not the best. probably the worst Chinese food i've ever had. how is that even possible? Chinese food is supposed to be a safe bet, even the worst isn't "that bad." you know, standard good-bad. this was bad. the order was wrong (placed online, how do you mess that up?) and the taste was flat. so flat and dull that the chicken kow tasted like chlorine. the beef chowmein, well it was too beefy and saucy. how? ugh, so sad to write a negative review, especially when this place was highly recommended.
Review Source:I order from this place a lot and the reason I order from here a lot is because it's fast, never have they messed up an order, it's inexpensive, and I know what to expect from the price. It's your average Amerinese food. Not gonna wins any awards except from the only source that matters - my stomach. There's no pandering, no showboating, no surprises. It's standard fare. So if you consider yourself a self-proclaimed foodie, or food guru, or Professor of Foodonomics with a PHD in Savorlinguistics, or General Chewface of the USS Tasty - stay away. And also get off your pretentious high horse.
Review Source:The food is absolutely sub par, let's be honest. I used grub hub to have them deliver it to my job, and they interrupted customers to try and get someone's attention. If it's paid for- tip included, I'd prefer you to just abandon it then to disrupt other people- clearly there are no standards for customer service- awesome. Now I know they can't handle delivery unless it's to the privacy of my home.
Review Source:This place has great food- I've been coming here for over 10 years. Â I'm not sure why there are so many bad reviews, sounds like too many yuppies w/their noses in the air. Â Their stir-fried shrimp, kung pao chicken and mangolian beef are awesome. Â I absolutely LOVE this place. Â I eat here at least once a week and have never had something I didn't like. Â As for all the negative reviews, these people are mistaken. Â Chinadoll is my favorite place to get Chinese from and a great place to stop in and have a quick lunch. Â I've had great service from Chinadoll for over a decade.... LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. Â Best stir-fried shrimp in the city.
Review Source:Yeah the chicken dishes are hit or miss but the moo shu pork and the beef dishes seem pretty consistently acceptable. Ordered from there 3-4 times since finding them about 2 months ago. Personally I think it's better than Empire Kitchen as they over soy sauce everything to make it more tasty.
Review Source:Hands down, one of the worst fast food establishments on the planet...that's right, I've been all around the planet (ok not really, however this is Bad with a CAPITAL B).
They try to be a jack of all trades (greasy fast food American and Chinese) but a master of none.
Skip it and grab a snickers bar from the Walgreens down on North and Wells instead.
I so wanted to like this place. I'd passed by it several times. Stopped in to pick up some chop suey and fried rice to go. Mistake.
I've never had such bad fried rice in my life. Any Chinese fast food chain rice would have been better. It was very dark looking, but I was open minded. Awful, Just awful. The veggie chop suey wasn't so bad, but if you're a Chinese restaurant and you can't even have decent fried rice -- why bother? That's a staple. Shameful.
Now I know why it's empty a lot of the time. It's convenient and the only Chinese in the area, so maybe people have gotten used to the mediocrity.
I will not be back. I'm moving anyway, so it will not be a loss!
I've lived in Chicago for 3 years and have yet to find a kung pao chicken similar to what I consider to be the best in this country (in another city). Â I've eaten at likely 12-15 different Chinese restaurants in Chicago and have not found one I like (in chinatown, downtown, lincoln park, lakeview, edgewater, etc). Â It is often greasy, lacking flavor (and very often not spicy), mystery chicken, gross vegetables, etc.
My point is: Â The Kung Pao chicken I had from this place last week is the best I've found here so far (not my favorite ever, but the best out of 12-15 chinese restaurants in Chicago. Â The chicken was good (no fatty, weird parts), it was nicely spicey (and not just loaded with peppers where the sauce has no flavor), and good vegetables. Â A solid kung pao - and I'm no amateur when it comes to kung pao haha.
Delivery was also quick - but that's just about any chinese restaurant I've tried.
horrifying. to echo yelper penny s: WAS THAT CHICKEN!?!?!
i write this review after just receiving my delivery order. it arrived prompty. within 50 minutes. i'm just so seriously disappointed with the quality of chinese food available through grubhub. i always check yelp ratings before a grubhub order and they are always between 1 - 3 stars for restaurants that grubhub lists as 4's or 5's.
regardless, i decided to try china doll for the first time.
ordered a half order of sesame chicken, half order of kung pao chicken and crab rangoon.
cheap enough.
where do i start? maybe with the fact that the entire order smelled like soap. yelper yoie l. writes "the crab rangoon and sesame chicken are both delicious." did we order from the same place? the sesame chicken had nothing to do with sesame or chicken. rubbery, so so so dry (i chewed for minutes) and a vague, bland brown sauce.
threw that away immediately.
crab rangoon was edible but no sauce?
and kung pao chicken tastes like how a tire smells.
i'm still starving.
I'm not sure why people gave this place such bad reviews. Obviously this is not high-class or authentic Chinese food, but since I moved downtown this has been my go-to place for fast, cheap Chinese. Being Chinese myself, I do get a little embarrassed ordering Americanized Chinese food, but I have to admit that it usually tastes pretty good! Â China Doll fits this niche pretty well.
This place is always fast, and the delivery guys have always been nice and courteous. I have ordered crab rangoon, sesame chicken, chicken chop suey, and chicken chow fun from here. I think that the crab rangoon and sesame chicken are both delicious. I like how the sesame chicken is not your typical greasy, syrupy sweet sauce used by most Chinese restaurants. It's a unique sauce that is actually a little spicy, which was a pleasant surprise.
Skip chow fun and chop suey--they are both horrible.
To be fair, I have only had delivery menu items, but China Doll was quite good. Â Of the items I tried -- Pork Fried Rice, General Tsao's Chicken, and Crab Rangoon -- all were above average.
In particular, the Crab Rangoon had a large amount of crab, which is a phenomenal deal and exceedingly rare among "cheap" Chinese places. Â Most places simply stuff Crab Rangoon with cream cheese, so I was quite surprised. Â A+ for value on this aspect...
Of note -- the delivery service was particularly slow (over 1.5 hours), but this may have been an isolated incident.
In sum -- don't expect fireworks, but if you're looking for a good value for very tasty chinese, then China Doll is a great pick. Â I will certainly be back for more!
... was that chicken...?
Grub Hub, Sunday night, who's delivering and doesn't have a $15 minimum? Ok China Doll, it's go time.
40 minutes, a confused delivery driver and $14 later, I opened my half order of orange chicken, small rice and egg roll to find orange chicken and small rice. Phone call to China Doll and rather than have the driver come back for a measly egg roll, I asked for a refund to my card. I was told that was Grub Hub's duty so I decided to have them bring it (because something told me that would be a bigger hassle and I probably wouldn't be ordering from them again anyway, just a hunch).
Hunch turns to fact. Three bites of "spicy" orange chicken yielded whatever the chicken equivalent is to gristle, some grease and not much orange. 20 minutes later, the buzzer rang and after some more confusion, the egg rolls arrived. They were tasty, the guy brought them back without any attitude and for that, they get another star. No way I'm ordering from there again though, sorry.
I'm kind of, what you'd call a "moo shu guru" because that's usually my favorite thing to have when I'm choosing my Chinese food... However, China Doll probably had the worst moo shu chicken I've had in a long time. There was barely any chicken and it was super saucy...BEFORE the plum sauce.
I'm sure other things on their menu are great, but moo shu is not their forte.
Kind of a 'fast-food' Chinese joint in southern Old Town. I used to order from here before I lived in the area, and now that I can see it from my balcony, I'm obviously there a little more.
The food is great. Crab Rangoon is one of the best I've ever had. Not bad on the price either. And the portions are pretty big-- I'm not one to eat a great deal in a single sitting, so I've always got leftovers no matter what I get.
Why only 3 stars? Well, this place is great as a delivery or carry-out joint; but I wouldn't necessarily recommend dining in. Not very clean looking inside; definitely has the 'fast-food' esque vibe.
I have had food from here delivered twice while at work and both times the experience was completely awesome.
The portions are really generous for how cheap it is, and it still tastes really good and hits the spot. Both times I ordered the chicken and broccoli and both times it was delicious.
Also, everyone I've interacted with there was really friendly and the delivery time was AMAZING for being delivered downtown.
Both times I have been completely impressed by this place.
I was waiting for my car at the garage across the street so I thought I would get me some Chinese carryout. I did a double take when I looked at the printed menu because I saw chicken, beef and hamburgers. But I was in the right place because when the menu was fully opened there was a generous choice of selections.  I got standard items plus some chicken curry. Dining area is rather small, spartan and busy. A good place for carryouts, delivery  or if you want to get something really quick.
Review Source:Recently had this delivered via Grub Hub, and I'm pleased. For your standard Chinese place, this is a safe bet. It was a big order - I personally had the Szechuan Chicken (tasty, but...missing...*something.* Can't put my finger on what). Others had the Pepper Steak (which is pretty awesome), Sweet and Sour Chicken, and Pineapple Chicken. Both mentioned they were good.
Their Crab Rangoon is also pretty decent. One thing to mention - ordering from Grub Hub meant we got a coupon special, either some fried rice or dumplings with the meal. We got the dumplings...which were OK. Not sensational. Also, crazy massive portions. A half order, and I was stuffed. The full order of Pepper Steak required two people to transport from the delivery person to the office.
I'd go again - this seems like a fine addition to the endless list of Chinese places for lunch.
One day while under weather I was starving and had nothing to eat. I took my chance by trying something new. The first bite was very ..... unpleasant. So I thought maybe I had just picked a bad piece of chicken... so I took another bite... very very unpleasant. Even the rice was dry and tasteless. I would like to think maybe I just got them on a bad day but everytime I think of the taste of that general tso chicken it makes me throw up in my mouth a little. However the delivery was fast.
Review Source:I ordered from them on GrubHub, and it came quickly and I loved it. Â
I got the chicken fried rice and sesame chicken, both which were delicious. Â A friend of mine got crab rangoon and loved it too. Â I'm giving it three because I haven't tried much off of the menu and have never actually been into the restaurant.
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