All the employees were wearing winter jacket because they turned the heat off. I got carry out and when I got home everything from the containers had leaked out and soaked the paper bag. At least they put it in a plastic outer bag so my car seats didn't get stained. The egg foo young seemed under cooked. I'll never go there again. read more

Second issue with this restaurant. Quality of food-Below Average. My complaint is that is that I ordered Shrimp fried rice---they stacked a few pieces of shrimp on the top of the carton, totally buried, and then, nothing. Combo Shrimp/Chicken lo mein. Three pieces of shrimp and a few small bits of chicken---not worth the $20.46. Called China One. I explained to the person answering the phone the issue. Very belligerent. Extremely, in my opinion. I asked for her name, she refused to give it. I asked for her Manager, refused to give it. This was their Arlington Heights restaurant. Conclusion, my opinion, don't order or eat there. Look at other reviews if you don't believe me. read more

China 1 - Chinese Near Me - Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Service was nice and the staff were friendly, but the food was disappointing. I did a carryout and the fried rice didn't seem to have any egg -- or at least I couldn't really find any. The tofu also wasn't cooked well and tasted kind of raw. I decided to try this place after seeing so many good reviews, but unfortunately it disappointed. read more

Best Chinese food! It's a must when I'm around the area. They have the best fried rice.

It's clear that the experience here was way different years ago then it is now. I didn't visit in person. I ordered in. Food was great, and the portion was enormous. I'm 6'5" and 230lbs. I'm used to eating the kitchen sink. I couldn't even finish my orange chicken and fried rice in one sitting. The chicken was heavily breaded, but at 11 and change I'm totally fine with that. Especially with how expensive food is getting I would recommend you try this place out. read more

Best value for your dollars. Lots of different sizes for fried rice if you're having a party and you need a larger quantity of food. Always met with a smile at the front door. Hours are good and food even more amazing.. for the value it is fantastic read more

Service was friendly and fast. Food was average. Seemed a little pricey for the quality of food.

I just tried this place for the first time the other day during a weekday lunch. I am new to the area and am looking for some local American Chinese restaurants. This place is very quintessential American Chinese based off of the menu it's offerings as well as some of the flavors. Portions are very generous pricing is very fair if not on the lower end. The size of the crab Rangoon's which I did not have a picture of are also on the medium to larger size. Very surprising to see a lunch special with shrimp in the fried rice but good to see. The rice could use a little more mixing as there were some white clumps of rice. The Mongolian beef is a little bit on the sweet side which I am not used to but it is still tasty. Luckily the chicken has a little bit of cake which I appreciate. read more

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I tried this place despite the bad reviews, despite the positive reviews trying to debunk the bad reviews too, but absolutely the h*ll not! Even my chinese boyfriend said wtf when we got our food. We ordered hot and sour soup, it was insanely dark and almost as thick as slime, tasted absolutely god awful. We also ordered chow mein (non crispy) and we got a bowl of slimy slop!!! Their food is also not seasoned whatsoever, everything is insanely bland mushy and again slimey! Here is what we received and additionally what is advertised on their website. Please do not waste your money here. read more

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Food is delicious but I found a stapler stap in my food anyone could've easily choked and died on that really bad read more

China 1 - a closeup of a pink teddy bear - Chinese Near Me - Rolling Meadows, Illinois

The worst Chinese I've ever eaten. Everything dripping in grease, dried out egg rolls must have been refried, pot stickers had a thick doughy shell and no flavor inside, Mongolian beef was just grease and no flavor. The Chinese noodles were rancid! Really? I threw most of this 30.00 meal away. Inedible. read more

Just please don't i used to love this place but its went from real good to REALLY ???? 2 chicken dish's were seriously so dry and crunchy not in the good way orange chicken is crispy but it was crunchy and looked and tasted like it was from 2 days ago and they re heated it i spent 55 bucks on 2 dinners and a large rice and threw it all away after trying to eat it ... im paying for my mistake this morning .. just very disappointing read more

Really good food. Hot delivery. No complaints. Got sweet and sour chicken and General Tso's. Ordered extra spicy and was not very spicy.

We were craving Chinese cuisine on a Monday, and our go to place was not open. China 1 was, so we ordered, and glad we did! The amount of food for the low price made us wonder if it would be good. It was!! The classic beef and pea pods and chicken lo mien was really good, as well as the kung pow chicken and shrimp with lobster sauce. The portions are huge, and each of our meals came with an egg roll and rice. We ordered way too much food for the 6 year of us, but glad we did because we'll all have leftovers for lunch today. I'm glad we took a chance on a new place. We'll definitely order from china 1 next time we have the craving! read more

Lunch specials for $5.70 are huge! China 1 is the definition of a hole in the wall. Shady lookimg characters hanging outside in their cards and crazy drivers in the parking lot. I've tried the Sesame Chicken (surprisingly spicy), Orange Chicken (very spicy!) General Tso's Chicken (full of veggies, my fav of the bunch, spicy) and their eggrolls. All three flavors tasted markedly similar even though they were all what I would consider vastly different items. Each lunch special was marked as spicy so I can't say they didn't warn me on that! Their eggrolls are not as big as some other Chinese places but their lunch specials are HUGE in size. The girls working inside were very nice, the price isn't bad, portions are large and the food is pretty good. I'll be back to China 1 fo' sho'! read more

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5 stars!! Don't listen to other reviwes and people lying !! China 1 is the BEST Chinese food around here!! Everything is extremely fresh , delicious , quick and friendly service !! read more

I ordered a Singapore noodles and Mongolian beef dinner special. They portion of it was good but the food it's tasteless and they give mostly noodles. Sorry but i will NOT order or recommend that place. read more

China 1 - Chinese Near Me - Rolling Meadows, Illinois

We've been ordering from this place for about 10 years now and though I can't speak to everything on the menu what I can say is that their beef and chicken entrées are always accurate and consistent. To me that's a big deal and why I keep coming back. read more

Food is definitely delicious if they get the order right!! Ordered spicy beef with pea pods and water chestnuts... unfortunately they put 2 watered chestnuts in there best chicken wings around... I just wish you would have put my water chestnuts in read more

Just coming from the grocery store, I was too exhausted to cook and I had a taste for Chinese. I was riding down Algonquin and decided to stop in. Based on the number of reviews and being somewhat high, I decided to give it a go. First impression- place was in a run down strip center and inside was not very appealing. Floors and tables had food particles but ironically the place smelled like bleach. Large menu with standard choices. Nothing out of the ordinary. I ordered chicken lo mein. As I ordered the clerk said it would be a 10 minute wait. As I began to wait, I decided to actually review the pictures from the Yelp reviews. To my surprise(not really) I noticed that one mentioned of cockroaches. As I starred around me, I was not surprised yet for some reason decided to continue. I came back into the store , I stood watching the clerks unload boxes. The lady was wearing latex gloves, purple to be exact, and as she was opening a box that appeared to be for soy sauce packets, she shrieked ew and jumped back. The gentleman beside her, seemed non bothered and looked inside the box and moved it to the floor. After seeing the reviews and what I witnessed, I decided that I couldn't do it. I kindly accepted the food, only for the sake of this review. Food- From the looks, it's standard. Not greasy as you may find at other places. Lacked chicken. Large vegetables with a light sauce. Sorry I did not taste it. My recommendation would be to proceed with caution, unless you want to risk extra protein in your food. I would hate to taint a restaurant reputation, but when there are red flags, I do not proceed. Maybe someone else had a different and better experience. Good luck Good luck! read more

China 1 - Chicken Lo Mein - Chinese Near Me - Rolling Meadows, Illinois

We received the menu in the mail and decided to give it a try. The food was hot fresh and tasted amazing. What a little gem. Will definitely be back!! read more

Tried takeout from here for the first time. Ordered the family dinner for four. Food was delicious and enough to feed four for dinner and lunch the next day! Will definitely return. read more

My go to Chinese restaurant. Love their egg fu young and their general tsu's chicken. Their egg rolls could be better but they make up for them with their incredible pot stickers. Love their egg drop soup too. read more

Never had a problem till now. Will never order from this place again. I heated up left over Mongolian beef and found a dead roach in my food. Of course place closed Mondays. Disgusting!!! read more

China 1 - Chinese Near Me - Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Make sure to pay cash at this place. Stopped in on Wednesday, November 13th to order a small beef fried rice and a bottle of water and my total was $7.28. Signed into my bank account to see me recent activity and they charged me $12.28, that is $5.00 more than what I spent there! Called them today to dispute the charge and the lady on the phone tells me that she found my receipt and I was only charged the $7.28 and that my bank made the error and then said I need to wait a month until they receive their statement and then some guy comes to the phone and tells me to come in Monday with the proof of the charge. So ridiculous for $5.00 but it's the principle behind it!! Rip off!! read more

Great service Quick delivery My favorite is the Mushu pork Also, they always throw in a few extras read more

Just got my order!!! Everything was correct. Asked for extra sweet and sour and they gave me EXTRA!!!! By far the best sesame chicken ever and the crab Rangoon's were amazing, full of flavor and plump!!! Can wait to order again! Also super super fast delivery read more

Can't believe how good this hole in the wall is. Prices are awesome and so is the food.

Good food, fast delivery, never make mistakes on your order, will accommodate special requests. Never skimp on portions. Best Chinese joint in the area. Going here is a no brainier. read more

I live in the neighborhood and we actually have about 6 chinese food places very close. There's Penang's, China Bowl, Chef Ping's, Absolutely Chinese and a Panda Express all within a mile from my house. This is hands-down the best one of them all. Looks can be deceiving and driving by you might think this place is a dump, I know I do even being a regular customer. It's situated in a kind of run-down strip mall between a liquor store and a mexican food restaurant in a very unattractive area of Rolling Meadows. When you walk in their dining room there is a couple garage sale chairs with some banquet tables. So they could do a little better for themselves image-wise, which is why I'm only giving them 4 stars. But their food is delicious, they use plenty of vegetables in their dishes, and you can't beat the price either. They get your food ready fast, it's always hot and the portions are very generous. My favorite is the Chicken or Beef Kung Pao. read more

Ordered lunch for 3 people in my office. Was told it would arrive between 12:10 and 12:20. At 12:40 we hadn't heard anything, so we called. While the person was repeating back our order to confirm who we were, we realized they had a portion of the order wrong. We had ordered through Grub Hub and since you simply select what you want, there shouldn't have been any errors. They said it would take another hour to get the order corrected. We asked them to take the incorrect item off and send the rest. Supposedly the guy was already on his way. These guys are 2 miles from us. 40 minutes later, still no guy. We called again. They started to say the guy wasn't coming, then changed it to that he should be here soon. By this time we we're starving. We contacted Grub Hub who refunded the entire order. (We only asked for the incorrect portion to be refunded, but they really wanted us to be happy) I wish I could give them less than one star - maybe have a negative rating system installed huh, Yelp? read more

Once again, this restaurant has exceeded my fried rice and rangoon expectations. I LOVE their chicken fried rice and crab rangoons!! JEEZ! Just had something new last nite with my usuals listed above: my quasi BF person ordered their shrimp with lobster sauce. Wasn't really feeling the thought of it initially but one bite of the juicy flavorful shrimp and my mind was transformed. That was enough for me though - I dont think I'd order it again on my own. Not sure what that means for the restaurant but cant I just be happy with my usual fare?? read more

This place was yet another restaurant tucked into a nondescript strip mall. The interior was a little sketchy and snug but served its purpose. It had a broad menu and when asked about their favorites they pointed us towards the Sesame Chicken, Moo Shu Pork, General Tso's and Seafood Delight. It was a sad and tragic moment for me. After spending a year in China I was hoping for the Mandarin host to point me to dishes that could be found in the mainland. Instead we were instantaneously shown Americanized-Chinese dishes -- those that are filled to the brim with proteins coated in deep fried dough and slathered with gravy, and lest we forget the 6 slivers of carrots, the 1" by 1" square of green pepper, and 2 dying sprigs of broccoli that we fought over. We ended up ordering a Large order of General Tso's for approximately $10.45 Post tax. When in Rome. The description above does the dish justice. The staff was very nice, and our food was ready in less than 10 minutes. Overall it was pretty good, yet not great. The spice level was like a slap in the face which was delightful after our tragic jaunt into The Indian Bistro later that night (see other review). Andy states that "it is the spiciest General Tso's that [I have] ever eaten". Especially since those little "spicy chili peppers" that they place next to food dishes are typically misnomers. We will not be returning, especially when The Wonton Gourmet is a stones throw away. We gives this place a 2.5/5 because honestly, when you think of Chinese take-out this is the place you should envision. And if you're intrigued, their Lunch and Dinner specials sound like fantastic deals. read more

China 1 #2 was pretty good. The prices were affordable, the accommodations looked clean, and the portions were appropriate. This wasn't the "OMG I'm so full I could die" type of affordable, but the General Tso's and Beef broccoli were both good. The small rice container that was given was well-packed, so each was easy enough to split and the meal made for 2 normal people sized meals on a small size order. Prices looked typically $5/small $9/large. I had no problems communicating a reasonably complex order which can be a problem sometimes, though it'd be really nice if they had 2 things: 1) Chow fun / wide rice noodles 2) An online menu I've heard a couple of complaints about the neighborhood, but it fronts to Algonquin road and seems safe-enough, though there were some strange looking folk gathering a few doors down. read more

Worst Chinese food I've ever had. Ordered the beef lo mein, beef was fatty and chewy/inedible and the noodles were pure flavorless grease. Egg rolls were over fried and dry. Barf. read more

Food is 3 out if 5, but value and speed of delivery was 5 out of 5! Got food within a half hour and was very fresh. In MN we call this fast food chinese cause there are like 40 chinese restaurants that serve the same exact chinese recipes with exact ingredients that hade exact same "cheap chinese" flavor made it seem very mcdonalds-like. But man does it taste it great when you get in that greasy, generic, amazingly overly flavorful chinese food mood. read more

China 1 is across the street from my office. Everyone in my office probably gets them for lunch around once a week. It's a good, solid, "middle of a strip mall" chinese place. The lunch specials are cheap ($6) and come w/ a huge portion of your entree, as well as shrimp fried rice (w/ a ton of shrimp) and an egg roll. My favorite there is the sesame chicken (made extra spicy by request) read more

I would give this a 5 star but the only reason why I'm not is because we ordered two xl large and large sesame chicken and was given only 3 sweet sour packets otherwise this place is amazing the food was amazing and when they said xl large they ment it!! If we lived closer we would come back all the time!!!! read more

China 1 - This was amazing!!!! - Chinese Near Me - Rolling Meadows, Illinois

I forgot my lunch and did not want to go out so I checked out grubhub and liked the recommendations I saw for China 1 so I thought I would try it out. I was not disappointed. The food arrives hot! Portions are a good size and the food is tasty. You get a lot of food for your money and the food is so good. There was a little mishap the first time I ordered but they have more than made up for the error and I have not has any issues since. read more

Went today and the portions were huge, the chicken i had was crunchy and i was overall satisfied. The price is great! the only thing that worried me is that nobody was wearing a mask and i'm not super worried abt coronavirus i'm more worried about someone trying to shut them down because of it. I really like this restaurant and want them to stay in business :) read more