China Inn Restaurant

Went in for lunch. Everything came out hot and was plated beautifully. Staff were all very friendly and on top of service. Bathroom was also clean. I would return and try something else from the menu. We had sesame chicken and sweet sour chicken along with some egg drop soup that was well flavored and had chicken chunks.

Really good, quality food! I like to keep it simple & go with the sweet & sour chicken! It's nice that it's not overly salty like so many other places! It's a little pricy but worth it- the servings are huge & easily 2 meals.

Hadn't eaten here in quite some time and was honestly very disappointed in the food. Ordered hot and sour soup which was ok. Entrees were Happy Family and Hong Sue Har Kew. Happy family was so salty and the broccoli was still raw. The Hong Sue Har Kew was sickeningly sweet. The only thing that we enjoyed was the fried calamari appetizer. Service, however, was excellent. Doubtful we will ever return.

Egg rolls had the appearance and taste of a commercially prepared frozen product. The vegetarian fried rice was tasty. A large quantity was provided.

I often order Moo Shu as it is largely sautéed cabbage so, in my mind, relatively healthy. Here it was so thickly covered in a very thick sweet sauce as to be inedible. Plenty of sugar and, I’m guessing, even a large hit of MSG. Disappointing as the people were friendly and the place, waited while my order was prepared, was pleasant.

Food started out great, so I became an immediate fan. The rice was always fresh and didn't not have that reheated/reused texture. However, the last time I order from here the food was awful! Nothing seemed fresh and everything had an off taste. I spent over $50 for garbage. The dining atmosphere is very dated, which makes me wonder how sanitary the kitchen is; the prices are on the high end but you get rather large portions.

We had a table with 19 people. The waiter staff were fabulous! No mistakes in orders. Everything was done in a very timely manner. There were a lot of people in the group who had never been there who I am sure will be returning. Thank you all for a memorable going away party for me! BEST Chinese food in Wichita!!!

Dinner was fabulous. I was invited to celebrate a friend's birthday. She was turning 72 yrs young.

I ordered the combination fried rice. It was delicious. The portion was huge! Now I know why it stayed in business for so long!

Food was awesome, I had the Chicken chop suey combo plate, Tim had the beef fried rice. Ambience was nice , service was perfect. Enjoyable Thursday date night 12/11/24 We Recommend!

I don't know if you remember Alberts or not but this business is the next best thing to it. The food is awesome hot and delicious great portions, the one dish I recommend is the chicken chow mein sub gum. Their appetizer plate is something I would highly recommend.They make their own sauce's there hot mustard is the bomb. The service is off the wall great and very friendly . Very clean and nice.

So disappointed. This place used to be decent. Crab Rangoon greasy and stale. Chicken in the chicken chow mein was so tough and chewy. Fried rice tasted strange. Egg roll greasy. Hot and Sour soup was neither (and served cold). Will cross this off the list.

We had a Birthday party for my 95 yr old Mother Aug 3. China Inn did a fantastic job of providing a pleasant area for 18 of us. Food was hot and delicious! Judy and Amanda went up and beyond with great customer service!! Highly recommend this restaurant!

I recommend the lo mein (although it does have bamboo shoots and mushrooms which I'm not used to, wasn't bad though) and the crab rangoons (it has the green bits in it for extra flavor). The sweet and sour shrimp is perfectly fried and crispy, so yummy! House special shrimp is also delicious! I would recommend getting white rice as a side rather than fried, because I think the fried rice is not as special unless you get it as a whole dish (just from experience at other restaurants, have yet to try it here). I absolutely do not recommend the chow mein because it has those crispy noodle toppings you use for salad instead of actual noodles?? I don't know why they do that, but I don't like it at all. The dish itself would be so delicious if it had real noodles. The flavor is really good, but the crispy things - I have never seen that done. They give you an almond cookie AND a fortune cookie after you're done with your meal. That's funny. Another note - they give you this orange marmalade looking sauce when you order fried things I think. I wish they had the typical sweet and sour sauce you see at American Chinese restaurants. Love that sauce! The eggroll was only alright. I've had better fresher ingredients.

Love the food at China Inn. Hunan beef and crispy orange beef are our favorites. Service is great.

Excellent food with big portions! Their fried rice and egg rolls were so good that they actually got my picky 9 year-old to try Asian food AND HE LIKED IT!!! Believe me, this is no small feat and I'll DEFINITELY be taking my kids back here again.

We needed up getting really bad Food poisoning. I don't know what it was but it just didn't sit well. We felt bad all night.

Poor customer service, lackluster food, not as many options as i would like. Worst of all the fried rice was not good.

Service was great. Love the Seasme Chicken, Garlic Chicken and Sweet & Sour Chicken. Don't miss the lunch with egg roll and egg flour soup!

Geez I don't know why I did this to myself. Insanity. Thinking they would have improved. Poor quality food. I think they have jars of store bought sauces on their shelves. Horrible. Food not seasoned well and expensive at that. Then they add 15% gratuities for take out. I'm good on this restaurant and I saw a used needle by the front door.

Abundant variety chicken and beef dishes. Rice is superb. Orders are filled quickly and efficiently. Dine in or carry out!

Yelp menu is wrong, I love general tsos which is on their yelp menu but they didn't have it. Told me sesame chicken is the same thing. I have eaten hundreds of different general tsos so I tried it. It is in fact not the same thing. NOT spicy, tastes completely different and frankly upset as I feel lied two twice. Only thing preventing this from being one star was the serving size. Advice: CALL

This restaurant is very clean. The food is very good and fresh. My husband always gets chicken chow mein combo which is very good. I usually get the Almond Chicken and egg rolls, delicious! Nice waiters. i highly recommend!!

This location is very knowledgeable about their menu, and serves amazing food (highly recommend Kung Pao Chicken and Egg Drop Soup). Prices are reasonable. Full glass windows near the front and sides of the building allow adequate lighting to come in (not dark inside). If you are a local or just someone driving through Wichita, stop here to get a bite. In my opinion, this place deserves ranked among the top places in Wichita to get Chinese. :)

Lunch menu is a lovely deal.. I chose off their lunch combo. Three times I've received the Generous portion of perfectly crispy sweet and sour pork, egg drop or sweet and sour soup, egg roll and my choice of white rice or their soy sauce rice. You may need extra time as they are generally busy but worth it!

Im giving a generous three stars. Ordered kungpow delight lunch portion. Egg drop soup was meh... not too much flavor, contained cut up baby corn. Egg roll was very good. The delight is to have chicken and shrimp, mine came only with three overcooked shrimp, no chicken. I didn't care much as Im not a huge chicken fan. The sauce -and veggies were great, but the rice dry and disgusting.

My favorite Chinese restaurant, never had anything from here that I didn't like. This time I ordered their combination fried rice, their lo mein is amazing!

The greeter was rude, the food was horrible. The the sauce canisters were dirty. The waitress was the only nice part of the visit.

Read most of my reviews of Chinese restaurants and you'll see a lot the same ho-hum meat-veggie-sauce rhetoric that I espouse to fill up space and make it seem like I'm not completely ambivalent. I was fully expecting China Inn to be another one of these kind of places, which is why I've put off visiting for four years. Joke's on me, because after finally stopping in, I'm surprised to find a Chinese restaurant that's doing something more than the absolute minimum. In my effort to try as many different things as possible, I convinced my date to try the family meal with me, and my interest was piqued from the moment I was given my wonton soup: it was seasoned! The dumplings weren't just filled with little pieces of pieces of mystery meat, but large pieces of pork! With additional pieces of pork just kind of chilling out in the broth! It was perhaps the best version of the soup I've ever had, if only because it wasn't the same. There was effort here. Along with soup, the family dinner came with sample size portions of spare ribs, tender but in a sickly sweet sauce, a decent egg roll, and an average "puffy" (tempura fried) shrimp. The attempts at differentiation continued with the main courses: the pepper beef and sweet and sour pork. It tasted like they started with actual cuts of meat, which worked fine for the beef, though it was rough going with the pork, which was much chewier than was enjoyable. Compounding issues was the sauce, which was much more sweet than sour, although brownie points went to the large chunks of pineapple and actual cuts of cabbage used to provide a little bit of contrast in flavors and textures. When asked if I wanted fried or steamed rice, I opted for one of each, expecting the fried rice to be greasy. What I got instead was a dark, rich, and not-at-all-greasy rendition that was another surprising success. The dinner ended with a complimentary almond cookie. China Inn is not your run-of-the-mill Chinese restaurant that's just serving the Americanized Chinese food that the Great Walls of the city are churning out; it's making attempts to make this food taste good through the use of better ingredients and going above and beyond the bare minimum. Like the lounge singer crooning the classics in China Inn's lounge on Saturday night, it's not great, but it's better than okay.

I have driven by this place but never tried it before. I went there last night and it was nice, clean and good food. The service was great. You can tell by the taste of the food they are using quality ingredients. I will go back again.

Been wanting to try this place for awhile and used my Dr's appt as an excuse to finally try it!! As usual, I reviewed them Online and read their Menu before going. I prefer that, in case it's busy, Well, when I entered the building that has 2 Specials with 'Spicy' Garlic Chicken and a 'Spicy' Sesame Chicken Luncheon Specials for $6.95. Decor is very Modern Asian! So when my Server 'Kim' arrived I asked her the difference between the 2 and also asked about their 'Kung Pao' Chicken. None of them had my favorite Zucchini / Squash veggies -- but the Garlic Chicken had Onion, Carrots, Pea Pods and Red Bell Pepper -- so I chose that one! The Luncheon Special comes with Soup, Rice and an Egg Roll.. So Kim offered me a choice between 'Egg Flour' and 'Hot and Sour' Soups -- she described both and I chose the 'Egg Flour'. Which had some actual Chicken, Veggies and Egg. Seasoned very well -- I loved it!! When she presented my Lunch -- it was BEAUTIFUL!! The Egg Roll was cut into 1/3's -- which I appreciated. She also brought to the table a Peachy Sweet and Sour Sour and a Wasabi Mustard (great for Egg Roll Dipping). The rice wasn't much more than a steamed rice with some soy sauce. But that's okay -- that's my preference!! I ordered a Long Island Iced Tea -- which was $6.95. I had just had a bunch of medical tests, where they probed areas in my body that I wasn't too happy about -- so I felt justified!! And it was good, Lemony and not overwhelming! Anyway, I highly recommend this Restaurant. And I will be going back anytime I have Medical Stuff happening!!

We stumbled on this place by accident about 9 pm on saturday night. There was pleasant live music, the food was fresh and tasty, the service excellent. To top it all off the prices are very reasonable. I highly recommend.

A must try if you like and have been looking for old school Chinese. Fantastic homemade food and even the sauces on table (duck sauce and hot mustard) were awesome . Great place to have a nice relaxing dinner with singer in back ground in f/s PM's. Thank you Yelpers for helping me find this place-will definitely be back.

Nice atmosphere but food provided enough sodium to last a week. So much so it was difficult to taste anything else. The almond cookie had no flavor to it. Drinks were never refilled. We had high hopes for this restaurant as there's few choices for Cantonese dining in Wichita but this one just doesn't cut it.

I give China Inn 4 stars for the following reasons below: Pros - Amazing STEAMED DUMPLINGS for appetizer (very fresh) - CHICKEN WITH ORANGE FLAVOR had a great flavor and crunch - KUNG PAO SHRIMP had a good spice to it - Big Portions - Very clean and well decorated establishment Cons - EGG DROP SOUP was too salty - KUNG PAO CHICKEN was okay (for some reason, the shrimp tasted way better even though they were on the same dish) - Fake Jellyfishes :) Overall, I enjoyed my first time here. Will definitely go back when I'm craving good Chinese food.

This is my wife and I's FAVORITE Chinese Restaurant in the City of Wichita. We have been customers of this restaurant for at least 20 years, and go back there on a weekly basis. Our children love to eat there as well. I highly recommend the Egg Drop Soup, anything with a sweet and sour sauce on it, Kung Pu Chicken, Kung Pu Shrimp, Sesame Chicken & Sesame Shrimp. You cannot go wrong with anything that you order there. Roger Falk

My son and I ate here Jan 2, 2017 and thoroughly enjoyed our meals. We both had the fried rice, he had the sweet and sour chicken, and I had the Kung Pao chicken. For $10 each, the meals were good sized portions and neither of us left hungry. The service was a little slow at opening, but picked up after they'd gotten everything in order... The restaurant was clean, well lit, and quiet... Highly recommend trying China Inn if you're looking for a nice quiet dining experience.

This is my go to place for American- Chinese food in Wichita. I moved to the west side but still make the drive out east to go here. Their building is small but spacious and includes a full bar. They keep it very neat inside. China Inn makes amazing crab rangoon that they serve with a special plum sauce (no sweet and sour sauce available here, but you won't miss it!) I almost always get the sesame chicken and it never disappoints. I really like their fried rice, too. The servers are super fast and very friendly; my glass is never empty...or even half empty! My meal always comes out quick, fresh, and hot. Huge portions at a good price-- a typical dinner serving will feed my boyfriend and me and still leave me leftovers for lunch the next day! In slightly smaller portions, they serve daily lunch specials that include entree, soup, and egg roll for under $8.

Excellent Chinese food! I usually get the Garlic Chicken, my wife likes the Sweet/Sour chicken, and we both love the Crab Rangoon. Good sized portions, too. I took a former co-worker & his wife there, and he was impressed, too.

Some dishes are great like the sweet and sour dishes. But others not so much because the leave their meat in huge pieces. Not very pleasant.

Best chicken fried rice in town !! Just say no chives lol , and they give you a lot when u get it to go !

Good Chinese can be a hit and miss proposition. Took a shot at China Inn and ordered some Pork Lo Mein and some ChickenFried Rice to go. The egg rolls were extremely over-cooked. Normally you'd expect them to have a kind of light-brown type of look (like in the picture on their yelp page), but these were nearly black and the flavor was, unsurprisingly, that of a burned egg-roll. The Pork Lo Mein looked like is was made with Fettuccini noodles and was not appetizing in the least. Chicken Fried rice seemed to have been made with a bottle of soy sauce or something, It was...was just not good. It all went into the trash as soon as I got home. You win some and you lose some. Too bad, was craving Chinese today, but didn't happen here. Hopefully there are better places elsewhere cause this was pretty bad.

Food is really good .. Nicely laid out restaurant, time to get our order could have quicker and a little more friendly service, appears staff is short handed so understandable waitress is a little under stress . I would definitely give the service another chance given the circumstances

I ate here with my dad while in town from Texas attending my grandfather's funeral. We came in on a Tuesday night around 6:45. We were promptly greeted and seated. I ordered a number 1 and my dad ordered a sesame chicken. We also ordered hot and sour and egg drop soups. My dad ordered a tea and I had water. The hot and sour soup was a bit on the tangy side but good. My meal was excellent. I loved the beef chow mein. It was a little sweet as compared to others I've had but still good. My dad enjoyed the sesame chicken. Our bill was $33. Service was excellent. I would definitely return.

Great lunch specials, pretty decent location and ambience. They have live music on the weekends and as far as American Chinese food goes, it's pretty solid stuff at a reasonable price. I always get the sweet and sour chicken and have never been disappointed.

The best place in Wichita great service and very friendly I will always keep coming back here

:{{ Sauce is weak and no flavor. Fried rice was hard and no flavor. They charge for every cup of Hot Tea?? Spicy means hot right!?

Not good. Lady hung up on the phone when I called to place the order the first time. Called back and when she took the order she was impolite. Ordered the Garlic Chicken - extra spicy, a dish seemingly easy dish. Got there and although they weren't busy the lady (owner?) was again not too polite. Somehow they missed the mark on all of it. Not spicy or garlicky and the vegetables were overcooked and mushy. The breading was soggy and mostly falling off the chicken. The chicken itself was oddly dry and stringy. The rice I ordered as fried rice and got steamed. The egg flower soup was like a cross between watery egg drop soup and chicken vegetable soup. Not great. The one positive is the decor, inside was clean and classy. Too bad the food is not good or would be a good spot for a date.

Yummy totally recommend the steamed dumplings oh my and wonderful service will be visiting here again

So so. Veggies were mushy and over cooked. Very few shrimp in the dish. Carried out the meal, waited a long time for the lady to bring my order out.

For Chinese - this is the freshest, most reasonably priced place. Cool remodel from an old gasoline station. The Tangerine Beef, shrimp related meals and everything we've ordered always had leftovers and were fantastic! Service is way above par. My tea never goes less than 3/4ths full! Great good, pass the word. This is definitely a #1 for Yelp in my book.

This absolutely positively was one of the best Chinese restaurants I have ever eaten at and I have eaten at a lot of restaurants in a lot of different places the food was served family style with more than enough to go around

This place is rarely busy but has fresh food. . The best thing I love about here is the Orange Beef and the Sesame Chicken . Orange beef is just awesome, sometimes it just seems that you get more or less than other times, like its never the same size portion. But always good.

We go here for dinner (carry out really). I don't know how they stay in business because they're never busy. Everything has always been fantastic. Some of the best chicken fried rice in town.

Don't eat here if you are concerned about hygiene. My to go cup was given to me filled with the straw in it. You could tell it had been re-used...that's just nasty!!!

We really like this place, food is always very fresh tasting. Sesame chicken is wonderful, and we are trying the lo mein tonight. Highly recommend!

Worst service ever. Our server told us that we had egg rolls included with our meal, then later told us "oops sorry they don't" when we didn't receive them and just walked off rather than offering to sell them to us. she never checked on us nor refilled our waters. Also they had a wine list included in their menu which clearly stated a price per glass but when I asked for a glass of wine they had an entirely different wine menu with not only higher prices, but less wine by the glass! And please note they have a children's menu but don't serve milk. Our server offered the children Pepsi products. The food was ok at best but compared to the service we will never go back. Ever.