Essence Of China - West Linn

This food was honestly… horrible. We ordered veggie fried rice, shrimp singapore noodles, and crispy tofu and nothing was even edible. It was so salty and bad tasting, it is so disheartening to waste all that money and food. I wish we had read some of the reviews before coming. I am completely confused about the good reviews, maybe they used to have better food but whatever we ordered tonight was truly awful. I do not recommend.

The food was very bad. I was surprised after seeing so many good reviews. Maybe they have new cooks or it was just a bad day. But: -The orange chicken is sugar with a pinch of orange on some flavorless protein. I take it wasn't crispy because it was delivered, so it got steamed. -The mandarin shrimp was a bad soup with ketchup. -The broccoli beef was meh, maybe needed more salt. Probably the best of the order, still not worth it. -The spring rolls were poorly done. They were crispy al right, bu … – show

This place is delicious. The service is excellent and the food always comes out quick, piping hot, and quality. Their General Sal’s chicken is delicious and fried rice is good too.

Wonderful service, great food, and a relaxing atmosphere. The staff is friendly and attentive, and we both enjoyed everything we ordered. This is the first time we visited here and I'm glad we gave it a try. Definitely one of our new favorites from now on.

We have been going to Essence of China for years. We obviously enjoy it and dine there often. They gladly customize their meals. When I was on chemo therapy, it was the only restaurant whose food I could eat. My husband loves spicy food, so the cooks always complies with his requests. The service is outstanding and it has a very soothing atmosphere.