When we have a NEED for Chinese food, China Bistro is where we go to. The only problem is it's…read moretakeout only.

Update: seriously? That 4th piece that you counted isn't even a piece. It's what turned up from…read moreme digging through the container to find any beef. If you think mentioning that you found a 4th piece of beef in my photo, and I lied or made a mistake vendicates your business, that is sad. It is still bad service. The egg rolls were burnt. You dont have to worry about a return visit from me. I ordered the beef fried rice and received 3 tiny pieces of beef in a lot of bland fried rice. I ordered veggie egg rolls and chicken egg rolls and they stuffed them in the same bags. I couldn't tell which was which without cutting into someone's food.

Ordered Shrimp and lobster sauce, not sure what a got. Lobster sauce is a brown garlic sauce. What…read morea got was a sauce that looks like egg drop soup with slice pea pods, mushrooms, and carrots. The pork fried rice taste less and pork was like ground up pieces. Cashew chicken , chicken was like rubbery.

We used to order from here every week, but since the new owners took over, everything has…read morechanged--and not for the better. We decided to give it another try, and it was extremely disappointing. The pork egg rolls were filled almost entirely with shredded cabbage and black pepper, with no pork at all. The pork fried rice was yellow, had raw onions, no egg, and only a few small pieces of pork in the entire container. At this point, we won't be returning. The prices are far too high for the quality of food being served.

Went on a Sunday night. I can tell that this place is popular for carry out, because that had most…read moreactivity here. My friend and I enjoyed a sit down meal, with our own dedicated server, since no other folks except us were in the dining room. I enjoyed a cashew chicken, served family style, very very generous portion for price. My friend enjoyed the duck, also served family style. White rice is free with the meal, fried rice is an. extra charge as its own dish. The hot tea at the table was pretty weak tasting, but the tasty food, interesting decor, and the friendly server was quite nice to have. Note: instead of just handing us boxes to box up our leftovers, our server actually put our plates on a tray at a nearby table and boxed up our food for us. A very nice touch so we didn't have to worry about possibly messing up our hands and our outfits managing all of that. I would definitely go back again: the service and the food were memorable.

Don't know why I would just drive by Lily Garden without even considering it. I tried it once…read more Since then, the craving kicks in, we come back. It is decent. I did not realize that they run a sit down restaurant, well decorated at that. I'm always greeted with a courtious smile and light conversation. Generous quantities, tasty food. Everything is fresh and hot. Their wonton and hot and sour soups are better than most of the other nearby take out places. I like that they follow your special instructions when placing an online order..some places do not. I've noticed that they tend to be on the lightly seasoned side, so I always request fried rice extra spicy and dark. This means they will add a little more soy sauce and very mild spice. Also, they do make smoothies guys. An important note, when you order, you pay at pickup, not online. All I want, some consistency in life. They are consistent. That is why carry out from Lily Garden.

Well had the hot and sour soup and ginger chicken again. Little to no ginger in it and the chicken…read morewas plentiful but I wished for more veggies. And flavor.. the hot and sour soup was full of tofu but it looks as though they combined it with egg drop and had a bitter flavor to it. I probably will eat the tofu and throw the rest out. I did go at 2pm for take out but that should not really matter. Kinda disappointed actually.

Crystal Lake do not sleep on Tasty Bistro!! I had Sunday funday lunch with my brother today so I…read moreleft downtown for the car northwest burbs. What a delightful building, extremely clean interior, fun design, and amazing sushi! I had such a great time in a relaxed inviting atmosphere and was impressed with our rolls. The gyoza and crab Rangoon were amazing! Thank you for being amazing hosts today, I had the best time.

Sorry about the pictures, everything was so good we didn't have time to shoot before we ate…read more 5:00 pm reservation on a Saturday/Fathers day. Erika J our server was extremely helpful and tentative! In the years we have been going here, we almost have never ever had a disappointment. (Just once with another server long ago) This is a most definitely greatest restaurant around!

Came here for the first time on a Sunday evening with friends who frequent this restaurant because…read moreit's in their neighborhood Please note the taco restaurant right next-door is also owned by the same owner of this restaurant, which is really cool because we learned that you can order things from the taco restaurant I believe and bring it over to the sushi restaurant. The green beans I believe came from next-door in fact, and there is a picture of it. As soon as you walk in, it's really cute and cozy and people are immediately greeting you and are quick to also sit you down, which is great. There are quite a few people already eating dinner as well as sitting at the bar area too. There were also lots of pick up takeout orders. This restaurant located in a strip mall, so there was lots of shared parking. Great to see a lot of of the Japanese chefs behind the sushi counter. We did not get dessert here as the portions were very fair and quite filling. A few of the main entrées come with vegetables, and one of our friends was very familiar that you could substitute the vegetables with some type of tempura vegetables, and I think this was a great decision because what ended up coming to the table was a mishmash of vegetable tempura, which was delicious. My friends also rave about the cocktails here. So some of us had cocktails and some of us had tea. The green tea here is a little light, but it's still very hot and tasty. We did not have any desserts. But would definitely come back here again.

We typically eat out one night a week - we often play the "what-should-we-have-for-dinner-tonight"…read moregame... we often land at Bangkok Thai & Sushi. We have been visiting Bangkok for years and years. I like it because my husband, who loves Thai food, can find something on the menu (he has his favorites) and my kids, who love sushi, can find something on the menu. Our favorite rolls are the Algonquin Roll and the Rock and Roll. Service is always great - our food always arrives super hot and we never have to wait long. The restaurant is cute and comfortable and clean.

The basil thai chicken was horrible. It was basically a soup with how much oil was in it. I also…read moreordered sushi and the salmon tasted pretty good. The soft shell crab appetizer was not something I would ever order again. It had little to no flavor. I ordered take out and the order taker was kind and attentive while waiting for me to decide what I wanted. That's all I can really say about the service since it was a takeout order.

I've been looking for a good Chinese restaurant in this area for a while. This is the best takeout…read moreChinese food in this area. I only got the shrimp fried rice and shrimp egg foo young. I will say that the gravy is pretty salty but that just means you need to use a little on your food. The flavor overall is really good and it doesn't have any MSG, for my understanding. So that's a big deal for me.

life changing, extraordinary food. there were tears in my eyes. the staff was incredibly kind as…read morewell the environment was very calm and friendly i got the pork chow mein, beef kow, and crab rangoons. all amazing

We ordered take out from here on a busy Friday night. Order was pretty quick, portions are huge,…read moreand was still warm once we got back home. We ordered the Chicken Pad Thai Noodles, mild, and Krystal Fried Rice with beef - Thai spicy level. Appetizers we got chicken Egg Rolls and the fried chicken Potstickers. Everything was so good, we couldn't stop talking about how good it was, especially the beef in the fried rice. Hadn't been here in a few years and we will definitely be ordering here more often.

One of our favorite restaurants in Crystal Lake. food is consistently good quality and enjoy the…read moregood service that everyone provides. It's a nice clean restaurant and the food is excellent. I would highly recommend any this year. Whether you're eating in or going with takeout services quick, the restaurant is clean and never had any issues here .

So went on a Thursday they have karaoke. We did not sing but maybe next time. Started with a…read morecocktail and it comes in a fun glass we got egg rolls and crab Rangoon. Both very tasty. There seems to be on server and man she was fast. We got two dinner the Mongolian beef and the steak with guys name. Don't remember the name lol. But both were very tasty. The steak was very tender and good they were very attentive to our needs. Oh the cocktails were a Mai tai and a scorpion. Both had good flavor and not to alcohol flavored it was a good balance. The service was phenomenal. She really took care of us. Ok we had sparkles cookies they were fun. She was so nice also.

I saw mixed reviews and thought I'd find out for myself, lured more by The Breakers' billing as…read moreIllinois' oldest tiki bar than by the descriptions of the food. Now, point of order, we could not get the egg rolls because in a fittingly Midwestern way, they're made with peanut butter. But the staff was quick to point that out and advise where almonds could be removed from other dishes - service was great throughout. The potstickers were fine. Just warm enough not to mention it, but the dipping sauce was a little odd, thick, and we just used soy sauce instead. The two main dishes were piping hot, and I do like the cloches they are served in, but each lacked a little punch. Maybe sesame chicken is just the lame step brother to orange/kung pao/gen tso, but the shrimp chow mein was just okay as well (though the shrimp were cooked perfectly). The drink was strong, the ambience was cute, the woman who was working karaoke, passing out cookies and brownies was interesting. I liked that our waitress seemed absolutely done with her. I know this is a CL staple, but once may be enough for me.