Chopsticks

My favorite Chinese food place , period. This place gives you a lot of food for your buck. Food…read morealways good and they have great egg rolls. Been going here twice a week since the Covid end. Love it

A carry out restaurant with a couple of dining room chairs. People stream in and out for take out…read morepretty steady. Excellent Canton food. Lunch specials are large and affordable. It's pretty hard to like everything on any restaurant menu, but I have eaten about 8 or 10 different meals and they were all good! Twice cooked pork might be one of the best items. It's my go to. Loaded with pork and kow cut veggies in a mildly spicy brown sauce. Wait staff is always friendly and the food comes out fast.

Dry stringy overcooked chicken.

Crab Rangoon and Egg Roll

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Gourmet House

3.9(282 reviews)

3.9 mi

Haven't eaten here for a while but the soups and Kung pao beef were excellent. Maybe a new cook?…read more We'll de ordering here more often. Give it a try.

Placed an order online and will say absolutely disappointed with my order and service…read more Upon arrival the wait was short. I paid automatically with a credit card. Then my food is brought out but before I can leave I'm told that they made a mistake on line with pricing and I owe them $0.75 more which I did not care and gave them $.08 but I wonder if they owed me the $.75 if they would be so willing to give it back to me. Then the owner comes out and starts taking my food out. If you place an order $50 or more you get an appetizer for free. our previous visit they forgot it and we were told the next time when we place an order to remind them and they will give us one. So since this order was over $50, I got one appetizer for free plus the appetizer that they forgot about last time. The owner comes out and starts digging out the additional appetizer. You only get one you only get one. Which I nicely explained to her that they owed us two. Very unpleasant woman. But the disappointment comes when I get home and opened all of the containers. Mongolian beef was horrible. It's called Mongolian beef because it's supposed to have beef . The dish is 90% onion couple noodles throw in and a little bit of beef ....just horrible. Same thing with other two meals where you had majority of vegetables and no meats or shrimp. Very disappointed with the order. They are becoming hidden and miss restaurant. You never know if you're gonna get a good order or a crappy order like we got today.

New Dish Aug 4 2025.

House Lo Mein. Shrimp.

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China Dragon 1

4.0(180 reviews)

3.8 mi

Basic looking Chinese restaurant in Algonquin. China Dragon 1 is pretty sketchy even for strip mall…read morestatus to be honest. It has a minimal dining area with only a few tables. Cluttered with boxes of supplies and junk. The food is really cheap at least. A restaurant that is bare bones. It's one of those strip mall Chinese restaurants that is similar to all the others. This one makes the others look fantastic though. Had a part of the dining area closed off. There were only a few available tables. It's about $8 for an entree. The one here for vegetarians is the Tofu Vegetables. Sounds generic. This has mushrooms and pea pods. A lot more to get if wanting something more authentic. There's pad Thai as well as many others. For sure it actually is one of the best Asian restaurants around here. It's located in the plaza with the post office. They're closed Tuesdays.

We have been big supporters of China dragon for about 8 years now through Covid and all - telling…read moreeveryone we know and the Mchenry food critic site that they are the best bringing in multiple additional customers...Tonight we dropped $130 on food. We got the order delivered by uber because that was the only option for delivery China dragon had. Our order was missing items I called the restaurant asking if it was there and got left behind. I had to repeat what I had in front of me as food twice and then was cut off and told it's An uber issue and I have to deal with them! I WAS going to ask for them to make the items missing and I would have picked it up - instead after that statement I was hung up on. We will no longer be ordering from China dragon. Horrible customer service is not ok.

A2. Egg Rolls

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19. General Tso's Chicken Dinner Special

China Bistro

3.9(142 reviews)

4.0 mi

When we have a NEED for Chinese food, China Bistro is where we go to. The only problem is it's…read moretakeout only.

Update: seriously? That 4th piece that you counted isn't even a piece. It's what turned up from…read moreme digging through the container to find any beef. If you think mentioning that you found a 4th piece of beef in my photo, and I lied or made a mistake vendicates your business, that is sad. It is still bad service. The egg rolls were burnt. You dont have to worry about a return visit from me. I ordered the beef fried rice and received 3 tiny pieces of beef in a lot of bland fried rice. I ordered veggie egg rolls and chicken egg rolls and they stuffed them in the same bags. I couldn't tell which was which without cutting into someone's food.

Dining room is closed

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Sunny's Special

Yin & Yang's Carry Out Restaurant

3.7(97 reviews)

2.9 mi

Love this place! Pricing is very reasonable for the amount of food you get, the egg rolls are…read moreamazing

Oh, no! First of all, I ordered for delivery but two hours later due to restaurant not preparing…read morefood yet---no food. Went to pick food up! Horrible! Seafood delight--scallops were disgusting. Shrimp--some under cooked. The Four Happiness --bland. Egg rolls, shrimp and crab Rangoon had a terrible flavor from outside coating--fryer oil bad??? Wonton soup--no flavor. Crab Rangoon would have been good if the outside coating didn't absorb the smell and flavor of the fryer oil. Fried rice --blah. All this food is unfortunately going to be thrown away--hopefully we don't get sick from the little we tasted tonight . Will not order again.

Lo Mein

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Sweet n Sour

Hong Kong Chef Chinese Carryout

3.4(48 reviews)

3.2 mi•West Dundee

Hong Kong Chef quietly does what great neighborhood staples do -- it delivers, consistently. The…read morefood is flavorful, dependable, and a step above what many expect from local Chinese takeout. In a region with plenty of options, this is the one that stands out. Simply put, it's the best Chinese in the area.

Our first time carryout here and we thought the food was pretty good & had good value: two egg…read morerolls, 2 entrees and a soup for $33 after tax. It's in the small details when they overstuffed our seafood fried rice container ($11), accommodated that I wanted it without soy sauce (I've been on a fried rice kick sans soy sauce lately - it's less sodium and I feel like I could taste ingredients better). I really enjoyed the seafood fried rice. It had calamari, imitation crab meat, shrimp, and onions. It was a perfect blend without too much salt or oil, and to top it of-- the rice was soft. I really dislike it when Asian restaurants make hard rice, or let the rice it too long because you can always tell when the rice is getting stale. My hubby was craving Garlic chicken ( small size for $8). We were quite hungry so we had already began eating before I realized I didn't take pictures of the rest of the food. By the time I took a photo the garlic chicken has already been half eaten. I liked that it had a little zing to it with chili peppers flakes, and has a little sweetness to it which goes perfectly on top of white rice. My favorite part of this dish is that the chicken was moist and soft. I can't enjoy a dish when the chicken is overcooked as that makes the chicken really dry. They had the perfect big, fat eggrolls - two for $5.25. The homemade apricot sauce was on point -- 10 out of 10. Not too many place have great homemade eggroll sauce offered with eggrolls. And we're not talking about the sweet-and-sour sauce packets. Those are not the same thing! For us Chinese and Asians it's all about the sauce and my husband is super picky about it. That's how you tell it's legit eggrolls. He approves of this sauce. We only wish that they gave us two servings of it versus one because I quickly ate 2/3 of the small sauce container for my eggroll and he wasn't too happy. Lastly, we had the hot and sour soup (large size $6). The ingredient were fine, but I have to say it was too salty and missed a mark on the sour. Finding the right balance makes the sauce for me. I judge a lot of places by their soups. This one was close but I have to take off a star for that. Overall, this was a satisfying meal and it didn't break the bank. We will be back to try more dishes. I saw that on their menu, they have seafood boil, and I'll be interested in checking that out in the future. I also need to remember to take more pictures of food before my hunger sets in.

Lo mein, Mongolian beef, orange chicken

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Gilbert's Kitchen

3.2(105 reviews)

3.3 mi•West Dundee

Take out only. This…read moreis one of our favorite Chinese food locations. Food is always piping hot and flavorful. We ordered the Mongolian Beef, Special Fried Rice and Crab Rangoon. The Mongolian Beef here is the best in the surrounding area! They have a small sitting area where you can wait for your food. Same lady every time you call or go in, not sure if it's a language barrier or not, but she came off as bothered when we asked for a to go menu.

I have been ordering from Gilbert's kitchen for seven years. I think that the food is very good…read more The only problem I have going to Gilbert's kitchen and ordering from them is the lady that rings you up and takes orders on the phone. I don't know if she's the owner or not however, her personality is to be desired. She acts very bitchy to her clients. I've experienced this personally several times. It's a huge turn off. It makes me wanna order from somewhere else. In which I have just not to deal with her. But I have to say the food is good. Sometimes it seems rather expensive. Today for three people the order came to $75. And it is takeout only no delivery.

Exterior of restaurant

Mongolian Beef

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Sweet & Sour sauce

Mr Wok & Boba Glass

3.4(41 reviews)

0.4 mi

Really friendly service, good food! Great portions for the price…read more Would totally comeback and left overs heat up great! My sweet and sour chicken was delicious. Dine in area has a good amount of seating but not for large groups. I would say suited for 4 people.

Ordered lunch. Don't normally get lunch or delivery. The food came and was hot and tasty. I got…read morethe crab Rangoon , and lunch special Mongolian beef with fried rice and egg roll. It was so yummy. I would definitely eat there again. The carb was in the crab Rangoon Lotta places usually skimp on that part but you could see it. You couldn't taste it. It was yummy. Very good. Also very tasty. Definitely believe they use peanut butter so for those allergy people don't recommend it and the Mongolian beef good flavor not overly spicy just right. The fried rice had good flavor. It wasn't just soy sauce coated rice And we definitely plan on being there again.

New Menu prices

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New menu as of November 1 2023 New owner

Lily Garden Restaurant

3.5(140 reviews)

3.6 mi

Went on a Sunday night. I can tell that this place is popular for carry out, because that had most…read moreactivity here. My friend and I enjoyed a sit down meal, with our own dedicated server, since no other folks except us were in the dining room. I enjoyed a cashew chicken, served family style, very very generous portion for price. My friend enjoyed the duck, also served family style. White rice is free with the meal, fried rice is an. extra charge as its own dish. The hot tea at the table was pretty weak tasting, but the tasty food, interesting decor, and the friendly server was quite nice to have. Note: instead of just handing us boxes to box up our leftovers, our server actually put our plates on a tray at a nearby table and boxed up our food for us. A very nice touch so we didn't have to worry about possibly messing up our hands and our outfits managing all of that. I would definitely go back again: the service and the food were memorable.

Don't know why I would just drive by Lily Garden without even considering it. I tried it once…read more Since then, the craving kicks in, we come back. It is decent. I did not realize that they run a sit down restaurant, well decorated at that. I'm always greeted with a courtious smile and light conversation. Generous quantities, tasty food. Everything is fresh and hot. Their wonton and hot and sour soups are better than most of the other nearby take out places. I like that they follow your special instructions when placing an online order..some places do not. I've noticed that they tend to be on the lightly seasoned side, so I always request fried rice extra spicy and dark. This means they will add a little more soy sauce and very mild spice. Also, they do make smoothies guys. An important note, when you order, you pay at pickup, not online. All I want, some consistency in life. They are consistent. That is why carry out from Lily Garden.

Egg drop soup

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Cantonese Fried Shrimp

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Sadie M.

3 years ago

If you're in the mood for some delicious Chinese food that won't break the bank, then Chopsticks in Carpentersville, IL is the place for you. I recently visited this restaurant and was blown away by the quality of the food and the affordability of the prices. One of the standout features of Chopsticks is the variety of dishes available at very reasonable prices. They offer a wide range of appetizers, entrees, and sides, and you'll be hard-pressed to find a dish over $10. The lunch specials are especially great deals, with generous portions of your favorite dishes at a fraction of the cost of other restaurants. Now let's talk about the food itself. The dishes at Chopsticks are full of flavor and made with high-quality ingredients. General Tso's chicken is a standout, with its perfectly crispy breading and spicy yet sweet sauce. The beef and broccoli are also delicious, with perfectly cooked beef and crisp, fresh broccoli. And don't forget to try the fried rice - it's a must-try! The staff at Chopsticks are friendly and accommodating, and the service is quick and efficient. The restaurant is clean and well-maintained, and the ambiance is cozy and inviting. Overall, Chopsticks is a great option for anyone looking for delicious Chinese food at a great price. Their lunch specials and affordable prices make it an excellent choice for anyone on a budget. I highly recommend this spot and can't wait to go back myself! read more

Jessica S.

11 years ago

Have ordered from them twice now through grub hub. First time food arrived on time. Was good but not the best we've had. Tonight the kids were begging for Chinese and the place we usually order from had an hour and a half wait time. This place was only 45 minutes for delivery. Order should have arrived by 6:15 but it came at 7pm. I called the restaurant when it was 20 minutes late because the kids needed to get ready for bed soon they said it would be about 5 minutes. When it was 40 minutes late I called grub hub. 5 or 10 minutes later it arrived - COLD and after I had to feed the kids scrambled eggs for dinner because they go to bed at 7:15. To top it off 2 items were missing. Grub hub got a 50% refund on my order for me. I will not order from them again. read more

Blue S.

11 years ago

We came across this place when it first reopened as Chopsticks after Yen Ching Express 2 went out of business. I had the Mapa Tofu then and it was really good which is not something I say often because most Chinese take out places make really gross Mapa Tofu. Today, we ordered from this place through Grubhub for lunch and I ordered Mapa Tofu again. First, I found a hair in the rice. I just shoved that part of the rice off the plate. Then, I found a silver twist tie in the Mapa Tofu. Nope. Done. Never ordering from them again. Aside from the human hair and silver twist tie, the taste went downhill since the first time I had it. read more

Charles P.

11 months ago

I've never left a review on a restaurant in my life and I'm 35. With that being said this is the best Chinese food I've ever had in all of Chicagoland. I moved in the area from Chicago and after eating from places in Chinatown should say something. read more

Roy H.

11 years ago

Chopsticks. More like chop dicks. These guys are hella weak bruh. They told me it would be 10-15 minutes more until my order was ready. After 35 more minutes they still didn't come correct. Pass on this place on the real tip. read more

Tom S.

15 years ago

This place has great food, a great owner and great specials! The lunch and dinner specials are huge and reasonably priced. I'm a big fan!

Kerr J.

9 years ago

New place. Service is very good. They have fresh smoothies and fresh juice blends made in the spot. Reccomended read more

Min C.

1 year ago

This family carry out restaurant has been here so many years, Very good ,quality food, high recommend.

Michelle G.

12 years ago

We tried this place for the first time, and will definitely be back. Great food.

Michelle C.

13 years ago

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