My boyfriend actually saw this place while we were dining across at Joy Yee. The chef making the fresh noodles from the window caught our eyes so we quickly came here to eat. The noodles were fresh and delicious! You can pick from a variety of sizes. Their broth is simple and when you walk in, you really feel like it's a Chinese restaurant. If only the waiters spoke better English though. The juicy pork dumplings were decent as well. Overall, I enjoyed this experience much more since it felt very authentic. The food was fairly cheap too! read more

Went here with a group of friends and had an altogether delicious experience. We got to Hing Kee and ran into some trouble, because my friend had called ahead and been told they'd save a table for our eight person group. However, when we got there, they didn't have a table for us, so we ended up waiting a while. The food, though.... - Xiao long bao (soup dumplings) - they make these so well! I've had some unfortunately bad XLB in Chicago and these blow the bad ones out of the water. They're fresh and delicious. The broth is hot and extremely flavorful. - salt and pepper tofu - the flavor and texture of this tofu is excellent. It's light and crispy, but also packed with taste. - Chinese broccoli - not much to say. It was very good! It was Chinese broccoli, hard to mess up. Good to have as a dish when you need some greenery. - dry chili chicken - I mean, you can get better dry chili chicken at Lao Sze Schuan, but this has good flavor and is packed with spices. I readily ate it :). - fried rice - the only loser of the meal. Very bland. -Scallion pancakes - these were extremely crispy, maybe a bit too much for me, but the flavor was good and everyone else ate them up immediately. Definitely one of my favorite places for Chinese food in Chicago. I highly recommend it!! read more

Their dumplings are amazing and fairly priced. We come here at least once a month. The service is okay, but the food is what shines. Try the Pork Soup Dumplings, but let them cool a little! Awesome noodle soups, dumplings, smoothies, meat dishes, etc. read more

I absolutely love this place. Get there early because they tend to get busy during lunch and dinner times. Their dumplings is a must have. We had 3 orders and we finished it all. Please try their Shanghai style noodle with shrimp. Very tasty and delicious! read more

Soup dumplings and homemade noodle soup was exactly what we were looking for! Service was prompt, courteous, and helpful as well. Great experience. read more

I was lured in by the handmade noodles in the front window. We had the noodles in soup with little chunks of pork belly. The texture of the noodles was pretty good, but the soup was not piping hot. In general, the service is spotty. Go for noodles. read more

Usually I try to stay away from overly ambitious restaurants that claim to be experts at too many styles. Asian fusion is tricky at best. However, I come back to Hing Kee because of their HAND-PULLED NOODLES! There's nothing better than coming in from a cold, rainy day (yes, even in May) to the sight of the smiling noodle man and the smell of hot, soothing broth. I almost always get the braised beef noodle soup--it has just enough kick to wake you up, but the soup always hits the spot. The noodles are chewy and fresh, and you get a giant bowl of noodles, a hard-boiled egg, vegetables, and huge chunks of beef for only $6.99! Well worth a trip, I will say that their sushi is pretty lackluster, and if you are in the mood for normal family-style Chinese, I would maybe choose another place. read more

Fresh noodles made by a big asian dude with a dragon tattoo!! pretty good soup dumplings and ramen for Chicago. Pot stickers: that by which I judge all Chinese restaurants against each other ( The appetizer of choice for my last meal on earth)-not good here, but everything else we ordered was, so I'll let it slide this time. A pan asian menu, they do everything well (though can't speak for the rolls or pho) typical chinatown service...spotty. I would return read more

Went there with a large group. Ordered a bunch of dishes including noodle soup, beef, chicken, squid, and vegetables. The restaurant pulled off every dish! Particularly the noodle soup was rich in flavor, and the squid had a nice gummy texture. Everybody was satisfied with the food. But what made me really like this place is their pricing. We only spent $14 per person (including tips). For a Friday night dinner, that's a pretty good deal. This restaurant definitely deserves multiple visits! read more

Sechuan Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup: 5 stars, tasty broth, lots of chicken, great flavor Dumplings (Chicken & Mushroom) Noodle Soup: 5 stars, if you want something lighter. The dumplings were very tasty, and the broth is reminiscent of won ton broth; very good. Watercress w/ garlic: 5 stars, but this is hard to mess up anyway Salt & Pepper Squid: 4 Stars - they do their version a bit different than other Chinese restaurants where they wet batter the squid, then fry it. While it's different, it's still very flavorful and i'd definitely get it again. Service is eh here, but the noodle guy is pretty funny, very happy and smiley, which I was glad to see, since most Chinese chefs are generally always pissed off (my mother attributes it to the heat in the kitchen from the wok cooking, and the pressure to be quick of course), so I just tipped 15% instead of my usual 20. I would not try the sushi here, it looks sketchy. What we WILL try next time is their hot pot. This group of ladies behind us had two big round tables of the most BOSS hotpot I have ever seen (alot of beef, pork, chicken legs, seafood, etc, and the noodle guy even offered to put fresh noodles in!). read more

I love love love the big muscular guy with tattoos making the noodles. I love love the texture of the noodles when they come out. Great chew and consistency. The soup was subpar. Very very subpar. Like if there were a soup high jump competition, this soup wouldn't even jump high enough to knock over the bar. The service could have been a lot better I think, and I'm not usually one to complain about service. They rarely made eye contact with me, though I was the only customer at the time I was ordering. Most of the employees were busy picking pees or peeling something at the table right next to me but for some reason couldn't figure out I was ready to order. Also I had to request that my tea be refilled. Would I come back here? Of course! Did I mention there's a big muscular guy with tattoos making the noodles? They should really really work on their soup though. read more

I've become a regular customer of Hing Kee, although I always have it delivered. I've never visited the restaurant itself. Portions tend to be very generous and very reasonably priced! I'm particularly s fan of their shrimp & chicken fried rice, an order usually is more than enough for lunch and dinner. Since there's an $18 minimum for delivery, I complement my order with a roll or nigiri. I like simple and their fish quality is good, can't complain. I give Hing Kee an overall score of 3 since I find them perfect for delivery but still have my doubts on whether I would actually go to the restaurant. Quality is good, portions are generous and price is reasonable, but it's still not a 4-star restaurant. read more

This is the go to place for us when we cant figure out what to eat. Phó is really good! (Since I never know what to eat, it always end up being Phó) Service is excellent, fast & friendly, hardly any wait on table/food. Good for family style or individual eats and they have HotPot (Should I say more?) You have to give their smoothie a try. Mango Strawberry with Lychee Jellies is #1!!!!! read more

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Back in town visiting and I had to stop in for one if my favorite Chinese dishes in the country. Pork Belly with preserved veggies on buns is amazing! I do miss the old guy who hand made the noodles on the window. (Best noodle soup when he was around as well) read more

Hing Kee Restaurant - Pork Belly with preserved Veggied - Vietnamese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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They make their own noodles. 7 different kinds to choose. We also ordered sushi, pretty fresh. They have a professional curve glass sushi display cabinet. Staff are nice, they allow us to custom-made our own sushi. If their interior is a bit better, I would have given 5 stars. read more

Hing Kee Restaurant - Salmon avocado sushi - Vietnamese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This place is really good. I personally love the grilled squid in a sesame sauce as an appetizer. The menu is loaded with so much to choose from. Its got everything. The sushi here is not bad either. It is as we joke around 100 ways to do a California roll but for that price you cant complain. Its fresh and tastes good thats all that matters. We have been coming here for years now and this place has only been getting better with there homemade noodles they make right before you and even the dumplings. So the soups with noodles and any noodle dishes are just that much better. If your around here definitely give this place a try. read more

Hing Kee Restaurant - Grilled squid - Vietnamese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Soup dumplings were good. We only ordered soup dumplings and a braised tofu dish. The tofu dish came 30 mins later, and wasn't braised, just stir fried with some cornstarch sauce dashes with soy sauce. We expected the dish to be cold, since it was half an hour later, thinking they just forgot to bring it out. Nope, it was piping hot. Stick to the soup dumplings and noodle soup dishes. Those seem to come out pretty quickly. The wait staff was scarce. Go for the dumplings and noodle soup, nothing else. read more

This restaurant is my go-to restaurant when I'm in Chinatown. Service is not particularly good, in fact could seriously use some improvement. With that being said the food and affordability makes up for the lack of friendly service. read more

We wanted to get Chinese soup dumpling so searched through yelp to find this place. The dumplings had nice authentic flavor but the wrapping was easy to break so one need to pick up the dumpling extra carefully. We also tried the spicy lamb noodle (with hair thin handmade noodle) and the chowchiu meatball rice noodle soup. Both were tasty but don't expect them to taste like what U would get in China. read more

Cantonese style noodles, they have different wideness. Like their Hong Kong milk tea, not too sweet. If you order four happiness noodles, you need wait for a while. Others are pretty fast. read more

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This is my favorite noodle restaurant in Chinatown. It's one of those places the locals love going to. The noodles are hand pulled, and the broth is consistently delicious. I recommend the BBQ duck and the fatty beef enoki. read more

Bad service..rude people We just asked for "SALT and PEPPER" as we liked to have some customized soup "because its my food and my money" and the response from a server is "WE DONT SERVE SALT AND PEPPER " So rude Which restaurent in the world doesnt serve "salt and pepper" for customers ... We again asked for another server so he got us at last RESPECT CUSTOMERS ..RESPECT BUSINESS 00000000 STAR REVIEW A read more

Came here with a large party on a cold Sunday morning. No wait. The only good part of this restaurant experience was the xiao long bows which were pretty good. You can't try to do everything in one. Sushi wasn't great. Pho was sour. This place tries to do a little of Japanese Vietnamese Chinese and it's just not that good. On top of that I had a bad experience. All I wanted was basic won ton noodle soup. I got won ton chicken and shrimp noodle soup and obviously that wasn't right. The problem with Chinese people is that they don't care about service. They rather you just take it rather than offering right away to correct their mistake. I got charged a dollar more for some extra chicken and shrimp that I didn't want and got less pieces of won tons. If I was then I would have at least charged me for what I ordered but nope... that's Chinatown for you. Ugh I wouldn't come back. read more

I've been here a few times with my family and friends. One time, we got hot pot and found it to be extremely limiting and the employees to be very spotty after the first initial portions come out- it's unlimited so why the bad attitude ? What I do enjoy about Hing Kee is the two older cute ladies pleating dumplings in the window facing the Chinatown plaza- you know for sure that it's homemade and dumplings are part of the hot pot as well as a la carte. I have had the sushi here and it's not bad for Chinatown sushi compared to the other few options in the area. One of the dishes I remember enjoying is classic Hakka dish, mei cai kou rou- pork belly over preserved mustard greens! read more

Best soup dumplings! Visited once 3 years ago and tried it again and it tasted just as good! Very fast service and good place to try a bunch of different dishes. So much variety on their menu! read more

hand pulled noodles= good PORK BELLY WITH CHINESE BREAD= oh my gahh. Trust me, if you get the pork belly you will not be disappointed. It's perfectly fatty, salty and extremely tender. We had leftovers at my house, and all the next day I was thinking about coming home and eating it. read more

Seafood udon: Delicious, my favorite dish. Noodles were perfectly cut and cooked, broth flavorful and just the right temperature, the seafood seemed fresh enough. Another random seafood noodle dish: Again, noodles were perfect. Pad thai: Horrible Some sort of baked seafood curry rice dish: Interesting flavors, not too bad/not too good Two random servers who stopped by: one was a complete bia, the other as sweet as can be. I will be back to try the soup dumplings forrrr surrrre. read more

First time here for lunch today, on a Sunday when Chinatown was filled with people lining up for dim sum. We ordered beef brisket noodles and, crabmeat and pork dumplings, and traditional shanghai soup dumplings. The food came with very little wait time. Dumplings were delicious, fresh out of the steamer. I liked the traditional ones better than the crabmeat+pork variation. The noodles had great texture, good broth. Staff was not the most attentive, but certainly on the above average end for Chinatown. Overall I'm very happy with the quality of the food. Would certainly come again. read more

Went there early evening. Pretty empty. It's great for groups as its mainly a hotpot style place. Got beef noodle soup. Pretty good and was given a nice portion for the price. Has a space station as well near the front of the restaurant. The soup base in the beef noodle was awesome. read more

Hotpot-sauces were too salty. Soup was very oily and didn't seem fresh. Xiao Long bao crabmeat- so good and juicy :) Service- the girl with the ponytail always has an attitude when taking the order. They have added a mandatory 15% tip...but calculated it wrong cause it's supposed to be before tax. Doesn't seem like the girl cares about the customer and just wants money. Ordered delivery today, driver didn't smile and all my food came in a mess. They forgot the rice and charge differently online and through the phone. Seems like all the want is MONEY. Don't care about their customers. Will NOT be returning. read more

Food was yummy. But not enough to give it 5 stars. So 4 stars. Rude service, subtract a star. Unsanitary conditions for a restaurant (chipped plates and spoons. Dirty plate when we arrived. Dirty floor and table) subtract two stars. Chipped plates and utensils are a gigantic NO NO. They have been proven to harbor viruses and bacteria. I will not be returning. read more

Hing Kee Restaurant - Vietnamese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

You never go wrong with smoothie here. I am so obsessed with their smoothie that whenever I visit Chicago, Hingkee is my first stop. They make smoothie from REAL FRUIT. Boba is sweet and yummy. I have tried different places around but this is the BEST PLACE to go for smoothie. read more

Hing Kee Restaurant - Papaya Smoothie and Taro Smoothie with tapioca. - Vietnamese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

After wanting to try the soup dumplings here for a long time, I finally came to try it out. I got the pork and crab soup dumplings, fried pork potstickers, fatty beef noodle soup, and the beef cubes with rice. The soup dumplings were decent, but not the best I've had, and the temperature of the dumplings was lukewarm. The potstickers were doughy and the inside of the dumpling tasted strongly of bad pork. The noodle soup flavor was bland, but I did like the texture of their homemade noodles. The beef cubes tasted very strongly of black pepper, and I did not care to eat more than one piece. The restaurant itself is not very clean, the ice water provided tasted strange, and the bathroom was horrible. The servers kept pressuring me to order quickly and were not friendly. I would not come back here again. read more

Everything is so good and quick here! Shrimp wonton soup and Hong Kong buns are standouts. Can't wait to go back!

what a wonderful place! as someone who's not huge on soup dumplings, hing kee does hit the spot when i get the occasional craving :) but then again, i've only stopped by here when im on a food high after a long night of hopping around chinatown, but that doesn't make me like it any less!! their soup dumplings are super reasonably priced and HUGE and chuck full of soup. i also really like their regular dumplings as well!! the fillings are super flavorful / skins usually super thin. they're such good dumplings that i even thoroughly enjoyed them and ate like 7-8 after having a full meal + splitting a large shaved ice at mango mango. i've only had bites of other peoples noodles, but my initial impressions were that the soups were your standard tasty chinese soup bases but CHUCK FULL of meat and that the noodles were nice and bouncy!!! will def be my go to for dumplings in chicago (get off the qxy train, it's good but def prefer the vibe in hing kee!!) read more

Hing Kee Restaurant - soup dumplings ready to be DEMOLISHED - Vietnamese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I just come here for the hand pulled noodles. I'm a huge noodle lover, so I get the beef noodle soup here with the hand pulled noodles. The price went up though (sad face!!), but I'd still go here over any of the other places in the plaza. I like knife cut noodles more, but beggars can't be choosers, yeah? Crazy Chinatown parking, open late, never too crowded. Just get the noodles man. read more

Things I ordered and enjoyed: - Chopsticks-style, hand-made noodles with shrimp and chives dumplings. Hot and well-seasoned broth. Fresh, chewy noodles. Excellent choice! - Surprisingly, the volcano sushi roll was decent. Will try out other sushi rolls here. - Best shanghai-style soupy dumplings that I've tried in the city of Chicago. That says a lot coming from me cuz I've tried soupy dumplings at 4 or 5 other places in Chicago and this place has the best! Hot, soupy, and tasty. Can't compare to the ones in New York but they're the best here. Old school Chinese service, once again. Tables along the wall are placed too closely together. Not a happy camper over this. But will return for the food though! read more

It amazes me that people have given this establishment 4, or even 5 stars. I came here to celebrate a family member's birthday and the whole experience left us with a very bad impression of Hing Kee. I never have high expectations for service in Chinese restaurants, but this one takes the cake for bad service. The server asked us what we wanted to order before we even took our coats off and sat down. Hey, how about letting us look at the menu first? When we tried to talk to her about an issue we had with the restaurant at the end of the meal, she basically blew us off. We were passed on from server to server until we finally spoke to one competent enough who was willing to speak to the owner, Michelle Leung. We asked to speak to her, but no one seemed to know where she was- a little hard to believe for lunchtime on a Saturday in Chinatown. The food was mediocre, at best. The best things I had were the soup dumplings. Our main course, the hot pot, was nothing to get excited about, and certainly not worth the $17/pp price tag. I wouldn't come back here for the food and I definitely wouldn't come back here if I wanted a positive dining experience. There are far better places in Chinatown to spend your money and time. read more

I've had the twice cooked pork belly and the beef short ribs here, and both were surprisingly delicious. The short ribs were coated in a soy/oyster/black pepper sauce that was thick and tasty, with plenty of large chunks of crushed black peppercorns. I got mine extra spicy, so they added in what looked like green finger-hots, which were the perfect compliment to the black pepper. The staff is very friendly, and is always refilling your tea so that it's warm. I haven't even tried any of their soups yet...what seems to be their specialty. At this point, I'd have to give this place 4.5 stars, with the possibility of moving up to 5 once I try more things on their menu. The only reason I'm rounding down is that there's just so much competition in Chinatown, and there's other fantastic food nearby. I can't give everything a "5," can I? read more

Found this little gem today. I met a friend in Chinatown to get dumplings (I LOVE dumplings!) place 1- smelled funny Place2- no good non-pork or Seafood options. Then we happened upon Hing Kee. They have dumplings, yes it's clean & lucky for us not too packed. let's go We got a table right by dumpling lady. So we got to see them being made fresh. Awesome ! Great selection of dumplings & other traditional fare plus a nice Sushi selection. We got the gyoza & edamame, chicken & cabbage dumplings & eel sushi roll & giant smoothies. So freakin good!! Dumplings were tender & flavorful. Smoothies ( hard to mess up) good. My friend "ate the hell outta the eel" The staff was friendly & attentive. Definitely a place we will return. I would like to keep this place secret(ish) so u can get a table anytime, no lines like Joy Yee please. read more