Wei-Li

My all time favorite Chinese restaurant! Always delicious & the owners and staff are so nice!

My favorite Chinese food– fresh and delicious. Discount for picking up take out! Always a nice wait staff as well.

Poor delivery, and the food was not good either. The delivery guy got lost, and then when he finally got here he complained about how «this puts a crimp in his delivery route», but he didn’t care to apologize to the customer standing right in front of him. The food was cold because he took so long getting here, but worse than that it just didn’t have much flavor. The egg rolls were bland and had way too much dough. Fried rice and lo mein were both pretty bland. It generally doesn’t take much for Chinese food to please us, but both my wife and I agreed this was no good. I’ve never been in the actual restaurant, but from this experience with their delivery food I won’t bother stopping by.

Great delivery! No MSG. Really great options for vegetarians. Good stuff all around.

Great little gem of a restaurant in Auburn owned by a family that takes pride in their food and customer service. Always fresh ingredients.

Weird menu layout. No whole spare ribs, no chow fun, dumplings far too small, and Wei too expensive!!! But if you’re rich, they’re pretty good.

Meh. I’ve experienced better.

Great Bento Boxes! Always fresh and tasty!
We usually hit it late night tKe out as the inside atmosphere is underwhelming. Seeing small children (of the owners or cleaners maybe) playing video games or sleeping in the benches is slightly odd but … Food is good and always get friendly service!

Food is super fresh and delicious. Egg rolls are so amazing! Price is a little on the high side, but you know your getting quality food for your money.

Best In the area and they deliver to Greene! Love this place and definitely recommend trying it if you haven’t.

We loved the service & the food! Even though it is not near to where we live, we would travel just to eat here. While not THE best chinese I have eaten, it is the best in Maine so far.

Today was the first time I’ve had anything from Wei-​Li. I wish I could have given them 5 stars however I can’t because my order was wrong. I ordered the sweet and sour chicken lunch special with pork fried rice and an egg roll. After using my ½ hour lunch break to go pick it up, (along with my co-​workers order that was correct), I got back to my work place and found that I had been given chicken and broccoli with pork fried rice and teriyaki beef. I still ate it because I didn’t have time to go back and have it corrected and it was still delicious. I hope the next time I order it will be correct. I’d love to try the sweet and sour chicken!

This is my all time favorite restaurant. They have a great staff and the food is perfection. I love the generals chicken at a 3 spicy in case your looking to buy me some. Now the only thing that is not gluten free on that is the soy sauce, so if your not Celiac’s it should be okay but that’s on you, don’t blame me.
They also have cooking classes if you want to learn their methods.
I think Lilly is trying to kill me (inside joke there).

My favorite Chinese Asian food place in the world. I have been to many many Chinese restaurants and im this one Is by far the best I have ever had. The food is fresh and delicious and not greasy at all. I eat as much as I want and still feel great after. The place it self is pretty nice with a projector with relaxing Chinese landscapes and what not playing in the background, with a fish tank and traditional Chinese decorations. Very nice! 5 stars from me!

Consistently delicious! The food is freshly prepared and wonderful, including the sushi. We have eaten here at least 25 times and have never been disappointed. The atmosphere lacks a bit (clean and pleasant but not impressive … it’s in a strip mall after all) but the quality of the food and the friendliness of the family who owns this restaurant make Wei Li well worth seeking out. We drive by a ton of restaurants to get to Wei Li and it’s always worth the trip. Delicious, fresh food in a very friendly, happy atmosphere. Perfect!

This is my daughter’s favorite restaurant and is always her choice when she gets to choose. The family who runs it are extremely nice — well known in the local community. It is a little different — lighter/​healthier than your average Chinese.
There is this really lovely elderly woman that is always there who I think does not speak a word of English (the grandmother?) who always makes sure your water glass is full (cold ice water automatically as soon as you sit down) — even if you only took a few sips out of it. Strangely, that is my favorite part of the experience. Recommend the House Pan Fried Noodles — you can’t go wrong.

Our family had a gathering here and the restaurant put tables together to host us.
The food was delic and the staff was very patient as we came a bit late. They served us promptly and we even had to order more since we had more attend than we had originally thought.
The place is a bit small but it was perfect for our group.
They brought out hot and sour, beef wonton, wonderful green beans, a pan fried noodle plate, and much more.
This is the first time I have gone here and wonder why I haven’t before.

Very simple, good quality food.
Took mother in law and hubby here. the only problem I had with this place was the Won Ton Soup was luke warm. HELLO? Soup is supposed to HOT not TEPID. I got sick of luke warm soup at a Chinese restaurant before so I usually get really freaked when I get luke warm soup. I think places are spooked by the MacDonalds incident of burning yourself on food. HOT food is GOOD food.
Ok, enough of that.
I had the Pu Pu Platter for one. It was so fresh and healthy. Not greasy. Yes, it was hot. I loved every delish bite of it. The shrimp fried rice was heavenly. I got a ton. I took it home and ate it later. Super yummy.
Hubby had broccoli beef. It was not hot enough. HELLO what part of hot food don’t you get. Ok, well, he said it was good, could’ve been hotter.
Mother in law had shrimp chow mein. She liked it alot.
I will go back, but hey, word to you, hot food, not lukewarm… ok???

This restaurant is something of a boast of the area! My girlfriend had told me about this place for months. I had no idea. First it was voted top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the US. I had the dinner combo it was simple but enough. You pick entrée, side, and two apps plus choice of rice. It was a bit pricey at 13.99 but taste counts. You can tell they use quality oil or it is changed frequently. I can tell they don’t cut corners with the small things like tea, napkins, and quality menu. I am also delighted to know they don’t keep secrets and have cooking classes which also come with a Cantonese lesson. Wei-​li, I believe you have my attention!

There’s something about being the only diners in a restaurant that’s about to close. We didn’t feel too lonely, though, because there were plenty of staff and they all kept up the conversation. In fact, I couldn’t help but be a little paranoid since I don’t speak Mandarin/​Cantonese (see I can’t even tell) that they were probably complaining about us. After reading the rave reviews and in need of some Chinese food, we called despite the late hour to see how late they would accept orders and was told that they take orders up until 9:00 p.m. (Friday/​Sat). The restaurant is just a bit past the auto malls on Route 4/​Center Street and you would definitely miss it if it weren’t for GPS. It’s not visible at all from the road and is the last unit in a collection of strip mall buildings though I wouldn’t qualify it as a mall.
We tentatively approached the entrance as we noted there were no cars at all except for the ones parked in back — probably belonging to the employees. I’m pretty sure that, despite the bright, cheerful dining room, the bulk of the business here is take out and I was too hungry to drive home 25 miles with hot Chinese food sitting on my lap and being seduced by the aroma. So we bravely entered and were accommodated right away with no withering looks. I noticed a big white screen and an expensive overhead projector and, judging from the plaques awarded by local community organizations, gathered that these groups conduct lunchtime meetings with presentations requiring this equipment. We also noted that we were being surveilled by a bevy of discreet cameras photographing our every move.
Our waitress, the owner, graciously took our order and I impulsively requested crab rangoons since they were raved about in other reviews. Then we noticed the dinner box specials that included 2 appetizers, a side dish and a choice of rice so when she brought the perfectly crisp Rangoons, I remarked I had overlooked that and inquired if it would be possible to count the appetizer with the special. She was a bit apprehensive at first but figured since we were both ordering the special, that it would count towards our appetizer choice. BTW, the ordering system is executed with a tablet which I thought was pretty cool. Of course I had to comment on it…
I ordered the Shrimp U Shang of which I had never heard — it’s basically shrimp, broccoli and red bell peppers with hot red peppers infused into the sauce but with the comments of some reviewers that the food was bland, I decided to be bold and ordered it medium. Well, my bad, I’m not keen on spicy foods so probably should have stuck with the gringo version. The portions were small but, because I had eaten 4 rangoons, I was not as hungry so I took home the rest of my food. The food was presented in a portioned tray so that no dish touched the other and, since we had screwed up and ordered a regular sized appetizer, there were sections that were void of food so it did look a little skimpy. The fried rice was rather brown and didn’t come with the usually egg, peas and carrots.
Despite the cheap drinks, we stayed with the tap water and free tea was offered. The tea definitely tempered the heat of the main dish but I cautioned the DC about drinking water to douse the fire as we all know it spreads the heat. The matriarch of the family continuously refilled our glasses though and I really did feel attended too even though the restaurant was about to close. In no way were we made to feel bad that we were eating late. I had to remind myself that even in Portland, restaurants are typically open at least until 10:00 on a weekend night but Wei-​Li is located on the outskirts of Auburn so perhaps people around here turn in early for the night. I was half expecting people to be just finishing up their meals so we wouldn’t be under such intense scrutiny.
We left sated and I would return but would order from another part of the menu — perhaps the «healthy» section and definitely would avail myself of a cheap Polynesian beverage.