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0 | Horrible food. I hate to rag this place but...\n\nThe sushi is \"mall-quality.\" It's not horrible, but it's just C-level fish.\n\nThe huge problem is the teppanyaki...just awful. I ate there over the Christmas holidays. I love this style of cooking and it's kinda hard to screw it up. Here's how Kabuto managed:\n\... | en | 246 | horrible food hate rag place sushi horrible huge problem teppanyaki awful ate christmas holidays love style cooking kinda hard screw kabuto managed chicken salty inedible ate bites headache rest evening like lot salt seasoning also problem neither cook server questioned problem food since hardly touched chicken probabl... | 107 |
2 | My kids love this place and judging by the number of other families in the place their kids love it to. \n\nWe usually split the meals between the kids and my wife and I split also. They give you so much food you can never eat it all. We've asked for special order food here before (due to food allergies) and they have ... | en | 135 | kids love place judging number families place kids love usually split meals kids wife split also give much food never eat asked special order food due food allergies bent backwards us looking high end sushi japanese food place say nice place take kids get entertained chef mom dad eat peace least much get resturant righ... | 64 |
3 | My closest sushi is complemented by a neighborhood friendliness in the staff that makes the environment a great meal.\n\nI've never received an order of sushi from the chef, in either take-out or at the bar service that wasn't followed up with friendly care and conversation. I even feel guilty that I can't recall his ... | en | 120 | closest sushi complemented neighborhood friendliness staff makes environment great never received order sushi chef either bar service followed friendly care conversation even feel guilty ca recall name tonight today chill kabuto staff works keep neighborhood feel sushi bar congenial conversation looking always pleased ... | 56 |
3 | Our favorite sushi restaurant in Charlotte, by far. You can waste your money at all of the chi-chi, trendy joints in town - or you can go to kabuto, where the sushi is delicious (and cheap!) | en | 36 | favorite sushi restaurant charlotte far waste money trendy joints town go kabuto sushi delicious cheap | 15 |
1 | I have to rate Kabuto on the level of all the other places in charlotte and surrounding and it certainly does not match up well at all . I did try their sushi and the teppanyaki. The sushi was basically grocery store level maybe even worse and the teppanyaki was overly salty. The quality of all there food simply was no... | en | 114 | rate kabuto level places charlotte surrounding certainly match well try sushi teppanyaki sushi basically grocery store level maybe even worse teppanyaki overly salty quality food simply put decent show though would recommend families kids live near want travel better places similar prices places waste money | 45 |
0 | The japanese food here is nasty compare to other places in Charlotte. I've been here a couple of times with my co workers, but what really irks me about this place was the other week I was craving for Japanese food so I order a TO-GO plate to pick up for lunch. How about they charge a 15% TO-GO gratitude!!! You heard t... | en | 133 | japanese food nasty compare places charlotte couple times co workers really irks place week craving japanese food order plate pick lunch charge gratitude heard right never seen place charged tip even sitting asking service go meal ended bucks taxes tip top fried rice bland basically cook tons butter meat tasteless dry ... | 56 |
2 | I've been to the University area and Tyvola locations and this year we tried this one for my oldest sisters birthday dinner with the fam. I found a buy 1 get 1/2 off coupon online and brought it with me. It was pretty empty at 5:30 on a Wednesday, so no trouble getting a table and we were sat right away.\n\nOur serve... | en | 244 | university area tyvola locations year tried one oldest sisters birthday dinner fam found buy get coupon online brought pretty empty wednesday trouble getting table sat right server nice got drink order soups right away mai tai start sooo strong took whole dinner drink mine pretty much got shrimp fishy gotten jumbo shri... | 119 |
3 | after my Liquid Diet at Mellow Mushroom and STILL craving Sushi, I drove North Up Johnston Rd to this location. \n\nWalked to the \"bar\" and had 5 different kinds of sushi:\n\nYakitori - (Chicken and scallion skewers grilled with teriyaki sauce)\nDilworth (Salmon, Crab, Masago, Breaded, Fried, Rerolled w/rice)\nKabuto... | en | 72 | liquid diet mellow mushroom still craving sushi drove north johnston rd location different kinds sushi chicken scallion skewers grilled teriyaki sauce salmon crab masago breaded fried rerolled shrimp cucumber masago shitake mushroom crab avocado cucumber tuna salmon whitefish crunchy roll salmon crab lightly deep fried... | 50 |
1 | Kabuto is one of those places I can come once a year and be done with it. Average Japanese Steakhouse experience. The service is friendly and the food is good but it's just not as amazing of an experience as it would seem. The bar drinks are not very innovative and are just sugary mixers and liquor. The kids do enjoy ... | en | 82 | kabuto one places come year done average japanese steakhouse experience service friendly food good amazing experience would seem bar drinks innovative sugary mixers liquor kids enjoy noise cooking everyone sitting eating around huge table | 34 |
1 | Initial reaction upon walking in - in need of renovation. I decided to stay as my daughter had never been to this type of restaurant. Staff was very friendly (hostess, waitress and chef). I found the food to be good but expensive for what you get. Ice berg lettuce salad was very disappointing. Most important... | en | 89 | initial reaction upon walking need renovation decided stay daughter never type restaurant staff friendly hostess waitress chef found food good expensive get ice berg lettuce salad disappointing importantly comfortable cleanliness restaurant table around stove cook wo back totally renovate might give one try | 43 |
4 | Excellent food and service. The staff is very friendly and make you feel like home. I will recommend this please. | en | 20 | excellent food service staff friendly make feel like home recommend please | 11 |
0 | If it were possible to give a restaurant a negative rating, this establishment would receive it. My family and I have frequented Kabuto for years, but it has deteriorated so significantly we will never return. The restaurant is run down, and not cleaned thoroughly. On our trip tonight my four year old asked why it s... | en | 184 | possible give restaurant negative rating establishment would receive family frequented kabuto years deteriorated significantly never return restaurant run cleaned thoroughly trip tonight four year old asked smelled bad walking door quality food substantially gone prices increased vegetables hibachi done steak ordered r... | 82 |
1 | I remember coming to Kabuto and the chefs would actually entertain you - no matter how old you are. Nowadays, you can't get them to smile at you. I went to lunch with my mother earlier this week and we were appalled at how bad the customer service was. They close at 2pm and as mom and I walked in at 1:15, the hostess a... | en | 283 | remember coming kabuto chefs would actually entertain matter old nowadays ca get smile went lunch mother earlier week appalled bad customer service close mom walked hostess assumed would express told regular hibachi little know would sit us group already ordered food chef starting cook plenty empty seats grill mention ... | 111 |
1 | Oh no, Kabuto. Went with BF's family for a family celebration. We had reserved the large room for our group. When we arrived, we were told by the hostesses to wait to speak with the manager. The bedraggled manager plodded over and informed us that the room had been mistakenly double-booked and another party had alr... | en | 196 | oh kabuto went bf family family celebration reserved large room group arrived told hostesses wait speak manager bedraggled manager plodded informed us room mistakenly another party already seated room tried seconds pleasant apologetic willingness make customers happy wore thin harumphed threw hands air saying made mist... | 92 |
3 | When we came to Kabuto for lunch on Saturday we had in tow a couple of sad kids who had just been dealt a little bad news. So we drove to one Japanese steak house for lunch; closed until 5:00. Looking on our phones for a new place to go, we found Kabuto. We got there just in time to take advantage of the lunch menu.... | en | 145 | came kabuto lunch saturday tow couple sad kids dealt little bad news drove one japanese steak house lunch closed looking phones new place go found kabuto got time take advantage lunch menu kids ball soon troubles far behind chef made laugh devoured meal truthfully better hibachi really good food better comparison place... | 70 |
1 | First off, I sat in the sushi bar area. I have not eaten in the dinner area yet. So my opinion is solely based off of the sushi bar area. This place is mediocre at best, the tofu was ok, a little blane. Disappointed in the miso soup, it had this weird taste that I can't quite place. The sushi was pretty good for the mo... | en | 228 | first sat sushi bar area eaten dinner area yet opinion solely based sushi bar area place mediocre best tofu ok little blane disappointed miso soup weird taste ca quite place sushi pretty good part almost everything cream cheese like cream cheese sushi ask without server took forever first friendly sushi chefs nice frie... | 106 |
2 | The service is a highlight. But the rice tastes... plastic-y to me. The paneer is very bland compared to what I've had at other restaurants. It left me missing Bombay Cuisine and wanting to try the Turkish restaurant across the parking lot. The sauces were really tastey and they do a good job of adjusting the heat up o... | en | 141 | service highlight rice tastes paneer bland compared restaurants left missing bombay cuisine wanting try turkish restaurant across parking lot sauces really tastey good job adjusting heat according tolerance garlic naan seemed really could fluke remember ever like times nice atmosphere nice service tastey samosas hot si... | 63 |
4 | The food and service here are both great. Any dish you get will be unique and flavorful. My favorite is the chicken vindaloo. Be careful the vindaloo is extremely spicy. They also have a fairly extensive lunch buffet worth checking out. | en | 41 | food service great dish get unique flavorful favorite chicken vindaloo careful vindaloo extremely spicy also fairly extensive lunch buffet worth checking | 21 |
0 | Reasons I will never go to this restaurant again:\n\n-Out of all the empty tables, the waiter (a creepy, older man) sat me at the table against a wall right next to the door, pretty much isolated and alone.\n\n-The waiter tried to find out where I was from (my ethnicity), where I lived, whether I was working that day a... | en | 144 | reasons never go restaurant empty tables waiter creepy older man sat table wall right next door pretty much isolated waiter tried find ethnicity lived whether working day whether lunch break whether married whether lived alone parents getting food lunch buffet waiter would pop behind point last dish got say waiter noth... | 63 |
2 | Visited here for the first time on 1/21/2012 with a Groupon!\n\nAtmosphere was nice, dark with lots of recessed lighting, you could definitely go casual or dress fancy and be in place with either. The service was really good, fairly quick to take your order and bring out plates. Plus, they had a waitress constantly ref... | en | 165 | visited first time groupon nice dark lots recessed lighting could definitely go casual dress fancy place either service really good fairly quick take order bring plates plus waitress constantly refilling glass water blessing indian restaurant accidentally order something spicy taste menu vegetarian thumbs impressed imm... | 86 |
4 | We have been dining at BG for several years now and it is still the best all around Indian experience we have found in Charlotte. | en | 25 | dining bg several years still best around indian experience found charlotte | 11 |
3 | I'm teetering between a 3 and 4...but I choose a 4 and I'll tell you why in a second.\n\nI came with friends a few Sundays ago and I fell in love with this type of buffet-I generally equate buffets with Golden Corral and run the other way. For a newbie to Indian food, its great to be able to try a little bit of everyt... | en | 226 | teetering choose tell came friends sundays ago fell love type generally equate buffets golden corral run way newbie indian food great able try little bit everything love food uses variety spices unusual combinations necessarily spicy hot bombay grille provides nice introduction indian buffet usually several chicken chi... | 110 |
3 | First time eating Indian food. Great staff great food. clean. All around excellent. Can't wait to try it again. | en | 19 | first time eating indian food great staff great food clean around excellent ca wait try | 15 |
4 | Great Indian food! There is always great food on the buffet. Great for take out or dine in. Kid friendly. | en | 20 | great indian food always great food buffet great take dine kid friendly | 12 |
3 | Bombay Grille has excellent chicken korma. Their weekday lunch buffet has really tasty food as well. You can find authentic tandoori chicken , an assortment of curries, sauces, rice, fruity, and vegetarian options. Their naan is pretty awesome as well. What I really like is that their staff are very friendly and knowle... | en | 61 | bombay grille excellent chicken korma weekday lunch buffet really tasty food well find authentic tandoori chicken assortment curries sauces rice fruity vegetarian options naan pretty awesome well really like staff friendly knowledgeable prices reasonable great place | 36 |
2 | Despite the atmosphere (not too inviting), and unfortunately the slow service, the food was actually good. This appears pretty consistent as I read the reviews before trying it out with the family. | en | 32 | despite atmosphere inviting unfortunately slow service food actually good appears pretty consistent read reviews trying family | 16 |
1 | After reading some of the reviews here on yelp, we wanted to give this a try. We went here for a lunch buffet on a weekday, had to wait few minutes while the table was made ready. Were somewhat disappointed (probably due to higher expectations). There were hardly any choice in the appetizer selection and very limited o... | en | 83 | reading reviews yelp wanted give try went lunch buffet weekday wait minutes table made ready somewhat disappointed probably due higher expectations hardly choice appetizer selection limited options vegetarian palate saving grace naan continuously served table fresh warm overall experience seemed somewhat disappointing | 42 |
3 | I teeter between 3 and 4 stars on this review but I decided to be nice :)\n\nWe almost missed it because the \"bomb\" on their sign is not lit up so it says \"AY GRILLE\" currently. That almost turned me away. I have this weird stigma with restaurants or shops that have half a sign lit up without fixing it. It just... | en | 433 | teeter stars review decided nice almost missed sign lit says ay currently almost turned away weird stigma restaurants shops half sign lit without fixing seems bootleg pressed much write home little dingy little mirrors lighting rather small literally top another party seemed super busy way understaffed year old little ... | 193 |
3 | Loved the lamb madras and the Peshawar Nann. The lamb was cooked well with just the right amount of spices. The peshawar nann was something I never had before. It was filled with shredded coconuts, cherries and cashew nuts. | en | 39 | loved lamb madras peshawar nann lamb cooked well right amount spices peshawar nann something never filled shredded coconuts cherries cashew nuts | 21 |
4 | I love the food here!\n\nI have tried many dishes here and everything has been solid. My favorites being the vindaloo, korma, and palak paneer. The rice is perfectly seasoned and everything tastes fresh.\n\nI usually get the food to go. It takes a while but I prefer that everything is made fresh, so I don't mind. T... | en | 107 | love food tried many dishes everything solid favorites vindaloo korma palak paneer rice perfectly seasoned everything tastes usually get food go takes prefer everything made fresh mind always give plenty rice hold back heat careful ask indian spot drive minutes take seek closer indian restaurants doubt find one like mu... | 51 |
1 | I love Indian food, and this place used to be my favorite. But starting 2-3 years ago the food went downhill. We tried it again recently and sadly I won't try again for quite a while. The pakoras lacked flavor, like something microwaved. The entrees were very disappointing -- Chicken Palak was the worst I've had anywh... | en | 79 | love indian food place used favorite starting years ago food went downhill tried recently sadly wo try quite pakoras lacked flavor like something microwaved entrees disappointing chicken palak worst anywhere bummer need post negative review previous favorite hopefully food returns prior quality someday soon | 44 |
0 | Probably one of the worst Indian food I have ever had in USA. Went there for Sunday buffet and the food was terrible. Serving is bad and avoid this restaurant. | en | 30 | probably one worst indian food ever usa went sunday buffet food terrible serving bad avoid restaurant | 16 |
0 | Tried takeout yesterday. One of the worst Indian meals we have had in a long time.\n- Lamb Kabobs - undercooked and falling apart. They may have run out of time or maybe they had too many takeout orders. No excuse. A big F for this.\n- Chicken Makhni - C minus. tasted bland for what is supposed to be a very flavorful d... | en | 109 | tried takeout yesterday one worst indian meals long lamb kabobs undercooked falling apart may run time maybe many takeout orders excuse big f chicken makhni c minus tasted bland supposed flavorful dish small portion saag paneer paneer tasted rubbery good flavor understand charlotte thus indian food destination miss sim... | 59 |
2 | Am less thrilled with Bombay Grill than I have been over the last 7 years of take-out, dining in and buffet. I give it a three, but my heart says that they deserve a two-star rating.\n\nBiggest reason is the cost. For Indian food paying $8 - 10 for a simple curry is a lot and when you add additional rice, their porti... | en | 230 | less thrilled bombay grill last years dining buffet give three heart says deserve reason cost indian food paying simple curry lot add additional rice portion accompanying rice skimpy nan bread meal add beverage esp indian lager get bill couple nearly orders cut lunch buffet skimpy well first rush diners many courses of... | 95 |
2 | All around mediocre experience. The app was slow to come out. The lamb roganjosh was under-spiced and the lamb was tough. Disappointing first Indian experience in Charlotte. | en | 27 | around mediocre experience app slow come lamb roganjosh lamb tough disappointing first indian experience charlotte | 15 |
3 | Great service for the price point. friendly, helpful staff. Great authentic taste and presentation. Some safe choices available for those unaccustomed to Indian cuisine. | en | 24 | great service price point friendly helpful staff great authentic taste presentation safe choices available unaccustomed indian cuisine | 17 |
1 | The food is not real Indian food, everything they made for native people. If you really looking for tasty, spicy Indian food this place is not worth it. On all food items are sweet and more creamy.\nThis is place is not meant for real \"INDIAN FOOD LOVERS\" | en | 47 | food real indian food everything made native people really looking tasty spicy indian food place worth food items sweet place meant real indian food | 24 |
0 | Worst indian food I have ever eat in US. \n\nIf you read my review I bet you that you will regret if you give a try to this place. \nit's a joke of indian food. I have been eating paneer kadhai from 20 years and I know how it should taste. It was horrible. first time I went for dine in and the food was horrible , cust... | en | 116 | worst indian food ever eat us read review bet regret give try place joke indian food eating paneer kadhai years know taste horrible first time went dine food horrible customer service awful month taught take order order something else ordered last time honestly thrown garbage felt horrible taste smell food wanted go si... | 54 |
2 | I dropped into this place for lunch, when they had a buffet. The food was ok, if limited in choice, but the service mediocre. Like in the buffet, they had, among other things, tandoori chicken, of which I took a few pieces, just freshly in. I got the first serving of naans, and had to wait a bit between finishing th... | en | 137 | dropped place lunch buffet food ok limited choice service mediocre like buffet among things tandoori chicken took pieces freshly got first serving naans wait bit finishing first basket getting second chicken gotten cold naans flat slightly crispy instead soft tamarind chutney terms drinks surprisingly limited mango las... | 65 |
2 | We were looking for a good Chinese place and I saw the reviews for Great Wall of China. We decided to try it on Sunday after church. It looked like it might be crowded with all the cars in the parking lot but when we got in the restaurant was bigger than it looks and it didn't feel cramped at all. Another surprise is... | en | 339 | looking good chinese place saw reviews great wall china decided try sunday church looked like might crowded cars parking lot got restaurant bigger looks feel cramped another surprise apparently sunday buffet inside typical restaurant look brass bars large fish tanks bit flair one thing stuck like sore thumb absence sou... | 161 |
1 | I've been going to this place for the past 15 years and it's definitely gone downhill recently. I used to rave about the food and service to all my friends, but recently my experiences have been pretty terrible. The owner and his waitstaff look as if they have just given up, there's never a smile on anyone's face, they... | en | 145 | going place past years definitely gone downhill recently used rave food service friends recently experiences pretty terrible owner waitstaff look given never smile anyone face look depressed food used amazing seems must changed chefs everything usually ends coming either done drenched way much sauce complain food waits... | 64 |
4 | Been coming here for years. Alex, Tiffany, Cathy and all the staff make me feel welcome. The food is always consistent and good. I generally take out but when dining in, the experience is always good. One thing you must do is spend some time looking at their salt water fish tanks. These tanks are incredible and worth v... | en | 65 | coming years alex tiffany cathy staff make feel welcome food always consistent good generally take dining experience always good one thing must spend time looking salt water fish tanks tanks incredible worth visiting restaurant enjoy | 35 |
2 | For Chinese food this place gets a three (3 yelp stars) from me. I love the Chinese Cabbage and that was about it. The Beef Dish I ordered was too salty and the Beef was over cooked though I do not think that was the determining factor it tasted too plain for my dish I rate it 2.55 yelp stars. The Pineapple Fritt... | en | 203 | chinese food place gets three yelp stars love chinese cabbage beef dish ordered salty beef cooked though think determining factor tasted plain dish rate yelp stars pineapple fritters perhaps made exactly supposed though like batter thick overcooked undercooked batter gooey inside yelp star service yelp stars fish tanks... | 92 |
1 | Meh exactly meh. Ive been here twice over the past 2 months or so....The first time there was a screaming kid there the entire time. Not the restaurants fault right? Yea technically i know but after 45 min of it, when the whole restaurant is visibly uncomfortable the staff should have requested the child be taken outsi... | en | 180 | meh exactly meh ive twice past months first time screaming kid entire time restaurants fault right yea technically know min whole restaurant visibly uncomfortable staff requested child taken outside food okay nothing spectacular damn screaming kid jesus people chucky cheese side shopping center diss restaurant due expe... | 102 |
1 | I had checked out the reviews on Great Wall south, and decided to try it. Walking in at 3:45 PM, there were maybe 3 tables occupied. The decor was inviting. I loved the huge fish tank they had on display. From there, sadly, it began to go downhill. \n\nA lady at the bar waved me to the dining room, and a waiter saunter... | en | 225 | checked reviews great wall south decided try walking pm maybe tables occupied decor inviting loved huge fish tank display sadly began go downhill lady bar waved dining room waiter sauntered ask wanted drink also asked wanted menu strange getting settled menu ordered egg rolls hoping since mealtimes would get freshly fr... | 117 |
2 | I went to Great Wall for lunch since I was spending some time at Carmel Commons on patrol for my company. I hadn't eaten there in a very long time. I believe the last time I was there was at a Wednesday night supper with the Queen City Corvette Club. As I remembered it then the food was good but the service was iffy. W... | en | 150 | went great wall lunch since spending time carmel commons patrol company eaten long time believe last time wednesday night supper queen city corvette club remembered food good service iffy well fast forward september food still good daily special called twice spiced scallops rather good sweet tea tasted better say sweet... | 76 |
2 | I went on a saturday night and was quite surprised that there wasn't anybody in there. The waiter wasn't exactly friendly but he wasn't rude either. My friend and I started with the egg rolls, and those were on point!!! I dipped it into the homemade duck sauce and that was good. It also came with some yellow sauce and ... | en | 103 | went saturday night quite surprised anybody waiter exactly friendly rude either friend started egg rolls point dipped homemade duck sauce good also came yellow sauce horrible ordered beef broccoli pretty good would come quite sure live quail hollow area know would come way get | 44 |
2 | Stopped in for lunch, they have a pretty good lunch menu with comes Ruth steamed it fried rice and a spring or egg roll...\n\nI tried the trio with shrimp, chicken and beef and they make it spicy! The food was hot when it arrived at the table and that extra spicy sauce really added to the flavor, I chose the steamed ri... | en | 87 | stopped lunch pretty good lunch menu comes ruth steamed fried rice spring egg roll tried trio shrimp chicken beef make spicy food hot arrived table extra spicy sauce really added flavor chose steamed rice also delicious perfect combination trio good enough make want return try something else | 47 |
2 | This would be an A-OK (-). We have been here a number of times over the past two years and recently moved back to the Charlotte environs. So, on a windy, rainy night my wife and I came back. I had lunched there a few weeks ago, so wanted my wife to experience CW again and get her opinion.\n\nThe lunch was very avera... | en | 317 | would number times past two years recently moved back charlotte environs windy rainy night wife came back lunched weeks ago wanted wife experience cw get lunch average decor atmosphere giant illuminated tropical fish tank tending front desk authentic lot ethnic chinese patronize great wall wait staff speaks english spe... | 151 |
2 | Not a bad chinese place. They had a buffet on Sunday which looked good although I choose not to go that route. The staff was very friendly and the place looked clean. I wonder about the bar area though. How long has some of those bottles been up there? \nSesame Chicken- below average\nEgg roll - Above average | en | 57 | bad chinese place buffet sunday looked good although choose go route staff friendly place looked clean wonder bar area though long bottles roll average | 24 |
2 | I came here with my in-laws to celebrate Father's Day. My Mother-In-Law called ahead and was told we could reserve the private room in the back. When we got there we were told that her name was mixed up with another woman, and that we would have to be seated in the main dining room. Not a big deal, but when you're told... | en | 224 | came celebrate father day called ahead told could reserve private room back got told name mixed another woman would seated main dining room big deal told one thing get another best way start meal ordered crispy scallion pancakes good appetizer get crispy noodles sweet sauce table got chicken lo mein dinner everyone els... | 103 |
2 | There's a Chinese menu in addition to the regular menu | en | 10 | chinese menu addition regular menu | 5 |
3 | We have been coming here for several years and the service and food varies to the day of the week and server. Week days are best, quick and attentive service. Shrimp in chili sauce is one of our favorite but the spiciness varies each time. Flower chicken is good if you like more on the bland side. Pork fried rice is co... | en | 75 | coming several years service food varies day week server week days best quick attentive service shrimp chili sauce one favorite spiciness varies time flower chicken good like bland side pork fried rice consistently good wish could add spouts overall fine restaurant | 41 |
1 | We had some friends out shopping and told them about this good Chinese place. It was big, but mostly empty... which isn't a good sign to me at 12:00 noon on a weekday. The ladies went ahead and I parked the car. The hostess told me that there were not three ladies sitting together. I know they just walked in ahead of... | en | 338 | friends shopping told good chinese place big mostly empty good sign noon weekday ladies went ahead parked car hostess told three ladies sitting together know walked ahead spotted impression place old need updates really dark inside far many employees staff restaurant patrons sat us booth corner table served traditional... | 171 |
3 | This is the Real Deal. Classic American Chinese food served fresh and hot with excellent service. I can't believe that I had never eaten here until I got a Groupon. I even suffered severe\" Groupon Guilt\" when the meal was over and the check came. To be completely honest I could not bring myself to use it on my first ... | en | 220 | real deal classic american chinese food served fresh hot excellent service ca believe never eaten got groupon even suffered groupon meal check came completely honest could bring use first visit food wonderful wait staff good ordered entrees day figuring would take home leftovers scallion chicken made dark meat chicken ... | 112 |
4 | I've been going to The Great wall of China South for quite a while. The owner Alex and the staff always accommodate to your liking. I am a pescatarian so I don't know how their meats are however I can tell you about a few of their dishes. My all time favorite dish is one of their specialties the \"Crispy Scallops\". Th... | en | 172 | going great wall china south quite owner alex staff always accommodate liking pescatarian know meats however tell dishes time favorite dish one specialties crispy portion size generous scallops sweet come vegetables recommend ordering mixed vegetables brown sauce always tell make sauce spicy appetizers steamed veggie a... | 83 |
3 | Excellent choice. Food was tasty. Portions were plentiful. Service was attentive, but not overly so.\n\nWe enjoyed Hot 'n Sour Soup, Lettuce Wraps appetizer, Beef in Garlic Sauce and Hunan Chicken.\n\nMeats were tender and cooked to perfection. Sauces were delicious--not overpowering or drowning the food like you f... | en | 75 | excellent choice food tasty portions plentiful service attentive overly enjoyed hot sour soup lettuce wraps appetizer beef garlic sauce hunan tender cooked perfection sauces delicious overpowering drowning food like find lettuce wraps delicious easily meal two great choice night family | 40 |
1 | I have been going here for many, many years but on my last visit, the food was terrible. The crispy shrimp was soggy and the egg rolls had a horrible taste and smell. I was told by the lady at the front desk they were homemade but that was incorrect. I have had fresh, homemade egg rolls and when you bite into them, ... | en | 85 | going many many years last visit food terrible crispy shrimp soggy egg rolls horrible taste smell told lady front desk homemade incorrect fresh homemade egg rolls bite see fresh cabbage inside great wall china south serves cheap frozen egg rolls wo back | 42 |
0 | Absolutely horrible experience. We were seated and drink order was taken by that person. Few mins later drinks were dropped off by a different person who said waitress would be over to take our order. Then 10 mins later someone came over and asked us if we wanted appetizers which we did and ordered Crab Rangoons and Sp... | en | 281 | absolutely horrible experience seated drink order taken person mins later drinks dropped different person said waitress would take order mins later someone came asked us wanted appetizers ordered crab rangoons spare ribs person said someone would back take order never happened apps came guy said someone would come take... | 146 |
0 | This place is bad! The service is bad, the food is bad and the prices are high! With our party of 4, we had a similar experience as Christina L. Where different waiters/waitresses would come by and awkwardly take our order, then someone else would bring out that order and then someone else would arrive to help us furth... | en | 207 | place bad service bad food bad prices high party similar experience christina different would come awkwardly take order someone else would bring order someone else would arrive help us crab rangoons small tasted generic like something could buy frozen food lion shrimp meals also deveined every dish ordered flavorless b... | 98 |
0 | No go. Bought the Groupon despite the other reviews and decided to give this place a try. The location, atmosphere, and service were all good so no complaints there. The food however was not. I ordered the general chicken with brown rice and an egg roll. The chicken was all slimy dark meat and the flavor was nothing li... | en | 153 | go bought groupon despite reviews decided give place try location atmosphere service good complaints food however ordered general chicken brown rice egg roll chicken slimy dark meat flavor nothing like general sauce rather strong garlic able even eat hardly brown slimy meat husband ordered garlic beef like sauce zero g... | 72 |
4 | Since 1985 Great wall has focused on quality and great food. I live about 30 min away now and still come here to eat. Passing at least 10 other Chinese restaurants. | en | 31 | since great wall focused quality great food live min away still come eat passing least chinese restaurants | 17 |
1 | Gone downhill. Service was awful. Ordered soup, their \"special\" shrimp dish and pork fried rice. The soup was served and that was the last we saw of our waiter for 45 minutes. People who arrived well after us were served and left. When finally the entree arrived it was relatively without taste. Once we'd finish... | en | 96 | gone downhill service awful ordered soup shrimp dish pork fried rice soup served last saw waiter minutes people arrived well us served left finally entree arrived relatively without taste finished sat watching waiter never showed got went cashier asked check one regular neighborhood go restaurants take dine never | 48 |
3 | I can only comment on carry out. \n\nI have ordered carry out food from here a number of times and am always impressed. I typically get a shrimp or chicken dish, and soup. It is definitely above average Chinese food. I guess that's why its more expensive than most Chinese places. | en | 51 | comment carry ordered carry food number times always impressed typically get shrimp chicken dish soup definitely average chinese food guess expensive chinese places | 23 |
2 | Great Wall has been in Charlotte longer than me - I got here in 1987 ! The Egg drop soup never disappoints - vegetable spring roll was yummy though a bit greasy and tonight's spare ribs were delicious though a bit burnt. \n\nService is always good and the food for American Chinese is always good. \n\nOver the past fe... | en | 227 | great wall charlotte longer got egg drop soup never disappoints vegetable spring roll yummy though bit greasy tonight spare ribs delicious though bit burnt always good food american chinese always good past years food seems quality dropped american chinese food good restaurant clean staff eager serve keep mind say food... | 107 |
4 | I called about 930 and the nice man ordered my food as the last order. I was starving Marvin and they were the only place to stay open and take my order. Such great people. And even better food. Must eat | en | 41 | called nice man ordered food last order starving marvin place stay open take order great people even better food must eat | 21 |
1 | My husband and I went this past Saturday for dinner. I saw a few Chinese people there eating and thought to myself this food will be great. Because I usually judge a restaurant for being authentic if their own people go. I was wrong. The wait staff leaves a lot to be desired, the hosts are great. However, the gentleman... | en | 207 | husband went past saturday dinner saw chinese people eating thought food great usually judge restaurant authentic people go wrong wait staff leaves lot desired hosts great however gentleman passed literally times refill water good minutes basically flag tell please refill ordered sesame cold noodles love peanut sauce w... | 102 |
2 | Great for large groups! They have rooms with tables that can accomodate up to 12 at one table equipped with a large lazy susan. Food is also usually fast. I say usually as one dinner trip, it took us close to 45 min to be served and tables that came in after us were served before us and we saw one couple leave after wa... | en | 159 | great large groups rooms tables accomodate one table equipped large lazy susan food also usually fast say usually one dinner trip took us close min served tables came us served us saw one couple leave waiting service hit miss really depends day serves seen bad seen great keep mind five star french restaurant setting ex... | 84 |
1 | Bedbathandbeyond is usually my last choice when searching for home goods. Their prices are always higher than everywhere else, sometimes laughably. Try Home Goods, Target, Penneys, TJ Maxx, etc. I don't find the quality to justify the prices | en | 38 | bedbathandbeyond usually last choice searching home goods prices always higher everywhere else sometimes laughably try home goods target penneys tj maxx etc find quality justify prices | 26 |
3 | Two things hit me when I walked in here. The decor and the delicious smell. First off the elaborate wood carvings and other ornate decorations really set the mood for a good meal. Then there was the food itself. It was actually pretty good, even though I'm not usually a big fan of food with a lot of spice. But if t... | en | 83 | two things hit walked decor delicious smell first elaborate wood carvings ornate decorations really set mood good meal food actually pretty good even though usually big fan food lot spice thing go lot fun certainly back try | 37 |
2 | Decor may look pretty legit, and the servers are definitely Thai, but just say \"NO\" to the Pad Thai!!\n\nPad See Ew was pretty good. Spring Rolls were decent.\n\n3 stars only because the Pad See Ew was ok and I haven't tried the curries yet. | en | 44 | decor may look pretty legit servers definitely thai say pad thai see ew pretty good spring rolls stars pad see ew ok tried curries yet | 25 |
2 | Not my favorite place, but you know what, the service is good, the pad see ew is legit and plentiful, and the curries are OK. \n\n3 stars because if you want to order green curry for lunch, you have to pay dinner prices for ($14! WHAT!?). There was an abundance of rice and chicken, but I didn't think it was salty enoug... | en | 103 | favorite place know service good pad see ew legit plentiful curries stars want order green curry lunch pay dinner prices abundance rice chicken think salty enough next time guess would try red curry lunch mussaman ever friday available lunch fridays odd really really like free soup comes lunch | 48 |
1 | Hubby loves this place...I however do not really care too much for it. The curries are too sweet and their stirfry's are always packed with too much cabbage! and I mean raw cabbage. I also don't understand how they expect us to eat dry stirfry with rice. We eat here if hubby has serious thai food hankering and I have ... | en | 70 | hubby loves place however really care much curries sweet stirfry always packed much cabbage mean raw cabbage also understand expect us eat dry stirfry rice eat hubby serious thai food hankering decided stick noodles actually decent | 36 |
3 | This is one of my favorite thai restaurants. Best pad thai in town. The food and service is always great and they have huge portions. I am a big fan of art and mainly oriental artwork and this place is full of it. The wood work in this place is unreal. Even if you do not like Thai and appreciate good artwork I would st... | en | 74 | one favorite thai restaurants best pad thai town food service always great huge portions big fan art mainly oriental artwork place full wood work place unreal even like thai appreciate good artwork would strongly recommend going restaurant checking | 38 |
3 | Stumbled across this place almost by accident, and ended up loving it!\n\nI haven't eaten too much Thai, but my husband loves it. I was immediately impressed by this place, however, as even a person new to Thai food can easily dive into the menu - all dishes are clearly explained and well organized. Service was very fr... | en | 101 | stumbled across place almost accident ended loving eaten much thai husband loves immediately impressed place however even person new thai food easily dive menu dishes clearly explained well organized service friendly extremely amazed quickly food came everything fresh restaurant small doesnt feel like nicely decorated ... | 52 |
4 | Went again this past weekend and it's official- I'm in love! Excellent Pad Thai, and their house soups are pretty great too! | en | 22 | went past weekend love excellent pad thai house soups pretty great | 11 |
3 | Fellow Yelper Elisa S. & I have been here 2 times in 7 days for lunch - that's how MMMMM this place is! The lunch specials are just hands down hard to beat. With soup, spring roll in duck sauce and an entree, I've tried the red curry with chicken and the pad thai with chicken and both made me go \"ohhhh, yum!\".\n\nHav... | en | 147 | fellow yelper elisa times days lunch mmmmm place lunch specials hands hard beat soup spring roll duck sauce entree tried red curry chicken pad thai chicken made go ohhhh yum never thai sure much really speak spices authenticity things like rundown place authentic looking ornate wood carving cool place waiters helpful t... | 69 |
1 | Went to Thai House on a Thursday around 8PM. A few others were in the restaurant but not crowded at all. Like other reviewers, I liked the dress of the servers and the decor of the place was pretty cool. I sat in a booth by myself and was immediately greeted by the server with a menu.\n\nI ordered a Green Tea Sake..... | en | 303 | went thai house thursday around others restaurant crowded like reviewers liked dress servers decor place pretty cool sat booth immediately greeted server ordered green tea sake sooo good came little glass bottle called plan buy enjoyed sake ordered steamed shrimp dumplings totally expected two dough things came tasted ... | 144 |
1 | I've been here a few times and it was pretty decent. The food is alright, a little oversauced at times which I'm not a big fan of. The only problem I have with it is that they give you a huge bowl of curry with a small scoop of rice, and when you ask for more rice, they charge you 1.50 a bowl! Either give larger portio... | en | 101 | times pretty decent food alright little oversauced times big fan problem give huge bowl curry small scoop rice ask rice charge bowl either give larger portions rice curry entree cut portions ridiculous spend extra bucks enough rice entree | 38 |
2 | I stopped into Thai House for lunch on a Saturday afternoon. The restaurant wasn't very busy and I was seated right away. The decor is very interesting, carved wood everywhere with a carved log sculpture dominating the center of the restaurant. My server came over and took my drink order. Shortly after another serv... | en | 194 | stopped thai house lunch saturday afternoon restaurant busy seated right away decor interesting carved wood everywhere carved log sculpture dominating center restaurant server came took drink order shortly another server brought bowl chicken soup took little bit server come back take order chicken soup slurp waited ord... | 104 |
1 | I never quite understand why some people look so miserable... especially when one works at a restaurant, where people come and dine for enjoyment. I haven't been to Thai House in a long time, and this's my 1st visit to this location, and they still manage to have the same unfriendly, slow, unacceptable level of servic... | en | 302 | never quite understand people look miserable especially one works restaurant people come dine enjoyment thai house long time visit location still manage unfriendly slow unacceptable level service always one university area apparently known hmmm sure reputation want thai use groupon dinner last night amidst father day r... | 151 |
3 | I picked up take out for lunch on the way back to the office after an appointment today. They are really fast with take out orders and my food was ready in under 15 minutes. Instead of just getting an entree which I would normally do, today I splurged and ordered a side of Spring Rolls and also a Thai Iced Tea - whi... | en | 223 | picked take lunch way back office appointment today really fast take orders food ready minutes instead getting entree would normally today splurged ordered side spring rolls also thai iced tea jasmine tea cream sugar served ice good tasted like dessert pad thai super long time ordered chicken pad thai made traditional ... | 109 |
4 | Excellent every time. Try the Green Curry | en | 7 | excellent every time try green curry | 6 |
3 | I LOVE great Thai food and I have eaten here a few times, though this last meal was the best this place has done so far! The service was great and the Decor in nicer than most Thai Restaurants.\n\nTom Yum Soup 3.5 yelp stars. Red Curry with Chicken 4.25 stars. Mango with Sticky Rice for Dessert 2.90 stars. | en | 58 | love great thai food eaten times though last meal best place done far service great decor nicer thai yum soup yelp stars red curry chicken stars mango sticky rice dessert stars | 31 |
3 | I usually cringe when I hear or read someone say the word \"delish\" but I'll have to use it for this restaurant. \n\nI'm a bit of a newbie with Thai food and I've rarely ventured outside of this place's Chicken Pad Thai just because it's soooo damn good. Nothing like slathering it with sides of jalapenos and spices gi... | en | 137 | usually cringe hear read someone say word use restaurant bit newbie thai food rarely ventured outside place chicken pad thai soooo damn good nothing like slathering sides jalapenos spices given added extra bonus thursday lunch day best egg drop soup ever tasted free meal hybrid thing place although spiciness foods bett... | 65 |
2 | Not bad for Thai food if your in the area. Offers decent lunch specials that include soup, a spring roll and a drink for usually under $10. Dinners can get a bit pricey. The duck panang is my fave thing on the menu. Its a solid curry dish with tender duck breaded and deep fried. Not my #1 duck panang but it was my fir... | en | 149 | bad thai food area offers decent lunch specials include soup spring roll drink usually dinners get bit pricey duck panang fave thing menu solid curry dish tender duck breaded deep fried duck panang first got ta give credit pretty good house salad makes great cheap lunch fresh lettuce bean sprouts chunks pineapple fried... | 81 |
2 | Stopped by for lunch today. Except I didn't realize they don't serve lunch on the weekends. They serve brunch. The single sided paper menu offered ten to twelve different options to choose from, none of which I was jonesing for. C'est la vie!\n\nI had the pineapple curry with chicken. It included a fried egg roll ... | en | 208 | stopped lunch today except realize serve lunch weekends serve brunch single sided paper menu offered ten twelve different options choose none jonesing la vie pineapple curry chicken included fried egg roll bowl soup price right entree tasty two items bit soup nothing familiar consisted one piece dry chicken couple piec... | 97 |
2 | Nice decoration feels cool and the foods is ok | en | 9 | nice decoration feels cool foods ok | 6 |
3 | Goooood Thai place. | en | 3 | goooood thai place | 3 |
3 | Best I've tasted in Charlotte thus far! | en | 7 | best tasted charlotte thus far | 5 |
3 | We have visited this place now couple of times. The folks are very cheerful here and the wooden sculpture of chain of elephants is cool. On our quest for finding places that offer vegetarian choices, we tried this place. The pretty much make anything vegetarian, by replacing a tofu equivalent, which worked out very wel... | en | 87 | visited place couple times folks cheerful wooden sculpture chain elephants cool quest finding places offer vegetarian choices tried place pretty much make anything vegetarian replacing tofu equivalent worked well us tried padkrapraw tofu replacement flavorful hit right taste buds slowly beginning become fan place | 44 |
1 | Okay so I've eaten here a few times now and I feel it's time to review. I'm not a fan really. Every food experience I've had here has been mediocre, It's kind of like delivery Chinese food but Thai. \n\nNow to describe my experience today... I ordered takeout for lunch as I was in a hurry to get back to the office. ... | en | 240 | okay eaten times feel time review fan really every food experience mediocre kind like delivery chinese food thai describe experience today ordered takeout lunch hurry get back office normally would ordered another thai restaurant around corner seemed closed decided try thai house craving strong seriously want like plac... | 107 |
0 | Not sure why the $$ this place is over priced and bad bland food. 12.95 for beef basil? They don't use real Thai chili peppers, I like spicy and asked for it. They sprinkle Nasty old chill powder which ruined the dish. No flavor and not worth $12.95 \n\nSkip this place.\n\nAlso called to let them know: response was \" ... | en | 72 | sure place priced bad bland food beef basil use real thai chili peppers like spicy asked sprinkle nasty old chill powder ruined dish flavor worth called let know response ok anything else rude jerks | 34 |
2 | Decent Thai food and decent service. The inside of the restaurant feels \"more Thai\" than other places I've been to in Charlotte with a more traditional feel. I dig the dude in the front with the MC hammer pants in purple seating everyone. That was pretty fun. I actually went for pho, which is actually Viet and no... | en | 121 | decent thai food decent service inside restaurant feels places charlotte traditional feel dig dude front mc hammer pants purple seating everyone pretty fun actually went pho actually viet thai pretty pleased prices bit steep feel considering location portions still find decent dishes would plan go way since frequent pi... | 55 |
1 | I got take out from here today for lunch and it was ok. Portion size was good but I'd prefer to go to pei-wei. Their food is a lot bettee plus thai house messed up my order. | en | 37 | got take today lunch portion size good prefer go food lot bettee plus thai house messed order | 17 |
2 | This used to be our go-to place for Thai, eating there t least twice a month. But over the past year, the quality of food has declined. Not just the entrees -- even the previously CRAZY GOOD dipping sauce for spring rolls has declined. My heart is still with them, but I only go here once in a while now given the chang... | en | 81 | used place thai eating least twice month past year quality food declined entrees even previously crazy good dipping sauce spring rolls declined heart still go given change sincerely hope return better days new competition chl | 35 |
1 | I ordered vegetarian pad Thai and if was pretty tasteless, even when I asked for extra peanuts. I ate it just because I was hungry. The decor in the restaurant was nice though. Just wish the food was better | en | 39 | ordered vegetarian pad thai pretty tasteless even asked extra peanuts ate hungry decor restaurant nice though wish food better | 19 |
3 | Went here yesterday for lunch! Their lunch prices and portions are the best!\n\n-First you get some type of soup...they change it every day. We had some type of rice and chicken. It is always broth based.\n-I ordered the Red Curry Chicken dish. The curry sauce was nice and watery with a creamy cocounut taste. Pour the ... | en | 90 | went yesterday lunch lunch prices portions best get type soup change every day type rice chicken always broth ordered red curry chicken dish curry sauce nice watery creamy cocounut taste pour bowl chicken red curry rice enjoy small spring roll nice little touch good quick serving great lunch spot option | 50 |
4 | Great food for the price. I enjoyed their vegetarian options especially the pad Thai. Love the inside. Great service as well. | en | 21 | great food price enjoyed vegetarian options especially pad thai love inside great service well | 14 |
1 | The Thai carved wood and overall decor is amazing- and the service was fine. Sorry to disagree with others, but my wife and I found the food to be quite ordinary and well-below quality at other Thai restaurants we visit. \n\nThe fried spring rolls were greasy- possibly were just fried a second time to get them hot. The... | en | 112 | thai carved wood overall decor service fine sorry disagree others wife found food quite ordinary quality thai restaurants visit fried spring rolls possibly fried second time get hot mee krob good appetizer except lettuce partially wilted brown spots usually love pad thai served soggy noodles lot taste main chef working... | 55 |
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