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    Sweet and Sour Chicken Dinner Special

    Ordered the fried shrimp and sweet sour chicken with extra chicken. Everything was greasy and fried to where the chicken and shrimp were hard as a rock. I tossed it all in the garbage. Won't be spending my money at this restaurant in the future. Do better!

    Lunch special of sesame chicken, white rice and an egg roll.
    Audra Z.

    Food was just ok. It arrived very punctually (I did delivery) and was still very hot. There was just a funny after taste to the sesame chicken I ordered. The egg roll that came in the lunch special was soggy, but the separate side order of egg rolls was crispier. Just didn't care for the flavor of the egg rolls. I will say the portion size was very large. One lunch special could have fed 2-3 people in my opinion. So a good value for the price.

    Crab Rangoon 6 and Egg Roll
    Jeff O.

    I've order from Plenty through GrubHub and it is fantastic! Honestly, the portion for the price is amazing and the sesame chicken is delicious. I also really liked the crab Rangoon. Highly suggest checking them out. Update: I found out they have a parking lot. I might have to go in one day to pick up!

    Sweet and sour chicken
    Courtney M.

    The sweet and sour chicken was extremely over cooked. The batter was hard you could beat it on a table and would not break. The batter to meat ratio was 20:1. The chicken was literally a thin, short piece of dry meat inside of the batter. I could not even eat the chicken. I also had the shrimp fried rice which was good. This is now the 2nd occurrence of this meal in this manner.

    Araceli C.

    I been here 4 times food is ok not great but ok yesterday's i expend $35 when I pick up my order I ask the owner cook or werever it is..... for hot sauce he gives me 4 pk of soy sauce I ask him again for hot sauce he said in the bag ok when I came home I check the bag ready to eat and was more soy sauce wth I live few block from the place was thinking go back smh but soon I will bring the soy sauce to this greedy liar man

    Disgusting burnt fried shrimp 4-5 pc small order bbq pork and egg foo young not eaten yuck
    Kim C.

    Update owner will not give a partial refund offered Yo bring all the food in - do not order from here much better in the. Area sorry I gave them a shot. worst food I have ever had- fried shrimp was double fried, rubbery chewed and only middle piece edible. Shrimp egg foo young was rubber and gross. Bbq pork smelled old - none of this was eaten. 35 bucks down the drain-

    Orange chicken
    gery i.

    Okay so my first and last time ordering from that restaurant... !!! I ordered door dash and i got : Orange chicken -tasted so sour and super soggy not even a little crispy, also was 30% meat 70% soggy batter!!!! Beef and string beans - the beans were good but the beef thick and chewy!!And literally 4 pcs of beef ! Veggie rice- was the best thing from my order ( thanks God so at least i had some dinner)!!!!! Pot stickers -very weird filling some meat looked like raw and i had only one peas in mine so i just threw it away. So gross but the dipping sauce was so far the worst sauce I've ever tasted!!!!! Super flat flavor of both Chicken and veg- OMG that was the top of the grossness it was slimy and super thick sauce didn't tasted much thick weird chicken and a couple veggies around! Worst meal in a very long time !!!! Definitely don't recommend that business at all because for me that was the worst Chinese food I've ever had (and I thought that was Panda Express but that is even worse)!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next time I will check the reviews first obviously consistently the food and service suck! Also i took 2 hours to get my order and i live in Jefferson park!!!!! Don't waste your money , skip that restaurant!!!!! Shame for the restaurant business! That is clearly stealing money from the people!!!!!

    Kung Pao Chicken, Egg Rolls 2
    George N.

    Definitely a good go to for take away or delivery. I've been ordering from here for years after a friend referred me. Food has always been consistent and never bland. Go to dishes for me: orange chicken, Kung Pao Chicken, chicken fried rice and egg rolls.

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    Solid neighborhood Chinese food with quick, friendly service. Decent moo shu pork, elevated by great Mandarin pancakes.

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    Just had there food for the first time last week and loved it everything was tasty can't wait to order again.

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    I fell for the DoorDash trap. Don't do it- those reviews can only be farmed. The chicken was inedible. Tasted like straight vinegar.

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    3 years ago

    Food was okay, only had it from delivery but it isn't something I would go out of my way to get

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