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Northern Cuisine

4.3 (23 reviews)
Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Updated 3 months ago

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Tramon H.

This place was all over my timeline, and it did not disappoint. Everyone was nice and the food was delicious, and was served fast, even though it was busy.

Full menu as of 2024/12/13 - 5 of 5
Marco N.

Came in n a cold Friday night which was busy but great service. Waitlist sign up is fast and easy on a tablet by the front desk, by the kitchen entrance. Give it your phone number and text messages will update you. Fast table turnarounds during busy times. We split a B1 chefs special entree which is the yummy Crispy Pork in Sweet and Sour Glaze. It comes with one bowl of rice, so got a second one. Very seriously some of the best crispy pork I've ever had. Drink wise, apart from the water tried the Chinese Sweeter Herbal Tea (which is cold and in a can) and a hot tea, both hit the spot. Bathrooms are at the end of the larger dining area, very clean. The larger dining area is upstairs, with 5 steps, but there is a small elevator to make it accessible to everyone. Will definitely be back to try more!

Di San Xian (地三鲜). Its name translates to "three earthly bounties,"  Eggplant, potatoes, and peppers.

The Food is the Best Dong Bai "Norther Chinese" I've had in the USA. The Service is wonderful! The wife and I are treated like family! This restaurant is clean and very nice! I really like the comfortable booths!

Wok Fried Eggplant In Garlic Chili Sauce
Eric J.

Ambiance: The first thing I noticed is the amazing ambiance. It has one of the nicest interiors out of all the restaurants in campus town. However, I was thrown off by disposable cups for water. Service: The waitress was very attentive and our food arrived very quickly. However, the two dishes did arrive separately with about a 5-10 minutes gap between the two. Food: The eggplant dish was excellent. The eggplant is the perfect texture and there is plenty of savory sauce to cover all the vegetables. The pork was also good but it was a bit too sweet. The cuts are also a little too big and required a lot of chewing to finish a piece. The batter that cover the pork has an interesting texture as it is a bit chewy and less crispy. However overall, it was still a good dish, but I probably wouldn't order it again unlike the eggplant.

Wok Fried Eggplant In Garlic Chili Sauce
Annie K.

Food was great! Service was good as well. Only con I would say is the water is served in plastic cups and there was no ice in my water. Other raise the price is good for the amount of food. 100% will come back again!

Kung pow chicken

I honestly was not expecting much on my first trip to Champaign, Illinois. The food here is amazing and this is a perfect example. Classic northern Chinese food in the middle of southern Illinois? you bet! Absolutely amazing, fun environment, speedy service, amazing food, young, respectful, clientele! Really enjoyed this place and will be back again, highly recommended!

B1 Crispy Pork In Sweet & Sour Glaze B1
Jenny P.

Northern Cuisine is great! A bit on the expensive side but I think it's one of the more authentic Chinese restaurants in Champaign. Favorites are the Chili green beans and crispy fried pork (sweet). The green beans are cooked well and have a nice flavor to them and are always gone within minutes! We also like getting fried dough with soy milk. The ambience is nice, it has dark lighting inside. The service is okay, sometimes we have to look over at the server to come to us but I think they were giving us time to decide. They serve water in plastic clear cups with no ice but it doesn't bother me that much. Overall, it's a nice place to go if you're looking for some quality Chinese dishes!

H6 Tomato & Scrambled Egg Over Noodle H6, Lamb Kebab In Chili Sauce (6 Skewers) (6), E1 Mapo Tofu E1

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Portions are great and the atmosphere is quiet and nice. Everything was salted very well but also didn't feel too unhealthy.

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the eggplant with chili garlic sauce was fire. so was the soybean milk. would come again. so yom

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Great new addition of Chinese restaurant in Urbana Champaign. Went there seal times. Tasted the authentic northern food.

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Bad experience. I ordered online and spend so much time on waiting. Timed out for a long time. I've been reminded several times.

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C-U LaLa Noodle - 101. Noodles with Braised Beef Soup ($9.99)

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3.8(25 reviews)
0.0 mi

First of all, do NOT order online for pick up or take out since it is much more expensive. The meat…read moredishes (pork,beef,etc.) in store were $16.99-$17.99. I was going to order online but they were all around $22-25. The rice special lunches in store were $9.99 but online is around $15. I actually came because my friend loved to come here a couple years ago and said it was his favorite restaurant on campus. I ordered the pork lunch special. And I was extremely disappointed. As seen in the picture when you open your food, there's just a whole ton of cabbage. I then sifted through it and counted less than 8 pieces of meat. And the bottom of the box was padded with a thick layer of rice. I also ordered a stewed pork bun. It lacked flavor and the meat to bread ratio was extremely off. I assumed because of COVID, prices went up (at least online) and less expensive ingredients were being used(meats) and more cheap materials were used to complete customer orders (rice and veggies). I know many restaurants have done this but my order was just laughably disappointing. Also I came to order on a Sunday afternoon. I was placing my order when the cashier told me that the cook was out and they couldn't make over 50-60% of the menu. That put me off a bit as I was originally going to order two things from the menu but they were both "unavailable". I think there should've been a note in the menu so customers would be notified before they spend 5 minutes looking at the menu to decide. Anyways that was a slight tangent. But another reason I gave this place 2 stars is because the cashier and workers were quite short. They would interrupt you while talking. It's just not the customer service I would expect. The only redeeming factor I believe was that one of few pieces of meat I had actually tasted pretty good. Besides this I do not think I will be back or will be recommending this place to anyone else. If you're craving authentic Chinese food, I believe there are many better options on campus (Northern Cuisine, Lao Sze Chuan, etc.).

I forget the soup we had BUT it was full of flavor. Tasty veggie broth dressed with a by vinegar…read moreand peanuts. The eggplant was my favorite! All in all everything I enjoyed my meal.

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4.2(450 reviews)
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I may have gone into this with too high of expectations because of what I heard about the epiphany…read moregroup and that may have been unfair of me. But that being said there were a lot of GREAT things about this restaurant so I'll start there. The restaurant itself it's so moody and vibey I LOVED it, was such a good place for a date night, our waiter was so attentive, helped with all of our questions and a very patient with us as we worked through the menu. 10/10 service! We got the dumpling and pork bun appetizer and both were AMAZING, seriously the pork bun?? I could have eaten 1000 of them. Next was the sushi, I got the Atlantic hand roll and another member of the table got the rainbow roll, both were very fresh and flavorful, highly recommend. Next was the entree, I got the pork belly ramen, as a huge ramen fanatic I was SO excited, especially following up our appetizers, the bar was set high and unfortunately I was so disappointed. The broth was not very good and everything so extremely salty, I couldn't even eat the mushrooms in the bowl because they soaked up so much of the broth and it was like a salt bomb in my mouth. The pork belly was cooked well and I did really enjoy that, but for a $20 bowl of ramen, it really fell flat for me. I also got the sweet heat cocktail, and it also wasn't for me, cocktails are so personal so it's not that I wouldn't recommend someone try it, it's just that I didn't hit for me, and that was the general consensus of the table. While I had a great night, I would probably try a different restaurant for Asian food before I came back to this one!

Ambience is good. The music was just right, not too loud. The food was delicious. Our waitress was…read moredelightful. I think the table spacing is appropriate. The lighting is appropriate. I do find it to be a little bit more expensive than it should be for this area.

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Anju Above - Downstairs - different restaurant but you can order from their menu upstairs if you want

Downstairs - different restaurant but you can order from their menu upstairs if you want

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