This is our go-to Chinese take out place - we order from here at least once or twice a month. The food is consistently good, the portions are generous and the prices are fair. Our favorites are the Hong Su Pork and the Teriyaki Chicken appetizer, which come skewered like pieces of satay. Not gourmet, but a solid choice for inexpensive take out or delivery - which I can add is always quick. Definitely recommended. read more

Ordered for takeout. Great service, food was ready quick and just all around good food. The crab rangoons were perfect, definitely making this my go-to for Chinese cuisine in the area! read more

Under new management and wow, what a difference! Definitely would recommend this place to my neighbors. Well done, new management team, well done! read more

This place is okay but the restaurant smells bad!! It has an actual foul odor and it makes it hard to want to order from here. I used to order from here all the time, food is good but can't get past the smell of the establishment. read more

My first review of 2020 is for See Through Chinese restaurant that we ordered from a few weeks ago. My daughter brought me Chinese while I'm recovering from hip surgery, and we have been on an ongoing quest to find good Chinese food in our Corner Chicago for quite a while. Well folks, I'm still going to be searching. It's not that there is anything really wrong with this restaurant, it's just that it wasn't that good. Food delivery time was less than they quoted us, but the quote was for 90 minutes on a Thursday night. The crab rangoons were bigger than what you usually get, but they didn't have any bigger flavor to them. The Mushu chicken tasted like the chicken was leftover from a few days ago, but veggies were pretty good. And to my daughter's pineapple chicken tasted just like everybody else's pineapple chicken, super sweet and full of breading. I'm a little intrigued by the See Thru Kitchen description, but we've got in the habit of always eating Chinese at home for some reason. Might never see that See Thru Kitchen. Anyway this might be our best go to option until we find a good quality Chinese experience around us. read more

This is my standard, go-to, divey, pretty alright cheap Chinese takeout place. They give you a ton of food - it's not the best, but certainly not the worst. I keep coming back when I want something cheap and comforting. I'm not a fan of the egg rolls but their Hunan Shrimp, chicken fried rice, and General Tso's chicken are all pretty good. I usually call in an order and it's ready in 20 minutes. read more

Got takeout and found a dead bug in my food. On top of that they left flyers all over my neighborhood that littered everywhere. Will never order from them again. read more

In the past I've found gems inside of dumps, so I keep looking and looking, hoping to find more... gems. I didn't find one here. When I had the take-out in the car on the ride home, there was a smell of sweet emanating from something. It's reminiscent of Chinese-buffet-grade sweet and sour sauce.(Or maybe it's cheap Hoisin?) That smell is not appetizing to me and I instantly thought, "this shit ain't gonna be good." Suffice it to say, it wasn't. I felt bloated and cheated afterwards. If I was a starving student, I still wouldn't eat here. Rather, I'd run over to Jewel and buy a salad. Chinese take-out spot in a tiny strip mall next to a fast food joint. The inside is dirty and with a name like "see thru Chinese Kitchen", there isn't much to see goin' on in that damn kitchen. This place could use a good moppin', or better yet, an industrial grade steamer to steam the fuck out of the place. It's cheap, affordable and they give you a decent portion of food. read more

I love this place , I literally will go out my way to come here Every time !! The egg rolls are the best around, sesame chicken spicy is chiefs kiss here! Best prices too. read more

I really don't understand how the reviews are so low on this place. It's a real secret gem! If you're a big chinese fiend like I am, you'll probably notice that more and more places are trying to implement the whole 7.00 for lunch/dinner special with egg roll and a free pop. I have tried several places and 0 can top this place. Their 7.00 special is literally all day from lunch-dinner where most places end at lunch, I find. Their chicken fried rice is the best I've ever had and their egg roll is so good. You won't be disappointed. I recommend the sweet and sour chicken or empress chicken. You get so much food it's a good meal for about 2 days max. 1 if you're not into leftovers. read more

UNBELIEVABLY DELICIOUS! They delivered it to my house with a SMILE! The food was cooked, hot, and filled to the brim. I am very pleased. Would order from them again and again! read more

My roommates and I love this place, because it's a great option for when we are low on cash but don't want to/don't have time to cook. The Chinese food isn't fabulous (ok, well the crab rangoons are, fo real), but it's good. And the most important thing is, it's like, half the price of wok cuisine and other places nearby. So, ultimately, it's not the most delicious and best chinese food ever, but it's a great value and a convenient place. Oh! And they deliver quite quickly. read more

Moved out of Chicago a few years and came back recently and found this place was still here. Happy to say the food is just as good as I remembered. Highly recommend the orange chicken chef special. read more

This place is no good. Food got to my apartment looking like straight up garbage. Trash service, trash delivery, trash management over all. Do not order here its the worst. read more

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Just moved into the North Mayfair neighborhood and discovered this place. Not too bad for a typical fast food Chinese food. They have a lunch special price which include eggroll, a pop and chicken fried rice. I order a large hot and sour soup for $4.55. Not bad price and it's good. I ordered Mongolian Beef. It's delicious. Overall, I would definitely come back. read more

See Thru Chinese Kitchen - a container of food - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This place has really been doing a great job makings sure the food is fresh and in abundance every time I order. The quality and taste is fine, especially if you order from the special lunch menu. Very happy with the food here, specifically, orange chx, and Mongolian beef. The friend rice and egg roll is also something I tend to eat a lot of from here. No complaints. read more

Albany Park Chinese delivery powered by GrubHub. Crab Rangoon Appetizer $6.00 - I must have accidentally ordered 10 crab rangoon but at 60 cents a clip I can't complain. Big and crispy, the taste and texture do the job right. Shrimp Toast $4.35 - 8 pieces of shrimp toast, but the shrimp toast is cut into diagonally triangles so is more like half the size of regular shrimp toast but there are 8 pieces to compensate. Tastes like condensed milk or coconut butter under the ground shrimp so it's a tasty treat! General Tso's Chicken special $5.25 - Blech! 2 stars the breading is very poor and it doesn't taste right. Shrimp fried rice has big pieces of shrimp in it but the rice is a bit overcooked. This chicken is not very good! :( Overall speedy delivery and reasonable pricing. Big portions so the dollar for dollar value is there versus almost every other type of food. Ace appetizers, but tastes like General Tso lost the battle :( read more

Ugh! What a MAJOR disappointment! we ordered delivery from this place. They did get it here fast but that is where the good ended and the terror began. I ordered a fried shrimp/crab rangoon combo which came with shrimp fried rice. I did not receive shrimp fried rice I received pork fried rice and it was way too greasy and clumpy and was not that good. The fried shrimp was more of a shrimp flavored ball of dough. the crab rangoons were slightly over done. Our cans of soda expired early this year! I will give them credit. The wonton soup was good and fully loaded. i wold have to say that it was more loaded with wontons than any other soup that I have had. The wonton soup and the fast delivery could not make up for all of the other issues that we had with our dinner. I am hoping that these guys just had a bad day. If there was not not 100's of Chinese restaurants to try in the city, I may consider giving these guys a second chance. With the choices available to me, this place lost me for good. read more

I stopped by here to pick up some Chinese fast food. I ordered crab rangoon and Mongolian beef. The beef was pretty good, and I'm glad it didn't have the usual deep-fried rice noodles underneath (most places give you stale noodles, anyway). It did have some mushrooms and baby corn in it, which was fine. The crab rangoon were ok. The filling was a bit sweet, but not bad overall. When I got home, I noticed that they gave me a free egg roll, which was a nice surprise. Overall, See Thru is your basic Chinese fast-food restaurant. It's cheap, fast, and the food was ok. They have lunch and dinner specials, which I'll probably try next time. 1/9: I'm a sucker for bad Chinese food sometimes. I had their garlic beef lunch special (order it spicy), which comes with fried rice, an egg roll, and a can of pop for $5. Ashamed, but satisfied. read more

They left a bunch of trash on my porch and lawn

This is the worse fried rice i have eaten. I ask for no msg mixed in my food. But this location eas just gross wish i could get my money back. At other locations i ask for no msg but it still has some kind of taste this was just gross even soy sauce didnt make itvtaste any better..i will not return..shrimps was extra small read more

See Thru Chinese Kitchen - Shrimp fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Free delivery! Buffet food arrives quickly. Toilet night endless... (ya i know the form is supposed be Japanese but it's not like what I ate was all that Chinese so sue me) read more

We ordered from here through GrubHub last Saturday. They had a good deal on the Family Dinner for Two that was under $20. Delivery took a little more than a hour to arrive. The dinner included chicken wings, egg rolls, crab rangoon, wonton soup, sweet and sour chicken, fried rice, and beef kow. The fried rice and beef kow were both very good. Good flavors and you can tell it was freshly cooked. The fried items were probably in old grease or fried too long. The egg rolls and the sweet and sour chicken had a greasy, oily flavor. One thing stood out - the chicken wing. It was very juicy and flavorful. My fiance, however, was not a fan and said it was not his thing. read more

We ordered from this place the other night. Some of it was "ok" and some of it mediocre. The pork fried rice was ok, as were the rib and beef appetizers. The egg rolls were lousy, chewy and lacking in flavor and the Mongolian beef was greasy and over loaded with onions. I have no desire for a repeat performance. There are much better alternatives. read more

I will not be ordering from them again. I had the shrimp with lobster sauce, and it was so dark with soy sauce and saltythat I just threw it away, along with the chewy eggrolls. They had decent shrimp fried rice, but the veggie and tofu dish is just tofu and broccoli (it should be mixed veggies). The egg drop soup was okay, but again, too salty. Crab rangoon was pretty standard, but a little on the sweet side, and the fried shrimp were delish. The beef teryaki was just so-so. It was a little chewy for my taste. Also, delivery took over an hour at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday. Guess I learned my lesson! When Tom Lee's Chop Suey is closed on Tuesdays, just cook at home! read more

3 star cuisine with 5 star service. This has been our go-to for delivery and takeout for the year we've lived in the neighborhood. The food is nothing special, nothing you couldn't get at any other Chinese take-out place. But the service is super fast, the food is always hot, and they frequently throw in freebies like extra egg rolls and fried rice, even when we don't order the amount GrubHub says you have to in order to get a free fried rice or sweet and sour chicken. It took a few orders, but we figured out what we liked and what we didn't and haven't messed with it since then. Like I said, the food is always hot when it gets here (usually about 20 minutes earlier than GrubHub says they will). The chicken dishes we've gotten are all decent and they really pack it into those containers. Don't get larges unless you want leftovers. Sesame chicken is my favorite from them. The sweet and sour is always overflowing with crispy chicken and the sauce, which comes in a separate container so the chicken stays crispy, is way more sweet than sour, but bf really likes it. We've also enjoyed their egg rolls, lo mein, orange chicken, and wonton soup. The almond cookies are hit and miss, sometimes they have a weird taste and other times they're delicious and soft. I'd never had a soft almond cookie from a Chinese place before See Thru. I steer clear of their beef and pork dishes. The mongolian beef in particular is really disappointing. It doesn't taste anything like what I know mongolian beef to be and the container is at least 50% filled with onions. Ah well. We're moving soon, and we'll definitely miss See Thru. Even if we find a place that has good mongolian beef. If you're more of a chicken person than a beef or pork person, I recommend it. read more

We were REALLY impressed with the quality (and quantity) of food that came! They delivered it exactly as we asked (we asked for no egg given allergies). They didn't scrimp on meat/veggies, didn't use MSG, or use too much corn starch in their sauces like other chinese delivery restaurants. Really great tasting food and good value (we got the singapore rice noodles and mongolian beef combo). read more

I ordered through GrubHub. My food arrived nearly thirty minutes after the estimated arrival time. Strike one. Egg rolls - bland and had the texture of tuna fish. Strike two. The fried rice was pretty good, but General Tso's chicken left something to be desired. The breading was terrible, and the flavor was so-so. It did not, however, taste like any other General Tso I've had before. The crab rangoon was decent and they were pretty big. We also ordered beef lo mein. The noodles were great ; I mean, how can one really mess that up? The beef, though the pieces were large, was especially chewy. Strike three. All in all - The food was cheap, and the taste reflected it. The portions were big, but who wants to eat a lot of crappy food? I'd rather have a smaller portion of tasty food! read more

Oh man, just had this over the weekend and I am sad to see it has such low reviews. I thought this place was delicious! My goodness the portions were great, the dishes all came with A LOT of meat. I hade the General Taos' Chicken, Beef Lo Mein, Chicken Fried Rice and Chicken with Veggies, and let me tell you I was in heaven! Good job See Thru Kitchen, I will be ordering from you soon! read more

This place has been my go-to Chinese takeout joint for years. Their delivery is always super fast (one time they arrived in less than 25 minutes!), the food is consistently yummy, and it's very inexpensive! Perfect for those nights when you don't feel like cooking or are too lazy to leave the house! I don't know if it's super authentic Chinese or not (I'm guessing not), but I am always happy with their food. If you are looking for high end Chinese food, this place probably isn't for you. Nonetheless, it's still delicious with plentiful portions! I usually order the crispy spicy chicken and grilled veggies and it has always been spicy and very tasty. The staff is super nice and always friendly. I definitely recommend this place. read more

While this our go to place, there are foods you should just stay away from. Good: orange chicken, chow mein, egg drop soup, egg rolls (ok) Bad: fried rice, pot stickers To be edited as we try out more food. Parking available. Watch out for nearby speed cams. If you try calling See Through through Grub Hub, the call will cancel. read more

The food is average at best. My main concern is the place looks like a dump. It looks like it hasn't been updated or cleaned in years. I would give it more stars accept my one and only experience left me looking for insects as I ate my food. read more

I've been a fan of Mayflower nearby, but when a co-worker offered to buy carry-out from this place in return for a favor, I wanted to try it. My benchmark dish for a Chinese place has always been General Tso's chicken, so that is what I ordered. I arrived to pick up the order, which was ready right on time. This is primarily a carry-out business, squeezed into a corner of the strip mall across from Aldi on Pulaski. A few day laborers standing around looked on. I think they saw my bag of food and got a whiff of it. I brought it in and opened it up. I have to admit this place does not skimp. The entire clamshell container was packed to the top with chicken and fried rice. The chicken... it was OK. They say it is hot and spicy on the menu, but to me it was barely distinguishable from orange chicken, perhaps a bit soggy. They did not pass my General Tso chicken test. I added hot pepper flakes to enhance the meal, something I would not need to do at Mayflower. However, their fried rice was better than I've had anywhere in a long time. Little bits of chicken mixed in throughout gave it excellent flavor too. Egg roll was decent, but not superb. I ate about one-third of the package before I was full. In the end, I had 2 more leftover meals from that package. For the money, it's a great value and it was crisper when I reheated it in my broiler. To sum it up, See Thru is an OK place. I was not disappointed either. I'd be willing to try more dishes to get the bigger picture. But for now, Mayflower remains my preferred Chinese joint in the area. read more

My go to for Asian takeout! Good prices good portions and fast service! I enjoy the sesame chicken way too much. The egg drop soup it good as well. Just cheap easy Asian takeout!!! read more

It's the 3rd Asian resturaunt / delivery I've gotten food from and no one seems to know what Kung Pap chicken is or how to make it. Dinner or special extra super Kung pao w/too many vegetables and more rice than a small country can handle is unreal oh and a super lack of chicken. Best of all none of these places seem to know what Kung pap sauce is. Now even if this is trad preparation it isn't the Kung pao I know and love. The food is good the rest of the orders from these places fine,great. Delivery great but no one seems to know what Kung Pao chicken is it's chicken with Kung pao sauce at the very least read more

Come here at least twice a month with my sister she lives close by. Usually get sesame chicken dinner special and she get Mongolian chicken with white rice. Egg rolls good too. read more

I've been coming here for awhile now and it's so hard to give a positive or a negative review. The place is so unsanitary but the food is just amazing you forget what kind of kitchen it comes from. So...I lose my appetite once I go in to observe the kitchen as im paying for my food. But I go home and eat my Mongolian beef special and I think to myself.... Just wow. They give you more than enough and the food stays HOT for over 30 min... This is just a perfect place to take-out or get food delivered. You initially wouldn't want to eat in there because of how unappealing it looks but the food does it justice. Thank da Lawd. read more

Absolutely putrid. This really should be a one-star review but I reserve those for places that make me want to punch one or more employees in the groin. I ordered orange chicken. Wife ordered pepper steak. Typical standard American-Chinese take-out fare. Both of us deemed our dishes inedible. The minute I opened my orange chicken and was beset by an acrid cloud that nearly choked me, I knew I was in for a special evening. Meanwhile, my wife's pepper steak smelled like fish. Neither of us could finish our respective entrees, and even though we only ate a small portion we both ended up spending a lot of quality time in the Oval Office. Never. Ever. Again. Ugh -- back to the bathroom. :( read more

Lots of food for a great price. Check out the dinner special. Had enough food for dinner and lunch the next day. Easy to order online and pick up. Only complaint was that the lady at the window was a little chatty with the cooks before she brought me my order which was sitting on the counter and ready. read more

This is my go-to place when I'm in the mood for Chinese. Every order has been very good. Not gourmet, but then again, this isn't Chinatown. But in my opinion the best you're going to find in the area. It always arrives hot, which is impressive considering how far away I live, and the driver is always fast and courteous. Plus they make the best smoothies (real fruit, not just flavored syrup.) Highly recommend. read more