Yen Ching Chinese Restaurant

Our favorite Chinese place in the area, never had a bad order. Staff is always friendly and helpful. They quote 30 — 45 minutes delivery and have it to our house usually with 20 — 25 minutes.

When I called in an order for delivery last night I was very surprised that this Plainfield business does not deliver within the Village of Plainfield. That’s right. They do not deliver a distance of 4.7 miles (11 minutes of driving). So we ordered from Lucky Bamboo, a Plainfield business that does deliver to the Village from a distance of also over 4 miles. Having read some of the recent reviews of Yen Ching it appears that Lucky Bamboo was a far better choice. Our order was correct, delivered promptly, and the food was both hot and delicious.

So… So Sad! Yen Ching USED be the best around Plainfield area… but after a Sunday afternoon 2:15pm order (they open at 2)…AND $ 68 later… SO…SO DISAPOINTED! EVERYTHING was COLD and delivered at 4pm? I live 5 mins away… Ordered a Beef Lo Mein which according to the menu has carrots, white onion, green onion, mushroom and bean sprouts. UMMM… I GOT… NO CARROTS… NO MUSHROOM… NO SPROUTS…2 slices of white onion, 2 slices of green onion…2 slices of beef… and unflavored noodles. BUT I GOT CELERY IN BEEF LO MEIN… WHICH ISN’T SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE??? Ordered Large Orange Chix… which came as RE-​FRIED FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE CHIX… tossed in sauce and my 9 year old could even chew because of the toughness… as well as my husband?
Don’t know if they changed owners… cooks…kids…but LAST TIME TO ORDER FROM HERE AND THIS USED TO BE THE GO TO PLACE… SUPPOSE IT’S WORTH A DRIVE TO ANOTHER PLACE…

They have the best Chinese food!!! Love their vegetable fried rice!!! Whenever I ask for sweet and sour sauce, they just give me 2 – 3 packets when the food is for 3 – 4 people. I have to tell them there are 3 – 4 people eating. It would be nice to ask once, but their food is amazing!

Amazing food! Definitely our go to spot now. Tried another place in Plainfield and wasn’t impressed with the Gen Tso Chicken, My girlfriend and I ordered from here and we’re both happy with the price, taste and portions and There was 10 crab Rangoons amazing portion!

Tried this place the other night, had the orange chicken and it lacked flavor. This place has gone downhill and the naperville location remains the better of the two. Also tried a beef that was ordered extra spicy that was rather flavorless. The meat seemed to be cooked right, so that’s a plus. prices were not impressive. The recurring theme of «lacking flavor» comes up once again when talking about all their rices… definitely not a big fan of this place.

It was okay!!! I’m pretty picky on my Chinese food so I was a little nervous going here. The prices where a little high. So the food was soso I wasn’t impressed I probably won’t go back

The women who work at the front counter are nice and welcoming. I ordered chicken fried rice, which was average. It didn’t blow me away but it wasn’t bad. I also ordered crab rangoon, which was okay. I expected it to be better based on the reviews but it wasn’t the worst.

Worst service I’ve ever had. Told me 45 – 50 minutes for delivery took over an hour and a half. Called 5 times they could tell me nothing. Had no manager to talk to wouldn’t give me my money back. Awful awful awful

AWFUL!!! I don’t know what they did, used to be so good. I had garlic chicken & it was so sweet absolutely inedible– stay away!!!

First time trying this place because my dad just moved and wow, it was so good! And let me tell you I don’t like Chinese that much but it was amazing. Very good sweet and sour chicken, sesame chicken, and crab Rangoon!

Uhh not so much… Gen tso’s, rice, egg rolls, crab rangoon all flavorless and disappointing.

Massive portions. I recommend the Shanghai Noodle, wife liked her pad thai, fried rice was good well. I hadn’t had a egg rolls in a while it too was good. For pock up the order was ready in less than 15 minutes.

Food was surprising very good although the reviews indicated it would be. They did get one entrée wrong but overall it was very good. Otherwise I would have given it five stars.

I ordered a lunch special that costed me $ 7.75 that came with a pop and egg roll. To me that’s an expensive lunch especially I was not impressed with the taste. I had to drink 2 liter of water to wash out the salty/​msg after taste.

We got Sweet and Sour chicken, orange chicken and egg rolls for take out.
My sweet & sour chicken was very breaded chicken and had no taste. The red sauce was runny, with a pineapple & two tomato slices thrown in. No onions or peppers, and had zero taste. My daughter liked the orange chicken, though I didn’t really. At least the chicken wasn’t breaded, but had an odd texture — to me. The egg rolls were thickly breaded, hard and mostly tasteless. Overall not a fan of what we had. Gonna try elsewhere.

I ordered their Triple Delight, Chow Fun and BBQ Pork Fried Rice.
The Chow Fun is what I would reorder in a heartbeat because it’s as flavorful as the ones I’ve gotten from Chinatown-​Chicago.

I live in the city, but, had to come to the burbs for something and decided to order some Chinese! This place definitely top notch, next to china town downtown, of course! I had the broccoli and shrimp which was steaming hot, egg rolls and we shared egg drop soup along with chicken fried rice. By far, the best rice we’ve had in a long time and it was a huge portion for being a small. Easily we could serve 2 more people!
I was super impressed with 1) how fast the delivery was– only 40 min! 2) how hot the food was when it arrived and 3) how delicious everything was! Next time we need to come out to the burbs, definitely will be ordering from here again!

Not that bad of a place. I was craving some Chinese but itS been a challenge for my and I to find anything good out this way. We are from the south side (suburbs) of Chicago and I compare everything to the food out there because, quite frankly, it’s the best.
I ordered general tao’s chicken, crab Rangoon, egg rolls, and shrimp fried rice with extra sprouts and onions. Not too bad. Wish they offered the lunch special all the time like most places who offer them after lunch hours for about a $ 1.50 more. Had to buy too much food for just myself.

«Here we go sodeo sodeo sodeo»
«Here we go sodeo all night long»
It’s a Raffi song, and when I was a little girl I would sing along, «here we go SODIUM.» I thought my mom was full of it when she said it was «sodeo,» since that’s not a thing. Sodium, however, is a thing, and for the first time in 20+ years this song popped into my head as I chowed down on some Szechuan beef from Yen Ching.
It wasn’t too salty though, I was impressed by the spiciness. It didn’t blow my brains out, but generally that little red pepper/​spice indicator on a Chinese menu is full of lies. The Szechuan beef was a huge portion of beef and veggies, but it was seriously lacking in the mini corn cob, pea pod, and water chestnut department. If I’m going to eat Chinese, this trifecta of veggies MUST be present.
This disclaimer is a little late, but Chinese food is not my favorite cuisine; in fact, it’s probably my least favorite. I favor Thai and Japanese over Chinese. But when I get a craving for «Chinese,» it’s really a combination of egg rolls, crab rangoons, and fried rice dancing in my head — the trifecta of Chinese side dishes. I’m merely obligated to order more than this since I don’t live alone.
The orange chicken was the BEST orange chicken I’ve ever had! The pieces of chicken were large, white meat chunks, which were perfectly breaded, crisp and served with a sweet, evenly-​coated orange glaze. This was the best dish of our order
But, whomp whomp! The eggrolls sucked. They were soggy and had a strong peanut butter flavor. It sucks that my eggroll, half-​eaten, sucked. The crab rangoon were good, a little chinsy on the filling, but it will be difficult for me to admit that anything stuffed with cream cheese and deep fried was subpar.
The fried rice was not greasy at all. It did lack a little flavor, but I couldn’t believe the large chunks of white meat chicken mixed in. It’s a fresh product and prepared well, but if you like lots of salt and pepper, you’re going to want to break out your own set of shakers and possibly a bottle of sriracha to spice things up.
I was mildly annoyed when I got home, opened the bags, and noticed the soup had spilled. Although the soup is in a plastic container, and again wrapped in a plastic bag, the container had cracked under the weight (the soup was at the bottom of my bag), and there was a pool of soup inside the plastic bag. It wasn’t a big deal, nothing got ruined, but it was a moment worthy of an eyeroll. One of the reasons I do takeout is because I’m too lazy to do dishes. The soup spill required me to dirty a bowl so, eyeroll, now I’ve got to wash one.
Aside from the few hiccups (spilled soup and crappy eggrolls), I’m giving Yen Ching 4 stars. The customer service here was friendly, polite, and the girl at the counter was all about getting people checked out quickly. There are 3 Chinese restaurants in a 3-​mile stretch of Route 59 (between 119^th and 135^th), and this is #1.