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Li's Place

4.6 (131 reviews)
ModerateChinese
Open • 11:00 am - 8:30 pm

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Quiet
Casual
Good for kids
Outdoor seating

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Hot & sour! Yummy...
Maggie G.

Súper nice lady brought us our takeout order! Shrimp lo mein, rice noodles with chicken & hot & sour soup & pan fried dumplings! DELISH! The small orders of a variety of things was perfect to share- Great takeout!

Snow Peas w. Chicken, Vegetables w. Beef or Shrimp
Briana T.

Pricey but tastes homecooked and wasn't too oily nor salty. They don't allow people inside so can't speak to the cleanliness/appearance, but you can call ahead and they'll bring it out to your car. Food was ready very quickly!

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I didn't eat here. The menu was very limited and sounded heavy and unhealthy. I drove away.

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5 years ago

During the pandemic this has become our favorite to-go choice. They are keeping things very safe. Same great quality food.

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3 years ago

Excellent food and a very nice family run business! I happily drive from Portland for takeout.

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Consistently excellent! She can make it spicy too. And if Freeport is too busy with shoppers, it's easy to get in and out.

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4 years ago

so yummy i love this place! the best thing to get is pork fried rice and spring rolls

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Empire Chinese Kitchen - lobster rangoon

Empire Chinese Kitchen

4.3(737 reviews)
15.8 mi•Arts District, Old Port, West End
•$$

We had a wonderful dinner experience here. Good service and a pleasant atmosphere. We ordered a…read morebunch of food in waves so that we could enjoy things as they came out. An excellent third stop on our impromptu culinary tour of Portland, and our party grew from two to four. I had the Shanghai cowboy cocktail, the bourbon hits, and you can definitely taste the mint more than the guava. All the foods in order of my preference, this was a tough list to rank because everything had great flavor and came out hot!! Lobster rangoon: yes, I would love to have another order of these! Great flavor, nice crisp wonton, just a wonderful rangoon experience! Pork pot stickers: mmm, love me some pot stickers, and these lived up to my expectations, great flavor and texture! Sa cha chicken skewers: so very tender, great flavor, would gladly eat again! Garlic meatball skewers: good flavor, nice dipping sauce, happy we added these to our selection. Shanghai soup dumplings: in general a fun food item, great flavor and they were highly recommended by the everyone who suggested we eat here. Mongolian beef: the beef had great flavor, the broccoli was cooked properly, not mushy, the onions were well caramelized; delicious! Har gow: good flavor, nice steamed dumplings, glad we tried them! Peking duck buns: my friend was in love with these, it was good, but not something I was immediately obsessed with. More than enough food for the three of us adults! The toddler had an order of steamed noodles. I definitely forgot a few photos, but the food was just so good!!

This is an awesome little restaurant. Its got plants everywhere and cool asian inspired trellises…read morefor them to climb on - there is a good mix of high top and low top seating, a bar area that looks like it could be part of a speakeasy - dark, and eclectic , anyways, while I appreciate all that - how did the food stack up? 3 things to go over - Lobster rangoon, Duck Bao Buns and Orange beef. Lobster rangoon, order them yesterday. They're absolutely amazing. Little sweet, little tangy, rich, very light exterior, plenty of filling; they checked all the boxes. I wish an order came with double! (I wouldn't judge if you put in a double order). The Duck Bao, for me, would be a pass for next time. They were good- just not standout. The bao bun itself was very nice and pillowy, just as you'd want, so they are working with a great foundation. I just wanted a little more out of the flavor for the duck. Maybe it could have used some freshness in there, there was a touch of scallion and some soy based sauce in there but could have benefited from some veg like shredded carrot or daikon or something else. Either that or it would have needed to lean even harder into the umami, caramel- deep flavors. Onto the orange beef. I didn't know how to feel about this when it was first put in front of me. The portion seemed okay, but I realized as I kept eating, the pile of beef wasn't going down as quick as I thought it would (good problem to have!) the beef was crisp, the orange flavor was tangy and sweet - it was really tasty. Beef wasn't tough but also wasn't super tender. Not good nor bad. My only complaint here is that there could have been a little more bok choy and the rice was not very easy to eat with chopsticks. It was a jasmine rice from what it seemed and it didn't have any starch to stick together at all. To pick it up I was having to press the beef into the rice to stick it all together. Not super easy to eat but maybe its just a me problem.

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Li's Place - chinese - Updated May 2026

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