I called to ask if their fried dumplings are pan fried or hard fried. The woman that answered the phone said they are deep fried but she can pan fry them for me. Great. I will call back with my order. Called back and got someone else. She read back the order (steamed) and I clarified I wanted two orders of pan-fried dumplings. The first lady I spoke to called back to confirm we want pan-fried. YES! thank you. We got ONE order of pan fried. They were delicious though. I think they charged us correctly but that is a bummer. We were supposed to get two for all of us. The fried rice was very heavy with soy sauce but tasty. Easy to order and pickup. I sent someone to pickup for us. I will order from here again, and appreciate them fulfilling the request. read more

They make the best Black Pepper Chicken I've ever had in my life!! Can't wait to order from here again.

The sweet and sour chicken was good - sauce comes on the side which is our preference. The fried rice was bland and had a lot of cabbage and onions which added texture. The egg roll was also bland. Crab rangoons were really good. The sesame chicken was more breading than chicken. read more

Placed an order added to the same order 2 mins after woman said ok that's fine didn't give me a new total. Picked my food up 20 mins later like they said and no one ever made or added the 2nd part of my order. Then said oh you can add it now.... so my other food gets cold while I wait.. bs read more

Their seafood boil is tops! Not a huge fan of their Chinese food, although the portion sizes are really good, but this is my go-to place for a seafood boil when I'm on this side of the river. Fresh seafood and their Res House Special seasoning is delicious. I highly recommend you check them out. read more

The food was amazing and the person up front was so nice and respectful. Very helpful.

As soon as I began eating, I noticed something in my food. After inspecting the "Kung Pao Chicken" I realized the barcode sticker still actually stuck to a piece of bell pepper. I mean geez, I'm not even mad. I'm disappointed that you guys are not paying attention to what you're feeding your consumers. Sometimes "YELP" will make or break your business. Pay more attention to what you're doing while prepping and preparing meals for the public. read more

Li Chinese Restaurant - Food isn't bad, but what's this?? An extra snack? For free? Really guys? Did you the veggies at all? WoW...smh - Chinese Near Me - Swansea, Illinois

I don't really think this place deserves a five star rating unless your basing it on speed of service, price, and portion amount. As far as taste goes, yes the wonton soup was delicious and so was the sesame chicken. The Chicken Lo Mein was nothing to run their screaming for it was a little bland and I absolutely dislike their fried rice. Yes it has pork in it, i know you don't get that in too many places, but it had absolutely no flavor what so ever. The egg roll was ginormous, i mean seriously massive. it was just okay, i would not get again, but it was big enough to almost fill me up alone. The portions were huge! I think it could feed four easy off one plate, so beware. They have the standard pictures you see at any eat in and takeout chinese strip mall place. Take that picture and double the size that is what you get for $6.99, amazing deal. i do know they say they have 25 plates for lunch for 5.99 includes soup, egg roll and a soda, if you don't want a soda its only 4.99. I'm assuming the portion size isn't much smaller than the dinner size according to the other reviews. All in all i don't really think i will come back here, it isn't just my go to place. I still have yet to find that place in the metroeast, the closest i have came for chinese is House of Hunan in ofallon and Sala Thai for thai food. read more

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The BEST Chinese food in southern IL!!! I thought O'Fallon's China King was the top but this one beat it by alot. The crab rangoon was full of flavor and was hot and creamy. The chicken was topped with a delicious sauce and didn't leave a single bite dry. The service was wonderful and the food was made fresh. This local restaurant deserves an award!!! Wonderful! The servings were huge! And the food was hot it was amazing!!! read more

Li Chinese Restaurant - Shrimp 27. Shrimp Fried Rice Coke D4. Shrimp, Chicken with Mixed Vegetable 5. Crab Rangoon (6) - Chinese Near Me - Swansea, Illinois

Always delivered early!!! Food is fresh, hot and delicious!!! Our new favorite Chinese takeout!!!

WATCH YOUR CREDIT CARD CLOSELY. Used my credit card through their app and it states it will be manually run. This was yesterday, today it was used to purchase apple stuff online. Well 5 attempts only one made it through. Nice try, because that one got caught and canceled. I called them and a kid sounding person answered the phone. I asked for a manager, apparently there wasn't one - I told the kid to stop using the card because their apple purchases got caught and it won't work, he said he will notify them not to use it again. To bad, the food is good... but watch your credit cards closely. read more

Our favorite Chinese take out place! Best chicken wings, chicken on a stick and fried rice. The soups are piping hot and delish and delivery is fast! read more

When we moved from California, I was quite disappointed not to find good Chinese take-out in the area. I've eaten and tried each one of them nothing comes close to real Chinese food until tried Li Chinese restaurant. They just opened a few months ago and always pass by when I go to Schnuck's, and after trying it I've been hooked! Their house special fried rice is amazing, even better than the one's I tried in well known St. Louis Chinese food. Give them a try, they're the best in the area. I wonder why yelp deleted my honest review. I am not a robot. Someone or a competitor restaurant flagged my review somehow. read more

Li Chinese Restaurant - the outside of a restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Swansea, Illinois

Good local Chinese take-out spot. Nothing exceptional here, just like most other take-out spots. Service is a little slow sometimes but otherwise not a bad place read more

Good, solid Chinese take-out restaurant that also has indoor seating. Food has always been on the number of occasions we have eaten there. I typically get the Chicken with Garlic Sauce ($10.95 for large) and Hot and Sour Soup ($5.55 for quart). My wife usually gets the General Tsao's Chicken combo ($9.95). Those dishes are consistently good. I like that you can request different spice levels, and you get what you ordered. We will definitely be ordering from Li's again. read more

The teenagers behind the counter pointed and laughed at me while I waited for an order on April 2nd of this year. They weren't in the back, they were right at the counter standing a couple feet away from me while I was on the other side of the counter waiting. They laughed and pointed and spoke about me in a language I don't speak. I felt very disrespected, I'm not going here again read more

If I could give less than one star, I would. Had two orders of take out from here. Got the orange chicken and chicken fried rice. Rice was dry, and I literally had to pick out every piece of chicken from the rice because it was not done. Chicken was very chewy and inedible and onions weren't fully cooked. Called back to let them know and the same person that rang out my order told me that's how she makes the chicken all the time. The difference is they use white meat chicken and everywhere else uses dark meat. I was also told that nobody else complains about it. 1. How are you the cashier and the cook? 2. Why does the type of meat matter if it's done or not? The only thing that was good was the crab Rangoon. Won't be ordering from here again. read more

This place has to be my favorite Chinese joint! Ordered here probably 7 times and Everytime is great. Hubby loves steamed dumplings and so do I. Fried chicken, chicken on a stick are fabulous! My delivery times are awesome. It took maybe 20 minutes. Best general chicken in town! You won't be sorry with this decision! Great job Li Chinese! read more

Li Chinese Restaurant - Delicious dumplings!! - Chinese Near Me - Swansea, Illinois

ALL All I've got to say is your restaurant is got very bad bad management skills I came up there today to talk to a lady about a job that was on indeed for counter help I cancel my day to come up there and talk to the older when I get there she has a nurse there and say oh we already hired everybody okay what the heck is up with that stuff I don't appreciate being let on maybe she wouldn't talk to me because I'm a little bit older no excuse so I just want to let everybody know don't go there and deal with them people very very bad older very very bad way they treat people okay thanks a lot read more

This is an edit: 12/26/17 We've ordered here several times. Seems like every time we order from them the food and or service gets worse and worse. We made an online order this evening and waited for over an hour after getting a confirmation email that the order went through. Called and they were CLOSED. Never again. Awesome food! My girlfriend and I decided we wanted to dine in. Dining areas a bit rustic but decent enough to eat in on. Food came out piping hot and very juicy. We got orange chicken and honey chicken lunch specials. Very worth the money. read more

Food - FINALLY a great place for Fried rice and Egg Fu Yung. I have tried their Chicken and Beef fried rice, and both were filled with great flavor, and the portions were so large they could not shut the container. The Egg Fu Yung order had three big patties, which were rich in flavor and the sauce was excellent. Management - The young man is very very sweet and will assist in any way. The woman is also very nice. However the male owner screams terribly at them, which makes it very uncomfortable for the people eating in and for anyone waiting. This is pretty consistent, as it has happened each time I have been there. Beverages - Stay away from the soda dispenser, the ice tastes bad. Takeout - I have never tried, but didn't like the looks of the driver. Filthy. Overall - Food is GREAT!!!! read more

Still the BEST Chinese in town. We order here 1xs a week. The service is always good and the food always hot and fresh

I enjoy the food when we order but there tends to be inconsistencies in their side items that is frustrating hence the 3 stars. About 2 weeks ago we ordered 2 orders of crab ragoons and they were big and fried to a wonderful crispness. However, Friday evening we ordered them again along with an egg roll & pork fried rice. The rice was great but the crab ragoons were 1/2 the size of our previous order. Plus they along with the egg roll had not been fried long enough. The crab ragoons were soggy and had barely any crispness to them. The egg roll also had no crispness to it. The other issue is I've really never encountered friendly service. Neither by phone or in the restaurant. I would be happy to increase the stars if just the consistency was corrected. I can deal better with the rudeness if the food was better. read more

MY NEW FAVORITE CHINESE RESTAURANT! !!!! NOT...... I left the following review yesterday and ordered $50 worth of takeout that night. To stay mistake would be an insult to mistakes everywhere. Ate there when I found a menu in my door (which I hate). BEYOND pleasantly surprised. I order from there CONSTANTLY and neither me or my family has EVER had a bad thing off the menu Mai Fun is my favorite. AND.....just like you can get a side order of egg Foo young gravy, at Li, you can get a side of General Tso's sauce!!!!!!!! AND you can order online. I've been in a few times when just passing by and their children work there too. And they couldn't be more pleasant Would have been a 5 star rating but I still hate the delivery times...about 45-60 minutes and I'm right off Mascoutah Ave. . Oh well, no one has it all, right? And I'll take quality over an extra 15-30 minutes any day So.....we ordered food for 8 people. All the people that got fried rice, said it was horrible...like a big box of flavorless grease. One person, who hit extra extra hot Kung pal chicken, said it was to flavor and spice what rice cakes is to fat...I got my Mai Fun. It was someone else's Fun. Because it wasn't mine. Dumplings were HORRIBLE. AND THEN INMADE THE MISTAKE OF CALLING THIS MORNING TO TALK TO SOMEONE IN CHARGE. THEY COULDN'T have cared less. And the height of their disinterest was that they would replace the food with $5 off my order if and only if, I ordered RIGHT THEN.......today is the day before Thanksgiving and I'm running like 10 million errands IN MY CAR I said all that to say this......I have no job but I'm willing to pay people NOT TO PATRONIZE THIS ESTABLISHMENT. That's how strongly I feel about it. Back to picking up my own Chinese with phone orders at the place off Carlyle by Schnucks read more

We have ordered from Li's for years and happily. Recently my cousin ordered from our home and her order was missing crab rangoon, she called and said they were rude and "wrote it down" for her to get with her next order. I thought it was odd but everyone has an off night (being rude, not missing an item). This weekend myself and my husband ordered and wouldn't you know it, we were also missing our crab rangoon! I called, fully expecting them to "write it down" for the future and I would have been happy with that. What I got was a man who kept yelling back to a woman, who must cook and pack the food. I heard their entire conversation, which was all about how I was a liar and she KNEW she packed it. He asked me to double check, so I did. I told him everything that was in the bag, and he told her. Then she came to the phone and told me to check again! I honestly was shocked, I told her I wouldn't lie about something that small after years of patronage. She was unimpressed, unapologetic, and basically said I was lying. When I refused to back down she said she would send the food out with the delivery driver....but it never came. Neither did a phone call the next day. I don't care about missing an item, or food sometimes being messed up. I draw the line at being called a liar and then being lied to. Wing China in Belleville has better food, a larger selection, and they are actually polite and respectful. read more

Great stuff! Crab rangoons are some of the best I've ever had. The beef and broccoli's always been my go to. Not a fan of the general tso chicken tho which is a little disappointing. But that beef and broc is crack i swear try it lol read more

Good food. No MSG. Large servings. Lunch specials are as reasonably priced as they can get. Great coupons. Went with a friend, he got the beef Lo Mein, and I had the Orange Chicken. Both came with a lot of (good) pork fried rice and a large egg roll. Chicken was great. Lo Mein was also apparently good. Food tasted very fresh and neither of us (two large dudes) could clear our plates. I will come here again. Often. read more

Food was horrible. It had an ammonia like taste. Delivery guy was completely filthy and lied about the tip causing us to pay the delivery charge plus a double tip. We looked at each other after a couple bites and agreed to throw the rest away I really need to start looking at the dates on good reviews when trying to find a place. All of the good reviews are old. Maybe this used to be a good Chinese place. Not any more read more

I order take out all the time from this place. I always get the pork fried rice and crab rangoon both are great everytime. I have also had them deliver to my house and never had a problem. As far as customer service goes they are not overly nice but they are not flat out rude either. So I don't understand all the bad reviews they are getting. read more

We had sweet and sour chicken @ peppersteak last night. It was a bit pricey but very good. The meat was tender and the rice excellent. I'll definitely order again in the near future! read more

Very happy that they deliver to my house which is about 5 miles away. The food arrived hot and in a reasonable time. The lo mein was really great, the pork fried rice was the best I have had around here and the beef and broccoli was nice and fresh. The only thing that could have been better was the cashew chicken. There were very limited cashews but the flavor was good. We will order from them again for sure read more

So much better than the China King across from Hucks. Food is hot and they deliver read more

Like most small Chinese restaurants, it does not take long for the service and food to go down hill. I read the reviews and most are all positive. However, looking at the dates of the reviews, show that the the place did well the first year of existence. Today, we decide to eat here thinking it would be a good decision base on the reviews. How sadly mistaken we were with our choice. There was only one customer and she was seated closest to the door. I would know why shortly after ordering and finding a seat. The menu is small and nothing to be excited. The owners had their kids there playing video games in the dining area which was annoying. They all must live near by cause their kids bikes were outside and inside the restaurant. The worst part was a child behind the counter taking our order. We assumed this was because the child was the only one who could speak English. I should have mentioned to the owners about child labor laws cause he was the only one working the dining room. He brought our food out and cleaned the table where the other customer was seated. Oh and she left quickly when one of the kids ran around like it was a play ground area. I understood why she sat closest to the door. Now to the food. Nothing exciting here! Very typical Chinese food in the metro east. I wonder why all the Chinese food taste the same on this side of the river. I go over to St Louis Grand BLVD and food there are so much better and authentic. I have this belief that all the Chinese restaurants on this side of the river are owned by the same Chinese clan. This place should not be a restaurant. We told ourselves that never will we ever step foot in this establishment again. Their only positive is that the food came out fast. But then after thinking about it, how can the food be prepared so fast? Left overs and microwave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

I downloaded and joined thw yelp just to write this review.lol Food was ok.Horrible delivery Old white dude asked me what is my nationality.i replied im american???and he said no ur ancestery.and he was giving me shit for him getting a wrong address.wtf??? Yeah good luck getting me or any of my friends to eat there ever !!! read more

Always great food and service. Delivery is quick. The best Chinese place I have had in the Belleville area.

I am not sure what the deal is. A month ago the food was perfect, now it is horrible, new owner, new cook, who knows but DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME. \\ YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

The food is fine. But I've had issues with this place more than once. A previous time we got delivery they forgot an egg roll and a pork fried rice. When I called back they credited me for those missing items. When my wife and I went in to order takeout they scrambled around trying to find our credit... there was a wall with sticky notes all over it. I guess that's how they keep track of their mess ups. Great system. Eventually we got the two free items we had been promised. Then as we were leaving my wife decided to check the bags and we were still missing theeggg roll. So today we ordered delivery again. I ordered a combination platter which comes with rice and an egg roll. Again no egg roll in the bag. What is up with this place forgetting stuff? It's really aggravating because it seems to be pretty common occurrence. read more

This place is a great little hole in the wall chinese resturant. There is nothing fancy about this resturant but the food is outstanding, the service is friendly and fast, and it is cheap. read more

Best Chinese in the area. The meat and veggies are very fresh. And they make the good crab ragoons. Very friendly and cheap.

First opening it was great, but after that the rice wasn't the same an had no flavor. I have cooked fried rice better(that says alot) lol I ordered honey chicken and could tell it wasn't just cooked not fresh... Overall it was just ok. Spareribs I did like though let me add a positive note read more