I was in the mood for hot soup on a cold day in Chicago, so I looked for a nearby Chinese restaurant. I came up with this one and was pretty satisfied with the result. I tried the egg drop soup with a side of steamed vegetables. The vegetables where seasoned very well and the soup met a good standard. For nearby convenience and good tasting soup, I will differently be back again sometime soon. read more

Oddly, all the chicken dishes taste the same. Also, placing an order online or by phone is a waste of time because they will not have it ready once you arrive. The last two times I ordered online I was about 30 minutes away, and I still had to wait once I arrived to pick up my food. read more

This is mainly a takeout and delivery place -- the interior is pretty sparse and utilitarian, with only a few booths, but it was comfortable enough there when we dined in. The staff was friendly, and the food was tasty and inexpensive. And you get very large portions -- one large meal with rice and eggrolls is more than enough for two people. Also, try the potstickers as they seemed especially good. read more

Ordered food yesterday at 5:30 did not get it until 7:30 after they lost my order and I had to call them. The food was terrible. Chicken was rock hard, egg foo young tasted burnt and the shrimp was rubbery. The only saving grace was the egg roll. read more

Grand China is an ok Chinese restaurant . I've been here three times before, usually when Ben's noodles were close. The store is nothing to look at and I wouldn't feel comfortable eating in. However, the food is ok and the price is alright. The service is a bit on the slow side, it appears, even if you call the order in for pick it. You might go and find it a steal. I would just prefer Ben's. read more

Pretty Mediocre Chinese Food but its not bad! The Chicken Fried Rice was pretty decent and egg rolls were not bad either. If you are hungry after you get off the train then it will hit the spot but if you are looking for five star Chinese then this is not the place. read more

I order from here at least once a month and really enjoy it. Love the orange chicken and egg drop soup. They give generous portions for a good price. Great neighborhood spot! read more

I waited 2 full hours for mediocre food. The soup was inedible, the beef was fatty, the egg rolls tasted good but were chewy and the fried rice was passable. The best thing I can say is that they didn't give me food poisoning. I didn't even get an apology when the food arrived an hour late. read more

Danger! My partner and I ordered food from this place on Wednesday and have had intestinal problems every day since. Proceed with great caution. read more

Its okay. New to the city and needed a close Chinese delivery place. Delivery was prompt, friendly service. Shrimp fried rice and veggie rolls were okay. Lots and lots of shrimp in the rice, more than most other restaurants. Rolls were VERY full, but the cabbage was mediocre. Filled me up, so meh. I'll order again if I don't find another close Chinese food spot. read more

Worst Chinese food experience I've ever had. I ordered the same dish on three different occasions, and every time I got something completely different. When I called the restaurant to tell them that I was not satisfied with the dish, they told me that maybe I forgot what it tastes like, and that they were "Busy with a customer" and hung up on me! There's too many goddamn Chinese food restaurants in Chicago to have to put up with this terrible service! Please do not waste your money read more

The Miami Dolphins-colored dining area is awesome. They kill it on the portions, too (2 meals in 1 every time). Empress Cheeckon

I love love love their food my favorite is the chicken egg foo young and the sesame chicken

HORRIBLE,HORRIBLE FOOD AND SERVICE!!!! We ordered and paid for shrimp fried rice with our fried chicken wing dinner....we got chicken fried rice anyway. Then we started to eat the wings and they were raw in the middle. Grubhub tried to settle this issue but the people at the place came and picked up the food to see how much we ate...hope they did not recycle the food and send it out to someone else!!!! I wouldn't put it pass them. We will NEVER order from here again. CRAPPY FOOD!! CRAPPY SERVICE!!!! read more

Was a little hesitant because of some comments on here it rest assured after taking a leap I was completely satisfied. Great food and huge portions for sure! Very close to home for me so I will definitely be back again! read more

This hole in the wall surprisingly has really good food super inexpensive. They have really good lunch and dinner specials. I only do pick up or delivery b/c it is so depressing inside. Great egg roll, crab rangoon and egg drop soup. Very good veggie dishes for the vegetarian. If you get it delivered, it always comes hot! You won't be disappointed. read more

Honestly, this is one of the best Chinese food places I've been to here in Chicago! I've lived here for 4 years, and I've been trying to find an affordable and tasty Chinese food place for a while and this is just wonderful. The owners are the kindest, warmest, and friendliest people, and they made us feel so welcome. That's a huge plus! Their portions are so generous and so tasty. They threw in extra crab rangoons, and I'm just so thankful for their wonderful customer service. Definitely coming back! :) read more

I usually spend over $50.00 a week there. Tonight I came up just up short for their delivery charge of $10.00. Guess what, I am not going to order from them again. The food is adequate, but the service is not. I tip their delivery men 50% on top of their own charges. No more. F***k them. No more business from me. read more

I like this place. The prices are cheap, and the food is good. Personal favorites: pork fried rice, chicken egg rolls, and crab rangoon. Generous portions too; my teen son, who eats a lot, and I can split an order. read more

i used to live two blocks from here and wanted it to be good SOOOO bad. the food is edible, you have to know what to get! the wontons, fried chicken wings and tempura shrimp are GOOODDDD! I have tried to get chicken lao mein it is not good but still edible, i definitely dont recommend getting it though. anyhow if you get the three things i said you should be mighty pleased! read more

I've been here a few times now and it seems to really be hit or miss. Some days, my orders -usually the General Tao's and Orange Chicken dinner specials) have been flavorful and fresh. Other days, the rice has been extremely dry and the chicken overcooked and/or mostly skin. I will say that I've always had leftovers regardless of the days. read more

Ordered Beef and broccoli, it was very bland and slightly sour. The Hot and sour soup, which i normally use to judge Chinese places was lacking, no spice, not much flavor. The Rangoon was by far the best thing i had ordered and it was just average. will not be ordering from here again. read more

Service has really gone down. Young man at the counter hardly acknowledges customers (I noticed this while waiting). He also stared me down while I was reading the menu even though I asked for a second to figure out what I wanted. Then he was on his cellphone. I also noticed their menu is shorter and they had no idea what I was talking about when I asked for the vegetable kow. Another HUGE PROBLEM is that their front door is wide open and sooooo many bugs are flying around inside. Makes me wonder how much is in my food. I haven't tried anything I ordered yet, but my hopes aren't too high. Very sad because I used to enjoy eating here. read more

This place is awful ever since the management was changed. The quality of the food, The time it takes to prepare the order, down to the food being cold when you receive it. I was a huge fan of the place when it was owned by the old couple. Now it is just garbage. read more

Reservation???? You must be kidding me! The food is adequate for American Chinese. Why Anyone would dine there is beyond me much make a res.

Amazing!!! I like this place because it is cheap and food is tasty especially when it comes to the noodles!!

I ordered curry shrimp, but what I got was the worst food poisoning of my entire life.

This Chinese restaurant is just what I was looking for. I moved from the West coast a little while back and if you've ever had Chinese food in the west, then you know it's not the same as East and Midwest Chinese food. I wanted some real egg foo young and I found it here. read more

This place is amazingly bargain worthy! Kung pow chicken was phenomenal and I had enough for four servings at least for $7!?!? Love it

This place has adequate food and is easy on the wallet. The staff is friendly and the food is always nice and hot with massive portions that no one person can finish. The eggrolls are flavorful and delicious. Get takeout or delivery. read more

Nearly inedible. I live a short distance from this place. It breaks my heart that the only chinese take-out by me is this dump. From the moment you walk through the door, it's clear you're going to have an experience that's mediocre at best. The "dining room" is a folding table with folding chairs and three old fast-food restaurant booths. The place is dirty and dingy. If you order as a walk-up customer, be prepared to sit there for 20 minutes while they prepare your food. You think "man, this is taking a long time; it must really be good food." - but you couldn't be more wrong. I don't know what parts of the animals they use to make their version of "people food" with, but they aren't anywhere near actual meat. I've given this place many tries. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me eleven times, shame on me. I keep hoping that the food will suddenly be better so I can get some good chinese once in a while without walking too far. These people continue to disappoint. I've read the other reviews on here and many of them say the same thing; if you're looking for a gigantic portion of mediocre chinese food, this is the place to be. They're right. Terrible. F read more

Their fried rice is disgusting!I ordered the vegetable fried rice and there was nothing healthy about it. Their fried rice is drenched and dripping in oil.there is so much oil in their rice you think you would think you are eating rice oil soup. . On top of that the oil taste burned. They probably recycle their used oil and use some cheap vegetable oil. I tried it once and threw it out because the amount of oil is so overbearing and unnecessary. If you are health conscious at all don't order the fried rice, hence the word fried. If you are not health conscious, don't order the fried rice hence the word oily. Or if you do be prepared for the excessive oil. read more

We live in Edgewater and Grand China Express is our go-to place for Chinese. We usually have the food delivered, and they're fast, cheap and the food is always hot and fresh. My wife always gets the Hot Kow Combo, which she can't rave enough about (I find it a bit fishy tasting), and I've had the Szechwan Combo, the Sweet and Sour Pork and the Sesame Chicken, and I've always been pretty satisfied. Last night however, I had the Empress Chicken and it prompted me to write this review. It was so good. The batter was fresh and crisp, the pieces were huge... overall, to die for. I just had the leftovers this morning, warmed up in the microwave, and it still tasted so good, so good. (It's essentially sweet and sour style deep fried chicken pieces with a thick szechwan spice brown sauce, which is served separately). So i guess from now on it's always an order of Hot Kow and Empress Chicken in this household. I should note that we also always take the crab rangoon as our freebie, and i think it's great - fresh, crisp, tasty. i see others here have complained about the content, but to me it's pretty much the same as i've had in other sit-down chinese restaurants. if i had to complain, i should point out that we ordered some lo-mein once and it we didn't enjoy it - it was very bland and watery. But otherwise... get the Empress Chicken!! read more

place USED TO GREAT, they had older people working in the place, now they have a younger employees . Order sweet and sour chicken it was horrible, eat a third and threw the rest away, sauce only had 2 small pineapples and only 2 small peppers, rice was hard as a rock and something was wrong with the chicken tasted like is was frozen then heated not fresh read more