China Bowl

5200 NW 43rd St Suite 506, Gainesville
(352) 380-0088

Recent Reviews

Rose Williams

The food from here is ALWAYS good and the service is quick. We love this place.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shrimp with Broccoli, Shrimp or Chicken with Cashew Nuts, Shrimp with Mushrooms

Aaron Burke

Ari was a very kind young man and his professional demeanor was great while we were ordering food at this establishment.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ali M

Ari has such a wonderful personality. Great customer service skills. A great addition to your restaurant. Thank you for making our evening.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Samantha Tisher

so so so delicious i eat here all the

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lunch Special Shrimp Lo Mein

Erick Fausto

Service is terrible young lady in the cash register rude and unprofessional. Just doesn't seem to respect people. Do not recommend either food is nasty and expensive for no reason .

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

Leslie T.

Not open at lunch ? Not even sure if it's a business ? It's in a strip mall that looks like a church ! They really need to at least update their hours if they are open or delete the listing!

Jake j.

All good!! Friendly. Good food. Even have chow fun! Fast service. Clean atmosphere.

Indraneel Bhattacharyya

This place is mainly for picking up food. Food quantity is excellent, taste pretty good and timely prepared.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 4

Don D.

Food is subpar and the restaurant is filthy! We saw bugs near the food! The christmas tree has been up for over a year. There are cobwebs and the plastic barrier erected during Covid if filthy! The chicken is questionable and the coating is hard as a rock. We've attempted to try your food at different times of the day, different days, weeks and a few months. It never improved! I wonder what the kitchen looks like and if the SAFETY INSPECTORS are aware of this! This restaurant needs a complete overhaul, from the food, the chefs and the decor. We've moved on to Volcanic Sushi, just a few doors down from you, they are 5 STAR everything!

Booler House

Solid Chinese food for a good price. The woman who works the day shift is always so nice and friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Michael Brown

Great food decent pricing can’t go wrong with china bowl. Have had the steamed dumplings, house lo mein, chicken stick and general tsaos all were

Food: 5

Mike W.

I normally do not write reviews in a pros and cons manner, but it seems apt for China Bowl, so here we go: Pros: The mooshu pork was actually alright: a lot of fast Chinese-American places can't do mooshu very well and plenty don't even offer it, but China Bowl does and did a decent job on it. They also have a pu-pu platters--even to go! I've not ordered one yet, but they look pretty good and a dude had ordered one when I picked up my own order and said he gets them frequently and they're awesome. The website is attractive and makes ordering easy. Most dishes I've had here are alright--few utterly outstanding, but alright. Cons: The website (see above) however doesn't offer a ballpark estimate even of when the order will be ready. I expected around 15 minutes, drove over there, did some shopping at Publix, and came in expecting my order to be ready only to be told "oh, like in 15 minutes" by the girl at the counter. If that info was on the website, I didn't see it anywhere. There was even an automated email from the website but it only said "order ready ASAP" which tells us basically nothing. A ballpark figure at least would be very helpful. The restaurant's interior is very cluttered, with boxes of goods stacked up on one side of what was intended as their dine-in area and just looks grimy. I understand that this doesn't mean the kitchen is not clean and my room-mates in grad school were all Chinese so I know a lot about Chinese cooking, but it still weirds me out a bit because it's just very poor presentation. If they're moving or something, fine, if it's cleaned up in a month or so, I'll reconsider but as it is now it bothered me. The mooshu pancakes were wrapped in plastic cling-wrap. Not good. That doesn't keep them warm and the plastic could leech chemicals into them. Simple solution there: use tin foil, I mean seriously.

Mary LAMPP

We moved to Gainesville been trying to find a chineese restaurant that is good like the one we liked back home. The food is good but here they put vegtables in there rice but still good. I would recommend them. Excellent Service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Melody Barb

Literally no flavor at all. I got the Chow Fun chicken and it was oily noodles, a few veggies and chicken that did not have ANY seasoning. Very bland and sad.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Melody Gladders

Literally no flavor at all. I got the Chow Fun chicken and it was oily noodles, a few veggies and chicken that did not have ANY seasoning. Very bland and sad.

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