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    2.7 (53 reviews)
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    Hot and sour soup , garlic chicken and chicken fried rice
    ALice A.

    The last time i was here was probably 10 years ago. I did not like their food back then so i was a little reluctant when my boyfriend wanted to go here. Take Out orders seems to be on the slow side. He was told the wait would be half and hour. Maybe because it's only the wife and husband working? So if you are really hungry, be prepared to wait. He ordered chicken fried rice, garlic chicken, and hot and sour soup for me. Obviously this place is faaaaaaaaar from being "authentic." It is very Americanized but can't blame them due to the location. The garlic chicken wasnt bad at all tbh. It just looked kinda scary lol. It was just very gooey with reddish sauce. The look isnt very appealing but it doesnt taste bad. If i had to go there again, i wouldnt mind ordering it again. The fried rice is "normal" as well. It's your very basic kind of fried rice. I actually did not really like my hot and sour soup. Edible. But wont order it again. There was only three ingredients in there. Eggs, bamboo shoots and a ton of mushrooms. Even the non authentic ones around the area has tofu, water crescents, black mushrooms, carrot slices, and pieces of meat. To me, this was the most skimpiest of the skimpiest hot and sour soup i've ever had. It's like someone picked out all the stuff they dont like and gave me the soup. bleeeeeh. The soup looks like egg drop soup from a distance because of the amount of eggs in the soup. So, if you feel like eating chinese food, Hunan Hibachi Buffet in Waukegan is a little better. A tad better... I would recommend going there for a slightly better quality chinese food. I just dont see myself ordering anything else from them. Especially if you can skimp out so much on the most basic soup.

    Pretty odd for "orange chicken" wouldn't you say?
    Kendra W.

    Well I tried this place out of hunger for chinese food and I just don't think I'll be going back.. My order came to 20.35 all together which isn't to bad but its just not the same as normal chinese food.. I ordered Orange chicken and instead of getting deep fried large chicken chunks with orange sauce like a normal place will give you I got small chunked chicken in a spicy orange sauce that I'm not very fond of I'm 7mos pregnant and don't really like spicy stuff.. The crab rangoon was a little off as well amd came with no sweet and sour sauce which is also pretty unusual.. The egg drop soup most is usually yellow broth due to egg yolk but this ones white I'm just so confused I don't quite understand what kind of Chinese food this is but its definitely not normal lol.. Not to my liking...

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    T G.

    Well, for years and years Best Panda was my go-to Chinese joint. New management in 2018 has come in, and the food I have ordered has been horrendous. Lo Mein was awful. Beef and pork fried rice was awful. Here's hoping they get their act together soon because I would like to see them succeed.

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    I'm not normally one to do this but I am speechless. They have changed ownership and since then, the quality of their food has gone to shit. They really tried to serve this "chicken fried rice" to me. The chicken didn't look cooked all the way and I was definitely not going to test to see if it was. I brought it back and the lady said that it was cooked. I asked her if she would eat it and she couldn't answer me. She just said "it's cooked". I got a refund. My family has been going there for at least 15 years. We won't be returning.

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    Great place for food, come here often. Very friendly staff, great lunch specials and great wonton soup!

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    Great rice, they have this rice that has everything in it, Beef, pork, shrimp, chicken, pretty good

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    Delicious cheap Chinese food - normally you cannot say those words together!…read more My family of three normally orders the 'meal for three' off the menu and it comes with a ton of food for the price! The beef broccoli is excellent! Recently, we tried the sweet and sour soup and were disappointed. It lacked flavor and found ourselves pouring in salt in attempt to boost whatever flavor may exist. Moral of the story: if you KNOW the egg drop soup is good, stick with what you know! All in all, it wasn't a deal breaker and they're still my favorite Chinese food joint in Waukegan.

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