J & I Chinese Kitchen

The food is mediocre and the people are assholes. They solicited my neighborhood and littered the area with menus. I’m done with this place, I’d go anywhere else.

Do not go here. We ordered a plethora of food, including some fried cashew chicken, chicken livers, etc and found a Roach fried up along with the chicken. We took back the food container that had the roach still in it and showed the owner. The owner then decided to curse at us and say that we put it in there. That makes total sense, I ordered Chinese food, went home, started my deep fryer, found a roach, dropped it in, put the roach in my full container of food, and then drove back to the restaurant for a refund. What nonsense.
The fact that there was a roach in the food was enough for a 1 star review, plus the fact the we were called MFers over and over by the owner makes me wish there was a negative stars option. Avoid this place at all costs.

This used to be the best Chinese restaurant around. We ate there all the time for years, Everything on the menu was great and consistent. However, in the last couple years the food and the quality of the ingredients have gone downhill and the last couple times have been downright disgusting. First off, the vegetables, mushrooms, etc that they use now are horrible but that’s NOTHING compared to how gross the meats are. There is no way to describe how spongy and weird of a texture/​consistency that the chicken and beef has. It seriously cannot be real meat. I hate to post a review like this because it used to be such a great place, but I wouldn’t want anyone to waste their money there because its seriously BAD!

This was not good. I ordered General Tsao’s chicken. There was a lot of bread, tooth breakingly hard, and very little chicken taste to it. The rice was chewy and still hard. The crab Rangoon was more hard bread than filling.

I’ve had both delivery and take out from J & I on a few occasions now. The portions are adequate, quality it top notch and the price is right. This has become my go to Chinese restaurant.

After last night’s shenanigans, I was feeling less than 100% today. When loads of Gatorade and water didn’t take away my headache and queasy stomach, I knew only one thing would do: greasy Chinese food.
I work in Fenton, so I needed to find a place close to my job. Unilocal to the rescue! J&I wasn’t too far, and it had pretty good Unilocal reviews, so I hopped in my car and headed over!
It’s a tiny little place in a strip mall. Their menu is pretty standard, with all of the things you’d expect at a quickie Chinese place.
Whenever I try a new Chinese place, I always order their boneless hot braised chicken. If they can’t do that right, I don’t even bother coming back for anything else.
J&I offered a boneless hot braised chicken combo plate; it came with chicken fried rice, 2 pieces of crab rangoon, and the hot braised chicken, of course. All of that food for $ 5! Awesome.
The food came out pretty quickly, so no complaints there.
But how did it taste? Well… it wasn’t too bad! The chicken fried rice was decent, and the crab rangoon was tasty. The hot braised chicken fell kind of short. It was really salty, and the sauce was really thick and almost too sweet. Honestly, I think Bo Fung’s hot braised chicken has spoiled me, because nothing else compares!
The portions were really generous; I have enough for lunch tomorrow. Two lunches for 5 bucks? I’ll take it!
I don’t think I’ll be back, however. There are more places in the area I’d like to try first.

Hands down the best Chinese I’ve had in this area! You can see the kitchen as they cook everything fresh for you. Everything we ordered was hot and fantastic! For me it all hinges on the chicken, and it was just perfect here, juicy and tender, no stringy or tough bits like I find at a lot of takeout places. Loved it!

We have ordered from here a few times and it’s pretty good! My dad actually is the one that tried it first and he really really likes it and says it’s the best in the High Ridge/​Fenton area.
I like the crab rangoon. My only complaint is that they don’t have sauteed options on their menu like the D.C. chinese places did. I like to try to be a LITTLE bit healthy!!! :-)
I will definitely order from here again.