En lai disappointed me this last time. I ordered a large house fried rice which usually has pork, chicken and shrimp. I requested no pork and add beef. I got my rice and I'm digging around up until halfway through the quart container. I've had maybe a total of 3 shrimp, barely any beef or chicken and yes, there was pork. Charged me extra too!!!! Used to be one of my favorite spots, but not after today read more

Excellent Chinese restaurant been coming here for years they're opened back up really good Szechuan meals

Yum! This place is great! Love their beef fried rice, sweet n sour chicken, & egg rolls! My parents swear by the shrimp egg foo yung. Huge portions! The staff is so friendly and quick. We love it here. read more

Even though I have lived in the area for 4 years now (actually 3 blocks away from this place) I had not tried En Lai's food. Went today. Food is fresh cooked on the spot. Portions ARE generous and the rolls are pretty good. Prices are just about right. I will be coming back to try out other things on their menu. read more

I'm a traveler to this area, and Chinese food is one of my favorites. Here in Alsip, Il, Its hard to find good Chinese food. En Lai does a good job of breaking this mold. The food is fresh, plenty of options, and delivery is fast. I recommend En Lai to my fellow travelers because there's no better place I know of when you need a quick fix of good Chinese grub. Wings is a good second choice, but they are not as good as En Lai. In my humble opinion. read more

I've been frequenting this place for many years. They have good Chinese food at reasonable prices, friendly people and very fast delivery service. Even better than most downtown Chicago Chinese food places. If you're in the mood for Chinese food- call here.! read more

One of the best Chinese take outs I've had in the area! Yummy! I personally loved their sweet and sour chicken, crab Rangoon and egg rolls. Their portion sizes are big and the prices are small. Our family of 4 ate for 25 bucks and had some left overs for lunch the next day. Make sure to look for coupons when you go. They have them online and in the value flyer packs that come in the mail. read more

Best Chinese food in town. Food was fast, fresh, and came at a good price. Service was great too. I ordered the beef and broccoli and everything was cooked well. Would recommend if you want fast good food at an amazing price. read more

I've been going here since they opened. I have a hard time getting Chinese from anywhere else because I always find myself comparing them to En lai. It's cheap and delicious. I highly recommend if you are looking for a quick Chinese fix. read more

This place is great! I have been going here for nearly 20 years, and it never disappoints. The food is fresh and delicious, and the portions are very generous. Excellent customer service as well!! Never had a bad experience!! read more

Best Chinese food around! Quick service. ALWAYS consistent! The general tso's chicken is our favorite!

I love this place my husband and I ho here at least once a week. They have the best bbq boneless spare ribs in the south Chicagoland area hands down!! Cant wait to go back next week. read more

For sure the best Chinese take out joint in town! A bit pricey, but we'll worth it. You can pick-up the food or they'll also deliver which is pretty fast, I must say. This will for sure continue being my favorite Chinese take-out restaurant in town! read more

The food is okay. I've been trying this place here and there since they opened. Some consistency issues but nothing major, just slightly under cooked broccoli from time to time. What's horrible about this place is the customer service! Twice I've gone in here and their credit card machine is down and when you don't have cash they yell at you! This past week, 1/2 my order was wrong and when I called to let them know they refused to give me a credit! They said I had to bring the order back or nothing! They admit it was wrong too! So here I am putting my two year old back in the car for an unnecessary try back. Smh! I'll be going down the street from now on! read more

First time visiting yesterday after my sis recommended. The food was absolutely delicious and tasted fresh. When I was recapping my order, a Chinese lady started yelling in a foreign language so I felt like I was really in China. Very authentic Chinese experience. Reminds me of Chinatown when I was little. read more

great authentic food. great any time of the year, plus they open new year's day which is probably why I like this place so much. Decently priced food with awesome portion sizes. Really like the lo mein. The workers here are friendly and get your order down right. They deliver if you're near the area too! Check it out sometime. read more

A nice small Chinese kitchen with quick service and good Chinese food. There is a little sit down area and the food is as good quality you will find in China or at least in Chinatown. The pork dumpling and chicken broccoli were pretty good and better than I have had in some of these similar places. read more

I was there on 9/21/16 for take out. Ordered egg drop soup, Mongolian beef, veggie soup and Singapore noodle, got a free qt. of chicken fried rice. Ok, the egg drop soup was actually scrambled egg soup, the absolute worst I've ever had!!!!! The veggie soup was mostly tofu and very slimily Worst of all, the Mongolian beef was more like Mongolian onions!!!!!, VERY LITTLY BEEF!!!!!! THE AMOUNT OF ONIONS WAS ASTOUNDING, 2/3RDS OF THE DISH WAS ONION!!!! ABSOLUTELY MISARABLE!!!! The good....the Singapore noodles were edible. The chicken fried rice was more fried onion than anything else. Miserable! WHAT'S WITH THE ONION AT THIS PLACE???????, IT'S NOT A FILLER, IT'S A VEGGIE!!!!! We ordered about 1/2 hour before closing. called the next day to complain and was yelled at by management and refused any type of refund, they have a money back guarantee that they do not honor! DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, STAY AWAY!!!!! GO TO DRAGON PALACE, ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT EVERY TIME!!!!!! THEY CLOSE EARLIER THOUGH. read more

Listen, I live in Alsip so I called Wings at 1135 no answer. Call Honeymoon BBQ, same thing, no answer. both supposed to be open at 1130. So I find En Lai in Midlothian and I call. An Asian woman with a very strong accent answers the phone and says that would deliver to me. So I ordered a General Tso's chicken lunch special with fried rice, order of rangoon and 1 egg roll. Food arrives within an hour, still piping hot, great flavor great portions, and the total was 17.00..(very reasonable) gladly handed the woman a crisp 20.00 and some change and shut the door...WILL DEFINATELY ORDER FROM THEM AGAIN! read more

This is a family favorite for us! We're always happy with the quality of the food, the amount we get for our money and the speed with which it is ready! We've had a lot of the items on the menu and have never been disappointed! We always get carry out so I can't speak for their delivery, but I can't imagine it would be anything short of stellar! Staff is very accommodating for special requests as well. This truly is a gem of a place! read more

En Lai is my go to place when it comes to Chinese food. They are fast, friendly and reasonable. They store front may be dated but it's clean and welcoming. I do not hesitate to recommend this place! read more

OK, I was headed to Gum Wah in Midlo for Chicken, Pepper, Tomato because this is da place for it. The area is currently without power in spots because of storms, and wouldn't you know it, Gum Wah is closed. So, I spot this place En Lai on my way to the Hong Kong house in Palos, and they sold me a half order and some crispy noodles. I got Pepper, Tomato remnants, Onion galore and 4 bite size chicken pieces. (do you see where this is going?) The only thing I can figure is that they put the chicken in the container last, and there simply wasn't room for all the chicken they were supposed to give me to EAT........ TWENTY FIVE large pieces of onion, and NO CHICKEN. Anyhow, those 4 bite size chicken pieces were pretty tasty. Bon Appetite. read more

Stopped by on a Saturday afternoon to grab a favorite, Szechuan green beans. It's basically a take-out joint (a few tables in the front), which didn't look all that clean to me, but what the hell. So I ordered the green beans and chicken fried rice. I was surprised when she said it would be $5.98, because I thought I was ordering full-sized portions. She hadn't asked but I figured at this point it might be better to go with whatever downsized portion I would be given. I wasn't aware until I sat down to wait and read the printed take-out menu that I was apparently being given a luncheon special. Just as well. While the beans were actually quite good, the disappointing fried rice brought the whole thing down. Apparently they make a bunch of rice and fry it with soy sauce. Then when someone orders "chicken" (or beef or whatever), they throw in a very few measly pieces of that substance. That's it. No vegetables, no egg, nothing else besides the rice and about 5 or 6 very small chunks of chicken. There are better options for Chinese take-out in the area, such as #1 Chop Suey in Oak Forest, or Hunan Palace in Palos, so I won't be back to En Lai read more

Quick and convenient Chinese food. The place is out dated like most Chinese restaurants but the food is pretty good for the price. The lunch special is enough food to fill you up. Some places load you up with rice but I would say this is a good ratio of rice to meat. read more

I wish that I could give ZERO stars, there are not a lot of times that I right a review but I had to after trying this HORRIBLE food! I should have followed my first mind and not even gave this place a try. But noooo after going to 3 other Chinese restaurants that were ALL closed, I decided to give them a try. What a TERRIBLE mistake! I have read mixed reviews on this place but went along and threw away over $20 nobody in my house liked their food!!! My son who usually will eat most food couldn't even finish his order of orange chicken. I had the chicken and beef with garlic sauce and it was very bland and let's not even discuss the Mongolian beef my guy ordered I am unable to eat ANY spicy food and I tasted his and switched my meal with his, the beef didn't have a lick of spiciness to it. The dish was actually sweeter than my sons orange chicken!! I'm SO upset and disgusted that we will NEVER go there again not even for a FREE meal because its not worth the gasoline to drive there. I wish I had waited until 2pm and went across the street to King Chop Suey next to Kenootz read more

Ordered for delivery a couple of times. Can't say it's the best Chinese restaurant I've ever ordered from, but it does the job and am always happy after I eat here. Real Chicago Chinese food. If you're on the fence, you won't be disappointed with their entrees! read more

I am new to the neighborhood and was looking for a good Chinese food restaurant. After looking on Yelp I decided to try this one. The food was fresh but it wasn't the greatest. It was hot that's for sure. It was so hot it melted the lid that was on the food. Apparently this caused the lid to crack and small pieces of plastic were in my food. Which I did not see prior to eating, so I found out the hard way. It wasn't bad food but I will try a few more places before I go back to this one. read more

i absolutely LOVE en lai! i grew up in blue island, moved to oak forest, and when i got married, moved to milwaukee. milwaukee has only one chinese restaurant my husband and i will go to...we are picky when it comes to chinese food. when we come back to visit family, we ALWAYS go here. the portions are huge...even for lunch it's enough for 2 meals! we ate there once and it was pretty standard for sit down chinese restaurants. never had delivery, so i can't comment on that...but i still highly recommend this place to anyone in the area, or someone visiting looking for good food at an incredibly reasonable price! read more

If I could change my first borns name to En Lai I would. This place is by far the best Chinese ever! Crab Rangoon is beyond amazing and the chicken sticks are full of flavor! read more

Lived in oak forest for about 14 yrs and we have always ordered from En Lai. Great food, good prices, and fast delivery

More affordable and every bit as good as other local Chinese places. Service is always friendly as well.