Lake View Chinese Restaurant
Chinese · Olean
About Lake View Chinese Restaurant
At Lake View Chinese Restaurant, we're proud to serve authentic and delicious Chinese cuisine in a warm and inviting atmosphere. Our restaurant offers a variety of comfort food options as well as healthy choices, making it a great choice for families, friends, or solo diners alike. We take pride in...
At Lake View Chinese Restaurant, we're proud to serve authentic and delicious Chinese cuisine in a warm and inviting atmosphere. Our restaurant offers a variety of comfort food options as well as healthy choices, making it a great choice for families, friends, or solo diners alike. We take pride in our speedy service, knowledgeable staff, and clean dining area. With our wheelchair accessible facilities, you're welcome to dine with us regardless of your mobility needs. From lunch specials to dinner entrees, we have something to satisfy every craving at an affordable price.
What Customers Say About Lake View Chinese Restaurant
Lake View Chinese Restaurant is known for its friendly staff, fast service, and large portions at reasonable prices. Many customers praise the lo mein, pad thai, and general tso's. Some recent reviews mention inconsistent food quality and temperature issues in the dining area.
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Tip: Lunch specials offer great value with large portions. If using a credit card, be aware of the $10 minimum.
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Lake View Chinese Restaurant Olean Reviews
They have the best Lo Mein.
The food is so, so good!!! The service is impeccable. I have nothing but good things to say. The options I choose are all I've tried so far. I have not been disappointed.
In 15 years this place has never let me down. Phenomenal flavors and the staff is so friendly. Hands down delicious hot and sour soup, pad Thai and general tso's has a pleasant kick and always try the fried rice.
This was hands down one of the friendliest Chinese restaurants I’ve ever been to. Food was good, resonantly priced, and the staff is super friendly too. I just felt bad that the older gentlemen seemed so stressed out and seemed so overwhelmed. Thank you for such a nice meal and going out of your way to make it fresh and warm. 😃👍🏻
Everything about this restaurant was a fantastic experience! The chicken lo mein was by far the most amazing dish I’ve had. It was really hot and fresh that it took a few minutes to wait and eat. I also had ordered the pad Thai, and it tasted really authentic. I look forward to taking my friends and family here again!
Lakeview has the best a most authentic Chinese food for miles around. I’ve been ordering food from them for nearly two decades eating in at times but usually takeout. I’ve lived in four different towns across three different states and Lakeview is by far my favorite Chinese restaurant. Their prices are extremely reasonable, two people can get lunch for $20 and still have leftovers. I’ve never waited more than 15 minutes for my order.
Great Chinese food made fast and fair priced. Inside is still closed from COVID but picking up Togo orders is easy and they have interesting pamphlets to read while you wait. I’m from Las Vegas where they have the best foods in the world and this food would be competitive there so considering it’s here is something special.
1st time customer and it was very tasty. $6 lunch specials and it was enough for 2. They have many lunch options. I was very impressed with the quality and portion. I got SO MUCH meat. The order was made fresh and nice and crispy. I was nervous to try with previous reviews and news, but I would not hesitate to recommend this place and I certainly WILL be back.
This is an excellent Chinese restaurant. The staff is professional, clean, knowledgeable, and friendly. The menu choices are many and the service is fast. We have dined here many times. We have never been disappointed. The food is served hot, and delicious. Honestly, I have eaten in many Chinese restaurants, including several in Manhattan and in Brooklyn. This restaurant is the best.
Service was great! The chicken wasn't the best I've had but It was good. The steamed dumplings are ridiculously good probably the best I've had! Eggrolls were delicious! Definitely check this place out!
I think this is the best Chinese American food in this area. Everything was delicious, veggies were cooked perfectly with generous portions. The only flaw was that the spring rolls were a bit oily and too dark.His fryer temp is too low I think. They were still great tasting though. I will definitely be back!
The wait for a take out order was pretty typical, not too long. The food was not bad, though I wish the fried rice were a bit more flavorful. If you like crab rangoons on the sweeter side, this place is for you. Definitely would recommend, though if you use a credit card there is a $10 minimum.
Super friendly new employees. They rearranged the place and cleaned it a lot. Sadly, the chicken pad thia and shrimp pad thia were nowhere near as good as the prior owner's recipe. The new crab Rangoon wasn't good either, all I could taste was green onion. The chicken and noodles were so bland it just tasted like boiled food. I added half a container of hot oil, soy sauce, and salt which didn't fix it so I ordered general tsoas sauce to put on it which made it edible. The general tsoas sauce was phenomenal. He mainly only picked the shrimp out of his and that was it because it was so bland. We'll try them again with different things in the menu since the tsoas sauce was good and staff were great.
Extremely cold in the restaurant as we will never go back because it's so cold in the dining area ,,, lady was friendly ,,, portions are small ,,, food is good but like I say we will never go back because it's too cold to eat in the restaurant !
Update: They completely changed the food. It's now a generic low quality Chinese restaurant. Definitely the best Chinese I've had outside a big city. Prices are great, portions are huge, and the flavor is good. The only downside is some of the meat is average Chinese quality, but the sauces are better and the food is crisper than most. I've never seen Triple Delight Szechuan Style anywhere else and it's my favorite.
Went in for dinner on 8/27/24 at 5 PM. No A/C it was almost 100 degrees in there. They had one small fan blowing hot air out of the kitchen. The prices weren't too bad but the food wasn't the best. My wife's dinner came out 20 minutes after mine. The bathroom was pretty gross. My wife liked her food but mine tasted like food court Chinese food. Decent place for take out. Caught a 40 dollar overcharge on our bill... Highly doubtful I will return.
Freezing cold. Clearly just take out? Asked for tea to warm up and it was either forgotten or just couldn't bother to bring it . Food was ok.
I have always been obsessed with Lakeview! Probably ordered there once a week or 3x a month. Spending a minimum of $ 30. They stopped delivering so I haven't been able to order as much. I finally decided to order pick up tonight. So excited to have their amazing food! Got home...we all sat down to eat and no one (including me) was happy with the food we had received!!! All Lo Mein tastes different (less flavor...distorted) we ordered chicken and vegetable Lo Mein. The sweet &sour sauce is like a fake version now. The teriyaki chicken has always been my favorite too. Now it is dry, no sauce and seems more like a dry rub was added not the teriyaki flavoring I so love! I will not be ordering from them again for a long time...spent over $50 on food I likely won't even eat as leftovers as I typically like to do. 4 of us all incredibly disappointed with our meal tonight!!! BTW if you don't deliver then correct your website!!! They need to bring back the previous owners immediately!!! This place is going to go down with the new owners. Facts! They have screwed everything up. No business No money Trash.
Crab rangoons are now horrible! We are so disappointed, they used to be excellent and will never get them again unless I hear the recipe changed back. Was very disappointed in the quality of the food overall. Used to be my favorite Chinese place.
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