China House

Very big portions for a very low price. Not much that makes it stand out from other Chinese cuisine on campus. Limited seating inside so defiantly have a back up place in mind if you planned on dining in.
⁴⁄₅ because it’s nothing too special and $.50 for using a card.

Exactly what you think it is.
Bargain chinese food on Temple campus. Their wonton soup is FIREEEEE!!!
Dumplings are quality too – their Chicken is a little sketch, that’s my only complaint.
The delivery takes a minute too, but for what it is, they always come correct.
Eat this chinese food at temple. Not Temple Star. Or Maple Star. Screw Them.
China House FTW.

I am being very generous with these two stars. Not only did it take over an hour to deliver my food the delivery driver tried to get more money quoting a price higher than what I was called it over the phone the food is cold like its been sitting for ever & the people working are extremely rude

Right on Broad and Cecil B. Moore is China House. At first I heard pretty bad reviews about this place, so I decided to stay clear. But after deciding to go out of pure curiosity. I have to say it’s pretty good.
Ambiance: Not really a place to go for a date, or to sit down at all. The aesthetic is definitely not to please, more of a get your food and leave kind of deal. Definitely just a take out spot.
Staff: They aren’t really looking for conversation, again it’s more of a get your food and go, kind of deal. Very straightforward.
Food: Pretty average Chinese food. They have lunch specials for great portions under 6. And all their food has great portions as well as cheap prices.
Overall: It’s definitely the place to go if you’re craving Chinese food. It gets the job done in a fast amount of time.
Tips:
* They just started taking cards however the total must be at least $ 8.00 or more. Bringing cash is definitely recommend though. There is a ⁷⁄₁₁ across the street where you can get cash back, as well as a Wells Fargo ATM, and a Bank of America really close by.
** Definitely call ahead to order your food.
*** CASH IS DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED !

Good, quick an inexpensive Chinese food if you are near the Temple campus and need a quick lunch! Though the outside might look like typical cheap, greasy Chinese take-​out, step inside: the food tastes very good and is higher quality than you’d have thought! The portions are large — usually enough for two meals. This is one of my go-​to spots when I’m at work near Temple and need a cheap, filling, and enjoyable meal.
I usually order take-​out. Though there are tables inside for eating, the atmosphere is a bit dive-​y so I wouldn’t say it’s much of a destination for a sit-​down lunch. However, it’s clean and conveniently located, so if you are not going for beauty, definitely an option.
Though the staff is not chatty, they are helpful and the service is quick and efficient.
The food has always been warm and all utensils needed are ready to go in the take-​out bag: perfect, easy meal to run back to work with.
I usually get the vermicelli; it’s nicely flavored with good proportions of pasta and meat.

Ew I placed an order over the phone and the guy answering was extremely rude and barking orders at me in an unprofessional manner. I’m a frequent customer and I’ve never experienced disrespect from an employee like that. Whoever is working the phone tonight needs a strict talking too.

THEIR FOOD IS SO ADDICTING! Good food, fast, and cheap! The portion sizes are LARGE!
Their location is perfect because I live around the corner.
The reviews are right, the staff is a little unwelcoming but they do serve a lot of teenagers and college students. so I wouldnt exactly be super excited either.
And considering it’s cheap, to-​go chinese food, it’s not top quality (but I’m okay with that because I still get a hot meal for $ 5!)
I am not a fan of the sesame chicken. so much breading, I don’t even know if there’s any chicken in there. I have had their steamed dumplings, which are so addicting. The boneless spare ribs were good too!

The best general tso’s chicken in the world. I truly believe that this is the best Chinese takeout place ever.

Better than Temple Star. The food was delicious and I got a free iced tea and fortune cookies with my order.

The best General Tso at a Chinese take-​out I have ever had. I’ve never tasted better. The chicken is very tender and the sauce does not over power your taste buds. I’ve constantly recommended the Tso and never have I been given a negative review about it.

Only deserves 1 star because their steam dumplings were disappointing. It was almost as upsetting as opening up a creamy chicken and dumpling soup only to learn that the dumplings are only chunks of dough balls, and that is exactly what China house’s dumplings are like. I’m just happy they didn’t mess up making plain white rice. And the «soy sauce» taste more like garlic sauce that you would dip bread into

Customer service is terrible. No greeting after I greeted first. No smiles. No «you’re welcome» after saying thank you. Food is just alright, nothing special

Extremely disappointed. I ordered BBQ chicken wings with rice last night (which i have ordered before with no problem) and what i received, i believe, is NOT chicken. The «chicken wings» are so odd shaped and small, all it consists of is skin and bone drenched in BBQ sauce. I refused to eat it, getting nauseous at the thought of what it might actually be, and threw it away. I usually frequent this Chinese place because they have pretty good food, but the quality is sometimes inconsistent. This was a waste of $ 5.

This place didn’t impress me at all. Food is simply mediocre:; won ton soup was good, but nothing more than that. And yes, they better lower the prices, not reasonable for such a place at all!!!

Dumplings and sesame chicken were pretty good. My order seemed to take way too long for a Monday night though. The place isn’t much for service or atmosphere (it’s really just a take out only kind of place) but the quantity and quality were surprisingly good.

This is my favorite non Chinatown chinese food anyway, I repeat anywhere. In my travels I compare any takeout beef lo mein and general tso to the food I get from here. The combination of the pricing and the amount of food is a big plus. I have been eating from there since my for almost 10 years and I have not been disappointed in those two dishes.

Four Golden Rules of Chinese Takeout:
1. It better be cheap
2. It better be good, Americanized Chinese food
3. It better be big
4. It better not take long to get here
The General Tso’s was pretty good, but needed some spice. The hot and spicy pork was not hot and spicy, nor did it taste good (PS do not put undercooked chunks of stringy celery in the stir fry). I’m a connoisseur of egg drop wonton soup, and this one was mid-​grade.
The prices are what I consider to be standard for PHL, and the serving sizes were quite large. My biggest gripe was the delivery. I live six blocks South of this place and it took them an hour and fifteen minutes on a Tuesday night. The driver was very nice, but by the time he got here, the food was pretty cold and my mood had dampened… as you can see by this review, it has not improved.

«Inconsistency» sums up China House, and, boy, is it aggravating. How can the staff deliver crisp nuggets of juiced-​up white meat in a spicy sweet sizzling sauce one minute and churn out dry chunks of chicken gristle in lukewarm re-​heated sludge the next? These schizophrenic shifts in quality are simply maddening and, in the end, just too much to deal with, recognizing the four other take-​outs in a two block adjacency.
Go at peak lunch hours (or shortly thereafter) and you (hopefully) won’t be disappointed. The cooking may even inspire you. Made to order and it’s worth the wait. You might want to order classic pork egg foo young — it’s non-​greasy, loaded with hacks of pork, greens, bean sprouts. It’s delicious covered in the thick and nutty gravy. Or you can stake you claim on the fried dumplings — homemade, plump, evenly seared. Et cetera. The chefs do deliver solid and precise classic take-​out standards
But gamble an order at any other time and you’re pushing your luck, buddy. Maybe the peak lunch hour chef knows how to cook and the others don’t. But, man, the food, especially around dinner, can border on the barely edible. Finding the chicken, or an onion, or a pea, or a carrot, in the chicken fried rice is like searching for the needle in the hay stack. And how can rice this greasy taste so hard and under-​cooked? Same goes with the mei fun — short on the spices and the fixings, heavy on the grease and starch. And the meats, don’t even go there!
Order for evening take-​out and you just wonder whether the food was pre-​made. It sure tastes and looks like it’s been sitting on the counter for much longer than «ten minutes». This cabbage-​filled «pork» egg roll sans pork wasn’t cooked to order, that’s for sure — there’s a stack of them, pre-​wrapped, sitting on a kitchen table. Lord knows for how long.
Bottom line — quality take-​out Chinese classics at lunchtime, pretty gross feed past the lunching hours.

Forget about those other China Houses. Lose that Temple Star take-​out menu. Temple’s China House on Cecil B. is THE Chinese take-​out joint.
I’m sure you, the consumer, are wondering what makes this particular Chinese restaurant – this particular China House – so special. Do they offer anything astoundingly different from the others? No. They just do it really well.
China House is convenient and fast. The General Tso’s chicken, most people’s go-​to, is crispy and well-​sauced. The hot and sour soup, my go-​to as a starter or entrée usually, is appropriately sour and hot, and very chunky. Fried dumplings are delicious. My good friend and former roommate swears by their vegetarian options, particularly the General Tso’s Tofu.
As an added bonus, they’ll often have SEPTA one-​day passes for a dollar off, and even better, they now sell bottles of that ineffable rooster-​branded hot sauce, Sriracha. If you live at, or near, Temple, China House ought to be your go-​to. If only they were open as late as some of those lesser Chinese places, they could truly be top dog.

This place is absolutely crap. I ordered shrimp lo-​mein and it was not tasty whatsoever.
Go to Temple Star or Temple Garden.
The only reason it gets a star is because they have a little section that has signatures from Ace Hood, Ludacris, Raekwon, and Method Man.