kungfuasian rest

[Tyson]

Went to the new chinese rest next to Publix, got Happy Family $17, egg roll $2.20, soda $3, $5tip, over $27 and it was the first time I've ever left a chinese rest still hungry. My wife had shrimp with lobster sauce and it was nothing but shrimp soup. Again nothing in it. Web site and menu shows dishes piled high with food but that didn't happen with us. I no their new and will try them again but be careful what you order.

[Calisport]

Go figure. No one eats at these hole in the wall restaurants anymore.

[retiredguy123]

Went to the new chinese rest next to Publix, got Happy Family $17, egg roll $2.20, soda $3, $5tip, over $27 and it was the first time I've ever left a chinese rest still hungry. My wife had shrimp with lobster sauce and it was nothing but shrimp soup. Again nothing in it. Web site and menu shows dishes piled high with food but that didn't happen with us. I no their new and will try them again but be careful what you order.
Next to Publix? There are 10 Publix stores in The Villages area.

[JSR22]

Next to Publix? There are 10 Publix stores in The Villages area.

Southern Trace on 466

[fdpaq0580]

Thanks for the warning.

[Pairadocs]

Thanks for the warning.

Been there 4 times since they opened ! Only take out, but all meals have been good (for they type of "Chinese" we get in this area I mean !) Have ordered Mu Shu shrimp, Szechuan Chicken, Thai Basil shrimp, house special lo mein, mango chicken, Thai pineapple fried rice, egg rolls, and crab Rangoon... all have been acceptable to good. One evening we ordered the combo dinners (rather than the regular menu) to take out and we we were disappointed when we found the "combo" entree is extremely small, the majority, about 80% was a very tasteless fried rice, so will stick to the regular (not combo) menu. What we did appreciate is the fried items did NOT have that standard VERY OLD GREASE taste of nearly every Chinese carryout...but then it's not even month old yet !

[Chi-Town]

Been to Kungfu Chef and Cheng's both of 466. Cheng's is definitely the choice for carry-out. Items are well packed, tasty, and better value. And quick.

[jimkerr]

We’ve been to KingFu Chef several times and each time it was excellent.

[williep]

Are there any Chinese buffets open in TV? We use to go to one right near the restaurant they are talking about here and the food was pretty good and you never left hungry. It closed because of covid and buffets were frowned on but it didn't stop Golden Corral.

[wisbad1]

Been to Kungfu Chef and Cheng's both of 466. Cheng's is definitely the choice for carry-out. Items are well packed, tasty, and better value. And quick.
Panda express is great!

[airstreamingypsy]

Panda express is great!

I agree, it's my favorite of all the Chinese take out places. I wish it wasn't so far north, we need one down south.

[Blackbird45]

Not to sound like a food snob, but I’ve eaten Chinese food in New York and San Francisco and lots of places in between. The problem with these Chinese restaurants in these drive-in plazas is they work under a tight budget at best and it is fast food. It’s like eating a burger at four star restaurant and expecting the same quality at Mc Donald’s. The old saying is true you get what you pay for.

[Dani & Bill]

No. 1 China at Traverse, by Publix LOL is delicious carry-out! Bamboo Bistro is great with nice ambiance. Took us a year to find these 2 places, so we’ve eaten a lot of crappy Chinese food! Hahaha

[Dani & Bill]

Have been told that Ichibad (sp) in Leesburg is a good buffet option.

[Old Bob]

Went to the new chinese rest next to Publix, got Happy Family $17, egg roll $2.20, soda $3, $5tip, over $27 and it was the first time I've ever left a chinese rest still hungry. My wife had shrimp with lobster sauce and it was nothing but shrimp soup. Again nothing in it. Web site and menu shows dishes piled high with food but that didn't happen with us. I no their new and will try them again but be careful what you order.
I went there for lunch. There were about 15 items, and all for $8.95. You get your choice of soup or egg roll. I thought it was very good, with good service, and reasonable price,

[Regorp]

No. 1 China at Traverse, by Publix LOL is delicious carry-out! Bamboo Bistro is great with nice ambiance. Took us a year to find these 2 places, so we’ve eaten a lot of crappy Chinese food! Hahaha

Agree that #1 Chinese Restaurant is very good. Had takeout 3 times with combo meals generous. Similar to our favorite in CT.

[Stu from NYC]

Have been told that Ichibad (sp) in Leesburg is a good buffet option.

Been to Ichiban many times and we like it.

[Tyson]

I totally agree

[virtualcynthia]

Kung Fu Chef is new so you are wise to give it a second chance. The owners are the original owners of Koyame on 441 near the hospital, next to One Blood. They were excellent at Koyame so it may be growing pains. I love their Mongolian Beef. BTW, Koyame is a bit different, but still good.

[Timeweaver1]

We ate there for lunch yesterday. For under $10 we got great tasting food. I had chicken red curry, soup - hot and sour and a candy (no fortune cookie). It was great and I will be back.

[Pairadocs]

Kung Fu Chef is new so you are wise to give it a second chance. The owners are the original owners of Koyame on 441 near the hospital, next to One Blood. They were excellent at Koyame so it may be growing pains. I love their Mongolian Beef. BTW, Koyame is a bit different, but still good.

Just goes to show how difficult some cuisines are to judge by the reports of others, especially "Chinese", but applies to all as well. Specifically, while Koyame was what we felt was the "best" we could find in the immediate area, we tired twice now with new owners and thought it was terrible, so there's really no way other than trying a place at least twice to find something acceptable !

[joelfmi]

Went to the new chinese rest next to Publix, got Happy Family $17, egg roll $2.20, soda $3, $5tip, over $27 and it was the first time I've ever left a chinese rest still hungry. My wife had shrimp with lobster sauce and it was nothing but shrimp soup. Again nothing in it. Web site and menu shows dishes piled high with food but that didn't happen with us. I no their new and will try them again but be careful what you order.
You were charged NY prices in Florida, That is to say you were overpriced for these items. Look around for another restaurant

[Trayderjoe]

Just goes to show how difficult some cuisines are to judge by the reports of others, especially "Chinese", but applies to all as well. Specifically, while Koyame was what we felt was the "best" we could find in the immediate area, we tired twice now with new owners and thought it was terrible, so there's really no way other than trying a place at least twice to find something acceptable !

100% agree with this statement. We tried Koyame several times under the original owners and found it to not be good at all. We tried Koyame under the new owners and were pleasantly surprised, enough so that we will go back. My experiences with food recommendations is that they don’t account for the differences in the cuisine one grew up with/were exposed to such as, which is better pizza, Brooklyn or Chicago? I prefer to read comments about service and cleanliness, and even then, I try to determine if the review is legit or someone panning a restaurant because of entitled expectations.

Best to try it and if you like it, have at it. I would generally give any restaurant at least 2 tries, but I would also wait a month or two after a new restaurant opens to let them iron out the kinks before I eat there. Even though Kungfu is owned by the original Koyame owners, we will try it once in case something changed that makes their food more palatable to us.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

As always - if you go to a Chinese Restaurant (not a take-out joint but a place that has table service) - make sure you ask for their own house-made duck sauce. Take-outs usually don't make their own, and you're stuck with the tasteless tear-packs. But a real restaurant would - or should - have house-made duck sauce.

Koyame had it on 441, but I haven't been since they changed ownership so no idea if they still do or not.

[thevillagernie]

Went to arbys and had to tell them, make it look like the picture up there.....never again,

[Mrs.Guy]

Went to arbys and had to tell them, make it look like the picture up there.....never again,

:mmmm: The picture is beef..... what they serve is beff. :yuck:

[mgkw1]

Gross