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    New China Restaurant

    4.0 (71 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Closed 12:00 pm - 9:00 PM

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups

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    The Fried Tofu With Vegetables
    Steve A.

    Carpentersville has a few okay Chinese restaurants, and this is one that's pretty basic but not as bad as it looks to be honest. It was actually a lot better than it seemed like. New China is located in a shopping center close to things like a Wal-Mart. Even so, forget about the image before you try it. The food we got was better than it looks in a few pictures. After placing a to go order, I came. It was pretty empty inside, as in no customers were actually inside. They were only accepting to go orders, so that's why. Basic kind of Chinese American items. We got the Fried Tofu With Vegetables. It's about $10 for the only portion. This is the kind of Chinese place that only has the one portion for tofu items, and it's large enough for two. It wasn't bad for all that honestly, helped because there was a lot. This was kind of greasy but okay. Getting orders from here isn't that bad except for those wanting dining in. It's only to go orders. The dining room isn't anything special anyway though.

    Dry stringy chicken
    Laura J.

    Normally I love the food I get from here. Today, not so much. My orange chicken was stringy and dry, old? Orange sauce good but couldn't eat. Shouldn't reheat yesterday's chicken and hide it in a sauce. I will go back but not order anything that has fried chicken in it

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    Excellent customer service. Everything is tasty, ingredients feel fresh and portions are generous.

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    Ho hum. Over breaded the 3 diff types of chicken . Stuck together as one blob. Everything tasted oily. mediocre at best.

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    Best Chinese food around, period. I now live 25 minutes away and I will take the trip anytime. Beets Chinese food in a 20 mile radius.

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    I ordered Egg Fu Yung from here last week and ended up in the hospital.

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    This is the place for Chinese! I live in Belvidere but anytime I'm near Carpentersville I stop and place an order.

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    Gourmet House

    Gourmet House

    3.9
    (279 reviews)
    2.5 mi
    $$

    I joined two friends for lunch last week. The food was delicious and very plentiful. For around ten…read moredollars you get a genenerous lunch including soup,eggroll and rice. I ordered shrimp with peapods.The peapods were crispy and the shrimp generous and cooked perfectly. I had plenty for another meal. Our waitress was efficient and very helpful. I highly recommend.

    Placed an order online and will say absolutely disappointed with my order and service…read more Upon arrival the wait was short. I paid automatically with a credit card. Then my food is brought out but before I can leave I'm told that they made a mistake on line with pricing and I owe them $0.75 more which I did not care and gave them $.08 but I wonder if they owed me the $.75 if they would be so willing to give it back to me. Then the owner comes out and starts taking my food out. If you place an order $50 or more you get an appetizer for free. our previous visit they forgot it and we were told the next time when we place an order to remind them and they will give us one. So since this order was over $50, I got one appetizer for free plus the appetizer that they forgot about last time. The owner comes out and starts digging out the additional appetizer. You only get one you only get one. Which I nicely explained to her that they owed us two. Very unpleasant woman. But the disappointment comes when I get home and opened all of the containers. Mongolian beef was horrible. It's called Mongolian beef because it's supposed to have beef . The dish is 90% onion couple noodles throw in and a little bit of beef ....just horrible. Same thing with other two meals where you had majority of vegetables and no meats or shrimp. Very disappointed with the order. They are becoming hidden and miss restaurant. You never know if you're gonna get a good order or a crappy order like we got today.

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    Hong Kong Chef Chinese Carryout

    Hong Kong Chef Chinese Carryout

    3.4
    (48 reviews)
    2.5 mi
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    Hong Kong Chef quietly does what great neighborhood staples do -- it delivers, consistently. The…read morefood is flavorful, dependable, and a step above what many expect from local Chinese takeout. In a region with plenty of options, this is the one that stands out. Simply put, it's the best Chinese in the area.

    Our first time carryout here and we thought the food was pretty good & had good value: two egg…read morerolls, 2 entrees and a soup for $33 after tax. It's in the small details when they overstuffed our seafood fried rice container ($11), accommodated that I wanted it without soy sauce (I've been on a fried rice kick sans soy sauce lately - it's less sodium and I feel like I could taste ingredients better). I really enjoyed the seafood fried rice. It had calamari, imitation crab meat, shrimp, and onions. It was a perfect blend without too much salt or oil, and to top it of-- the rice was soft. I really dislike it when Asian restaurants make hard rice, or let the rice it too long because you can always tell when the rice is getting stale. My hubby was craving Garlic chicken ( small size for $8). We were quite hungry so we had already began eating before I realized I didn't take pictures of the rest of the food. By the time I took a photo the garlic chicken has already been half eaten. I liked that it had a little zing to it with chili peppers flakes, and has a little sweetness to it which goes perfectly on top of white rice. My favorite part of this dish is that the chicken was moist and soft. I can't enjoy a dish when the chicken is overcooked as that makes the chicken really dry. They had the perfect big, fat eggrolls - two for $5.25. The homemade apricot sauce was on point -- 10 out of 10. Not too many place have great homemade eggroll sauce offered with eggrolls. And we're not talking about the sweet-and-sour sauce packets. Those are not the same thing! For us Chinese and Asians it's all about the sauce and my husband is super picky about it. That's how you tell it's legit eggrolls. He approves of this sauce. We only wish that they gave us two servings of it versus one because I quickly ate 2/3 of the small sauce container for my eggroll and he wasn't too happy. Lastly, we had the hot and sour soup (large size $6). The ingredient were fine, but I have to say it was too salty and missed a mark on the sour. Finding the right balance makes the sauce for me. I judge a lot of places by their soups. This one was close but I have to take off a star for that. Overall, this was a satisfying meal and it didn't break the bank. We will be back to try more dishes. I saw that on their menu, they have seafood boil, and I'll be interested in checking that out in the future. I also need to remember to take more pictures of food before my hunger sets in.

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    Lily Garden Restaurant

    Lily Garden Restaurant

    3.4
    (138 reviews)
    5.2 mi
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    YUM! YUM! You'll hear that a lot at this neighborhood Asian strip mall eatery. I've driven by…read morethere a thousand times and it's never been on my radar for a stop. Curious, since I'm always looking for more authentic Asian food because I lived in China. I'm really happy I stopped in here, at a Saturday afternoon around 4, and it was empty, but slowly filled while I was dining. I ordered mu shu shrimp, and the protein was plentiful and plump and the accompanying vegetables fresh and crisp. Pancakes and sauce were served as appropriate. Quantity was more than enough to make a second nite's dinner at home the following day. Service was pleasant and prompt and the restaurant is clean and tastefully decorated with murals of China. Full bar, including Chinese beer, and private rooms for events. I will be back.

    Don't know why I would just drive by Lily Garden without even considering it. I tried it once…read more Since then, the craving kicks in, we come back. It is decent. I did not realize that they run a sit down restaurant, well decorated at that. I'm always greeted with a courtious smile and light conversation. Generous quantities, tasty food. Everything is fresh and hot. Their wonton and hot and sour soups are better than most of the other nearby take out places. I like that they follow your special instructions when placing an online order..some places do not. I've noticed that they tend to be on the lightly seasoned side, so I always request fried rice extra spicy and dark. This means they will add a little more soy sauce and very mild spice. Also, they do make smoothies guys. An important note, when you order, you pay at pickup, not online. All I want, some consistency in life. They are consistent. That is why carry out from Lily Garden.

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