Tin Seng

Whenever I want to check out a new Chinese place I start with Mongolian beef and let me tell you i’ve never had such bad experience as here. We also had the advertised lo mein and fried rice with vegetables and the only thing edible was the fried rice. I just threw away $ 40 worth of food in the can. The service was great but you can’t get full on service alone.

LOVE ordering from this place! Not your typical super greasy Chinese food. Delivery girl is always happy and smiling.

This business has been around for a long time and I have nothing but the best things to say about them. The food here is GREAT, the owner is very friendly and I can tell they really care about the quality of their food.

The best lo mein EVER. No lo mein can compare to it. Its just that good. The Crab Rangoon is very good too. Definitely worth checking out.

I tried the kung pao beef which was pretty decent, Ive had better. But what really bothered me is how dirty it was on the inside and the lack of cleaning in there. I would not recommend this place.

I found this place on Unilocal and all the reviews were good. Everyone that posted on here said it was the best Chinese they’ve had or the best around. Has anyone really had good Chinese before? were you all drunk? It was absolutely horrible. I got the Mongolian beef lunch special with an order of crab ragoon. The only thing that was good was the crab ragoon. The egg roll was disgusting. My sister ordered food as well and found hair in her food. short lil“chinese persons hair. totally grossed out. I do not recommend this what so ever. Waste of my lunch break and a waste of my money. I’m hoping I don’t get food poisoning

We called a friend for a chinese restaurant recommendation. She and her family had just tried Tin Seng and loved it — better than other places — so we decided to try. How glad we are that we did! I wish we’d heard sooner of this place.
The food is outstanding, the portions generous, the pricing competitive, and the service fast and super friendly — a perfect combination we found at the end of a long week! Our orders of beef and broccoli, lemon chicken, General Tsos chicken, and chicken fried rice all were fantastic. We’ve tried other local places in Palatine. Tin Seng definitely wins our vote as the best. It didn’t hurt that our order included a couple of delicious egg rolls free of charge.
Hope more people realize there’s a hidden gem here in Palatine. We’re looking forward to recommending this fabulous restaurant and returning soon! Hope they open seating, but we’ll gladly take the carry-​out ’til then.

The owner (the older gal behind the counter?):is hilarious. And also a huge blackhawk’s fan! Ordered the potstickers (highly recommended, resembled big dumplings more than pot stickers), crispy fried beef (gigantic portions, we thought it wasn’t ours at first), and chicken teriyaki, tin seng lo mein, crab rangoon. Incredible portion sizes. We recommend it all!

Love this place for really good carry out Chinese. My wife often gets the egg drop soup which is really good. The last time she got the sweet and sour pork which is prepared with the meat in a separate container from the sauce so the breading doesn’t get soggy. Nice touch. My favorites are the Moo Shu Pork or Beef and the Orange Beef. We’re really liked everything we’ve had. As an added bonus they give you 2 egg rolls for free if your order is over $ 15 after 4:00pm. Also the prices are quite reasonable considering the size of the portions. We always get two meals out of their dishes.

The food was just ok. The soup was no good. The delivery was fast. And the egg roll was good. Buts thats the only good thing that they had.

WINNER! Best Chinese restaurant in Palatine! Fortune Cookie who? Awesome egg rolls, fat crab Rangoon, and excellent chow fun. This is the only Chinese place you need on speed dial if you live nearby.

Don’t judge a restaurant by its strip mall store front. This place is not your typical strip mall «every dish comes with a defibrillator and a roll of toilet paper» Chinese take out.
The food is really good, and the ladies that work here are so delightful.
I’ve had the General Tso’s chicken, the Sesame Chicken, the fried rice and the egg rolls. The chicken dishes and fried rice I’d rate as better than Palatine’s other options. Egg roll tasted a touch funky to us, though. Wouldn’t recommend that one.
Need a Chinese fix for take-out…it’s actually a great option.

Great fried Rice

Just before we left palatine to an other burb, this place opened and from talking to the owner, I realized that they have moved from Barrington to Palatine due to higher operating costs in Barrington. (not a surprise!!).
I almost quit eating Chinese food long time ago, honestly due to my experiences with the quality of food I get at most of the Chinese restaurants. When this opened my wife suggested that we should try it (she wants to try any restaurant at least once). I was hesitant but eventually I succumbed as I pass by that place every day!
I ordered a Chicken fried rice and (that’s where I start in any Chinese place, ha ha) and I felt that the quality and the taste of the food was a lot lot better than other places I used to eat. Although I didn’t care much for the chicken (I am little biased may be coz I eat organic chicken most of the time and not the ones pumped with antibiotics and GMO corn crap) the fried rice in itself was good.
The owners are friendly (again, a surprise, relative to other C. restaurants) and I usually call them on my way home or whatever and the food is ready by the time I get there (about 10 – 15 mnts). 1 star off coz of the price, even the small fried rice (veggie) costs a bit more than other places but then again quality is relatively better in my opinion.
Overall a decent place, right on the corner of Quentin and NW highway.

My family loves Tin Seng. Sure– from time to time we’ll try a new place, but we always come back. My kids love the Sweet and Sour Chicken. The sauce is served separately, and there’s so much chicken the container can’t close. The chicken itself is in a light tempura type coating– delicious. Great fried rice, egg rolls, and potstickers. Also recommend the Orange Beef or Mongolian Beef. Super nice owner. Excellent all around!

Great food and friendly service. They deliver and Candy is nice. The food selection is good. The delivery is fast and depending how much you order you get free egg rolls. I like their potstickers. The beef and broccoli is tasty. Large orders.

I’m shocking myself by giving Tin Seng 5 stars but here it is! I went expecting not to like it based on other reviews (peer pressure) but everything about Tin Seng is fantastic.
First things first, their prices are great. They have some of the cheapest lunch specials around and you get a boatload of food for said prices. The lunch prices hold true every day except Monday (they are closed Mondays) from 1130am to 230pm. My lunch specials were $ 6.35 each and they come with a can of pop & egg roll, woohoo but most on the menu are $ 6.15 each.
Sesame Chicken — AMAZING! Honestly some of the best I’ve ever had but be warned it’s quite different than the usual Sesame Chicken. The sauce is soooo sweet and sticky. The chicken is really fresh and deep fried with just the right crisp on the outside.
Orange Chicken — Not spicy at all despite the menu warning. I liked the dish a lot but def preferred the sesame chicken
Fried Rice — Yum, delicious, really good
Egg Roll — Thank goodness it had no shrimp in it (I’m allergic) but was filled with beef. Yummy eggroll that was deep fried to perfection.
I think this is my new favorite spot for Chinese food! It doesn’t hurt that the lady working is so cute & sweet. It’s a hidden spot on the corner of a strip mall off of Northwest Highway (address says Quentin but it’s actually NW Hwy facing). Prices are great, food is quality — I’m Tin Seng all the way!

The people working the counter were really nice and inviting to me and my family.
The food was okay. A little to much batter on everything and a basic pink sweet and sour sauce on everything with prices that don’t reflect the subpar food… a lil on the high side.

I wanted to try a different Chinese restaurant around the Palatine area and turned to
. I found the reviews here pretty good so I decided to try it out for myself and I’ll have to agree with them — pretty good for a little Chinese take out restaurant! The place is tucked in the corner of a little strip mall. The place is your typical call and order to pick up restaurant. Nothing fancy, but the wife and husband are super talkative and friendly.
The husband cooks it right after you order your meal so the food always comes out steaming hot. I tried the fried rice and it actually tasted and looked like fried rice unlike some other places. It wasn’t dry and none of the yellow rice crap that some cheap places serve you. The rainbow lo mein is pretty good too. They use thin egg noodles versus the fat thick noodles served at random Asian buffets. The lunch specials are always a good deal too, it comes with fried rice, eggroll and a drink. Pretty awesome for less then 5 bucks in my opinion.
Otherwise, the Kung Pao Chicken and Beef with Broccoli wasn’t anything out of this world wow, butt then again, you are only paying 5 bucks for the lunch special and for that price and serving size received it was pretty awesome.

I have not been impressed with the Chinese food in the area, but hand a hankering for it tonight and turned to Unilocal for suggestions. And helpers, you did not disappoint!
Tin Seng is a gem of a hole in the wall, right on the corner of Quentin and 14. After placing our order by phone I drove from Fox River Grove and was warmly greeted by Samantha, who was impressed I drove past three other Chinese restaurants that she threw in a free egg roll, which was delicious.
We ordered garlic chicken lo mein and the thin noodles were perfect, just on the soft side of al dente, with yummy and super fresh veggies and chicken. We also had the cashew chicken which was rich and just spicy enough.
I judge all Chinese restaurants on their pot stickers, and Tin Seng has the best ones I’ve had in decades. Definitely handmade, crispy on the outside and moist and gingery on the inside. I’m in heaven.
Samantha, don’t worry about how far the drive is — we will most definitely be back!