Taste Good Chinese Restaurant

3.5 stars. I'll round up.

I was heading over to Crush It Nutrition a few Mondays back. I noticed Taste Good Chinese Restaurant next to it. I always find it bold when an eatery makes a statement that its food tastes good in its name.

Oh, yeah? Let's see if that's true.

After shopping at Kohl's in Williamsville, I looked up this eatery online and placed a pickup order.

I ordered the following items:
- Steamed pork dumplings (6) with garlic dipping sauce
- Shrimp with lobster sauce on roasted pork fried rice

I got an estimated time of twenty minutes for my food to be ready. I would get there right on time from where I was.

That's what I thought. I got a phone call roughly halfway through my drive. A man from the restaurant said that my order was ready. I said that I was heading over there and thanked him.

Fast. Good communication. So far, so good.

I returned to the plaza anchored by Wegmans. I parked steps away from the main entrance and walked in.

This eatery had a number of booths and tables. No one was dining there. I guess that everyone liked doing takeout instead on a Monday night?

I said hi to a man who came out of the kitchen. He asked for my phone number. I rattled it off. He was interested in the last four digits of it. So much for good communication here. Just tell me that, so I would have saved us both some time.

He handed my food in a paper bag with a plastic bag over it. I thanked him and headed to my car. I then drove back to my hotel room to dig in.

The steamed dumplings were yummy. The filling was flavourful. The wrapper was on the thicker side, but it wasn't as doughy as I had feared. I loved the garlicky dipping sauce.

My favourite dish these days is shrimp with lobster sauce on roasted pork fried rice at any Chinese eatery. New China Restaurant in Rochester, MN does it right and has set the benchmark high.

This place had a lot of egg clumps in the lobster sauce, which put a damper on my eating experience. I actually took all the white egg clumps out. The sauce was okay, but it needed something more exciting flavour-wise. The shrimp were yummy.

The pork fried rice also needed more flavour. It didn't have any crispy bits to it. This place wasn't skimpy with its ingredients. It was good, but there is lots of room to make it better.

The dumplings were delicious. I'd get them again. I'd try a different main next time and hope that it's better.

(154)

Definitely went downhill from a few years ago. The meat is still good big chunks and very tender, but the sauce amount is insane. Everything is drowning in it. My main complaint is the rice, it's definitely parboiled rice now and the taste is terrible!

Great food! Always a line of vehicles in the large Wegman's parking lot heading to their front door! Though they are quick in getting your order in, the times they give you for completion of your food is on average abt 20-35mins. They are good at what they do, and their products tastes great! We usually get the chicken or shrimp orders with veggies, and they are delicious! We have also a very few of their noodle dishes. All very tasty and highly recommended, being happy to see they seem have a large clientele who comes seemingly everyday! During the 2022 Buffalo Blizzard they filled an order for four HUGE boxes of food for emergency utility workers, who were smart enough at least knowing nothing would be better than Taste Good!

In order of importance...
Food is excellent
Service is adequate
Ambiance leaves much to be desired

I never leave reviews but really needed to for this place. I was so excited for dinner, I ordered general tso tofu and chow fun noodles which are my favorite. I got home and when I opened the bag there was a soupy mess of oil all over my containers which was gross but I figured something just spilled. Then I made myself a plate and found a worm in the broccoli from my tofu dish so I inspected my noodles and I found shor black hair!! My hair is long so it was 100% from the restaurant. I had to throw everything in the trash.. I ordered 2/4 at 7pm :((.
Update: I talked with the owner who profusely apologized and assured me he will be inspecting all of his vegetables due to distributer issues and offered me a refund

First time here, just looking to have a quick lunch. Nothing fancy, typical small Chinese restaurant. Was able to order right away and food was done quickly. Had chicken and broccoli and tasted good. Took a menu home and will order from here again.

This is the only Chinese place I go to anymore. Their egg rolls are the best and their service is fast.

It's the best place close to me. I live in Lewiston and I like the food, prices and convenience of Taste Good.

My daughter in California graciously surprised me with a DoorDash delivery. The food arrived promptly and although I prefer savory and a tad spicy to sweet Chinese dishes I was extremely surprised to find that the special duck was exceptionally delicious tender and the other ingredients shrimp chicken and pork enhanced the dish. It's hard to find good duck. The duck was not greasy at all.
The mushroom shrimp was very well prepared generous portion of mushrooms and the shrimp were plump.

The lage shrimp eggroll was extremely greasy upon delivery, however a couple of minutes in the air fryer crisped it up and grease blotted. quite tasty and large but I did not taste any shrimp in it. Tiny minced vegetables I would suspect Dikon radish or another starchy vegetable minced celery and meat.

The portions were very large as you can see from the photos.

I have not been to Taste Good in years and that was the restaurant on Delaware Avenue. I had talked to the owners previously and I know they are northern Chinese. The northern Chinese cuisine's are very strong hot and pungent.. This may be one of the reasons the reviews are not sensational. As most people in the Buffalo area like their Chinese food very very mld much like the Mexican food served here.

I will go back and definitely explore the menu. Oh yes the prices are exceptionally good lots of soy sauce hot mustard duck sauce and fortune cookies included. . Although my daughter did not order rice there was a generous pint included. Also, there was a large container of wonton soup with four wonton and lots of egg. Kind of reminded me of Jewish kreplach thick and plump.I thought very very good. For my taste there was way too much cornstarch and it was salty to my taste. It heated up well though and I threw in a couple of shrimp that I had on hand Lots left.

I would definitely go back. The menu looks very good to me.
This was a very nice surprise

Today I did an order for pickup at taste good. This was my first time visiting this location.
My initial reaction- they have a nice delivery truck outside with their logo on it which I thought was a nice touch. The inside is clean- I would definitely dine in. The staff was friendly as well.
We ordered the Four people Family special. You get General Tso chicken, sweet & sour chicken, beer & brocolli, boneless rib, chicken lo mein, pork fried rice, white rice, 4 soups and 4 egg rolls. ALL FOR $32.99. GREAT VALUE!!!!
My only complaint with the meal is the lo mein didn't look appetizing so I didn't eat it and the boneless rib wasn't charred at all compared to other places I've been to.
The cans of soda are $1 each.
I will definitely return!!!