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    2.7 (53 reviews)
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    Hot and sour soup , garlic chicken and chicken fried rice
    ALice A.

    The last time i was here was probably 10 years ago. I did not like their food back then so i was a little reluctant when my boyfriend wanted to go here. Take Out orders seems to be on the slow side. He was told the wait would be half and hour. Maybe because it's only the wife and husband working? So if you are really hungry, be prepared to wait. He ordered chicken fried rice, garlic chicken, and hot and sour soup for me. Obviously this place is faaaaaaaaar from being "authentic." It is very Americanized but can't blame them due to the location. The garlic chicken wasnt bad at all tbh. It just looked kinda scary lol. It was just very gooey with reddish sauce. The look isnt very appealing but it doesnt taste bad. If i had to go there again, i wouldnt mind ordering it again. The fried rice is "normal" as well. It's your very basic kind of fried rice. I actually did not really like my hot and sour soup. Edible. But wont order it again. There was only three ingredients in there. Eggs, bamboo shoots and a ton of mushrooms. Even the non authentic ones around the area has tofu, water crescents, black mushrooms, carrot slices, and pieces of meat. To me, this was the most skimpiest of the skimpiest hot and sour soup i've ever had. It's like someone picked out all the stuff they dont like and gave me the soup. bleeeeeh. The soup looks like egg drop soup from a distance because of the amount of eggs in the soup. So, if you feel like eating chinese food, Hunan Hibachi Buffet in Waukegan is a little better. A tad better... I would recommend going there for a slightly better quality chinese food. I just dont see myself ordering anything else from them. Especially if you can skimp out so much on the most basic soup.

    Pretty odd for "orange chicken" wouldn't you say?
    Kendra W.

    Well I tried this place out of hunger for chinese food and I just don't think I'll be going back.. My order came to 20.35 all together which isn't to bad but its just not the same as normal chinese food.. I ordered Orange chicken and instead of getting deep fried large chicken chunks with orange sauce like a normal place will give you I got small chunked chicken in a spicy orange sauce that I'm not very fond of I'm 7mos pregnant and don't really like spicy stuff.. The crab rangoon was a little off as well amd came with no sweet and sour sauce which is also pretty unusual.. The egg drop soup most is usually yellow broth due to egg yolk but this ones white I'm just so confused I don't quite understand what kind of Chinese food this is but its definitely not normal lol.. Not to my liking...

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    T G.

    Well, for years and years Best Panda was my go-to Chinese joint. New management in 2018 has come in, and the food I have ordered has been horrendous. Lo Mein was awful. Beef and pork fried rice was awful. Here's hoping they get their act together soon because I would like to see them succeed.

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    I'm not normally one to do this but I am speechless. They have changed ownership and since then, the quality of their food has gone to shit. They really tried to serve this "chicken fried rice" to me. The chicken didn't look cooked all the way and I was definitely not going to test to see if it was. I brought it back and the lady said that it was cooked. I asked her if she would eat it and she couldn't answer me. She just said "it's cooked". I got a refund. My family has been going there for at least 15 years. We won't be returning.

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    Great place for food, come here often. Very friendly staff, great lunch specials and great wonton soup!

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    Great rice, they have this rice that has everything in it, Beef, pork, shrimp, chicken, pretty good

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    Our go to Thai restaurant in the area. Perhaps I'm being picky with the various locations but when…read morewe come here I can always count on the flavors being spot on. My favorite items to get here are the Tom Yum soup, they let you choose the protein and the spice level and have an option for both bowl or a cup. The cup is about a pint size which is a great portion. I love getting the Tofu with this soup because I feel like it soaks in the flavor and breaks up the yummy spices. For the different levels of spice, just a heads up that there is a huge difference for a medium in a cup versus a medium in a bowl. Both are delish, but the cup medium is SPICY in the best way. I also really enjoy their basil fried rice with chicken. You can take the sauteed char from the basil and the medium in this is also spot on for us. Maybe one day I'll be brave enough to try a higher heat, because Thai chilis are no joke! All in all, we frequent here often since moving up here and are so glad to have a staple in the area and in our regular rotation.

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    2.7(122 reviews)
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    Friendly service, decent price, large selection of familiar Chinese American favorites, as well as…read morea sushi bar and quite a lot of seafood. The staff is always hustling and refilling dishes. Only downside is that some of the dishes are NOT hot enough. I tried a chicken that was room temperature and a dumpling that was literally cold in the middle. You have to really watch for the steaming dishes that were just brought out or you risk getting cold food, and that's pretty annoying and unappetizing.

    Horrible experience. Most of these workers don't speak NOR UNDERSTAND english. My family and I went…read morehere for the hibachi, on top of the hibachi person not speaking or understanding a lick of english, you have to order your hibachi from that same person instead of buffet style and bringing it over for him to cook. Very limited options. As we were waiting to order I allowed my 2 family members to order first so he started making their food while im standing there waiting. in the meantime a mess up of his came back and he proceeded to remake that order before taking care of me as i was already waiting. i allowed it without saying anything. 15 minutes later of me standing there he proceeded to ask me "what you want". I gave him my order which was pretty simple and I did ask for my meat to be cooked well done and extra teriyaki sauce. I proceeded to wait another 10 minutes at the table for my food and went back to check to find my order sitting by the hibachi place with the chicken being white on my plate, clearly undercooked, half of what I had ordered was missing off the plate and there was no teriyaki. After realizing that when I got to the table, I was so upset and just called over the server to let her know what happened and if she could take me off the bill since I haven't ate. to which she proceeded to just bring me the bill how it was. so i called her over again and asked again if she can take me off because i was not able to enjoy any food. her manager came over to the table, didnt introduce herself or anything just said "whats your problem?" so i told her the same thing, she took the bill to go take me off and came back and aggressively returned the adjusted check on the table. On the way out, there was a bowl of apples and my aunt thought it was just for people to take, she is a little older, but the same manager that adjusted the bill came running out of her office screaming at us like we were stealing, mind you FOR AN APPLE. Disgusting. I am so disappointed that we paid for that disgusting service and tipped too. Only good thing was the place was slightly cleaner than others. If i could give 0 stars I still would.

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