Good food, good service, big potions. Hard to find better Chinese food in northern lake county

It is becoming my experience that finding good sit down Chinese restaurants is challenging in the Northern suburbs of Chicago. Many seem to have gone the way of carry out and no longer wishing to carter to the dine in community. Of course there are a few buffet only places, but I've stopped going to these places around here as they are all of poor quality. For Szechwan Palace, albeit the dinning area would be considered small for the traditional, sit down Chinese place, it is by far one of the larger I've come across in Lake County, IL. (Yangs being the largest I've seen) The seats are comfortable, the place is nicely decorated, and clean. The service is good, even when crowded, the food arrives to the table quickly and hot. If you crave a particular dish a bit more spicy, they will accommodate. It has been my experience that even the items they say are spicy, don't come out spicy, so I ask them to kick it up a notch and they do so without question. In my opinion, the one area where they seem to be off on are their soups. The Won-Ton is bland, the Sweet & Sour is too sour and the EggDrop is too greasy. However, they more than make up for this in their appetizers... give the CrabRagoons a whirl, we love them. For main dishes I've tried the Garlic Chicken & SzechBeef, both were really good. They are also very generous in their portions... even on the lunch menu. So, if your in the neighborhood, and in the mood for Chinese, then Szechwan Palace is a good choice. read more

Terrible service! Today was the second and the last time I will order from Szechwan Palace. I received wrong items in my order the first time. I excused the error thinking it was due to being a delivery (still lacking customer service). My order was over $70. I just picked up my order and they would not except their coupon. I was told I can add the "2 free egg rolls" for $3.xx. I was asked by the cashier what's the big deal. They had over 30 minutes to call me and let me know before I arrived. Unfortunately, the food was not very good when I got home. The teriyaki beef appetizer was disgusting slimy without any flavor, Mongolian beef did not have any spice or flavor and the beef texture was off putting, fried rice was actually okay. I paid $34.xx for terrible food and to be treated like crap for being a customer. I will not be going back and suggest you go elsewhere! read more

Food was really good! Orange chicken was delicious and not too saucy, which I like. The fried rice and sesame chicken was really good, as well. For the price, it's amazing! What makes this place even better, is that we ordered for carry-out and assumed we ordered from the Wisconsin location, but accidentally ordered from the Antioch location. When we got to Wisconsin, they told us that the delivery guy from the Antioch location will meet us half-way from both locations. When we met the delivery guy, he was extremely nice to us, despite our mistake, and refused to accept our tip. I couldn't believe the phenomenal customer service this place has! read more

Service here is friendly and and fast. I stopped by and placed a take out order of wonton soup, Mongolian beef with noodles and fried rice and egg roll. The order was ready in less than 10 minutes and they brought it out to me in the car. Inside its cozy and the tables are nicely spaced and it's clean and pretty. I like the concept of Chinese take out because around here there's a not a lot to choose from except a plethora of fast food. The food here is mixed. I got mine to-go today. The egg roll tasted freshly fried and was nice and crispy and had a peppery kick that made me happy. The Mongolian beef and wonton soup were just so-so, not much flavor to the broth or sauce... But the fried rice was pretty good- I liked the scrambled egg in it, nice touch. This would be a good place to go if you want something fast and a little different from the KFC/McD/etc, and you're passing through Antioch on HWY 173 or Hwy 83. read more

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Stayed in the area after spending the day at Wilmot. Decided to order from Szechwan Palace since it was right next to the hotel. Phone order was easy and painless. Food was ready in a quick 10-15minutes. Egg rolls were decent. Ordered a tofu dish and Kung Pao shrimp for entrees. Both had this brown drippy gravy which was edible, nothing great though. For ok Chinese food, I suppose it's not bad for the area it's in. read more

Loved it!! Great service, fast attentive, very efficient and friendly. Food was great! Fried rice is awesome, soup was good too! Chilli sauce is also right on the money. Very happy. read more

Too bad I have to give them a star to post this. We have been doing business with them for several years and have mostly been satisfied however the last few times we have ordered from them the food has drastically gone down hill and the prices have gone up and the portions have gone down. As far as the spring rolls and the egg rolls taste like they were cooked in very old grease. Called the next day to the manager who argued with me and would not let me get a word in edgewise and hung up on me in the middle of the conversation. PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF THE STRESS AND AVOID THIS RESTAURANT AT ALL COSTS!!!!! I will be also telling my friends and family and neighbors not to order from here. read more

They get 4 stars for fresh ingredients--I stopped in while in town on a business trip, and was pleasantly surprised--not the best Chinese fare I've ever had, but for a $6.60 lunch special the quality was very good. The Hot & Sour soup had a hearty beefiness to it, and the Mongolian Beef had fresh sliced button mushrooms and onions. Not the most complex flavor profile for Mongolian Beef, but the fact that they didn't use canned mushrooms, that they had good-sized portions, and that the service was very friendly deserves a good review. Definitely worth a try if you're in Antioch and are in the mood for Chinese fare. read more

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This food here is okay. One thing I do not care for like many Asian restaurants is that they post signs about everything you cannot do. The restrooms are for customers only. We do not accept cards for under $20.00. Are these really big deals? It is a real take away from a warm friendly atmosphere. read more

What a disappointment from just a few years ago. Greasy food gave me heartburn. The so called beef teriyaki sticks are questionably sourced, not like any beef I've tasted. Then there's the supremely tacky car wash plastic drop they hung to prevent "our germs" from them? Never again, get it together SP ! read more

I just got back home with my wife after being yelled at and called liars by the staff and management at this place. We are NEVER going back to Szechwan Palace in Antioch IL. We ordered the bbq pork egg foo young along with a few appetizers and brought it home, as soon as we get home we open everything up and start eating our food. Everything was good up until we opened the egg foo young. I took out the first piece and was going to split it with my wife. When I went to go cut into it immediately I felt something really hard AND BIG and dug it out of the egg foo young. It turned out to be a HUGE piece of rib bone. My wife and I were instantly not hungry anymore, we didn't eat any of it. But we were NOT mad. We called the place back and told them what we had found, they said we could come in and show them, we told them we would be there shortly, the place closed in 30 minutes so we got ready and left right away, with the whole order of egg foo young (which we didn't eat). When we got there, right away the guy we spoke to (the manager?) Looked at the piece of bone and blatantly said "that's impossible", "that was not in the egg foo young", "you got that from your appetizer" "we use boneless meat", meanwhile the lady who was probably the other manager was yelling across the room at us saying "we know how to prepare our food", "we hand cut our meat", "that's impossible"..... then started yelling something in a different language and clearly enraged at us. Then quickly, and older guy (owner?) looked like he was nudging the manager to give us our money back for the egg foo young, which he did seemingly with displeasure. And we quickly left without trying to add to the scene, which clearly they started. Before this we weren't mad, we were actually planning on returning to their place, getting food from them again and again in the future, because we truely liked their food, but when we are yelled at and called liars for respectfully and peacefully expressing our finding of a big piece of bone in their food. Which IS possible..... we will never be back. We have NEVER been treated so badly by any business EVER until tonight. read more

The best Chinese food I have ever eaten. Monday threw Saturday they have a lunch special for $5.95. This comes with egg drop soup (which is awesome), an egg roll (the best I've ever had, an entree, and fried rice. I highly recommend the sweet and sour chicken. Here is their website. http://www.szechwanpalace.com/index.html I encourage you to try it. Every person I talk to says this is their favorite place to get Chinese food. On a side note, I left Antioch for a 4 year period for college. I tried many different Chinese places and decided this is the only place I will ever get Chinese food from again. I guess I should also mention the service is really fast. The second you take a sip of water there is someone there to fill the glass back up. The same people work all the time, so they tend to recognize who you are and what you are going to order. Ultimately, I highly recommend this place. read more

WITHOUT A DOUBT THEE BEST ASIAN food in the area...! BEST egg rolls EVER! proceed with caution, I have eaten here 3 times in one week, HIGHLY addictive! read more

Go there for dinner on a Saturday night with my wife,they close at 9:30 we get there at 8:20 and they tell us they are no longer serving in the dining room.Really on a Saturday night WTF!!!!!! Will never go thete again!!! read more

Just. Great. We live in the middle of the woods and the driver had no problems getting here. Service was excellent, the person who picked up the phone was extremely patient, and delivery time was on point. Food was great, got the Cantonese house special noodles, shrimp with lobster sauce, and beef szechwan. Very satisfied and would recommend!! read more

hunan triple awful white ok made fried rice for myself as threw out hunantriple. stay away

Server was very inattentive and non-caring. I sent my dish back because the shrimp was not cooked it came at back and didn't look any different. She never came back to ask if it was okay. It is definitely gone down since the new owners took over. We will not be back. read more

This place is great. My wife is asian and won't order from anywhere else. The shrimp are huge and so are the portions. When we order we usually eat it for three days. read more

So today is the first time I have eaten here (antioch) I do not understand all the Good reviews. This is by far the WORST chinese food i have ever had. Everything was flavorless and just terrible. I love chinese food and have never had terrible chinese food. I literally couldnt eat more then a couple bites. Also they are the most expensive chinese restaurant around, the portions are small and the food is aweful.. read more

This place has incredibly cheap lunch specials. It was around $6.00 for an entree, egg roll, rice, and soup when I dined in. You could decide between miso and egg drop soup and between white and fried rice. The food was good. It came really fast and the service was great! read more

This place is a true gem! When they say you don't know what you got till its gone has never been so true! I moved away from the Antioch area over two years ago and I've grew up on Szechuan for Chinese food. I've been trying to replace it with new places by me but nothing compares to their great food and prices! I've had almost everything on the menu and I can say I've throughly enjoyed them all! Consistent quality. read more

I had heard good things and even believe that I ate there about 5 or 6 years ago. Will never go back. Staff is rude. I mentioned my coupon over the phone, and said that I got the coupon on line, for 2 free egg rolls with $20 purchase. They wouldn't accept the on-line coupon. But, to make it worse, he tore open my package and pulled 2 egg rolls out of the 4 pack, by hand. Regarding the food, the Mongolian Beef was good. The Governor's chicken, on the other hand, needed to be thrown out. It was drastically overcooked and unable to be chewed. I doubt that they were bones, but we were spitting out little pieces of a hard, straw like substance. Even fast food Chinese in a food court would be better than this. read more

Long time customer. They have consistently great takeout Chinese food. Consistent good taste that rivals any of the takeout places I've eaten at in Chicago or other cities. Crab Rangoon and sweet and sour pork are great!! read more

I'm shocked at the negative reviews. Please don't listen to those negative reviewers (I'm suspecting some hate toward Asian restaurants going on due to the virus). We've ordered from Szechwan Palace for 10+ years and within those years we have only had 2 issues, both of which were addressed and resolved by the owner. They are very friendly! I've asked for extra wontons in my soup on my birthday and during a difficult time, asking for them to charge me the extra as deemed appropriate. Guess what they did? Provided that and with a special note to me in English and Chinese, which cheered me up beyond belief. They have a big menu with so many options to choose from. There is literally something for everyone to enjoy. The food is delicious and if you order delivery, the food is always delivered hot. They strive in not only quality in Asian cuisine, but also customer service. Please do give them a try! read more

We have been ordering from them for quite some time but in the last few years, their quality & service has gone downhill. We ordered one of their staple items, sesame chicken. It was cold and dried out. Almost as if it was microwaved. In addition, they have a minimum order if you want to pay by credit card and if you don't, they charge a fee (which is a violation of their merchant processing agreement - I know, because that's what I do for a living). We try so hard to give our money to small businesses, especially during COVID, but this is one place we will not be going back to and I would advise others to do the same. read more

This was my go to for chinese delivery place because they have good food at decent price near my company. 1st couple times we order (which is always over 50 to 60 dollars) it was great....then i was told theu cant make my lunch special tomato beef over rice anymore because its not on lunch menu. I wasctaken back because they have make it for me before and now they cant? So we stop ordering for while and just recently we ordered at 1130 like always so they can get here by 1230 and with half hour luch it was always perfect. Well this time it was 1230 and no delivery....1240 no delivery...so i calllled them lafy said well you call at 1130 when we just ope and we need to heat up the wok and kitchen to start cooking so it take time...say what?!?!? Then about 10 to 1pm the delivery guy finally shows up i almost denied the order except there were other employees that ordered.....no more im done with this place going else where. And these guys are like a 15 drive from my company...... read more

Honestly if I could give a 0 or even -0 I would! Our friends come from Bartlett, IL and always want to go here (not sure why) I always had mixed feelings about this place but they are moving back to Europe and wanted their last dinner to be from here. Well it sure was one to remember! Anyways tonight put the cherry on top of their horrible service! First of all she didn't great us, and when anyone would asked for something she would scream with a irritated Voice "wait 1 minute" even though we were the only table in the restaurant. After we ordered a good amount of food to feed 6 we were ready to leave and asked for the check again we got a "wait 1 minute" irritating voice! She for sure HATES HER JOB! Come to find out she's the owner ‍ WoW honestly she should be working in the back where customers can't see her horrible attitude! Besides her attitude food was ok or maybe that's because we were hungry! We definitely won't be returning, we understand people have bad days but to be a owner and treat your customers with a attitude there's no excuse for that! Also the gaming section in there is loud and threw out our meal all we heard is DING DING DING I'm sure they can turn those Machine down! read more

Finally, decent Chinese food. We have been searching for a good place in the area and every place we tried failed. Not anymore. We will be coming back. Spring and egg rolls were great. Fried rice was not greasy. Our entrée weren't floating in sauce which made me very happy. The amount of food is a lot but I am ok with leftovers for lunch. We will be back. read more

Super friendly, super fast, great service. Food was the freshest, best Asian cuisine I've ever had. read more

Best food, love the owner at the Richmond location. I could eat every day, all day. Other places in surrounding areas cannot hold a candle to it. read more

Great food, great service!! The Szechwan green beans (my fav) are awesome here and the happy family has tons of meat!! Yum-Yum!

We were referred here, it was not very good at all. My orange chicken was mushy and my crab ragoons were mainly cream cheese. I've had some pretty Bad Chinese food but this place was definitely one of the worst. They are also pretty expensive for the small portions you get. read more

Service was terrible. Completely empty restaraunt and after 15 mins of waiting there no service. All the waitress could have said was that they were busy with take out orders. Not even an acknowledgement. read more

Food was excellent. We ordered delivery and the meal showed up at the exact time promised. We used the BeyondMenu app which made it easy to search the menu as well as order. Will order from them again read more

Szechwan Palace is a typical Chinese take out place, nothing too different or extraordinary. The prices are a little high compared to other places in the area, and the food quality isn't too drastic from the other places either. The couple times I've gone there, the staff seem to meander around, or read the newspaper, not really paying too much attention to who comes in, although food is always delivered in a timely manner. So overall, I would say that while it's not bad at all, (The food is actually pretty good.) it's not my first choice for Chinese food. read more

I don't understand why this place has such good reviews. I went here last month and it was horrible. I placed an order for pickup and it was inedible. I've never taken or sent food back before this. The orange chicken was gummy and had such an odd texture to it, I'm not even sure it was chicken. I've had orange chicken from tons of different places before and it has never tasted like that. The egg rolls were also disgusting. Everything just tasted off. They refunded me for the food, and I won't be going back. read more

Best Chinese food in Antioch. Huge servings. Great good. Not really a great sit down area. But if your looking for delivery or take out. This place is great. read more

Great food. My family has been going there for over 15 years and they have never disappointed. It's a family tradition to meet there for birthday dinners. We love it! read more

Read a couple negative reviews on this place but decided to order for myself. Ordered online, food came ahead of schedule and we were pleasantly surprised. Food was excellent! Will definitely use them again. read more