This place is okaaaaaaay.. i went in for lunch & to kill some time on a Friday & was the only customer from beginning to end. I ordered the Manchurian chicken & ya know it was just fine. It was very spicy & saucy. I definitely needed a few water refills while eating. I think I'll try a few other places on the block before giving this another shot. read more

This restaurant was having a bogo on chicken entrees so I decided to give them a try. I forgot about the horrible parking on Devon but I lucked out and found a parking spot right in front. The restaurant looked really formal but it wasn't stuffy. The chicken with garlic sauce was really garlicky with lots of green onion (I love green onion) and the you could see the garlic. It was flavorful without being overwhelming of garlic. The chicken fried rice was good but I wish the chicken had more char from the wok. The rice was fluffy and could have use more of a char. Not being a traditional Chinese restaurant, it was really good. The standout was the chicken with garlic sauce. I love the reusable bag they give you with take out. read more

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The way their website is set up pretty much caused an argument between me and my mom another birthday ruined courtesy of usmania...while her money is in limbo I decided to go without eating since the incident disgusted me the more I thought about it ....who on earth has a tipping option but doesn't deliver??? The fact they asked if I was going to order again after getting the first one voided was inconsiderate and tone def.....I didn't get to try their food and a part of me is glad .. I wouldnt spend one dime in this place after reading some of the reviews....these are repulsive people and have no consideration or humanity This place caused a financial issue, a family argument, and a ruined birthday -- all without ever delivering food. Their website setup is a mess: confusing, misleading, and poorly designed. They have a tipping option despite not offering delivery, which is deceptive by design. After the order was voided, my money was left in limbo, and instead of resolving the situation properly, I was asked if I wanted to reorder -- which was tone-deaf and inconsiderate.No accountability. No empathy. No professionalism. After reading other reviews, this seems to be a pattern, not a one-off experience. Poor systems, poor service, and zero consideration for customers. I didn't even get to try the food, and I'm honestly relieved -- because nothing about this business feels trustworthy. Save yourself the stress, frustration, and potential money issues. There are better places that actually value customers....plus word around the way is that they are zionists....even less reason to give them hard earned money read more

The food was good, the savor and sour are all balanced. The service was pretty amazing! Employees were friendly. The ambiance was great too because the had some music playing and there was not that many customers. Over my only complaint is the spice was not really balanced but this place was good, the taste the texture and coziness, just muah! read more

Usmania Chinese Restaurant - The food was amazing! The savor the sour everything was balanced. Also the presentation and texture were OK. Overall pretty good - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

So disappointed with the lack of hospitality and organization at this establishment. Food and soup -cold Drinks- we had to re-ask Appetizer- forgot to place order When asked to order takeout- not even nice about it- we are closed, kitchen staff left. Establishment is open. Very sad. read more

Went here a few weeks ago at the end of Ramadan and was pleasantly surprised! The service and interior of the restaurant are OK but the food was delicious. We had chili fish, Mongolian beef, shrimp fried rice, and chicken chow mein. The food was spicy, salty, flavorful Dash everything you want in a Chinese restaurant. I ate at this restaurant maybe 1 to 2 years ago, and was very disappointed, but I heard the that the chef changed and now the food is delicious! For dessert, we had mango kulfi and pistachio ice cream, which were both served in cute clay containers. The ice cream was better than the kulfi. Prices are reasonable for a Chinese place and I would definitely return. read more

Usmania Chinese Restaurant - Chicken Noodles Egg Fried Rice Chili Fish Mongolian Beef - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Food is very average. Have been to several halal Chinese restaurants in California and Usmania does not measure up to any of them. Service was horrible which is main reason for 3 star review. They seemed to have one server only. When he showed us to our table one of the chairs was wet so it was moved away. Later a female employee came and pt the chair right next to me without wiping it off. After ordering we asked to keep a menu in case we wanted to order more food. The server left it l. Later the same female employee came and took it. They need to communicate better. Food was brought out quickly but was not anything notable. Once we were done eating it took no less than 25 minutes to get the bill and this is not an exaggeration. I asked twice and was told it would be one minute. It seemed like the younger gentleman who was our server was doing everything and because of that things were delayed. Would not return to this restaurant due to poor service and mediocre food. read more

I would rate absolutely no star if there was a choice. Soup was as if dissolved cornstarch in hot water with some salt n pepper, beef and chicken items like Mongolian beef, noodles with beef and fried rice with chicken were stinking, I wonder how many days old there were. We couldn't eat., I mentioned abt tht meats and he didn't charge us for o chicken but he did for beef -it was such a waste of 80 plus dollars., it didn't even look like fine dining, hardly any napkins were provided, had to ask few times for napkins. Very very poor and old stale food. This was on Monday December 30th, 20 read more

Matka Goat Biryani 6/10 Last month I went and had Matka Goat Biryani. It was a HIT 10/10!! But like my friends suggested Usmania is a hit-or-miss situation because Yesterday the same makta goat biryani was very Poorly made. It was Veru OILY and was missing the original Safron fragrance. The biryani tasted like rice and goat curry mixed in a hurry rather than actual slow-cooked biryani in a Matka. The meat was perfectly cooked no doubt in that, but the amount of bone was more than the meat. Service 10/10 The service was quick, I was seated right away. Even though the server told us biryani would take 15-20 min, it came within 10 min or less. Maybe that's why the biryani wasn't up to the mark. The ambiance was good, the table and utensils were clean. read more

Usmania Chinese Restaurant - Goat Matka birani - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Meh. The prices here are way too much. Rule number 1: Chinese food is inexpensive. Everywhere. Fried rice with no meat was $14 for no reason. There were apps that were cheaper, and they were running a BOGO-free chicken item sale. So I tried the chicken egg rolls and crab rangoon. I hated the crab rangoons. Too big and lots of cream cheese. Not a great balance of stuffing overall. However the chicken egg rolls was good. Very tasty and great mix of curry favors to make it unique. I live close and will not stop by again but glab to try a new place in the neighborhood. read more

I was recommended to this restaurant. Thought that they had very good restaurant ambiance was nice service was good. The owner came over to our table to check on us. Now to the food.... I had the Szechuan chicken meatballs. They were OK nothing special.. my wife had the corn soup. She said it was hot and OK again nothing special.. our two main courses were good. My wife had the sizzling beef with rice and vegetables and she enjoyed it. I had the Mongolian beef again. That was very good. Both were spicy tasty but not overly spicy portion sizes were very large. We ate plenty and had plenty to take home , overall very good experience read more

Food never showed up. I imagine it might have been good? Or do they just not deliver? You tell me? Am I the only one here?

Overpriced, sub par food , owners need to take responsibility. Service is ok. Ambiance they have updated, but a bad decor job. Used to be good back in the day. read more

This was a let down, the food was meh as well as the service and portions were a bit small for the price. Guess they forgot the MSG, the noodles were oily and chili beef was not spicy at all (the onions made it more sweeter). Overall, will not be returning. read more

Usmania Chinese Restaurant - Chili Beef Chicken Noodles - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

the service is really good the employees are funny and the orange chicken is really good

I will never recommend anyone bad taste ever quantity it self terrible Manchurian taste like raw egg and smell terrible soup was like slimy and fried egg rice plz dont oder its waste of money time made use feel sick read more

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Rude about when I called to ask for extra hot sauce and still ended up forgetting to include it.

I ordered shrimp broccoli and chicken noodles yesterday. Shrimps were very bland with a watery sauce. The entire dish had 4-5 broccoli pieces. The noodles only had some soy sauce and a few strange textured chicken pieces. Both dishes costed $50. I'm regretting ordering my food from there. It was a waste of my money. Poor quality. I will remember not to order from here again. Bombay chopstick knows what they're doing. Their food has a lot of flavor and they give a decent quantity of food. read more

Ordered a takeout of mixed fried rice, chili chicken and hot and sour soup. This is definitely not Indo-Chinese. Fried rice had no flavor whatsoever. It was blant meat and rice. Chilli chicken had a raw chicken smell and we ended up throwing it all. Soup was also weird tasting, it didn't had any Chinese seasoning in it. Overall food lacks flavor and chicken has a bad raw smell. Please change your meat supplier or soak raw chicken in vinegar to get rid of that bad foul smell. I also noticed the same smell at your Usmania restaurant across the street. read more

the food is very good and the service is quick and the ambiance is very relaxing and calm overall

Love coming here to get hot and sour soup along with other items! This place is packed with flavors and everything read more

Usmania Chinese Restaurant - Inside - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

For a thorough read on what is Indo Chinese food, look at my last review for this restaurant. I also catalog changes at Usamnia as they occurred over some time. For the last year plus, food quality has worsened and pricing has continued to increase. Also, they have always and currently use MSG laden sauces for everything. If asking them to remove it, I'm not sure they know how to. Due to that, food is salty. Quality has gone downhill and management is deaf to customer concerns. Service times can drag even when the dining area is dead. Indo Chinese has been on a constant rise in India for the last decade. Even the most back alley dives serve up distinctive quality foods on the cheap. So to see this restaurant operating this poorly and costly, I'm just like: Naw bhai, I'm good. read more

I would give thus place more stars because we've been eating here for years but our family has seen a consistent downgrade of quality and quantity, and a consistent increase in price. The owners need to realize they cannot spike the price every year for an appetizer dish to $18 and still maintain the same customer base. The dish I've attached is an appetizer called spring chicken and we've seen it climb a dollar or two almost every year. Even their spring fish has like a few pieces and costs $12, I wish I could rate them higher but because they've been spiking the prices so ridiculously without improving quantity/quality it's a 2 stars from us. read more

Usmania Chinese Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Great Chinese restaurant delicious food and it's cheap if you dine in unfortunately delivery service can be expensive thru the delivery companies it's not direct delivery from Usmania which I think it would be cheaper but you can always dine in or order for pick up . Mongolian beef is delicious and Crab Rangoon it's awesome. read more

Love love love this place! Although it is a little on the pricer side, it is the only Halal Chinese restaurant that I know of on the north side. My family doesn't dine in because this place is always really slammed especially on the weekends but we do carry out. We usually order Mongolian beef, chicken fried rice and sweet and sour chicken. All of these come with rice and can easily feed a party of five people with leftovers! The chicken fried rice always goes out the quickest and it really is the best. All of the food is made fresh, always hot when we receive it and I love that Usmania has switched over from using plastic bags to reusable bags! I absolutely loved that and it makes me support their business more because I see that they are making an honest effort to be more conscious of their waste and the way it impacts the world. I highly recommend this business and I encourage you to check it out yourselves- you will not be disappointed! read more

First A/C wasn't working properly...had to remind them several times about the A/C... Desi food was below average...I don't want to start... Worst nightmare was the Chicken corn soup...it was stale...it was so thick thick thick thick thick with corn flour that it became something else... We couldn't even pour it to our bowls from the serving bowl coz of the thickness as it was sticking to the spoon ... read more

First time here and the food was all great! Staff was very nice and they give you large portions which she told us but we loved everything will definitely be back read more

This is a nice little hidden indo-pak style Chinese place on Devon. Customer service was nice and catering! We had the tofu dish and manchurian chicken and gravy with added vegetables. The manchurian chicken had a delicious sauce base and if you enjoy a lot of chicken you'd enjoy this dish. I was more in love with the vegetables and if I ever visit IL again I'll be sure to order manchurian vegetables only. The meat is "halal" so the meat was pretty clean and fresh tasting. Their portions are good there was enough leftover for a second meal the next day. I'd definitely visit again in the future. Thank you for the great experience Usmania! read more

Usmania Chinese Restaurant - Tofu and manchurian chicken with vegetables - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The food here is absolutely amazing. Desi Chinese is the best and of all the desi Chinese restaurants, this is the best.

Came into this big beautiful restaurant. Had part of the menu up as soon as you walk-in so you have some idea what your in store for. Fatima was both our host and server. She is very attentive and extremely nice and knowledgeable about the menu. Try the Matka Chai tea my friend loved it! The food looks good and is good. We started with the chicken corn soup and hot and sour soup. And trust me there is plenty of chicken in both. And it was a nice serving size. We had the chili chicken and the Manchurian beef and it was services with rice. We left with a nice portion of leftovers. Warning: spicy but soooooo good. Will definitely come back to this Pakistani Chinese restaurant. read more

I ordered from Usmania Chinese during one of their "Buy One Get One Free" days and the food didn't taste that good but more importantly!!! it gave everyone in my house food poisoning. My mom had such bad stomach issues as well as my brother. Idk if the food was old or something but it wasn't a fun experience at all! read more

The food here is a disappointment! nothing was good from the Mongolian beef to the sweet orange chicken. Even their crafted lemonade (the fruit punch one) was literally Hawaiian punch...Definitely, won't be back here again! read more

This restaurant is the best spot for Pakistani & Chinese food. I ordered fried rice, hakka noodles and hot and sour soup. All of the dishes were very flavorful, perfect spice level (they offer spice level options). Food was of good quality, service was quick, ambience was enjoyable and the best part was the matka mango lassi that I ordered which was delicious after a spicy meal. They provide hand sanitizers on each table. read more

Usmania Chinese Restaurant - Matka Mango Lassi - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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There is literally no taste in the chicken fried rice or the noodles that I had. The rice was not Chinese nor Indian. If desi style Chinese is made, at-least use Desi Rice in it- but no such thing here. I couldn't make out the kind of rice used (maybe sona masoori but I got a feeling of jasmine rice, nonetheless extremely tasteless) Craving for Chinese food, desi style - I sort out this place thinking I'll utilize the "buy one get one" Thursday, to my dismay and complete disappointment it was a total waste of time and money. read more

UPDATE: came back here yesterday and the food was DISGUSTING. The egg rolls were not even edible. I took a bite and had to drink a ton of water to get the nasty taste out of my mouth. Safe to say, the worst egg roll I've ever had in my life. I brought the egg rolls home, no one ate it because of how awful it tasted, so we had to waste it. The Manchurian beef and jumbo shrimp both tasted bland and we didn't even eat more than half. The only good thing was the crab rangoons. Three people paid $21 each for two dishes, three appetizers. All of it was a waste and I left hungry. With all this being said, I won't be coming back here. read more

I'm gonna keep this simple and short. service: 1 star; when we walked in there was no one in the place and a waiter sleeping in one of the booths ambiance: 1 star, hot as all, and they wouldn't even turn on the ceiling fan, but remarked the a.c. was already on. it's 92 degrees outside. Turn on the fan man!! food: 3 stars, it was nice and spicy, as expected. water jug dropped at our table but it was like warm and no ice. Again...its hot out man! Where is the ice! price: Pricey! $57 for two entrees, 2 cans of soda and 15% tip. retun visit: it's a pass. read more

Usmania Chinese Restaurant - Empress Chicken...spicy! - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Drove a hour to get this food to only be disappointed. The owners son Sami was rude, and had no sense of customer service . He was not welcoming at all . So not only was the food shity so was his service and his presence! I don't know why people hype this place say it's good . 100 people would vouch I can make better fried rice and noodles then this at age 12. read more

Usmania Chinese Restaurant - Order extra spicy says it on the receipt . It had no taste . Barely any flavor . - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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The garlic chicken was basically made from rocks! Manchurian chicken meat tasted funny. We ordered the machurian soup vegie and it was tofu with bits of chicken! When you told the server my thoughts she said sorry and rang me up for the full amount. Really! Seriously, don't go here! read more

Food was great! Got the Manchuria chicken. The hot and sour soup was okay, too much cornstarch and not enough veggies and chicken. Good service, seated us quickly and took our orders quickly and brought the food out fast. read more

Food is great! Beware you are charged for water. For a dine in restaurant water is NOT complimentary. They will charge you a dollar for a single water bottle. I'd suggest going elsewhere where the customer is valued. read more