China Kitchen

Basic looking strip plaza Chinese restaurant in Joliet. China Cook is a pretty bare bones place. It…read moretypically is for takeout. Has a few tables inside. The prices are cheap and you can get big ass portions of stuff. An unassuming place among other such places is a good way to describe it. It's not authentic, but you wouldn't come here for that so it doesn't matter. The menu is about what to expect, with the classics that are found in almost any cheaply run Chinese restaurant. Has the lunch and dinner portions. There's not much difference except the price really. It's about $10 for an entree. We got the General Bean Curd, which is the best option for vegetarians. Came with a ton of crispy tofu in the spicy sauce along with some broccoli. They really kept it pretty simple, but we certainly got a lot. Certainly most people get stuff to go. It's closed Mondays. They have a few things for vegetarians.

Visiting from California and ordered from China Cook to deliver to the Holiday Inn Express…read more Happy that delivery time was 30 minutes or less and there was no minimum to order. Prices are reasonable and the menu has lots of options. However, the food was bland. Ordered a small won ton soup which came with three large wontons and a mix of vegetables In a bland soup broth. Ordered veggie chow mein which was also bland. I did not ask for any Kind of hot sauce. The order arrived with soy sauce packets and sweet and sour packets which I did not open. I have left overs in the refrigerator but unsure if I will eat them.

Sweet n Sour Pork was heavenly and shrimp fried rice was outstanding

Beef fried rice with added bean sprouts & an egg roll.

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Egg rolls, shrimp fried rice, pot stickers, & beef & broccoli. All so SO good!

Dragon Light Restaurant

3.3(176 reviews)

4.4 mi

Favorite Chinese place in the area. Ma Po Tofu and their…read morenoodle dishes always get me in.

Always good food at great value. Quick & friendly service. Calm atmosphere. Almost too quiet if the…read morerestaurant is not busy. Calm place to dine with family & friends for the last 30+ years!

Inside

Lo mein beef

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Hunan Beef*

China House

3.3(73 reviews)

4.5 mi

Always good food in large portions. We've been eating their takeout here for over 20 years. It's…read moreway better than Panda Express, with their high prices and lousy food.

I really regret spending my $30. The food was just not good, like at all. I received it had a few…read morebites of one thing, thought damn maybe it's just thought but even the chicken fried rice was honestly awful, I should've just stuck with Panda Express

Lomein, egg roll, fried rice and beef mushroom

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Pork Fried Rice

Asian Express - Shorewood

2.7(81 reviews)

3.2 mi

This is the first Chinese restaurant that didn't include rice. I ordered egg foo young it was very…read morefavorable and was good. But I was disappointed there was no rice. Maybe it was me just thinking it would include rice. Even though food was good I won't order again and spend extra $3 for a side of rice

The food is surprisingly high quality for the cost, especially when you get the lunch special. In…read morean era where a typical lunch can cost 20 dollars easily, here you can spend around 10 for an entree, fried rice, egg roll, and a drink. Truly don't understand the lower reviews, I've been coming here since high school and still do after college. Staff are great, they work hard and get your order out very fast. Truly rooting for this place, give it a shot and you won't be disappointed

Egg Rolls & Crab Rangoon

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Beef Lo Mein

OMG Pho

4.2(138 reviews)

3.1 mi

Great ambiance and excellent service. The owner and server were super friendly. This is s hard call…read morebecause this is more toward Shorewood but have Amazing Pad Thai. They are about 18% above Siam in pricing but absolutely delicious Love their Chicken Satay with Peanut sauce

Located in a strip mall. This place had lots of carryout orders while we were there…read more Delicious, light and fresh. The egg rolls were so light and crispy with a smoky flavor and a nice dipping sauce. The Pho Ga with chicken was perfect on a cold day. It's served with a mini ladle so you can easily get all the yummy broth in your belly. Friendly service and a chill vibe. Yum!

Dining areas

Dry Chili Chicken Wings

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Salt & Pepper Shrimp

China One

4.2(23 reviews)

12.3 mi

ordered food last night first time due to be recommended, got 2 beef fried rice was ok, lots of…read moremeat, chicken teriyaki my husband didn't like at all, lump crab raggoon was all cream cheese didn't taste no crab at all. Very disappointing and 40.00 down the drain

New to the area. Wasn't my favorite quick Chinese spot. I probably would chose to go elsewhere next…read moretime. Small portions. But the help was very kind.

Mongolian Chicken

Pot Stickers

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Lucky Bamboo Asian Cuisine

3.5(139 reviews)

4.5 mi

Absolute Cuisine. Tony hooks you up for that Luncheon Special from 11am-3pm. For ~$12 you get a big…read more'ol smorgus board of chicken fried rice, a selection of dishes like Governor's or Sesame Chicken, and your choice of one egg roll or TWO crab rangoons (always get the rangoons). The interior design is very liminal space, and they even sell cool nic nacs and such. Lucky Bamboo also offers great smoothies too. I will not tolerate any blasphemy toward this establishment. Any reviews that are not 5 stars are posted by absolute NPCs that will be forgotten by history. TLDR: Lucky Bamboo = a succulent Chinese meal.

Left the review a few years ago as the best Chinese food that I had ever had went back tonight…read morewe've been back several times since then all kind of mediocre tonight was the very worst that we've ever had from this restaurant called Mongolian beef very little beef a bunch of onions most of our food was not cooked well the only thing good was our egg foo young I could tell that was fresh before fried rice was sitting somewhere in a container not good won't be back it's a shame good place to go downhill!

The amicable liminal space interior

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Passion fruit tea

Dragon Inn

3.9(98 reviews)

7.8 mi

Best Chinese food around. My favorites there are the Cantonese Style Chow Mein Shrimp - they get a…read morenice crisp on the edges of the pan fried noodles and the flavor is excellent. I also like the Chow Ho Fun (wide rice noodles) Beef with peppers and black bean sauce. Egg rolls are good as well. Wife likes the orange chicken and sweet sour chicken (sauce has tomato pineapple and green pepper in it and not just the sauce like most places). I haven't had this type of Chinese food without going into Chicago. Dishes have the great taste I grew up with unlike the many Chinese restaurants that now have a whole different taste to their basic dishes that seem to have like a canned cheap flavor to them. Oh and the egg drop soup is also great. Friendly service and fair prices. Has booths and tables.

It's delicious and I recommend it to every one I had there Egg Foo-Young just outstanding in the…read moreChinese food chain

191. BBQ Pork Mandarin Style Lo Mein

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Hung 33. Hong Sue Pork

Golden Dragon

2.9(32 reviews)

4.4 mi

A pretty average place for Chinese in downtown Joliet and it might just be the best around here…read more Golden Dragon is fairly cheap and it has big portions. It certainly isn't very good but it's still not that bad though. Basic Chinese American menu items. The food is about as good as the price so it's pretty okay for what it's like. It has some basic Americanized Chinese. Pretty much about what you expect. The prices are pretty acceptable for this. Has a few healthier choices among the vegetarian friendly items. There's a few to get that are big portions. Bean Curd With Country Style is the actual name. It's $8.95 for the lunch portion. This has lots of broccoli and not many other vegetables. Flavor is okay. This isn't like others how it could be overly salty. Good for cheap tasting Chinese food. If better is available get it but this isn't as bad as expected upon seeing the cheap looking exterior of the building it's in. The food is fast too.

Horrible! Worst Chinese food ever. Egg foo young fell apart and had no consistency. Shrimp fried…read morerice had little to no shrimp. Flavor was . Food is so bad I believe this restaurant shouldn't be existing.