Finally got to try this restaurant and so glad we did. Loved everything we ordered at this family-owned place. They're so friendly and kind, food was super tasty and not overly salty. Definitely a new go-to for Chinese for us! What we got: Beef chow fun - Great flavor, the noodles had a good texture and are the right kind of wide rice noodle. Beef was tender and juicy, and I loved all the veggie in it. Fried rice - We got this without soy sauce--soo good. So many different proteins in it too: pork, chicken and shrimp. This was great. Egg foo young - My husband really likes this dish and after our usual chinese place closed, he hasn't really gotten it from anywhere. He said this was good and he liked it. I think it's the mix of textures that does it for him--a little crispy, but tender and saucy at the same time. Vegetables - Not too salty and definitely fresh vegetables (not canned). They used broccoli, bok choy and carrots. Everything was crispy but tender--nothing was overly soft or overly crunchy. It was just right. The portions are so generous and really everything we got tasted great! read more

Tin Seng - Chinese Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

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Consistant good food Worthwhile for the wait because they made the orders fresh Plenty of parking read more

One of the best Chinese take-out places in the area. The owner is very friendly and the food is great! My favorites are Orange Chicken, Chicken Almond Ding, Sesame Chicken, pot stickers, and crab rangoons. I have also had Moo Shoo Chicken and Beef and Broccoli. Everything has been very authentic and delicious! read more

The very best Chinese food I've ever eaten, and I've had lots of it. The food is delicious, well-prepared, and served in generous portions. It's also reasonably priced. Everything is excellent. The owner is friendly and engaging, and embodies the authentic charm of this wonderful find. If you're a lover of excellent Chinese carryout, Tin Seng offers just that. read more

They used to be located down the road in Barrington, that's when I became acquainted with them nearly 40 years ago. Relocated to Palatine many years ago, take out only, a small family operation that serves your food cooked to order, so unlike bigger operations, you may wait a bit for your food. It is fairly priced. We had the moo shu pork, kung Pao with two proteins, and house special fried rice. Free egg rolls if your order is past a certain dollar amount. The food was fresh, hot and delicious. I'll continue to be a regular, even tho it's a bit of a drive for me now. read more

Tin Seng - Moo shu pork and fried rice. - Chinese Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

Very friendly owner and fantastic food. She even asks about my family each visit. I highly recommend this hidden gem. read more

Tin Seng is my go to Chinese take out restaurant in Palatine. Anytime I'm needing some good ole warm, Chinese comfort food (on a cold, tiring day, or pretty much every time our family comes back from a long vacation), Tin Seng is where we go. My favorite there is the Chicken and Broccoli. I have not had a chicken and broccoli at a Chinese take out that tasted better than Tin Seng's. To me, it tastes like good, home cooked food. It uses a white sauce (not brown, like some others). It's a perfect salt-level for me, not too heavy, but very flavorful. All my kids love it too, which is a huge plus. We order TWO everytime we go. That's how good it is. There was never enough for everyone when we ordered just one. Food is delicious. Owners are super friendly. We will definitely keep coming back again and again. read more

This place takes me back 30 years to when Chinese take out was awesome. The food is spectacular in my opinion, hot, fresh, outstanding taste! 10!!!!! read more

Authentic American Chinese cuisine. Food is made as you order and comes out fresh and hot. I love their noodles.

Good customer service. Lady at the counter was very nice and kind. Beef and broccoli, shrimp and broccoli were both equally good. Pork fried rice was not too greasy just perfect. Egg roll was good too. Overall, good food with an awesome lunch special price. read more

Tin Seng - the entrance to the restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

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Ok, wrote a GOOD review back in '21,food was great. Now I'm updating it in '24. Not good. I've tried a lot of things on the menu and ordered many times since my last review. I'm thinkin they changed owners or their cook had a stroke! All the dishes seem to have the same sauce and the beef is tough and grisly! Cheaper cuts of meat and less of the meat. Tried it several more times after to make sure our favorite to go Chinese restaurant didn't just have a bad day, NOPE. Not gonna go back! read more

We were really excited to try a local Chinese cuisine, particularly after seeing all of the positive reviews. Ordered many items take-home from the menu: the sweet and sour chicken and sesame chicken were abysmal and tasteless. The mongolian beef was only palatable with the fried rice and some gooey sauce they included. The eggrolls tasted off, but were not horrible. We had a lot of leftovers and threw them all away. read more

Fantastic Chinese take-out place conveniently near our place! I'm asian and usually prefer the sit-down type of asian food, but this place is definitely the place to be if you're craving chinese food but just want to eat it in the comfort of your home. We've never been disappointed by Tin Seng's cooking. The Chicken with Broccoli (usually i'm hesitant to get this other places) is really flavorful and homey-tasting. The egg drop soup was also delicious and given in a generous portion for a reasonable price. One dish that was surprisingly good was the Tin Seng Chow Mein. When I ordered it, I expected it would be the Cantonese-style thin, long, all-stuck-together crispy noodles that I'm used to (sorry, not sure how to describe it further), but it ended up being more like the small, fried noodle chips that sometimes go in asian chicken salads (again, not sure how to describe it fully). I thought it was going to be a dud, but it ended up being a great symphony of flavors with a good portion of shrimp, chicken, vegetables, pork, bean sprouts, and many other things that I can't remember anymore. I would definitely consider getting this again especially once I try a bunch more things on the menu. By the way, great service and very nice people. Leave a nice tip, they work hard! :) read more

Great food, great service at a very fair price. Larger servings too. Owner, Sue is a very personable individual. I highly recommend them!

Great combination of good food and very reasonable prices. I'll be back. The owners are very nice and make you feel like family.

I have tried their food multiple times and the jury is still out. The owners are very nice and I like supporting a local business, but the food is hit or miss. Some times the dish is all veggies and very little beef or chicken. Other times it is great. The food is always cooked fresh so no complaints, but the flavor might be off on a few orders. I guess I would keep going since it is close and convenient, and they are wonderful people. But don't expect to have a wow feeling when done read more

Tin Seng is my go-to, every time. Great food, better service! Wonderful attitude and upbeat conversations on each visit!!

I'm shocking myself by giving Tin Seng 5 stars but here it is! I went expecting not to like it based on other reviews (peer pressure) but everything about Tin Seng is fantastic. First things first, their prices are great. They have some of the cheapest lunch specials around and you get a boatload of food for said prices. The lunch prices hold true every day except Monday (they are closed Mondays) from 1130am to 230pm. My lunch specials were $6.35 each and they come with a can of pop & egg roll, woohoo but most on the menu are $6.15 each. Sesame Chicken - AMAZING! Honestly some of the best I've ever had but be warned it's quite different than the usual Sesame Chicken. The sauce is soooo sweet and sticky. The chicken is really fresh and deep fried with just the right crisp on the outside. Orange Chicken - Not spicy at all despite the menu warning. I liked the dish a lot but def preferred the sesame chicken Fried Rice - Yum, delicious, really good Egg Roll - Thank goodness it had no shrimp in it (I'm allergic) but was filled with beef. Yummy eggroll that was deep fried to perfection. I think this is my new favorite spot for Chinese food! It doesn't hurt that the lady working is so cute & sweet. It's a hidden spot on the corner of a strip mall off of Northwest Highway (address says Quentin but it's actually NW Hwy facing). Prices are great, food is quality - I'm Tin Seng all the way! read more

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This is my main place for Chinese takeout in Palatine. Love the food, the portions are large and the owners are nice.

The food was "meh". The egg rolls were ok but I wish they were Chicago style. We got beef chop suey and beef with oyster sauce and really couldn't tell which was which. There wasn't a lot of beef and the sauces were very plain. I did appreciate that the food was good and hot. But I was disappointed that there weren't any fortune cookies in the bag. That's just wrong! read more

This is our go to Chinese place! They truly go above & beyond, it's always delivered super hot, fresh, and flavorful. We are GF, they forgot this time but decided to completely remake our order and it. They are simply the best. read more

We ordered for pickup. Samantha at the counter was excellent, very friendly. The food is amazing. We got chicken garlic low mein and shrimp fried rice, pot stickers and they gave us egg rolls. I don't know what I liked best, but I know I'll be back! read more

Tried Tin Seng for the first time today, and I can now honestly say Tin Seng has the best chicken fried rice I've tried in the area. With scallions, sprouts, egg, and chicken, it's not overpoweringly salty, which is what I prefer (if not salty enough for you, feel free to add soy sauce from the soy sauce packet included with each fried rice order). Will be back to try the pineapple pork fried rice, salt and pepper fish, shrimp with lobster sauce, chicken garlic lo mein, and lucky seven. read more

Tin Seng - Chicken Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

Good food close to home. The owner is nice and accommodating. Quick turnaround time every time.

Amazing Chinese food for a small business! The owner (lady) was accommodating for my husband's sensitivity to fish and oyster sauce and it's true - he loved it, no reactions, and she reassured me at pickup! It was the best custom Chinese food we have ever carried out! We ordered chicken with garlic sauce and cashew chicken which were both amazing! We did order the chicken chow fun which was good for my daughter but we definitely needed to add spices to it. It was fine otherwise! The veggies spices in all the dishes tasted fresh! I really hope this place does well as it is really hard to fine business willing to take the extra step to accommodate special requests! This place will always have my business as we have been told "no changes" by many other local Chinese places like absolutely Chinese. Sorry I forgot to take pictures because we wanted to dig in immediately! FYI This is a carry out only place! read more

Ordered delivery and got prompt friendly service. They do not say up front what the delivery charge is but did ask if I wanted to add a tip. That was a first for me, lol. I enjoyed the food. Excellent pot stickers. Ok Szechwan chicken ( a bit under spiced for "spicy" label.) Really large and tasty egg foo yung. Going to try some other items and maybe be a little specific about extra seasoning. None of the other nearby restaurants (Heng Wing, YenYen offer delivery) I have mobility issues so pick up is difficult. read more

Great food and wonderful people! Been ordering from them for years. We live near Rockford but whenever we are in palatine we order when they are open. read more

Loved it! Found my go-to Chinese takeout place. We ordered the orange chicken and chicken almond ding and they were amazing. Of course with a hearty big side of crab Rangoon. Delicious! You'll get all my money Tin Seng! read more

If there were a chicken fried rice competition in Palatine, Tin Seng would come in 1st place hands down! Thanks Sue

Ordered tonight for the first time and we were in for a treat! Ordered for delivery when I saw they delivered. Ordered the chicken with pea pods, beef and broccoli chow fun, Beef Vegetable Lo Mein, and beef fried rice. We also got fried egg rolls and Crab Rangoon. Everything was fantastic. The "large" is rather large, so order accordingly. The fried rice was reviewed online as being really good and the food lived up to the reviews. There are other items on the menu we really want to try as well. The staff was all super friendly and helpful. They called ahead to let us know when they were coming, the driver wore a mask, and then they called again to make sure we got it. A++ customer service. Will happily order there again. read more

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I just tried this place. I enjoyed it. Definitely don't not try it because of the store front or small inside. It has a very friendly staff service and good food options. I wanted to try the Lemon Chicken, which not every chinese restaurant offers. I liked it but I think Orange Chicken and Sweet and Sour is still my preferred choice. I got the crab rangoon and chicken fried rice. If you're not familiar with ordering chinese... the small fried rice is more than enough for one person. The rangoon is 6 pieces. If you spend over 20 dollars here you get an order (2) of egg rolls, they're huge and really tasty. Order also cokes with side of free white rice and fortune cookies. Try this place, you won't regret it!! read more

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We ordered Mongolian beef, Beef in oyster sauce, sweet and sour chicken, peking delight, chicken fried rice and pot stickers. No flavor in anything! Mongolian beef had no spice or kick to it, had carrots in it????? Beef in oyster sauce was nothing but onions, peapods, carrots and hardly any beef which was fatty and chewy. Sweet and sour chicken was huge pieces of mostly breading and very little chicken. Peking delight, don't even know what to say other than it had jalapena peppers in it, never had Chinese food with that in it before. Chicken fried rice and pot stickers, I could buy better at the grocery store. Very disappointing, would never go back or recommend to anyone. Still searching for good Chinese food. read more

Hands down, the best Chinese food around. Service is always top notch. Food is always ready in 20 minutes, and fresh and delicious. I use them so much that they know my voice when I call! Crazy good crab Rangoon, chicken fried rice and hot and sour soup. Yum!! read more

My family has been going here for over a decade and we have never had better fried rice! Seriously, I dream of the beef. The staff is so friendly and they really care about you. Not to mention that over all the years we've bought food from them we have never once had an issue with the wrong order or something wrong with our meal. The portions are huge and the food is delicious!!! read more

Just had another outstanding meal tonight! The fine cut pork chop suey and beef fried rice were spot on. Their egg drop soup is also another great choice to go with your meal . Our favorite Chinese place in Palatine - hands down!! read more

Tin Seng - Fine cut pork chop suey & beef fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

This is my go-to Chinese restaurant in Palatine. The owners are so nice and recognize me by my order. Food is prepared quickly, it's delicious and is affordable. I get the mushroom fried rice without egg and it's some of the best I've had. read more

Just devoured some of the best Shrimp Egg foo young and pork fried rice. Gravy is what makes egg foo young. The brown sauce was perfect. The pork fried rice tasted like it was freshly made. The big pieces of pork told me you were not skimping on ingredients. I cannot wait to eat leftovers. Kudos to the chef! read more

I have not been impressed with the Chinese food in the area, but hand a hankering for it tonight and turned to yelp for suggestions. And helpers, you did not disappoint! Tin Seng is a gem of a hole in the wall, right on the corner of Quentin and 14. After placing our order by phone I drove from Fox River Grove and was warmly greeted by Samantha, who was impressed I drove past three other Chinese restaurants that she threw in a free egg roll, which was delicious. We ordered garlic chicken lo mein and the thin noodles were perfect, just on the soft side of al dente, with yummy and super fresh veggies and chicken. We also had the cashew chicken which was rich and just spicy enough. I judge all Chinese restaurants on their pot stickers, and Tin Seng has the best ones I've had in decades. Definitely handmade, crispy on the outside and moist and gingery on the inside. I'm in heaven. Samantha, don't worry about how far the drive is - we will most definitely be back! read more

Don't judge a restaurant by its strip mall store front. This place is not your typical strip mall "every dish comes with a defibrillator and a roll of toilet paper" Chinese take out. The food is really good, and the ladies that work here are so delightful. I've had the General Tso's chicken, the Sesame Chicken, the fried rice and the egg rolls. The chicken dishes and fried rice I'd rate as better than Palatine's other options. Egg roll tasted a touch funky to us, though. Wouldn't recommend that one. Need a Chinese fix for take-out...it's actually a great option. read more

There are plenty of places for me to get Chinese when I'm at school in Champaign, but nothing ever seems good enough because I grew up eating Tin Seng. My family has followed Tin Seng every time they've moved, no matter how inconvenient. 40 minute trip to Barrington and back? Worth it. Though the current location is definitely more preferred... I don't think I've been disappointed by anything here. I've always been a fan of the General Tso's chicken, and lately I've really been a fan of the twice cooked pork. I love the veggie fried rice too. It's great for breakfast the next day, but there never seems to be any left... Most important: Get the crab rangoons. They're the biggest crab rangoons I've ever seen, and they're also the best I've ever had. You will not be disappointed. Unless you're on a diet, because these will kill your diet. Because you will eat them all. (and because, come on, it's deep fried cream cheese) But you know, you probably won't care all that much because they're just that good. Sometimes, there's a table and chairs inside where you could hypothetically eat, but generally it's best to do carry out or delivery. I don't think I'm even in the delivery range so take-out for me! The food is usually done on time, though sometimes maybe 5 minutes late if they're busy. Never long enough to be a problem, though. And remember, crab rangoons. read more