Great Wall Restaurant
| Address: | 1556 S French Ave, Sanford, FL 32771, USA |
| Phone: | +1 407-323-6669 |
| Rating: | 3.4 |
| Working: | 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 12AM–10PM |
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Amer TCW
As a former New Yorker, this place was TERRIBLE! I went here several years ago, and it was mediocre to poor at best, but recently, the woman at the counter alerted me to the fact that the restaurant is under new management, which would account for the quality sinking further down to "irreparable." First, General Tso and Sesame Chicken are the SAME, with one just getting a few dried chiles thrown into the sauce and the other sprinkled with untoasted sesame seeds. The meat itself is like all breading, like corndogs the size of superballs that have been left out for a few hours and refrigerated for a few days. The low mein has NEVER been remarkable, as it was one of the worst things I recall ordering from Great Wall -- just a funky taste that doesnt belong in a lo mein dish. Shrimp eggrolls rolls are just spring rolls with 3 baby shrimp stuffed in them -- save your money. Its ALL WHITE inside, as if there is only 2 ingredients inside, like some kind of funky tasteless cabbage. The shrimp egg foo young keeps getting its sauce changed, always for the worst, and it has always arrived without being properly drained of the juice/water it has been cooked in, and RUINS the bottom two patties by sogging up all the onions and the flavor goes out of it while making the eggs soggy. I tried chicken and cashews (tastes like its been in the fridge for a week), beef/broccoli (questionable meat), garlic chicken (wheres the GARLIC?), mushu pork (PLEASE DONT EVEN ATTEMPT THIS, AS ITS LOADED WITH HARD FUNKY CABBAGGE), kungpo chicken (terrible taste), fried shrimp in a bag (very greasy, doesnt taste fresh), ribs (dry, fatty, like dog rawhide), bonesless ribs (hard, chewy pieces of whats comes across as beef jerky bits in dried up sauce), shrimp and lobster sauce (how can you mess up THIS classic? They did. It only "looks" okay, but tastes like some things are missing and others are taking its place), and something with the word "phoenix" in it that, being a specialty, I expected too much - bland as heck. People who think this is good New York Chinese Food have defintely not eaten in good Chinese joints there as I have all my life. I think some people are easily impressed by chinese food in general, thats all. Additionally, the other people are correct -- the staff is very rude. I had to correct my order, and the lady at the front was ticked off at me, and (out of spite) left out all the bags of noodles from my order, and I even paid for extra, after telling her how important they were for the half gallon of soup I ordered and how the soup was useless without it for us. I knew by her face she did something but couldnt figure out what it would be, and was surprised by the nerve of the act. I assume this was to make me drive back, but it was too far and we gave the soup away to a neighbor, vowing never to return (and havent). Honestly, LOTS of people here have no CHOICE but to go to Great Wall because no other Chinese restaurant in their right mind would come to that area and there are hardly ANY others around (google map it and youll see). Fortunately, I pass near the Walmart all the time and will save Chinese night for those times when I pass there and plan to try a place that is near the Burger King in the strip mall across the street right in the back of it (near CVS), as I read the food was good but the owner has on occasion been in a bad mood to complainers. The Itchigo Itchie (sp?) in the Walmart Plaza has tanked in reviews, so the one near CVS/Burger King on 17-92/LakeMary Blvd will be next on the list. Oh well, perhaps the Chinese restaurant owners havent caught on yet that in the U.S.A., service and attitude is just as important as the food and can make or break the business. If that one doesnt pan out, Ill have to save chinese night for when I travel out even FURTHER from my general area, or just head to China Garden (the best I guess) somewhere near 436 and University/Colonial, in that general vicinity. Honestly? I would rather eat at Panda Express than Great Wall, so that in itself speaks volumes.
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Telecia keith
I said I wouldnt visit this place again because of the last visit I had, the cook was very rude and what I ordered was tasteless. But because they are the closest chinese food place I ended up going again, this time I ordered beef and broccoli and the beef was raw and when I took it to the counter to show them and instead of asking for my money back I preferred something different and the cook argued with me, counted how many pieces of the beef Id already ate and offered me $2 back. A shame they didnt care about serving me raw meat so never again this time, they truly do not care about customers!
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Binh Hoang
I would not recommend this place. 1 hour delivery only to be heavily disappointed. Sesame chicken - too dry, its like they just reheated it General Tso chicken and shrimp - sauce is mediocre. The breading was like frozen corndog breading, but drenched in sauce. Bbq (bone and boneless) - bone in was too dry, burnt on some ends. Boneless was like eating day old bits of the bone in ribs. At least it had a little bit of sauce on it. The rice was fine... thats the only good thing about it. Avoid this restaurant, even if you are desperate.
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Gabriel Marrero
I used to order from this place regularly. However last time I ordered the beef lo mein, the beef was raw. I called them and they quickly sent me another one. That one had raw beef as well. It smelled like raw beef and the strips of beef were barely cooked and still bloody. I threw the entire thing out. The first one was bad, the second one was worse. Unfortunately I wont be ordering from there again.
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Rashida Wilkinson
Took 1hr 30 mins (which was the expected time). But this chicken egg foo young taste horrible. And I think I bit some cartilage. The orange chicken is still red when you bite into it and the sauces made me so nauseous. Couldnt finish eating it so I threw it away.
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Nichole Hale
Always had great food from here. quick service and delivery as promised! They know what I want when I order and prices are fantastic for the amount of food you get! The only Chinese place in town I had to try and Im sold!
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debra rodriguez
Lovely dinner from start to finish! Mushroom soup was excellent. Escargot dish was very tasty. Lamb was wonderful. The cozy ambiance certainly added to our enjoyment. The dessert was memorable. Service was perfect.
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Jesse Long
Good portion size, but too much grease, and not enough to flavor. Final straw was not deveining the shrimp, which made the lo mein taste like an old sink. Not going back.
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amigi968
Great food, fast service, reasonable prices for the amount of food you get. Oh, and seriously, what one person calls "raw" most normal people would call medium.
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Morgan d
I love this place...the lady knows my voice over phone and knows my order without saying a thing. Fast service and they Deliver..best place in town for Chinese!
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Cece A
Great food. Fast service. Big amounts of food. I Definitely order here at least 2 times-3 times a month, my son loves it better than pizza..
