Lao Sze Chuan Aurora — Restaurant in Aurora

Have ordered takeout twice now and have not been disappointed yet. We live about 15-20mins away and the food was delivered fast and still hot. It is slightly more expensive than other places but honestly it’s worth the money, portions are decent sizes and you can tell it’s better quality so you definitely get what you pay for. Here is a breakdown of what we've tried so far:

Dry Chili Chicken - I love spicy food and this had a kick, so if your sensitive to spicy I would beware. Only “negative” it was literally chili, chicken, and a little green onion; I feel If there was even some grilled onions or another vegetable it would have helped balance out the heat a little more but hey nothing a little white rice can’t fix.

Sesame chicken - Amazing, chicken super tender and perfectly breaded. Great option for kids.

Mongolian Beef Tenderloin - Tastes really good and super tender, love the sauce it’s soaking in. Great option for kids.

General Taos Chicken - Chicken super tender, perfect breading. I know every place does it different so my only “negative” is more a personal preference; it was just a bit sweeter than I would like but still really good. Did the mild version.

Chicken Egg Rolls - Always nervous to order egg rolls since it can be so hit or miss, these were worth it.

Crab Rangoon - Order of 6, pretty good balance in the filling. Only “negative” it seemed we got a little more filling the 1st time and the 2nd time we ordered them we only got 5, but DoorDash was great in helping us out with that.

Xiao Long Bao - These are steamed, they have a fried version as well. I believe it’s an order of 8, reminded me of shumai, so if you like those you’ll love this. Comes with what seemed like a sweeter soy sauce? It was good.

Duck Fried Rice - Yeah... its as good as you’d think it is. Comes as a large size but honestly it’s a good...

Basically a traditional chinese food menu. This is a chain, with the main restaurant located in Chicago's china town. Other locations in Downers Grove, western and Northern burbs. We visited on a Monday, June13th@ 5:00pm. Not busy. Good time to come. 1st time coming. Overall, impressed enough to return. Nice atmosphere and décor. Ordered the beef broccoli, general Tao's chicken and sesame chicken. Was very impressed with the freshness of the vegetables. The chicken dishes were very tasty. My wife( who is not a big fan of chinese food) really enjoyed her general Tao's chicken. Not heavily sauced. Beef broccoli was very tender, although the portion of beef was lesser, plate filled w more broccoli, (but due to the state of the economy), I understand, it was enough to fill a man. "No left-overs". I did like the firmness of the broccoli. None of the meats tasted like they were softened by their sauce. We did order pan-fried noodles which were a bit order cooked(crunchy), but we'll have to stipulate how we would like them next time. Overall we visited this restaurant because, it was open on a Monday and based on the reviews. Very good customer service, very friendly staff. For a family of 4 we spent $75 and was satisfied and had...

Well that was weird... I stopped in 5 minutes before the lunch specials ended at 2:30pm. I had to ask for the lunch special menu. Host said I needed to order quickly, cause he can't enter it after 2:30pm.

Luckily I had scoped out the menu online and knew what I wanted. I ordered the sweet n sour prawns, fried rice, egg roll and hot n sour soup.

The soup had no heat to it and the egg roll had a weird center. Didn't appear to be cooked to order, as the soup and egg roll came out lickity split.

The fried rice too was not made to order. As soon as I dumped it out and spread it on the plate, it was cool to the touch. The prawns weren't peeled, but yet they were battered. The first couple bites I was confused why I was picking out the skin. There was a good amount of them and I ended up peeling off the batter and skin on the rest. They didn't seem to be Super Fresh.

The other weird thing was there was no sauce? Definitely would never order it again and I'm on the cusp if I'd return to try a different dish.

I also wasn't very impressed with the service. I even felt rushed to pay the bill. Perhaps his shift was ending and wanted to...