Main Kwong | Chinese Restaurant

Crispy Chicken is amazing. Moved from Charleston in 2015 and we kept looking for a new restaurant that could make Crispy Chicken the same as Main Kwong. Returned to Charleston after ten years and got Crispy Chicken and it was as great as ot used to be.

The General Tso's chicken is hands down the best I've had in West Virginia! It's perfectly crispy chicken, and it stays crispy after the sauce cools too. You cannot beat this place.

Always good food and good service. Food prepared greasy and fast. Currently it’s pick up only. Food is fresh and hot. They have the famous signature dish called Crispy Chicken, you can never go wrong with that! Cans of ice cold soda are only 1$ and again the staff are friendly. I would suggest to go online for the menu, or view my photo. There is NO indoor dining. *Edit: There is now indoor dining (not the cleanest). Recently had the egg rolls and oh my are they delicious. The crispy chicken, is sweet and addictive. Some might say it’s q little spicy, but I can’t tell. Had the dumplings and wow! Again just fabulous. The crab rangoons are good as well both crispy and creamy. I posted the lunch specials in photos. Really good deal!

Food has ALWAYS been amazing! Today though was beyond special! I am in a wheelchair and while having my car serviced across the street, my husband and I decided to get lunch. Although their dining room has 2 steps, they wrangled with their other door to get it unlocked so I was able to eat. No wonder this is the only Chinese I eat in Charleston! They went way up and beyond for me and it was heartfelt appreciated!!

Oh my God. One of the best places, by far, to eat here in Charleston, West Virginia. Their staff is very attentive and friendly, and the prices are great too.

I ordered the chicken and the mixed vegetables over the phone. I was told that it would take about 15 minutes. When I showed up after 15 minutes, the order was ready. The food is hot. The dish is delicious, the level of salt and sweetness is about right. The service is friendly and prompt. The portion is generous. When I travel on the road I usually like to order chicken with mixed vegetables. This place would rank near the top in terms of taste, service and the atmosphere in the restaurant.

Update: I have since revisited Main Kwong and I can say it is one of the best Chinese restaurants I've been to in terms of the food. I still believe the portion sizes are small for the price, but what you get really packs a flavorful punch that isn't matched by any other Chinese restaurant I've been to. At the recommendation of my coworkers, I visited Main Kwong for lunch today. I was let down. When I came in, it was deafeningly quiet and every sound echoed throughout the place. There was no decoration on the walls and the signage with pictures of the food was faded and difficult to read. It was at least a minute before the woman acknowledged that I was there, and when she finally started talking to me, she wasn't friendly at all. She asked what I wanted, so I grabbed a menu and read it over. I ordered the general tso's lunch special and she asked which soup I wanted and what I wanted to drink. I got wonton soup and water, which was in a bottle. When it was time to pay, the guy beside her said the amount and reached for my card. She knocked his hand away and reached for my card, saying an amount that was about $1.20 higher than what the guy said. I'm not sure if the water I got wasn't supposed to be part of the price of the lunch special or if she just didn't like me and decided to charge me more. If they charged more because of the water, it shouldn't have been $1.20 higher in my opinion. The woman started coughing terribly right before she took my card and she made no attempt to cough into her elbow/away from her hands. Very unsanitary. After I paid, she gave me my soup (in a styrofoam container) and I stood around because I wasn't sure what to do - most Chinese restaurants take your order at the table, but this place doesn't offer to take you to a table before you order. The guy told me I could sit down anywhere and they'd bring me my food, so I went into the dining room. The dining room was depressingly bare and had the same echo problem as the front counter area. The walls were an ugly shade of pistachio green and had a lot of scuffs and dirt on them. They weren't playing music and the other people in the room weren't talking, so the mood was quite sullen. When I got to the table, I looked around for a spoon to eat my soup and saw that they leave a container of plastic flatware on the table. It was mostly forks, but I found a spoon after digging through it. I couldn't help but think how unsanitary it is to leave the flatware out in the open like that, where everyone has to dig through it to grab their utensils. After a very short wait, they brought my food to me. It was in an aluminum takeout dish, with the plastic lid on the bottom. Not what I was expecting, but handy if you have leftovers and want to take them with you. The wonton soup was okay, but didn't have much flavor. The wontons were especially bland, but I guess no flavor is better than tasting bad. The general tso's chicken and rice also weren't anything to write home about, but the chicken was extra crispy and had a ton of sauce on it. I think you can never have enough sauce on the general tso's chicken, so I was pleased to see that it came with plenty. The portions were generous, overall, and I left feeling full. I would say the pricing wasn't bad, but I wasn't a fan of being told one price and being charged more than I was initially told. I think this place has the potential to be as great as I've heard it is, but they should start by improving the atmosphere in their restaurant. Some decorations and music would go a long way. Cleaning/repainting the walls would also be a step in the right direction. Something else I think would improve Main Kwong is the use of reusable supplies. Everything I received while dining at the place was made to be thrown away - investing in reusable flatware, plates, cups, and bowls would not only improve their carbon footprint, but it would also lower costs for the restaurant in the long run. Based on my experiences today, I can't recommend Main Kwong.

Definitely one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in the area. The food is amazing, the service is top notch and they even deliver and allow you to pay in cash.