William Lindsey

After some days in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and then Anderson and Clemson, South Carolina, where we encountered some of the most unpalatable food imaginable, it was such a pleasure to find Great Wall Chinese restaurant in Birmingham. It has been voted the best Chinese restaurant in Alabama, and with good reason. The food is real, authentic, and tasty. We had lamb with green chili, stir-fried rice cake with Napa cabbage, and braised dried bean curd sticks with black mushroom and tofu (all pictured below). Every dish was delicious, as were the pot stickers with which we began, and the amounts were so generous that we have a second take-out meal for tomorrow. Service was friendly, courteous, and prompt, and the atmosphere of the place very pleasant. I highly recommend it.

Fred Song

Few things get me more excited than Great Wall out with new dishes! Grabbed a friend to try the Hunan style spicy liver and the Chongqing Hotpot, along with the old favorite mustard fish fillet. The liver gains so much depth of flavor from the black bean sauce, perfectly highlighted by the Szechuan pepper flavor, unreal! The Chongqing Hotpot is like a farmhouse bowl of joy, fresh and flavorful blood curds, fatty and tender bites of intestine, fish fillet, fun chewy beef tripe, all balanced on a bed of soy bean sprouts, mmmm! Mustard fish fillet is as good as we’ve always held in our belief of Great Wall’s ability to deliver. The Great Wall faithfuls, we have a new chapter to be excited about!

Dare Watson

I found myself driving past this place a lot and wondering about how good the food was. Tonight, we decided to put an end to that wondering and give it a try. For an appetizer we ordered the steamed dumplings and for entrées, I ordered the chicken pad thai and my sister ordered the beef lo mein. We opted for take out so we could eat at home. The food was ready so fast. We waited for thirty minutes at most, and it was ready. The staff was friendly, had everything all packaged up and cashed us out. Everything tasted delicious and was still very hot and fresh when we arrived back home. I'm glad we had the dumplings to eat while we waited for our entrées to cool of. The portions were giant, and now I have the perfect lunch for tomorrow as well. 10 out of 10 all around, and I will definitely be a regular patron here.

Kushal Pradhan

This place was a surprise. Red Pearl at Homewood is my default go to Chinese restaurant forever. But decided to try out Great Wall Chinese Restaurant; I have been hearing good reviews on authentic food for sometime now. It didn’t disappoint. We tried Garlic chicken, juicy dumplings and chef’s special flaming pan chicken with vegetables. They all were super good, taste was authentic and portion was generous. Price wise, I felt was it was tad bit pricer compared to other Chinese restaurant around it. On the positive side, they offer good authentic food, plenty of seating arrangements, minimal wait time and quick service, ample parking spots, centrally located, open late till 10 pm. Will definitely visit again for some dan dan noodle.

+7

Forever The Glasco's

Pepper Steak is always my go to and it never disappoints. Definitely one of the best Chinese food restaurants in Birmingham. I have been coming here since I was a child. Must try! Rate an 7.5 out of 10, will try again.

Joe Smith

Delicious food all the way in, down, and out. Loved the lunch. Little bit of an English communication problem but the food is worth it, totally. Atmosphere is like every other American Chinese Restaurant. Yes, they can work on presentation, but it was SUPER YUMMY!!!

+2

CALG RN

Visited on a weekday.. The place isn't crowded and the ambiance is really nice.. If you're looking for an authentic chinese restaurant, this is the place to go. We ordered their lunch special sweet and sour shrimp and chicken with rice, chicken flaming pan with rice, steamed shrimp dumplings (1 order is 6pcs.) and combo fried rice. Bill ended with $52.18 plus tip.. I was actually looking for siomai and sesame balls, but isn't available here.. but will keep on looking for a chinese restaurant that has it. Recommended for a visit.

+2

Robby R

The food itself was good. The people were nice. Was a little pricey for lunch for me. Everything was extra, eggroll, drink, soup. Most places serve that with lunch. Besides that its a good stop if yiu wanna pay a bit more

Tera Cochran

my niece ordered a beef dish and was mistakenly brought a combo. when she sent it back, they fixed it and it came back out with a hair on it. they "remade" it and it was the same food but on a different plate. she didn't eat at all and they still made us pay for it! wouldn't recommend

jt 1

01/17/26 we usually have a great experience eating here. We dined with a party of six during lunch hours. i ordered the kung pao beef lunch special, but because i said special there was unfortunately a misunderstanding. i received the kung pao chicken and shrimp, which wasn't a big deal, but i asked to have it remade as what i ordered. the server tried to tell me that i ordered wrong, even though i clearly said beef, but he had the order remade anyway. by the time it was made again, everyone else had received their dishes and i was the only one not eating. the second time my food came out, there was a thick black hair on the plate. we sent it back immediately, and they took it to the kitchen and put the same food on a different plate. i know this because the rice comes out usually on the plate shaped by a bowl, and it was just slid off with a fork and lost its original shape. i ended up not eating at all. they never checked in after bringing it out the third time, and i didn't take a single bite. i had lost my appetite. we ended up being charged for both the chicken and shrimp combo, and the kung pao beef with the hair. i will not be bringing my business here again after today.

Derek Witherspoon

The food was average. The waiters wasn't nice at all.But they were very attentive to all the white customers. I will never come back

Joe Moore

I used to come here all the time and always got the General Tso’s chicken with extra sauce it was my favorite. But over time, the quality became hit or miss, so I stopped going for a while. I recently decided to give them one last try and ordered my usual. Unfortunately, the chicken tasted old and had a strange smell. It didn’t seem fresh at all and honestly it was pretty disappointing. This was my final attempt to give them a chance, but it’s clear the consistency just isn’t there anymore.

Lee Ann Brooks

We came to the Great Wall after being away for a long, long time. We did not know they closed at 3 o’clock as there was no sign. The door was wide open. We walked in and we were told that basically we couldn’t come there. They only had 20 minutes. Both of us are disabled, my friend is mobility challenge and I’m visually impaired. I understand that you have to close to prepare meals for dinner. But if you’re going to do that, please put a close sign up. I’m very disappointed. I would love to be able to give a good review and I could give a good review but it’s been a while since I ate there so I can’t. Hopefully everyone else has a good experience, this time I did not.