China Lee Restaurant

Don’t order delivery if you’re starving. Food took almost 2 hours for delivery and it was only one meal. Food is okay.

I ordered Moo Goo Gai Pain and Hot and Sour Soup to go. As anyone who frequents Chinese restaurants knows, Moo Goo Gai Pan is white meat chicken with light veggies in a white sauce. What I got was chicken with veggies in a thick brown sauce. I am a huge Chinese food fan and appreciate the different cuisines, flavors, and seasonings that vary between Chinese restaurants. Unfortunately, however, this chicken had a very peculiar aftertaste that I can only describe as metallic. The veggies tasted the same, so I’m not sure if it was the sauce or something else in the kitchen. It is the first time in my life I actually had to throw out Chinese food that I ordered because of the taste.
The only redeeming factor was the hot and sour soup which was decent.

Ordered delivery from China Lee today, for 6 people. Ordered at 11am friday, delivered at 1 pm. Called twice with no success in finding out where the food had gone. Food is mediocre at best, not great but edible. Could not recommend, particularly if you have hungry employees. .. .

This is the BEST Chinese food I’ve eaten since childhood. I can never find traditional shrimp fried rice anymore. All the restaurants make an American style version with yellowed rice and peas and carrots which I can’t stand. China Lee makes it right with egg, onions, bean sprouts and green onions. It is so very good. My husband ordered the sweet and sour chicken which were individually homemade and tasted incredibly good. This is homemade food, not prepackaged crap, We are from out of town and have taken out for lunch and dinner 3 days so far because it’s so hard to find traditional Chinese food anywhere. Yummy !!!

The only reason I ate this was because I have health insurance.
Mongolian beef = mystery beef
Orange chickens = soggy
One hour wait and forgot the dumplings.

With the exception of Mr Yum and Hy Vong, I have never had good Asian food on Calle Ocho so I was not expecting anything special when I walked into China Lee. I was however pleasantly surprised. The place was clean and relatively new looking. I ordered take out, the meal was well packaged, generous portion sized and tasty. I rate it above average for inexpensive Chinese food in Miami.

This place gets 1 ½ stars for two reason — friendly owner (if you get to talk to her) serving Chinese, Central American, & Cuban cuisines (really weird combo if you asked me) and it’s open late (until 1 am everyday).
That being said, the Chinese owner (who has lived for two years in Venezuela), should really fix this place up and make the food and ambience match the price (it wasn’t exactly that cheap). Why? Well…
1) The place STINKS! literally. Like bathroom stink.
2) Plain rice (thankfully slightly buttered) could be much better
3) Carne asada (which was recommended) was a tad bit dry
4) Lo Mein was generic although I did like it more than the carne asada
5) The inside is as ghetto as the outside
That being said — come here if you’re only desperate in every sense of the word for food late at night for Chinese food as I can’t think of a place that serves Chinese food this late. Just have low low expectations!
Oh, and the Chinese lady speaks Chinese better than her broken Spanish. Her English is worse. So be prepared for that as well. She’s a nice woman though.