China Chef

Ordered late because I had work. Few places offer combos at night and I love this place now because they offer a small meal for 10$. Amazing pricing Woman was friendly and smiled even though she was the only one on the line at the moment. I had just seen the other person go to the bathroom. Food is awesome.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I recently ordered from this restaurant, and to say I was disappointed would be an understatement. The sesame chicken I received was dry, stringy, and rubbery — not even close to the crispy, flavorful dish I was expecting. It was downright unpleasant. The beef in garlic sauce was no better, with a sour and tangy taste that didn’t belong, and the beef itself had a strange texture, almost like tofu.

I called to give them feedback, and the response was baffling. The lady on the phone actually told me that the chicken was supposed to be dry and stringy? That explanation makes no sense! I’ve never heard of anyone wanting their chicken that way. Take your money elsewhere — this place is not it. Needless to say, I won’t be ordering from here again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I’m giving it 1 star because they sent the correct order. Other than that, it’s been an unpleasant experience!
The Sweet & Sour Chic were these little bits of chicken with a large amount of batter rolled into balls.The tiny chicken bits were very dry.
The S& S sauce tasted like ketchup and salad dressing. It didn’t have any pineapple, cherries, peppers, or tomatoes! Nothing! Just really thick, nasty red sauce.
The chic fried rice was bland. The color looked almost the same as the white rice! The chicken seemed like it was boiled and thrown in after the rice was cooked. Honestly, it didn’t even taste like chicken to me. The fried rice also had large pieces of uncooked white onion mixed in.
The beef low mein was nasty and dry. The meat was like dried out flakes of crunchy meat. I didn’t realize what it was at first because it looked like a darker version of bran flakes! The vegetables that were mixed in were again, uncooked.
The crab Rangoon was edible. Mostly cream cheese w onion but that’s not unusual.
I can’t in good conscience tell anyone to go here. Everything I tried had that “fast food aftertaste” . I had to brush my teeth to get the oily taste and feel out of my mouth.
I do not leave bad reviews because I know everyone has an “off day” and try not to judge but this was bad!!
Myself and my family are feeling unwell at the moment! I hope it’s just because of how greasy everything was!
I hope they see this and take some pride in their cooking because I don’t see this succeeding otherwise.
*We ordered from the Third Lake China Chef

Food: 1

I laughed! I cried! It was better than "Hamilton"!

I ordered beef chop suey and beef and snow peas, pork eggrolls, beef fried rice plus beef egg foo young. All vegetables were fresh and not over cooked beef tasted wonderful . It was probably the best I have had in a long time. Owner was very friendly

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Service was terrible. Food was not good and ended up getting food poisoning! Would NOT recommend!

Food: 1

This is the worst Chinese food I've ever eaten. I will eat just about anything and this food was terrible.The chicken was old.Everything was, it was like stew chicken and everything that they were gonna throw away.They threw in the egg for young Garbage!

Food: 1

Best mapo tofu within 15 miles !

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 5

As far as Chinese places go, I'm giving them a 5 star review based on price mostly, but also quality. This place is less expensive than panda express and their food is 1,000 times better. When it comes to carry out Chinese places, you're only going to get so much. This place for what it is, is the best bang for your buck

The ingredients here are fresh, the weight is sufficient, the meal is fast and the price is affordable. My family likes to order food here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was okay, so far I haven't found Chinese as good as Hong Kong Chop Suey in Mundelein. Tangs down the street is worse then here, but for the price it's okay. Food isn't to bad, just tastes cheap and less expensive. I cannot complain though, for the price.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, Chicken Fried Rice

My favorite place to eat Chinese food and FYI, a couple of years ago I was in Mississippi and found the same name when looking for somewhere to eat. The menu was exactly the same. It was news to me that they are a big chain of restaurants.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We love it here!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mongolian Beef, Orange Chicken

Horrible I’ll never order here again the egg-foo young was served with the gravy on the side I’m sure it’s spoiled. I also ordered a shrimp egg roll and it’s refried and sweet this is a complete disappointment. Something as simple as bad gravy I could live with but the egg foo young itself tastes like nothing it’s horrible I’m so irritated because I really wanted this food I’m taking it back.

Food: 1

Service: 1

me and my friend got two entrees with a couple sides. we were very impressed by the portion sizes and high quality ingredients. my beef mei fun had a lot of good tasting beef, carrots, bamboo shoots, lettuce and celery and mushrooms, all for $13. the singaporean chicken noodles has interesting flavor with a lot of chicken, bbq pork, carrots, mushroom celery and lettuce, all for $13. The crab rangoon is also VERY fresh and delicious, the accompanied sweet and sour sauce is also very delicious. We would definitely order from this place again and try the other menu options. The service is very kind, mom and pop shop, and they cook very fast in 10-20 minutes.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5