Lao Sze Chuan - Downers Grove

Found this place by accident while driving on Ogden. The food is excellent and the service outstanding. A great selection of items that arrive hot with friendly cordial service. Prices are fair and portions are good. This for sure is our new go to place as we are happy to find a place that has not decided It is easier to make a quick buck and not open the restaurant and only handle delivery or pick up. Restaurants do that lead me to believe that they are filthy inside.

The dishes were edible but not enjoyable; either too salty or just bland. It tasted as though the chef was upset and now I'm upset too. The server was nice and tried to get me a replacement dish but it still came out sad. It's your standard corny Chinese decor and I grew up with it at our Chinese restaurants that my family owned. If you're looking to show visitors some historical tacky Chinese restaurant with just edible food, here's your spot. Hope you read this review before you go, but if you didn't then welcome to the disappointed club.

My husband and I got delivery from them the other night and I'd say okay sums it up. My husband ordered boiled lamb and received an overly greasy soup that had lamb in it. I ordered Mongolian beef and to be honest I'm not sure I got what I ordered. The description reads beef slices with green and white onions and mushrooms, in a seafood, soy and oyster sauce. My order did contain slices of beef and what appeared to be red onion. However there were no mushrooms but plenty of carrots, broccoli, and corn. The meat was tender and juicy and the veggies were warm but crips. But I remain confused about what I received. Additionally while the textures were nice and it appeared properly cooked it lacked flavor. The spring rolls I got were nice. Slightly crunchy outside warm inside. For dessert I got the pumpkin cakes which are soft warm pillows of sweet goodness with a rather gummy texture. We enjoyed them. My husband got the pork egg rolls which were very heavy and didn't really have much flavor. We are up in the air as to whether or not we're going to give them another chance.

Quality has gone down quite a bit. They are focusing more on quantity rather than fresh and flavorful quality. Used to be our favorite place, but has steadily gone downhill.

Drove past this place probably 50 times. Doesn't look like much to talkb about from the outside, however after eating the food I got plenty to say. I'll start with, it was good. The rice was standard white rice. But the pork roll was very good and the Mongolian beef had decent flavor, and the meet was soft and tender. I'll go back to give a more comprehensive review and see if this place could make my list of good places in the area.