Discovered this spot from a friend! She had suggested that we come here to eat! We walked in and obviously because it was late, we were the only ones there, but there were still some take out orders. There is a lot space which is great. It would be good for big groups! There is a lot to offer from the menu. There's dim sum, AYCE hot pot, sushi, live seafood, and then all the Chinese food! We ordered a few dishes over rice, got some salted fish and chicken fried rice, egg tofu, and green bean stir fry. I would have to say, the food was good! It wasn't too salty....which is so hard to find at a lot of places these days. And the prices were good as well. I miss when food was a good deal like this! It is also hard to find a spot now for good late night eats or just late night eats in general. I will definitely be coming back here again for the other items on the menu! read more

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I've been here before when they first opened and it wasn't too impressive. I just went back today and everything we ate was very generous portioned and tasty. Service was also very fast. They have a lot of seating and it feels clean. Will be going back :) read more

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I'd definitely say yep to Yep kitchen. We went on 4th of July and they had seating and served us in a timely manner. The booth seats and chairs move so it's nice if you need some more space to get in. They can seat a big family for family dinners too which is nice! It's nice that they give you a pitcher of hot tea so you can pour it yourself and drink as much as you like. You use an iPad to order so you don't wait on anyone. They have any kind of smoothie/Boba drink. Also they have tons of classic Chinese dishes. I usually go for the Cantonese ones. We got beef chow fun, sizzling beef tenderloin, and tofu with watercress. The flavors were right. Just wish the beef chow fun had wider flat rice noodles and some more crispiness to really taste the wok hei but I was fill full. I'd come back and try more! read more

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We ordered: Piggy Egg Yolk Custard Bun Pork Ribs Steamed Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf Salty Egg Yolk Fish Fillet Beef Brisket Rice Noodle Rolls Japanese Tofu w/ Watercress Shrimp Wonton Soup This restaurant offers a huge menu of classic dishes, dim sum, ayce hot pot, and ayce sushi somehow. An obvious red flag in my opinion. We stuck to the regular menu. Piggy egg yolk bun tastes store bought. I don't think anything was overcooked but some dishes were bland like the Japanese tofu w/ watercress and brisket rice noodles. Sticky Rice in lotus leaf had good black bean flavor but not sticky at all. Salted Egg Yolk fish fillet was our favorite dish. No issues with service. A lot of seating for big groups. read more

Yep Kitchen - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Friendly and fast service, we liked all of our food, especially the taro milk tea for dessert. Not a lot of ambiance but clean! read more

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Ambiance: 5/5 It is quite spacious inside with tables for all group sizes. It is clean and tidy. Service: 5/5 The staff are all very nice. You order on an ipad. Food: 5/5 I love it here! The food has excellent flavors and if you're looking for that wok hei (smokey, flame-licked flavor), it's got it. Some favorites include the jalapeño pork neck and the green beans. They also have yummy dimsum items too. Don't skip out on this place if you're looking for some Cantonese food done right! read more

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The milk tea that's comes with the breakfast is barely warm. Tea should be either HOT or COLD. These are some of the small details that makes you stand out to your customer. These careless ongoing mistakes will cost you customers. read more

Yep Kitchen - Barely warm milk tea. - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Simple amazing!! We order a few types of the rice noodle. Shrimp, egg, pork. The texture was everything I imagined it to be. It was perfection with each bite. The parking was easy right in front of the restaurant. read more

I have been craving Guangzhou style cheung fun for ages and it seems so hard to find. Didn't help that my brother's currently in the motherland and sending pics. Anyways, prior to my trip out, I found one spot that had it and that was what I was most excited for. This is a casual eatery and I can really only rate it for breakfast time but it feels very much like a Canto breakfast spot. Old folks come in their groups, order food, chat and drink tea, head out. It was pretty empty around 10AM both Sunday and Monday mornings (yes I came for breakfast twice). You order on an ipad and let the staff know you've ordered so they can confirm. Food comes out pretty quickly and it was great. The rice noodles were... slippery? There's a chinese mouthfeel word that I can't translate well. It's a good thing though, flavorful overall and not quite as good as in the homeland but I'll take what I can get. The beef offal stew was also very flavorful, with very soft tripe. The radish, as someone else mentioned, wasn't super flavorful so I'm guessing they aren't braised together. Overall, this to me, was a great breakfast spot. Easy to get to from the red line, ~$6 for a filling breakfast + a free drink. Doubt there's many deals as great anymore. read more

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Food was good and was average priced. We went to brunch and some dishes ordered came with either a hot (included and no additional charge) or a cold drink (additional charge). Some of us selected the hot Milk Tea combo and some of us selected hot coffee. Seating was ample and the circuses were quite busy and yet there was not a wait, so that was good. Wait staff was attentive when ordering as we had issues with the table side kiosk. We were able to take a paper menu from the outside window on our way in so we all did not have to huddle around the tiny mini- iPad screen to order food. Eventually the wait staff assisted us with the order and he had some difficulty on the iPad. **note- for large parties grab a paper menu to share to make the group orders easier and smoother. The food came quickly and was super tasty with enough flavor. Especially the Beef dishes, seems the beef was flavored just right. The shrimp wonton noodle soup broth was just the right taste, not too salty and not too overbearing in shrimp taste. Noodles could have been cooked better as noodle cooking seemed rushed- noodles were stuck together and not stringy. Ma Po Tofu paired with steamed rice was flavored to perfection but did have jalapeño peppers instead of peppercorn or red chili peppers. No matter, there was sufficient heat to this dish. Shrimp crepes were properly soy sauced and there were soy sauce in the table to add. Atmosphere was good, wait staff patient, food was satisfying. (Address is included in the photos as I took a photo of the paper menu) read more

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I love coming here for their breakfast or lunch special cause they're such a steal- but lately I've tried their dinner and omg mind blown! Can't believe I haven't tried it sooner! I absolutely love the hot and sour fish filet (as for the one that is with crunchy fish fillet) and the black pepper beef tenderloin is soon delicious. We also tried the tofu Claypot and on choy. Everything was perfectly seasoned and reasonable portion. Rhe dervice is great and They have a very spacious dining area we love coming here as a family. read more

Yep Kitchen - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Fantastic food at any time of day but our favorite is to come after a show or concert. Menu is huge (!!!!) and everything is great. Service is fast. Serving sizes are huge- great for sharing read more

Service was going really at first and mind you we been here two times in a row already and never had a problem with tips! This time some lady asked that it's necessary to tip? And had said every store around required to tip excuse me?? It is not necessary it at all! Our order wasn't even that big! We didn't leave a tip and later on we check our bank and they charged my card again to get the tip! Not cool at all won't be coming here ever again we never had a problem like this the other times we've came here. read more

No frill, authentic cantonese breakfast food. Came with my parents to have some rice noodle rolls and congee, and they didn't disappoint. The rice noodles were pretty smooth as was the congee. The beef in the stir fried udon was a bit too salty, but otherwise the black pepper taste was strong just the way I like it. Would come back again for a quick, HK-style breakfast! Service was fine and quick. You order on a tablet and a waiter needs to come over to confirm the order. Parking validation available. read more

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I came here late night for shrimp wonton noodle soup. It was very good. The broth and the wontons had good flavor. I definitely want to come back and try the other things on the menu. Perfect place for Cantonese food. read more

Yep Kitchen - 703. Shrimp Wonton Noodle - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This is a wonderful addition to Chinatown Square especially. My family and I have visited on several occasions for lunch and have tried the following: 1) Milk tea and coffee milk tea. I would definitely go with the latter because the milk tea is a bit weak. 2) Sampan congee - This was packed with a lot of ingredients. Definitely a winner! 3) Shrimp wonton soup - Typical standard affair that I was rather indifferent to. 4) Beef tendon lai fun noodle soup - This was probably due to my own poor choice because lai fun with noodle soup is usually bland unless you add hot sauce. This would've been better if stir-fried. 5) Stir-fried beef chow mein - This is a solid choice with plenty of wok hei! 6) Stir-fried beef chow ho fun - Likewise with the above, this was also a solid choice! 7) Steamed shrimp crepe - This was incredibly soft and thin. It was topped with several pieces of shrimp. It isn't tri-folded like you would normally have it at dim sum. It is somewhat crumbled and if not eaten fresh, everything is all gathered and bunched up. So it can get messy. We can't wait to try the other entrees! read more

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One of the little gem of restaurant In Chicago Chinatown. Price is very reasonable, place is clean, location convenient with paid parking available and good service! As for the food...can't go wrong on anything but I personally enjoyed their beef over rice, Japanese tofu with enokki mushroom and flat noodles. They can custom cook for you too, if you ask. Overall a must try if you are in Chinatown! read more

It's nice that they open late. Food is ok but the menu is confusing and no one explained to us how to navigate the tablet, we didn't know how to switch to AYCE option. The dumplings (soup dumpling and shrimp dumpling) taste like something you heat up from frozen dumplings read more

Awesome food with great price! Everything came out hot and full of flavor. Definitely a spot I'd come back to again and great service. read more

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Great service food served super fast clean great environment drink is so good very refreshing read more

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The restaurant is nice and flashy and new relative to some of its neighbors in the new Chinatown area but the dishes leave a bit more to be desired. Food prices are a bit extravagant overall and the amount of food you get for each dish isn't that much. In terms of actual taste of the dishes they're sort of average as well. Service is quick and easy and you order items through a tablet so the ordering process is straightforward and simple. read more

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The main attraction here are the breakfast sets and the cha chaan teng type items. If you're looking for a sit down restaurant reminiscent of HK-style diners, this is basically your only option in Chicago. Ken Kee also has some classic HK foods, but at a much steeper price with less variety. I've been coming here every time my parents are in town since we both miss this kind of food. While I wouldn't say the food here is stellar, I'd say it's good enough to fulfill that craving. At breakfast time, the food comes with your choice of typical HK drinks (hk milk tea, lemon tea, coffee milk tea). You can order a variety of noodles, congee, or cheung fun. The menu is pretty extensive and there are many more items offered after breakfast time. Since there are so many menu items, this is also a great place to dine with a group when everyone wants to eat something different. You add your orders on a tablet, and then a waiter will come confirm your order when you're ready. Portions are pretty good for the prices. The congee especially is a huge bowl. I tend to stick to the breakfast and noodle items since that's what's unique here. After trying some of their other menu items a few times, I thought the food was just ok. It's hard to cook many things very well. Overall, they may not have the most amazing food, but I'm extremely grateful that there is a restaurant like this in the Chicagoland area. This type of food doesn't seem to be very popular around here since all the places that offer it seem to shut down or remove it from their menus. Hoping and praying that they stay open a long time! read more

Yep Kitchen - Ham and egg noodle soup and congee - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Don't let the looks deceive you. It might not look as appealing or flashy like some of the other stores, but this place was really good with affordable price point. Love the convenience of having an iPad to order food. And everything had corresponding pictures. This made it really easy to see what each thing looked like. Once ur ready, you just send the order up so you don't have to wait for servers. We had to try the rice noodle shrimp with egg rolls. They drizzle sweet spice sauce on it and it was so good. Ask for more of the sauce on the side for your other dishes. We also got hao cao (4) and xíu mại (4) as well. Everything was hot and fresh, and quite filling split between 2 people. The bill came out to $20 The owner is an older lady so please come visit often so she doesn't get older. PS: so good the camera did not eat first read more

4 stars because of the great value but it is a long wait to get the food. The shrimp wonton soup is so good! The shrimp is sweet. The noodles and broth are fine but the wontons were perfect. The rice noodles were tasty. Probably order without the lettuce next time. Curry seemed like it was microwaved due to its uneven heat and took the longest to arrive. Still good. Not sure how HK style milk tea should taste like but I added sugar until I liked it. It is a little loud and they play pop music but seats were comfortable. The screen also has pictures when ordering for the most part. Just be sure to flag down someone if you need service. read more

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We went on a Saturday afternoon. It was busy but the wait for the food wasn't long. Everything came out pretty quick after you ordered from the iPad. We ordered the fried siumai, french toast, satay beef noodles, sizzling beef with black pepper udon, beef brisket rice noodle roll, and HK style milk tea. The fried siumai was ok . It tasted like fried fishball. The French toast was pretty good. I like the sizzling beef with black pepper udon. The meat was so tender. The Hong Kong style milk tea was pretty good. I would come back again to try their other dishes. If you go there from 7 am to 11am drinks are complimentary on certain dishes. And also from 2:30 to 5 pm afternoon tea some rice dishes include a complimentary drinks. The drinks would be like hot milk tea , coffee, and etc. The place is very clean and spacious. Service is ok but you can't expect too much at a Chinese restaurant. You have to flag them down for service. read more

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This review is based on a takeout order. Food - I got myself a fish congee. I honestly love the taste way better than other restaurants. So I will for sure come back here for this. I ordered wonton noodles soup for my kids. The soup tastes a bit bland, honestly. My husband got the beef brisket with extra wonton. Again, I think the place needs to add something to the soup. The drinks were good. The mango smoothie was good. Price - I think it's not pricey. Other places have the same price. So, the price is not an issue for me. Service - The order finished really fast. So, no complain here. The overall restaurant is clean and big! They have a huge space. Will definitely come back to this place. read more

Yep Kitchen - Beef brisket egg noodles soup with extra wonton - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Everything was delicious. I felt the tendon of the brisket was a bit too tough to eat. But the food overall was good. Nice crispy salt and pepper wings packed with flavor. The combination fried rice was delicious. Service was great. I will be back for some beef fun roll. read more

Yep Kitchen - Combination fried rice - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Went here with my friend for AYCE Sushi, horrible choice!!! They only had one sushi chef so the wait for each order was an hour each...asked the staff what was taking long and they just laughed. My friend went to use the bathroom, blood all over the place-- had to plunge the toilet herself. Wanted to love the place instead I loved leaving! read more

Yep![1] Pay them a visit, they're right across from the Red Line Chinatown (Cermak) stop. (Don't drive, train there!) I got their special congee which I suppose is special because it had all the things. I remember tasting ginger and seeing intestines? But who knows what else. The congee was HOT and HAWT when it came out. Temperature and taste-wise. Because I'm a closet fatty, I also got the pork and corn dumplings. Yum. Would get the dumplings and congee again. I ordered from a tablet, and each dish included an optional drink. I got a black hot coffee, which was perfect for conquering my hangover of the week. Table-side, there's soy sauce, chili oil (yum), and pepper. There might've been salt. Worth a visit, and worth the value. Credit accepted - even AmEx. Light street parking. [1] How many reviews will begin like this? read more

Wonderful spot in Chinatown. Their signature, thinner rice rolls / cheung fun are so good. Thinner, lighter, less chewy than what you typically get. Super tasty. Braised beef is out of this world. The drinks are also quite good - Hong Kong milk tea was tasty and the mango + watermelon smoothie was fresh. Service is fine. Waiters are semi attentive but you just need the iPad on the table for your ordering. Most of the crowd was families; very pleasant vibes. I would recommend and will come back! read more

Made a quick stop for a bite to eat before going to King KTV. The place was busy. Stood by the door for 5 minutes before we were acknowledged. When being sat at the table, the gentleman seating us wiped the table with his bare hand to clean off crumbs before gesturing for us to sit. We politely asked if he could grab a wet towel to wipe it down, which he did. We were briefly explained how to order from the iPad. Food came out quickly but service was lacking. Multiple tables were trying to flag someone from the waitstaff down to be closed out, us included. We ended up having to go to the counter to close out our check. Decent spot for a quick bite but plenty of there options to chose from in the area read more

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I was really intrigued when I saw this restaurant open cause it was Hong Kong style dishes. We came at night and the restaurant was pretty empty. We got the salted egg yolk shrimp, pea shoots, and beef hor fun. These were some classic dishes but none of them were super amazing. The beef hor fun was very bland and was missing the smoky flavor. The portions were decent and they had a decent amount of options on their menu. I might come back and try something else. read more

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You order on the tablet computer at each table. The food comes promptly. There are only a couple servers but they provide better service than I would ordinarily expect for a Chinese restaurant. We've been here 2 days in a row and we haven't been disappointed. The sour kraut fish pot was surprisingly good. This will be one of my go-to places when I'm back in Chicago. read more

Yep Kitchen - 1801. Stir-Fry Beef Rice Noodles - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Yelp Kitchen just opened up a couple months back right within Chicago Chinatown. Extremely spacious and super bright from all the light. The menu item cover a wide range and typical offering similar to a HK style café. Affordable price and decent on their service. Overall the flavor of the food is on point. My pick would goes to the Fish Filet on rice with sweet corn and the Soy Sauce Noodles. Make sure to end the meal with some HK style milk tea [my favorite] read more

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Initially wanted to do shabu shabu in Chinatown but did not check the day(s) that they were closed. After wandering around, decided to give this place a shot. Definitely on the casual side, but it did not disappoint. The ordering process was easy as there are pictures to choose your dishes. All the dishes we got were also customizable in salt level and I could even choose no msg. It felt so good to eat Chinese food without msg - the best thing about it. Will definitely give it more tries next time I'm in Chicago. read more

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This was not the first time I have dined at this restaurant. The first time I dined here, I had a regular experience, however, this dine in service was absolutely atrocious & unprofessional. We were ordering ayce sushi, with three orders of food put in through their ipad, only our first order came out. One roll was not served from our first order, so when asked about it they said it's coming out a bit slower due to the place being busy, sure I'll give you that, it happens (but actually there were about 7 or so parties with 2-3 people each). Not thinking much of it, we sat & waited for our next two orders + the missing roll for more than 40 mins. Upon looking around the restaurant, we realized it was not as busy as it seems compared to how slow our service was going (it would seem like the restaurant was packed with how long we had to wait for our food). Not once were we checked on, to see how we were doing. There was a whole table of staff in the other room just sitting & eating/talking. We saw a table get seated & had their sushi dishes come out before ours & we ordered quite a bit those two times. They only brought our food once we started asking for it. Did you not think anything was wrong when we were just sitting there & not eating anything? It was painfully obvious we were waiting for our food, yet nothing was done. There was a time limit to ayce sushi, yet we spent majority of that time waiting for our food to come out, & at that point, had they stuck with the time limit, we wouldn't have been able to order more. Why were they so fast to bring our orders out when we finally decided to ask them? Yet they couldn't bother to bring it out when we looked bored out of our minds? Keep in mind, the rolls came out bit by bit, not even all at once, which makes me believe they never made those rolls in the first place (because we ordered deep fried rolls, when they came to the table, it was burning hot as if they just made it). Not only did our rolls took a very very long time to come out, they didn't have the roll that was missing in the first order nor could I be bothered to ask for it because at that point I didn't care for eating there anymore (which also makes me believe our orders were never made because had it been done, technically speaking we would've gotten that first roll that never got served). No apologies were made as we sat there mindlessly or reassure us that our order was coming out. Save your time & money & dine elsewhere. I wouldn't want y'all wasting your time waiting for your food while on a time limit at that. read more

The location of the place is easy to find and get to when you park in the large parking lot in Chinatown square. The food is really good for a quick bite and pricing is fair enough for dim sum served throughout the day. They use a touch pad device to place your order and basically little service from the people who work there. Difficult to know what amount of tip since it seems so self service. Nice alternative to a more formal sit down restaurant since it takes too long to get served in those other restaurants. Good atmosphere although servers don't care if you eat there or not since they seem like they want to just do their job. Nice decor and atmosphere in general. read more

Yep Kitchen - Front Area - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I lived in Hong Kong for a brief period when I was young and I'm always looking for those nostalgic flavors. Yep definitely hit home for me. I got one of their signature rice rolls and their salty fish and chicken fried rice. Both were absolutely amazing. Chili oil is always a hit or miss with me but I really liked theirs. Also to note, service in Chinatown is also a hit or miss especially that I'm an ABC (American born Chinese). For some reason I sometimes get the side eye from Chinese servers. Here I felt none of that. They helped me quickly and without judgement even with my broken Chinese. In fact one of the servers helped me save money by taking on my boba drink to the rice roll that comes with a free drink (pretty sure boba isn't included in that deal but he helped me out anyways! I really enjoyed Yep Kitchen. Also they validate parking which is a great plus. read more

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If I could give zero stars, i definitely would. This is the worst restaurant I've been to in all my adult years. We came for all you can eat and it stayed online they were open til 1am. We waited a while for a server to notice us and when we finally got their attention- they stated they were closing the kitchen in less than 30 minutes. We finally got our drinks after waiting about 20 minutes. I ordered the Jasmine milk tea and it was the worse drink ever. It tasted spoiled. It even had weird slimey things in the drink. Worst place ever. Do not go. When we entered they seated people who came after us. Save your money read more

Yep Kitchen - Weird slimey thing found in my drink. - Juice Bars & Smoothies Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This newish casual restaurant has been open for a year and it's just great, like 5 stars great! They have a huge menu, very reasonable prices, big and delicious serving sizes, and a clean, airy, modern, and spacious dining room. They also have an easy to use e-pad for ordering a wide variety of dishes and with helpful and enticing photos of all of these dishes. The e-pad ordering is also handy for being able to specify no or less salt, no MSG, less sugar, less oil, etc, which is really a nice touch. Flagging down one of the rotating servers was easy and after ordering, the piping hot food came out without much of a wait. For this lunch outing, our party of 4 ordered 3 different bowls of congee (each $7.49), a Mongolian beef which was mine and $8.49, and an order of pork liver rice noodles ($5.49). All of the servings were very generous and great values. The congee is a simple dish, but when it's done right as it is here, the flavor is deep and rich and it's a very homey comfort food, and that's what they have here. The big dining room was busy and that's another confirmation of the value here given all the competition in Chinatown Square. I can't wait to return and try something else. read more

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