08/22/08

Terrible food swimming in grease

by dickmanitoba

I've read a number of positive reviews for this place and decided to check it out. I bought several items and when I brought them home, I noticed a strong grease smell when I opened the bag. Virtually every item glistened in a sheen of oil. I know Chinese food is cooked in oil, but this was ridiculous. Every bit went down the garbage disposal, and I hate to waste food. If you love greasy, oily Chinese food, this is your spot.

• Pros: A lot of people seem to enjoy this place
• Cons: Oily, greasy food that's not cheap

06/28/07

Santa Clara Valley deserves better than this.

by late4dinner

The place we had to sit was horrible. There was a wedding reception taking up the main dining area so they stuck everybody else into what used to be the bar which is now basically a storage area crammed with 6 tables. There were boxes piled up on the back bar and against the windows up to the ceiling. In a pathetic attempt to conceal these boxes of toilet paper, take-out containers and fortune cookies, they used a few of those Cost-Plus trifold shoji screens; didn't work guys, it still feels like a storage room, not a dining room. Our table was shoved against the bar which is now used as a servers' station-- as the servers were rushing back and forth filling teapots and water glasses, i had a bit of hot tea and then ice water spilled on the back of my neck. We left no tip.

We had the "early bird special" dinner that was surprisingly better than expected (5-courses for 4 people @ $9.95 each) good Mu-shu Pork but the beef in the Broccoli Beef was tasteless.

• Pros: Inexpensive
• Cons: Atmosphere, attention to detail

09/25/04

Surprisingly good, misleading name

by e2m8ohed

With a name like China Stix, you'd expect this restaurant to be a mall-food-court type Americanized Chinese restaurant. It's much more authentic than I expected (and I am Asian). The dim sum is very good, though some items are not as hot as they should be. Prices aren't cheap but not bad.