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Happy hour specials
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Crispy Sesame Beef

Everyone who works here is so kind- and they put so much care into presentation & playing. I love this place

Blue Lagoon And The Stir Fried Noodles
Steve A.

For a long time there's been a Chinese restaurant here in this Arlington Heights plaza north of the Metra station, so people must like it. It varies on how much they like it though. Bistro Chen has a variety of Asian classics. Get Chinese, Japanese and others. The prices are better for the lunch specials. Came here recently at lunch to see if it was still as good. It wasn't busy and we quickly got a table inside. The lunch time is the best time because the prices are cheaper and the portions are still pretty big it seems. Also there's cocktails. It's about $8 for the cheapest ones. Blue Lagoon is one of the cheapest. This is made with Blue Curacao, lemon, lemonade, and vodka. It's lemony. While also still being sweet. It's about $10 for lunch entrees. We each got the Stir Fried Noodles. Choose the noodles and protein for it. I had it with the chow mein. Protein was tofu. Good flavor and very healthy. This was certainly enough for a lunch. Has almost all of the Asian cuisines on the menu yet it still manages to make everything. It may be a lot to keep track of and makes it hard to master any of these. The Chinese stuff is pretty good, and you can make many items okay for vegans and vegetarians.

Rolled Cookies and Cream Ice cream.

Great entrees. We had the Sweet and Sour fish and Sesame beef. Horrible desserts. The rolled ice cream did not taste good at all and they had the audacity to call it a house special. It doesn't even look like cookies and cream.

Nick P.

This was a decent place for ayce. I haven't been here in awhile. This location is ayce with no drink for $28 and if you want to have a drink then it'll be $38. What's included are nigiri, maki, traditional Chinese dishes, appetizers, and dessert. The downside is that their hours are very limited. They need to open longer to attract more customers and to maximize the value of the ayce. Since it's in the burbs, parking was not a problem. You can either park in the garage or find street parking. Our service wasn't as slow as other reviewers, we were able to get our food in a reasonable amount of time. Food quality was okay, it's going to be decent since it's ayce. You're not going to get top tier quality if that's what you're looking for. Overall a 3.5 for me.

Jamie M.

I begged them for no waterchestnuts and obviously that's what I got. (lots of them) very sad but otherwise really friendly people. No worries, i'll just pick them out I guess.

Singapore noodles
Bee L.

Ayce sushi for lunch $28. Vast selection even included noodles! I tried the Singapore and Beef Chow Fun. General Tso Chicken, Lo Mein, nice loose leaf green tea in a personal pot. Crab rangoons came with something. Hot Sour Soup. All was great. Service great. It was dark, that was my only complaint. Cute outside dining area but no one was in there the 2 times I went.

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Service was great, food was delicious. Not too expensive for eating sushi. My first time eating there and I will return

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We went with a large group. Everything from appetizers to the Kung Pao Chicken was very good. The pick your own box dinner was a big hit.

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Always friendly and very fresh ingredients. The owners partner with local non-profit groups to serve the community.

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The food is consistently good and the atmosphere is very relaxed. It's my go place for oriental carry out too.

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It is ok ! I bought a seafood and it wasn't to much seafood and it was expensive for the price I won't buy it again

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