Chinese Palace

The worst! Everything was wrong. Food, service.... Raw…read morechicken, ordered soup- no soup. Bad!

This place hits!!!! Great food with many menu items having that certain something extra flare to…read moremake the taste superb. Their egg rolls are awesome ... as are the dumplings. Love their Mongolian Beef and Kung Pao anything. Whether dining it or ordering out, this is the place to get your Chinese food fix in.

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Dark and meaty hot and sour soup with my favorite imported pilsner, Kirin Ichiban

Palace Cantonese Restaurant

4.1(264 reviews)

18.1 mi

04/12/26 - I've eaten here many times but tonight the food & service was way below what I've gotten…read morein the past. It's not like it was super busy yet us took over 10 minutes just to place our order. We ordered the following items. Even then it took around 15 mins to get our food. 1). Two pork & shrimp egg rolls. They were tasty but were burnt. (2 stars ) 2). My stand by shrimp egg foo yung. Tasty as always Very good (4 stars ) 3). Combo platter - called No 1 dish in the World? How & why? The dish had, chicken, shrimp, peapods, tomato's, & beef . The beef in the dish had a rancid taste. I should have sent this back (1 Star ) Service was very slow between ordering, receding the food & waiting to receive the check (2 stars )) Usually we come at lunchtime where the price difference between lunch & dinner is huge). The lunch is a much better deal for the same dishes). This restaurant usually has decent quality food but if I come back it will be for lunch & not dinner as the price point is much more affordable.

It's possible they were having a bad day, but we were In the area and in the mood for takeout…read moreChinese. tl;dr it was overpriced and Not Good, and we did not order on an event day (like the S----bowl) honestly everything in our order except the white rice was not something we would have wanted to pay for, and we can make just as good rice ourselves if we had felt like it. we had previously ordered from this restaurant many, many multiples months ago, and had fond memories of it -- this was a very disappointing and disheartening experience

Interior

Veggies and brown sauce

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Chef Ping

3.9(1.3k reviews)

9.1 mi

03/01/26 - We were invited here for dinner tonight to celebrate my wife's high school classmate…read morebirthday. There were a number of her high school friends along w/her daughters that hosted the event. When we arrived the restaurant parking lot was completely full. I dropped off my wife and one of her classmates @ the door & went to find a parking spot. The restaurant was packed w/people waiting to be seated & people coming in to pick up their carry out orders.

We've eaten here many times in the past and had a good experience. This visit was poor at best!…read morePlease note: (ALL PICTURES ARE FROM MY PREVIOUS VISITS NOT TO THIS VISIT) Unfortunately this visit is going to be the last time. Both the service and quality of food has gone way down from what they were famous for. The waitress spilled my tea, also dipped her finger in my tea, had no apology or offer to exchange it with a fresh cup. I had to ask her for a fresh cup of tea. Then the other server that brought our entrees spilled my husbands tea and again no offering to getting a fresh cup. We had to ask AGAIN for a fresh cup! While the portions were generous, the quality of all the food has gone way down. The special family recipe of thier shrimp dish Gan Pong is nothing but fried shrimp with dried chili peppers and no flavor. The Hunan spicy beef and chicken appeared to be all globs and sticky because of excessive and over use of corn starch used during the cooking process. This dish didn't have any unique flavor that one would expect. Previously we had experienced a difference in the food, taste and quality and that's what kept us returning. Sadly, after this experience I wouldn't recommend it to anyone or come back! I'd rather stick with Yu's Mandarin than drive to this place! Quality always wins over quantity in my books!

Main Dining area

Seafood Combo

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Kung pao chicken

Heng Wing Restaurant

3.2(362 reviews)

4.9 mi

THEY DELIVER! Finally! They use their own delivery driver , which is nice! Love the Singapore…read morenoodles, which is a little spicy but delicious ! Homemade eggrolls are yummy!

FAIL The restaurant…read moredoesn't meet basic hygiene rules set forth by Palatine Village nor Illinois Department of Public Health. Items consumed and not enjoyed. A half serving of egg drop soup (bland and unappealing til I add tons of sauce) And a way too strong zombie. The only thing good about it was how strong it was and that it didn't taste of alcohol. Didn't touch the orange chicken. Soon as I saw the dirty glassware I Diney Dashey'd and make my date pay for the lousy dinner. Update: Whatever liquors they're using for the zombie are dirty alcohol. Usually I never have hangovers. That drink put me in a pissed off mood that's gonna last for about 24 hours. I'm taking the day off work because of you. I should sue you for lost wages. It's a damn good thing I'm an artist and artists barely get freakin paid.

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Hong Kong Chop Suey

3.8(364 reviews)

10.3 mi

No dine in I was disappointed we were planning on dining…read morein! It's too far for take out from my house! Enjoy if you can !

Best Chinese around. The combination Fried Rice is phenomenal! Get it Spicy ! Great and quick…read moreservice! I come here almost weekly! -Andy

Egg roll , mushroom fried rice, shrimp vegetable yee mein, chicken with almond.

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Chicken with String Bean

Hong Kong Lite

3.9(212 reviews)

4.9 mi

Food always very good Orders always correct and on time. Plus they always say Thank You!read more

The food is absolutely delicious the people that work there so nice and the amount of food you get…read moreis always a lot. Love leftovers. Ty Hong Kong lite for always being so awesome and making excellent food.

Orange Chicken lunch special.

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Yu's Mandarin

3.2(1.2k reviews)

7.4 mi

Food is good. Customer service is friendly and attentive…read more Why a restaurant has to have Fox News blaring from the bar is beyond me. People want a friendly night out...not polarizing opinions...especially from Fox.

We came in on a Monday night for a birthday for one of our party. We were seated promptly and the…read morehostess was very nice. The restaurant is kept very clean . It took a little while for a server to come see us though. They staff the kitchen plentifully but it sees as though they may be short on servers. We ordered appetizers chicken sticks and calamari and both were excellent. For entires, we ordered orange chicken, lemon chicken, the rainbow lo mein, kung pao chicken, and then sweet and sour chicken. The food is so very good. Probably the best Americanized Chinese food we've ever had. Especially the kung pao. One thing to watch out for is the tip is added to your bill automatically. We did call afterwards when we realized this and the restaurant accommodated us appropriately. We were pleased. Regardless, I would very much recommend this place.

Szechwan Eggplant Mongolian Beef Yu's Chicken Wings

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Dining Room

Sizzling Wok

4.1(134 reviews)

6.4 mi

If I could give this place less than one star, I would. I placed an online order for delivery which…read moregoes through a third-party delivery company and one hour and thirty minutes later the food never arrived. The delivery driver would not answer his phone and the restaurant would not take any responsibility for the driver that was unable to find my location, which was a very large hotel only a mile away from the restaurant. I called the restaurant back three times and they were very nasty with me on the phone. I would not recommend this place.

I wanted to give the food 4.5 stars. It's very good. But I'm absolutely pissed that we ordered…read moretakeout, drove 35 minutes back home to find hey didn't give us what we ordered. They left out one persons food from the order "Mongolian beef". How do you let customers leave without checking that you got all their food in the bag?

Veggie delight

385. General Tao's Chicken

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Chicken Pad Thai

Shang Noodle - La Grange

4.2(74 reviews)

26.6 mi

We came here last minute on a Saturday afternoon The…read morerestaurant was open and there was one family inside but we waited to almost five minutes until the waiter came inside the restaurant Ascetically, the restaurant looks nice and clean. They have a cute barn door style for private dinning ( I assumed ) the doors were open. Once seated word the back of the restaurant we could hear people in the kitchen and found it odd no one had come out from the back This guy was alone manning the front of the restaurant We didn't blame him but service was less than adequate We had tea and the tea kettle was cute but needed a good washing There Long wait for food but we expected as much. We were juts excited to try a different place Egg drop soup and crab Rangoon were our top choices. Mongolian beef was not made spicey as requested and did lack flavor I would recommend the shrimp fried rice , it really lacked flavor.

Have gotten take out as well as dined in. I've also been to their Chicago location near the loop…read more I really like the menu and the noodle dishes are tasty and fresh. The Mongolian beef is also one of our favorites to order.

VIP room

Crispy duck

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Yu Shang Eggplant (v)

HD Cuisine

4.7(243 reviews)

8.8 mi

This place is affordable , flavorful, and so different compared to every other restaurant in the…read morearea. although there's something for everyone on the menu , this is exciting for someone that loves all Asian cuisine because there's such a fusion with the menu options. All of my food was great. But I really enjoyed the cassava cake and roti and lentil Dahl as an appetizer ! I'll be back

I wanted to give a proper review. Don't believe some of the low rated reviews. If you look at their…read moreprofiles, they give every place a bad review. To clear things up about their dining area, they have 2 small tables outside and 1 small and 2 big tables inside. Small tables - 2 chairs. Big tables - 4 chairs. On weekdays, you don't need to make a reservation. On the weekends due to their limited dine in area, I would recommend a reservation to be safe. You can make a reservation through Google/Yelp or phone call. Parking is easy since it's in a strip mall. There is also a 3% charge if you use plastic. Just a note, I tried looking at their food pictures on their website, but it kind of runs slow. Sometimes it would freeze. I think they need to fix it. I would return here to try other items. I would highly recommend ordering off their Malaysian menu instead of the miscellaneous. Don't order orange chicken or General Tao's chicken. Very cringe because you can get that literally anywhere. Get the Malaysian food because it's hard to find in Illinois. The owner is very sweet and the service is attentive. We ordered lor bak, nasi lemak, Hainanese chicken rice, hokkien mee, and kuih talam. Just a FYI, the portions are very generous. For 2 people, I would recommend ordering 2 dishes. Prices are reasonable for what you get. A pot of tea is $6. -lor bak 5 - I highly recommend this appetizer. It has crispy pork sausage with shrimp fritters, beancurd, and cucumber. It comes with two sauces. Everything was delicious. -nasi lemak 5 - I love the chicken rendang. The meat is very tender and it has a deep flavor. You can taste the spices that went into it. -Hainanese chicken rice 3.5 - I gave Penang Malaysian Cuisine a 4 because the rice was delicious. HD's version, the rice was not as moist and flavorful. The chicken was not bad, it's about the same as Penang's. It could be a bit more succulent without the sauces. -hokkien mee 4 - this won't be as tasty as in Malaysia. I liked the big pieces of shrimp, an adequate amount of sliced pork and hard boiled egg. The broth is still very good. If it's your first time having this, I still recommend it. -kuih talam 5 - I would suggest this if you like pandan. It's not sweet. It has a soft and bouncy texture.

Hainan Chicken Rice

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Cecilia Z.

11 years ago

I usually order from Chinese Palace even though they are always rude. Today I spoke with the owner and was yelled at and then hung up on. My coworkers and have given them so much business and referred others but that won't be happening anymore, the worst customer service I have ever experienced. read more

Lori P.

12 years ago

I'LL GO BACK AGAIN AND AGIAN - I have visited this place several times; and I was there with some friends recently. A typical Chinese food place, ambiance is questionable but the food is good - that's what counts. read more

David B.

12 years ago

Holly molly, Huge, no, GIANT portions. The food is what you would expect from any Chinese place. It's decent. Great place for lunch.

Norberto Q.

103

20 years ago

Food is excellent!! But don't order delivery, you'll be waiting forever. I once waited 2 hrs for my food.

Phil I.

6 years ago

Has been one of our favorites for years and still is! Abundant servings and very tasty dishes.

Sandy B.

15 years ago

Great egg rolls !

C M.

12 years ago

Amazing Food.

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