China King

This is the best fast-​food Chinese place I’ve ever been to. I’ve tried plenty others and none of them have compared. Their food always comes out super fresh and in large portions for a great affordable price. They definitely have the best egg drop soup and made-​from-​scratch crab rangoons I’ve had in Nashville so far. This is the ONLY Chinese place I will go to again!

Best «fast food Chinese» takeout in the area. I like that they let us customize our order and got it right! My husband got General Tso Chicken with no broccoli. I got the chicken and vegetables, but changed my sauce! (I love the unbreaded chicken and veggies but not a fan of brown sauce) I would choose takeout over dining in for sure.

I used to only call China King for delivery but the last two times they can’t deliver because they don’t have any drivers! There’s nothing worse than being ready to eat Chinese and they turn you down!!!

This is the third Chinese place that I have tried out since I moved here from Knoxville, as previously stated the place is small as are most Chinese resturaunts are so no big surprise there. I ordered Hunan beef, my fiancé tried out Mongolian beef, and we both got eggrolls. mine was a little bland but still good and my fiances Mongolian beef was awesome. the eggrolls were also pretty good, we will be going back as it is better than the other two places we have tried out.

Because we have been LOVING No. 1 Chinese we thought it was only fair to try China King. We got our usual stuff… Crab Rangoon, Dumplings, PuPu Platter and General Gao Chicken… not impressed by any of it, really.
We’ll go back to our regular place next time.

«Hello. China King.»
Those are the words I here at least twice a month when I call to place my usual order.
Low Mein, Hot and Sour Soup, and Crab Rangoon!
«10 minute.»
Love this place!

FOOD: Three stars.
ATMOSPHERE: One star.
This is definitely a place you order for delivery, or go in for take-​out. In the Lennox Hill/“Brentioch” area, we chose this place when the Japanese café next door was closed.
It’s just not a very nice to sit and eat. They don’t seem to have A/​C (there was some type of rolling A/​C) device on the floor), so it was really hot. We did sit and eat, though as we were so tired. It was very hot.
Our table wasn’t level, and we were served with all-​styrofoam cups and plates and plastic cutlery– very NYC pizzaria. Our waitress brought two diet Coke bottles out. I had to ask for two cups with ice. Then I had to ask for two straws. This was ridiculous.
Everything was clean, and she was friendly, but she didn’t have an apron on or anything and was dressed kind of crazy for working in a restaurant– striped shirt, pants, black socks, baseball hat. Just wearing an apron would be more professional, at least.
That being said, our two orders of Cashew Nut Chickew w/​eggroll were hot and delicious. They seemed to be taking a lot of delivery orders as well.
She was extremely friendly and walked us to the door, giving us menus as we left.
I’ve worked in the food industry a long time before, and I’ve never understood why a business will attempt to do a dining room without following through all the way and fully committing to present themselves well.
COMMIT! Get the A/​C fixed, put a uniform or apron on the hostess, water the plant, get some real plates and glasses: are you doing dine-​in business or not?
I would come back for take-​out. Some of the better Asian food I’ve had in TN, I’ll give them that.
And please water that plant at the entrance!

When moving to the «Brentioch» area China King was the first Chinese restaurant I called for delivery… and since it has been the ONLY place I’ve called for Chinese!
Best sweet & sour chicken I’ve had in Nashville, yet.
Their delivery always arrives in a timely manor. They give you a large helping of food, in sturdy & reusable containers. You get good food, on time & Tupperware! What else could you ask for?

This place is tough to review so I’ll just list the pros and cons and let you decide.
Cons:
–This place is filthy. Tables were very sticky, the fabric on all the chairs was stained, fingerprints lined the doors and walls and the floors looked like they hadn’t been mopped in months. (However, the kitchen didn’t look too bad.)
–The sesame chicken I ordered was a little over fried– almost chewy and only came with 4, maybe 5 broccoli spears.
Pros:
–My food was HOT. The food was still steaming when I got home.
–It was ready relatively quickly.
–It was relatively priced ($ 9) for enough for me to make two meals out of.
–The lady working the front desk was very friendly.
–Several other people were waiting for their food with me on a Thursday evening, so it must be pretty good.
–They are open late.
–I don’t have food poisoning.
Bottom line, if you want some cheap, decent Chinese, go for it. But, don’t take your girlfriend here for a nice dinner. Try Southside next door instead.

China King packs in the business and has decent food. This restaurant should really be more of a 3 star rating, but service and operational issues bring this down to mediocre levels.
On two different days we’ve called our order in and have been told the food would be ready in 15 – 20 minutes. On both occasions, after arriving at the specified time, we were greeted by an understaffed restaurant that would not even acknowledge our presence. The lady working the front desk is so concerned with fielding call after call that she does that at the exclusion of those patrons waiting to pick up their food. You literally have to interrupt her to get service. The unfortunate result of these operational issues has been food that is lukewarm from sitting in the take out window too long.
It’s always frustrating to see a business that has potential be brought done by inefficiency and common sense practices.

I love their hot and sour soup. The are very nice and they deliver.