Xing Xing Kitchen - Lakeland

The food is delicious, and honestly, I prefer their milkshakes over McDonald's (haha)!

Service is my top priority when dining out. Timing is especially important when you're eating indoors. Unfortunately, fast food has lost touch with what good service and presentation should be.

This is a nice spot for a quick meal with the kids. However, I have an update: at 10:30 on the 22nd, the service was decent but could have been friendlier. The overall cleanliness of the place was a bit lacking; the tables weren't white and had sticky soda and bits of food on them, and the floors were also sticky. There seemed to be insufficient staff in the dining area. Despite these issues, I would consider returning, as the experience wasn't entirely negative—just a bit unprofessional on the part of the crew.

The prices are a bit high for what you receive. Each dish costs $12.45 and comes with a small container of rice, which is more than I've paid for similar meals at other restaurants. My Moo Goo Gai Pan tasted decent, but it mainly consisted of chicken and mushrooms, with only a few pea pods and two carrots—there were no bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, or Chinese cabbage, which I expected. My husband ordered the Kung Pao Chicken, which had no vegetables at all, and the chicken was so crispy and chewy that he couldn't finish it. We also ordered a large wonton soup that lacked flavor, bringing our total to $34.00. It's safe to say we won't be coming back.

I wasn't impressed. The staff were rude and got annoyed when I couldn't hear them clearly and asked for a repeat of what they said. Also, they don't have the Kung Pao combo with beef, chicken, and shrimp. Their response was simply, "We don't have that. Choose something else."