China Star Restaurant

(Zero stars) We had forgotten how bad the food was at China Star. Out of laziness, we ordered take-​out. As before, the hot and sour soup had little flavor and was gelatinous. The vegetable egg rolls were over cooked. The Mongolian beef was probably the worst I have ever had. The beef had an off flavor, maybe old, and the sauce was almost black. The vegetable fried rice also had an off smell. The left-​overs went right into the garbage disposer.
If we ever go back there, shame on us. If you go there after reading this, shame on you.

Tasty food, unbeatable lunch specials and my favorite egg rolls of any in the Naperville/​Lisle area. So, the counter and store are nothing fancy — it doesn’t bother me. Friendly and fast service!

Yuck… we tried this place 2 x… both times the Chow fun was burnt and super greasy. The pick up area is not clean, dirty wainscoting with a lot of built up crud. Makes me wonder what the kitchen looks like. Won’t be back.

Brought it Home and I Couldn’t Eat It. I’m used to beat-​up Chinese Restaurants but this one is scary inside. Go to Joy Yee or Lucky Wok.

I placed an order, they called back to confirm my address (it’s a new building) and were here in under a half an hour. I’ll need to order more hot mustard next time but, otherwise, the food was very good, reasonably priced and the driver was courteous.
I’ll certainly order from them again.

Reading the reviews, this spot seems to be… spotty. However, all of our recent trips have been positive. The crab rangoons are really, really good… a little onion added. All of the stir fry dishes are very fresh. The quality is consistent. They use no MSG. You get a TON of food and the place is fast; call-​and-​get-​in-​the-​car fast. The owners are nice and friendly. Out of many take-​out Chinese spots in Naperville, I’d rate this as one of the best.
Particulars: it’s a hole-​in-​the-​wall, for pick-​up only. Not a destination to dine inside.

Ok, so honestly, reading all the previous reviews (after I had already ordered) I was seriously getting worried… But although it is not THE best chinese food I have ever had, but it was also far from being the worst… I got a little sample of a few things … Crab Rangoon was good, as were the pot stickers (although they were a little doughy — they tasted good)… The Mongolian Combo was excellent, but the Sesame Chicken was only so so… Combo Fried Rice was good… For a delivery place, I think it stands its own…

Man I really wanted to like this place! They say on the front page of their menu (that was left in my front door) that their best dishes include General Tsao’s chicken. Not really– the quality of the chicken was pretty questionable and gutty. The sweet and sour chicken looked about a week old, not fresh at all. The pork fried rice was really good. The egg roll is also pretty good. So it was overall hit and miss. Probably won’t be ordering from them again.

One of my favorite things about Chinese food is all the oriental vege’s. Bean sprouts, pea pods, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots.
Well, we didn’t see ANY of those in our order!
Now 2 of our items usually won’t see any of those, but the other two should have had some…
The Egg Drop soup was flavorless. I think there was ZERO salt in it. Fried rice was OK. Egg Foo Young OK, but NO CHINESE VEGE’S. The Egg Foo sauce was darker than I’ve ever seen. Mongolian chicken consisted of chicken, large slices of yellow onion, and sauce. I never had Mongolian chicken before, maybe it doesn’t have many vege’s.
But no oriental vege’s and bad egg drop soup, coupled with nothing that stood out, means I’ll look elsewhere for my Chinese fix.

Just moved to Naperville recently and decided to try China Star for our first Chinese order — since it is the nearest Chinese take-​out/​delivery place to our house.
After reading a couple (no-​so-​great) Unilocal reviews, I decided for carryout instead of delivery so I could see how nice/​clean the restaurant is; no issues, it was clean and tidy, and the counter woman was very friendly.
Overall, we were very happy with the food: Kung Po Beef, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Chicken Fired Rice, Pot Stickers, and Crab Rangoon. Everything was very good, and at a reasonable price.
We’ll definitely be ordering from China Star again…

Called this place 5 times and tried both numbers listed on their menu, with no answer. If they don’t want take out or delivery orders, then I’ll go somewhere else where they answer the phone.

I don’t think we’ve ever ordered food that we’ve been completely unable to eat before! I picked up a flyer from the front door this week and was excited as we’ve had trouble finding a really good Chinese restaurant in the Naperville area. We were so disappointed! The egg drop soup was slimy, the fried tempura vegetables had more dough than vegetable, the veggie fried rice had a faint chemical taste (with a hint of burning), and the country style tofu was just… bleuch! I can usually find the good in just about every restaurant, but not this time.

Our new favorite Chinese in Naperville! The eggrolls are great!

I don’t remember what possessed me to eat here. But I should have known the outcome when I walked in. It looks like a low-​quality dive. All weird and awkward looking.
So I ordered General’s Chicken, Veggie Fried Rice and an order of egg rolls. My girlfriend got Seschuan Veggies and we split the rice and egg rolls (leftovers were our favorite things in the world). The rice? tastes not very fried at all. It tastes like a slightly oily normal rice with a hint of salt. The vegetables were soggy and bland. Ok… a swing and a miss.
The General’s Chicken? totally bland. It was literally tasted like sugar syrup, sweet pepper and mediocre fried chicken. I was not impressed. The chicken itself was stringy and had too much gristle for just small pieces of chicken.
My ex’s veggies? Bland and fatty tasting. No kidding.
I’ve had much worse Chinese Food. This place wasn’t terrible, but I’ve been spoiled by other places. Don’t go out of your way for this.

Like fellow Unilocaler, Jason, I order from here because of its location and becuase occasionally I want Chinese food delivered. The food is just so-​so. I do like the Country Vegetables and Tofu, but it is not consistant. Sometimes it has a nice light sauce, and other times it is too dry. The prices seem reasonable.
BEWARE: Carry out… Check your bag before you leave! On more than one occasion we have had to return because they did not give us everything we ordered!

I wanted to like this place, mainly because they are the closest Chinese place to deliver to our house, but after reading Alice’s review I was expecting the worst. What we got, while not the worst, was nothing to write home about either. Because they are the only show in town (that I know of so far), we have ordered from them twice. I have to say that the delivery times were nice and quick, both times we were quoted a 45 minute delivery time, and the food arrived in about half an hour. No problems there unless you had planned around the 45 minute wait time.
Now, onto the food. We have ordered the General Tso’s chicken, chicken fried rice, egg rolls, crab rangoon, pot stickers, and a few others. The General Tso’s chicken tastes good, but the quality of the meat is horrendous. In one order, there were three pieces that had bone fragments embedded in them, and not tiny ones either. The crab rangoon would be good if they didn’t fill it to capacity with onions, the egg rolls are nothing to write home about, and the potstickers are waaaaaaaay too doughy (the pork mixture inside is tasty though).
I’m not sure if we will order from them a third time, I guess it all depends on if I find another place that delivers here!

We’ve been ordering from China Star for years. The food is always great, as is the value. Delivery is very fast (sometimes less than 15 minutes) — unless they are unusually busy. Friendly staff makes for excellent and reliable service.

So I got a flier attached to my door handle and decided to give them a try that day. (Let me say right off the bat I am very picky about my Chinese food. There are very few that are worthy but I think it is really based on the quality.) So I ordered ay 5:10 (on a Sunday evening). I ordered Chicken Chow Fun, Chicken Fried Rice, Egg Rolls and Crab Rangoon. They said it would be over an hour for the food to be delivered, which I though was a little excessive but whatever. So by 6:45 I called them back because my food had not arrived yet! They said the driver got lost and had to go back to look at a map… ummm OK you just delivered a flier to my house 4 hours ago??? So the food showed up about 7pm with a very apologetic delivery man. i told him it was alright b/​c I was told he got lost. He said NO he didn’t get lost they just had too many deliveries at that time!!! So the guy on the phone lied to me! I opened the food and the fried food was soggy from sitting too long, the rice and the chow fun tasted like they were totally burnt from being cooked too fast to accommodate the surplus of orders they received, and it all was cold! I called to complain b/​c the food was bad, and on top of it I had to pay $ 5 just to have it delivered. The same guy answered the phone that took my order (and said the guy delivery was lost), he said the manager was unavailable, but who knows he could have been lying to me again!!! DO NOT ORDER FROM CHINA STAR! Awful food and even worse customer service!