China Town

Mall Chinese food doesn’t really qualify as real Chinese food by any means. But it helps when you’re hungry and spending all day walking around the mall.
However, China Town is probably the worst mall Chinese food I’ve tried. I wouldn’t recommend coming here at all!
Somerset lacks any type of snack options. Their food court is always crowded but the options are far and few between. They’d do great with a pretzel place for a quick snack. But that’s my personal option.
Anyways, back to China Town. There is a language barrier among employees and customers that in turn means you may be getting something other than what you ordered. Be careful! I recently ordered a combination plate that came with an egg roll and rice (it costs about $ 6.50) and all I got was my meat choice and rice. The employee helping me almost didn’t give me rice at all until I said something. As for the egg roll, the employee didn’t seem to care that they forgot about it. Rude.
My sister ordered the same combination plate as me and her price was much less than the advertised price. I was behind her in line, ordered the same thing, and the cashier tried charging me $ 8! Finally I said something. It seems like the employees make up the prices as they go and don’t seem to care if they overcharge you.
As for the quality of food, leave your exceptions pretty low. The chicken lacks flavor and is often times fatty and lukewarm. The rice is nothing special. PF Changs is on the other side of the mall so if you have the time and money, I’d recommend this as your Chinese option at Somerset.
The only plus is that they let you use your credit card.

Bad service and rude employee. Should ask first what they want and listen instead of having a conversation with the other employee.

Their chicken is FAKE! Below all the bread and sauce is nothing but chicken fat, their beef taste like ur eating cardboard!
My expectations weren’t set high coming in, but they still managed to disappoint.

Horrible customer service. I have been coming here for 5 years but can’t stand their rudeness anymore. They are always out of things and the amount that they serve is just ridiculous and when you ask him to give you the good amount they say you have to pay extra. The three ladies have been there for years and their attitudes keeps getting worse and worse. I would have fired them if I were the owner

Worst mall Chinese food ever. Chewy chicken and beef. Where is the real chicken. Noodles slimy with no flavor. Only word from staff.“what kind of drink.” Fortune cookies are extra at 10 cents each.

Most pathetic Chinese food ever had. I understand it’s a mall restaurant but really bad food. Chicken spring rolls were not cooked from inside. Never eating from this place again.

I realize this is ‘food court’ Chinese, which is a far cry from ‘authentic’ ‘corporate’ or ‘side of the road’ Chinese. However, even for ‘food court’ Chinese, it was below average. The first thing you will notice is that it is the cheapest place around in the food court, and the food looks like you would expect.
The next thing you will experience is that the workers are always annoyed, rush you to make a choice at the beginning of the counter (when you’ve barely been able to look at anything), and really aren’t nice at all. No smiles, just annoyance with what I attribute to people (understandably) not knowing what they want, teen aged kids taking too many napkins and soy sauce packets, and possibly the life of working at Somerset in general.
So big deal, the 2 minutes of service wasn’t great. Well, that would be forgivable if the food was even decent, but it’s not, at all. The chicken has chunks of fat, and the beef is very low quality, again– even for food court Chinese. I struggled to eat it. If you order rice or anything non-​meat, you might be ok. I have eaten here several times with the same result, and frankly, I don’t know what I was thinking.
Have very low expectations and this will work out for you. I gave 2 stars because it’s a ‘value’ compared to everything else in the food court.

I had a good dinner there last Friday night. It was not gourmet Chinese but it tasted good and I was not sleepy an hour later. The only problem was that there were no egg rolls available. When I inquired, they said they will be right up. After what seemed like five minutes, but probably wasn’t quite that long, No egg rolls. I asked them to substitute a spring roll and they did. It was a bit smaller than an egg roll but tasted good.

I’ve been here a few times over the years, and normally I’d give them ³⁄₅ stars, but today wasn’t that great.
First off — prices are fair. It’s about $ 6.39 for a 2-​meat plate, and I got orange chicken and chicken with mushrooms. You can also ask for a cup of water rather than buying a drink, but it’s a SMALL cup of water.
They have white rice too if you don’t want the fried rice.
Today, though, the chicken with mushrooms were pooling in oil, and the orange chicken was crunchy and didn’t taste great … I now have a headache. I only ate about half my plate, and I don’t think I will be coming here again.
Somerset should get a Panda Express! I know China Town has been here forever, though.

Very poor costumer service. One of the women took my order while she was on her cell phone. The chicken is too sweet. There really isn’t a difference between the sesame chicken and the general tao chicken. Also I asked for a bigger cup of water and I insisted to pay extra, but she had to be rude, probably because I was interrupting her conversation on the phone. This place is a joke as well as the service. Quite frankly a soup kitchen has better service than China Town. This place is an insult to Chinese.

China Town is an acceptable substitute for mostly any other mall Chinese restaurant. Although not the best (see: Panda Express) it provides exactly what you’d want if mall Chinese is what your heart desires.
The environment either works for or against this establishment depending what you are into. If being surrounded by old people and teenage girls at the same time gets your rocks off, then this place is for you. If not, consider taking it to go and eating alone in one of the darker corners of the mall.

Have been there numerous times. Food is always good. Beats all the surrounding food court restaurants. 2 meat choices and fried rice or noodles for a little over $ 6. Get the to go plate for maximized portions: D

There is «Restaurant Chinese «and there is «Food court Chinese «2 different worlds .
So, China town (food court Chinese) was alright, got the general Tso with fried rice and egg roll, =s $ 6.14,
Portion size — Basically a family picnic throw away plate with the 3 sections, main course and two side items, in my opinion another scoop of rice and a couple more chicken pieces would been more Portionly expected.
Taste — for food court food is wasn’t bad, I was surprised the General Tso actually had some spice, mild but noticed. o. k breading and the chicken size… well, I like em big, and these were not.
Fried rice — had peas and carrots in it. a very off white color and kinda of bland. I had to put a little soy sauce to help it out with flavor.
Egg Roll — Almost had that «Traditional «egg Roll taste (and Look) but with a hint of Spring roll in it. again… It was «o.k.
Now the wife got the Sesame chicken and lo Mien, The lo mien was no where near what Lo mien should be, it was The New York style (thick Noodle) it to was bland and The Sesame chicken was more like Orange chicken, It had a orange, BBQ sauce, Asian flair flavor.
So, we tried it and now we move on, Thou we don’t go to this mall very often we probably wont miss this place.

I thought I would write a review «update» from Christopher B.‘s first review of this place almost three years ago.
Unlike Christopher, I am giving this place my 5-​star rating with the knowledge that I am NOT rating gourmet Chinese food. The food is pre-​cooked, you point at what you want, they scoop two maybe three (if you’re lucky, maybe four!) scoops of whatever it is you pointed to, they put it on a tray, you «slide it down» to the cashier, you pay for your food and PRESTO! you are ready to enjoy a plate of Chinese food in under two minutes!
In my opinion, the best thing about this place is the CONSISTENT QUALITY of their food. I ALWAYS drop by China Town and get some Teriyaki Chicken and some «Hot» Chicken with their fried rice. Every single time I do, the flavor of the food is always as I remember it to be from the last time I ate here.
My *minor* issue with this place is the food portion. The servers «guesstimate» how much food is in your plate so sometimes you get more, sometimes you get less. Is it really a big deal though? I mean I can get TWO dishes with my fried rice CHEAPER than the cost of a Market Fresh Combo at Arby’s! You figure it out!
Needless to say, if I am doing some shopping and you find me at Somerset’s Food Court, chances are I am eating food from China Town.
BTW, they now accept credit and debit cards Christopher! :)

This is a review for shopping mall food court Chinese food. You’ve gotta come into this fully aware that we’re talking in terms of these kinds of places and not food-​dom as a whole.
With that said, this is one of my favorite places. It’s cheap, and it’s greasy, but you get a lot and it tastes pretty good. When your other choices are an overgrown salad bar, a too-​long-​sitting «traditional» food counter, a terrible deli, Zoup and Sbarro’s, this is a welcome respite.
It’s going to help to eye the food, and see what’s fresh and what isn’t, but they get enough traffic to keep most dishes turned over pretty regularly.
Don’t go expecting conversation, the workers there barely speak English. And don’t go expecting to use any kind of plastic, it’s cash only. And a large drink? It is a very, very large drink. Save your coin and get a medium or a small, unless you REALLY want to fill up the tank.
Overall, it’s not a bad place to stop at. For cheap mall Chinese, it hits the spot. Just don’t go expecting gourmet cuisine.