Excellent food great selection and price. Best service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Noodles
Tom B.
This was tricky for me. I ate a fine enough meal here. And I really like generally giving 5 star reviews. I usually don't bother writing them unless it's a 5 or a 1. Something has to inspire me to bother writing a review. So here goes... But... I stand by my decision to eat here. I'm in Rend Lake Illinois. (Not regularly from around here). I'm going to guess fine Asian cuisine is not hugely high on the priority list here. Case in point- this place will serve you Japanese. Or Chinese. Or Thai. Possibly Vietnamese (I don't know- I didn't get that far into the menu). I wanted to NOT eat a burger. Or bbq. Heck, I'll say it. I wanted VEGETABLES. This place had dishes that had vegetables. I got a Thai red vegetable curry and for a start I went with the 6 piece avocado cucumber nori roll. The roll took longer. It didn't come as my appetiser because it took longer to make. Ok. Cool. I'll have it when it gets here. I was served by a child. A real one. Cute as can be- maybe 8 or even 7. Ok no problem. Must be an Illinois thing. Child comes and asks my drink. And coughs. No, not your regular stifled cough, but the kind of cough only an 8 year old can do. Super wet. Super bubbly. The kind of sound you can make when you finish your Pepsi with a straw but you just keep on suckin'. Yep. Then she coughs again- just as bodacious. This time she covers it with her sleeve. Then she gets me a straw and asks if I want a straw with my water. I think to myself "wild dogs could not get me to put that rancid germ infested mucus pipe into my drink" but I say "no. No thank you". I then get served my curry, this time by the owner- I'm guessing her mum. The vegetables in my curry are onion, carrot, lots of green squash (of some kind), maybe a bamboo shoot, green pepper. No broccoli. I find the "no broccoli thing" a little weird. I know you're all like "what a fricken jerk. It's just a piece of broccoli", but to be fair, IT WASN'T (no broccoli to be seen) and I dunno, It's just a lovely green fresh looking thing that makes a Thai curry come alive even just to look at it. But no broccoli. Probably because of the shortage. Some supply chain issue. And an egg cup of rice. Probably about 5 teaspoons. Probably another shortage of some kind. Then the child came back with the nori rolls. Coughed once, placed the plate down and then coughed twice more for maximum effect. Like the molten geo thermal lava pits of Rotorua NZ. I swear she looked me dead in the eye as she did it and everything went into slow motion. Ok, all of the rest of this I can forgive. The broccoliless curry, the egg cup of rice (the owner even brought me more when I finished the first lot in about 3 nanoseconds) and there was no extra charge. The curry was, eh, forgettable if I'm being painfully honest, but at least it was veggies. The nori rolls were splendid. It's just the serving child with the hacking cough. That's the bit I can't get past. Even if she was "background hacking cough child" that would be something. But no, she was front and center. So it's 5 stars for value (this was super cheap), you know, 4 stars for forgettable but fine enough curry with about 3 grains of rice, replenished with another 5 grains of rice, 5 stars for quite lovely vegetable nori rolls, and minus one star each for each BOUT of bubbling lava coughs. I'll even add another half star because the kid was cute. Well ok I can't give a half star in this thing. But you know. Imagine it. 3 1/2 stars. I can't be more generous than that.
Helen Mcknight
On a business trip, I found this restaurant on Google after typing "healthy food near me." Delicious food in a cozy environment. I've never seen food served with a plastic bonsai tree before. It added to the charm of this quaint place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
rylan Flood
Amazing food and great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi Boat, Spicy King Roll and Sashimi on Rice, Ali Special Roll, Special Roll, Bangkok Seafood, Crab Rangoon
Ryan Burge
It took nearly 90 minutes for our food to come to the table after we ordered it.Two of three dishes were basically inedible. The udon noodles with chicken had no flavor at all.There were no paper towels in the bathroom and the hand dryer didn't work.My worst restaurant experience in a long time.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Jacqueline Spiller
I truly was shocked. Visiting family we went there to eat. When needing to ask about food allergies she wouldn't even come to my side of the long table. I literally pushed my wheelchair to her in order to have a conversation. When I inquired about gluten free soy sauce (medical reasons, not fad) she was oblivious as to what gluten free even was. This is a dang restaurant and they didn't know what gluten free was! If you have any food allergies STAY AWAY! It took forever for the six people with me to even get their food. And, should we talk about the little kids busing tables! Don't we have labor laws? I won't go back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Stephanie Baker
Great little Asian restaurant with a huge menu. Super popular so wait time for sushi can be very long, but if you have the time it's worth the wait!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, General TSO Chicken, Sushi Boat, Spider Roll, Spicy King Roll and Sashimi on Rice, Princess Roll, Crab Rangoon, Spicy Tuna
Brenda Tucker
The food here was wonderful and so was the help! Probably some of the best Asian food I've ever gotten.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp with Lobster Sauce, Special Roll, Crab Rangoon
Mona Aly
We ordered shrimp with vegetables and it was good.
I am traveling alone and wanted chinese food to go. The hotel front desk wasn't helpful about recommending a restaurant, so I found this on my app. I blame this on the front desk not being asked anymore, and the staff isn't trained for good customer service.The building is non-descrip, but the parking lot was full, good sign. Family owned/operated, and I was greeted by a small boy, maybe 10, who started to take my order. Then the phone rang and took a call in order. His sister, who is also very young, took over. I'm hard of hearing and just order General Tso. Then the mother said 30 minutes ?, my heart sunk because it was late, I was tired and hungry. Explained that I was out of town and staying at a hotel. They got my food out quickly, and it was delicious.My recommendation is to call in your to go order.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Josh Bunch
Went there was greeted by a boy that was maybe 10. He took our drink order and then never came back. We waited about 10 minutes for someone to come out but all we saw were two kids, never seen any adults.
Really good food!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent food great selection and price. Best service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Noodles
This was tricky for me. I ate a fine enough meal here. And I really like generally giving 5 star reviews. I usually don't bother writing them unless it's a 5 or a 1. Something has to inspire me to bother writing a review. So here goes... But... I stand by my decision to eat here. I'm in Rend Lake Illinois. (Not regularly from around here). I'm going to guess fine Asian cuisine is not hugely high on the priority list here. Case in point- this place will serve you Japanese. Or Chinese. Or Thai. Possibly Vietnamese (I don't know- I didn't get that far into the menu). I wanted to NOT eat a burger. Or bbq. Heck, I'll say it. I wanted VEGETABLES. This place had dishes that had vegetables. I got a Thai red vegetable curry and for a start I went with the 6 piece avocado cucumber nori roll. The roll took longer. It didn't come as my appetiser because it took longer to make. Ok. Cool. I'll have it when it gets here. I was served by a child. A real one. Cute as can be- maybe 8 or even 7. Ok no problem. Must be an Illinois thing. Child comes and asks my drink. And coughs. No, not your regular stifled cough, but the kind of cough only an 8 year old can do. Super wet. Super bubbly. The kind of sound you can make when you finish your Pepsi with a straw but you just keep on suckin'. Yep. Then she coughs again- just as bodacious. This time she covers it with her sleeve. Then she gets me a straw and asks if I want a straw with my water. I think to myself "wild dogs could not get me to put that rancid germ infested mucus pipe into my drink" but I say "no. No thank you". I then get served my curry, this time by the owner- I'm guessing her mum. The vegetables in my curry are onion, carrot, lots of green squash (of some kind), maybe a bamboo shoot, green pepper. No broccoli. I find the "no broccoli thing" a little weird. I know you're all like "what a fricken jerk. It's just a piece of broccoli", but to be fair, IT WASN'T (no broccoli to be seen) and I dunno, It's just a lovely green fresh looking thing that makes a Thai curry come alive even just to look at it. But no broccoli. Probably because of the shortage. Some supply chain issue. And an egg cup of rice. Probably about 5 teaspoons. Probably another shortage of some kind. Then the child came back with the nori rolls. Coughed once, placed the plate down and then coughed twice more for maximum effect. Like the molten geo thermal lava pits of Rotorua NZ. I swear she looked me dead in the eye as she did it and everything went into slow motion. Ok, all of the rest of this I can forgive. The broccoliless curry, the egg cup of rice (the owner even brought me more when I finished the first lot in about 3 nanoseconds) and there was no extra charge. The curry was, eh, forgettable if I'm being painfully honest, but at least it was veggies. The nori rolls were splendid. It's just the serving child with the hacking cough. That's the bit I can't get past. Even if she was "background hacking cough child" that would be something. But no, she was front and center. So it's 5 stars for value (this was super cheap), you know, 4 stars for forgettable but fine enough curry with about 3 grains of rice, replenished with another 5 grains of rice, 5 stars for quite lovely vegetable nori rolls, and minus one star each for each BOUT of bubbling lava coughs. I'll even add another half star because the kid was cute. Well ok I can't give a half star in this thing. But you know. Imagine it. 3 1/2 stars. I can't be more generous than that.
On a business trip, I found this restaurant on Google after typing "healthy food near me." Delicious food in a cozy environment. I've never seen food served with a plastic bonsai tree before. It added to the charm of this quaint place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food and great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi Boat, Spicy King Roll and Sashimi on Rice, Ali Special Roll, Special Roll, Bangkok Seafood, Crab Rangoon
It took nearly 90 minutes for our food to come to the table after we ordered it.Two of three dishes were basically inedible. The udon noodles with chicken had no flavor at all.There were no paper towels in the bathroom and the hand dryer didn't work.My worst restaurant experience in a long time.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
I truly was shocked. Visiting family we went there to eat. When needing to ask about food allergies she wouldn't even come to my side of the long table. I literally pushed my wheelchair to her in order to have a conversation. When I inquired about gluten free soy sauce (medical reasons, not fad) she was oblivious as to what gluten free even was. This is a dang restaurant and they didn't know what gluten free was! If you have any food allergies STAY AWAY! It took forever for the six people with me to even get their food. And, should we talk about the little kids busing tables! Don't we have labor laws? I won't go back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great little Asian restaurant with a huge menu. Super popular so wait time for sushi can be very long, but if you have the time it's worth the wait!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken, General TSO Chicken, Sushi Boat, Spider Roll, Spicy King Roll and Sashimi on Rice, Princess Roll, Crab Rangoon, Spicy Tuna
The food here was wonderful and so was the help! Probably some of the best Asian food I've ever gotten.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp with Lobster Sauce, Special Roll, Crab Rangoon
We ordered shrimp with vegetables and it was good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Delicious
I am traveling alone and wanted chinese food to go. The hotel front desk wasn't helpful about recommending a restaurant, so I found this on my app. I blame this on the front desk not being asked anymore, and the staff isn't trained for good customer service.The building is non-descrip, but the parking lot was full, good sign. Family owned/operated, and I was greeted by a small boy, maybe 10, who started to take my order. Then the phone rang and took a call in order. His sister, who is also very young, took over. I'm hard of hearing and just order General Tso. Then the mother said 30 minutes ?, my heart sunk because it was late, I was tired and hungry. Explained that I was out of town and staying at a hotel. They got my food out quickly, and it was delicious.My recommendation is to call in your to go order.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went there was greeted by a boy that was maybe 10. He took our drink order and then never came back. We waited about 10 minutes for someone to come out but all we saw were two kids, never seen any adults.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The shrimp tastes absolutely amazing plus good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp with Lobster Sauce
Surprisingly good!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3