China Pavilion Restaurant

What a surprise…
The restaurant was nearly empty, and the waiters were just sitting around. I was skeptical. I almost didn’t want to go in… BUT I was glad I did.
The food was surprisingly good. The Mongolian Beef was saucy and flavorful. The Honey Walnut Prawns were — as teenagers say nowadays — SMACKING. The Chicken Wings were packed with crunch, like Justin Bieber’s ab workouts.
However, the cream of the crop was the fried rice. The fried rice is different because it’s done right. The rice itself has the right texture. The eggs are cooked in properly. And the combination of rice, meat, and vegetables comes together really well.
China Pavilion may not be the best Chinese restaurant I ever been to, but it’s still very good, especially for this area. If you’re in the area, then you should definitely stop by.

Food is really good, reasonably priced, and delivered to your table quickly during the lunch hour. Enjoyed a number of items from the lunch and main menus. All really good, excellently prepared, and delivered steaming hot to the table — the way I like it.
The one negative is that the employees are not very personable. They barely say a word during the order taking process, and nothing at all after that. It seems like they are pissed-​off to take your order — like it’s an unbearably difficult challenge! We are used to that now. They just don’t talk, or say only the bare minimum. No smile. Ever. Later they deliver the check to your table without a single word … while you are still eating. No «is everything all right?».
OK, I accept the challenge: next time we go I’m going to try to make the server laugh! It won’t be easy. Might need to stick the chopsticks up my nose or something to get his attention.
Maybe the guys the work here are former communist party members in the PRC and feel that waiting tables is way beneath them. Bingo!

Of the 5 or so Chinese restaurants in the City of Livermore that I’ve gone to for lunch, only China Pavilion offers their soup as part of their To-​Go takeout… plus a bottle of water! Their pricing is also competitive with their competition, so I highly recommend these guys.

My coworkers and I often eat here as they have good lunch specials and the food is quickly served after you order. I usually always order the string bean chicken and brown rice, which I really like. The string bean chicken is not on the regular menu but posted on the specials board. My coworkers always like their entrees as well. The servers are efficient and not chatty, so don’t expect friendly banter.

Pretty standard vaguely chinese place straight down to the good lunch specials

Our go to Chinese restaurant. Great food, excellent service. The salt and pepper pork is to die for as well as the TanTan Noodles. A bit pricey but worth it! The staff is fantastic and friendly!!! My kids love it too. I highly recommend it.

I got the Szechwan chicken and it’s my first time here. Service was fine and typical of a Chinese restaurant, brief and fast. My dish was labeled spicy but this was far from it. Only spice is eating the red peppers on there own. But the chicken and rice itself tastes fresh and adequately breaded. Lots
Of sauce on it, which personally isn’t my thing. I’d come again, for the area this seems to be one of the better places to go for Chinese.

This place is good! service is fast, food is always good I’ve been coming here for years, I’ve never got a bad dish, I highly recommend this place

The food is great! The service is great! The prices are a bit high, but I still like this place out of all the Chinese food sold in Livermore… war wonton soup is delicious! And I have to say I absolutely love their salt & pepper shrimp!

Went here for Friday lunch with 3 coworkers and ordered from the lunch menu. I got the kung pao chicken. Service was friendly and quick. As soon as we sat down, we got a bowl of soup. After ordering, we got our dishes in less than 10 minutes. I liked the taste and portion size of my meal… very filling. The total bill was $ 40 with tip. Good price, good food, quick & friendly service, and easy parking… I’ll definitely be back again.

Excellent service from an attentive staff. The type of service you would expect from a high end restaurant. The walnut prawns were cooked to perfection. Hot and sour soup was nice and peppery. Not health food, but a great splurge meal.

Beware! I have been a regular customer for years and have never had any issues. The food and service have been always been great and I’ve never had to wait more than 10 minutes for a meal even at their busiest, but after my last experience, I vow to never return.
A good friend of mine was in town visiting and since it had been awhile we had a lot of catching up to do. We decided to have dinner at China Pavilion one of our favorite Chinese food restaurants. We lost track of time and before we knew it a couple hours had gone by. The bill had been sitting at the table for awhile so I grabbed my credit card and paid it. I realized later that night that I forgot to leave a tip and felt bad but promised myself I’d make up for it on my next visit. Well yesterday I was balancing my checkbook and couldn’t account for some money. I went through my receipts and checking account online and figured out that the China Pavilion had added on a tip without my knowledge. Isn’t that illegal? It’s definitely unethical in my opinion. They have lost my respect and my business.
I learned a valuable lesson, never leave that tip line blank. If you pay cash for the tip as I normally do, write Cash and make sure you fill in the total.

Just picked up dinner and very disappointed. I use to frequent this place for lunch over the years and had always been satisfied. Unfortunately, over the past year I’ve noticed a decline in the food quality as well as the portions, along with an increase in pricing. Picked up two take out orders ala carte of Mongolian chicken for dinner, paid 23 dollars, got home and both boxes were only ¾ of a way full! REALLY??? I expect for 23 bucks to at least get full boxes …

Great place to grab a quickie for lunch. Ive tried a couple happy hour special and there not bad for the price. A+ on customer service but lack turn around time for food. The restaurant is always clean and on par. I would recommend this place if you were just looking for a quick meal to eat.

I came here a few times with coworkers. They seem to like this place. Perhaps, it’s probably out of convenience since it’s close to our work place. Either way, we come here often. Their lunch special isn’t too bad, but the price is a little expensive compare to chinatown Oakland. I much prefer Chinatown as far as for the food and the price.
For Livermore, it’s not too bad. The price is pretty high for my standards, which is $ 8.25 for a General’s Chicken w/​rice. It’s probably really expensive only because it’s near industries, and they’re the closest chinese place. But the food isn’t too bad. The service isn’t too bad either. They don’t say much. Just brings out stuff and drops them off your table… That’s asian service, I guess.
Rating
Food: 4
Service: 3
Price: 2
Overall: 3
I come back only because coworkers like this place.

The Salt and Pepper Scallops were the best scallops I’ve eaten in decades. Melt in your mouth tender with a slightly salty batter. A definite repeat in the near future!

In a nutshell: Never coming here again. The portions are so stingy, don’t expect to get your fill of meat when you order any chicken or fish entrée. The chicken with snow peas ($ 10.95) came with less than 2 ounces of rancid poultry. Fish with black bean ($ 12.95) was more onions and batter than fish. Some of the pieces of batter contained no fish at all! It was like eating soggy deep fried flour chunks. Super greasy, salty, and inedible. Our bill, including the $ 1.50 bowl of white rice, came out to over $ 26. Not worth it! I give this place 1 star is for the speedy service. Our food took 5 min to prepare and not surprisingly, tasted like reheated leftovers. Do yourself a favor and walk across the street to Carl’s Jr or Dickeys bbq to grab a burger/​sandwich to go.

It is beyond my comprehension that this restaurant has 3.5 stars.
This place along with Chef Chu’s in Los Altos are my two favorite chinese restaurants. My family always gets the honey walnut shrimp/​szechuan (sp?) beef/​chow mein and it’s the perfect dinner. Seriously though, really, really good chinese food.

After abruptly leaving another restaurant due to bad service, this restaurant provided such quick service.
Food: The beef fried rice was good, but just lacked a bit of seasoning and was lukewarm when it arrived. The mongolian beef had the taste I’m used to, but a bit of the salty side. The sweet and sour pork & the walnut prawns were on par with what I can find in San Jose. Good food for when you’re starving or craving Chinese food.
Service: Plus points for the quick service, but it was a bit too fast. The time between our order being taken and the time the food arrived was way too quick (10 minutes?) leading to lukewarm food and the unbalance of seasoning. And what I found odd was our food came out way before a family that must have been seated and serviced even before we stepped foot into the door. Were we given old food?
All in all, if I were to be around this area after an exhausting day of fruit picking I would probably end up trying a different restaurant.

After waiting at a Japanese restaurant for too long, we decided to walk across to try this place out. There was only one large group when we came in. We were quickly greeted and seated with menus, water, and tea. We ordered the fried rice with beef, Mongolian beef, walnut prawns, and sweet and sour pork.
Our food arrived at our table within 5 – 10 minutes. The top of the fried rice was hot, but when we tried some at the bottom it was cold. The fried rice was bland so I had to put a little soy sauce to make it taste better. The sweet and sour pork and walnut prawns were nicely seasoned, but I wished it was more crispy on the outside. The Mongolian beef was a bit salty so I had to eat more fried rice with it.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to go here.