China Bistro

Saw this pop up on new places to try. It's about a mile from my house and craving egg drop soup I decided to run up before closing. It's located next to where the old Western used to be in Vestavia Hills. It's a small shop with about 8 tables close together filled with people having a nice chat between tables. I got our food to go this time but the portion sizes I saw were fair and steaming hot.

I'm not sure if this is the China Bistro that was near Patton Creek or just a common name. I order Coconut shrimp, egg drop soup, pork egg foo young, crab ragoons( pricey but def tasted unique in a good way), and Mongolian beef. Overall the price was pretty standard. Everything was so hot I actually burned my mouth when I got home, ha. The food was super fresh and I was very impressed.

The Mongolian was my favorite, alot of places have a very sweet syrupy taste to their and I could taste the sear on the meat and the sauce was closer to a savory than a sweet. VERY freaking good. I felt the portion sizes for the coconut shrimp was a little small but frankly the shrimp was huge and delicious so you can be the judge. Egg foo young had a really rich brown sauce that I loved and the soup was classic Egg drop. Crab ragoons were def my favorite overall, that and the Mongolian beef. Def will be returning.

Food is beyond amazing! Glad they came to town!

So glad China Bistro opened here in Vestavia! They’re food is delicious. We had the Kung pao shrimp and two chicken dishes. Hot and sour soup was excellent! We will be coming back.

Solid Chinese takeout at decent prices. Clearly fresh ingredients in every item. The night we dined there was an American man taking orders and relating information in what sounded like Chinese to those making the food which helped us in determining our order. There is plenty of room to eat in, but we saw quite a bit of takeout going through the door.