La Chinita’s Restaurant

This was my first time at a Chinese Mexican restaurant that also sold shampoo, deoderant, storage containers, kitchen appliances, candles, and clothing. I did not try the Mexican food, only the Chinese.
I ordered piping hot bowl of noodle soup (lunch special). The name is misleading because the soup is full of beef, chicken, shrimp, broccoli, carrots, onions, bok choy, and noodles. I’m sad to say it was extremely bland. There was no flavor at all. No seasoning whatsoever. In am attempt to taste something more than hot water, I added salt, soy sauce, Sriracha, and hot chili oil. That helped.
My boyfriend ordered the Mongolian beef. It was very tasty. I ate half of his because it was so good in comparison to the soup i had ordered. The fried rice was not that great though.
The meals do not come with a fortune cookie, but you may purchase them at the register.
I wonder what their Mexican food tastes like.

My boyfriend and i love Chinese food. Our usual spot is open till 10 but we probably eat it about 4 or 5 times a week, so we decided to try something new. Online it said this place was open till 10 and only 7 mins away, had good reviews so we called to place a order around 9:18 the lady took the order then told me «we close in 10 minutes so come right now» we got there at 9:29, I stayed in the car and my boyfriend was in & out with the food by 9:30. Then he tells me the lady at the front desk said «we waited on you» with another lady in the background chiming in «yeah we wait for you» HOW FREAKING RUDE!
1) it is not our fault it says online they are open till 10. Maybe THEY should get that fixed.
2) if it was such a inconvenience then she shouldn’t have taken our order.
$ 21 bucks for orange chicken, beef & broccoli & (extra charge) for fried rice. And to be treated like that. I’ll take my business else where. On top of the the food wasn’t even good. Rice had no flavor neither did the beef & broccoli. My orange chicken was just fried chicken nuggets drenched in some orange sauce. I could have made that myself.

I have lived in the southeast side of town all my life and have never stopped by. Today we decided to pick up Chinese food to go. The restaurant was clean but was selling all kinds of things set up on tables.
Pros
Fast and friendly service.
Food was good not the greatest but not bad.
Huge servings.
Cons
I am very frugal so dinner prices were a little steep for me $ 8-​$ 9 a plate but portions made up for it.

Extremely fast and great service. It seems like this place gets busy fast for lunch. I ordered my food and it was out in no more than three minutes. Which is kind of scary fast.
So the best part of the meal by far was the egg drop soup. My meal consisted of the garlic chicken, one of the Wednesday specials, with fried rice, and a crabmeat Rangoon. The plate was visually unappealing, which I can get past. The garlic chicken consisted of mostly vegetables and kind of sketchy chicken. The Rangoon was room temperature and was just ok. The fried rice has ham in it I believe? Interesting. It was okay, nothing to write home about.
The concept is neat. When you can’t decide between Chinese and Mexican and need a really fast, cheap meal, this is your place. The people working are all really friendly, the bathroom was clean which is a plus, but I won’t be bringing home my leftovers from here. I would give them another chance, but I wouldn’t order this again.

Food smelled bad Mongolian chicken. Saw waitress take Food off plates instead of throwing away. Took back to kitchen and reused. Will charge you for everything. wont go back.

Good. I didn’t like that you had to pay separate for soup and egg roll. Most Chinese restaurants combine it with your meal. One entrée is enough for two people. We each boxed a full size meal for later. The food was good. My baby loved the beans and rice. The egg rolls were delicious.

Decent Chinese. Would go back. Came here based on Unilocal reviews. Surprised to learn it has been around for 31 years.

Very good food large portions. Staff is really helpful. A lot of little nic nacs and candies you can buy. I’m definitely returning!

Come on folks, there is no La Chinita! It’s a made-​up name to be a little Chinese and a little Mexican.
This is a fantastic lunch place and it gets crowded but I’ve never had to wait. They have both daily and always lunch specials. For example, on my last visit, I could have had 20 things for $ 4.99 or two for $ 5.49. The lunch specials expand on Sat. You will get too much food — a platter of your entrée and pretty-​tasty fried rice along with choice of soup. The egg drop is great, especially with a drizzle of hot mustard. Avoid the egg roll, you’ll pay full price $ 1.79 for it on the special.
This visit I had the Beef with Garlic Sauce and it was the best thing I’d eaten there in 25 yrs. The beef with vegetables was piping hot and tasted fantastic. Of course, I had picked up a to-​go carton on arrival so I was ready to take home easily half of everything. I also asked for an order of the won-​ton pieces to enjoy with my soup.
I usually seem to end up paying more for my meal than I expect. This time, I got a Monday $ 5.49 special and a half-​order of won-​ton, full order is $ 1 and iced tea. But my bill, before tip, was $ 9.50. I can’t make that work out — 5.50 + ?2.00 + .50 is $ 8. Even if charged $ 1 for the won-​ton, I only get $ 8.50 and tax isn’t $ 1. That’s why this great meal only gets 4 stars. And it isn’t the first time I’ve felt this way.
Great lunch, very very fast. They also offer a white-​meat only lemon chicken that’s great!

What a beautiful emergence of Mexican AND American Chinese food at La Chinita’s! Only in diverse San Antonio would someone ever want a restaurant with an option of having either Mexican or Chinese and/​or both together under one roof!
Lunch specials here look solid and are cheap (right under $ 5). Each day of the week has it’s own featured special that comes with egg drop soup or hot & sour soup. Don’t forget that a fried crab rangoon also comes on your lunch special that is the hottest and creamiest filling.
Few things to note:
— be specific when you order. If you want the dinner portion tell your waitress. I wasn’t specific so I ended up paying $ 20 for two lunch plates I thought we had but in fact we didn’t — they ended up being dinner portions.
— This is definitely a fast lunch spot for sure so if time is tight for lunch don’t worry. You can come in, eat, and pay within 30 minutes tops!
— Take a look at the goods being sold around the register. I saw some tagalongs Girl Scout cookies even when it’s not cookie season.

I drive 18 miles for there Noodle Soup. Its fantastic

Not many Chinese restaurants on the southeast part of San Antonio but Las Chinitas is the place for Curry Chicken. Great food and awesome wait staff! This place provides great customer service, always friendly.

Pretty interesting menu mix of Asian/​Mexican and usually all done very well. My wife and I go there a lot and usually we will get either the noodle soup or mushroom egg foo young. Have Sunshine wait on you, she has been there years and is very entertaining. The hot tip is to try to get The kitchen to sell you some of the good stuff that they are making in the back for the the Asian people who own the place it’s always awesome. I wish it put some of that on their menu

They focus on Chinese food and offer Mexican food in a section of the menu. I had the Friday special– Kung pao beef with fried rice and hot/​sour soup. My meal was only $ 4.99! The exterior of the building is grungy and is typical for the neighborhood. Inside is clean though and we were seated immediately. It seems like they have loyalty with locals, which means a lot. I would rather have less onions or more beef on my plate.

I’ve been going to this restaurant since before I was even born. The Mexican and Chinese are both very good with lots of variety. The staff is usually pretty friendly. TIP WELL:)

This is one of the best Chinese restaurant in SA. The Mongolian beef is one of my fav.

I can’t really find a lot of good Chinese restaurants in SA, but I love this one. I used to go a lot when I worked at Brooks City-​base. When I found a job all the way across town, it was kinda inaccessible. I happened to be in that area yesterday, because I was craving La Chinita’s. I didn’t call ahead, but the service was so fast, and the food was still good! The fried rice was not greasy at all, and the sweet and sour pork was not too saucy, because they put the sauce on the side. Whenever I go back to that part of town, I’ll go there again.
This time I’ll remember to call ahead, promise!

The food is really good here & if you come hungry, you won’t be disappointed. They are very generous with their portions and the wait staff is good too.
I look forward to coming back to try some of their other dishes. So far I’ve had the Chicken w/​black bean sauce & Sweet and sour chicken. Both were great. My husband loves their orange chicken.

We stopped here just for some quick Chinese food and to try out another small place (We’re always hoping to find a new favorite local business owner to support!) I ordered a simple beef fried rice, which was a two star order and I would have preferred from Panda Express. I actually gave most of the beef to my cocker spaniel — He eats like a king! The rice was very dry and bland. My spouse ordered orange chicken. He said it was ok, but then again he didn’t eat it so I don’t know how descriptive he was being when he said «ok.» We’d probably stope there again in a rush, that’s why I have it two stars, but if I remember not to go it’s only a little further drive down Goliad for decent Thai instead!

This a great little local business run by a sweet old Asian lady who I can only assume is «La Chinita». It’s heartening to see the uptight PC police hasn’t completely brainwashed everyone yet and done people are still allowed to have a sense of humor.
As far the food goes, they have great lunch and dinner specials in good portions to satisfy your every Chinese craving. The combination dinner special is especially a good deal since you can get quite the satisfying variety of food in your combination.