Youyu Noodle Bar — Restaurant in Calumet Township

Tried the Youyu restaurant TO GO tonight...

I ordered the Vietnamese Coffee, Pork Soup Dumplings & Kung Pao Chicken.

Vietnamese Coffee was sweet, strong and very tasty. 10/10

Pork Soup Dumplings - you get 5 of them; sauce was more like vinegar; they were firm inside and a bit tasty, but nothing too great. 7/10

Kung Pao Chicken - I expected this to be spicy (there was a mark on the menu indicating that) but it was not. In fact, the chicken was "rubbery" which tells me it was frozen I'm sure and just thrown in a wok or pan for sautéing, the vegetables were red/green peppers and onions and a few chiles. There were no peanuts and it didn't really fill up the container, so it appears to be a smaller portion. It does come with a side of white rice. 6/10

Service - it was busy, there were a ton of TO GO orders, but you wait at the front counter for someone to acknowledge you and it took almost 15 minutes. Finally they almost told me there were "done with To Go orders for the night!" How is that possible? Where do all the TO GO orders come from? The inside seating area was pretty open too...it's not like they had a line to get in and sit at a table either.

In total I spent $37.61 with tax and that also takes into account the 5% discount for showing your Player's Card. (I'm the red, lowest level, but still they offer a 5% discount for...

this place is really suffering. On so many different aspects, it needs a complete overhaul for front of house and back of house. we sat down and it took about 15 minutes for the server to come by and greet us. we placed our orders and asked for glasses of water which took another 15 minutes for those to come to the table. During that time we observed two tables around us send food back to the kitchen only for them to get it messed up again…. The duck was very overcooked and bland. The pork dumplings tasted like plain tofu. she brought the check to us out of nowhere, and that is when we found out that we were not going to be receiving our third dish. listen I understand people have bad days at restaurants but this is completely unacceptable. too many things went wrong for this to be excusable. I hope upper management notices this and takes...

I had high hopes for this spot and was truly let down. They are not friendly at all. We ordered two apps and Sake. WHO serves Sake in a wine glass???? The food was very flavorless and plain. MY friend got really sick from eating the pork dumplings. Since they basically kicked us out after saying we just wanted apps, I mean hello, if the apps were tasteless, why would we waste more money on an entrée. Anyways the minute we said no entrée, she brought over the check. They acted like we were taking up a spot for waiting customers. There was NOBODY in line. Unlike the other restaurants. SO excuse me but that was rude. We didn’t even finish the Sake and left, especially after that treatment. I shouldn’t have even left a tip. DO not waste your time or $$$ here. Unless if you wanna be treated poorly and eat flavorless food and a chance of getting...