Late on a freezing Friday night, we found ourselves at Great Wall looking for something to fill our bellies. We settled for chicken and broccoli and Kung po tofu (with white rice). Not bad. Based on the number of people waiting for their orders, Great Wall seems to have cornered the market on late night grub for the denizens of Loyola. Although we got standard Chinese dishes, the menu is like a diner - in addition to Chinese food, there's boba, fried foods (lots of people ordered fries), milkshakes and more. If you're looking for an eclectic variety late at night, give Great Wall a try. read more

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant - Kung Po tofu - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Surprisingly good food for the low cost. People can really phone it in when it comes to cheap Chinese food, but the flavor here is pretty darn good! read more

I ordered Orange Flavor Chicken Chef's Specialty and a Pork Egg Roll through Uber eats and it still arrived hot. It was nothing spectacular but it definitely hit the spot when you are craving some solid Chinese food. The Pork Egg Roll was crispy and flavorful. The portion size on Orange Chicken was better than expected. read more

Great food and service! I had the shrimp and broccoli with white rice and it was a very large portion! My son loved the egg drop soup and his pork lo mein! Great boba!!! Fantastic family restaurant!!! read more

Go-to spot for when we're craving basic, store-front Chinese takeout. Still my favorite General Tso's chicken after all these years. Mongolian beef is nicely spicy, and fried rice hits the spot. Good portions for the price, so you have the leftovers you'll be craving tomorrow. Easy phone orders and their own delivery person so you don't have to wait half the night for your food. Inside is just a counter and a place to sit and wait for your order if you need to. They have tables, but I've never actually seen anyone eat there. read more

People should know. I've lived on Pratt, one block away from Great Wall restaurant for almost 20 years. I've ordered and picked up food from them in the amount of a few thousand dollars over the years. Today I stopped in just to use the wash room, I had to go #1 really bad. The woman there that I've picked up food from countless times told me no. Said I had to buy something!. I reminded her how long I've been a costumer, still she said no, unless I buy. I recommend never shopping there. I will never again buy anything from that restaurant. I have to post a star to have my review added! read more

I loved the food and Angie had provided great customer service . She was very polite and checked up on my party and I read more

It's been years since I visited the restaurant. Food was delicious and I'm from Chicago where you pay attention to taste, presentation, atmosphere. So I took a chance several months ago to check them out and order what I'm very particular about (shrimp, egg foo yong). It wasn't what I expected or hoped for. The ambience is more like an intimate dining bar setting, so I didn't feel like I was in the right place. I love Chinese cuisine and AZ doesn't have many. So I'll keep searching until I find the right one until I visit the Windy City again. read more

I love love love this place. I am vegetarian and they have a lot of great options to choose from. Everyone is very kind and I always have a great experience. read more

This place is amazing EVERY TIME! I have to wonder why the reviews are lower as this place is my third place, my shoulder to cry on, and consistently yummy. People here are fantastic and the staff are very friendly and helpful! Very fun atmosphere!! Love it!! read more

I get Uber Eats takeout from here all the time and it never misses. It's so good!! I love love love their soupy dumplings, they're delicious. And I love their strawberry lemonade with strawberry popping boba... so sweet and tasty!! I tried their beef with mushroom entree recently and it was super good too. read more

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I ordered thru Uber and food arrived hot, good portion & tasted decent....except their Crab Meat fried rice was fake, imitation crab meat....which didn't say on menu. Very disappointing. Please specify it's Imitation Crab Meat! read more

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Best Chinese spot we have fond in the area so far. Lived here for a year now and this is our favorite go to takeout read more

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I found a shard of glass in my food and they stole my money. I loved this place for a long time until recently. One incident happened where I had received a small order of fried rice, but I was charged for a large order of fried rice. I returned to the restaurant to see if I could have my money back or exchange for a large rice and a man in the front told me no. He said he can't give me my money back through card or cash and he could only exchange egg rolls. They literally stole my money. What's even worse is the second incident that happened. I found glass in my sweet and sour sauce!!! A tiny shard of glass at the bottom of my sauce. I will never return here again & I highly advise you to stay away!! read more

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant - Shard of glass in sweet and sour sauce - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

if you're into the type of Chinese food that's simple, cheap, & straight-forward, Great Wall is a go-to! good portions for the price you pay. we ordered the sweet & sour combo plate, chicken chow mein combo plate, crab rangoons, & fried dumplings. we underestimated how much food would actually come so we had a good amount of leftovers! DON'T SLEEP ON THIS PLACE ‍ a Loyola staple fr-- if you're super hungry & ball on a budget, it's worth while visiting (p.s. delivery was $4 from where I live-- not too bad) read more

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant - 8 Pork Dumplings & Chicken Chow Mein Combination Plate - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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I'm confused by the low rating, cause this was really good Chinese takeout in my opinion. It was delivered via Uber and arrive HOT and fresh. The Mongolian chicken was delicious! The wontons in the wonton soup was great, though I would add just a tad bit of flavor to the broth. Spring roll was yummy too. Will be ordering again and trying other dishes! read more

Only for their egg rolls. The shrimp lo mein had too many noodles not enough shrimp. Order extra shrimp and extra vegetables.

Hands down the WORST food I have ever been charged out the ass to experience! Did I say WORST? What I meant to impart to everyone, and let me be crystal clear, is I WOULD RATHER EAT OFF OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SHOES I WALK IN THAN ORDER FOOD FROM THIS ESTABLISHMENT! The rice was GREASY- it is supposed to be white rice, it was yellow! The DOG looked up at me after sniffing the food and ran to its cage!!! They charged $32.13for that and then I had to pay for delivery and tip- The driver from Uber Eats did his job fine, so I am not going to complain about that. Be forewarned and forearmed- avoid this place, even ferrell animals avoid the dumpsters here. read more

Got delivery. Food was not good. Egg drop soup was very thick, kinda gross. Rice was crunchy.

Best Chinese in Edgewater/Rogers Park. Food has always been fresh, not super salt and not too spicy. Portions are massive. Can easily share 1 dinner entree item with rice between 2 people. read more

Absolutely one of the better Chinese restaurants in the city. Haven't had a bad order yet. Everything has been good quality and tasty. Some dishes could have a bit more flavor, but that's just being nit-picky. Faster delivery than usually posted and orders are correct. They also read your special requests for good customer service. Protect our small businesses. This is a great one to support. read more

Read so many bad reviews so I was scared to try it. However my personal experience was fine. It was quick and they were nice. Nothing crazy amazing or anything but I had no problem during my visit or with my food. We ordered sesame chicken and pork fried rice. And also egg rolls. The only not great thing was the egg rolls. But besides egg rolls (which I am always picky about) I had a great experience. read more

Hello everyone! I'd like to start off by saying that I fucking downloaded Yelp solely to write this review. So let's get rolling. A group of friends and I decided to order from Great Wall Chinese Restaurant tonight. It was a decently large order, including one order of Sesame Chicken, and one order of Sesame Beef. All of our other food was correct upon arrival, but we opened our food and saw that we had two orders of Sesame Chicken. Now, I totally understood that this was a big order, and I assumed they were having a busy night, so I called and politely asked if we could have the correct food sent to us. Upon picking up the phone and explaining the situation, I was immediately berated by the employee on the other end. I said that we had gotten two orders of chicken, and he said there was "no way that was possible" because we were "their only customers tonight" (yikes!). I asked if we could simply have the replacement food sent back to us, and he grumbled and hung up. This is where our Halloween really starts to get spooky: an entire hour later, I received a call saying they were downstairs, and to bring the old dish down. We exchanged the old sesame chicken for... guess what... brand new sesame chicken. It was still fucking chicken. Like, I'm sorry, but who can't tell the fucking difference between beef and chicken. And who the fuck wants breaded sesame beef? Weirdos. See for yourself. read more

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant - Fucking chicken - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

today I was very hungry after class and me and my friend we're looking for a place to grub at and then we found this restaurant but it was so hard to find the door because they have a bunch of arrows pointing to some door and then they have Rogers wings there and it's so confusing, and they didn't even have Thai rolled ice like they said and the food was very bland that's probably why the portions were so big would not recommend and when I go there again. oh, and they don't even have a menu And the person doesn't greet you read more

Closed a hour earlier than scheduled... on a Saturday you close at 11 but your doors locked at 10pm

THEY HAVE MAGGOTS. DO NOT ORDER FOOD FROM HERE. I'd rate lower if I could. Ordered for pickup last night and discovered a MAGGOT in my Vegetable Lo Mein before work. Called establishment and left a voicemail early the next morning after I got off. Waited a few hours and they never returned my call. I called back during business hours and had the most unbelievable conversation with the "not manager". He eventually tried to accuse me of lying. He told me he found it suspicious I called back so late (the next morning of purchase) even after I'd told him I work overnights. He also kept talking over me. I'd even asked him if he could hear me and he said yea so at that moment I knew he was doing it on purpose. Anyway, he told me he'd relay message to manager but that the manager would take a while to get back to me. We begin to argue as I once again have to explain why I couldn't call the moment I discovered the maggot and he HANGS UP ON ME seconds later, reiterating that a manager would reach out to me...blah blah blah. I immediately decide to walk up there. The manager (whom I was told wasn't there just minutes before on the phone) looked at the piece of broccoli the dead maggot was on along with a full to-go box of veggie lo mein and 2 egg rolls, said "oh", and proceeded to do my refund. He didn't even ask if I was ok. He said absolutely nothing and handed over my receipt. That said, DO NOT EAT HERE. This establishment needs to be inspected immediately. read more

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant - Exhibit A - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Good Chinese restaurant. Ordered chicken almond plate and pork dumplings. Good food,fast served,responsible price. Thanks

My go-to. Every single dish is a classic. Must run. Mine on the way. Gummer. Where'd I put that Poligrip? read more

This restaurant is near Loyola. It is also next to a theatre. That makes it convenient for folks that just watched a movie . It fits in the what to expect in an average Chinese carry out/eat in restaurant. Nothing special but nothing bad. The portions are large so if you are a student and can only afford one meal a day, this is ideal for you. read more

Delivery much quicker than promised. Wonton soup - meh, tasteless broth. Egg roll with combo - tiny. Potstickers- meh, Fried rice-meh. Gen Tso's chicken pretty good. 3/10 read more

I know there is a lot of not so great reviews, but I actually had a good experience. I got my food delivered and they were pretty fast. I had the General Tso's Chicken combination plate (nice portion. brought it for lunch the next day), gyoza, almond cookie, and roast pork yat gat mein soup (nice portion too). Everything tasted really good. This neighborhood needs a good Chinese restaurant and this is it. read more

The food here is what you would expect from a typical Chinese-American takeout restaurant. It's nothing fancy, and the food isn't spectacular or super authentic, but it's just what you'd expect. I do wish prices would be a little cheaper since its takeout, but then again, it's on par with Rogers Park prices. I ordered a small (pint-sized) crab fried rice. I do appreciate how they offer pint and quart sizes for some of the menu items. Don't be fooled by the minimal entrees on the overhead menu, they have a pretty extensive menu on their paper carry out menu on the counter. FYI it's minimum $10 for card. The biggest pet peeve was that the crab was actually chopped imitation crab. If that was the case, I wish the menu reflected that. The fried rice was fine, just monotonous with a soy flavor. read more

This place was awful. The food had no taste. They forgot one of our items, and when we asked them about it, they made no effort to get us the item. read more

I have been on a quest for a Chinese food restaurant that fits a few criteria: 1. The basic food needs to be pretty tasty and not overly greasy, 2. Delivery needs to happen fast enough that I'm still hungry and awake and that the food is still hot, 3. Pricing needs to be decent as my dog loves Chinese food and the order will have food for her also. Yes, I have heard that you cannot have the trifecta of "fast, cheap, and good" but that does not stop me from looking. One of my dog walkers recommended that I try Great Wall and I'm glad she did! I've ordered tons of stuff on the appetizer menu. The steamed Pot stickers- love them. Egg rolls? Not a huge fan. The crab ragoon? Pretty good for the price! Basic orders like Beef w Mushroom, Chicken w Broccoli are okay- I normally stick w appetizers, fried rice and even pad thai from here. For the pricing, I've not found better! read more

Picture this: I was settled in for a quiet night with my girls. We wanted some pad thai, fried rice, and some other staples in asian cuisine. It was set to be a great night. That was, until, we decided to order from this restaurant. We ordered one order of sesame chicken, and one order of sesame beef. Please picture both of these dishes in your head. Do they look the same? If you said yes, you are on the wacky staff of this restaurant. We received two orders of sesame chicken. We tasted them both, and even cut them in half to examine the meat inside. Alas, as we thought, both were chicken. A simple mistake we said, we'll just call back and explain the mix-up to see what they can do. This was our second mistake of the evening. The man on the phone was incredibly rude, and insulted us right off the bat. Apparently, the two dishes look the same and we are mistaken. After we explained that we all tried them both, and confirmed their identity, he still was reluctant to admit that a mistake was made. Eventually, he is GRACIOUS enough to send us an order of sesame beef, as long as we give back the rejected order of sesame chicken. Were they planning to serve it to their next unsuspecting victim? We hope and pray that this is not the case. After almost 45 minutes of waiting, we call back to ask if our order is actually on the way. We find out, that the delivery man is 10 minutes away. So we begin to anxiously await the arrival of our sesame beef. The man comes. We open the container. And again, we receive an order of SESAME. CHICKEN. The catch this time? It was raw. Needless to say, after three orders of sesame chicken, rude encounters of the phone, and the smell that I am convinced will never leave my friends' dorm room, we will not be ordering from Great Wall again. read more

All the negative reviews here are the problem with yelp. It has become yet another platform for people to project their self entitlement and unreasonable expectations. Why would you hold this place to a high standard given it is the quintessential cheap, Americanized chinese food neighborhood joint? That has be clear just by looking at it from the outside - see photos. I went here on a Friday night for takeout and got the Sesame Chicken Combo Platter. My food was ready in 10 minutes and It was exactly what I wanted and expected - hot, sweet and greasy. For $8, the portion size was massive and came with pork fried rice and an egg roll. For fast and cheap Chinese food, this is the spot in East Rogers Park. read more

I'm not sure why folks have such low reviews but this is my first time ordering form here after recommendations. The food was ready quickly and delicious. I ordered Lo Mein lunch special with shrimp. The food was good and a large quantity. I have enough for dinner! They ask that credit cards only used over ten dollars as a local business so I understand. Food was delicious! I plan to order from them again! read more

August 26, 2023. Counter girl was rude! I know it's her first job because she mentioned it to her coworker, but wow!, she needs to learn basic conversation etiquette! I came in, I was very polite, ordered dinner, sat down and ate, and on my way out I tried to make polite conversation with her and she literally walked away into the back while I was still looking right at her and speaking to her! This is after she engaged the conversation! Then she came back, didn't acknowledge her rudeness, just blew me off. Then when I tried to finish the little chat she did it again! Same thing, came back and blew me off. Now she isn't even facing the customers, looking down at something, I tried a third time. Told her good night, I live in the neighborhood, I'm a regular, and thanked her for being so sociable, facetiously of course. Still nothing! She didn't even look up at me and say goodbye! Others who were there eating noticed, I could tell. Totally rude! Where is her manners, other than that she was nice but that was a completely demoralizing experience, she needs to learn manners, respect, and people skills. Next time I go, if I see her, I will go next door as I will not ever look at her again. How rude and nasty! read more

This place is exactly what you expect it to be: cheap and greasy, hole-in-the-wall, American-style Chinese. The portions are large, the word "spicy" meaningless. I got two main dishes and will probably stretch them to three meals. The best thing was the (almost certainly frozen) veggie egg roll, with a thin, crispy rshell. The sauteed green beans were also pretty delicious. The "ma po bean curd" in no way resembled actual ma po tofu you'd get at a more authentic Chinese restaurant (or, you know, in china). It was basically a tofu stir fry in a generic brown sauce. Once I readjusted my expectations, though, it didn't taste bad, just very boring. This is definitely not a place you want to eat in at but my order was ready for carryout pretty fast. Bonus, my food came in reusable containers. #freetupperware read more

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant - Yummy sautéed green beans and a bland dish erroneously called ma po bean curd. - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I ordered sesame beef. That's not beef. Also it's raw. Sad day. Gordon Ramsay would be appalled. read more

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant - "Beef" - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois