Li’s Brothers

For CT Chinese, this gets a passing grade. If you’ve ever been to Chinatown or know the difference between American Chinese and Shanghai cuisine, this will make you sad inside.
We ordered sweet and sour soup, wonton soup, chicken and rice, chicken and broccoli, boneless spare ribs, sesame chicken, and they threw in pork dumplings for free. The soups are edible. The broth in the wonton tasted like gelatin, and the sweet and sour soup had old (what looked like canned) vegetables inside, so I couldn’t eat. Sesame chicken was good, fried rice earned a B, but overall the dishes were soaked in oil and really not high quality. The spare ribs tasted like uncooked bacon and were soaked in oil.
Overall the review is not great. I generously give three stars for effort, because compared to the other Chinese around here, it’s on par. I think I need to move.

The foods not awful but it lacks any caring about what they serve. It all kind of tastes the same. The young man at the counter needs some lessons about customer service, he’s almost rude. Also the egg rolls keep getting smaller and smaller, the dumplings are large but tasteless. So many of the offering use to be better, now it seems like they are trying to save pennies in silly way’s i.e. smaller egg rolls, very little gravy for egg fuyoung dishes, not filling the rice container fully, smaller soup noodle bags, etc, etc. Best things they have going is they are close to home and fast. It kind of sad because I would order more often if the food was better. But at least there’s Shanghai down the street

Pretty solid place. I tried a few Chinese take outs since I moved to Norwalk a few years ago and I still keep ordering from Lis.

Some colleagues in my office recommended Li’s Brothers, so I decided to give it a try.
With a friend on his way to join me for a quick lunch in the office before a meeting, I ordered fried dumplings, General Tsao Chicken and Moo Shu Chicken. None were available under their Lunch Special menu, so each of these were full sized portions. First, the portions are very large, you can easily share a single order.
From the top:
Dumplings — there are six dumplings to an order. They were lightly crisped on one side. These were not very good. They were under-​cooked, very doughy and had very little filling. It was similar to biting into raw dough.
Moo Shu Chicken — A large portion with several pancakes. I decided to first try the chicken without the pancake. One bite was enough to convince me that the Moo SHu Chicken was not to my liking either. There was an incredibly bitter flavor in the chicken, and the overall dish was not very good.
General Tsao Chicken — I did not have high hopes for this dish after tasting the other two. The dish was also a large portion, served atop a large mound of broccoli. It was primarily fried crust covered with an over-​sweet sauce. The scant amount of chicken was intermingled with pieces of chicken bones and cartilage. This was the worst of the three dishes.
I was really hoping I would like Li’s, but I would be hard pressed to return.

Not sure about rest of the menu, but I frequently pick up for lunch, a House Special Soup and an egg roll. The soup is packed with tasty veggies, chicken, pork, shrimp and wontons. The egg roll is solid too. I know the ambiance and service may be lacking or typical of a place like this but it’s certainly not surprising.

Sad, the old Li’s Brothers that 15 years ago was some of the best Chinese food you could find changed into this. :(Hopefully they learn to be more polite. Not sure I could give the food another chance. The good thing? Prices.

If there is a better take out Chinese place in the area, I’m not aware of it. Portions are good sized and reasonably priced. Plus they deliver, even out to New Canaan. The kid who takes the orders could learn a little about customer service, but still, I think its worth it. Hot & Sour soup can be hit or miss @ some places. It’s ALWAYS good here. Try the Spring Rolls too. Recommended General Tso’s Chicken, Sub Gum Lo Mein, BBQ Ribs.

The prices low and the portions are large. The food is always very tasty– the ribs are great– and prepared quickly. I usually call for takeout and my orders are taken politely and have always been correct.

Horrible food, the dish I ordered had only 3 tiny peices of chicken meat. In addition, services were rude, it seems that they did not care about your business…

Just had dinner after a hard days work Li’s offers some very good food. We had the usual shrimp egg foo young and the shrimp and broccoli and wonton soup. The rice was very good and no complaints. For a quick dinner at good pricing on take out I can always count on them to deliver.

With the economy, I found my favorite Chinese restaurant had gone out of business so was in search of another place I can start frequenting. Not many choices in Norwalk, so tried this one as an experiment.
It is mostly a takeout place, with a fairly large seating area, with actually few seats.
The menu choices are pretty standard for a Chinese restaurant, however the Quantity is much more than other places I have visited, and the prices are extremely reasonable.
Not the best Chinese out there but good value for money.

Best Chinese Food in Norwalk and the kids that work the counters have gotten friendlier as they age.

It has been a long time since I’ve been a regular, but I grew up riding my bike over to the comic book store (now closed) and then next door for lunch at Li’s Brothers.
The storefront was never much to look at, but the food was always good, reasonably priced and the folks that ran the place were always very friendly. In fact, they made an effort to give an extra hi to their regulars… even if they were snot nosed kids biking in for a quick lunch.