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En Lai Chinese Kitchen

3.0 (56 reviews)
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Open 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Dogs allowed
Good for groups
Good for kids

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Alexander C.

Love This Place ! Great Portions of Food Huge Eggeolls - Hard to Actually Get What You Want... In Detail Without The Paper Menu so I Put It Here For Simple / Easy Ordering

Fried rice (dry as heck)

Meh it's not that good I'd rather go to Panda Express. The fried rice is the worst the white is okay. The rest of the food was lackluster. Cheap but still not worth it. Idk why it's rated so high yall wack.

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Michaela H.

I had my doubts based off of the reviews and the location, but my boyfriend and I cannot figure out why on earth the rateings are so low! First off we both ordered large, I got the Beef Lo Mein and he got Shrimp Fried Rice (to go) the packaging was pretty and it tasted fresh! Although it didn't have an overwhelming flavor and could've used some more spice, overall it was delicious and filling! Lots of leftovers! Another nice aspect is that they are open until 11:30 Fridays and Saturdays when a lot of restaurants and quick bite places close. Friendly service and you get so much food for cost! It was cheaper than panda express or even the Tepanyake Buffet by the mall, and I was more filled-up then either. Bottom line- they appreciate the cost and give you an abundance of food for a low price! Can't wait to make this our date night take-out regular!

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Order take out only not much room inside. Good exactly like the other Resturant with the same name. Will update more at a later date.

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5 months ago

Good food & Quick service. We usually get the food to go and it is always great! Ample parking in the shopping center parking lot

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10 months ago

Place is wonderful and peacefull great food and delicious recommended the service is so good since i went there for the first time i love it

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1 year ago

Food is outstanding! Service is wonderful and everything is cooked where you can see it!! We absolutely love their food.

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2 years ago

Great food at great prices and very friendly people. Close to home and quite quick.nothing else to add but YUMMY

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Very large portions for the price. Very fast and easy to communicate. Some dishes don't taste like what I'm used to, but still good.

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Bad food, long delivery, order was messed up, and they didn't do anything to correct it. Very disappointed. Will not be eating here again.

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8 years ago

first time I ate there it was good. Ate there 2 wks ago with a friend price had gone up and food was not hot enough and not good.

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We love their food, and if you order for delivery they are so fast and always on time. Great place to eat.

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12 years ago

Best General Tso in Lafayette. Also one of few places that delivers just south of town.

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Taste

3.7
(51 reviews)
2.4 mi

We had a large array and while other people in my party did enjoy the food, I was very…read moreunderwhelmed. I was excited for the green onion pancakes but they were extremely greasy and chewy with little taste. The spring rolls and egg rolls were ok, but nothing special. The crab Rangoon was terribly chewy. General Tso chicken was ok, again nothing special. Garlic pork was actually pretty good but on the whole I don't eat pork so I limited myself to a bite. I also don't eat lamb but did try the Mongolian lamb and I thought it was soft and not super flavorful but other people at my table raved about it. We also had fried rice with veggies and fried rice with tofu. Neither were terribly flavorful. All this to say, I think I was the only one who did not enjoy the dinner.

Went to Taste based on a recommendation from a coworker. Decor was unexpected--large and much…read morenicer than one would expect from the cracked and grimy front door. The inside appeared to be kept clean. It was very early on a Monday evening and we were the only ones there for most of the time. However, there was a steady stream of folks picking up take out. In general the entire experience was mid. The menu is extensive. The food was OK, but nothing that we ordered tasted fabulous. It all seemed to be regular Chinese food, nothing was terrible or disappointing. So if that is what you are looking for, then Taste will be fine. My friend said they had large rooms in the back so if you have a large group, that would be a plus.

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En Lai Chinese Kitchen

2.9
(45 reviews)
2.0 mi
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Ordered for a quick dinner for the first time, and it wasn't too bad!…read more Pros - Speed of food prep and kitchen efficiency was great - Quantity of food was good for the price - Friendliness of staff Cons - Not terrible, but overly sauced (I ordered the Sesame Chicken, as the first time I go somewhere I always order something simple) Overall not a bad, local quick service Chinese spot.

I rate my Chinese food against an old favorite, CHINA LANE, which closed after Covid, and against…read moresome fine Chinese American restaurants in Chicago, so that bar is pretty high. Thus far no Chinese restaurant in Lafayette has remotely met those standards. The atmosphere was quaint. Nice cozy amount of indoor seating. Nice and clean tables. You have to go to the counter to order. They have no fountain beverages only canned, and no water unless you want to buy bottled. We all chose the water from a cooler freezer, which was not very cold. 3 orders for 3 people which we all planned to mix and match. Orders were pork egg foo young, pork chop suey, and sweet and sour chicken. We then went and sat down at our booth. Our food was done very quickly. All were brought to the booth in brown paper bags. Hmmm do they not want you to eat in? So we opened the bags and pulled out our food trying to share from the plastic trays. The silverware was the very cheapest plasticware that they could have bought. My fork broke leaving tines in my egg foo young. The egg foo young was good but very average they forgot the gravy. I think they overheard us saying we never had it without because she brought some to the table, the gravy was good but nowhere near my Chicago or China Lanes. The sweet and sour chicken was excellent. Very crispy yet soft white meat and the sweet and sour was good. I would highly recommend it. The chop suey was one of the most disappointing dishes, I have eaten at many and this dish was tasty but to call it chop suey was a mistake. They had large chopped hard carrots, nothing like what is in normal chop suey, they did not use bean sprouts in anything that we had. This was in no way a chop suey. That being said except for the large uncooked carrots it was very tasty. Maybe rename. I spoke to someone who eats there periodically and they said they use the same combination for a variety of dishes and just change the meat and name. We also had crab raggoons, these were some of the best I have ever had soft, crispy with a soft yummy center. The rice was excellent, the egg roll was ok, I have bought frozen ones from Sam's that are better. Sad if not for having no table service and the cheapest plasticware I would give the food a 4. I know there is a second Resturant with the same name and their food is the same. Not sure if this one was to be a better one for eating in or not. More. Hands on if so. I hope they step it up some and work on their inside sales more. Would recommend just not to sit eat and expect any customer service. Nice people but they need to work on their inside customer service. One of the better Chinese American foods, they just need to step it up a notch to be a great success. Will eat here again and update this restaurant, they have potential.

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Gross and disorganized
Gross and disorganized
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