Ho King

Reviews 16

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Jim S

After being a China City, once every month customer for the past several years, I decided to try Ho King So long China City. After our first two meals Sesame Chicken and another dish I was sold. I love fried rice and their is very good with bits of pork, onion and some spice, For the next two weeks we were now eating their meals twice a week. Of course there meals are usually enough for two or a second meal later. I must admit I drank the Kool aid and would have easily given them a 4+ until this week. I ordered their S&S Chicken and expected something like pictured on their wall and in their menu. Instead of chicken bathed in a sauce with peppers, onion and pineapple, I received plain fried chicken and a bowl of sugar/vinegar water tinted pink. This is inexcusable and a fraud compared to what they picture. Its also crap S&S preparation. Such a waste! Odd that orange chicken and sesame chicken come bathed in the sauce unlike the bowl of sugar water that comes with the S&S Chicken. Last week the Szechuan Beef was very good with nice pieces of tender beef obviously thinly sliced on the bias. This week the beef was cut like french fries and was tough sticks. Not very good especially compared to what we received the week earlier. Due to an obvious language barrier, its also impossible to explain these problems so I hope they read this review. Oddly, despite what they will tell you, the entrée and rice portions of their lunch "special" is as large or in some cases larger than their dinner "combination." Their egg rolls are very good and a nice size being about 50% larger that China City. Their fried chicken used in so many dishes is of very high quality and appears to be almost all white breast meat. Sesame chicken should be more than just sesame seed sprinkled on a honey sauced chicken. Throw those seed in the wok for a few second to toast them and bring out their flavor. The wonton soup has nice wontons but a broth that is flavorless. Unlike the salty China City broth, this won needs help with either some garlic, a bit of salt or other flavoring. Wontons are good but the broth hurts the presentation and effect. So instead of that 4+ I have to go with a 2+ due to their latest product, inconsistency, weak soup broth and their inexcusable S&S Chicken for the reasons noted. However, I will return and hope for improvement. FIX THE S&S CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mister D

My wife had one good lunch here so we thought wed pick up dinner on 4/10/16. That was a big mistake . We ordered orange beef which I expected to be like chun-pi beef and General Tsos chicken. They were two of the worst Chinese dishes Ive ever had. Greasy soggy breaded nastiness and the sauces were terrible as well. The only thing decent was the white rice and crab rangoon, but barely decent. The orange beef didnt even have any identifiable beef in it... it was just a greasy ball of dough with a few specks of hamburger scattered in it...it was disgusting. So Im out $30 for one of the worst meals I have had . The lunch my wife had was the cashew chicken which I actually got to taste and it was quite good so I guess they have one good dish if youre lucky and the same cook is there. Ho King... All hail the King of Hos! Appalling.

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A Private User

I have eaten at over 100 different Chinese restaurants in my travels and this place has to be by far one of the most awful places to eat. Everything I ordered was extremely salty, tasted odd, and known of the flavors you would expect were missing or had been “changed”. There egg rolls are TERRIBLE!! One the first bit I was at the trash spitting it out. Once home I tried everything and ended up throwing it all out. Bad, awful, terrible are not enough to explain this bizarre food.

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Martin Gonzalez

Ordered delivery and there was no shrimp in the food. Called back and they wanted us to drive food to restaurant after I paid for delivery for a credit for next order because it was close to closing time to replace food. Finally after 20 minutes on the phone, owner stated that they would only do this once and delivered the food at 10pm with no apologies for error or attitude. Food was bland and meh at best. Never again.

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Brett Maternowski

Good food, great for a quick bite. Pricing is Par for the course. There are better places in South Tampa but I am often on this side of town for work and this is the best quick Chinese place around. Soups are a bit bland but the rice and noodles are always good. Meat is good quality and sauces are the same premade brands you find in most Red China shops. You wont find better until youre in Tampa proper.

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Zachary White

Having lived in Chicago most of my life, I am very particular about my Chinese food. Does Ho King hold a candle to a lot of the best stuff you can get in New York or Chicago? No. Is it good? Yes. In fact, it is one of the better/best take out Chinese restaurants in the Tampa area. There is a lot of bad Chinese out there, this is a solid choice.

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A Private User

Basic Chinese carry out. Simple family run little shop. No Tables, carry out only. They do a great business on weekends at dinner. They could use a phone person who speaks english better and doesnt struggle to be understood. Lots of choices for Chinese carry out in New Tampa. I like the Egg Foo Yong here.

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Jason Shi

I feel like this restaruants food was great, i ordered krab meat rangoon, and it was best best i tasted in my life! If i ever come back to FL again i would def order here again, the deliverying speed was very fast too.

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Shay Samuel

The only thing that was okay was the orange chicken and rice. The fried wontons were fried extremely hard as well as the egg roll. I had to them in the garbage and I hate wasting food! Will not be going here again!

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Barry Bloom

Soup was ok. Not much flavor. Mongolian beef very tasty with brown rice better. Sweet and sour chicken was okay. Egg rolls were good. Overall, it was good but I would not go better because of the price.

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A Private User

Ive never had a bad experience. As far as Americanized Chinese take out goes its not that bad. Ive tried a wide variety of items from the menu and have liked everything. My family always orders from here.

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Shanteley Herrera

I have ordered (delivery) from them twice and both times they have been an hour late. The person on the phone is rude and rushes you. The food is ok. Will not order from them again.

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keara smith

Food was really terrible! Never again will I waste my hard earned money....Lomein was disgusting! Orange chicken was big chunks . , Left me disappointed and still hungry!

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Justin M

Not only are they very nearby, but Ive had nothing but a great experience with them every time I order. Lightning fast, massive portions, and amazing food. A+

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Kyle Scroggins

Nearly everything here is top notch, one of my favorite places. Its always fast and priced right. I order from here 2-3 times per month

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Rimma Vcherashansky

The egg drop wonton soup we got was yellow like orange yellow and all starch, the wontons were not fresh they were hard inside terrible

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