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Chan's Chinese Restaurant
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
4 reviews for Chan's Chinese Restaurant
Oh My Dear God in Heaven! This place ROCKS!!
I remember reading about it a couple years ago in some list published in a national newspaper or perhaps on the Yahoo! homepage or something--it was the top 5 or 10 Chinese restaurants in *America*. Everyone was kind of stunned because amongst the New York and San Francisco usuals was also listed some unknown in Mesquite, TX. But I never made it out there.
Scan ahead 2 years later: rainy late-October evening--I had to go to Mesquite to watch a UIL high school marching contest, so afterwards I used it as an excuse to stop in at Chan's finally.
Listen everyone: RUN!! Don't walk to this place! Its in your typical strip shopping center right off of Galloway/Hwy.80. You walk in and order at the front counter--they have a big ol' menu mounted on the wall with hundreds of stuff to choose from. I asked the dudes what "Crispy Beef" was because I really wasn't familiar. They said it was batter-fried blah blah so I ordered that instead of Szechuan Beef. I wanted a couple days' worth of leftovers, so also ordered the Sesame Chicken just to compare that very basic of Chinese staples to the chain joints. Buddy of mine ordered General Tso's Chicken. We both got fried rice with it.
And now for the show! There isn't a ton of seating really: just a row of booths along one wall, but there is also THE SHOW. They have a tall "bar" type thing that faces directly onto the cooking area. About an 8-foot wok is 3 feet away from your face (separated by the enormous window of course) and you get to watch all the fantastic magic that goes on with these dudes that are flipping and slinging Chinese food all over the place. Rice and broccoli is flyin' everywhere, they're dumpin' liquid egg into a huge pot to make fried rice, enormous ladles of various sauces are being slung to and fro and slopped here and there, all at the speed of sound! It is a really fun thing to see and I'd seriously take a date there for a portion of the evening.
The food: it was finally ready and did NOT disappoint. The General Tso's chicken was probably the best--nice and spicy (but you can get extra spicy oil to dump more on if you want) with a great depth of flavor. The crispy beef was really good, but was the least of my entrees. It came like steak fingers basically plus a cup of sauce to dump over it. Not spicy at all, but it wasn't supposed to be. And, the Sesame Chicken. Man, this was the absolute best SC I've ever had in my life! Nothing like that crap you get at Panda Express, etc. This was full of sliced garlic, a rich sesame sauce and very crisp & crunchy chicken still steaming from the wok. It was truly an experience and you should go there now. I mean right now.
Lastly, they give you such enormous portions, you'll be eating for another day or two on this stuff. I ordered two entrees thinking I'd have leftovers for a while and boy did I misjudge that one: I'll be eating good on this for about a week and half.
Recommend? HECK YEAH!! And I disagree with the other reviewers that didn't advise dining in. That is the ONLY way to do it, in my opinion. You're totally missing out on half the Chan's experience if you don't witness the genius of the cooks!
P.S. Each of my entrees cost around $8 and came with fried rice.
Food is great...We had the General Tso chicken and Szechuan chicken. Fun place to dine, huge portions, reasonable prices, and fast, friendly service!
Good food, reasonable prices. I don't recommend dine-in, because the restaurant is a bit greasy, and small. Better as a Delivery or Take-out restaurant.
Good Chinses food at reasonable prices. Fast delivery. Dining area is small, best at delivery or carry out.
