The ruben was phenomenal. Totally loaded with corned beef, house made sauerkraut, thousand island…read moredressing and homemade rye bread that is round! I should have only ate half and saved room for pie but couldn't help myself and ate it all.

Absolutely the best fried chicken and the home made pies are to die for. Just off the Interstate…read moreabout 2 miles and well worth the trip. This palce is truely an oasis in the desert!

I love the atmosphere! The booths are the best, their oven…read morebaked sandwiches are delicious. The kids menu for the spaghetti and meatballs is enough for me.Their 2/$10 appetizers are a fantastic deal. They have the best appetizers I've eaten from anywhere.

Definitely a place for the locals. Typical bar and grill feel. Serve your own soft drinks. I had…read morethe queso burger. I was asked how I wanted it cooked. I requested medium rare- it came well done and tough. Fries were greasy. The bf order spaghetti. It wasn't saucy- more like crushed tomatoes from a can. Service was service. Nothing extraordinary or even special.

I wish I took a photo but the food was so good that we just dug right in! It was perfectly seasoned…read moreand prepared. The owners are so kind, welcoming, and provided speedy service. I was surprised to find out how delicious the food was at this hidden gem! If you don't know it's there, this place could be missed. We ordered chicken fried rice, sizzling four season with black pepper hot platter, Mongolian triple, orange chicken, Hong Kong style pan fried noodles, crab angels, steamed rice with a side of chili oil and soy sauce. I'm also from California visiting and thought I would only have the option of Subway and Pizza Hut but this Chinese food was So So So good and it's tough to find quality Chinese food back home. I know of 3 very good Chinese places within Los Angeles and Orange County so I was pleasantly surprised with Yummy Yummy in Lyons, KS. If I return, I will more than likely eat here everyday during my next visit.

Great place for single order meals or buffets. Love their green beans and fried pot stickers!…read moreAsk for extra Asian veggies in their Mongolian Beef, you won't be sorry!

The last time I was there, there was a lady behind the counter, chewing bubblegum blowing bubbles,…read moreand you can see the spit when she popped. The spit was flying onto the food. I turned around, and I walked out.

The new owners are fantastic. The food is great and they are very accommodating. My son enjoys…read morefried tofu, it isn't on the children's menu but they always make it happen for him. I personally enjoy the curry but the combination Lo Mein is a family favorite.

It may look small... but it has the BEST GENERAL TSO's CHICKEN in a 4 County Radius. Yeah.... they…read morerun out of stuff fast, but it's because it's DELICIOUS. If you're patient, they DO continously bring out fresh dishes. Keep in mind, there is a lack of options in this small town of ours. So it's only natural that the best places in town are first come first serve, so get there early!

It's not the best Chinese food, but my son likes it, so we'll try it again and see if he still…read morelikes it. The all you can eat is too expensive for my family to eat there normally.

We weren't sure what to expect from a Thai restaurant in Great Bend, but we were pleasantly…read moresurprised! This place turned out to be a great find. The atmosphere is relaxed and unpretentious, making it a comfortable spot to enjoy a meal. We enjoyed everything we ordered--flavorful, well-prepared, and clearly made with care. We'll definitely be back the next time we're in town!

Appetizers were great! Recommend the Crab Rangoon and Pot stickers, just wish they would have came…read moreout warm. We also ordered the Chicken jalapeño delight and Beef Szechuan, it was just average and they both came out cool? Service was slow and restaurant was not busy. Will try again and hopefully we'll have better results! 2.5 stars!!!

We knew we wanted to go here but not sure of the time. Make reservations any way. They need the…read morenumbers. We were greeted with in seconds but it took several minutes to get seated. We were in no hurry. The food is excellent. Great flavors and definitely all hand cooked. Nothing pre fab here. It was just delicious and we will return when in the area. It's a great little place.

I wanted to like this restaurant so much. The small town…read moreit's in can use any new restaurant it can get! And the staff was very friendly . It is a cool space in the back of Zarah Mall. Great decor! But it just feels like they just opened last week... which I know is not the case. Not all of the items on the menu were available... it took a trip back to the kitchen to ask questions about if something was or wasn't... And when our dinners finally arrived, they had switched the sides between my mom's and my husband's entrees. There were only 3 of us in our group, and only one other table, who'd already been served. I typically would rather not post a review that's negative, but I'm hoping they will get a stronger grip on their purpose and overall vision and work they what's going on. And a glass of wine and some soft music wouldn't hurt either

Empire China does Cantonese, Hunan and Szechwan cuisine, and does them well ... dine in, take out,…read moreand catering. (MasterCard and Visa accepted. Gift certificates available.) The restaurant, on the main floor of what used to be the Ly-Kan Hotel, is closed Mondays. Regular menu business hours are: Lunch, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Dinner, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m (10 p.m. on Friday).; and Buffet hours are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. What the restaurant lacks in decor and atmosphere, it more than makes up for with scrumptious food and excellent service. The buffet features a very wide variety of dishes ... enough that even a picky eater like me can find plenty to eat! The lunch special menu lists 33 choices, including 14 hot and spicy dishes that can be modified to your taste. These selections (various pork, chicken, beef, and shrimp dishes, plus two or three vegetable dishes) come with the daily soup, egg roll, and fried rice or steamed rice. Lunch special prices (all prices as of 7/23/2010) range from $5.50 to $5.99. The menu is incredible! Sixteen appetizers, ranging from chicken sticks, to golden fried to-fu, to sliced jelly fish cold plate, and everything in between! (I love the sugar biscuits, and the crab angels.) There are nine kinds of soup! The egg drop soup (excellent!) and the hot and sour soup come in a cup (small) for $1.25, or a bowl (large) for $4.50. Be warned, the large order served five or six members of my family the other night. Other soups range from deluxe vegetable soup at $4.99 to seafood to-fu soup at $5.99. I'm not sure about the size of these servings, so ask your server. Also on offer are a huge variety of pork, poultry, beef, seafood, vegetable, egg fu young, fried rice/chow mein/lo mein, and mu shu dishes. There are 12 happy hour dinner combination specials that cost $7 or $8. These are served from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Twenty-four chef's specials, served with fried or steamed rice, range from Szechwan Triple to Happy Family at $8.99, to Sizzling Peking Pork Chop Hot Platter at $9.99, to West Lake Duck at $10.99, to Seafood in Birds Nest at $11.99, to Whole Fried Fish Cantonese Style at $15.99, and Snow Crab Leg Combination Plate at $19.99. And 17 more choices in between! Family dinners are available for $9.50 per person or $12.50 per person (a minimum of two people). For those who aren't crazy about Chinese food, there are side orders that include: French fries, onion rings, hashbrowns, plain fried rice or steamed rice ($1.25 each); vegetable salad, or two eggs ($1.50); chicken nuggets, cheese sticks, bacon strips, or plain noodles (each $2.75). Everything my family of eight ordered the other night was excellent, and portions were large enough to share without leaving anyone hungry. Just a note: If you order the Chinese hot tea, it is made with loose tea unless you request the powdered teabag, so there will be little floaty bits in your cup. (You get a whole teapot full of tea.) Service was flawless. Special requests were honored with a smile. The main reason I didn't give Empire China the fifth star, is that the dishes served often didn't look anything like the photo on the menu. For example, I ordered the lemon chicken, which was pictured as two sliced, plain, cooked chicken breasts (unbreaded, unbattered), garnished with broccoli and about half a lemon, with lemon sauce on the side., What I got was a lot of small to medium-sized, battered, fried chicken pieces, swimming in lemon sauce, garnished with four pieces of broccoli and a couple slices of lemon. Very tasty, but not at all what I was expecting, and I spent a lot of time peeling the fried coating off the chicken to avoid the extra calories, etc. If you're in the central part of Kansas and get a craving for Chinese, head for Lyons, and Empire China. You'll be glad you did!

UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP Empire China was a welcome addition…read moreto Lyons, Kansas when it first opened. The food was always good and the space was adequate. However, some friends of the former owners moved from New York and bought the place. I think the food is even better. The buffet has been expanded, both in size and in selection. The food was all very tasty, but with more variety. They've added some sushi as well, a nice little extra in my opinion. AND, they are now open on Mondays. The price for the lunch buffet remains very reasonable. I think you'll like the new Empire China.