I've been regular at MingHin in Suburban Naperville for a few years now, and it has never…read moredisappointed. I had the pleasure of doing lunch with Dan, the keyboards for Blues Legend Buddy Guy, and I was overjoyed to learn he loved DimSum. I jumped at the chance to try the Chinatown location. We had a bunch of varied stuff from the DimSum Menu, and it was all top top notch. Cant remember exactly what we had, it's a picture menu, and as the waiter didnt seem to speak much English, it was point and shoot. All of it was distinctively yum. Like just about every place you can go in Chinatown, the premises appear slightly run-down, in that "we've been here for a hundred years, and you're coming here to eat, not ogle the architecture" way. Turned out not to be cheap-bill for 2 = $80 + change without any booze. But the quality of the food was over the top. Don't mind paying the freight, when the feed is worth it.

Everything we ordered here was delicious. We got a good spread, including a tofu dish, beef dish,…read moreand my personal favorite - the pork XO noodles. These noodles were HUGE and spiced to perfection. Service was a bit slow and unfriendly, and it was a bit confusing ordering some items from a tablet, and others from paper menus. Aside from that, MingHin Cuisine offered quality food and really neat ambiance!

This is our go-to for frozen potstickers. We have been loyal customers for at least a decade and…read morethey have not disappoint.

After dozens of times driving to this place and it looked closed, I decided to try again this past…read moreweek. This store has been open for 35 years and they cater to restaurants too, so you'll know you'll get freshness and restaurant quality food. The lady was so helpful and friendly. She explained most items simply needs 14 minutes to steam, while the har gow only needs 10 minutes. Such a great deal with busy work life and my weekends brunches are going to be amazing. We had some of this morning for New Years brunch. Har Gow were flavorful and packed with meaty shrimp. The Pork Siew Mai were tender and meaty, just like the ones you get from restaurants. Both had the perfect texture and delicious. Hits the spot when craving for dim sum.

The flavor was amazing. As was the beer. They only have dumplings - so if you want ramen etc…read morethis is not your spot. Fun, friendly servers and fun atmosphere !

Halal lamb dumplings were delicious. First time having soup dumplings and glad it was here!read more

Dim sum selection: average and includes your standard fare. Looked pretty authentic…read more Service: just a lady at the counter taking your order. Price: this place is pretty expensive for dim sum. Usually places are 5-6$ per dish, but this place was $6.99. to me this is not worth it as I am unable to try other things I would like. Plus there's a 10% tax. The price made me subtract the stars unfortunately. Just not worth it. Taste: got the cuttlefish and bean curd. Both were pretty good with and good size. Classic taste for each. But nothing spectacular. Overall average dim sum at high price point

Came here because I was craving food authentic Chinese breakfast! I love their soy milk, you can…read moreadjust how much sugar they put in. And their you tiao is soo good (slightly oily). But really hits the spot. The prices are super reasonable too

I haven't been to a MingHin location in over 6 years, and after having dinner here last weekend, I…read morewish I could come back again tomorrow already haha. We ordered like the PERFECT amount of food and best variety. Roast duck: I honestly don't know if I've ever had duck before, but I'm a duck believer now. The skin on theirs was the perfect crispy shatter texture and the duck was sooooo juicy! I don't know why I was always so worried about it being gamey. They give you fluffy steamed bao buns, a sauce, and scallions on the side as well as duck fried rice! Turnip cake: Obviously a must any time I come to dim sum. I've never seen turnip in any other form than this. Japanese salt & pepper tofu: My FAVORITE dish ever. Any fried salt & pepper tofu always makes me happy. They use a creamy egg-like tofu and the outside is lightly crispy with amazing aromatics stir fried in. Steamed white rice on the side is perfect with this. Loved everything else my dinner buds picked and we were super full by the end! Service was good and food came out fast and scorching hot! ***Parking in the area is treacherous (not the restaurants fault, but reconsider driving if possible bc cell signal can be zero to none around the garages if you get lucky) ***Their website allows you to request a reservation as long as it's 3 hours before your desired time. We came on a Saturday evening around dinner time and there was plenty of room for us to get a table immediately as walk-ins!

I really wanted to like this place. It was very close to my hotel and a nice location with nice…read moreambiance. The food tasted fine. Some dishes were a hit or miss. The good stuff is the soy sauce noodles, shumai, congee, shrimp rice rolls. The bad are the hargow and the shrimp and chives dumplings. This place does not appear to grasp the texture of these two dishes. The wrappers keep coming off for these. Lastly, the service and communication is bad here. On my last day I wanted to get some to go food here. It took more than 50 minutes from order via phone to gettin the food. After waiting more than half an hour at restaurant I decided to ask them why it's taking so long and they said because of some baked egg tarts they didn't make yet. I asked how much longer it would take and they refused to tell me. Almost missed my flight because of this. Every time I came up to ask, they tell me a new item they are waiting for. I even asked if I can swap out for something they already have but no response and no timing update. I wish management would step in and at least offer some solution so I can be on my way. Hopefully they'll fix this in the future.

MingHin Cuisine in Illinois offers some of the best Chinese food I've had in this part of the…read morecountry. The restaurant itself is nicely decorated and is quite a nice location for a dinner date or to celebrate a special event. You either order take out or dine in. We ordered take out on this visit; ordering the Chicken Fried Rice, the Fried Chicken Wings, the Pepper Shrimp, the Chicken Corn Soup, and the Hot and Sour Soup. Everything we tried was exceptionally good. My favorite dish being the Chicken Corn soup. Overall, the food is really good and worthwhile checking out of you are in the Chicago area. We rate this place a solid 4.5 stars out of 5.

This Chinese restaurant became a lifesaver when hubby and I stayed close by at the Best Western…read moreNaperville on 6/6/26. We were trying to find a place to eat dinner nearby and noticed them which were practically next door. We ordered Shrimp Fried Rice and Ribeye Steak with Mushrooms for carry out. The prepared the order quickly and within a few minutes, the order was ready. Upon picking up the order, we noticed how nice the establishment was inside. The Shrimp in the dish was jumbo shrimp which was a nice surprise. Both dishes were only okay due to lack of flavor. They were skimpy in the number of soy and sweet & sour sauce (2 of each). They were nice enough to give us 2 fortune cookies (one cheated me out of a fortune, LOL). NOTE: They have a Chicago location in Chinatown as well.

I enjoyed a business lunch here at MingHin on a Monday (so glad they were open today, as several of…read moremy favorite Asian restaurants are closed Mondays). For starters, hot tea and sticky rice. My favorites were the shrimp dumplings and crispy shrimp rolls, but I also love a good greens in oyster sauce dish. Ordering is easy from a tablet or off the menu but unfortunately a couple things we wanted to order from the menu were no longer available. The steam baskets were removed from our table pretty quickly after they were emptied. Plenty of parking here and the restaurant wasn't too crowded yet, early on a Monday. I appreciated the sturdy chopsticks for use as well as a fork as needed, but a knife would be helpful too, for the crispy greens. I would like to return for dinner sometime and try more dim sum choices. This is a great place to go for a meeting, date night, or with a group.

I recently learned that they used premade dim-sum from the factory. Yes, A FACTORY. What they did…read morewas to preheat and serve. The servant told me about it when I mentioned to him how bad the food taste, as reminder for them to improve. I was shocked by how dumb he is to tell me the truth. Try to defend themselves? Made-by-factory does not mean it's fresh! My mouth still have this awful taste after a day. The dish I ordered is called fried sticky rice. It's supposed to be cooked from scratch. This is absolutely cheating. I have been going to this restaurant for years. Even I had been disapointed in the past, I still kept going as it's the only dim-sum place in my area. The food quality has been deteriorating over years to the point I feel that's enough. I will not go again. Some of my friends have stopped going for a while As a Cantonese who grew up with dim-sum every weekend, I do not recommend this place! This is just gross.

Was craving soup dumplings and yelp reviews led me here! I ordered delivery! The food arrived hot…read moreand delicious! The soup dumplings traveled exceptionally well and had a very generous portion of soup inside of them! The har gow was perfect cooked and had the biggest of shrimp inside! It was so good and fresh that I need to go back in person! Pro tip: mix chili garlic sauce, chili oil, sesame oil and red wine vinegar together for the PERFECT dipping sauce before you order!

The place is big and clean but the seating is a bit awkward. The staff is nice…read more I wanted dim sum and they had a big menu for it. I didn't understand why they had different sizes with different pricing for each size until the items came out! Like the sui mai, pan fired potstickers were medium size and the rest other than the sesame balls were large. I don't think I have ever had any of the items as big or as stuffed as these were. Everything tasted great! Every item was flavorful. We barely had to use the sauces other than to enhance the flavors of the items. Even the jasmine tea was fragrant and tasted the way it smelled. Next time I'm in Chicago I will. Be stopping here again forget china town this is the place to go.

Imperial Restaurant conquers all dim sum…read more I thoroughly enjoyed siu mai, wonton dumplings, beef crepe and much more. I could do a play by play; scene by scene; dish by dish breakdown. But sometimes you just need to do the vibe check with the overall picture like just looking at the puzzle box rather than the pieces. Tasty, flavorful, hot like temperature. Considering everything, you just have a good dim sum experience from ordering to eating to paying for the check. Dishes come out speedily, so enjoy the very fast service. No unnecessary conversations. Just to the point like an arrow.

Imperial is the same restaurant that operated as Cai before the pandemic. It still retains its…read moreChinese name, and the Chinese signage continues to bear the name "Cai." It had been 6 years since our last visit, just as the pandemic began. Before the pandemic, our extended family gathered here every Sunday for dim sum after my mother and sister attended church in Chinatown. We also celebrated many birthdays and Mother's Day with traditional Cantonese banquet dinners. My fondest memories were my milestone birthday and my husband's birthday, when we pre-ordered a live king crab prepared three ways, plus other banquet style dishes, for each celebration. The crab legs were perfectly deep-fried, the body was delicately steamed, and the remaining meat was stir-fried with e-fu noodles. The presentation was beautiful, and every dish showcased the freshness of the crab. (Please see my posted photos.) Around the time of the ownership change before the pandemic, the friendly and accommodating manager, Elaine, left the restaurant. I was delighted when my sister told me she had recently returned. On a recent Friday, my husband, our daughter and I brought an American friend to Imperial for dim sum. Elaine immediately recognized us and gave us a warm welcome. The restaurant was bright, clean, and beautifully decorated with elegant chandeliers, just as we remembered. We chose a table for 4 near the window, and the service was friendly and efficient throughout our meal. The 4 of us shared 12 dim sum dishes. We knew we had ordered more than we could finish, but everything looked too tempting to pass up. Our favorites included the Imperial Jumbo Shrimp Dumplings (Har Gow), which were filled with plump, fresh, and flavorful shrimp, and the Pan-Fried Turnip Cake, perfectly seared with a crisp exterior (some of the Hong Kong Cantonese restaurants don't even offer this dish, which requires more preparations).  Other highlights included Chicken Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf, Beef and Enoki Rice Crepes, Crispy Shrimp Rolls, Siu Mai, and Sweet Custard Rolls. Every dish was freshly prepared and delicious. Although our friend is very familiar with Asian cuisine, this was her first visit to Imperial. She was genuinely impressed by the quality and authenticity of the dim sum and said she already planned to return with her family. Most of the dim sum we ordered was in the $6.50 (medium) to $6.75 (large) range.  Elaine generously comped our tea and gave us a 10% loyalty discount on our overall bill. Our final bill came up to $78.29 before tip, and $93.68 after.  We were happy to treat our guest and also encouraged her to take home all the leftovers, that made her really happy. As a bonus, the restaurant offers discounted parking at the nearby Chinatown Parking Lot. By scanning the restaurant's QR code with the parking app, my husband reduced the parking fee from $14.99 to just $3 for nearly three hours. It was such a happy, relaxed, and delicious lunch from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm.  (Dim sum and the lunch menu are available until 3:30 p.m.)  After such a long hiatus, it was wonderful to return and find that Imperial continues to deliver the excellent food, warm hospitality, and welcoming ambiance that made Cai our family's favorite Cantonese restaurant. We are thrilled to be back.

Service was very good. We were well cared for, and even got a private room for our party of 8…read more I wouldn't say I was wowed by any of the dishes. The Chang fen was pretty standard. The noodle dishes were decent. My favorite was probably the garlic pea pods. The xiao long bao with crab meat was really bad. It tasted very porky (in a bad way). Also no crab flavor. Do not order.

Imperial is the same restaurant that operated as Cai before the pandemic. It still retains its…read moreChinese name, and the Chinese signage continues to bear the name "Cai." It had been 6 years since our last visit, just as the pandemic began. Before the pandemic, our extended family gathered here every Sunday for dim sum after my mother and sister attended church in Chinatown. We also celebrated many birthdays and Mother's Day with traditional Cantonese banquet dinners. My fondest memories were my milestone birthday and my husband's birthday, when we pre-ordered a live king crab prepared three ways, plus other banquet style dishes, for each celebration. The crab legs were perfectly deep-fried, the body was delicately steamed, and the remaining meat was stir-fried with e-fu noodles. The presentation was beautiful, and every dish showcased the freshness of the crab. (Please see my posted photos.) Around the time of the ownership change before the pandemic, the friendly and accommodating manager, Elaine, left the restaurant. I was delighted when my sister told me she had recently returned. On a recent Friday, my husband, our daughter and I brought an American friend to Imperial for dim sum. Elaine immediately recognized us and gave us a warm welcome. The restaurant was bright, clean, and beautifully decorated with elegant chandeliers, just as we remembered. We chose a table for 4 near the window, and the service was friendly and efficient throughout our meal. The 4 of us shared 12 dim sum dishes. We knew we had ordered more than we could finish, but everything looked too tempting to pass up. Our favorites included the Imperial Jumbo Shrimp Dumplings (Har Gow), which were filled with plump, fresh, and flavorful shrimp, and the Pan-Fried Turnip Cake, perfectly seared with a crisp exterior (some of the Hong Kong Cantonese restaurants don't even offer this dish, which requires more preparations).  Other highlights included Chicken Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf, Beef and Enoki Rice Crepes, Crispy Shrimp Rolls, Siu Mai, and Sweet Custard Rolls. Every dish was freshly prepared and delicious. Although our friend is very familiar with Asian cuisine, this was her first visit to Imperial. She was genuinely impressed by the quality and authenticity of the dim sum and said she already planned to return with her family. Most of the dim sum we ordered was in the $6.50 (medium) to $6.75 (large) range.  Elaine generously comped our tea and gave us a 10% loyalty discount on our overall bill. Our final bill came up to $78.29 before tip, and $93.68 after.  We were happy to treat our guest and also encouraged her to take home all the leftovers, that made her really happy. As a bonus, the restaurant offers discounted parking at the nearby Chinatown Parking Lot. By scanning the restaurant's QR code with the parking app, my husband reduced the parking fee from $14.99 to just $3 for nearly three hours. It was such a happy, relaxed, and delicious lunch from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm.  (Dim sum and the lunch menu are available until 3:30 p.m.)  After such a long hiatus, it was wonderful to return and find that Imperial continues to deliver the excellent food, warm hospitality, and welcoming ambiance that made Cai our family's favorite Cantonese restaurant. We are thrilled to be back.