This place... oh my goodness, this place. The GEM of the Illinois Valley. I could sing praises to…read moreMongolian Grill from the rooftops, and I would if I had access to a roof. Let me state that I have been eating here since they opened, around 2013-2014 perhaps. Everything has stayed consistent, including the pricing, and that's been impressive. When you walk in, you have the option of ordering from the menu or doing the buffet and let me tell you- get the buffet. If you can cook at all, you will enjoy yourself here. You'll get your soft drink, then it's off you go to build your masterpiece. Five separate buffets with two side stations, there's a lot to process. There's two small stations, one for fried rice and one for ice cream. There's a cold bar in the back which features some salad items and desserts, and one buffet table full of ready to eat apps and foods with some soups offered. I did giggle that the one says "eggg dorp soup". It's what you'd expect at any Chinese buffet. Then we get to the good stuff- the hibachi stuff. You have three bars for hibachi: your noodles and veggies, your meats, and your sauce ingredients. You get a bowl and load it up with your choice of noodles and veggies, there are so many options. Tofu, egg, zucchini, baby corns, broccoli, water chestnuts, sprouts... I can't get enough color! Then you move over to the meat buffet, where you select your raw cuts and place the pieces in your bowl. I typically do the beef and shrimp, always good quality. You'll bring your bowl to the hibachi grill and set it on the counter so they can start cooking it. You'll go make your sauce at this point, which is where it could get overwhelming if you don't know flavors well. There are probably 20 sauces to mix and about 25 seasonings and the likes to add flavor, so there's a lot of room for creation with your sauce! You'll bring it up to the hibachi again when you're done, and they'll plate your order and bring it to you if needed. For $10.99 a person, what a stellar deal. So much fresh produce and variety from a family owned business, it's a staple in the Illinois Valley. Although I've moved to another state at this point, this is the one restaurant I haven't seen done this well and one I miss whole heartedly. I visited the IV from Florida recently and ensured I ate there several times because I just can't get enough of the great service and incredible food. If you haven't eaten here yet, you're missing out. Stop by today and build yourself the meal you deserve.

Was there late afternoon, so not all food tray were stocked. But still had a good variety to select…read morefrom.. The hibachi/Mongolian BBQ, very good!

Hidden gem located in Peru on Route 6. Locally owned offering many options including egg drop soup…read more They have many entrees and deserts. My tip is try try a little of everything and go back for more. My favorite Chinese Buffet!

I love their food selection. The buffet is always fresh and very reasonable. I believe it's about…read more$7 for lunch and around $9 for dinner plus tax. That's a great price. They offer two tables of hot food, one table with colder items and then a dessert table. There's also ice cream available in the freezer. Some of my favorite food items are, crab rangoon, teriyaki chicken, chicken broccoli, fried rice, peanut butter chicken, coconut chicken, general chicken, beef and broccoli. They have a really good selection of American food also for anyone that wants more selection.

These people know there stuff. All I have to mention is spicy and they bring it. They are super…read morenice too! The place is not terribly big, but I don't care.

The Chipotle Orange Chicken is AWESOME! Best I have ever had. Fried rice was awesome too…read more Husband had the Bayou Roll and Kung Poa Shrimp. Said they were AWESOME as well. The guys working in here are very nice too! Great place to eat.

Great food!! Great location in my town! Very nice menu!…read morePerfect serving size Friendly staff Will definitely order again

It was okay. The dishes were plated nicely but everything wasn't as it should be. The fried rice…read moredidn't have any egg or vegetables in it. The crab rangoon was overcooked and puffed out too much. It should have had more filling and I think it tasted like they should change their frying oil. The Moo Goo Gai Pan should have had more mushrooms in it and the chicken tasted kind of fishy. My boyfriend's mom liked her steamed dumplings and her garlic chicken too so at least she liked her stuff a lot. Since our bill was over $50 they gave us a free order of Chinese donuts and she gave us a packet of almond cookies to go as well. I will go again sometime and try something else. I hope they change their frying oil soon.

Delicious! Fresh! Attentive wait staff. If we lived in the area, this would be a regular place to…read morecome!

First time here, and I was pleasantly surprised. The food was very good and fresh. So many options…read moreavailable it was hard to decide. Our server was very attentive and polite. We'll return.

Had some better than expected Chinese food. It certainly is among the best options in Princeton…read more Oriental Garden is pretty basic and typical. Looks about similar to many of these such restaurants and the food does too to be honest. The prices are pretty good for the big quantity. Coming in here the first time we were surprised it wasn't one of those Chinese restaurants with the big pictures of the food over the counter. It's actually a little nicer. The food still is pretty similar to many others. About what to expect on the menu. The typical Americanized type of stuff. It's about $11 for an entree. We got some of the tofu ones including the Bean Curd With Garlic Sauce. It had not much of a variety of vegetables but it had a spicy flavor. There's also plenty of options if wanting meaty things like beef, chicken, or seafood. Great thing is there's not much competition. It's closed Mondays. There's a few tofu options for vegetarians.

This was a random find for our return from Des Moines…read more They have tables for dine-in but everybody is urged to order at the kiosk. It is your standard Americanized Chinese food and most of the items on the menu are pretty typical except I don't recall seeing egg foo young. A lot of the entrees came with complimentary soup. The choices were wonton, hot and sour, and egg drop soup. We tried fried wonton, Mongolian beef, vegetarian lo mein, tofu in spicy garlic sauce, and sesame chicken combo with fried rice and egg roll. It was plenty of food for the six of us and we had leftovers. Proper Mongolian beef is hard to come by these days . It isn't supposed to be overly saucy and should just have enough sauce for a slight coating. The beef should be served with crispy white noodles and scallions. Oriental Garden's version is different and resembles the standard soy-sauce based sauteed beef with lots of mushrooms and onions. It was tasty but it wasn't Mongolian beef. And oddly enough, the fried wonton has meat when it usually doesn't. We weren't opposed to it though.

Lovely hole in the wall place!! Food was fantastic!! Everything we got was just spot on!! Waitress…read morewas very nice as well

Went here for Valentine's Day dinner and it had its hit and misses…read more We just got appetizers and sake. The sake was good. However there was no prices listed on the menu. My plum sake reserved was 30.0 for a small bottle. (Whoops). But it was Valentine's Day so honestly it wasn't a biggie. Onto the food. For starters we got the spring rolls and soup dumplings. The spring rolls were made fresh and very good. Only thing that would have been nice is if they were wrapped with the ends closed up as when you tried to dip them in the delicious sauce that came with the insides fell out a bit. They had a good mix of lettuce, noodles, shrimp and a little shredded crab I believe. (It was dark in there so was hard to tell). The soup dumplings were to die for !! Nothing more to say but small bites of heaven. And they didn't come out so hot that you popped on into your mouth and were hit with boiling insides. Will definitely go back for these again. Now to the meh ones. The crab Rangoon needed more filling and more crab. Kinda bland. And the jalapeño stuffed wontons also needed more peppers and bacon. Just not a ton of flavor other than fried. We did not have room for any of the rolls but they looked interesting. Not a lot of "raw" ones so if that's your think your choices are limited. It's a cute little space the staff was super nice and it was a last minute dinner reservation so that was a plus. They were really hopping to bring out all the food stuffs and we left with the intention of coming back on a less busy day to try more items.

We hadn't ordered from Bayou in awhile. Everything was as amazing as we remembered. Fresh flavorful…read morerolls and Chinese. Perfect amount of spice with crisp vegetables! It's a MUST!!

Food is great every order is freshly made. Love the orange chicken and noodles. Is the best,…read moredefinitely would recommend this place.

For many it may be hard to believe there's any good restaurants in Mendota. It's a rinky dink town…read morewith not much going on. China House is among the okay places to eat. Has a buffet, but that food is most crappy compare to the menu items. There's some pretty okay choices, if you look for these. At lunch the restaurant had a light crowd. It's hard imagining there would be too many people in here. The town is pretty small, meaning there's not a whole lot of people to come show up. Even so, there were quite a few in here. The menu has pretty much Chinese American basic stuff. It's about $8 for an entree. We got the Ma Po Tofu. We got them to make it vegetarian. Seriously there's a lack of these choices. The tofu was the soft kind, but there were peppers and tons of spice. Good place for its location. It may not look like much, and it sure isn't much. The food has pretty good prices and the portions are pretty big, so this is a pretty good value.

The food was fresh and hot! And as always, very delicious! The service was very good also.read more