Chinese foods always been a fave of mine. Now I've found a new restaurant when I'm in town. The food was top notch. Totally on the high side of the Chinese scale. read more

EDIT: the restaurant just called my finance back and asked us to remove the review ! Just picked up food from here not long ago-- the egg roll wrappers are raw & there was a hair inside the egg roll. Not too happy about this. read more

Enlai Chinese Restaurant - a close up of a pastry - Chinese Near Me - Joliet, Illinois

This was my go to for Chinese food. Not sure what happened. The meat in all the entrees did not taste right. Too much MSG in the marinade? The sesame chicken well let's say it's different. When I gave it a chopstick pinch the meat flew out like a mini hot dog in a mini corn dog. Quality of food very low beef and pea pod It takes a lot to screw up that dish and they did. It might have been protein it sure didn't taste like beef. Strike 3 the egg foo young maybe they used powdered eggs, very little onion a broccoli. Yup broccoli. Horrible on the pallet. If I have to examine food throughout my meal it's not for me.... Only highlight is the hand drawn smiley on my almond cookie bag. LoL yelp says "please add a star rating to complete your review" Really do I have too? 1 start too much! read more

Bought food from them today paid full price for tofu and broccoli and asked when I pickle sit up is it all there they said yes, got home no the broccoli isn't there I'm so I called and asked since I'm not coming back out to refund em the tofu since I paid fu piece for just tofu they said bring the food back and they will!!! Make it make sense they made a mistake but I the customer has to waste me gas to get a refund for them ripping me off of price and food!!! Would not recommend beware!!! MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!!! read more

Enlai Chinese Restaurant - This is the menu price with vegetables and mine has no vegetables - Chinese Near Me - Joliet, Illinois

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No. Don't do it. I ordered based on the reviews. Someone said the chicken fried rice has great flavor. Umm... are you're taste buds destroyed!?! This is terrible chicken fried rice. They use white onions and hardly no eggs or green onion in it. The chicken was white so it wasn't cooked into the fried rice. Disgusting. The pot stickers were greasy and super hard on the ages. Actually cut the roof of my mouth. I didn't order the egg rolls cus they are the kind that stay thawed in a cooler and they drop them in. Looked horrible. The only halfway decent thing was the orange chicken. I would not come back at all. What a waste of money. read more

Enlai Chinese Restaurant - Flavorless. Chicken was off color and they use more yellow onions than anything else. Where are the green onions and eggs? - Chinese Near Me - Joliet, Illinois

I would give this zero stars if I could. I placed on order through the website for $94. It said it would be there in 25 min... an hour passes, I call the restaurant to ask if it was on the way and the girl says she needs the manager to call me back? Ok. Another 5 min passes and nothing, I call again and ask if she can see the order or if it got sent out or not.. again saying a manager will call.. another 10 min and I try to call again and they answer and hang up and I haven't been able to get them to answer since. So unprofessional. She kept asking what website... the website that I got the number to call off of & I have the confirmation email. Will never order here again read more

Have enjoyed their food for years. Enjoying it right now on Thanksgiving while I watch football. Will cook the main meal later. Thank you for being open today! read more

Something about this restaurant has changed. 10 years ago they were the tops in the area for Chinese cuisine. I went there today and it was beyond awful. The General Tso's, which was what they were known for, was a tasteless, runny mess. The chicken egg foo yung was inedible. I will not be returning. read more

This was the worst food ever. Egg Foo You g wasn't cooked. And the amount of broccoli was like half a plate full. Sesame chicken tasted like orange chicken. Not going back read more

have always ordered from here, sometimes as a walk I and sometimes deliver. Ordered delivery this week and was very disappointed. ordered Mongolian beef, it was 3/4 onions, very little meat or sauce. Will not be going back. read more

Even after all the bad reviews I thought I'd give it a chance. They were right. I was wrong. I ordered lunch special chicken lo mein... except my meal has absolutely 0 noodles in it. It's just chicken and veggies, and a crap ton of onions. Also, the rice was super dry on-top, very wet on the bottom. The egg was was awful and basically just all cabbage. At least the canned coke I bought was good. read more

Enlai Chinese Restaurant - Chicken Lo Mein ? - Chinese Near Me - Joliet, Illinois

Went in I had a feeling this location was on my Never return list. Boy was I correct. The cashier W a language barrier had a fan blaring table blocking the door due to Covid-19. He yelled across the floor I had to Rerepeat my order maybe 6 times. I asked if my egg patties will be in the gravy HE said Y.E.S. they weren't my $7.00 "shrimp fried rice" had 2 ,Two shrimps! The beef fried rice was a DRY rice with tasteless strips in it. Ooooh my God. I had to heat the lumpy, loud fishy smelling gravy. It was clumpy too thick. I don't eat fish this was just the worst. read more

Enlai Chinese Restaurant - chicken and rice in a bowl - Chinese Near Me - Joliet, Illinois

Ordered food went and picked up .... Got home and realized they forgot my rice called and said we'll credit ya.... Not the point then they said well bring back food we'll make a new one for ya...... yea no thanks ! .... U pay for something you should get it read more

This was the worse Chinese food I have eaten. I ordered Chicken and Broccoli, what I received is some dry rice, chicken and Broccoli in some type of red paste like sauce. I have never received chicken and Broccoli in a red sauce. I am a good judge of restaurants and they are serving garbage. If any Amazon employees are reading this don't order from them!!!!! read more

If you are looking for good Chinese food En Lai is the place to go in Joliet. The food here is consistently good. I keep coming back for more and I'm never disappointed. Yum read more

Freaking love this place! I used to go to Dragon Light but switched to En Lai after my boyfriend told me about it. I always order over the phone and everyone has been polite and has never screwed up my order. The food is ready fast and is hot. The portion sizes are good for the price and I almost always have left overs when I order a Combo. So happy I found En Lai for my Chinese food needs. I should mention that the food is good, duh. I usually order Beef with Broccoli or some sort of Lo Mein. My best friend loves General Tso's Chicken here. read more

Not what this place use to be. New management? Food is not nearly as good as it was and service even worse. Won't order from here again

They definitely have the best Chinese food I have ever had! The crab rangoon and dumplings are amazing. Most of the chicken dishes are good also, like the general tso and sesame chicken. Highly recommend if you are craving Chinese. YUM! read more

Went there for the first time and the food was very good. The dumplings were well made. The crab rangoon was amazing yet the panfried noodles are literally ramen noodles like 99 cents type from walmart. Other than that amazing food and cooking. read more

this is second time ever ordering. will not order ever again! placed order on website. 45 min later called to locate, there was a communication difficulty but was told order to be delivered. 30 min later I called an was told order to be delivered. I look outside to see if delivery lost in complex and found my order left ON THE STOOP OF MY CONDO IN THE STARTING RAIN!!! Food was cold but worst is the beef teriyaki sticks that I ordered were not cooked through, lemon chicken was cooked so bad the outside was hard & the chicken was not fully cooked inside. Crab Rangoons were not good at all!! poor quality.....defiantly BAD delivery!!! read more

This place used to be good, USED TO! they have a white girl working there and she is passive agressive the way she acts, this is not an authentic chinese resturant if they have here working there. She was on her own personal cell phone the whole time I was eating talking about getting drunk for new years, yea I relise that people get drunk new years but thats a persoanl issue leave that out of a bussniess. She said Oh I dont want HIM there he'll ruin my buzz he says I'm annoying hahaha.....thats ridiculous that they allow her to even use her own cell phone in a place of bussniess. I spent over 30 dollars and also I have a ingrown toenail and I am limping and she lookd at me like WTF? like really? she looks at ME like that? I know she doesnt know whats wrong with me but does she have to look at me like Im not allowd to be in pain or limp?' And she did NOT say bye to me she was one her phone and she wasnt busy she said buy to some women when on her phone, It is NOT the chinese people that are rude it is all her. The chinese man that brought my food was very respctful they really need to hire someone besides her, eat there and youll know what I mean. read more

We've been in Joliet for seven months and had found a "favorite" chinese joint about seven minutes from us. Decided to try En Lai because it was right down the road...looks like the other place has lost our business. En Lai food is full of flavor - even the red sauce for the Sweet & Sour chicken had great flavor. I ordered chicken fried rice with my dish and it actually had chicken in it (uncommon from the other place) and my husband had pork fried - both of us were very pleased with the flavor. The egg rolls left a bit to be desired (reason for 4-star) but everything else was great. Serving size was good. Easy to order online. No place for coupons online but they apply at the restaurant when you pay. Dining area was clean. UPDATE: Food is still good, but I dropped this to a three star because they suck at customer service. No smiles...at all. Hi, total and thank you is about all you get - not rude at all but certainly not friendly. When I spend $35 every week there, one would think you'd get a Hi! Welcome back! ...nope..nothing. read more

Stopped by for quick lunch before my closing today and ordered boiled dumplings. It was great! Nice chatting with the owner as well. Sweet young couple! read more

This used to be a great place when the Rt 59 and essington rd were owned by the same people. They separated a couple of years ago and the essington rd one was not quite what it was but still pretty good. Now, it is really bad. I got shrimp fried rice which was edible but not very tasty and the won ton soup was HORRIBLE .... inedible. Yes it's inexpensive but it's no longer a good place. So now I search for a new chinese place as good as Enlai USED to be read more

Some of the best most consistent Chinese food in Joliet area! Recommend the chicken w/ garlic sauce!

Nothing special. I like Great Wok on the corner of Gaylord and Caton Farm much better but they are closed Tuesday's and I wanted Chinese so I chose En Lai. The egg rolls are kinda gross. The dumplings were ok but the meat inside was kinda creepy looking. It was mega dark and just not what I expected. I also got sweet and sour chicken. The S&S sauce was super thin and didn't have pineapple, tomato and green pepper chunks like I like. That was a bummer, I know some people don't like the chunks so there ya go. I was just disappointed it was a thin bland sauce. Someone else mentioned how it takes a long time to get an online order. It did. It took about 45 minutes at 3pm. Great Wok takes about 10-15 minutes anytime. Also need a minimum order of $15 before tax, tip and delivery fee for them to deliver. Just FYI. read more

Please have a american/Chinese person take the orders. We waited 35 minutes for a take out because the guy taking the orders didn't understand English!! Ridiculous!! read more

I usually rate Chinese restaurants based on their eggrolls. Although the eggrolls here are not great, their other dishes more than make up for that. The Crab Rangoons are the best I've had outside of Joy Yi. They usually manage to get the Sesame Chicken perfect - a nice, light crisp/crunch on the outside, and moist on the inside. Some of their dishes can lean a little too heavy on the onions at the expense of the protein - the Mongolian Beef usually has more onion than beef - but it's hard to find something that doesn't taste great. read more

The chicken doesn't have the consistency of chicken. It is very dark and stringy. Kinda gives me the creeps.

We used to order from here several times a month and it was great. I moved to a different area and haven't eaten here for a couple years. We ordered tonight and nothing tasted like it used to. I'm not even sure what I'm eating. Definitely will not be going back. read more

Your standard Chinese food. You get a lot of food for the money, and the staff is really friendly. And it seems that no matter what you order its always done in fifteen minutes. read more

I have been ordering food from here for years! If you want good take out Chinese food this is your place! Always hits the spot! Never trust anywhere else but here! Even if you want to dine in you can! They serve you as well! Greatly run! Thank you! read more

The food is good here! I usually get the orange chicken which I love. Good Lo mein and egg roll too. Overall good place but not when waiting, can be pretty busy so make sure to call ahead. Sometimes when i order online it takes a bit longer so I recommend calling. Could be cause it's the busiest and one of the better places around. I will still eat here but need to try other places since basically only have been coming to En Lai for Chinese. read more

Good food for take out, great lunch specials. The decor isn't the best but you get what you pay for.

This was the worst Chinese food I've ever had in my whole life! The sauces had no flavor. There were tiny bits of meat in the dishes with the rest being made up of bean sprouts and vegetables. My lips felt waxy after eating this food which is indicative of poor quality. This was the first time I threw out my entire container of food after only a few bites. Although I should have taken it back to the restaurant and demanded my money back. Disgusting! Go anywhere else but here! read more

I have been eating at this place for about 6 years or so and their food has always been pretty good. They are fast and consistent. The only dish I would really say is something to talk about is their Spicy Orange Chicken. 4/5 read more