Location: Visalia
Top Restaurants in Visalia
California, United States Food Guide: 10 Chinese food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Visalia
Find out what Chinese restaurants to try in Visalia. Visalia (/vaɪˈseɪliə/ vy-SAYL-ee-ə) is a city situated in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley of California, approximately 230 miles (370 km) southeast of San Francisco, 190 miles (310 km) north of Los Angeles, 36 miles (58 km) west of Sequoia National Park and 43 miles (69 km) south of Fresno. The population was 130,104 at the 2015 census.
Things to do in Visalia
10. Lum LUMS
Reviewed By A s
If you like Chineese food, done right, here is the place. Lum-Lum's has been there for a long long time. Food is consistantly good, atmosphere is expectedly oriental in decor and sounds. Wait staff is adeduate, shop is clean and well maintained. Pricing is reasonable. Good bar.
9. Panda Express
Overall Ratings
4 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By Carnutz
We went around 2pm so it tasted like leftovers. They were out of Broccoli Beef (which we both wanted), The Crispy Shrimp was hard and chewy, Orange Chicken was mushy, but the Rice and Teriyaki Chicken was good. 1 Panda Bowl and Plate $14.29 (no drinks). I would eat here again but it won't be very often.
8. Hong Kong
Overall Ratings
4 based on 17 reviews
Lum Lum's special Dinner is the best! You can order it on the Hong Kong side if you want ....It's served family style and 2 dinners is more than enough for 3 people. The soup has great flavor and I love the dumplings.If you like chestnuts and mushrooms y
Reviewed By Debjwt45
From a local's point of view, the Hong Kong restaurant on Center Street serves the best Chinese food you can find in Visalia. Their Take-Out menu is the same as their sit down menu. Both sit-down and take-out portions are generous and tasty. Service is standard for an authentic Chinese restaurant and the restaurant is simple and appears to be clean. It's located in an older/historical section of Visalia and if you're not a local, ask the waiter or waitress to tell you about the history and the "opium" tunnels located beneath the restaurant. (Depending on who the wait staff is, they may or may not be forthcoming with information.)
7. Kow Loon Chinese Restaurant
Reviewed By Richardr13_13
Kowloon's used to be my wife's favorite Chinese restaurant when she would travel through Visalia. It has been a few years since we wee last there and were shocked to find that the food was so mediocre. The egg foo yung was good and the sweet and sour pork was OK, but the chow mien was horrible. Will not be coming back again. Sorry
6. China Garden Restaurant
Reviewed By bric_0419
I love the honey walnut chicken. The fried rice is great. It is easily 2-3 meals for $10. Staff is very friendly.
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5. New Star Chinese Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By mhaddad3
Very good chicken lo-mein. Wait staff very nice. Small clean restaurant. Located across from roller town. Most menu items below $10 for lunch.
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4. The Jade Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 16 reviews
Reviewed By retirednene
I'm sure that their food is delicious if you eat meat. However, if you don't I would scratch this one off your list. The tofu is steamed and without any flavor--while I appreciate that they don't fry it in the lard they fry everything else in they could marinate it and bake it and it would be better. Also when they say do you want crispy or soft noodles, understand that the crispy noodles come from a can not a pan. They were very pleasant and courteous staff.
3. Shanghai Chinese Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By jeffcP3495WO
Our first of 2 nights in Visalia (7/22/18), we decided to order takeout from the Shanghai Chinese Restaurant based on reviews. We were VERY disappointed, and Iâm scratching my head on why this place is rated 4.5 âstarsâ.We ordered (take-out): Mongolian beef, Kung Pao chicken, Fresh Vegetable chow mein, Hong Kong chow mein, and an order of fried wontons. White rice is NOT offered with either of the âmain dishesâ (like any other Chinese restaurant) and had to be ordered as an additional item ($4.50). I was told it would be ready in about 15 minutes. We arrived at the restaurant at about the 20 minute mark. Order was not ready. I paid â and waited another 30 minutes before they went in back and quickly scooped-up our order. Not happy about that.We got back to our hotel, and dished-up the meals. The Kung Pao chicken was very good. The Fresh Vegetable chow mein was good â but it was NOT âfresh vegetablesâ. Think more along the lines of âChun Kingâ canned veggies. Definitely NOT fresh vegetables. The fried wontons were WAY over fried (nearly burnt) and hardly had any taste (other than burnt oil). The dipping sauce was supposed to be Sweet & Sour sauce â tasted more like a combination of alittle Sweet & Sour sauce and a lot of Szechuan sauce.The Mongolian Beef was awful. Instead of spicy & sweet beef, it tasted like boiled beef with brown gravy on it. Seriously. Awful.The Hong Kong chow mein (large chunks of veggies) was supposed to have pan fried noodles. What we got was a gloppy pile of boiled noodles that stuck together like gloppy over cooked spaghetti. Definitely NOT pan fried.If Iâm ever in Visalia again, I would NOT order from this restaurant.Literally the worst Chinese food Iâve had. Big thumbs down.
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2. Zen Asian Diner
Overall Ratings
4 based on 19 reviews
Reviewed By CrystalGwilliam
After a day of driving through Yosemite, we stopped here for a bite to eat before heading to the hotel. Service was friendly and quick. The food was good. We ate pad Thai (a little spicer than usual), fried rice, orange chicken and a spicy black bean chicken. I'd eat there again
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1. Canton Chinese Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By pookybun
We were staying in Visalia for a couple of nights while visiting the National Park and had a craving for Chinese Food. We ordered an appetiser and two entrees (with rice). The service was quick, the food delivered freshly cooked and piping hot and was delicious. We thought that we would eat everything but the servings are large so we asked for a "take out" box and enjoyed the leftovers the next night. Would eat here again if back in Visalia.
