Have been wanted to try this staple of Carlinville. I love how everything seemed pretty fresh but…read moredid not have too big of a selection from the buffet. Decided to do carry out from the buffet and got plenty of food for the price. The highlights were the sweet & sour chicken and the fried rice. Will definitely make it harder to decide what to get when we're in the area.

Very attentive staff and food is fresh and has a very good taste.Will return soon for another…read moredelicious meal!

Very plain fried rice. Had it twice and it only had rice and chicken. No veggies or egg…read more Crab Rangoon is very good.

Good: Crab ragoon was good, hot and fresh. The steamed shrimp with vegetables was good. Shrimp…read morewere nice sized and cooked well. Bad: Egg roll was cold but tasted ok. Fried rice was yellow rice with some onions, very sad rice with no flavor at all. Hardly traditional fried rice. Was given a 25 minute estimate. Got there at 20 minutes and waited almost 30 more for my order. The huge tub of brown gravy they give you is ridiculously large for the amount needed for the entree and scalding hot temperature. The container it comes in has a lid that is impossible to remove without spilling the full sauce all over. There are no sauce packets out for you to grab like most Chinese take out places have and when the bag was handed to me all sealed up I assumed (wrongly) that they had thrown some sauces in. My bad for assuming. They did throw fortune cookies in. Ugly: The General Tso chicken was inedible. The unrecognizable chunks of "chicken" were so stringy and tough and full of cartridge more than half of them could not be eaten and had to be spit out. The sauce also had no heat (menu shows a spicy symbol) and really no flavor like traditional General Chicken you would expect. Our total order exceeded the amount ($21 before tax) listed on the menu for 3 free crab rangoon which I asked for when I ordered. When I got there they charged me for the rangoon but I didn't notice that until I got home. This is our 3rd disappointing visit in a row. I realize it's the only Chinese in town and everyone in Bethalto loves it but it's really sad that it doesn't live up to the hype.

This place could be described as a hole in the wall, but isn't that the place you get the best…read morefood? Buffet was great-food was hot and tasty and the service was great. Would eat here again!

I have no idea who or why this place gets good reviews…read more Paper plates on a buffet? Steam table with no steam, only thing keeping the food "warm" are the lights above. Food tasted like it had been reheated multiple times. The "chicken on a stick" I had was refrigerator cold. Rice all clumped together and mushy. I wouldnt recommend this place to anyone....keep driving in any direction to get decent food. Avoid this place at all costs.

Always fresh and so delicious! Great service! Small family run business, been around for quite some…read moretime and I'm happy to support them.

Fresh homemade food, clean, friendly and reasonably priced. Would definitely return next time…read morewe're in town.

crab Rangoon . Was served crab Rangoon. I like the lights there and i love love love crab ragoonread more

I've eaten at plenty of Chinese restaurants and was never all that impressed, BUT THIS PLACE IS…read moreDIFFERENT! This is the best Chinese food I've ever had! Seriously these dishes have fresh ingredients, big portions, and lots of flavor. Veggies don't feel slimy or overcooked, meats don't feel dry, it's all made with love. I've gotten takeout from here a good 6 times and have never been disappointed. I love the boneless spare ribs, vegetable delight, lo mein, and fried rice. The people here are great. Please support this restaurant!

Some of the best Chinese we've ever had! Friendly staff and delicious meal! The crab Rangoon was…read morewonderful, and the General Tsos might be the best I've had!

Best chinese place Ive been to: cheap prices, family owned, very friendly. They've never messed up…read morean order of mine, and their crab rangoon is one of a kind.

They didn't give us refills and there food was cold it sucked they charged whatever they felt liked…read morethis business sucks

I can't complain! Everything I tried off of the buffet was delicious! They've got plenty of fruit…read moreand vegetable options as well. Seemed to be well stocked and never ran out of anything. Probably one of your best lunch options in Jacksonville

Great place to eat! Lots of selection and attentive service! Very clean and lots of tasty…read moreselections. Only thing I would ding them on is food is not always really hot! Today was good but, times the food has just slightly over warm. Good food at a good price! Very nice place for dinner!

I wanted to be fair, so I have intentionally waited until we have been here three visits. We have…read moregone for lunch each time. The first was while in a hotel when we first arrived in June to move into our "forever home" in Staunton (about 10 miles away). We went again a month or so after moving in. We went today (Sunday lunch) because we wanted to pick up a few things at Walmart. Understand where I (we) are coming from. My wife spent her childhood in Hawaii, and her father is Japanese. I am an Army veteran, and have been to plenty of Asian restaurants around the world. I do have a tough standard. I am sincerely not trying to punch down. I want this place to be good, it would be better for my retirement years for it to be good. It is the closest option for buffet. Our Staunton option is a menu only, and it is also not a good option, at all. I understand that a place needs to cater to its patrons to be profitable. I am not saying they don't try, I'm not saying they don't care. I do understand that americanized and (bland) is what they need to lean into. Our lunch today was $40 and we both left unsatisfied. I am willing to eat anything and have the girth to prove it. My wife is a bit more particular, but certainly has the ability to provide a decent value judgement on the things she chooses. There just are not consistently good choices to be had here. The "sushi" for example is marginal at best. There are more breaded/fried items than truly exist in Asian menus at other places I have been. The other items almost always have a sauce that is salt and sugar forward. There are very few spices/textures that I would expect from a Chinese menu. It is relatively clean, the people working here do try to do a good job. I appreciate the effort required to put all this together for us. It has the standard Chinese restaurant decorations (I think there is a kit that can be ordered from somewhere), but they haven't overdone it. I do understand and accept that people like this place, and appreciate the offerings. I am in no way looking down on their preference, [To each their Own] and please continue to enjoy it. If you are however, just passing through, it may not be the best stop for good Chinese food, okay "food" sure, but not on par with other options I have enjoyed.

Love everything I tried. The food is always fresh and hot. It is made the way you ask for it. I…read moreask for no MSG. The service is fast always. We don't eat there but it just a little sit down Place.

We have been ordering from this place for ten plus years, it was a tradition for Christmas eve…read moredinner. I haven't ordered since December because something seemed off with that order. The fried rice was not the best and the veggies in the entree were different. Placed order tonight and everything was fine until they called me while my husband was driving home with the food. When I answered a woman was shouting over her coworkers asking if I picked up food. I said yes, my husband did and click she hung up. The phone rang again it's them and again asked if I picked up my order. I said my husband is driving home with the order now and I asked if there was a problem. She said check the order and let us know and click. I called them back and I'm upset because we live close to thirty minutes away. I ask what is going on? Do I need to call him and check the order? Surprise!!!! The people that take your order and talk to you on the phone are an answering service. That has terrible customer service. We ended up missing parts of our order and were told to come back and get the food they forgot. I asked if they could just refund me and the terrible telephone service they have didn't know how to do that. We will not be order it again. Shame the family that did own it was wonderful!!! We will miss them.