfectly. The fried rice was fluffy and tasted like it was freshly made, not a product of leftovers. The entrees were also far above the bar set by most storefront Chinese restaurants. The appetizers are the real stars here, though; that crab rangoon, and their steamed dumplings that were at least twice the usual size, served with a very savory dipping sauce. The next time we're near Elyria and hungry, we'll be stopping here - and expecting a wait, if it's during customary meal times.
2. No 1 Kitchen
Reviewed By Brenda D
This is another restaurant that we always want to hit when we are in town because it has always been great. Unfortunately, no so much this time. To be fair we were there within an hour of closing. The fried rice had little to no seasoning and was almost white. The spicy dishes were not a bit spicy.
3. Golden Ginger
Reviewed By Jdeppman
We had a lovely dinner here and the servers/owners were very pleasant. The decor is stark, to say the least, and the food was good, but not great.Our best dish was the Curry Shrimp (#92) which was very good. The General Tso's Chicken (#S10) was merely okay.This is a nice little take-out joint, although we happened to eat in.
