Mee Jun Chop Suey

Been coming here for 40+ years. I’ve been to many cities in China many times. Love the reviewers who say this isn’t Cinese food for many Chinese restuarants in USA. Just prove they really know nothing about China.
It’s a takeout restaurant with large quantities, lowest prices, absolutely dependable quality and no one is better north suburbs for basic Chinese counting variety, fresh vegetables, selection, quantity, etc. Try egg foo young, golden corn??, chow mein made with bean sprouts, etc.
If you want great Chinese, go to Ming Hin downtown or Chinatown. Chinatown seats almost 1000 people. In suburbs, no great Chinese. Just basic and this is very good.

We are new to the area and trying several different Chinese restaurants because we enjoy them a lot. We were excited to try this place because of the reviews – but were disappointed. The aesthetics inside are not inviting – you will want to carry it out if you can. As we waited for the food, several people came in to order the combination fried rice spicy. But our portion was exceptionally oily – and most of the food we got was deep fried and tasted «off.» Portion size was ample, the cost decent, but the overall quality was enough that we will not return because the main thing on the menu seems to be re-​used grease.

I drive half an hour to come dine here for years now. The restaurant is simple no fanciness to it. The staff is nice and the prices are reasonable. Everyone usually comes here for the awesome combination rice. What makes it great is that they make is spicy. I’m gonna continue coming here for many more years.

The best in the area. No joke, I’ve tried them all! Great fried rice and egg foo young!

My take-​out place!
Good, plentiful, fast and friendly and always willing to make menu changes on request.
Not oily, none of that tongue-​slimy aftertaste that another on the street has.

Best takeout Chinese period. A must go. Get the shrimp fried rice, you won’t be disappointed! We come here at least once a week!

Great and abundant Chinese fare! This place is always busy because it’s got great prices and good food. I like that they’re very generous with the sauces and the egg rolls are amazing!
This place is not a life changing experience! it is convenient fast and a good deal. Definitely worth checking out…

very good little takey outey kind of place… i get the chicken and broccoli lunch special and they are very accomodating to give me light sauce and no rice and extra broccoli for no extra charge and i really like the egg rolls
the people who wait on you are very quiet but friendly and it is cooked fresh and is usually pretty fast

I’ve been coming here for years. Love the fried rice. It’s actually the only thing I order. Maybe an egg roll sometimes. Love the spiciness of the rice. It can be greasy sometimes. Only thing I can recommend is not to order before closing. The food tastes off.

Really good carry out
Fried rice with shrimp — excellent
Egg foo young was great
Lo– main noodles with shrimp was outstanding
Big portions
Great for carry out and family’s

This Chinese restaurant has been in Highwood for many years. The quality of the food remains the same, but their service has been going down the drain. Awful service!!!
Their fried rice is good. It is well cooked with many interesting combination of ingredients but a bit greasy. The egg roles and crab Rangoons are good. Not the frozen kind. They are big and always hot and tasty. Definitely something to try.
The service of this establishment is really bad. The cook, owner or whoever manages the restaurant is extremely frugal. I have order countless of times for three people and they only give me one tiny container of hot sauce, and a couple of packages of soy sauce. One hot sauce is not enough for two containers of rice, which by the way last for days, egg roles and crag Rangoon. In the past they used to give you more. Now they are just cheap and rude when you ask for more, not to mentioned the fact that you have to pay $ 1.25 for more sauce.
Once I called for take out and they got my order wrong. I called to let the restaurant know, and they were just plain rude saying it was my fault. No customer service at all! Last time I order from that place!

Really like this place. I think they have my favorite fried rice in the Chicagoland area. It’s a tad on the greasy side, so go in expecting that. This is not authentic Chinese food, but it is good American Chinese food. Besides their fried rice, another notable thing I like is the beef skewers. Fried peanuts are also very tasty.
It is counter service, so order, take a seat, and they’ll bring it out. Staff is very friendly and the space is always clean. Easy to park there also.
I always drop by here when I’m in the area.

I loved this restaurant the moment I walked in the door, which was too many years ago to name. I especially like their shrimp fried rice. My absolute favorite though are the meaty barbecued spareribs. Yum yum. Nobody makes them like Mee Jun. Try them you’ll like them.

Love their shrimp fried rice, best ever! I also like their sweet and sour shrimp and their Mongolian beef. They do give you a lot of food for your money! I always drive all the way out there from Stickney because I love their food!

Mediocre chinese food at best. Small restaurant that would be best for take out. It’s ok for what it is — cheap chines food.

I hate when Asian places tell you 20 minutes for take out, and then it takes 40. And unlike the trend of fine dining that has emerged in Highwood over the past 10 years, this restaurant hasn’t followed suit. I would describe this as the style and quality of Asian food you receive at a shopping mall food court. For what it is, they have a large dining area, but you’re essentially ordering food to go, to dine-​in. There’s no table service, which begs the question of why they even have seating to begin with. There are too many other good Asian options in the area at varying price points to settle for Mee Jun Chop Suey.

This food is HORRIBLE!!! OMG who eats this stuff??? I ordered the sesame chicken it was dry over fried and gross, food is wayyyyy to greasy, chicken and broccoli was gross and dumplings had a funny taste! WAAAAA!!! I miss NYC/​NJ chinese food!!!

I never trust reviews of suburban restaurants, mostly because these north shore suburbanites seem to have no idea what good food is. Dynasty Chinese is the number one rated Chinese place around here, followed by PF Changs. Need I say more? I rest my case.
Note, this rating is based strictly on the food, the restaurant itself is kinda dingy, takeout recommended.
Dynasty? Yuck. Little Szechwan? Not bad, but pricy. Everything in Highland park? Decent but costly. After trying over seven restaurants in the area, this is the clear winner. The portions are massive. The «small» size is more than enough for 2 people for any item. Now, the size isn’t all that they do well.
The food here is home made, and fresh. Never frozen. Egg rolls rolled there, crab rangoons prepped there, and everything else, from the veggies to the meat is fresh to death. The potstickers are just as good as the ones I ate on my travels throughout China. Oh and they are huge as well, not your average dinky dumpling. (They take minimum 20 minutes, so call ahead for these) Oh yeah, and for 25 cents, they will upgrade all of your rice to fried rice, and their rice is amazing. So for $ 20, you can get 2 small entrees, order egg rolls and fried rice, with enough left over for 2 more meals!
I usually don’t write reviews these days. But when I saw this place getting no love I had to step in and set the record straight. BEST. CHINESE. EVAR. (in the burbs).

Hmmmm, seems sketchy but I was pleasantly surprised. The food was pretty good (orange chicken, shrimp friend rice, homemade pot stickers, mongolian beef) and the value was outstanding. For $ 30, we had leftovers for 3 days. KEY: My KIDS even enjoyed all of it!

Talk about HUGE portions. If you cant feed 2 people for $ 20 and more than likely have leftovers, then something just ain’t right. By far the biggest pot stickers i have ever seen.
As far as taste, i cant say they are the best i have ever had but they are far from the worst. I guess i would call it mediocre but definitely would visit them again if i was short on cash and had a massive craving for Chinese food. This is only based on the food i have tried there, which is the beef lo mien, sweet/​sour pork, and pot stickers. The lo mien wasn’t exactly what i was expecting but good none the less.