Gourmet Oriental

An untapped gemstone hidden in the heart of downtown Ventura. Quality flavorful food passed down from a strong family heritage. I never have leftovers when I order the chicken chow mein. Their Kun Pao dishes are also amazing. Been going here for years🙏🏻🙏🏻💖💖 & quality with consistency has always been true, they deserve the 5FULL STARS 🤩💯💯

Food was actually pretty good. First time here and I went back a couple days later. With Chinese it is either Very Hit or Very Miss. The only reason I gave it 4 Stars was because they need to have more side choices to choose from besides "fried rice", which really isn't or white. You should automatically get an egg roll for both lunch and dinner at the prices they charge. Still good food though

This place has something for everyone. They have SO many specials, two menus for lunch specials, then if you miss this they have an early dinner special as well as regular dinner specials, special chef's dinner, low fat menus (food is steamed and you can choose the sauce which you can add on yourself) and dim sum (biggest sui mai) I've ever seen, they have northern Chinese dishes and traditional Cantonese dishes (like egg foo young, which someone called an "omelette" LOL. Although not the healthiest for people ordering from the "healthy" menu when you order a "dinner" vs a la carte, you get a wonton skin appetizer which are like tortilla chips you get in Mexican restaurant which will take the edge off your appetite until you get your entrees. Also not on the menu, they do something that Chinese restaurants used to do, which is serve you a pot of tea, jasmine, which they give you without charge ! They put the money in portion size (large amount of meat) not in the overhead as the place is very simple. Want to address some criticisms, someone claimed that their dish only have celery, the menu describes what vegetables are in the dishes, if you get one that just says vegetables, you will get a large variety that includes mini corn, mushrooms and water chestnuts ! They do have a photo menu in the restaurant posted but a HUGE printed one. Unlike another review there is NO brewery below but they DO serve liquor. And they are very pleasant and I have the feeling if you are unhappy about something they will please you,