I took a trip to Minnesota and found myself wanting something to eat late at night. I found myself missing Uncle Sun, because a late night isn't the same without it. I may be 4 hours away but my thoughts are inside Uncle Suns. We don't truly appreciate what we have until it's gone. Please never close I will cry my eyes out. read more

I love this place so much, such good food and it's very filling with good quality and delicious ingredients. It's cozy and not empty when you walk in. I really love the decorations and the vibes of the whole place, but the biggest problem is that the opening and closing times are horrid. 5:00 is extremely unfortunate for families with lots of plans and people that are busy. Again, the food is so amazing for its price and quality and I recommend the orange chicken with a side of chili oil and a bowl of rice. Very filling and tasty but again, it's annoying that the opening and closing times are so unfortunate. read more

Not bad food. A bit spendy for what it is, but it feels like the type of place you're meant to go with family or friends and all order something to split. read more

Shit hole. Stood and waited for more than 20 just for someone to come out of the kitchen. No hostess. Two little kids running around the restaurant. I finally had to ask if we were to seat ourselves. Finally got a menu but again waited for almost 15 and no one came to our table. We finally got up and left. Two different Chinese restaurants in downtown Iowa City SUCK BALLS. read more

We were looking for a restaurant that had dim sum. So far this is the only restaurant we have found. They had limited options (under appetizers), but they all were delicious. The improvements could be more dim sum choices and a bit cleaner. Overall, a nice place to try! read more

Uncle Sun - a plate of dumplings, a bowl of dipping sauce, and a plate of dumplings on a table - Chinese Near Me - Iowa City, Iowa

All I wanted was my egg rolls and dumplings. Somehow, I received chicken and rice. I wasn't mad at first but when I took that first bite, it's like the toilet was calling. You would think you can't mess that up right? Well guess what Uncle Sun was somehow able to. The chicken was drier than the desert and the rice was stall like it was 5 days old. read more

BEWARE OF SCAMS! THEY WILL TRY TO SCAM YOU WITH THEIR PRICING! As mentioned in several other reviews, they'll overcharge customers and demand more money than what was on the menu. I attempted to order an item that was listed as 11.99 on the menu, but when it came time to swipe my card, the total came out to be around 16 dollars before tips. When I confronted them about this discrepancy, they pointed to a tiny sticker on one of the pages of the menu, indicating a $3 adjustment added to all prices. This practice is clearly a scam. If you have fallen victim to their deceptive tactics, I recommend contacting your credit card company to request a chargeback. Also please consider contacting your district attorney if you have been a victim of their scam. read more

Uncle Sun - the front of a restaurant with a sign reading read reviews from other customers they will try to scam you by charging more - Chinese Near Me - Iowa City, Iowa

Food : below standards They have been there so long they don't care because it's mostly students eating their food Indoors : Ambiance - Moldy and Smelly Service : stand off and rude Demanding : TIPS WATER: Chlorine bad taste Ice : poor quality They need a remodel Bathroom: OLD AND SMELLY read more

Probably the worst Chinese food I've ever had. There was also an open sewer grate in the women's bathroom.

At a conference at the University on a lovely spring day this week, I explored the many eateries in downtown Iowa City to find something other than the five hamburger joints that the hotel desk clerk recommended. Many of the restaurants and bars near the historic capitol finally had students sitting outside enjoying the sun. I chose Uncle Sun as I noticed six Chinese students having ordered a great variety from which each chose various morsels. Imagine my surprise when the Mu Shu pork came not with Mandarin pancakes and julienned vegetables but with loads of scrambled eggs, pork strips, cucumber slices and black fungus. It was delicious and very authentic. I hope I can find this version in Milwaukee. read more

Good food! Vegetarian options! Desert too expensive, but the food is great! Love the crab rangoons especially!!

$6 for an egg-roll and almost $10 for two dumplings?! That is just outrageous. Walked into this place and walked right back out. I mean seriously, I get that inflation is bad right now but this is a pretty basic Chinese place. For that much i'd expect Michelin quality or something short of gold itself. Seriously please get a grip. read more

You don't come here for the ambiance, you come here for the food! They get all basic Chinese things absolutely right -- beef and broccoli, chicken, shrimp are all good and so are their appetizers, like crab rangoon. read more

I don't understand why I ordered from the noodles section and got soup. I called and they said it's what I ordered. Then decided to text me the menu - like that was the answer. Poor menu description. Piss poor customer service. And I had no dinner..... read more

Surprisingly great food! We were in IC for a shopping trip and needed dinner. The place is low key, and the food took a while, but what we got was delicious! The crab Rangoon was full and crispy; perfection. We had the entree orange chicken and Gen Tsao's that we shared. Very good heat and orange zest. Even the rice was good and not clumpy. Large portions, too. They had lots of takeout orders. We plan to go back. read more

Uncle Sun - Orange chicken - Chinese Near Me - Iowa City, Iowa

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Ordered via a delivery app. Specified tofu. Received chicken. Was very disappointed and received a refund via the delivery app. Food smelled great, shame it wasn't what we ordered. read more

The food we received was too salty and all the meat cashew chicken and sesame chicken were fatty and grizzle on it under a very thick and pasty salty sauce. The meat secures were too spicy and salty to eat. The rice containers were only half way full. We payed way too much for this mistake. read more

Staying true to authentic Chinese cuisine. Ordered the braised pork, string beans w pork, pan fried dumplings, Chinese pancakes, and small dim sum options. Loved it all and will be back every time I'm in the area. read more

Rude lady at the counter has an attitude. Food is not good enough to have to deal with that when you're just trying to order food

Great food, great service, and menu options that can't be found elsewhere in Iowa City! We always come here for Chinese food and it never disappoints, especially their soup noodles! read more

Dinned in and the cumin beef was served cold. The sesame chicken barely had any chicken and was mostly fried breading. I've had good takeout orders in the past so this visit was disappointing. I've also heard that ordering from their home style menu is the way to go. read more

We came in on a Sunday afternoon searching for bubble tea after our quest had hit some unexpected dead ends. The place is similar to the spot before - janky and smelling of old Chinese food. They do milk tea here rather than true bubble tea, but it was a nice silver medal. There were 6 or so flavors, of which we chose Strawberry. The tapioca balls were nice and at least provided some of the experience we were looking for. Judging by the grime, this place may be a decent Chinese spot. read more

I was curious about this restaurant because it looked like it had potential to serve tasty Chinatown style Chinese food. I really wanted to like the place because I love Chinatown style Chinese food and was hoping to find it here. We were quite disappointed. My partner (who is allergic to peanuts) ordered the cashew beef and found it to be full of peanuts with not a single cashew. It was tasty, nice and spicy with plenty of beef but he could've died from it. The order was placed online, so there was no chance of language miscommunication on our side. The rice accompanying the dish had undertones of basement and mothballs. I ordered wonton soup and steamed pork dumplings. The wonton soup cost $8 and came in a pint size container (I'm from NYC and I'm used to spending less than $5 for a QUART of wonton soup.) In addition to wontons, the soup had napa cabbage and shredded carrots in a very bland broth. The wontons were delicate and tasty. The steamed pork dumplings were small and seasoned a bit strongly with chinese 5 spice powder. The did not come with any dipping sauce, which would've made them a lot better. In summary, expectations not met but some degree of technical skill with making what seemed to be home made dumplings and wontons. read more

Pad Thai was very good! Flavorful and definitely worth it. Has onions, eggs, carrots, and great spices! read more

Uncle Sun - Pad Thai and Miso soup!!! - Chinese Near Me - Iowa City, Iowa

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Amazing crab ragoons!! I loved the food. The service was amazing. Would highly recommend.

They don't know how to cook Chinese food properly. This is an American Chinese food restaurant.

The only thing on the menu that never disappoints me are the crab rangoons. I've ordered from this place multiple times & i get a different dish every time hoping that this one will be better than the last. Their serving sizes are big enough to share but everything I've tried has been pretty bland. Also most of the noodle dishes are just noodles & meat (without a lot of meat) and it's $2 extra to add veggies. Definitely not the best in Iowa City. read more

Uncle Sun gave me the wrong order and then asked for the food back AFTER it had left the restaurant. Not to throw it away but to give the order to the people it was meant for!!! Super disgusting and illegal. read more

Worst service I've ever had, I know you're craving Chinese but find the next place. Literally nothing good and they will look you dead in the eyes and say nothing here and they are still open read more

Uncle Sun - Chinese Near Me - Iowa City, Iowa

Had orange chicken delivered a few months back. Honestly, not really sure if it was chicken. Hard bits, mixed with weirdly colored chicken. I ate a little, then had to stop because the texture freaked me out. The egg rolls were good though. Probably won't be giving this place a second chance. A little scared to try. read more

Saw the 2.5-star average and almost didn't order from here. So happy that we took the leap. All four dishes we ordered were delicious. The cumin beef was revelatory, the chive dumplings so flavorful and fresh. Made the while family--ages 5-80--happy. read more

One star is being generous. I ordered three items and got one delivered. I asked for a refund or for delivery of the items that were missing and was told there was absolutely no way that they messed up. They said they would check the cameras and then I never heard from them again. So they will never hear from me again. read more

Since I regularly patrol the San Gabriel Valley I'm not going to say Uncle Sun ranks with the best Chinese food there. But certainly it's SGV quality food, and when you build in the value proposition, with pricing for poor college students, this restaurant deserves to be recognized. We ordered four dishes, all tasty, with the highlight being the fish with pickled cabbage soup. Broth was so tasty that I threw rice into the leftover broth so it wouldn't go to waste. Uncle Sun is a great example of how in the past decade small cities have become home to high quality Chinese food when near a campus with a significant Chinese student population. Also demonstrates that the "lo wai" portion of the menu at such a restaurant can be completely unrepresentative of what a restaurant can produce. read more

The food isn't that great though ok if you are drunk. Customer service leave a lot to be desired. They called the cops on a black dude for saying the f word and they made fun of his accent. Wasn't really cool. read more

As a college student I can personally say that (most) of the weight that I have gained since high school is a result of binge eating Uncle Sun. I always feel like I got punched in the gut after eating, but I wouldn't take it back for anything. Whether you are sober, blacked out, or just smoked a blunt, Uncle Sun is sure to fulfill your needs. I don't care how much they charge, or if I have never seen another customer in there at the same time as me. Or if their menu has a suspiciously large range of items to choose from. I LOVE uncle sun dude. Iowa city will burn down, but Uncle Sun will stand forever. read more

As a Chinese restaurant in a small city like Iowa, their food is pretty good. I really don't get why the review is so bad. The flavor is authentic and there are many interesting choices, including a breakfast menu resemble dim sum and a late night grill/take out menu. It's decent and in point as far as Chinese food goes. I'm so happy it's wasn't an Americanized Chinese place. Enjoyed what I ordered. read more

Uncle Sun - Liang pi, but more like dong bei da la pi - Chinese Near Me - Iowa City, Iowa

OK. I feel a little bit bad only giving this place three stars. The wait staff was very polite, the food was excellent and we were even given two free appetizers. The appetizers were both small plates of some type of spicy cabbage and lettuce and they were very tasty. The reason I gave this place only three stars involves the "ambiance" of the establishment during our visit. We arrived about an hour before closing on a Monday night. There were few patrons dining at the time we arrived. On one wall of the dining room is a television and while we were there, the television was tuned to a program that resembled what I might imagine an Asian version of "American Idol" to look like. This was NOT the problem. In fact, the program itself was entertaining. The problem was that the volume of the television was turned up so loud that the onboard speakers in the TV itself were emitting the sounds of the program with a level of distortion that suggested that they were in great pain and could blow out at any second. It was LOUD, folks. The program was mostly musical, and any merit the music may have had was drowned out by 90dB of distorted agony that would have been too much for my 92-year old granddad who lost most of his hearing flying B-52s in the war. Oddly, this didn't bother the staff at all. In fact, they gathered at a table directly in front of the overworked TV and watched the show while they ate. Even the kitchen staff stood next to the kitchen door and took in the roaring program with no suggestion that it was turned up loud enough for the people in the restaurant across the street to hear. We attempted to broach the subject with our server, but she didn't seem to understand what we were saying so we let it drop. The moral of this story is that I recommend this restaurant highly. For carry-out. read more

Uncle sun is an under appreciated establishment. This place is a not miss opportunity to eat. My family enjoyed the family feeling and the food was fabulous! We love the lamb and potatoes, the duck was moist and fantastic. Loved this place. Above all excellent service Atmosphere warm Good amazing Price point FANTASTIC FOOD FABULOUS read more

This is a very authentic place. It would be as if you walked off a street in China to a family restaurant. It has that same feeling...so ambience is a 2/5. Food taste is 5/5. Presentation is 3/5... kinda sloppy. Dishes are very large. The lamb garlic dish was excellent. I enjoyed the shrimp too...also excellent. I had rabbit for the first time which was meh. Maybe it's an acquired taste. And I had the A-vegetables which were decent. Too bad they were out of crab. Prices are excellent and very reasonable to very inexpensive. If you are a foodie...then come here. If you are an ambience snob...then avoid here. If you want to practice your mandarin then try it out. They do have boba bubble tea but it is all powdered. read more

This was the worst Chinese food I've ever had. The General Tso chicken tasted like pure salt with no other flavor, and it came with MAYBE 3 chunks of chicken. The fried rice tasted like it was microwaved. The orange chicken... was basically just deep fried breading that had NO chicken in it. I thought I might actually chip my teeth on it, it was that hard. And there was zero sauce on it, literally just overly cooked breading. Not to mention they forgot half my order. NEVER again. read more

Uncle Sun - The orange chicken, AKA deep fried breading. No chicken. - Chinese Near Me - Iowa City, Iowa