Emerald China

I was craving Chinese food and my girlfriend recommended this place, saying she love it when she was in high school, they make the best beef chow mein. I have to admit from the outside it looked like just another Chinese restaurant, you know the ones where all dishes taste the same full of MSG. Boy I was wrong. The food was delicious, had multiple Asian flavors across all dishes. I had the fish special which was grouper with mixed vegetables. The grouper was fresh and cooked perfect and so were the vegetables. Of course girlfriend had beef chow mein, I tried it and loved the smoky flavor along with the fresh onion and noodles. The lunch special comes with your choice of soup and rice along with egg roll. The egg roll was really good, not just a filler, had great flavors. The seating space is open, many tables inside. Service was with a smile and consistent, checking on us every few minutes. Would I go back? YES! Great food at a great price!

last time i came here was march 6, it wasn’t my first time but ever since march 6, i’ve never went back and never will. i had gotten the chicken lo mein and a sweet tea. it all tasted normal but sweet tea was a bit off i don’t know if that’s what caused my food poisoning the next day or not but yea, i got horrible food poising. woke up the next day throwing up everything i had eaten from here. this would continue on for another day, so two days in total, i was very nauseous, didn’t feel like eating anything, and i had a bad fever alongside chills.

There's a plethora of Chinese fast food restaurants im the Johns Creek/Duluth area. Most of them are average at best. This place is no different. It's good in the sense that it is nearby serveral work places. Very convenient for the working crowd. The restaurant itself is large enough to seat a decent amount and I have yet to see it at full capacity. Don't have to worry about beating any lunch crowds here. The food is well, if you see one Chinese fast food place you pretty much know what to expect in terms of options. Won't go too deep in details there. One word to describe most of the dishes would be "oily". I mean most Chinese fast food is but this place is on level of its own. Taste is okay and I would even say its better than some other similar places nearby. Would I go here again? Maybe. We'll see. When you got to eat, you got to eat! My Recommendations: -N/A

Always good food! Unfortunately they did mess up on my order by leaving out food that was ordered. With the amount of chaos and stress the guy at the front counter was under I wasn't about to bring it up. Note to the owners: Employee's attitudes and emotions need to get checked at the door; repeatedly picking up the phone and slamming it down when customers are trying to call to place orders. NOT COOL Doing this in front of a full restaurant of dinners while using profanity loud enough for anyone in earshot to hear... EVEN WORSE

I ordered Mu Shu Pork with Chinese pancakes. I got Mexican tortillas! Totally not the same. I ordered spring rolls and got egg rolls that were so greasy as to be inedible. The fried rice was barely concealed white rice in huge clumps. Everything was so greasy that after a few bites I felt queasy. Horrible, horrible food and so not worth the cost. I wouldn’t even give it one star! Never, ever, ever again!