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China Village in Albany is a two star Chinese restaurant. This restaurant is very affordable. This restaurant features brunch, catering, and lunch. This place is handicap accessible and good for groups.
5.0 of 5 stars.
It's 3 a.m. and I am counting down to the minute when I can dash to China Village. Here are some of the MUST-HAVES (that I'm currently drooling over): Pickled vegetables -- Complimentary small dish...
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1.0 of 5 stars.
me also like it
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wow. This place is amazingly good with their use of dried chili peppers, a prominent feature of Szechuan cuisine. In fact, it's so good, that their plates come loaded with them!-Spicy chicken, dry...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Easily the most authentic Chinese food I've had in the United States.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is undoubtedly one of the best Chinese restaurants in the Bay Area...the ingredients are fresh, the flavors are superb and the service is good as well. Some of my favorite things include their...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
"Co-mingling flavors." That's what it says on the menu. Really. Their famous fish fillet soup in chicken broth has 'flavors that mingle together', or something along those lines.And by God, they're...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So, we went to China Village after a day of engagement photoshoot. We came in at around 8:30pm and was surprised that they'd still serve us! I guess a lot of restaurants in Berkeley closes early? My...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went to China Village with friends, and who knew that an ordinary -looking local Chinese place could be so good. Super-tasty and authentic Western Chinese cooking, (although for a place claiming to...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We came back for another tasting at China Village and tried a few other dishes this time.We started off with a pig ear appetizer that was sliced almost paper thin on top of a bed of green onions, I...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We had take out from here today. The fried rice (combo) was ok. The spicy noodles were pretty good. And the spicy fish was OK too. The toddler seemed to like the fried rice.I've eaten here for...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
For a pretty authentic Chinese restaurant, the service at China Village is surprisingly good. If you like spicy food, you're in for a treat. Many of the dishes here are plenty spicy! And garlicky!...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am such a jerk, because I want to tell you about the most delicious, scrumptious, spicy fish dish EVER, and I cannot remember the name of it for my life. If you never, ever forgive me, Yelpers, for...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
yum yum yum, been going here for years. My favorite is their orange beef, and all my friends love the fish/tofu soup
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite Sichuan place. Favorite dishes:Szechwan home-style chicken (cold appetizer), great spicy dish with lots of Sichuan pepper. The similar conch dish is also great.West style spicy...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We quit going to other chinese restaurants. No tourist "Chinese" food for us (like egg foo young, chow mein and chop suey that were born in the USA and are as Nationalist Chinese as Springsteen)....
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4.0 of 5 stars.
N. and I stopped for dinner to warm up after a Shotgun production at John Hinkley Park The restaurant was very full; we were given a table at the walkway between the two rooms. We asked to be moved...
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Food: ExcellentService: ExcellentGreat Chinese food without breaking the bank.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We love China Village! It's usually where we take out-of-town friends and hold special occasion dinners.I've seen a lot of recommendations for cumin lamb, 1000 chili soup and sesame bread, which are...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Don't come here and order fake Americanized Chinese dishes or even the Southern style dishes on the menu. Go Northern and Sichuan all the way and you'll be happy. I suspect many of the people who were...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My last experience at this restaurant was a bad experience. The food was absolutely way too oily and the meat was not fresh at all. Maybe coming at the end of the day isn't a good idea. It's pretty...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The key to having a good meal here is knowing what to order, which doesn't mean asking the staff -- it means asking your Chinese friends who are 1) fluent in the language and 2) have already been...
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here a few times for dinner with the BF & his family, and we always leave feeling satisfied. We've always gotten something with intestines and pork blood in it (my favorite!), immersed and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
After watching and drooling over my TV while watching the Check Please show, I had to try this place for that One thousand peppers soup.As I am watching the show, i see that the round eyed guest...
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Terrible Service, attitude, and no they do not deliver
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Went here after seeing a sterling review of the restaurant on "Check Please!" We were already in Berkeley, so we dicided to give it a go and check out the Szechwan-style cooking. Mediocre was the best...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I visited here on a Sunday, which offered the full menu with limited Dim Sum items. I was actually on my way to another Dim Sum restaurant on Solano Ave that I just visited last week. I drove past...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My friend Ian M. invited me to a gathering of "hard-core foodies" at China Village. This is a restaurant that I'd walked past countless times without realizing that it has been regarded by many as a...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Loved the place. Nice variety of Chinese cuisine. The thing that stood out with the lamb with cumin is that not only was the cumin intense, there was also room for other more subtle flavors.
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If I were condemned to die and had to pick my last meal, I'd make them take me to China Village in shackles. I'd eat the chili prawns (batter fried with their heads and shells on--you gotta use your...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm a northern not a southern Chinese but I think we can all agree that this is the best Sichuan place in the Bay Area, and probably the best Chinese restaurant in the vicinity of Berkeley. And...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's all about the FISH SOUP!!! It's not common to find an amazing signature dish that is so memorable, unique, and delicious that you just can't get anywhere else. Here, it's the fish soup.First of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My partner and I are regulars here. We drive from San Francisco several times a month to satisfy our addiction for authentic Szechuan cuisine (especially since Szechuan Village in Millbrae was sold)....
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
UPDATE!Can't hold back any longer - this bad boy goes to 11.I love it. Just go already..P
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very good and unusual dishes.Avoid the "classic" selections -- they're just american-chinese food.
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3.0 of 5 stars.
DD and I did a dinner there last week. I liked it better than she did. They didn't have lamb and scallions on the menu but the waitresss ( surly?) got it for us without comment. Food was a little...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Definitely the best sichuan restaurant I've been to in California. The authentic semi-numbing chili and pepper brings me back memories of my trips to chengdu, chongqing, and yichang. Only point my...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My friends and I came in here after a loooong hike, and were basically ready to eat the house down (does that even make sense)? Our Asian stomachs raged to be satiated. I suppose if we had eaten a...
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2.0 of 5 stars.
During a recent visit I ordered a small won ton soup. That got the order wrong and gave me a special won ton soup...but it wasn't that special-the won tons had a tiny little bit of ground pork and...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am very critical of Chinese restaurants since I grew up in China. But China Village beats all restaurants in the bay area (east bay, SF chinatown, south bay). With more than 100 choices on the menu,...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
china village used to be a favorite among some of my friends. and i remember enjoying the food as well. but on a recent visit, i was sorely disappointed. the husband and i both have pretty particular...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a secret spot. Shhh! Don't tell a soul. You like sezhuan? This is the best I have had in the Bay.Hands down. Sometimes Chinese restaurants are packed because they are cheap. This place...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is okay. I went here today and had enough sodium to last me for at least a month, but the place is still okay. We ordered two dishes, duck with bean sprouts and pork with Szechwan pickles....
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We had the soup w/ our dinner tonight and it was delicious. I separated out the broth and heated it first, then added in fish and noodles so they wouldn't overcook. There remains enough for another...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This restaurant is well on its way to becoming my favourite Chinese restaurant around here. Only been here twice, for lunch, so far. But my (Chinese) friend got takeout food from here for a a party of...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Watering eyes, running nose, tingling tongue... all the while slurping greedily at the the soup... sure signs that you have succumbed to the addictive deliciousness of the spicy fish and tofu soup. I...
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2.0 of 5 stars.
i went to china village for the first time not too long ago with a friend. i wasn't too impressed with it. i ordered chicken chow fun and one of their sichuan spicy chicken dishes--1000 chilli chicken...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went here recently for take-out (at first I asked for delivery, but they do no such thing). I was very happy with everything I ordered (Kung Pao chicken and Village Special beef). Lots of peppers...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm very happy I finally tried this joint after years of people telling me it was solid. Let's face it; asian food in berkeley/albany/el cerrito generally sucks. This place kicks ass on the other...
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Went to China Village for the first time over the weekend. I'm conflicted. They called themselves a Sichuan and Mandarin restaurant. I didn't enjoy any of the Sichuan dishes a bit. The dishes look...
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i'm so conflicted.I love dining in here, but my take out experience left me very unsatisfied. The portions were much smaller, and the quality suffered. I got the Sesame bread, the cold spicy chicken,...
yelp.com - user review - 11/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am from Chengdu, Sichuan and I find this one of the best Sichuan restaurant in the bay area. When I was living in Berkeley I went there every week. Now I only get to go about once a year, it is...
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food was fairly decent when I came with a friend. I liked the spicy preserved lettuce dish that was given to us after we ordered before the food came. We had the following:- (Appetizer) Beef with...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My girlfriend and I have spent many nights devouring the authentic spicy Szechwan food at China Village. She and her mother have spent much time in Szechwan and agree that this is as good as it gets...
yelp.com - user review - 10/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here with my mother and her friends from high school. Authentic, tasty dishes -- rock cod with glass noodles and layered with chiles; thick scallion flatbread; greens with mala, spice green beans...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As my husband and I walked up Solano Ave., trying to figure out what to eat. I could smell something so delicious and I knew that it was coming from China Village. I was about to pass by it but the...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Thanks to Yelp, Check Please, and a foodie friend who raved about China Village, Hubby and I made a visit last night and loved the food. We have mild-moderate spice tolerance and we enjoyed every...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know about the food, but this place does NOT deliver, so don't waste your time if that's what you're looking for. Yelp should correct that info.
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
get the beef noodle soup. spicy and awesome!
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I tried a 3-item combo from their food tent during the Solano Stroll. Given the context, I'm rounding their 2.5-stars up to 3. My pork bun was more of a pork taco--sweet pork scooped into a folded...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Stopped here for dinner last night because the place was obviously packed, so we figured it must be good.It was great!Service wasn't mind-blowing or anything, but everyone was very helpful and we...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place...They actually was on "Bay Area check please". I love their spicy noodle soup. I ordered fish and tofu in spicy broth...Good God, my husband was sweating when eating the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Disclaimer: the rating for this restaurant was for the most part determined due to one dish. But I think it is completely justified. So I am just going to gush about it in this review like a fat kid...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
People who down rate this place don't know good Szechwan food. This place is really authentic. But don't take my word for it. I went here with a native of Szechwan from Chengdu and another friend who...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is the spicville.... we had help ordering because our group was fairly new to schezwan food. WOW this one dish that came out... chili shrimp.. was like 100 red chili peppers surrounding the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i am skewed b/c where i live in SD the Chinese food is so bad that anything remotely authentic will blow my mind. However, this place has the szichuan peppers that make my mouth and tongue tingle and...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this place is totally awesome. i grew up in the sg valley in la (china valley, the new or *real* la chinatown) and i don't know a szechuan place down there as good as this. this place kicks your a**!...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Szechwan cuisine that is authentic for the U.S. The fish soup is the signature dish with the numbingly hot spice of the region. The "hua jow" peppercorns which gives all the szechwan cuisine that...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm a fan of the General Tso's chicken and the wonton soup. I can't say that I feel overly "welcome" there, but maybe that's the price of good food.
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Large portions and fairly cheap.Must try dish is the Lamb with Cumin.Other good dish is the Steak with Black Pepper (best value).Avoid the Stinky Tofu unless you can really take the spice.Service is...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
As good as Chinese food gets in Berkeley! This is not to say that this place is average or crappy. It is still quite delicious.Service is pretty quick here. If you order in Chinese, the waiters seem...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is quickly becoming my favorite Chinese restaurant in the bay area! If you like spicy food with a ton of flavor, you will LOVE China Village. I brought my mom here for dinner - who I...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Water Dumpling with Spicy Home Made Sauce - 5 starsCumin Lamb - 4 starsSzechwan Style Spicy Boiled Beef - 3 starsSesame Bread Stuffed with Special Pork - 3 starsGreen Onion Pancake - 2 starsEggplant...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Finally a really good Chinese restaurant that doesn't rely on industrial brown sauce! We started with a savory soy milk (weekends only) flavored with pork, cilantro and chile oil that was...
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Went to China Village and had some breakfast. This was my first time there, and I've had tons of great Chinese breakfast food before, and wasn't too impressed. Things were too doughy, and the items...
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My boyfriend, his mom and I came here for Chinese breakfast. I have never had Chinese breakfast and was interested.It wasn't bad! I really enjoyed the soy milk soup, seafood steamed dumpling, and...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Really good place. I first heard of China Village on "Check Please" (you know you're in the bay area when...) It is close to where I regularly swim so I went and I have been back over and over. The...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We walked by China Village for years before we walked in, slightly turned off by the institutional atmosphere. We kept noticing the large tables packed with Asian families and tons of food, though,...
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Terrible, terrible food. Horrible, rude service. Made us sick. This place gets good reviews and that is why we tried it out and boy were we sorry. Look, I have been to some divey restaurants and I can...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I came here with seven friends on a Sunday night and we ordered up a storm! Shrimp with walnuts, seafood clay pot, and other dishes that I already forgot but we consumed it all. Everything was good....
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
at first we were going to eat at this shanghainese place on san pablo ave., but noticed that there were no people in that restaurant at 6:55pm on a friday. so we left out of there, and cruised up and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food is definitely good. Prices a bit high, BUT quantity makes up for it.Too bad the service sucks. At least the tea is complimentary. As is the kimchee.
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I just paid over $7 for a takeout carton of tasteless rice with a single shrimp in it..........
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went there for lunch yesterday with a friend.Ordred the fish fillet with black bean sauce, but when I pointed to the menu item, the waitress thought I ordered the Szechuan fish, which was just above...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yum! Great food and a lot of good vegetarian options. The eggplant melts in your mouth, in a good way, and all the delicious wheat dishes make great accompaniments. After a couple of meals dining...
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Hungry and uninspired by our usual Asian haunts last Sunday, S.O. and I decided to try China Village, based on Yelp! and Check Please Bay Area reviews. It became obvious very quickly that ordering the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Agree with many reviews here. Great food, bad service. Though, I gotta say (and I'm so NOT one of those people who usually notices this stuff) every Asian family who came in got much quicker service...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The 1000 chili chicken is my fave! I would come here everyday just for that dish.Other dishes I've had here are the cumin lamb, soft tofu with beef, garlic pea sprouts, and a few others. The 1000...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE THIS PLACE.This is the best place (among the places I've been to in the bay area so far) for spicy, Chinese food. There are just so many things on the menu that I have a hard time ordering. My...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The sesame/chive bread is my favorite thing about this place. They also do great things with vegetables.My husband (the one who loves grease in all forms!) is nuts about their slow-cooked pork dish --...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Before I get to the food, I have to share the following: I suspect that China Village's Big Man (you'll know who he is) expresses his dis/pleasure with diners by way of a hierarchy of desserts....
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
TAKE OUT POTLUCK 5th PLACE 10-5-07DIsh: Lemon ChickenFor my birthday I invited my family to each bring their favorite dish from their favorite restaurant. My cousin brought this dish and was very sad...
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
China Village is the best Szechwan Chinese restaurant on Solano Avenue in the Berkeley Albany area. In fact this might be my favorite Chinese food restaurant ever. In case you've never been to Solano...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Mediocre Chinese food. Nothing more. I'm sorry but a restaurant that only has half good dishes and half shitty dishes is not a good restaurant.
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food here is soooo good if you know how to order. First rule, avoid anything that says "Classic" because this means "for white people who like things mild, greasy, and sweet." Second rule, almost...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Hm. Maybe a 3.5 star rating. Obviously, I'm trying to rank as many Chinese restaurants that I can. Don't blame me. Blame my lack of interest for eating out anywhere else but Chinese. Blame the genes...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My yearning for sesame flat bread, Chinese celery and a sea of red chillies is endless. When the craving comes, and it inevitably does, I go to the China Village, and I have never been disappointed....
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really wanted to like this place. I had been here before, but didn't know what to order. This time around, I knew and still wasn't impressed.I had ordered the Spicy Boiled Beef, Spinach with...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Can be hit-and-miss; my advice would be to stick the the "real" Chinese food. The spicy pork, tofu, and the preserved-veggie/fish soup were DELISH, but the lemon chicken...why DID I order that??? In...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
ya'll are crazy. this is by far, the BEST szechuan i've ever tasted.hands down.but stick to the traditionally szechuan dishes... the others (more americanized plates) are nothing to write home about.
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
After reading Yelp reviews about the similarity of this place and nearby Great Szechuan, I decided to give CV a try. The short answer is that I'll stick to eating at Great Szechuan. The decor is a...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent authentic Sezhuan food.. Most everything on the menu is spicy.. and let me tell you they don't fool around with the hot chili.. If you can't handle spicy then this place is not for you.....
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Finally, we ventured out of the Indian rut we'd been stuck in for the last year. We spent to much time at Target and our plans had to be altered to something that was open later and we could get take...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have mixed feelings about this place. I went on a Saturday night which was a big mistake since there were graduation parties taking place here. Some of the dishes we chose were hit-or-miss. I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for a New Year's banquet. They did a fine job of accommodating our large (four tables), disorganised party. We had a mix of hotheads and chiliphobes at our table, so we only ordered a few of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I hate grease food but I love Chinese food. This place is OK. The service is not great and I did not like the lemon chicken. It was grease. I have to admit, I went their once but I will give it...
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good Szechuan food. They age their own special type of vinegar.I have really enjoyed a fish casserole, some lamb with cumin, their "A" vegetable.
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Worst dining experience in a long time. First they brought my teenager the wrong drink, then the fried prawn appetizer was a handful of popcorn shrimp. That was as good as it got. The first entry...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My friend promised me the best Szechuan meal to be had in Berkeley. It turns out, they even had a chef a while back who also worked at my favorite Szechuan place in Seattle.Well... the food was good....
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food is definitely "Northern Chinese" style with a good selection of bread/flour based dishes you wouldn't find anywhere else. Quite authentic in terms of flavor with heavy use of hot pepper oil...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Nice dish presentation. Overall, merely ok. The potstickers were too doughy and slightly cold. The roasted garlic fish filet dish tasted pretty good. The cumin beef, interesting at first, but too...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Very decent Chinese food. A solid 3.5 stars. Decor is nothing to write home about, but the food is quite tastety. I really couldn't tell if it is real "Northern Chinese food," but everything was...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
First of all, I want to note that we got take-out, but hey, we have kids, so that's the way we usually experience a restaurant.We ordered 3 dishes: char-siu, choy sum chow fun (bbq pork, baby bok choy...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The heat level of their food makes my head explode. Literally. If it wasn't for my husband, I'd run so fast out of here, I'd be just a blur. But because my husband loves spicy food, I put up with it,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Before you sit down, ask for a glass of cold ice water. The food is spicy!!! Their fish soup is a must get! It's basically a chicken broth, with fish, clear rice noodle, ginger, and ton of red...
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place but it gets me sick. The combination of the spicy and the oily is too much for me but is worth it. I love Szechuan food and this is some of the best I have found (and it is hard to...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I loved this place! I haven't had such nice Chinese food since visiting Hong Kong. I had given up on finding such lovely tasting dishes. We had the West Lake soup, the pork shoulder and the seafood...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's simple: the food is excellent, the service sucks. However, this is a trend I've seen at most Chinese restaurants. In general, if you want awesome food, be prepared for (at least by American...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This restaurant is undisputably one of the very few good authentic Szechuan places in California if not the whole country. If you are a fan of "Ma-La" (literally translated as "numbingly-spicy")...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2007
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Avoid this place at all costs. The service was HORRENDOUS and the employees are the rudest people I've encountered in a restaurant setting. Our food took forever to get to our table and it was the wrong stuff...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/25/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
*Disclaimer* This restaurant is NOT your typical American Chinese restaurant.China Village is probably one of the most authentically Sichuan restuarants in the East Bay if not #1. Key indicator here...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is among my favorite Chinese restaurants in the Bay Area. I'm a little appalled at many of the reviews here -- these folks clearly don't understand this restaurant and what it has to offer.Simply...
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Service is S L O W! I expected the foods to be a bit more spicier than they were and some dishes just weren't good. The pepper steak clay pot is good and I'm always a fan of onion pancakes. Other...
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
stumbled upon this place while walking down solano. what caused me to choose this place were the abundance of "best of the bay" etc awards shown in their window. after the waitress helps an elderly...
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
20 Nov 2007:After my second grand banquet here, having ordered almost the same items as last time, I have cheerfully upgraded my rating to 5 stars. You gotta know what to order at this place. When you...
yelp.com - user review - 10/31/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
while the dim sum is (at least to my inexperienced dim sum palate) fantastic, the atmosphere is just dead. the decor is bland and uninspiring, the service indifferent.come for the food, not the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2006
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When you step into this restaurant, you notice that it is always predominantly Asians eating there so that in itself indicates the food is more authentic than an ethnic restaurant which contains mostl...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/08/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Simply fantastic. Wonderful food, wonderful staff.Must haves: soup dumplings, seasame flat bread, eggplant with garlic sauce, thousand pepper soup, chan chan chicken. Also: ask for recommendations....
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2006
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Don't let the lack of Chinese people fool you - this place has great Chinese food. I love the appetizer dishes. I always get rice when i get my appetizers - otherwise I can't handle the spiciness of the food....
citysearch.com - user review - 08/02/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh, yes. If you eat red meat, try the very non-traditional and exquisitely delicious Lamb with Cumin, oh, my ... certainly the stir-fried dishes are on the oily side, but the food has a fresh aroma...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
My husband and I are both Chinese and so we headed to this place with high hopes of finding a new place to have mandarin style dim sum and brunch - however, we were sorely disappointed. The food was...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a real Northern Chinese restaurant. They have everything from savory soy milk to baked bread pastries and dim sum available at any hour. The also have some rather rare dishes like Lamb and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you can handle spice, then add this to your list of Szechuan restaurants. Their flounder and eel is very tender. Try the lamb, which is their signature dish. There's ample parking and it's about...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2005
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You know the saying - if you are one in a million, there are 1,600 of you in China. There are probably 1,600 resturants as good as China Village in China, but only a few in the US. Chowhound.com has g...
judysbook.com - user review - 05/25/2005
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china villageis sichuan food, prepared by a master chef from beijing, is not bombastically spicy; itis intelligently spicy, with layers on layers of tingly, fragrant food. the owners are enthusiastic about...
eastbayexpress.com - user review
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on the surface, this looks like any other chinese restaurant on solano, except it has a few more chandeliers. and a lot more going on in the woks. hotter than hades, righteous as a baptist preacher, china...
sanfran.com - user review
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ignore the generic, brightly colored laminated menu and go for the simpler, though still lengthy, one that lists the spicy sichuan specialties (happily, in english) that are the glory of this albany spot...
sfweekly.com - user review
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subtlety is a relative concept. there's the subtlety in the haute cuisine of l'escoffier's descendants, which challenges the educated gourmet to pick out an extra sprig of thyme or a bordeaux versus a ctes du...
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best sichuan food i have seen in california...
chefmoz.org - user review
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