EVO 重慶 — Restaurant in Champaign

I never had anything other than their lunch special. It used to be 5.99 but now it’s 6.99 which is still a pretty good deal. It can easily be enough food for two meals if you don’t eat much. There are plenty of options from chicken to beef to eggplant to eggs. You can choose between fried rice, noodles, and white rice. Usually I go for half fried rice and half noodles. Then I follow it up with the spicy young chicken and the Kung pao chicken. Mayo tofu is also decent but really oily. Eggplant was meh. Eggs were soft and creamy. Dine in is an option and there are plenty of tables with an included upstairs seating area. The line is sometimes atrocious though during peak lunch times. But the wait is usually no longer than 10-15 mins as there’s a bunch of staff scooping up the food. Mandarin is also preferred here but English is alright. You might have a hard time...

I was looking for lunch and it was between Panda Express or something new. I stopped by Evo for their lunch special—a 2-entree, 1-side plate for $7.99. It’s a great deal, offering more food for the price compared to Panda Express. However, while the portion size and value were impressive, the quality didn’t quite match up. I tried the fried rice, young spicy chicken, and General Tso’s chicken. The rice was decent, but the General Tso’s had an unusual taste, and the spicy chicken wasn’t spicy at all. Overall, nothing really stood out in terms of flavor. I’m glad I gave this place a try, but it’s not somewhere I’d return to. That said, being a small business I hope this place has...

The quality of the food even at take out was pretty good.

The crawfish 🦞 per sis was fresh and tasty, properly seasoned and well cooked.

The sweet and sour fish fillet a tad sweet and missing some spicy element but light batter and well fried.

The beef noodle soup had tasty soup but the noodle 🥺 was not. Fresh shanghai bok choy 🥬did help.

The Napa cabbage in soup was mostly pork and preserved egg mixed in and not enough soup 😂

The jelly dessert 冰粉 is amazing. Brown sugar syrup on bottom with clear jelly mixed in with some golden raisins and haw chips.

The sticky mochi dessert was lackluster .

Great service and a goto for a few...