Oriental Pavilion - Asheville

My boyfriend and I went in after seeing on the menu, “Chicken corn soup for two”, and when we went inside to order the waitress was extremely rude and said, “If you’re just going to share a soup then go and get it to go.” She then proceeded to put our order as a to go and wouldn’t let us eat at the table. We ended up just leaving, and no one else was even inside the restaurant. Very weird and rude encounter.

My family and I will never go back here. It was very convenient to our hotel so we decided to try them out. We went around their lunch special times. I have a family of 5 so we all ordered from the lunch special menu and everybody’s price should have been $8.95 it included either white rice, fried rice with each meal. The food was good but when we received our bill it was $75. My husband and I asked what were the extra charges and the lady tried to say the fried rice was separate from the meal of what my kids ordered. That did not make any sense. She then said we ordered a lot of food. I stated we ordered 5 lunch specials that included rice. She also added $6.80 gratuity when we would have kindly given a tip and that was not stated on the menu either. We only had a family of 5. She also acted like we came in after 3 which is the time the lunch hours ended but we came in well before that. So yeah never again we will go there.

Unfortunate to write this review, as I used to love this place and routinely order from here when I worked at Mission (two years ago I’d rate this 4 or 5 stars). It has been probably two years since I ordered from here so not sure if the ownership changed or something. But today’s order was hands down the worst Chinese take out I’ve ever had without exaggeration. None of the three entrees had an ounce of flavor, the tofu is gelatinous mush, the “fried rice” is also just mush and undercooked, and all of the vegetables have seen better days, nearly transparent in quality.

Almost 20 years going here, it is always great food. I really miss the Old buffet and dine in. I think Asheville needs to rediscover this place.

I went here for dinner because my hotel was nearby. The restaurant was closed for indoor seating but was still doing takeout. I was told they only seat people for lunch up until around 4pm. I only waited about 15-20 min for my food after ordering, which was decently fast as I saw several large online orders picked up while I waited.The food itself was nice and hot. It was also pretty tasty, but still the normal chinese american fare. The portions were also decent size and 2-3 people could eat out of one container.I would recommend going here for a meal if you don't feel like cooking or are travelling through. Vegetarian options: Fried rice, lo mein, tofu