Rising Sun

I read all sorts of reviews about how great the eggrolls are. And I have to say they were disgusting. I honestly have no idea what they were actually made of, and how they achieved that unnatural color. Nobody in my party of 7 ate them. Most of the food was frankly gross. I would never walk back in and wouldn’t send people I don’t like here. So so bad.

I was disappointed — I was served imitation crab when the menu didn’t state that — it said crab. Imitation crab does not work well in hot dishes! I have been coming to this restaurant for years (also the Mokena location) and have always had an excellent experience, this is the first time I’ve had any of their seafood dishes and I am very disappointed…

Just paid for $ 35 of food and they only give you 2 hot mustards. I asked for extra and for 5 packets they charged me $ 2. I got home opened up the food and there was zero packets of hot mustard. I called and was offered a $ 4 credit for my troubles. Really? That’s just rediculous not to mention you get zero sweat and sour sauce packets. Thanks for the 10 stale fortune cookies. I Will not be back. Orient café in homer glen off bell road 200 times better and super nice people.

First look at menu, prices seem expensive. But the dinner portions are large enough for 2 people to share. Beef Chow Mein was really good. Will definitely be back.

Not much on the inside but the grub is pretty good. I prefer the Frankfort location but this location tends to have deals on-​line that make it irresistible. Either way, you will enjoy ordering from this place.

First the service was terrible. We had to wait at least 15 minutes before anyone helped us. and the food was not very good. The fried rice tasted like cardboard. I was so very disappointed. Don’t go here if you can help it.

Went back here and got fried rice and some eggrolls, the eggrolls were good, the fried rice was NOT. The only reason I gave this place a try is because it is so much closer for me. I’ll be going back to Moe’s from now on.

Just ok. The staff was very friendly, however the prices here are at 60−70% higher than you would pay at other Chinese restaurants in New Lenox. Food was OK. Nothing special. Also we waited a really long time to get our food.

Tastes like microwaved Chinese. I will stick with the Dragon Palace or Mo’s.

tre-​nice inside; good mai thai. The food was good

Mongolian beef and curries are my favorite here. Just about everything I’ve gotten here has been great actually. I eat here once a month or so and really like that they have a separate pick up area so i don’t feel like I’m in the way while waiting for to go orders.

I have a love-​hate relationship with Rising Sun.
I love their food — quite frankly, the egg rolls are like crack. I find myself craving them at least once a week. I’ve also been really impressed with the Cantonese style vegetable chow mein (don’t order the lunch special chow mein, though — it comes with those crispy noodles out of a bag instead of the pan-​friend crispy noodles, which come with the chow mein off the regular menu). The egg foo young is also amazing, if a little heavy on the sauce (it usually leaks out of the side of the container). They recently switched the recipe for their vegetable egg rolls and they’re not nearly as good as they used to be.
It’s probably rare to give a specific shout-​out to sweet and sour sauce, but this place deserves it. It’s amazing — it’s slightly sweet like marmalade and so good I’ve even dipped fortune cookies in it.
The «hate» end of the equation is with their customer service. I usually order takeout, and the woman who typically answers the phone has very broken English and is quite rude. They also seem to change their minds on a weekly basis about how much things cost. For example, I’ve ordered the #2 lunch special (egg foo young) several times. Sometimes I’m charged $ 1 more to make it vegetable instead of pork, sometimes I’m not (for the record, the menu just says egg foo young — it doesn’t specify that it’s pork, which I’ve pointed out). I’ve also had trouble with them getting my orders right. One time my vegetable egg foo young arrived with pork instead and fried rice instead of the white rice I requested, which I didn’t notice until I had gotten my food back to the office. I’ve gotten in the habit of asking them to repeat my order back to me, which seems to help.
What’s funny is that there’s a younger guy there who speaks excellent English and is incredibly friendly. I wish they would put him on the phone!

I stopped in the Rising Sun w/​o reading the reviews posted previously — thank goodness.
It was early on a Friday evening and not alot of customers at that time, however, I found the service to be great. No sooner had I been seated than my waitress appeared with a great pot of tea that lasted the whole meal.
I chose the $ 11 daily special which was the Kung Po Delight. This came with an egg roll that was as good as previous reviewers found. For the soup I had a choice of egg drop or beef vegetable, on the recommendation of the waitress I went with the beef vegetable — this was an unexpected delight. It was delicious with stock that was close to a sweet sour cabbage that I enjoy.
Finally the Kung Po was great also. The sauce was very good (I chose medium heat). The chicken, shrimp and pork were all cooked properly and with the mushrooms and celery had a great taste.
The manager sat with me awhile and everyone was great. I wish I lived closer to the Rising Sun but highly recommend it.

Slow and unfriendly restaurant, bland food, high prices… The drink menu looked good, but didn’t try it. Told the waiter I wasn’t happy with my dish, and he said «ok», but that’s all…
There were about 4 booths occupied and one man running around answering the phone and delivering food. On top of the very VERY broken English. Never going again.

My new neighbor said this is the best Chinese in town, and if that’s the case, then I’m bummed. The boyfriend got beef with gravy, which he enjoyed, but I was disappointed in mine (shrimp with broccoli) because they used canned mushrooms in it. I love mushrooms, but canned shrooms give the whole dish a weird, tinny flavor. Such a bummer. Also, the crab rangoons have onion, which dominates the delicate flavor of the rangoon. I’ll give them another try. .. but won’t get the rangoons again or anything with mushrooms.

Yes, Rising Sun you get your fourth star back from this reviewer. There were no burnt dishes this year! Even though the service was a tad slow, the place was jam packed. And I will say the price is still right at around $ 18 dollars a person, on average.
We had another traditional, big New Year’s eve dinner gathering lasting close to three hours. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the Egg Rolls, Pot Stickers, Crab Rangoon and Teriyaki Beef (some of the best around I must admit) to start our meal. Then for our main course dishes we all enjoyed, the Mongolian Beef, Beef and Broccoli, Shrimp and Cashews, Egg Fu Young and Sweet and Sour Chicken. Oh man were we all stuffed after we waddled out of the Rising Sun into the unseasonably warm winter evening.
Happy New Year dear readers!