China Star

First time here and it was great! Maggie was SO friendly and helpful with my to-go order. Great prices and good food. I’ll be back for sure.

Stopped to pick up carry out over lunch. I ordered online- it was easy and fast. Our order was accurate and food was hot. Egg rolls were smaller than regular egg rolls. The store does have some limited seating. Restrooms in back- one out of order. The lady who took my payment and prepared our order was NOT friendly. She was yelling at me, with frown on her face when I asked her to repeat what she was asking. I’m not hard of hearing, I just didn’t understand her question. She was asking how many sweet and sour sauce I wanted. Her yelling and speaking louder didn’t solve the language barrier between us. It only made me want to leave. I stopped to get three separate orders to deliver to three friends who I thought needed a day brightener. I wasn’t sure I even wanted the food after dealing with this negative women. Maybe she was just having a bad day. I would give 1 start for friendliness 🫤.

Been trying to find the best fried rice in Rochester and I think it’s here!!!

They got my fiancé order completely wrong twice. We asked for chow mein we got a box of sauced vegetables. I spent 60 dollars through DoorDash trying to get the correct order. When we called to try to get it fixed the women who answered was very difficult to understand and basically said we can’t help you. Terrible awful service. Would never recommend to anyone ever. How hard is it to get chow mein right.

Best Chinese I've had in a long time. Owners are so kind- let me place an order to pick up 5 min before they closed. They took their time to prepare my meal and it was perfect! Portions are plentiful, flavor was outstanding, and prices are fair and quite generous. Clean establishment. Great food. Location is convenient, but most importantly the people who prepared my dinner deserve acknowledgement. I'm grateful. Thank you

It’s mostly take home. Very tasty and sweet lady taking orders. Very knowledgeable about food content and allergy.

Amazing food!! It's a bit pricier than other Asian restaurants, however, worth every dollar.

Ordered out and found some type of bug attached to my broccoli lucky i didnt start eating it yet & looked it over. I will NEVER eat here again

Great value large portions and fast I got lunch for our staff 6 people and they got the order correct

I have reviewed China Star (north Rochester by Target) before. We have been getting good food there since before Covid, maybe twice a month. What more is there to say!?

The food was good but maybe not as large selection as other buffets in the area. Service was adequate. The ambiance left a lot to be desired. Older booths, fairly uncomfortable and small tvs at some table which were loud and very annoying.

Horrible food. This place gone down hill. Went there today- Easter- the place was busy food was horrible and rice was rock hard. I order general Tao chicken and it was all breading no chicken at all. The cook was yelling.. never going there again for 15.00 not worth it

Don't waste your money! The egg rolls had really thick hard wraps with no flavor. Pork fried rice had very little pork or veggie in it with no real flavor either. General Tso's had very thick batter so hard to even cut. Mongolian beef had lots of veggies but very little meat. Very disappointed over all.

Pork fried rice and egg roll Ate 5 bites of the rice then threw the rest in the garbage. Egg roll was meh. Both were hot and fresh, though.

China star is so disgusting! I'm sure they know Chinese food doesn't taste the same when warmed up in the microwave after it's been sitting. So why sale it? Nothing like opening a box of chicken soaked in scorching hot thick jelly textured sauce fresh out of the microwave! They also have a habit of over frying the chicken and STILL selling it, looks fresh but hard af. Rice old and hard!

This is a typical Chinese takeout restaurant built into a strip mall right next to Target North. The only problem I have with this place is they don't take credit cards, only cash or check. Service was fast and polite, food was good.

This is our favorite Chinese restaurant. Their orders are ready super fast, and last I heard they do delivery with waiter express. There's seating there too, and super close to target.

Hands down my favorite Chinese in the area. Only complaint is it takes a little bit of time for them to make the food.... but it's fresh... and consistently good. I recommend the restaurant. I'm based in California and this definitely compares to my favorite food out there.... which is hard to do...

One star for not getting sick and one star for there not being a long wait... but if u want real Chinese food, don't eat here. It's real American Chinese food.

Have been eating here since moving to Rochester almost 8 years ago and love it. It is the best place in Rochester for "Americanized" Chinese food. Portions are huge and feed even the largest of appetites. 2 meals can feed my family of six (4 little kids) with food to spare. Favorites include the sesame chicken, beef lo mein, and orange chicken. Be sure to bring cash or check, no debit/credit accepted.

Good quality, large portions, right price. Your standard Midwest "Asian" take out. Nothing overly authentic but tasty and as advertised. Have never eaten in the restaurant - always get take out. Note: they only take cash/check!

We used to LOVE China star (any of the 3 in town), but the last few times we noticed the chicken for sweet and sour is mostly breading and hardly any meat (must have went to the same vendor as all the other fast food Chinese places in town)...tHe batter of the fried shrimp was gummy and uncooked ...and the bbq pork fried rice had hardly any pork in it (just a few small pieces). Nothing what it used to be overall!! Think I'll start cooking my Chinese food at home or going to Pho Chau or Wongs more often. It's sad, but true.

Medioocre Chinese food, with higher than usual prices. I wouldn't recommend this place. Disappointed

I'm just not pleased with this place. They have awards galore for takeout food but it's nothing special by any means. I love crab Rangoon but there's are just cheap breading with dried cream cheese. Rice is dry so it's hard to eat with chopsticks. Prices are good but quality is just not there.

Heard a bunch of good things and finally decided to try them out. Got the general tsos dinner combo with chicken fried rice and crab Rangoon. Chicken was crispy and flavorful, not really spicy though. Rice was flavorful. Great value in terms of portion size and price. Would give 5 stars if they took cards (I rarely have cash).

China Star you do a pretty dang decent consistent job. This was typically our Chinese food of choice for grab - n- go take out in the area. They do have a nice enough little seating area on the side and I have indulged in there a few times but typically I just call ahead after work and get my hot bag of sweet-n-sour chicken for me and General Tso's for the hubby. This to me is more like fast chinese food and not elegant sit down but it filled up my belly and was flavorful and satisfying.

No frills, no adornment, just simple good old chinese at its freshest, yummiest and most sinful. We really enjoyed our meal, and the portions were generous and served hot!

Takeout Chinese is ubiquitous and these small holes in the wall seem to serve the same product from the same distributor. China Star in the Marketplace area is the best of the bunch in Rochester. Servings are overflowing, flavor is great, not too salty, and the lunch/dinner specials area an excellent value. My favorites: orange chicken, shrimp lo mein, Hunan beef. Ask for pork fried rice with your meal.

This place is nothing special. Quick and convenient lunch but nothing to get excited for. Look to Hunan Garden North for really good takeout.

I was disappointed with my first experience but decided to try again since they are right down the street from me. I ordered vegetable fried rice. What I got was noodles with a few pieces of nasty veggies and about a pound of salt. The crab ragoons were okay but didn't have enough filling. Very disappointing meal that was somewhat pricey.

Best Chinese takeout in Rochester. I recommend beef Lomein, sweet and sour chicken, and chicken and vegetables with spicy brown sauce. It's always plenty of food for multiple meals.

The orange chicken is good and the lo mien was tasty. The sweet sour chicken didn't have much chicken. A lot of breading. Crab rangoons are better than the egg rolls. Price point was decent. Quick takeout service even though they had a lot of orders going out. Good place for takeout!

Amazing food. Really inexpensive buffet. The owners are extremely friendly. Very fast service. Very clean. Highest recommendation.

My wife and I have been ordering sweet-and-sour pork and roast pork fried rice when our schedules were hectic and time was scarce to prepare our dinners. This China star branch never fails to satisfy hunger. Their meals are cooked American Chinese style but with class. The fried rice that comes with their meals is fried with vegetables and sometimes meats different from other American Chinese takeout stores wherein fried rice is just soy sauce and rice mixed in a wok. You sometimes need to double check your takeout orders as it could sometimes be missing something.

I have been buying takeout from this place for over a decade but will no longer go there. The size and quality of the food has been declining. The wings they sell now look like they came from pigeons. Very small, almost tiny. I don't mind paying more for quality but as prices go up at this place....quality has not.

I think they have the best won ton soup in town. The rest is pretty much average. They are fast though and fair priced

They give quick service, if you call ahead and don't have many customers. I really enjoyed the egg rolls.

I have been meaning to get around to this one; that's basically what I felt when I finally took the dive and went into a China Star. I've been fairly enamored with Hunan's Chinese since I moved to Rochester, and for sit-down Chinese, I will stand by them for eternity, or until they're outdone. But China Star has won my heart via my wallet. They are the Chinese take-out royalty, as far as I'm concerned. While seating is available within China Star restaurants, I'm not going to bother to review it; they're basically what you'd get from a mall food court, and in no way reflects the true virtue of China Star, it's food. Variety is fairly vast, about the offerings you'd expect from any chinese restaurant. I find the appetizer selection to be fairly limited compared to other chinese restaurants, but given that their method relies on dishes that use the same frozen components, it's understandable. I think that the lack of variety is probably what stops me from giving them a full 5 star rating and backing. The entrées available give enough variety, but I could see familiarity breeding contempt here. Flavor-wise, China Star is acceptable. The primary dishes, General Tsos, Sesame Chicken, and other breaded dishes are tasty and have that wonderful deep-fried combination of juice and crunch; personal experience tells me that straying from the tried and true seems to cause a quality drop; Lo Mein from China Star is a pretty bland affair (not that Lo Mein isn't usually, but notably so here), and other dishes, such as the Spicy Chicken Wing meal simply don't bring much to the table. But, all of that being said, it misses the point of China Star completely. You don't go to China Star for the exquisite study of chinese cuisine. You go for a metric ton of quality General Tsos chicken, Crab Rangoon, or whatever deep-friend chinese dish you desire. As other reviewers have stated, the portions are gargantuan in nature. My first time going to China Star, I was ordering late at night for a hungry friend. Expecting smaller portions, I ordered the Lo Mein meal, General Tsos, and an order of Crab Rangoons. I think that I was given about 25 lbs of food. Okay, maybe not that much, but good gravy was that a mistake. Even worse? That didn't even top $20. I had to rouse friends from sleep to come eat the food while it was still fresh, for fear that they wouldn't believe the quality that we got for such a cheap price. Yes, that is China Star's secret; it does a few things, it does them consistently, it does them well, and it does them in portions big enough to feed all of Beijing on one bill. If you need takeout chinese (yes, you can need it), go to China Star. If you want anything more, go somewhere else, and grab some China Star on the way home. A few words of warning though; Cash only, and while delivery is available through a separate service, it's by no means cost effective. Go pick it up yourself.

The most fresh, flavorful, delicious chinese I have had here in Rochester! The Egg Drop is the best quality I have had in decades!!! They serve large portions in their combo meals and its always light and fresh tasting. No stale, over or undercooked here! I can't say the same for other China Stars in town...This one takes the cake!!

This is my ALL TIME FAVORITE place for Chinese food. i ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! I miss it every time I am away from Rochester and it is one of the first places I go whenever I am back. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! Just make sure you have cash.

I ordered the House Special Mei Fun. Food was good; service was fast; price was reasonable. Good portion for dinner.

THIS IS THE BEST CHINESE FOOD IN ROCHESTER mn PERIOD. The staff is friendly and the taste is superd umami taste. Too bad they closed the downtown location and replaced it with some ecoli infested middle eastern retaurant.

They don't accept debit/credit cards. Get with the 21st century please. Food was okay, but kind of expensive for two people. Better off somewhere else...that accepts debit/credit.

Good stuff, great leftovers, very reasonable prices and portions.

New in town and decided to try this restaurant based on the reviews. Bad decision. The staff was friendly enough but the food was the worst Chinese I ever had. It was completely flavorless! The hot and sour soup tasted like brown sauce and water: like no hot and sour soup I have ever tasted and I have eaten at a lot of Chinese restaurants across Europe and the U.S. The fried rice tasted like nothing. Definitely won't eat here again.

This is by far the best Chinese take out chain in Rochester and it's not ever close. The food is prepared upon request with large portion sizes that make it an inexpensive, convenient meal that can easily feed three people or more depending on age and appetite. I'm not going to vouch for quality of product, for it's my assumption that something that tastes so good and costs so little must have ingredients in it I would rather not know are there (MSG? just a guess, not an accusation). As for authenticity, I'm pretty certain they are don't offer traditional Chinese cuisine; instead providing "American Chinese food", but one taste and even the most pretentious customers will forgo authenticity for its deliciousness. Plain and simple it should be your only place for Chinese takeout if you live in Rochester or surrounding community.

This is my favorite Chinese food EVER. When I say I'm craving Chinese, this is it. Sesame chicken, sweet & sour chicken, wonton soup and crab ragoon. If only they served those sugar doughnut things, and took debit/credit cards. Bring your cash folks.

I like going here every now and then when I have a quick Chinese food crave. The food tends to be pretty consistent

This is your typical chinese food fare. Greasy, tasty, MSG-ey. Downside is no credit or debit cards--cash or check only (come on!).

Your customers aren't idiots! When you change your box from a standard to-go box size to a 25% less smaller box, your loyal customer base notices. Same price, a lot less food. The food itself is your basic Chinese to-go. Nothing overly great, but enjoyable and predictable. The value just isn't there anymore with a much smaller box. I even called and asked and they admitted they changed their box and aren't going back. You can find cheaper, or at least bigger potions for the same price at other places than China Star now.

I did not receive the correct order from the downtown location for a carryout order. When I called to inform them, China Star did not care that I received an improper order. They basically said it was the customers fault and they do not do anything to correct the problem since they do not deliver. There are plenty of other options in Rochester. I will take my business elsewhere and make sure I tell my friends as well. Try another restaurant.