Reviews of Forbidden City Chinese Restaurant (Restaurant)

Patrick Kniesler

Just a humbly run staple of the community. Been here for ages and still feels like the first time I came - in the best way.

Larry Brantley

Best Chinese food I've had in south PA. Far better than all others.

Randolph W. Roberts

Wonderful food, fast service, very clean and well managed. Take some home for a second meal.

Destin Kahl

Amazing place. One of my favorite places to eat. Always great service and great people.

Jonathan Kinyon

Fantastic Food, Celiac/Gluten Free friendly

Wanda Lemmer

Bob loves the chicken lo mein. Good lunch menu. Good value.

Glenn Zior

Food was served quickly and tasted great. I got the Mongolian Beef. Probably the best tasting version that I have ever had. Only minor complaint was that waiter did not check back for a long time and I ran out of water even though I saw him standing around. I would definitely go there again.

Steve Bob

Gast carry out service and the food was perfect

Crystal Kern

I always order from here or go in and eat and I enjoy their food every time! My favorite Chinese restaurant in the area.

James Parker

Food was good. Was Slightly busy at 5 Sunday evening. Service was good.

Sophie Rose

Our waiter was incredible, he was a great server and gave my family honest recommendations of what was the best food to eat! The food was very tasty as well.

Louis Stachowiak

Always good food and service

Patrick Jacobs

The service is excellent. Love the wonton soup. Very light broth and full of shrimp and chicken. General Tsos chicken is amazing! My wife enjoyed the shrimp with lobster sauce as well.

chris schmidt

Food was excellent service great

Lori Friedman

Best Chinese food anywhere.

M Rand

I’ve eaten here many time it’s a hit or miss but tonight was one of the worst I ordered my food and I few bits in three pieces of hair were wrapped around the noodles. I called to advised them of the situation and they said well you can bring it back so we can show our manager. I said I wasn’t planning on coming back and at that never again! But you need to tell your staff to keep their hair covered if they are in the back cooking or packaging food. Very disappointed.

Tara Stull

Great food and very friendly service

Kim Kemeys

Delicious Shrimp egg foo yung

Brian Ferguson

best wong tong soup

Cecil Snow

Always excellent food!

Andrew Julius

The food was great and there cozy place. You must try..

Ed Frasher

Great food and a very relaxed atmosphere.

Bonnie Keeney

Connie and I had great night out and it was relaxing. We laughed and had fun with two waiters.

Cindy Johnson

Nice people and good food and service.

Courtney Fenske

Not the best chinese food and they screwed up my carry out order without offering any sort of customer service to make up for it. Other places have better food and better service.

Kathy Sibbald

Fast service, good food. Staff is always pleasant.

Donald Vaughn

Didn't visit

Barbara Herndon

This is the BEST Chinese restaurant ever! We have eaten Chinese food from New York to San Francisco - no place compares to Forbidden City! The servers are the best - friendly & helpful - and prices are so good.

chris hawkins

Best Food in Westminster. Great Service. Would recommend to anyone!!!!

Ginger Weber

Amazing staff who are always friendly & hard at work. Food is always good & packed so well that its still hot after pick up & 20min drive home. Have dined there 2-3 times & each time the service & atmosphere was wonderful! Great carryout!

Andrea Allen

Great wongtong soup and shrimp toast they sell the cabbage you get when you dine in

Emileigh Crown

Rice tasted stale, general tso's was something unidentifiable, and after cutting into the egg roll, I was scared to eat it

I'Kea Horton

I would give this place a negative five stars if I could. The customer service is horrible. The staff has absolutely no regard for the satisfaction of their customers. I placed an order over the phone only to get back to my room to find out that they had given me the wrong order. I decided to call back to express my problem and instead of offering a solution to my problem the owner insisted on arguing with me and telling me I said the wrong thing. After coming to the conclusion that I wouldn't be able to eat my food I decided to eat my rice only to find it had a staple embedded in it. I called back to express my problem and yet again they shrugged me off and insisted the only way they would be able to fix my problem would be to come back to the restaurant even tho it took me 15 minutes to walk there and another 15 to walk back. I will NEVER eat here again in my life.

Cami S

It was our first time here today and the food was pretty good. We got the sesame chicken and the general tso's chicken lunch combinations and they were both tasty. The wonton soup is one of the best out of the many that I have tried and their chicken corn soup is good as well. The food was very satisfying and we even had leftovers to go and it was all at a great value.

Toni Manning

Mai Fan excellent! Great service. Modest prices.

Bridget Zepp

Great food great staff over all a great experience every time I've been to them.

Karen Hebert

Great food and service

Bob Erwin

The food is always great service is very prompt.

Michele Mauritz

Always fast, courteous and delicious carry out!

Jenn Ciralli

I'm from out of town and it was recommended to me! Food was excellent and staff was friendly and up beat!

Kevin McCracken

Excellent food and service.

Belinda Bauerlein

Fast service, delicious food and the absolute best egg rolls!

Kalie Eakin

I love their food so much and you get giant portions but I found a bunch of black hair in my food (I have blonde hair) and now I’m afraid to go back..

Fred Cool

Always great

Elaine Keenan

Very good food prices are reasonable.

George Hoppy

We were disappointed to find out that their spring rolls contained meat and were not suitable for vegetarians. We were also very concerned with their response to an incorrect order! My wife ordered the Chinese vegetables steamed. They brought out a plate that contained vegetables and chicken. They apologized and went back to the kitchen claiming they were going to make a new plate. My wife ate some of the vegetables on top and then packed up the rest to take home. As she was scooping the rest into a take out box, we found all kinds of pieces of chicken on the plate. It turns out they took the food into the back and picked out the pieces of chicken and brought it back out! That is absolutely not acceptable for a vegetarian, and we wished that we had seen it sooner so we could have asked for a new dish. We will not be visiting again, and we will be telling as many people as we can to avoid this restaurant. Clearly they value saving money over serving their customers with respect.

David Diehl

Some of the order was right - food was not as good, greasy, than years of previous eating. It all started to go down since late last year.

Brian Gott

Not so good, not a lot of Flavor in the cooking. Asked for extra spicy, was mildly warm at best. Will try another location next time.

Wendy Smith

This is not my usual Chinese restaurant to go to but a friend of mine was telling me how impress they were with this restaurant so I decide to give it a try. I was disappointed that they put onion in their chicken with broccoli and my kids were not able to eat it. I had try their lo mein and wonton soup too. The lo mein weren't much not flavor to it and too oily. I will not be going back.

Charles Bevard

Excellent fresh selections and table service. Always a pleasure.

Stacy Gallina

The majority of the time the food is good. My daughter loves the dumplings from this place only. The shrimp and lobster sauce is delicious. My husband likes general tso's chicken, it could be spicier, but it still tastes great. As stated above the food dishes have been a success, yet there have also been disappointments such as the fried rice and Singapore noodles. The fried rice vegetables were under cooked and did not have much flavor. The Singapore noodles did not look like Singapore noodles and did not have any curry. This could have been an off night. Overall, the food was great.

Michelle O

“We gave this Chinese restaurant a try and it was really good. Not as greasy as other chinese buffet places and the costumer service was on point, very on top of us to see if everything was good ..”

Jon Cerda

Used to be the greatest Chinese Place in town! Great food, great chef. BUT their quality has gone downhill. They've hired a completely new staff which is not a big deal until I found out that their employees don't keep their tips, their boss does. I miss the old staff. I'll go there if I need to otherwise, I'm spending my money elsewhere, so should you.

Scott Healey

Delicious dishes! Fast and friendly service with a smile! Go now!

Sarah Rae

Great Chinese food, but they got rid of the lemon chicken (which was my favorite) because they said it’s too hard for the new chef to cook. I haven’t been able to find satisfactory lemon chicken anywhere in 2-3 years since they got rid of it. Please bring back the lemon chicken.

Judy Steele

My husband and I have been eating here for 18 years. This is the best Chinese Restaurant around. So I don't know what the negativity is all about. We haven't had a bad meal here ever in 18 years, so it must be good. The shrimp toast is a must have!!

Stephanie Daane

First time here was awesome! They have a dinner combination where youbget a soup entree pork fried rice and an egg roll for about 15 bucks. Trulwy a great deal!

Josephine Billings

Sweet n sour chicken excellent and large serving. Clean and service good.

Cliff Brain

Great food, friendly staff. Some of the best soups and dumplings I've ever tasted.

Jeni Barnette

I absolutely love this place! It is the best Chinese food in town and has the best staff! They always recommend new dishes for us to try based on what we tell them we like or dont like and they are willing to change a dish or make it special for you! Terrific!!!

D Fulp

Diane and Albert thank you for a great meal !

Hillary Greenberg

Service was great! Highly recommend shrimp toast. General Tso chicken was dry, they promptly replaced it with another dish.

Sheri Lowman

Never eaten here only take out. Food is excellent. Never disappointed. Just wish they delivered.

John Humbert

Verygoodfood

rae gruder

Wonderful food.great service.

Vanessa Zynn

Best Chinese restaurant and wonderful service! Food is excellent!

Stephanie Hake

Good food

Sunshine Flower

Best Chinese Food Ever!!

Marty Schumacher

My wife and I have been eating at Forbidden City for 20 years and we agree that it was very good. However, the last three visits(two carry-out and one dine-in) have been terrible. In fact, the dine-in experience was horrific. The meat was not edible...it was absolutely disgusting. I do not know what happened, but we are finished(sadly) with FC.

Sabrina Singh

The food is good but a bit on the expensive side.

Mary Scarpati

The food is great!!! Always a great.

Kathy Haines

Love this place n the good service they have

Ruth Childers

My order was very wrong. Ordered beef with broccoli, no onions or garlic. I got two, one with onions and another with garlic. ZERO of what I ordered! Live too far away to go back and correct it. Disappointed. This place is not nearly as good as it used to be, which is a shame.

Rick Abate

Friendly staff. fast service on a Thursday evening. food is good and enough to take home for lunch tomorrow.

Frobel Ulloa

Good food, excellent service, friendly staff, very nice environment!

mike2482477

Very good place for Chinese food. Waiter was very attentive. Tea was great. Had a frozen pineapple daquri was great. Beef brocalli was great as was the orange chicken. Was great to find open on new year's day

Dave Kelejian

First time I've tried this place. I've been going to a different Chinese restaurant since I've lived in Westminster. Sadly that place is closed until July 10th for vacation. The general tsos chicken was kind of bland. I also had pork fried rice that was only so so. I guess I'll have to wait for the other place to come back from vacation. I'll let you know the other place if anyone wants to have some really good food.

Harvey Zalis

Forbidden City Chinese is always good food good atmosphere and reasonable pricing it's the first place I think of going when I'm interested in Chinese

Jazmier Brown

Worst time ever 9/2/2017. I am a college student at McDaniel college and therefore I walk to this place to get my food . I ordered shrimp and broccoli over the phone and when I went to go get it in the cold rain,15 minute walk. The owner gave me the wrong order he gave me chicken with onions(by the way this doesn't not look like chicken) The chicken was so slimy and it did not look like chicken at all. I could not walk back to the restaurant and they would not bring my order to me for messing it up. Then the owner said that I would have to pay $1.00 extra for delivery and they don't even delivery. I opened my white rice box, I found a stample hidden inside of the rice.The owner and a another lady was talking in Chinese for 15 minutes straight and the owner kept going back and forth arguing, I told him to just put the money back on my credit card . Now I have nothing to eat. I am so disappointed. The owner ain't care that he made a mistake on my order so unprofessional.

Judy Coleman

Food was delicious and lunch special portions were large. Won Ton soup was especially tasty. Wait staff very good.

Jessica Smith

Best Chinese food I have had in years

Kary Reuschlein

Love the WonTon Soup.. Prep time for their food always takes a tad longer than I like, but honestly, it's worth the wait. It doesn't matter if it's for eating inside or for pickup. The Singapore Noodles with Shrimp and a side of pork fried rice touched up with Saracha sauce gives it a nice zing. If you want it extra spicy, you can always request that and they will kick it up a notch. In my opinion, it's the best Chinese Restaurant in 50 square miles.

Nelson V

I drive up here from the Washington suburbs and have eaten here a couple of dozen times for lunch over the last few years and keep coming back. The food is always good, service always good too. Are there any closer Chinese Restaurants to me than than Westminster ? I am sure there are ! But the food is ALWAYS good here, so I stick with what I know. Highly recommended!

Tobias Keller

Fast service and delicious food!!!!

Melvin Brennan III

Shrimp fried rice, double extra egg in white sauce...the only place in America that does it just right.

John A Murnane

Great food. Excellent service. We'll be back!

Karen Burgess

Kind and attentive staff. Food is delicious

Carol Scanlan

As always the meal was delicious. All of the staff are exceptionally nice and professional. Always a good experience.

Nephere Evans

The food here is delicious! Ordering to-go is fairly quick. They have a nice atmosphere and the employees are polite and attentive.

Jessica Stonesifer

UPDATED REVIEW- I was a frequent customer at Forbidden City for years- virtually the only Chinese restaurant I ever returned to. However, about 6 months ago, the restaurant got a new head chef and the food has just not been the same. I have ordered many things on the menu- shrimp/pork fried rice, chicken/beef lo mein, egg rolls, mongolian beef, General Tso's chicken- and they all have changed drastically. The fried rice is always soggy (I didn't even know rice could BE soggy!), whenever I order anything with pork or beef I usually send it back or eat what I can and never take the leftovers (and let me just say, I was a server and I don't like to send food back and if I do I am still always polite about it, it has to be reallllllyy bad for me to send back). The pork and beef is usually chewy- I know chinese restaurants never get the best cuts or quality of meats to begin with but the meats have been chewy, fatty, undercooked and limpy- just gross. The chicken dishes are basically the same. I returned about 3 times since the first incident- restaurants have off days- but it has not gotten any better :( This used to be my favorite and best chinese restaurant EVER, and now I am not sure I will return WITH THAT BEING SAID- the front of house staff is great, always very kind, always remembers me and what I like, and for that I have great respect, however I do not think I will be back.

John Humbert IV

Great food

Steve K

The interior is bit run down and in need of an update. The design and decoration aren't appealing. But none of that matters as much to me as good food and good service. Our family has never had a bad experience here and the food is always great. Hefty portions, too!

Stovy Appleby

Very disappointed in the buffet. It was half an hour later than the posted time until it was ready, unless one was only interested in cookies and soup. Perhaps they were under staffed the evening we were there, as service was nearly none. As for the buffet selection, it was the skimpyist I have seen in any oriental style layout. In the end, after all used empty dishes were piled up on our table, the waiter asked if we wanted ice cream? We said yes. No time to ask for flavor preferences. He left and came back with pre frozen in the dish ice cream sample size servings of assorted neopolitan flavors. Almost enough to cleanse the palette, but not quite. Still have a bit of the sour left...

Shannon Crabbs

This is my fav place to eat!!!!

Jessie Costley

Wonderful staff, great food and price

TJ Reilly

Used to go here all the time but after a while the food would make me sick .

Nancy Gladwell

Always delicious and relaxing. Our server remembers what we order, and is so friendly and welcoming!

Karen Helsel

This is our favorite Chinese food spot. The food is always delicious; the waitstaff is friendly and professional; and I always enjoy the experience.

Pamela Brown

Food was great, so was service.

Jim Zablosky

The 1.5 hour wait for take-out on Christmas Eve was worth it. Service was great. Order was perfect and food was best I have had since Chinese Town in NYC.

Mattical1980

The food was great, was made promptly, and the waitstaff were very accommodating to my wild 3-year old. I will definitely be frequenting this establishment in the future.

kathy wilson

They have great food. The best shrimp toast. All their food is good. A little expensive but worth it

Kenny R.

Excellent service and somehow even better food. A little on the pricier side but most will not finish and will have some to take home.

Lisa Washington

Best Chinese food in Westminster! They are a bit pricey but the food is always fresh and fixed to order. The staff is also amazing!

libby ballenger

Always fresh veggies and cooked perfectly. Staff remembers you, service is quick and wonton soup has intense chicken flavor, best I've ever tasted!

Snowtiger Gamez

The food was great service was great and cameout quick and was more than what I expected.

Wise Person

Been coming here for years. The food is wonderful. The staff remembers you and always treats you like family!

Jessica Wike

Fast service. Personable friendly waiter. Great Food!!

Bonnie Miller

Good food and good service.

Brenda Pissas

You have to try the shrimp toast !

Marie Young

Love their House Singapore Noodle, its a must try! They have a very reasonable lunch menu. The staff is the best.

Casey Thorn

Great food and great service!!

Dianne & David

The best Chinese food around. And the price is right

Joe

Best Chinese food in Westminster

Jeffrey Ensor

Seriously the best Chinese food in Westminster. (Bottom line)

Andi Kotch

As always, delicious food and great service!

Stone Jagger Smith

I really like this place. The food is great, and it has a very calming atmosphere.

John C

Good food. Good service.

Liz Brain

EXCELLANT ALL AROUND. Highly recommend fried dumplings, sesame chicken, any of egg food young, excellant soups!

Matt Kutrik

I've been going to Forbidden City for over 20 years at this point. It is a diamond in the rough from your typical carry-out Chinese restaurant. I definitely recommend eating in. The wonton soup is by far the best I've ever had with cabbage, chicken and shrimp mixed in with the wontons and broth. The shrimp balls are an amazing appetizer. Every dish I've gotten there has not disappointed, although I'm partial to the Shrimp and Scallop in Garlic Sauce and Kung Po Chicken. The staff is always friendly and excellent and remember your name. I highly recommend trying out Forbidden City.

Patrick McGinty

Great crispy duck

Blaine Harmon

Excellent food, good service, polite staff and a nice place.

Susan Bond

Love their food!!! It's always hot and seasoned just right. They make the best won ton soup I've ever tasted

Reggie Mosher

Great staff. Good food. Nice sit down place to eat

Eric Von Bergen

Forbidden City is always great! Nice, clean restaurant with a very friendly waiting staff. Many of the waiters have been there for several years and know their clientele. The soups are good. The appetizers are always good and they have a large selection of entrees. A great place for carry out as well. This is our go-to place for chinese food.

Julie Hardaway

Great food and oolong tea. Excellent service, too.

Trish Abate

Very friendly even though they were buay

Kelly Baker

I have been going here since I was a little kid at least 17 years now maybe over 20 years. The servers know me by name and always remember my order. Very friendly and always great service. I've had Chinese food all over the US and it very difficult to beat Forbidden City!

matthew reeser

This is the only place to get good Chinese. We drive 30 minutes to eat here. Service is great and they know you by name (We eat here allot)

Dorothy Ferrone

Standard "Chinese" American fare but more consistent and higher quality than you normally find in this area.

Bob Man

Honestly one of my favorite chinese food restaurants around the food is amazing with a wide variety. They have alot of food that you dont see in other chinese places plus all the classics.

Rahul Ahuja

I ate here for the first time yesterday and it was awesome!! I had the crispy eggplant and it was to die for! Can't wait to go back :)

musibau dosunmu

I’m not sure why people call it best Chinese restaurant in town, today 2/3/19 I bought shrimp fried rice and I regret it deeply. It’s very expensive, never coming back.

Ronald Wyland

Food was average and expensive

Aslan Isaiah

This is my favorite restaurant in Westminster. The food is excellent and the customer service is wonderful!!!

Bill Murray

Awesome

Michele Grubbs

Great food. Been comming here since I was a kid.

Donna Lehigh

My favorite in Carroll County!

Sam Nava

The food is amazing, but the staff takes it to a whole other level. I would highly recommend for lunch or a sit down dinner.

Brinda Large

My son and family took me to my favorite Chinese food resturant, Forbidden City. The sizzling rice soup and sweet/sour shrimp was soo delicious! As alwats, all the food my family got was very good..

Cindy Wroten

My Generals Tao's had a good taste but a lot of the pieces were hard and dried up. First and last time for me ☹

Mike Stone

Excellent food friendly people good prices

Zoltar Cannon

Food did not have a lot of flavor.

Alvin Long

Just got in town love this place best food around.

dianna freed

Hot fresh friendly

Herb Wilson

Excellent as always.

Marcus Jones

I always love their food. Best Chinese food in Westminster

redzabo1

They treat you like family, and the food is amazing. I like the traditional Chinese restaurant style, with complimentary hot tea and wonton chips. Their fried rice and won ton soup are top notch. We have been coming here for 31 yrs now.

Anthony Flowers

Pretty good as far as chinese food in Westminster. I have tried most of the menu and it it’s definitely top notch for this area. I have never eaten in but it can get pretty busy. Clearly others know how good it is!

Mary Margaret Myers

Best in Carroll and Frederick county.

Noah Tucker

Perfectly good but nothing to write home about. I recommend Yummy Yummy nearby unless you're averse to takeout - food there is cheaper and much better.

Elaine GoRose

My favorite Chinese Restaurant. They have good food and plenty of waitstaff.

Kim Chronister

Long wait. Food ok but I have had better.

Matthew Alexander

Typical Chinese restaurant...food was good and they have good sized portions.

Debbee T

Food is amazing,servers are polite definitely would recommend forbidden City

jim greener

Food great, prices fair, portions great

Patty Graham

We order carryout, the food was hot and delicious.