China One

My personal favorite spot for Chinese in St.Paul. Good variety and taste with an exceptional price, especially at the lunch hour. The only recommendation is to class up the interior but if you’re getting delivery I highly suggest it!

We have ordered from them for years. Always fast and good. Consistently good food. My sons love the sesame chicken.

Last night we ordered 41 bucks worth of food from China One and had it delivered. It literally took 2 hours for the food to arrive. When the delivery boy showed up, no apology but he did say ‘it only took me 8 minutes to get here’ and ‘they were short 1 cook’.
After the initial 45 minutes I called and they told me ‘he was on his way’. 25 minutes went by and we called again only to be told it should be there in 10 – 20 minutes. Finally right at the 2 hour mark the food showed up.
When the did did show up the food was cold! I called them and the lady I spoke with was arguing with someone in the background for about 2 – 3 minutes. Asked her what she was talking about and she explained the chow mein to me. Zero apology!
Unfortunately China One has lost me and several others as a customer. Making the food is only one part of it, customer service is the other part.

Just had dinner at China one with Dave and we both loved it. Sampler platter, Kung Paõ Chicken and Cashew Chicken. Great flavor, great price. Ambiance could use a little work, but they do mostly take out so I can’t fault them for that. :)

We tried China One on a whim, after they left a delivery menu in the mailbox. I have to say I’m pleased with the delivery experience.
The menu is wide ranging. We kept to the basics. Our shrimp egg rolls were big and crispy. The kung pao chicken wasn’t overly hot, but did have plenty of fresh veggies and tender chicken breast. The tofu in the garlic tofu was fried up properly, and there were plenty of broccoli, green beans and peppers in the mix, though the overall presentation had a bit too much sauce. Shrimp fried rice did not stint the shrimp, and was properly savory.
Food arrived 30 minutes after ordering, just as promised. We had enough to gorge ourselves for dinner, and still have two generous lunches left over for tomorrow.
I’d order from these guys again, for sure.

Chicken lo mein is some of the best I’ve had in the Twin Cities! Affordable prices and 25 – 35 minute delivery on the busy nights! Friendly service is a nice surprise with any company and China One is one of the best!

You have to fall in a certain demographic, but if you’re a young, single person living in Saint Paul, China One is where it’s at. Great variety of food, tasty, they deliver, they’re consistent, and you get a ton of food for not that much. I really can’t justify going anywhere else.

They have really stepped up their game.
We have been there x3 in the past couple weeks because we’re both far too lazy to cook.
#6 Fried rice an egg roll and egg foo young. Lots of food. Super reasonable price.
Egg rolls
Egg Foo Young– both great and not overly greasy.
Won Ton Soup– quickly becoming a favorite.
Combos come with a lot of food and very reasonably priced! J’s sesame chicken was good, too.
They do deliver! Pick up is about a 10 min wait.

I used to order from them fairly regular, the food quality varied. Cheap food and cheap quality.
Sometimes I got the feeling that the food may be slightly undercooked in order for timely deliveries.
Stopped going to them for food when one of the delivery men acted very inappropriately towards me.

Great prices for their combos. The shrimp fried rice is the best. Their Hunan shrimp, Hunan Beef, and Hunan Chicken are all great dishes. I love their Happy Family. I love their chicken chow fun when they don’t burn it.
The rations are very hearty. The lunch combos can probably feed at least 2 people. We always order their party trays. They have the best prices for large party trays. The prices on them keep going up, but it’s still the best price in town. For around $ 35 you can get a large party tray of most of their non-​sea food stuff. I catered a birthday party once for $ 100 and still had plenty of left overs.
There are 2 things I don’t like. Their egg rolls. It’s more like fried spring rolls and the wrap is too thick. Some people may like that. Their fried fish doesn’t taste that good. It’s soaked with oil and the breading on them doesn’t taste good.
This is strictly a take out place, but they do have a couple tables inside. They have free delivery as well. The ambiance isn’t too pleasing, but I’m able to get in and out quickly. The workers speak broken engrish which can sometime be hard to understand. Parking sucks. I just park in the street whenever I can find a spot or in the Life Track parking lot where I risk my car being towed. There is a parking lot dedicated to the complex, but it’s always full.
I highly recommend this place. It’s 100 times better than Saigon, which is just a few doors down.

The upside: Very large menu, wide variety of combos and make-​your-​own combo is an option (though you need to know ahead of time how this works, and this info is not printed on their take-​away menu). Large portions are the norm, and the prices are low. Some of the dishes are quite good — I can specifically recommend the Singapore Chow Mai and the Beef Chow Fun. The service is reasonably fast, and I’ve only once had them make an error on an order (which they promptly fixed).
The downside: Quality tends to be very middle-​of-​the-​road on most items, and freshness can be a problem. Dishes like Orange Chicken, Sesame Beef and so forth are assembled from heavily breaded chunks of meat that are obviously cooked long in advance and tend to be tough, dry and occasionally turn out to be nothing but lumps of fried batter. The White Sauce (or as I call it, «What Sauce??») as found on Shrimp Chow Mein or Moo Goo Gai Pan seems to be nothing more than thickened salt water with perhaps some garlic added; it is very salty but otherwise bland. They tend to go heavy on the cheapest vegetables (bok choy, onions) and light on the portions of meat.
Overall, you pretty much get what you pay for (…) and there are definitely some tasty, satisfying items on the menu. Find a dish or two that you like, and stick with them. They do have a couple of tables, but the dining-​in experience is very sparse — and in the winter, you’ll freeze to death every time the door is opened. Oddly enough, last two times I was in the place, it seemed that they weren’t running any heat — during wintertime — relying only on the waste heat from the kitchen to keep warm. I’m not sure what that says.

I live like a block and a half away from them, and I love me some Chinese food. So them being this close comes in handy, my sisters lives above me and and I turned her onto this place too! They only deliver sometimes when the total is over 15 and if it ain’t they want to to pay 15 still. Which is some what okay but not if your only getting chicken lo mien, or the sweet and sour meal. They make some great food and i love here it! Would it eat everyday if I could afford it…