Sun Shui Restaurant has been in Arlington Heights for a long time. It is special to me since it is the first Asian restaurant that I went to with my husband. The restaurant is decorated so nicely and thematically. The roof looks authentic and the there is a pond and waterfall inside the front door. The food is familiar to the American pallet but different enough to be special. On this occasion we had the crispy Szechwan beef, honey walnut shrimp, sweet and sour pork, and the orange chicken. My favorite was the honey walnut shrimp. It came out of the kitchen fast and tasted great. I recommend Sun Shui Restaurant. read more

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Asian food is kinda my thing... old school to fusion, mom n pop to food Court to franchise... my go-to is usually Vietnamese or Thai or Korean and sushi or Chinese. I've never been here before, but some longtime pals have been fans prior to the pandemic... so tagged along and HOLY SMOKES... this is FAB! AYCE Sushi done well with the yummiest versions of appetizers included, as well as a great AYCD alcohol upcharge option, which was legit even though I dont drink. Service by Hiro was great and so accommodating. My friend ordered five California rolls by accident (dhe only wanted 5 pieces vs. rolls, yet he was so kind and understanding The decor is lovely and the booths were very comfortable. This place is fantastic now. I have to come back to try the other dishes... everything seems freshly made, even my sésame balls were to order. My new go-to asian spot for now. Love this place!!! read more

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Always top notch! The sushi is incredible, taste & presentation. We also had the spicy garlic chicken, it was delicious! Service is always phenomenal. Highly recommend. Great for dates, groups, family dinners & kid friendly. Thank you to Ryan who took care of us tonight. Additionally: They provide gluten free modifications. read more

Sun Shui Restaurant - Mafia maki, Smokey roll & red mountain. - Chinese Near Me - Arlington Heights, Illinois

The wait for the food was sooooo long, but the food is overall okay (according to my husband), but I thought the flavors were very plain and subpar. read more

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This is one of the best Chinese restaurants that we have been to. We have been there several times and the food is always great Services top-notch and they give you so much food always have food to carry out for the next day. read more

I was tempted to get the all you can eat meal but ended up getting the maki plate which was three of their classic rolls. It was great. read more

Sun Shui Restaurant - Was tempted to get the all you can eat deal but ended up getting the maki plate. Its three of their classic roles. It was great. - Chinese Near Me - Arlington Heights, Illinois

Waited over 1 hour for carry out! "Who's your MOD?" "He moved away" "wait what?!" "Who's in charge?" "The guy in the back." This was the worse experience!! I will never come back!!! read more

Been years since I have been here. The Host was all smiles. Service was outstanding. I find that they have my favorite egg rolls in the area. Large and plump with filling. So good. Our entrees were Chicken and Vegetables and Kung Pao Chicken. We both liked the sauce and taste. Will definitely be returning. read more

Rachel was very helpful and kind to us. We were waiting for a little while and she took our order for us. The food was good too!

Been ordering from Sun Shui for a decade. Love this place! Best Chinese in AH. The sushi is bomb. The Mongolian beef is bomb. The honey sesame chicken is bomb. The egg rolls are bomb. 10/10 recommend read more

SS has been our family go to for carry out Chinese for twenty years. The food is consistently good. We love all things chicken--Kung Pao, cashew, sweet and sour, orange, and broccoli. The chicken (4/5) is good not great, occasionally more chewy than I'd like. The veggies (5/5) are consistently fresh, tasty, and crisp. Rice (4/5) is pretty standard. Overall recommended. read more

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Wow! My boyfriend picked this place because I said I wanted to go to a sit down restaurant and eat. He found Sun Shui Restaurant, which was close by. When I say THE FOOD AND SERVICE IS TOP NOTCH! The Smokey Roll is superb and has become my new favorite roll. Always going to order the Smokey Roll. The spicy noodle soup was recommended by our waiter and it was a wonderful suggestion. The restaurant looks nice inside and the waitstaff is friendly. This is now a new favorite Asian restaurant we will continue to go to and support. read more

Sun Shui Restaurant - Spicy noodle soup - Chinese Near Me - Arlington Heights, Illinois

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we were waiting for the food for like 1 hour and they didn't even get us a cup of water, that was really mean and i don't recommend you to go there. read more

delicious, great . waiter was great, and food was perfect. sushi was very fresh, ginger was strong read more

Sun Shui Restaurant - Shrimp Tempura - Chinese Near Me - Arlington Heights, Illinois

Husband and I recently tried this restaurant after passing it for years. When you walk in, you don't expect the restaurant to be as big as it is on the inside; there is a fish pond when you walk in and lots of seating around the restaurant. We came for an early dinner so there weren't many people there yet but by the time we were wrapping up, more people were arriving. Service was good, waitress was on top of checking in with us and refilling our waters. Food was just okay. We got the crispy beef which we were exciting to try based on others pictures on here but it felt kind of tough to eat. Flavor was good though, had a good hint of spice to it. We also ordered the honey sesame chicken which I enjoyed more; chicken was tender and the sauce was more like a honey mustard than a honey sesame glaze like other places. Overall, I'm glad we tried it finally but there are some other places we prefer for a sit down Chinese meal. read more

6:00 on a Saturday night- We were one of the first tables to arrive and one of the last to leave around 8:00- service, food and drinks were great! Definitely be back~ read more

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We have tried many AYCE (All You Can Eat) sushi restaurants in the area and this one is the best. The quality of their food, atmosphere, and service (Ryan) are top notch! the price is well worth it also! read more

First time here and everything was top notch. Egg roll was 8/10. Hot and Sour soup was excellent along with Won Ton soup. Potstickers were better than good. Mongolian shrimp excellent as was the walnut shrimp. The waiter wasn't overly friendly but he did everything right. I would come back in a minute! Like to try the sushi. read more

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Hunan chicken was delish, flavorful, perfectly mild red peppers (to my taste), ample meat, and veggies, good size for money. Chicken eggroll was tastey and large. This is my new spot when I'm not cooking or have friends in Arl Hts. read more

Service was fantastic and the food tasted extremely fresh. We will definitely come back. We unfortunately did not stay but there were several tables full and additional people coming in. Excited to see restaurants like this find a home in Arlington Heights. read more

Kung Pao Style shrimp I ordered, on menu described (assorted vegetables) all I had was celery sticks and a bit of chopped red bell peeper and few cubes of carrots. Lo Mein Noodles were ok - had better elsewhere. Never received my egg roll. read more

Have been going to this restaurant since it opened. Was consistently great. Last nite we had dragon rolls, that were not fresh and were tasteless.. The fortune cookies were so stale that we had to spit them out. Such a shame. read more

Excellent hot and sour soup. Was cooked to oeffection. Eggplant was good. Customer service was excellent. Out waiter Tim was great. I'll be back. read more

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You know some places are hit and miss? Well this place is a Home Run! Excellent flavors and quality and quantity. Beautiful inside and very clean. Very nice people too! Take the family Highly recommend! read more

Everything is perfect. The food is the best as is the service. The restaurant itself is beautiful and not your typical 50's Chinese restaurant. read more

Sorry, strike two and can't come back. I used to love this place Mushu pork to go,... no plum sauce, and food was extremely salty indicating to me that they are using old meat and using the added salt as a preservative. They changed the menu after the remodeling which i bet is an indication of change in management Thursday night and very very few customers in dining room or carry out. Bye BTW: staff very courteous. read more

Very good food, friendly service. Very good won ton soup, generous entree portions. Highly recommend!

Cheap owners Every meal we ordered had a SMALL AMOUNT OF MEAT/SEAFOOD We each paid like $20 for a plate full of noodles and vegetables and very little of the good stuff. Won't be going back read more

This wasn't our first visit to Sun Shui, but we won't be returning soon. We had eight in our group. We had different first courses and they should have been served at the same time, they weren't. Our main courses came out at different times, some of our party were finished by time all the dishes were served. It was difficult to find our server. We'll be looking for another Chinese restaurant in our area. read more

We "visited" here last week on a Weds. very odd service from walking in the door. Place was empty (one other table had 2 people) and quiet. We were seated right next to the kitchen and handed paper menus, the exact one we have in our take out menu drawer at home but the home one is in better shape. Waitress wasn't very friendly, seemed put out and annoyed. Everything was telling us to leave but we once again were giving the place another chance. Ordered 2 egg rolls. Waited a good amount of time to make one think this will be nice and fresh. Wrong. One bite in and both rolls were ice cold. Hot on the outside and cold inside. At that we decided it was our cue to head out. We let them know why we were leaving and didn't look back. That was the last chance. I'm sorry that this go to place for excellent food and service has declined to a point of no return. read more

I have been coming here for ten years and sadly this is not nearly as good. Tonight will be our last night. The portions are tiny and the prices are up. The ingredients are not fresh ... some of it was stale and over cooked. I will say the fried rice was good. But not the victory lap it once was. The low point was when the walnut shrimp came out with stale nuts and over half the plate empty. Literally 25% shrimp. 25% broccoli and 50% empty white space. I actually asked if that was the appetizer portion. Her response was the entry comes with ten shrimp. I literally think there is someone in the back counting the shrimp and playing the order. It was so sad. I am still sitting here ending the meal like it started. 15 minutes at table for water and greeting. Now it is 20 minutes to pay the bill. And still no one. So we are taking up to the front to pay. Ps. No one is even here so it is not like the tables are busy. Sad day for a legend restaurant. read more

Would normally give 5 stars because we love the food here. The reason for only 4 stars is that I received a bit of an attitude when I asked them to remake my sushi as my veggie sushi was sitting next to my husbands regular sushi and I am highly allergic to seafood. I know they did not remake my order as I requested because it took them 10 seconds to give me my food in a separate container. They could have killed me by not understanding why I asked for the sushi to be remade. I had not known that they would pile all the sushi on one plate. If I had known, I would have asked for it to be kept separate due to allergies. Also they let it slip that they make all the veggie sushi on the same mats as the fish sushi. A word of warning to them, that is not a good practice. read more

Have stopped here a couple times to get some sushi rolls. They have quite a range of options for rolls and all the ones I've tried have been great, but the standout is definitely the moon light roll. Yummy! They have great miso soup too. They have a pretty wide range of food options, so I will probably try some other plates next time I come, because they sound delicious. The decor is beautiful here! read more

They have good food but my family got the most horrible service ever the last time we ordered it in.

we have been going to Sun Shui for Chinese food for well over 20 years and have always been happy with the food. Recently they changed their menu, eliminated all our favorites, and the new items we ordered last night were entirely mediocre. We are doubtful to return. read more

STRIKE TWO. No soy sauce on table. Had to ask for spicy mustard for egg rolls. Portion sizes declining. 3/10 service. I don't know what it is but this place is fading fast. Seems to be morphing into a sushi joint. read more

Ok for any real sushi eaters- this is NOT a place to go for sushi. low quality. Order chicken Mongolian for Chinese food and it was mediocre. read more

We have been coming to Sun Shui for as long as they have been open. The dine in experience is very welcoming. The staff is very very friendly and helpful. Drinks are very authentic and delicious. They have changed their menu which now includes many more cultural dishes. We have never had a bad or unexpected meal ever. The place is always clean. Order the egg roll, it is sold by the piece but oh my the best egg roll ever. We have ordered in restaurant and have done carry out many times. From appetizers to sushi to authentic meals this is the place to be. We eat here 2 to 3 times a month. If you are in the area heck even if you aren't and want Asian meal stop in you won't be disappointed. read more

Not sure what is going on here but things have gone from best to worst in the last 90 days. This is a 30 minute drive for us and in the past it was worth it but not anymore. Since the "Renovation" it's an entirely new experience and not in a good way. The menu has been slashed, portions reduced, prices raised. Our food came out of the kitchen last night ice cold, and just lacking any real flavor. Service was all but non existent. If they are trying to run this place into the ground to cash out then it's an overwhelming success but this place was a family favorite for well over 20 years and last night was the 2nd bad meal we've had in a row and I don't see us coming back. read more

I honestly have been dreading writing this review. The service we got here was horrible. We waited 5 minutes to be seated on a mostly empty Tuesday night. We were served right away for drinks and our food order was quickly taken. We ordered a lot for just two people because the menu looked so good. We got the pork pan fried dumplings first, which were way too doughy so we only ate 2 and the sauce on the side wasn't your typical soy sauce which we didn't like. The rest of the order came shortly after. The noodle dish was nothing like I thought, they are small hard noodles with ALOT of veggies and a little beef. Didn't like it at all. The chicken and broccoli was sub par and the honey sesame was of course sweet but okay. We ordered veggie fried rice but got the combo, and when I asked the Chinese waitress to correct it because I'm allergic to seafood she yelled at me that my BF was the one ordered it not me and he ordered the combo, but he didn't. She was very mean about it and finished it with a very stern "we good?" My BF and I are not confrontational so we awkwardly just steered at each other and said nothing. Shortly after a man checked on only our table to see how everything was and we were silent. I've never been treated so poorly for asking for the correct item due to a food allergy. The food wasn't that good but the service was horrible. It's definitely not worth the money. read more

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