While visiting my sister, we ordered dinner from Jani of wantagh. The forgot 3 of our items. When I called they asked if they could catch us later. Considering the items they forgot were the items the kids were eating I asked them to deliver the missing items asap. Unfortunately this is the 2nd time I've had the exact same experience with this Jani. I will not be ordering from this place again. Very disappointed read more

Some of the best Chinese food around. The owner is very friendly and very helpful, and so is the staff. I've been eating here since I was just a kid, and the story behind why this restaurant exists is very inspiring. I cannot stress enough how good the food is, though. read more

Service was terrible and be very careful tables are very close together four of my credit cards were stolen out of my pocketbook on the back of my chair. It turned out to be a very expensive dinner read more

Have been coming here since I was a wee baby and food is always yummy. Take out usually but tonight my sister and I decided to dine in. Our waiter forgot our soup and We had to remind him to finally bring It out. We tried to get his attention at least 9 times before he finally came over and asked what we needed which was simply more water. It took another 5 tries to get his attention to get the check. Good food, shitty service don't go here if you like your waiter to be attentive. read more

Advertised hours say they are open to 9:30pm. Tried to order take out at 9:20 and was refused service. When I pointed out that the sign on their door indicates they are open until 9:30pm I was ignored. read more

Had a nice lunch at Jani today. We each had the Chinese/Japanese lunch combo. I had wonton soup and my friend had hot and sour. The wonton soup was good, but nothing special. My friend had the Buddhist Delight, ordered with steamed tofu and garlic sauce on the side. They mistakenly made her food in the sauce rather than on the side. They graciously offered to redo the dish but my friend settled for a separate bowl of sauce on the side. The salads that came with the combos was overdressed and limp but the dressing was tasty. I had beef lo mein with chicken fried rice. The lo mein was excellent, one of the best dishes I have had here. Not greasy at all, with big pieces of tender beef. The rice was very fresh and good as well. We both had a delicious California roll as the Japanese part of our meal. The service was excellent. The booth was a little uncomfortable, being old and somewhat sunken (but then again so am I), but the food was great and that's the main reason I go to a restaurant. read more

Neighbors I need your help desperately! Tonight at 8 pm, After 50 years of marriage my hubby took his wedding ring off in the mens room at Jani's in Wantagh and left it on the sink. It's a gold band with a row of diamond chips across the center. He is heartbroken and cant believe he did this. if anyone finds it please contact me it has tremendous sentimental value to us. Thanks for any help. Reward. 516 468-4587. read more

Most of the American Chinese on LI is inedible. This place is pretty good, relatively speaking. The noodle and rice dishes weren't good, but chicken and mixed veggies, beef and broccoli, moo shu chicken, wonton soup, and spare ribs were all tasty. read more

I wish I can give this place zero stars. The food was terrible and the inside is dirty. I have eaten at some pretty bad restaurants before but this one takes the cake! Eat here at your own risk!!! read more

I love Jani. The food is very clean tasting,not greasy. The staff is always polite. I had a birthday party and small wedding party here.The staff presented our cake and sang happy birthday.The prices are right.I've been here when its empty and when its crowded,the food is very consistant.Last visit I had mu shu shrimp,everyone in my party was happy with their meal. read more

One of the best chinese restaurants in long island! I love the food and the decor is beautiful. They have large comfy boots and let parties of 2 sit there, which I appreciate. This has been a staple for my family and i for years and we always return. read more

I was very dissatisfied with the food. It did not taste fresh. I had sushi. But more appalling, I have never eaten at a Japanese restaurant where you are charged a la carte when you order a roll. While I know that other Japanese restaurants charge extra for brown rice when you order a roll, I was charged $1.00 extra for mayonnaise (I did not want the spicy mayonnaise that comes with the spicy salmon) and I was charged a $1.00 extra for crunchies. It's not the money; rather, its the principal that this restaurant charges you a la carte for everything. My girlfriend did not enjoy her dish either. She felt it did not taste fresh. In additions, she was forced to pay $13.95 for fried rice because the restaurant would not allow her to have a small bowl of fried rice as a substitute to white rice which she was amenable to paying extra for. Jani used to be a good restaurant. I was advised that the restaurant was under new ownership. There is no denying that the food and their pricing policies have gone way down. You would do better to find another Chinese/Japanese restaurant in the area for your hard earned money where the food is decent and the pricing is fair and the owners appreciate your business. Be guided accordingly. read more

The food is good and so is the service. We eat there about three times a month. Decor is old.

too much of a rush. the place wasnt even half full but the waiter wanted us out before an hour. dont come here

Always love this place for dinner! Great food, nice restaurant and good service. Reasonable prices and tons of menu options.

This place is horrible. Food is bland and service is poor. We even gave takeout a try and they messed up the order and forgot an item. Management is rude and they wouldn't even refund the money for the item that they forgot. We will never go back and don't recommend it to anyone. The staff at the register are idiots too. read more

The food is great jeez. The only thing I didn't like was the yellow sauce for the fried noodles.

I've been going here with my family since I was a child. Today my mother and I came in at 8:20pm for dinner and as we were being seating she asked for a booth. The host brought us over to one of the many empty booths and he told us "we close at 9:30." Okay, so we'll eat fast..? When the waiter finally gets around to our table we ask for an order of soup dumplings and are told no. I said "oh you're out?" and the waiter just said they take 20 minutes to make and that it's too long. So I asked if they could just be brought out with the main meal and was told again that it was too long. After some back and forth of this my mother asked if they just didn't want to make them and we were given a curt nod and a yes. We ended up just getting up and leaving, based on our servers attitude it was clear we were inconveniencing him in ordering dinner. My mom said something to the host/owner as we were leaving and they didn't appear to be concerned or care. I've never received such terrible and bizarre service before, I'm so disappointed as I truly do love their food. read more

I went there for dinner with my friend and was forced to buy something. I went there specifically to get food for just my friend. We were seated and the waitress asked what we would like. My friend ordered her food and I said that I wasn't getting anything. The waitress called over the host and they told me that there was a $10 minimum. My friend was not allowed to get her food unless we ordered something else. I spent $10 on food I didn't even want. Not happy at all. read more

We have been customers of Jani for sometime now. I recently placed an order and the wonton soup had a dead black bug in it. I called to complain and was told the policy is to bring the soup and bug back into the restaurant and they can "exchange" it. NTY. I will be taking my business elsewhere. read more

I went to lunch with a friend and had a bad experience. We both ordered the Bento box and asked for a spicy tuna roll to go with it - $1.00 extra for the tuna roll to be spicy, ok we went with that, then asked for the "crunchies" for the spicy tuna roll...50 cents extra for the crunchies...I ordered the hot & spicy shredded beef....it was not spicy at all, nor were the tuna rolls, nor were there crunchies on the tuna roll, Called the waitress, she said the crunchies were inside the tuna roll, I said there were no crunchies, the tuna rolls were not spicy, nor was the spicy shredded beef. She calls the manager, who comes and tells me that the customers usually don't like the food too spicy. (There were a lot of seniors citizens there) I said there's a chili pepper icon next to the item, that means it should be spicy. After much arguing, he still insisted that I liked spicy, but his c;lientele doesn't. I responded that the waitress should have asked me if I liked it spicy before serving me unspicy food that has an indication for being spicy. He never offered to remove the added costs for the spicy or the crunchies (which I finally asked the waitress to bring some crunchies on the side). Never tried to make better any part of the experience and was supercilious to the end. I would never go back there, I think it was a terrible restaurant, especially to continue to argue with me that the customers don't like it spicy - heck, I am also a customer AND I'm paying extra for the spicy and crunchies, and the HOT & SPICY shredded beef WASN'T hot and spicy... A simple "I'm sorry and I'll take off the $3.00" would have been the better way to go...Don't waste your time! read more

I haven't been here in a while. The food is still very good but the place needs updating. I sat in a booth and the table was way too high on my body. I had the mango chicken. It had a lot of mango and chicken. Very good sauce. I did have one piece of bad red pepper though. read more

I have ordered from this restaurant several times. Almost each time there is something wrong with what I ordered. Tonight it took over an hour & half when they said an hour & when the food got here the food was ice cld!! I called to complain & they transferred me three times! When i finally got someone on the phone they said I could return it! Its now 8pm! What am I supposed to eat @ 10? They ended up just rudely hanging up on me! WILL NEVER PURCHASE FOOD FROM JANI AGAIN! read more

I'm shocked to see only 3 star reviews of this place. Jani has been my family's go to Chinese restaurant for years now. We recently tried another place out in commack and it made me appreciate Jani all the more! This place is gorgeous, clean and consistently reliable. Good, fast service and if you become a regular the manager and waiters remember you and treat you like a VIP. The food is always very tasty, great won ton soup and egg rolls, DELICIOUS general Tsos chicken and I also love their chicken with mixed vegetables. They have sushi options also which is great and yummy miso soup. Their noodles are the best I've had. I can't say enough good things about this place. Prices are fair for the portions and quality of food you receive and tea is served with each meal. We also get take out here often and it's always good and still hot when it gets home. There are so few decent Chinese restaurants like this place left, and Jani is definitely the best. read more

lovely old school chinese restaurant, done on a large scale. the food is consistantly good with a nice presentation. the service is gracious and attentive and the prices are reasonable. it is not chinatown , it is wantagh. read more

i was in the area to meet up with a friend, but she was running late and i was starving already so i decided to go to jani while i wait for her. their menu has a chinese section and a japanese section. i was going to order the seafood udon, but the waitress suggested that i try the house special udon instead because it was supposed to be a lot better. taking her recommendation, i ended up not liking it at all. the udon was not japanese style, it was very watery, barely had any seafood in it, and just had a bunch onions. ughhh... and let me add this, after she took my order initially, she asked me why was i by myself. why is that your businesss and how rude! whatever, won't be coming back here. read more

Things served singly with weird timing with one poor person not served and everyone awkwardly waiting is the norm here.the food is ok but there is ALWAYS one weird disappointment in every dining experience such as: imitation crabmeat in a sushi dinner.several pieces of this inedible fake stuff sitting on top of the rice.fake crabmeat has no place amongst sashimi and sushi.i have never seen this done anywhere in nyc or long island.pointed out nicely that it's compressed fish sprayed with food coloring and i cannot eat this to waiter but nothing was done.so two pieces of my expensive sushi appetizer went uneaten and THEY DONT CARE.salad was a strangely large whole wedge of lettuce.my husband asked for the special filet mignon w brown sauce rare and stressed rare but unfortunately it was well done dried out.the next time we ate dinner there he ordered it rare with the sauce in the side which was recommended by the waiter to ensure rare and it was even more well done.i feel bad talking about the wait staff but it's sparse and miserable topped off with an odd Grey haired owner who always looks mad.i usually don't raise any concerns beyond saying something once to the waiter now because the pre annoyed defensive management attitude makes my family uncomfortable so why bother.we go here when we can't get into other full restaurants and just hope for the best read more