China Chess, Copperas Cove

My family has been eating at China Chess for at least 12 years, my husband and I even went there on our first date in 2003. The food is the best chinese I ve ever had. They r eggrolls are perfect. We usually order the chicken lo mein, sweet and sour chicken, kung pow beef, and fried rice. My kids, ages 3 and 5, love the sweet and sour sauce. I even request extra to keep in the fridge to eat with they r chicken tenders. They are fast as well. We will stop in to order take out and within 10 minutes they are bringing out our food. I will admit that they have slacked on the interior atmosphere since the smoking ban was inacted in Cove. Before the smoking ban they were always packed and it was a great place to sit down and eat.

I must say that they are not clean in the inside of the establishment. The walls are covert in splatters and the table and chairs are sticky. The food was not that good and the customer service was horrible.

This place is the best! Was tired of Cove Rice food...idk how cove hearld says they're the best.... so was driving home and saw this place. Was a little reserved....but once i got some food, (sweet and sour chicken and chicken fried rice), i was hooked. Brought my family back and my wife ordered the vegetable lo mein, the noodles were cooked perfectly... not greasy/slimy like some restraunts and they added extra vegetable for no cost...made her night. Got general tso chicken....fresh, and not too spicy. Got delivery twice because i didn't believe how quick it got to my house....combined average times...15 minutes...even sitting in the restaurant i would see orders come in and within five to ten minutes it was done....in the hour i was there i saw at least 12 people come and pick up food.... i can keep going but i'd run out of room and most likely ramble....this place is awesome and knocks cove rice out the park. Definitely five stars!!!

The other day my hubby and I were craving Chinese, and decided to order from a different Restaurant than China Star (we have been so disappointed in their food recently) - so we ordered from China Chess. They do not deliver to West Fort Hood - which was fine, cause the drive was only about 5 minutes. The service was great and the food was piping hot. We have now ordered there a 2nd time and have been very happy with their service, food, and price. I definitely recommend them over any Chinese Restaurant in the Ft Hood/Killeen/Cove area! 5 Stars!!!!

We just ordered the Beef Broccoli and Orange beef. I have to say, and I think Im pretty qualified to do so since i eat lots of chinese food and try many places. China Chess makes the abosolute BEST most tender melt in your mouth Beef and Broccoli!!! I actually wanted and should call them to just say how yummy it is!!!!! It's not an usual dish I order but will all the time from them now!!!! Oh and freaking huge portions!!! Thanks for the great lunch!!!

Wonderful food. Great service and fast delivery. Have ordered from there many times.

Great food and great service. I've never used the delivery(because we live in the country) but we dine in and have had nothing but good experiences. The food has always been fresh a delicious.

I would recommend this restaurant to almost all... [not to someone wanting to impress a 'high maintenance' type date]. We went as a family (Wife, and two daughters [11 and 14]) and the setting was suitable for a family. The prices are good for the quantity and quality of food served. The resaurant could use a little touching up and did not 'feel' like a chinese restaurant. There was what looked like dark sauce splash marks on the wall next to the booth, which we sat ourselves at. This gave the appearance of being 'unclean'. If they adjusted the lighting from flourecent to incandecent with some 'classical' chinese type/style lighting/lamps the 'mood' would have been more inviting. We almost turned around when we came in because the 'mood' of the restaurant was not 'inviting'. We all liked the dishes we ordered. And the service was good also. I did not like that from one pot of tea you only get one cup and that you pay $1.35 for each additional cup. In my mind, a pot of tea should be complimentary as the cost of tea is not that exorbant [and they put only one tea bag in the pot for a 2 quart tea pot... tea was watery tasting] ... The Fortune cookie was made in Brooklyn, NY... [reminded me of the Pace Picante Sauce commercials about competing brands of Salsa being made in 'New York City'!]. The hot and sour soup was good flavored, I like it more watery than saucey with a few more veggies. The egg drop soup is the type where they break the yoke vs where the egg is cooked hard and rests in a brothy type watery setting. Both are good, but I think most people prefer the egg cooked completely vs the yellowish yoke style. The resaurant does not quite Google right but Yahoo hits it right on(look at map on this webpage). It is on the North Side of 190 (left side if coming from Lampasas) and has a Yellow sign with red letters. Again, despite the sort of run-down and dirty appearance, and lack of 'Asian atmosphere' the food was very good and the employees very nice with good service... I would think they would wear a more formal attire than the jeans and Polo style our server was wearing... again appearance vs product... Product Excellent... Appearance... not so good. Again appearances were lacking, instead of printing new Menu's they just lined through items they no longer served... and they should advertise if they use MSG or not. Also listing more details on what is exactly in a dish is helpful to people that are not familiar with Asian types of food. Lastly, the 'to go' clientel must be numerous (meaning good food), because in the one hour we were there, at least 15 people came in to get 'to go' orders. Again, keeping the 'to go' clientel seperated from the 'dine in' clientel would have made for a better 'dining-in' experience.

Service was really good and they actuly understood English. The person that answered the phone was really helpful.Food was delivered in like 20 mins and tasted great.