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Love this place! They have great authentic Chinese food for a reasonable price. Love the family owned atmospher. I definitely recommend!

Way too pricey for what they are offering. Got a new dish called crab meat goji berry tofu, it's very obvious they used the cheapest ingredients possible, there is no goji berry and just diced carrots instead. Crab meat is imitation crab only and very little of it. The knife-shaved noodles is completely store bought dry noodles and I've used the exact same one from Asian grocery store. I don't understand how they can justify charging so much for a bowl of noodle soup with only spices and garnish in. At the end when the bill came the server already added 20% tip to our bill which was only for me and my husband for a lousy lunch. Avoid this place at all cost in the future read more

I love this place ! They can do very transitional Chinese and Korean food, also Chinese American food ! It taste s truly good. I went to school in MI so I used to be a regular client there and now I went back again it still taste as great ! and it opens late. read more

Tianchu Restaurant - 87. Chicken with Mixed Vegetables - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

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I haven't been here since college (2013) and I heard their management changed. I saw a lot more Szechuan food, street food this time. My brother and I got the 干锅虾, a spicy shrimp dish. The spice and flavor were delicious and there were some tofu, beans, zucchini, carrots, and onion as well. I enjoyed the fried tofu. They had a great crispy ness. I got the Beef Chow Fun. The beef was cooked to a good texture. I only knocked off a star because they didn't have a lot of the dishes we initially wanted to order (no lamb today, no crab, and the fish would have taken an hour to boil). read more

Tianchu Restaurant - 干锅虾 - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

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The food is terribly expensive (not with the dollars at all) based on what is provided. I went there with my senior friend. The assistant is a middle-age Chinese woman who is so mean. When we check out, she use the excuses that the credit card machine cannot be used because they ran out of papers to print the receipt! They use this trick to escape taxes! Shame on them! And the woman yelled at us when I tried to reduce the tips (she set as 20% and this is a self-employed business). I was about to call 911 at her but prohibited my senior friend who is a typical Chinese that tends to be humble in front of conflict. To respect my friend, I have to pay full in Phone to the account name Lin Cui at email address yuyu2002usa@hotmail.com and leave. She will end up in prison if I had gone there alone! Avoid this store my dear friends! read more

Mmmm, a cozy and delicious meal. Came here for a birthday and had a great time. The green onion steamed buns were perfect in flavor and texture, and the happy family tofu was deliciously cooked! They also have a lengthy menu, including many flavors of bubble tea. Definitely come here for an authentic, low key dinner! read more

Tianchu Restaurant - Steamed bun, happy family tofu, ginger fish dish - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

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I see the negative reviews and understand (most of) the criticisms, but I actually like this place. I came here for the first time today and tried a kimchi and rice bowl. Not very Chinese, but that's what I was in the mood for. Large portion size, nice heat/spice. Price is not cheap by any means, but still appropriate for the Ann Arbor market. I talked to the jie after lunch and discovered she's from the same northeastern province as my wife. In fact, their specialty is 东北菜 (Northeastern cuisine), which I love. That's what I will be ordering when I return. If you come here expecting table service like at a typical western restaurant, you will not be happy. They seem to do it full-on Chinese style here in the sense that if you need something you'll want to politely yell for it. read more

Tianchu Restaurant - Kimchi bi bim bap - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Probably the most delicious and authentic Chinese in Michigan (even in the United States). Food is good, staff is friendly, place is clean. Not sure why the rating's so low but I would definitely recommend trying this place out, especially if you are a fan of 东北菜 (Northeast) and 四川菜 (sichuan). -From a Chinese Foodie read more

Tianchu Restaurant - Mapo tofu - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Tianchu took over the Rio Wraps place on East Williams, which has been empty for some time. The name will throw you off, because they advertise themselves as Korean restaurant, but the name is Chinese... either way, I was looking forward to the place opening up. Got the word they were open, so met up with two buddies of mine to have lunch. I had picked up the menu the night before since I was in the area, so I studied the menu before I went. We got seated and ordered the following items: - Kimbap ($3.50) - Spicy Rice Cake ($6.95) - Kimchi Fried Rice ($7.95) - Steamed Dumpling - 8 pieces ($5.95) - JiamPong (Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup) ($8.95) - Jjajangmyeon (Noodle with Bleak Bean Sauce) ($8.95) We placed the order, the server said, we get two soups, but will bring three, soup options were: Egg Drop, Hot & Sour and Miso. We all ended up ordering one of each. The Hot & Sour and Egg Drop soup is what you would expect from typical Chinese restaurant. I had the Miso soup and I wouldn't consider this a miso soup, rather Seaweed soup with tofu and some hint of miso. The taste was okay... I would think twice about ordering this soup again. As for banchan, you get five items: Kimchi, Radish Kimchi, Cucumber & Mushroom Kimchi, Potato and meat stir fry and dried tofu dish. Of all the items in the banchan, potato was the best. Kimchi was not good, the radish kimchi was not fermented enough. Kimbap - a typical Korean kimbap must have: carrots, seasoned radish, spinach, egg, and either Spam, hotdog or kimbap sausage. These five make up a true Korean Kimbap... now, there are different varieties out there... those with bulgogi, fish cake, and additional items. I would rate the Kimbap at 3 stars, although my buddies stated that they did not like it. Spicy Rice Cake - if I could give a negative star for this dish, I would. The rice cake was overcooked, mushy and overall taste was not comparable to a typical Spicy Rice Cake. It was more of stir fry with vegetables, rice cake, chili powder and some chili oil. It really had no taste and I was beyond disappointed with this dish. I would highly recommend that you SKIP this dish. Kimchi Fried Rice - the key ingredient in Kimchi Fried Rice is 'Kimchi'. Kimchi makes or breaks the fried rice. If the Kimchi served with the banchan is good, then expect good fried rice, but if the kimchi served with your banchan is mediocre... you'll have issues... One of my buddies took a spoon full of kimchi fried rice; thereafter he could not eat any more and gave up. My other buddy and I ended up eating the fried rice. It was edible, but it's not something that I would order again. Steamed Dumpling - this is Chinese style dumpling, we think it's homemade. The dumpling wasn't bad, the dipping sauce needs to have little more vinegar to make it little sour, but overall, we all enjoyed the dish. Jiam Pong - I don't know what to say, Jiam Pong flavored Ramen tastes better. The soup broth is oily and not spicy enough. The noodle was little over cooked. Emerald City has better Jiam pong and I'm not a fan of their jiam pong. Jjajangmyeon - Chappagetti taste's better in my opinion (that's the Ramen version). The noodle again was over cooked. Not enough sauce. I could make the sauce at home myself... the sauce had onion, zucchini, pork and that was about it... Service - the wait staff kept asking us if we were done and if we were expecting more dishes. As a wait staff, they should know if we got all of our food or not and not ask the customer if we were expecting more dishes. Otherwise, the service itself was decent. The wait staff checked on us, filled our drinks, etc. When we asked for more banchan, he brought them out. Overall, their food takes on lot of Chinese flavors, so if you truly crave Korean food, think twice about going here. But if you want Korean food and because all other Korean places close at/around 9pm, you may have no choice, unless you want to wait until next day. Folks will go here because they are open late. I know that I will not go back, knowing that there are other Korean restaurants that serve better Korean food. So I can't really recommend anyone to give the place a try... that is up to you and you alone! All I'm going to say is, I was disappointed with the food itself. read more

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I went in not expecting it to be authentic and I got Chong qing spicy chicken, scallion pancake with beef, and a hot and sour soup. As a Chinese American I was craving something spicy and Mala and tianchu delivered. Everything was really good And the two Chinese Chinese dishes were great. Also they were clearly being super safe on covid. The manager was super smiley and cute when I went in! read more

I have no problems with this place. Its a little pricey but so is everything in the neighborhood so not surprising. The staff is super efficient and was friendly. The moment i was ready to order, my order was taken. I ordered for take out and the food was ready in less than ten minutes. I ordered a lunch portion of sesame chicken. It was about a ten minute walk home but the food was still piping hot when i got home. It looked like less food than it was, seemed like more rice than anything but the container was packed with chicken. It waw good, tasted like sesame chicken i would get anywhere else. I ate enough to be full and still had enough for another meal later. Overall, this is a good place to get fast food style asian food. They have all sorts of delights on their menu that i would like to try including bibimbap. I would def give it a try if you are in the neighborhood. Don't be put off by all the negativity. By the way people who complain about minimum gratuity on dine in food are cheap bastards who dont want to pay for the service they receive. They would rather stiff their minimum wage servers who are indeed providing a service. FYI IF YOU DONT WANT TO/CANT AFFORD TO TIP, EAT AT HOME OR GET TAKE OUT. DONT GO OUT TO EAT AND STIFF YOUR SERVER. YOU SHOULD PAY FOR SERVICE. read more

Tianchu Restaurant - Sesame chicken, lunch portion to go. Very deceiving portion size. - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Hmm. I think 2.5 would be right for this joint, in that I'm quite on the spot about how to rate it. First, I have to say I love the way the inside of the place looks, which is much nicer than it looks from the outside. It's a comfy place that looks Asian (wooden tables and such) without looking gaudily so. It's clean inside and they do this thing with pairing 1 white and 1 green chopstick together which is aesthetically pleasing. There are pictures of various dishes on the walls, for those who would like to know what they are ordering. I was brought here by a Chinese friend! Apparently there is some wechat group (wechat's a popular Chinese app) for this restaurant and the restaurant uses that to advertise its menu. My friend was dying to try it out the food here particularly because they offered Northeastern Chinese food. My friend explained a little bit about Northeastern Chinese food. It is often considered non-delicate by some because it's served in cold regions, often cooked all in a pot, and does contain a fair bit of oil and starch. Our "lunch box" was rice with two sides. The sides were a stewed potato and eggplant dish, as well as a cold "kou shui ji", which is a spicy chicken dish. It's apparently pretty normal to have cold dishes served in northeastern China, as hot dishes may take a while to make. Portions were huge and I definitely had enough left over for a next meal. I really liked the eggplant and potato side, but it was distinctly starchy with a gloppy probably flour-based sauce, so it won't appeal to everyone. I definitely needed to adjust to having cold chicken with the meal, but it was not bad in taste. I did not think the rice was great - it was a little dry. The lunch box itself was $10.50 before tax and tip. Service was somewhat inattentive, with having to wait a little to be seated and also for the bill. They served the food pretty fast after we came, but the lunch box had been ordered in advance. They did enforce a mandatory tip on us as well of around 15%... so I could see how that could rub people the wrong way. With the way asian food goes in Ann Arbor, this may well be the best northeastern Chinese food in town, not that that says very much! read more

Tianchu Restaurant - Rice with "kou shui ji" - cold spicy chicken and a side with eggplant and potatoes (probably a one pot dish). - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

I used to eat cold noodles in this restaurant. But today, everything about the cold noodle was good but the eggs were bad. It tasted with a hint of sulphur. And now I am having diarrhea and stomach ache. I ate my partner's egg, so she is okay now. The service was good, but the food safety is concerning. read more

Tianchu Restaurant - a large plate of food on a table - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

This is honestly the WORST food I've had in this decade. Yes, I said "in this decade". I saw the reviews, but still decided to try it because I really, REALLY wanted steamed pork buns. I'm so sorry I ever doubted you, my fellow Yelpers. I took one bite of the steamed pork buns and literally gagged. I now feel nauseous and light headed. The dough was unnaturally thick and rough in texture and the meat didnt look "real". It look eerily similar to the meaty looking dog food. So, basically I had to GNAW through the bun to reach unbbq'd DOG FOOD. Im starting to feel sicker and sicker by the minute. It wasn't just badly prepared food, but contained cheap, subpar INGREDIENTS... and it was evident by the smell and sight. Not to mention, they didn't follow my requests (no tapioca in the bubble tea). They used too much dried onion soup in the Wonton soup base (yes, all of that happened). On top of that, the delivery guy looked like a psycho killer. With all of this going on, I'm surprised I made it out alive. I think I'm going to call the the Health Inspection Department on Monday morning to report this...and I've NEVER done that for any restaurant. This place ought to be ashamed and the city of Ann Arbor should board this place up. Beware, friends. This food is dangerous. read more

Tianchu Restaurant - The disgusting steamed pork bun. - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Went here because I got a free groupon instant deal. The food is just not that good. There are so many better places to eat. They also automatically charged me tip on the bill for two people. Unknowingly, I paid some extra tip, only to realize after I walked out the door that the meal should not have costed those couple bucks extra. Don't go here. read more

This pains me to write. I was avoiding writing this review because I really, really liked the waitress (quite possibly also the owner?) - extremely warm and kind. I also liked the interior quite a bit - simple, clean, cozy. But if I am to rate the food I have to go with two stars, regardless of my desire to go all soft and give them a three- or four- star review. My partner and I split a variety of dishes for dinner. The best part of the meal was actually the rice (which was perfectly steamed and really flavorful). Steamed dumplings were pretty decent as well. The ban chan (the little appetizer dishes traditionally served with Korean food) were uneventful and bland. First time around we ordered Korean (Jap Chae and Mapo Tofu). Dishes fell short. Lots of oil, not a lot of flavor. The BiBimBop was good but BiBimBop is a really hard dish to mess up! Second time around we thought maybe we had missed something so we ordered from the Chinese side. The sweet and sour sauce was electric red and syrupy, with a little bit of sweetness and nothing else. The chicken seemed fairly processed. If you can imagine what you would get if you ordered this from McDonalds, that's what it was. If the food was better I could see myself going to the restaurant regularly - it has that kind of vibe that makes me want to be a regular. But the food really needs to decide what it is. As it is now, it is neither good Chinese nor good Korean. I'm with another reviewer - please, please get a better chef, so I can give you the rave review I want to give you! read more

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Okay, two stars rather than one because this place delivers until midnight, and sometimes, you want late night Chinese food. A serious flaw of many Chinese restaurants is extensive menus the chefs cannot keep up with. We ordered the scallion pancake and the kimchi pancake. The scallion pancakes were just okay - a little undercooked and looks like it came from the freezer pre-made. The kimchi pancakes were extremely questionable. They probably didn't wash their scallions or something because it felt like I was eating sand. Also, I have never heard of kimchi pancakes made with eggs (but correct me if I'm wrong), and the eggs were barely beaten. It didn't taste like kimchi at all. Needless to say... instant regrets. read more

Fried rice wasn't fried. They used frozen carrots and peas. Barely any sausage in Taiwanese Sausage Fried Rice. Will not return. read more

Tianchu Restaurant - two containers of rice and vegetables - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

First of all, I'm not a big fan of Korean food. Or at least, not Korean BBQ (which describes most of the restaurants where I lived in the Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco). Typically I think of it as very meaty, with lots of pickled stuff on the side. But, I walked in here, told them I wanted something not too heavy, spicy, with fish and they brought me a very tasty (huge) noodle dish chock full of all sorts of different seafood (see pic, I'm afraid I forget the name right now). Recommend this dish, specifically. Also, the waitress was super nice and very helpful! I came back for a second time and got a special (steam bun) to go. As others have noted, specials here aren't great. It took a very long for the to go food to come out and then it turned out that their "green onion" bun have pork in them (foolish me for thinking you'd need to be explicit about this on your menu). Wasn't super happy about that and although they replaced the food, it took forever and made for a less-than-happy second experience. But the seafood dish was good and my first waitress was very nice, so I have to give them 3 stars. read more

Tianchu Restaurant - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

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I went there twice. The first time I ordered a lunch special, it was okay. The second time I ordered a bibimbap and an eel over rice. They were AWFUL!!!!! Really bad service. The food is not authentic at all, and the portion is not worth the money spent. NOT RECOMMENDED! read more

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Service was ok. Chicken curry was decent. However, I'm giving 2 stars for two reasons: 1. Tip was automatically included in the bill. I normally tip 20% as long as everything was ok and the waitress didn't suck. However, don't auto tip me if I'm a party of one. 2. Hooked app showed a 20% discount for redemption in person. It says nothing about to go orders, but that was the manager's reasoning I did not rate the discount after I ate. Not sure if it was Hooked's mistake or the restaurant's or if the restaurant is unscrupulous. Moral of the story is ask up front if your Hooked coupon is good. Note to the owner/manager: those types of issues will not breed customer read more

Tianchu Restaurant - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

As a college student I love value and this was the greatest value of all. Don't get the fried rice I heard but like literally the eggplant, noodles, and chong qing chick was chong qing good. read more

Not worth unless you have the hooked app. The hook app allows one to get discounts at selective restaurants. Even with the hooked app, its meh. I got the chef over rice with curry chicken. It was $5.99 with hooked. The portions are big, but taste is much to be desired. I much rather go to No Thai since now with their card, I can get a free meal if I purchase 10 meals. Also, the service was pretty bad. The server didn't know what to do at all. I mean it's understandable because she's prob new. However, that doesn't give an excuse for the manager to just do nothing instead of watching over. Go here if your need some really cheap food and have the hooked app, otherwise, it's a pass. read more

Tianchu Restaurant - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Can I give 0 stars​? This is the worst restaurant I have ever been to​. I sit there drinking​ iced water for over 20min until I have to leave for my meeting within 30min. I told the server that I want it to be changed to take-home. After another 10 min, it was ready. The server still charged me 18% percent of tips (fixed and printed) without considering I that I did not even eat inside their restaurant. I asked, and she replied: well, you sit down and I also made efforts to wrap​ it up. And, the taste sucks: full of MSG and unfresh materials. read more

This is one of of my favorite Asian food restaurants. I have sensitivities to MSG and getting an honest answer from most Asian restaurants is very difficult. The Owner (I assume, as she is always there) has always accommodated me, and let me know what can and can not be prepared without MSG. She knows me by name now and anticipates my requests. The food is delicious, well prepared and I will keep coming back. I've read some reviews about the staff being curt and short, and people consider them rude. I think this has more to do with english not being their first language. I've never considered short direct answers to be rude, they have always been nice and friendly to me and my friends. I love the Beef and Onion pancake, and the Pork and Veggies. read more

I got takeout here on a weeknight when I got home from the gym late and it was my night to cook. I ordered the Hunan spicy beef and my girlfriend got mapo tofu. As a mapo tofu connoisseur I'd say this rendition was as good as any I've had in the states, which is to say not quite as good as China, but I don't want to know what they put in it in China to make it that good. The Hunan spicy beef was delicious, but I'd ask for extra spicy next time because they definitely gave me the white guy spicy version. The food was ready by the time I got there, so less than 20 mins, although parking was a challenge. Don't understand why this place has negative reviews. Maybe too many pasty white frat bros looking for a Panda Express experience? The food is good and pretty authentic. Wasn't expensive. I'll definitely be coming back. read more

Overpriced food. How can a tilapia fish worth $60? And it tastes terrible at all. Ridiculous! I will never go back there anymore. Also, no service was provided by the waiter. His attitude is not good. Rude and impolite. 一份沸腾鱼卖60块钱？ 25块钱一磅。真当自己鱼镶金子了？口水鸡简直在搞笑。米线也很难吃。更不用说服务了，直接收20%的小费，没感受到一点服务，服务员是老板的亲戚吧。再也不会去了。不想当傻子被人宰就别去这家店。 read more

Tianchu Restaurant - 呵呵 - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

ROBBER. They will charge 20% tips no matter what percent you pay. And they give 0 star service. LIAR. They posted an advertisement in their restaurant saying there is free milk tea for happy hours. I arrived right in the middle of happy hours. When I asked them if there is milk tea available, they said yes. Then I remind them of the happy hour, their face suddenly turned from smiling to grumpy, and said NO WE DONT HAVE MILK TEA. The food is not fresh. One piece of my dishes smells really really bad. I would rather cook instant noodles at home than pay for an awful meal here. read more

The price is normal (~$13) for the area. Water has a weird taste but the eggplant was delicious.

Delicious dim sum! they were out of about half what we tried to order, but what we did get was flavorful, fresh and well made.

Not recommended at all ! Overpriced food and very rude server.! This restaurant does not charge the price that their menu states and 20% tip automatically include in the bill even you only have one person ！wait 90 minutes for the food ! read more

There are only a few places around SE Michigan that use dry spice szechuan, despite all the places that claim authenticity. This is one of them! Try the chong quing chicken. It's delicious. I'm also a big fan of the mapo tofu, but it's not for everyone. This place is slightly more expensive than the typical Americanized chinese take out place, but it's well worth the extra few dollars to get actual dry spice szechaun. Thumbs up from me. read more

How I wish I could rate them 0!! Bad service! Bad experience! Bad bad bad! It is the worst restaurant I ever come across!! We had lunch there on our graduation day. Since we were in a rush to attend the graduation ceremony, we asked for quick meals and had their guarantee. Then we waited for about 40 minutes until the meals served! Well. They refused to accept my Groupon. They only allow one card to one bill. And they even attached about 19% service fee to the bill! 19% for lunch with such bad service! After a few weeks I ordered a take-out meal to use my Groupon voucher. They lied to my boyfriend who came to take the meal that there's certain items only valid for this Groupon and are printed on the website. They lied just to deny my Groupon! Yuck! Now I'd rather letting the Groupon expire then coming back again! So awful! read more

AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL. I came here only thanks to a LivingSocial voucher I had (pay $10 get $20 for food). 1) QUIBBLING over the terms of the voucher A prominent display both outside an inside the restaurant states that if you order these certain dishes you get free bubble tea, everyday 11am-4pm. So I go for one of them, and the ladyboss kindly informs me that this "free bubble tea offer" doesn't go with the voucher. I could have quibbled back, stating that nowhere was it stated that the "free bubble tea" was some sort of *special* offer, since it is offered EVERY day of the year; this is akin to telling me that the prices I see on the regular menu are "special offers" not valid with the LivingSocial voucher, the "real" prices are on a secret menu, and are double those you see on the regular menu. OK whatever. I let it pass. 2) No Banchan refills. I am not an expert on Korean dining traditions, but my impression is that usually you can refill the Banchan as many times as you like. But Tianchu is no Korean restaurant. When I asked for a refill, the lady told me they only gave one serving, which was unprecedented in my lifetime of Banchan consumption. 3) Why not just call it "Greasy rice in a stone bowl"? I had the Beef and Beansprouts Bibimbap, and it was just a greasy bowlful of rice, with one egg on top, an occasional shred of beef, and a small handful of beansprouts. Wholly unimpressive, yet still added heavily to my calorie count (mainly by means of the grease, rather than from any real food). What you'd call a "guilty non-pleasure". 4) A magical 20% tip added. When the bill came, I was astounded to see that a 20% tip had been added to the bill. NOWHERE on the LivingSocial voucher state that this will be automatically added: This is what LivingSocial writes: "Tax and gratuity are not included; don't forget to tip on the pre-discounted amount." NOR were we in any way warned about this. 5) Help yourself to one (01) fortune cookie Ladyboss decided it'd be a good business proposition to withhold, by default, the fortune cookie that one expects at the end of any meal in any "Asian American" (i.e. unauthentic) restaurant in the US. Instead, you have to go to the front and get it from a little plastic container, where it says "One free per customer. Three for $0.50." This restaurant is run by your archetypal penny wise, pound foolish fools. Penny wise: Saving on banchan, fortune cookies and bubble tea; illegally (?) adding a 20% tip. Pound foolish: no repeat custom and a 1 star Yelp review. I had expected them to go under within a year (they started summer 2010?) but surprisingly they are still alive in their second year. Let's see if they make it past this summer. Even though these Groupon/LivingSocial deals are generally awesome, I will NOT be buying the next Tianchu one I see. (Tianchu has a deal once every two months or so, because they have no business otherwise.) read more

Just don't go please. I don't usually spend much time in writing a review here. But I had to. I am very curious of why even some folks gave this place more than one star. Sympathy? If you are doing this way, it will really decrease the utility of checking reviews here to find a good place. Be considerate to others. If you really liked their food, which Korean restaurant did you dislike? I am very curious. I have been eating Korean foods in more than a hundred restaurants (probably between 500~1000) so far. Trust me. Conclusion? The Worst. Even it is far below than the second worst Korean restaurant in my life. Even if I calm down myself and think again, it is the worst. A shame that Ann Arbor has this place in downtown. Why do you try to waste your money so hard? I would like to add another tip: DO NOT BUY A GROUPON! read more

So I totally understand the negative reviews. Does this place have a lot of misses? Oh yeah. But similar to how a fish will go it's whole life thinking it's stupid if you base it's intelligence on how it climbs a tree, you can't judge how good this restaurant is on the random stuff they serve. Or long story short, get their noodles. Holy moly it's so good. The chefs are basically from northern China, which specializes in noodle and other carby goodness. The zha jiang mian is amazeballs. And the beef noodle soup and seafood noodle soups are soul reviving. Don't waste time and stomach space on other stuff- stick to the noodles. read more

Tianchu Restaurant - Perfect zha jiang mian. Better than my mom's. Fo real. I can die happy. - Korean Near Me - Ann Arbor, Michigan

I went there for dinner again because of a Groupon. And another review said they were better after my first review. I have to say that their food quality was not even as good as it used to be. The dishes last night was salty. While the food quality is not the only reason for 1-star rating. According to Groupon website, they answered questions about drinks. They said we can order anything we want for the 43-23 groupon and drinks were not mandatory in this groupon. It turned out that the 2 drinks were mandatory, we can not use the 7 dollar included in the Groupon because we didn't order drinks. As I said in my earlier review, 18% TIPS was always mandatory with Groupon. But they didn't say anything about the TIPS on the Groupon at all. I don't oppose trying to make more profit from customers, but I have to emphasize that honesty is very important for a business owner. read more

Tian Chu? Pee-yew! I was unfortunate enough to go into this place with a groupon deal. The service was horribly slow and utterly unconcerned about us. I would say the food was mediocre, but as it was sub-par it would be inappropriate. The bibimbap had no flavor and no sauce was provided. We would have asked for some if we could have gotten a server to pay attention to us after we got our food. But, the very specialest moment of the night came at bill paying time, as others have commented. After my credit card had been run by the grand matron of the establishment, I noticed a 20% tip had been added. I was livid. As a server myself, I'm acutely aware of how inappropriate it is to add gratuity to a table of 2, especially when there has been no warning whatsoever. I stayed calm and asked calmly and politely why a tip had been added to my credit card. She said it was a standard part of the deal, despite no mention of it on the groupon itself. I considered contesting this move, but decided it wasn't so bad since I would never set foot in the restaurant again. If you desire to feel cheated and neglected, going to Tian Chu would be a quick fix for you. If you aren't feeling masochistic, however, I recommend you get a groupon for laser hair removal or spider vein treatment before you consider one for Tian Chu. read more

So far I've avoided reviewing this place. It wasn't because I was unsure what to make of it but because I expected it to go out of business soon. I just didn't see a point. But it's still with us today. So here's my two cents. This place tries to win us all by offering a big menu with mainly Korean and Chinese dishes (although I've noticed that they're trying to be even more transnational now. Yay). But they fail miserably... I mean, come on. I know my way around Korean and Chinese food (grew up in Korea until 16 and lived in China for 1.5 years), but I like Americanized Asian food when it's done well. But this place? A big no. If you're thinking maybe you should give them a benefit of doubt, save your money and go elsewhere. Everything is equally bad, pretty much. read more