Silver Lake

Not the best Chinese food I’ve ever had, but a good bargain for the price. Next to Jewel Foods in Saint Charles Silver Lake is a small hole in the wall place that’s clean and does the job. Food was brought in a timely manner and wasn’t half bad. Prices are very reasonable. We had a lot to take home because the portions are fairly big. I’d go back again.

I’ve ordered from here for years. We used to go in once in a while, but the service was always kind of lame. Anyway, the take out has ranged from OK to very good — until the last time — it couldn’t have been worse.
In the past, I never waited more than 5 minutes for my order — generally it is there waiting for me, but this time I stood there 20 minutes. Stuff happens and I wasn’t too upset until I got home. I ordered hong sue chicken, which is basically chicken nuggets and comes with white rice and a sauce. The nuggets were cold — I don’t mean warm or cool like they sat there waiting for the rest of the order — I mean cold like they were in the refrigerator since yesterday. Couldn’t have been worse. Haven’t been back since.
This meal was Zero Stars, but I’ve given 2 since they used to do better. I don’t know now.

Seafood is always old and always over cooked and the chicken is frequently over cooked. They never seem to stick to their own spicy scale which makes ordering spicy food difficult. Its either too hot or not hot enough.
Good luck

i expected a lot from this place, thus the price and the serving. i ordered twice from here, the first time i got sesame chicken. it had no flavor whats so ever. small serving i gave it a try another time. this time, i ordered pad thai chicken. had only 5 pieces of chicken, super oily, i thought i was drinking from a bottle of oil, i couldnt finish eating it. NEVER AGAIN, the 1 star is because i ordered pot stickers, and that was the only thing i enjoyed.

Well, they were open on a Monday so that’s a plus. My son really liked the beef and broccoli (I thought it was too salty). I made my own rice (because there’s never enough) and we preferred mine to theirs. I’ll pass on the potstickers next time. The filling was just a congealed blob of pork. And they were quite greasy. We also got some sesame chicken. It was just the right amount of spice. Overall, there are some better places in our area that we will go to next time.

Ordered mild cashew chicken. Got very spicy (they called medium spicy). Called and spoke to manager — he tried to tell me that to some people mild means jus a little spicy .
. After a conversation about what spicy and mild mean he agreed to make it mild and send it but he insisted on including hot sauce on the side. WTF???
Got the food and it did not look or taste like chicken. .
I would Not recommend this place to my worst enemy. The sauce on another meal we ordered was watery and tasteless. Awful.

Good food, not so good service most days. Also if you’re gonna have separate checks be sure to tell them right away or they get super pissy about it. Their site says they close at 10pm most days of the week, but staff will try to convince you its at 9pm. Overall there are much better places to get similar if not better food.

Our family has never dined-​in but we always do delivery. The service is usually quick and I will admit, they have never once gotten our order wrong! We usually order online on Sundays. We get 2 large wonton soups, chow fun with beef and broccoli and bbq pork fired rice. I love the care they put in to delivering our food. Thank you!

Best service and food in St. Charles! Food always hot and fresh! Love these people.

This is the worst chinese food i have ever eaten. First off let me tell you they messed up my order and when i called back to tell them about this oversight what i got in return was an angry manager named raymond or ramone i couldnt understand me. The food is disgusting, cold and has more grease on it than a guy in the 50s had in his hair. 22 dollars lost food not delivered properly and eventhough it wasnt what i ordered what i got in return from managment wasnt new food it was a major attitude. Dont eat here unless you enjoy dog food.

Best Chinese takeout I’ve ever had! They are kind of expensive but it’s worth it, their quality is amazing. They get the food done quickly and it stays warm unlike some other takeout places where your food gets cold as soon as you bring it home. The food comes in perfect servings, I was even able to have leftovers the next day. The crab Rangoon is awesome and it’s stuffed with lots of cream cheese. I recommended the sesame chicken, it comes with veggies but if you hate vegetables as much as I do you can get it without them.

I got a menu in the mail, I figure I try a new place out. I order 4 dish .
I order a satay beef, twice cook pork, Hong Kong steak and a beef broccoli. Chow fun .
All the dishes were all watery. The twiced cook pork the cabbage was hard. The beef chow fun was real salty, the Hong Kong steak was tough and the vegtable soaked in juice with no taste. The food was also pricey. Also got charged 4 dollar for a deliver charged which suppose to be 3.00. Would not recommend this place.

I’m from champaign Illinois. So I don’t know what the local standards are in terms of Chinese food. But this one for the most you can call it a convenient carryout. It’s clean, respectful of its customers. But it has no authentic Chinese dishes at all.

I have been to the other Silver Lake restaurants for years. I went a few weeks ago with my daughter and we had to beg for service. We waited almost thirty minutes and no one bothered to take our order. We kept asking for service and they just gave us egg rolls. We ended up walking out after45 minutes. They never even bothered to apologize for their terrible service.

What a joke! I went in and asked what kind of smoothies they have and they don’t even know!!! The guy behind the counter replied” ugh maybe mango?” Maybe mango?! Dont advertise something if you dont know what youre talking about! How embarrassing…

Worst service I have seen in a long time. Food is ok, but they should be embarrassed by the service. Never ever take care of take out before the in house guests

My family and I have been coming here for years, and they were always our go to for delivery. But today, I ordered their lunch special the general tso’s chicken. I had a few bites when it came and the chicken was and hard as a rock. So I saved it for later and figured the microwave with the chicken sitting in the sauce would help. Nope, didn’t help at all. And I only Waited an hour to try it again. So I called and the manager YELLS at me saying I needed to eat it all fresh. I tried to explain that I did and it was still nasty, but then he got nasty. He laughed at me and told me if I brought it all back maybe he would make me a new one… I was in shock. I ordered delivery, and you want me to bring your nasty, hard, chicken all the way back to you, even though I had to PAY for a delivery charge! I will never be coming back here, especially when being treated that way and laughed at by the manager.
Also if your saying your food tastes bad later, why provide all your dishes in microwave safe containers?

My boyfriend and I got take out here about a month ago. It was very bland. The chicken tasted like rubber and was cut in utterly convenient squares which makes me feel like it was super processed. I think you can find better Chinese elsewhere…

Last few times have been very disappointing. So much so that I no longer order from Silver Lake. Sad to say that because I loved their food when I first moved to St Charles.
Last two times I ordered, it took over an hour and a half to be delivered.
Beef tasted spoiled. Chicken had cartilage chunks. But crab rangoons and fried rice are always good.
I wanna love this place, but I just can’t…

Craving Chinese as I often do, I needed to find a place in St. Chuck to fix me up. So I Unilocal!mobile-​d Chinese in the area, and this was on the top of the list. Now my GPS decided to take me in the wrong direction down Kirk Rd. So if yours does the same, just remember that this place is right next to Jewel. You will see the signs for the shopping center on the corner of 64 and Kirk Rd. Look at me. Being all helpful.
I wish more Chinese places were like this. Along with convenient take-​out and delivery, it’s ideal for dining in too. Clean, intimate, and pretty.
As far as the food, I have no complaints. I opted for the «sizzling» garlic beef, which I requested extra hot, and an order of egg rolls. It met my demands, and overall and I’d say it’s slightly better than average. As another reviewer mentioned, it may be a little more expensive than your typical place, but portion sizes are decent.
If I’m ever staying out this way again, I’ll keep Silver Lake in mind.