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Quality
57/100
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Phone:
+1 919-493-3088
🌐 Website:
http://www.chinapalacerestaurant.com
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Address:
5210 Garrett Rd, Durham
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You’ve got to try the Sesame Chicken. Everyone who loves Chinese cuisine makes this a regular stop.
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Call me old I don't care. But this is one of the high lights of my time in Durham as a student. We have since lived in NYC, LA, DC and have been to many excellent Chinese restaurants, but one that truly serves authentic comfort food that in a relaxed low key setting, it truly is second to none. Every time we come across Durham we try to make a stop for it (including 50% pct of time when it is not even operating hours😭). Its like homecoming each time. This time we came in on a snowy Friday night and NO one else is dining there. It is so nice and peaceful. People are missing out on this place. In a world full of buffet chains and seemingly standard take out Chinese, or fancy exotic new school of fusion Chinese, this one is a throw back and remains hidden gem, and feels being drown out. Still operated by the same family for nearly 30years, I am very worried it may just one day decide to hang all up, leaving only great memories behind. It would be a shame.
P.s. we came back to it next afternoon on our trip back home trying to get another meal out of it before skipping town, and like so many times, it was closed😫😫😫. We will be back.
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Really good food. Hot & sour soup and egg drop soup were both great. Egg roll and spring roll were delicious. Beef and broccoli and double delight Kung pao were marvelous. We both have leftovers enough for another meal.
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Best Chinese food around. Been a customer for decades. Try the spicy dry bean curd with shredded pork.
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I was really surprised how good the food is here. Really loved their chillie beef and the chow mein noodles.
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We usually go here every couple of months. The food here is great. Definitely better than the typically quick takeout Chinese places. Service is fast, friendly, and they take requests if you would like your food spicier or slight changes.
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Ridiculously expensive. Well over 30 dollars for 2 people. I asked for no broccoli and I recieved more broccoli than I ever have in any dish. It was almost half the container. The rice was very dry
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Very disappointing. Don't waste your money.
This used to be a nice restaurant with traditional Chinese dishes that were flavorful and tasty. It had a rustic charm with mom and pop style restaurant atmosphere. Not any more. They reduced the dishes to a bare minimum quality. The dishes are bland with not even any salt in them. Very little meat in the dishes and is filled with shredded carrots and cabbage. Special fried rice is lumps of oily rice with just a few scattered chicken pieces and nothing else. Nothing special about it.
Very bad food indeed. Also, became very pricey.
Instead, they have gone all electronic and upmarket.
This is the last time they get my business.
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