Dong Ting Spring

Since we are not familiar with Hunan, the waitress explained in detail those we have ordered. All dishes are very delicious. I can't stop eating even though i am already full--a first for me. The cold chicken with chili sauce was ordered to be less spicy. It is perfect to our taste. The chow mien is fresh and was told the noodle is home made. The broccoli chicken is also delicious and neither spicy nor salty. Lastly, the roasted duck is soft and juicy on top of halfy cooked cabbage. Its sauce is yummy, a perfect match to the duck. Definitely, we will return each time we are in Thousand Oaks. Good thing our hotel Hampton Inn by Hilton is a walking distance to this restaurant.

Authentic Chinese Food, great staff, and super friendly staff. The Hunan inspiration means almost everything has a spicy kick. Don’t let this scare you away because the staff is very helpful in adjusting the spice level to your preference. We had the Shumai, BBQ Buns, Braised Pork Thigh, Fried Green Beans and the Pepper Beef. This IS NOT typical fast food style Chinese food. This is an authentic, family style, Chinese cuisine made when you order and worth every penny.

Best and warmest Chinese food in town! Food is perfect! and Cindy just made our experience like being home! It was raining outside, our lunch inside was full of sunshine.

This is the best Chinese food I've had so far in Ventura County. The entire menu is consistently fresh and tasty, the service is quick and friendly, and the large customer base of Chinese speakers (myself included) really highlights the authenticity of the food. New items also appear every so often, adding even more variety to the already extensive menu. Cannot recommend highly enough!

This is the some of the best Chinese food outside of San Francisco on the West Coast. And that is saying a lot. There is absolutely no way the 4.4 rating is an accurate reflection of your meal experience. My only guess is there's some people who are used to typical American Chinese restaurants eating here and not being used to what real Chinese food is like. The food is authentic. All of the sauces and the pickled vegetables are made in the kitchen and not bought from outside. Even the fried rices taste clean and savory and light. With delicious lingering flavors. Many of the dishes are traditional Chinese Hunan style with authentic traditional meat parts preferred for a Chinese pallete but can be substituted for Western palletes example white chicken breast meat etcetera. You will end up eating way more than you wanted to. And try the osmanthus oolong tea, it's an excellent mealtime palate cleanser. The service is great. They take real pride in their food.

Ordered for both dine in and takeout service was really fast for both. The food is so delicious made to order so it is always hot and full of flavor. This is a local favorite of mine since 2019 since my friend brought me here and he mentioned that the food reminded him of home. They are so kind and they give you plenty of time to decide and don’t badger you with needing anything.

My family and I were visiting Thousand Oaks for the weekend and luckily stumbled upon Dong Ting Spring on my search for lunch places. I thoroughly enjoyed the simplicity of their food matched by the cleanliness of the restaurant! Dong Ting Spring is simply delicious!

Authentic Chinese food. Fast service and big portions. The fish fixed my cravings! Not too far from the highway. Good rest stop.

Try it! Good food! Help businesses that strives! Place is clean and accommodating for us who are not into spicy foods!

Great food and friendly service. The portions are generous so if you want to try a variety of menu items you either have to go with a group or plan on multiple trips. Two people would be hard pressed to finish three choices. Staff are well educated with regards the various dishes and I recommend you take their recommendations. Casual setting, lots of parking, easy access from the 101, reasonable prices, what's not to like? If I'm ever back in Thousand Oaks at mealtime I'll try a few more of their delicious entrees.

Dong Ting Spring deserves my 5 stars. Take them! I had a Chinese gentleman do some work in my house last year. He once owned a restaurant. We got to talking about food and it turns out that he is a foodie. And he told me that Dong Ting Spring is the only good Chinese restaurant in our area. Well, it took me a year to get here... but I'm glad I did. Their food is delicious. Prices are very reasonable. Portions are huge. Flavors are scrumptious. We ordered their cauliflower, chicken fried rice, beef cooked in a pot and chicken kung pao. I'll post pictures. Service was good. Place is unassuming. There is no decor. It's all about the food. I'm looking forward to my next visit!

When this restaurant first opened the food was good and the prices were right. Today I went and ordered the Mao Pao Tofu and other items on the menu and absolutely everything was incredibly salty and just tasted awful! In fact, I couldn't even eat it. The Mao pao was so bad it tasted like floor cleaner! We tried to send it back and the chef openly has a huge tantrum for the entire restaurant to hear. They brought out another that was equally as horrible and rather then send it back again, I just paid my check took it to go and threw it in the trash when I got home! Not to mention the place is dirty and the customer service or lack there of was horrible. Save you money and just don't eat there.

I went there with my family today and the food was pretty good! The Secret Recipe Braised Pork was very good, a favorite amongst my family members along with the Garlic Chinese Lettuce. My only thing that got me to take out one star is that when I tried the Cloud Fungus & Lotus Seed Sweet Soup, it wasn't what I expected...? Like I thought it was going to be similar to the one pictured on the virtual menu in a little bowl; the cloud fungus sort of whole in pieces, but what I got was what tasted like a very watered down version of it, in a cup given with a boba straw. I've had cloud fungus before, cooked some at home with various dishes and knew the texture that was expected, though what I received didn't feel like that unfortunately. But overall other than that, my family and I enjoyed the experience. :) The service was nice, very friendly and attentive to your needs. The setting wasn't too large, or too small, but spacious enough to fit a good amount of guests inside. I really liked the light fixtures by the door that had pretty ambiance when we were there close to sunset! Thank you!

Food is authentic Hunan Chinese. Service is good. Ambiance is ok but the food is worth it.

Stopped in for a late afternoon lunch and was greeted by the lady behind the counter walking in and sat down where I wanted. This is a small eatery with a dozen or so tabletops, located in a strip center along with several others. She brought a tablet with her to the table and I place my order directly, a kind service that was a cool first for me. This is about as authentic Chinese as I have eaten in the area, and im glad I stopped. An order of Steamed dumplings with new style Kung Pao Chicken with hot Jasmin tea. A traditional tea pot, and a generous pot, more than enough the share and quite good. My kung pao came out first a nice sized bowl of red onion, peanut, peppers and chicken in a nice spicy sauce, service with side of sticky white rice. Chopsticks in hand (real not packaged) it was a very enjoyable meal. Full flavored with a nice spicy tangy heat really very much to my personal liking. The steamed dumplings arrived, obviously prepared fresh by hand, they tasted as good as they looked plump and delicious with a side dipping sauce. A serving of five I ate them all but one and it went with me. 4 Stars - A very good meal, authentic and true cuisine with kind service definitely worth a visit. 00909

This may not be your typical Chinese food. They have the typical modern "American" style dishes. If you want to be thrown off your comfort zone then this place will do it for you. Dishes were unique. The server was kind enough to explain some of the dishes like if it's spicy or not. Here's the downside: hot sour soup was lukewarm and the Shumai was mediocre. We ordered the pan fried pork bao but didn't come out on time. We totally forgot about it and left. The chicken broccoli was on point and so as the steamed BBQ pork buns. My son loved the fried rice. The beef roll was great. Probably will try some other dish next time.

Ex-Thousand Oaks resident here. Finally, there is authentic Chinese food in Thousand Oaks! The restaurant had plenty of seating but it was barren today (Monday afternoon). Well lit, free Wi-Fi, clean tables. Maybe by virtue of how low traffic the time of day was, but service was through the roof exceptional. Our server was attentive, made excellent suggestions, and was very quick on his feet. The food, oh gosh the food, what a treat. We had stir fried intestines with bamboo shoots, mashed eggplant with century egg, pumpkin pancakes and mungbean congee for dessert. Wow, were these stellar. The intestines were juicy and crispy with a good spice (if you're afraid of spice stay away). The eggplant with century egg was perfect in texture and so rich. The pumpkin pancakes were sweet and airy - but not TOO sweet. The mungbean congee looks like a drink, not too sweet and very refreshing in the heat. Adored this little spot. A must have in TO for Hainanese food

We ordered the green beans and combo chow mein. I LOVED the green beans as they were stir fried with some pork and pickled veg. SO TASTY!! The chow mein was a little heavy on the bean sprouts and light on the noodles for my taste, but were still good. I'd definitely come back for the green beans, but will try another rice/noodle dish next time. All of the staff here were super friendly and mindful of us. They checked in often and came by a few times to make sure we were ok, had enough water, etc. I really appreciated their attentiveness! I don't know how long they've been around, but happy to have some authentic and delicious Chinese food in Newbury Park!!

It is unfortunate that there are so many mediocre Chinese restaurants, making it nearly impossible to tell if one from another. I trusted other reviewers and was not disappointed! The Special Grilled Fish is terrific. My wife and I split one for lunch and were completely satisfied. Tender and wonderfully spicy - continuing to cook as we ate it. Ask for soup spoons, the broth itself is delicious. We will be definitely be back to sample more of the menu.

Legit Chinese food. A few Americanized dishes, a few very Chinese dishes most westerners wouldn't order, and a long list of dishes that everyone can enjoy. Great food, great service - a hidden gem!

Very good, just be polite and ask for the hunan style dishes to be made with chicken breast, no bones, they will slightly Americanize.

Dong Ting Spring rarely disappoints. Food is quick to the table, affordable and tasty. When they say hot, they mean it in Hunan style! Won Ton soup is a family favorite along with all the vegetables.

The serving sizes here are hefty. One rice is 1.50 and goes a long way. It's a very tech with ordering because you seat yourself then use a QR code to order which is convenient. I like the OG Tso's chicken

Yom! Walk in sit down pull out your phone and scan the QR code on the table. Order your food right to your table. Huge family style portions, will feed a family of 4. We ordered so much food! I could not stop burping. I have tried and love the bbq pork buns, fried dumplings, eggrolls, xiao long bao, fried string bean and ground pork, human rice, pumpkin pancake. I bring my asian friends here and they always say it is the most authentic chinese food they have found and plan to make it a favorite. Dont worry they have americanized chinese, the menu categorizes it a NEW chinese. *wink Enjoy! https://www.39miles.com/p/04902787

If you are looking for some genuinely authentic Chinese food in Ventura County, look no further. They have a pretty intimidating menu but our server was kind enough to help guide us to what to try. There are definitely some items on the menu that looks pretty adventurous like the stinky tofu but I went here for lunch and I was definitely not coming back to work smelling like stinky tofu. We ordered the fried string beans with ground pork, spring rolls, xiao long bao, BBQ pork buns, beef rice noodle soup and the pumpkin pancake. All of that and some drinks ended being around $80. All the dishes come ala carte and are family-style so the prices are fair to their respective sizes. ALL of what we ordered was delicious!!! The spring rolls were my least favorite and i still thought it was really good! There's plenty of parking and is located in the same plaza as Starbucks and Chakaa Tea in case you want something to wash down the good Chinese food. I love the humble decor in the place and I will definitely be back for some more of that beef rice noodle soup.

I've been coming to this restaurant almost every week ever since I discovered it. The food is so fabulous, they got the REAL AUTHENTIC Chinese food. They even got LIVE FROGS that might sound scary but are SUPER TASTY! Not to say their service are some of the best I've experienced. Their waiters are really nice and patient. The store is also clean and has a Chinese vibe to it. I would recommend going and try their food AT LEAST ONCE, their variety of dishes should satisfy all sorts of people. You are missing out if you don't try their food!

Love this place! In the mood for all appetizers for lunch and got two kinds of dumplings, shumai, and pan fried pork buns. All were great. Asked for chili sauce and they made it in house - the most unique chili sauce I ever had. It has taste over heat. I swam my food in it. After complimenting them on the sauce, they gave me a take home portion! How cool is that?! We used our cell phones for the qr code that brings up the menu. We ordered from that qr code and paid after the meal. We enjoyed the whole experience.

So good! Get the stone pot beef and the steamed buns! They are absolutely perfect together. I also really like the service and it doesn't take too long for the food to come.

We had a wonderful take- out meal from this Hunan style Chineses restaurant. We enjoyed the hot and sour soup. Sliced roast duck breast was the best I've had in years. It was crispy on the outside and so flavorful. The pork belly with bamboo shoots was cooked to perfection and delicious. Our order had everything we ordered in it, a rare occurrence for us these days. We're looking forward to eating there next time and trying other dishes.

Great place. Had some of the shrimp dumplings and a noodle dish. First class..... it is my new go to place.

The costumer service was amazing! The food was delicious, I got their pork belly w/ steak buns & their spicy wontons. Also I recommend trying their homemade chili oil with anything if you love spicy!

This is a decent place. I love their fish fillet. The order is pretty quick. I would recommend this place.

So, stumbled upon this gem of a Chinese restaurant that's basically a flavor carnival in my mouth. Authenticity level? Off the charts. It's like they smuggled a piece of China right into my neighborhood. The food? Mind-blowing. General Tso's Chicken was a taste bud symphony, and the dumplings were like savory clouds. It's the real deal, no doubt. Now, here's the thing--they've got some serious skills in the kitchen, but the cleanliness game could use a little boost. It's not a deal-breaker, but I found myself wishing for a touch more sparkle in the ambiance. Four stars because, let's be honest, I want my food to be the only thing that leaves a lasting impression. But hey, if they up their cleanliness game, this place could easily be crowned the emperor of Chinese cuisine in my book. Keep the flavors coming, and maybe throw in a dash of Windex.

Good lawd i must b ordering the wrong dishes. I love chinese food but i threw away the tofu and the fried rice was weird. The claim is authentic chinese. Must be from dome obscure corner province. I do not like raining on small bizs but jeez I have tried going back 4 times now. The kum pao shrimp was so off that I threw it away. Sorry folks but try this place at your own peril and if anyone is writing good reviews ok go spend $40 to come up with your own opinion. Good luck.

Hunan cuisine is new to me. I find that the main specialty is braising the meats. Braised beef. Braised Pork. I like my braised meats with a pop of sweetness like a mild Korean bulgogi flavor. My soup had braised beef- tender meat, hearty noodles and broth was bland for my taste but the aroma was good. Then, braised sliced Pork with buns. This was very good. Sweeter pork like siopao. Then braised Beef roll- braised beef in a very thin tasty wrapper. The glass noodle soup is very tasty. I ordered my comfort food of House noodles with beef, chicken and shrimp. You can never go wrong with this. Very tasty. I know of Szechuan, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Taiwanese dishes but added to my regional Chinese palette is Hunanese. Service is good. User friendly with QR code order process. Cozy ambiance. I like busy restaurants. It was busy on a Wednesday afternoon and a Friday night.

Dong Ting Spring had been on my list for awhile now and I finally was able to make it for a late lunch. I frequent the boba tea shop next door and always had a craving to give this place a try so I was happy to sneak away earlier this week. I agree with most of the other reviews - the food and flavors were overall very good. The cooking feels like "home cooking" just meaning there is a love that seems to go into every dish. I was impressed with the menu as there was a large variety to choose from and lots of yummy sounding spicy dishes. Also comparable to some reviews I felt like the service lacked. It's difficult to write this as I felt like the friendliness and smiles of my waitress were A+ but her follow through or attentiveness to check in was a C+. First the food - despite the large menu I kind of wimped out a little and went with some safer dishes. Usually that feels comfortable for me when trying a place for the first time - I want to make sure they can execute the more common dishes before trying some of the more unique ones. I ordered a lemon iced tea, shrimp fried rice, and soup dumplings. Shrimp Fried Rice: 4.5 stars - the flavor of the rice was so delicious. Comforting and light. Really tasty, just the shrimps were a little on the small side comparable to other fried rice I've had. Soup Dumplings: 3.5 stars - good but not great. The wrapping was a little on the thicker side, more bite then I like. However the broth inside was yummy and the flavors overall were good. Their chili oil was also very tasty, however I was given a super tiny dish of it and once I received my food I didn't see my waitress nor was I able to flag her down when she went to another table to get a refill so that was a bummer. Really good chili oil, just wished I had been given a more realistic serving size given I had asked for it. That brings me to the service. My waitress was beyond friendly and smiley! I really liked her for this reasons - she was quick to take my order and brought everything out how I had asked. She's really kind and makes me feel bad to acknowledge anything "not so great" but I wanted to be honest. I felt like once I got my food I was never checked up on again. Maybe she was leaving me to enjoy my meal but usually at least one check in after the final dish hits the table would be nice. For example, needing more chili oil but my back was to her so it was pretty hard to get her to see me unless she came by. Also once I was done eating I waited a good while hoping for the check but she didn't come by. It wasn't until she finally started to take an order for a table that finally sat next to me that I got her attention. Even then after taking their order she turned to leave and I had to really speak up to have her see that I needed my check and to go boxes. It wasn't the end of the world but I definitely felt overlooked towards the end of the meal. I really want to support local businesses and feel like the menu left me wanting to come back to try more. The flavors were overall good and prices were reasonable. I would just hope for a little more consistent service but again, she was lovely and sweet when I did have her attention. I am hoping to be back at least one more time.

I wouldn't think to find a super authentic Hunan spot out in Thousand Oaks, but I had to find out if it was true. Now I'm cursed with the wish that this place was closer to home. Feels a bit mom & pop since the only person working the front of the house also appeared to be owner/manager (?) so things were a smidge slow at weekday lunchtime. However, it was clear she cared quite a lot about the food; as we were enjoyed our meal she came by to chat about how she specifically gets her greens from a special supplier to avoid getting grit into the preserved veggies for our dish (spoiler alert: they were delicious and very much grit-free). Since we were going for a relatively light lunch we couldn't order more, but we went with Braised Pork Belly with Preserved Vegetables and Mashed Eggplant and Green Pepper with Century Egg. Our server amusingly noted that these weren't spicy (which was intentional to accommodate my brother). Both were absolutely delicious. ==Braised Pork Belly & Preserved Veg== Comes with six freshly steamed buns. This was about as gloriously fatty and decadent as the photo can do justice. Melt-in-your-mouth consistency, enough lean meat to have a nice chewy part, very well seasoned but not too salty. The preserved veggies were fantastic and there was a whole mountain of them underneath (most places will cut back cause it gets expensive). Well balanced so as to not be too salty as well, so it was much easier to eat than other places I've been too. ==Mashed Eggplant== So this one actually *was* somewhat spicy because of the tiger peppers, so it's all relative I suppose, but also a mark of authenticity that their 'not very spicy' dish was still spicy. This was artistically served in the mortar itself! This goes deep so it's a lot of food, but it was supremely delicious. The oil at the bottom does need a smidge more mixing over the course of the meal though, to make sure the flavor is evenly distributed (and by flavor I mean spiciness). I only lament that this place is so far from me cause I'd love to give their other Hunan fare a serious shot. Alas, it shall have to wait for my next venture. If you live nearby you need to try this place out in my stead.

I feel haunted by the chewy texture of my chicken dish. Even hours after eating, I have a lingering, phantom feeling of biting down and gnawing on a chicken bone. Was it chicken intestine I was ingesting? Perhaps. If I wake up with food poisoning, I sadly will not be surprised. I honestly do not wish to waste anymore time on this place, so I will conclude my review here. Waste of money. Stress on my palette. The worst "meal" I've had in a long time.

I've been wanting to try this place for a while and just never got around to it until yesterday. I regularly make the trek out to San Gabriel/Alhambra when I want authentic Chinese food and I guess I just kept putting off trying this place because I figured there was no way a place in my area could have authentic Chinese food. I was wrong. This will now be my go to spot. We tried 6 dishes and everything was fabulous except the dumplings, which were good but overall pretty average. I read another review that said their dumpling sauce is bad here but it's not, it's black vinegar based as is traditionally served with dumplings. I was pleasantly surprised that this place is just very straightforward and deliciously authentic Chinese food. No weird gimmick or trying to Americanize their dishes.

Seriously my favorite restaurant of all times in LA Area. The food is amazing. I love almost every course. It's just so authentic and tasty. It's never crowded due to its location but there is always customers. I ate there 4 times, never waited. And the server is responsive and friendly. The space is clean and comfy.

Great food. First time here and it was amazing. Service was easy. Pretty comfortable place. You order on your phone from the QR code. Service was fast. We had leftovers. It was still amazing.

Ordered the stinky tofu and intestine dish - quite salty but packed with spicy flavors. I enjoy eating it with rice: good portion size. Yum! Place order online for pick up within 30 minutes. Efficient.

The takeaway: Excellent food, excellent depth in the menu. When they are really good, Strip and shopping center restaurants always surprise me. I was pleasantly surprised. The soup dumplings were very flavorful without being over saturated. The "spice heat" scale was well calibrated. There were some language barriers with the staff that prevented me from getting a full understanding of what I was ordering, but a web search filled in many of those blanks. The only disappointment is the staff seemed adamant about me not getting the Stinky Tofu. actually, I am disappointed in myself for allowing them to talk me out of it. That said, the gauntlet has been thrown down and I will get it the next time I go. Oh yeah, I am going back. Excellent food, well priced. Not much of an atmosphere, but I am there for the chow.

When DTS first opened the food was amazing Fresh and good quality ingredients Now - not so much - definitely has gone down hill Maybe they are cost cutting

The service here is really excellent. We showed our waitress a photo from here on yelp of food we wanted to try and she told us how to order it (it ended up being like a kind of custom order). The house made chili sauce is excellent.

I've been meaning to try this restaurant for a few years. In a post in a local Facebook group, members were recommending local Chinese restaurants and this was one of them. The most notable comments were that it was authentic, and "Asians go here" lol. I had business in Newbury Park today, so my husband and I decided to try it out for lunch. As we entered, a younger lady asked how many, motioned us to a side table with chairs on one side and a banquette on the other. Once we sat down, she offered us a different table similar to a booth. We were fine so we stayed put. She motioned to the QR sticker which we scanned to reveal the menu. There's some weird stuff on the menu... chicken feet, pigs feet, pig intestine, tripe, etc. Go to their website and check it out. There were some things I recognized and many I didn't. I viewed it as an opportunity to taste something new. So we decided to order one we recognized: veggie chow mein, and one we didn't: stinky tofu. We used their menu system to order. A few minutes after submitting our order, the server came up to ask if we meant to order the stinky tofu. I thought, how bad can it be? She clearly didn't think we should order it. She said Chinese people like it, but not us crackers. So we bent to her will and ordered House Special Tofu. She asked if we wanted pork in it. Sure why not. She's in charge anyway lol. Both dishes were made with super fresh ingredients like snappy soy bean sprouts. The tofu was amazing with a curdled texture. It appears they ferment their own tofu. I must admit, I've never had home made tofu. There was a lot of it in the dish, many pieces tree ear fungus, sliced garlic and ginger, some special hot pepper with a citrus overtones, and tender pork. All this was served in a two-part clay caldron. I must say, it was fantastic; some of the best Chinese food I've ever had. It tasted to me like they make their own fish sauce, everything was so perfectly savory yet balanced. Four stars because their soft drink beverages are in cans, there is no iced tea -- just hot oolong and jasmine -- and they're kinda racist, albeit in a very sweet and accommodating way. Enjoy! Embrace your inner honky and trust the recommendation of the nice girl.

This place is a treasure! Cumin ribs and string beans with ground pork were so good! Fresh shrimp dumplings. My eyes were bigger than my stomach but everything I couldn't finish at the restaurant I devoured at home. Service was super friendly, and just as enthusiastic about the food as me

Pit stop on the way home from LAX, this place was terrific! Authentic food and great service. I came right at opening time so, getting a table was not an issue. I searched around for a good spot for dumplings, and there are no other Chinese restaurants in the area quite like this one. Everything is fresh, and the food is savory! Would definitely love to go again!

Yummy yummy yummy food ever . Even I am Chinese, but these food still can make me feel like real Chinese food .

I was looking for a good Chinese spot near sports academy in westlake and I found this place on Yelp. The service was good but the food was average. I ordered the pan fried dumplings and the general Tao's chicken. The General Taos chicken was flavored very well but the dish a bit mushy. It would have been much better if it was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, but that was not the case. The Dumplings were delish and cooked perfectly but the sauce was less then desirable. I asked for a few other sauces and they were not so good either. Overall it was very average. There are way better options in westlake and I will opt be coming back to this place.

They provide very poor quality Togo boxes, which will introduce health issues. We asked if they have other Togo boxes. They said no. However, I saw there were a lot of plastic boxes in their kitchen. I shouldn't pay tips for such poor service!

Very good, authentic Hunan food. The lamb soup was very flavorful and full of veggies. Chopped green beans with minced pork was legit. Portions were very generous but price was a little high. Seems family owned. Would highly recommend.

I've eaten here multiple times over the year now, in person and take out. It's the most authentic Chinese food you can find in the area. Prices may seem high but you get a lot and we usually have left overs for the next day. Their menu has changed at least 2-3 times over the year...which I find funny because a lot of the items on their current menu has been sold out for a long time. Maybe time for a new menu?

Ordered for both dine in and takeout service was really fast for both. The food is so delicious made to order so it is always hot and full of flavor. This is a local favorite of mine since 2019 since my friend brought me here and he mentioned that the food reminded him of home. They are so kind and they give you plenty of time to decide and don't badger you with needing anything. It is a very welcoming environment from the moment you arrive to the moment you exit through the front door.

Dong Ting is the name of a lake in China and this place is an authentic Lake South 湖南 restaurant, which features plenty of spices. We ordered four dishes and they are all really tasty. For seafood lovers, the Chefs special shrimp and fish is a must. The shredded potato is tasty and different from the dish from Szechuan. All the dishes were pretty spicy (hot), luckily they treated me a free Sprite after I checked in. I will definitely return next time I'm in the area.

Excellent food! It's really hard to find good Chinese food around Ventura County, so I was really impressed with this place. I personally recommend the Gua Bao!

The mashed eggplant with century egg far exceeded what I was expecting! The waiters were very kind, and the food came to the table quickly despite being a busy Saturday night.

This is the best Chinese restaurant in Santa Barbara Country - or is it Ventura? Well, it's the best Chinese restaurant closest to Santa Barbara. We're staying in Santa Barbara for the summer, and are desperate for Asian food. Panda Express does not cut it and I've been driving 2+ hours to go to West LA and bring home Chinese takeout. We discovered this place last week and have been back twice, and planning one more meal before we head back home. Here are our favorite dishes: Chef's Special Shrimp and Fish - if you love garlic, this is the best! The tofu is super fresh and melts in your mouth. Stir Fried Beef with Wild Chili Chinese Beef Pancake Grilled Potstickers Deep Fried Buns with Condensed Milk Pork Belly with Steamed Buns We don't think there's any MSG because when we eat here, we're never thirsty. But you should definitely go to Chakaa next door anyways!