China Max

Really good price for what I ate. Two servings of meat and white rice was under $ 6. Some of the rice seemed a little hard but once I mixed it up with the Orange Chicken I had, I couldn’t notice it.

It is pretty cheap, Chinese fast food. I had a 1 entrée plate and a medium drink for $ 7.81 including tax. The 1 entrée plate is $ 5.49 and the 2 entrée special is $ 5.99 so you can easily get a lot of food if you want.
They man at the counter offered a free sample of a piece of chicken so that was nice. There were plenty of napkins, plastic ware, and sauces available by the register.
The portion size is sizable. I think the 1 entrée plate would fill up most people.
The taste is ok… nothing bad but what you’d expect from a Chinese place at a food court. I would recommend it if you were walking around the mall and felt like eating Chinese food, but it isn’t a place to specifically go out of your way to eat there.

Orange chicken was good. It was not overly sweet and the chicken had just enough coating. It was freshly cooked at the time of purchase. No complaints.

Great food, good value, and is super reasonably priced so I confidently recommend this joint! Happy Food = Happy people

China Max is a mall food court Chinese food stand located inside Stratford Square mall. I work right near the mall and periodically use my lunch break to go into the mall and look around and grab a bite to eat on the go. There are a variety of restaurants in the mall and the food court, but time and time again I wind up at China Max and I’m about to explain why.
China max has a particularly unique characteristic of producing Chinese food that tastes great initially, but that gets progressively worse and worse with every subsequent bite. You can usually get an initial taste of Orange Chicken or General Tso’s chicken as a freebie, given out by whomever is manning the booth on a toothpick by merely walking anywhere within the vicinity of the food court. Needless to say it’s quite a clever and effective marketing ploy.
China max runs deals that basically give you a styrofoam container full of rice and two scoops of entrees (almost all of which are variations of chicken) for $ 5.99. Once you eat that first bite you’ll say «Wow, I can’t believe this is in the mall food court, it’s so flavorful and delicious» by the sixth bite you’ll be saying «Wow, I can’t believe I ate this». I’m giving China Max two stars and normally after such a review I’d say «I can’t recommend it, and I wouldn’t go back». But to be honest I’m sure in a month or two I’ll be suckered in by a free sample, convincing myself the last time i had it that it wasn’t as bad as I remembered and be eating there again, and regretting it a couple of minutes later.

I can’t believe I’m reviewing a fast-​food restaurant in a shopping mall food court, but I am. And here’s why — it’s the standard Chinese fast-​food fare you should expect from the mall’s food court (i.e., don’t expect too much), but they hook you up here! It was right at lunchtime too, and not end of day when you think they would just want to get rid of the food so give out piles.
Maybe they were in a hurry to serve the long line this day and weren’t paying attentions to portions, but I ordered a two-​entrée plate and they gave me enough to feed 3 people. The lid on my to-​go box barely closed (and I had to smash the food down to close the lid).
Price was great for that amount of food — $ 6 and some change. The food was decent. We had the orange chicken, mandarin chicken, and fried rice. Greasy, definitely not healthy, yet tasty enough and serves the purpose of filling your stomach during a shopping trip.
Also, I like that they’re not stingy with their plasticware/​chopsticks and napkins. They have those all laid out nicely in front of the register and don’t frown at you when you pick up a pile of napkins, or worse yet, hand you your food with one (paper-​thin) napkin!