S.Y Chef

1209 Maple Ave, Lisle
(331) 777-5096

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CL

First time diners, very impressed, will definitely come back . Despite an unassuming storefront in a strip mall, the place was clean and the food was fresh and delicious. Ordered several Northeastern Chinese specialties - all pretty authentic. Business was brisk, which is always a good sign.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tam Dinh

Really good authentic Chinese food. People here are very friendly and nice too ☺️

Vince Szafranski

Got the General Tso’s chicken. Cooked awesome and great flavor. Staff was also very nice!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Megan Klepitsch

This food is awful, very off fishy, greasy, old cabbage flavor, DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE OTHER REVIEWS. Wasted my money, it's more money than a basic place with better quality food. NO boo

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Carl Thoemmes

Legit, great food, esp the Szechuan boiling beef which you're not getting just anywhere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Megan

I have been looking for a good Chinese restaurant in the area and I’m so glad I found S.Y Chef!! My family and I did a carry out order and everything was delicious! You can tell there is a lot of attention to detail and care that goes into preparing the food. Best Chinese food I’ve had in a long time!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cold Noodle w Sesame Sauce, Mongolian Beef

Sr B

Wow pretty authentic Chinese cuisine!! Some of the dishes were very flavorful at the same time you can make it spicy with your flavor profile! The portions are large enough to share with a group. Recommend for anyone who lives in the vicinity. The shredded chicken in special spicy sauce and the boiled Sichuan fish were our favorites.

Food: 5

Jamil Mashni

GET THE CUMIN LAMB!!!! The flavors are out of this world.

For the mapo tofu, they do not use meat in it, which I do think would be nice if it had ground beef in it as an option for the added flavor.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cumin Lamb

Jeff Nave

Not sure why the review scores are so high.
Our food was ok but nothing really special. Would I reorder from here? No.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

shl 636

18 bucks for a box of potatoes😭

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Get mikie 2eatit

The chef at S Y Chef is amazing! The dishes flavors are superior to a typically good Chinese restaurant. It’s very difficult to find a good Chinese restaurant & S. Y Chef is far better than that. On our first try at S. Y Chef we were giddy to find Chinese food where the chef is an actual authentic chef. On our subsequent visits, the small seating area filled by all asian guests is a testament to the chef’s ability in delivering wonderful flavors.

Since our first visit, we’ve tried different dishes and all have had that wonderful considered seasoning/flavoring unique to each dish. It’s a joy to finally experience a true chef’s offerings.

A note to the restaurant:

When I looked S. Y Chef restaurant up on google, I found it didn’t appear in my search under “Chinese” food/restaurant by me. I found the reason was because it was listed as a “Rice Restaurant” so I asked google to change it to “Chinese Restaurant”. Hope I did the right thing to help you S. Y Chef. Never change!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Huilong Zhou

Food was tasty, close to authentic Dongbei cuisine, only thing is that the portion is a bit small, otherwise all good

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Napa Cabbage Pork Dumplings

Nick

Great tasting food, good portion sizes, friendly staff. Definitely my staple Chinese place now

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Camping Online

This is by far the best Chinese food I've had. Its a bit pricy, but well worth it and the serving sizes are still pretty big. My gf and I have been coming here for over a year now and its still amazing every time. The only downside is the place is pretty small so there isn't much seating and the parking lot can be cramped but the food itself is always a 10/10.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cumin Lamb, Dumplings, Mongolian Beef

Ephrem Winterburn

Amazing food great service very nice ladies

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

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