Mei Ling Chinese Food — Restaurant in Aurora

We used to order take out quite often from here because my son somehow liked the food and wife thinking it was natural ingredients only, .. I very seldom tried it, but when I did I was shocked how bad the quality was, smelly chicken with horrible aftertaste, rubbery beef,.. on one occasion my son insisted to go here on his school recess, having little time I stepped to the counter and ordered the usual for my son which included 1 extra rice, we sat and waited for food, I told the lady my son was having the food there, she brought the food packed and in take out containers,. I asked for water she never acknowledged and behaved as if she was upset/angry .. she brought one glass of water for my son not bothering to bring me one or even ask. Asked for napkins she completely ignored me despite being few steps from me, it was embarrassing to keep asking and getting no response with 2 other customers seeing/hearing it all. was completely baffled and shocked by this bizarre behavior, .. food as mentioned is not fresh and sauce sticky like glue, most likely loaded with MSG, not sure where my wife got the "all natural" ingredient idea for this location, perhaps from some of their advertisements but I don't believe it for a second. Bad food, bad service, horrible attitude, they lost my son's and my wife's frequent business. This dates back to over a year and half ago and...

Understandably busy on New Years Day but the food was 30 minutes longer being delivered than we were told (it took them over one and a half hours). When the driver arrived, he didn't have the debit machine needed to take our payment despite being very specific on the phone that we were wanting to pay with debit. We chose this place because of the Google reviews but to be honest (and regardless of the lengthy wait and mix up), the food was very average. The chicken fried rice had zero vegetables in it, just small chunks of chicken and run of the mill rice and it was rather bland. We also had the chicken balls which were pretty standard fare - the same that most Chinese food places serve, although there were some strange, unidentifiable black bits in the sweet and sour sauce which we don't expect or necessarily want in our sweet and sour sauce. The other chicken dish was OK, but again, flavourless. It all reminded us of the food you get at the Mandarin. Not a good thing. We won't be ordering...

I would give this restaurant a barely average at best, and only because the owners were very friendly and prompt with their service. The restaurant itself is set up like a takeout counter, fairly dark inside without many places to sit. The food was underwhelming; while well seasoned, it didn't have the char or flavour you'd expect from wok cooked Chinese food, or '"wok-hay". The sweet and sour pork was also from a poor cut, with lots of white inedible bits of cartilage used to fill out the portion size. Overall, I would expect this level of food quality from a small town establishment where you didn't have any other options for Asian cuisine, not one that's survived in Aurora...