Great Wall Chinese Food

Got the chicken and carrot soup here 7 days ago, remember thinking that the chicken felt/​tasted undercooked and stupidly ate it anyway.
Cue the worst bout of food poisoning I’ve ever had. I went to the UCC last Friday, severely dehydrated and miserable. Going to another doctor again tomorrow, as I suspect I now have a blockage in my small intestine.
Avoid this place. There are far better restaurants in this area.

Great Wall is great — They are fast, basic, cheap Chinese food! I have ordered all types of dishes from them and never felt sick or gross out. I can tell they also pride themselves on great service. One day they slightly messed up my order (gave me the wrong type of rice) and they chased me down to block just to give me the correct one. That’s pretty nice if you ask me!

Always fast. Always fresh. Always delicious.
This is my favorite Chinese delivery spot, bar none. In addition to their consistently excellent food, they’re accommodating too (they didn’t bat an eye when I asked them to make the chicken curry a little differently based on my preference). Oh, and their combo prices are unbeatable. An entrée, fried rice, and soup for $ 7.50? Ummm yes, please.

Good food, prompt delivery and Orange Chicken just done right.

Tastes gross. The dumplings are exceptionally yucky. If you are desparate, go to Jins and get something to microwave.

I got quite sick from the dumplings here I’m sorry to say. If the food seems strangely textured when you get it, for the love of God do not eat it.

I like this place. They have great taste and good amount of menu. Easy takeout and order as well. And affordable too

This place is clean. The service is prompt and friendly. They can fix the food pretty much how you need it to be. I ask for sesame tofu with the sauce on the side. They deep fry the tofu, put the sauce in a container. You can always asked for steamed veggies with sauce on the side.
All of their dishes taste great and there’s great variety for vegetarians. I like that it’s so convenient and reasonably priced. Having lived in Taiwan for over 8 years, I know what good Chinese cooking is and there’s is really good for the money and the type of place. So thankful they are in the neighborhood because the other one down the block on 181 isn’t as fresh, clean and service is sometimes very gruff.

Excellent customer service, coupled with really good food makes the quick pick up or done-​in experience work out nicely. The family staff are simply awesome

I eat at Great Wall at LEAST once a week. They’re so good to me. The food always tastes fresh and the menu is quite extensive. It’s great for what it is. They are also really quick, which is great.

I will give it five stars because it’s the best you can get for the price. I’ve obviously eaten better food, but this is probably the best Chinese you will find in Washington Heights for the WashHeights price! **Please note, this is strictly based on delivery. I have never eaten inside**

I don’t like the «chicken» they use. It tastes like leftover turkey that’s been in the refrigerator for a while. No. 1 Chinese, which is just halfway down the block, is much better. I’d go there instead.

Best Chinese food in Washington Heights.
I ordered General Tso’s, veggie lo mein, broccoli in garlic sauce, and crab rangoon. ALL of it was delicious. It came with plenty of rice and a free can of soda for $ 20. Its hard to beat.
The staff was friendly and it took less than ten minutes for everything from ordering to me walking out.
Highly recommend.

As you know there are a lot of Chinese restaurants that cook up the same exact stuff, for similar prices in this general area. This may not be anything near gourmet, but for 5.75 for a lunch special, all I got to say is, not bad! The food is generally a little better than the competition in the area.
The general tso’s chicken was pretty tasty. This is the first time I’ve ever had it and I’m glad I had it here. I ordered mild-​spicy, though I think it would have been better to just order it not spicy at all. It was pretty hot considering I ordered it as mild. We also ordered sesame chicken which is said to be better than the rest we’ve had so far.
The teriyaki chicken was quite impressive. Came on the skewers, nicely cooked over a fire. Great flavor!
Everything came out to 17 dollars w/​drinks. Not bad, not bad.

For some reason the food here tastes somewhat better than your other Chinese hole in the wall type restaurants in the area. Of course, it’s a matter of personal taste but for fast and cheap Chinese food I think this is one of the better options.
Nothing gourmet about it, cheap ingredients but ok when you’re hungry and your other option is chips & guac.

There food is way to saturated. Sometimes when I order through the phone it taste weird, like left over or something, or like its been reheated.

It is what it is.
Very quick service and cheap, quick dinners. I can get steamed chicken and veggies and brown rice for $ 5 dollars. It is nice to run across the street and have something hot and cooked for me in ten minutes time.
I don’t give it two stars because it sucks, necessarily. It just… well, is a hole in the wall Chinese restaurant. Nothing gourmet about it. It works in a pinch. I’m thankful it’s there.
Good enough.

I gave this place several tries and every time I ate here, I had food poisoning! What attracted me to this place initially was the cheap prices and the decent food. Boy was that a mistake! I definitely will not be coming back.

Right into the trash. This place is located above the subway station at 181 street and so I frequently pass by it. I noticed a sign indoors for scallion pancakes. I fought the urge to try them for several weeks until today. So I ordered those, some hot and sour soup, and some steamed vegetable dumplings. The scallion pancakes went directly into the trash. The hot and sour soup was terrible but I ate it. It was liquid with corn starch and pepper. Terrible. The steamed dumplings were ok but only because they were simply heated and mass-​produced elsewhere. I can’t really emphasize enough how bad this place is. It’s right above the subway which that alone should be a red flag– with all the rats, bugs, and poison. In the restaurant was a bicycle wheel and the top part of a parking meter — I felt like part of a crime scene. I stink like cooked grease having been in there for 15 minutes waiting for my order, all my clothes reek. No one speaks English in there, all I could do was point to things on the menu to order. Basically it was frustrating, filthy, and terrible food. Never again.

I decided to go here to pick up some dinner after getting out of the A train (they’re located right above the station). I ordered chicken and broccoli with brown rice, and spare ribs. As I walked down the hill, I could smell my chicken and broccoli, it was so so fragrant. I got home, and was very pleased. The chicken and broccoli was absolutely delicious. Very flavorful, large strips of chicken, and perfectly cooked broccoli. The spare ribs were so-​so (I’m very picky about my ribs!). Also, my order came up to $ 16, and I got two free cans of soda. That was nice!
If I’m ever in the area again, I’d definately go there again.