Delivery
Yes
Yen Yen Restaurant(Yan Yan Chinese Cuisine) in Buffalo Grove
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Location on the map
Buffalo Grove, Lake County, Illinois, US
Service options
Takeaway
Yes
Dine-in
Yes
Highlights
Great tea selection
Yes
Popular for
Lunch
Yes
Dinner
Yes
Solo dining
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible seating
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Yes
Offerings
Comfort food
Yes
Healthy options
Yes
Quick bite
Yes
Vegetarian options
Yes
Dining options
Lunch
Yes
Dinner
Yes
Dessert
Yes
Amenities
Good for kids
Yes
High chairs
Yes
Toilets
Yes
Atmosphere
Casual
Yes
Crowd
Groups
Yes
Planning
Accepts reservations
Yes
Phone: +1 847-883-8888
Site: https://tapthru.com/store/yen-ye...
Site: https://tapthru.com/store/yen-ye...
Opening hours
- Monday:11AM–8:30PM
- Tuesday:11AM–8:30PM
- Wednesday:11AM–8:30PM
- Thursday:11AM–8:30PM
- Friday:11AM–9PM
- Saturday:11AM–9PM
- Sunday:11AM–8:30PM
Comments (118)
Been ordering from YEN YEN for 30+ years. I recently moved out of state and was back and ordered from here. I could tell right away as soon as I opened my food it wasn’t the same. Then I read it’s new owners. I always order the pepper steak. The quality of meat is definitely not the same although the $35 price point is the same. I asked for medium rare and it was tough and well done. Soooo disappointed! I’ll only be going to the Arlington Heights location now since I read they aren’t affiliated anymore.
I ordered beef chop suey & it was beef, onions, mushrooms. No water chestnuts, no pea pods, not the same food I got last time I was there, & the price went up 5 dollars per meal. Wont go back!
Excellent, great cantonese food, very fresh,Emma has been our server twice and shes so sweet and anticipates your every need. food comes out piping hot today it was perfect. Clean and spacioushighly recommend.They have great lunch specials all week.
We had a great birthday lunch with portion sizes good for 2 people, ask for the red sauce if you would like to add a little flavor and spice.
Food was good, service was very friendly. Portions are large.
While the lunch take away was tasty, the portion was on the smaller side and did not offer a soup like nearby competitors. The reason for the 3 star tho is the use of styrofoam containers. On top of being absolutely awful for our planet, the container was melted by the heat of one of the entrees which was a complete turn off. Additionally, the containers are not very good at keeping the sauce from leaking so after a pretty regular ride home on the floor of my car, half the sauce was all over the packaging. While plastic isn’t much better at least it can be recycled so please consider upgrading for the sake of future business.
Ive been coming here for years but moved to the city so Ive only had it carry out for a while but today I decided to dine in with a friend and it was better than ever! We ordered the chicken/broccoli chow mein Cantonese style, lobster sauce shrimp, egg rolls, wonton soup, and egg drop soup- all were delicious!! It was my friends first time here and she loved it too. The place was clean, the service was great (our server was extremely friendly and helpful), and the food was bomb- what more can you ask for? It deserves at least 4.8 stars....how it has a 4.0 star rating is beyond me 🤷
Wonderful food, service is usually very good but had some challenges earlier this year due to being short staffed. Best egg rolls anywhere. We come for sit down, real Chinese. Their carry out is always overly busy.UPDATE 10/24/18 - Original owners sold. New owners have upgraded everything from the dinnerware to the floor, which was needed. Menu remains the same (delicious) other than they added sushi, which I have not tried yet. Services is much better now.
The food arrived on time thats about the best I can say. The special fried rice was over cooked and dry, the BBQ spare ribs were over cooked and dry as well. The sesame chicken was nicely cooked but lacking sauce. All-in-all we felt the meal was rushed. I dont think well be ordering from there again.
Honestly the BEST Chinese food I have found in all of Lake County!! Johnny, our waiter, was so genuine and kind. The girl behind the counter sat a family and made a point to greet us in the process. Such a beautiful and beautifully run restaurant!!
Granted it was Christmas night so you expect the service to be a little slower. When we walked asked do you have a reservation but half the tables were empty. The food was not appetizing the fried rice seem like it was left over from yesterday they ran out of hot tea cuz they said they turned the boiler off. I have lived by this restaurant for all the time theyve been open. Now Ive reassured myself theres a reason for my not being here more than three times.I must say that the best part of the experience was walking out after the meal.
Dont visit too often but have always enjoyed the food here..
I had the Cashew Chicken. My husband had Shrimp Fried Rice. Both were good. The vegetables were fresh and the meals had a tasty flavor.
We have always been very pleased with our Dine in orders. Today we had to do takeout as no inside dining available.Requested NO MUSHROOMS in our Chicken Peapod. When we opened it, guess what LOADED WITH MUSHROOMS. If it was closer, it would have been returned.
Have not been back here for years due to a move. But when I returned the food was as good as I remember. Good portions, fair price. Pot stickers great. Egg rolls excellent. Friendly staff. Good place for group to meet.
Two days ago was our first time we visited this magnificent restaurant. But It is absolutely not the last. We had a good time with the attentive service, with the excellent cooking and booze and with the comfortable charge. We will surely go back there again.
I was visiting the area for work and decided to order takeout, I tried this restaurant twice. The pot stickers and hot and sour soup were quite good, but the entrees were not exceptional, the Mongolian beef had 4 times as many onions as beef. The kung pao chicken was better in terms of meat to vegetables.ratio, but had only green peppers and this dish usually has red peppers, so it was unexpected.
Ive been eating at this location for 3 years 2 to 3 times per month. The food is really great. The people are super nice. Im a loyal diner and have no plans on changing. Try their Happy Family Lunch. Delicious.
I love New ChinaAlways really good foodShrimp Egg Foo YoungHot & Sour soupVERY nice portionsLunch special is a really good tasty dealGo there & enjoy
Very mediocre food with bland flavor. Tried 3 different chicken dishes that all tasted the same (tasted like the orange chicken which is the only decent thing we tried), and the dishes that were supposed to be spicy were not even remotely. Fried rice was dry and bland as well and Singapore noodles had no flavor or spice either. Also my spouse found parts of shrimp tail still attached to his shrimp. Not fun to find in your food. Surprised at how many disappointments we found here we wont be going again.
1st time at Yen Yen @ Buffalo Grove. Ive heard stories for years on how good the food is at this place but if I wanted a higher tier Chinese restaurant you would find me at Heng Wing in Palatine.Finally a group went to Yen Yen and gave it a try. I had the beef and broccoli and my wife has the shrimp and lobster sauce.Both exceeded my expectations and are equal to taste to Heng Wing.Happy to give Yen Yen 5 stars
I never had such a bad meal in my life. Or rushed in and out of a place so fast (especially since it was at 5PM and very few were in the place). The Wonton soup was like salted toilet water and beef mushroom chop suey had little beef. My advice is to find another place to eat and not eat here.
Best Chinese in the area! Good prices, and fast delivery. The best dishes: egg rolls, pot stickers, Kung pao chicken, mongolian beef and the princess chicken! We love their fresh mustard sauce too.
Was over for dinner last nightFood was average the service was below averageWhat surprised us most was that as per the waitress all soups are precooked and kept hence choice was limited.Arun
Yen yen is a restaurant with ok food and descent service. Ive attended with my family on numerous occasions and always find it is a bit better than your standard take out food, but not by much. Food is somewhat bland and texture lacking but overall tastes acceptable. Portions are quite large and can feed an adult male probably for lunch the following day
Upon heading to Yen Yen as of recent to check in from the dry, vinegar-drenched chicken (Possibly mistaken with Soy Sauce) last year, I ended up ordering a classic; the General Tsos Chicken, paired up with some pork stir-fry.Yen Yen has since remodeled the building. There is more space to sit down and choose your meals, but you can still go for a quick online order and pickup from convenience.CHECK YOUR ORDER & YOUR RECEIPT.I dont know if anyone else might have been short-changed, but many of the lunch specials range around $8.99 online but in the receipt, it says that the order is $13.99. Im not exactly the person who would nit-pick over this kind of stuff, but from what the cashier was hinting at with me, this was NOT the first time they encountered it!Their website has false pricing compared to how their POS system is! To the one guy picking up all those vegetarian dishes, I humbly apologize for not making a mention.The food is actually okay for what its worth, but I would not head back here if they still plan on doing this kind of practice.
Extra spicy cashew chicken and hot and sour soup. Nothing touches it.
Lunch is no dealDisappointed, paid nealy $8 to get a lunch box filled halfway with white rice.Fried rice is an extra $1.50 and there is no egg roll with the meal. There isa small place down the road where you do get an egg roll, a choice of whiteor fried rice, at no extra charge and a good sized portion of what you ordered.Had a simple question on the change returned at the register and got a bunchof attitude about how much better his math skills were than mine.Dont plan on going back, there are other deals in the neighborhood that are better.
The best cantonese food in Lake County! Reasonably priced. Great service. Pleasant atmosphere. We eat there a lot. Highly recommend.
Yen Yen was only serving diners who had made reservations. We had driven about 40 miles on Christmas day not knowing this, and they were gracious enough to accommodate us. Good people, food is always delicious. Large portions so sharing is the way to go.
Weve been coming to this location along with the Arlington Heights location (when John & Joann were the owners) for close to 20 years! We love the Won Ton Soup, Egg Rolls, Tomatoe pepper beef or Shrimp, and Our all time favorite, CHICKEN CHOP SUEY!! Its delicious!! We love it! And the new owner Winnie, is soo friendly, kind and accommodating. We love Gemma and Javier too. Their our friends. Best Chinese food in Lake County!! And, THE BEST EGG ROLLS TOO!! They taste like pastry. And the sweet & sour sauce and hot mustard is DELICIOUSSSSS!! If you like Traditional Cantonese style Chinese food, then Yen Yens is your place! I just ate the left over egg rolls and they was FANTASTIC!! Im going back AGAIN tomorrow!!
Very well kept and welcoming restaurant. They offer big portions and for reasonable prices. We enjoyed the meals very much and the staff were very attentive and explanatory. I recommend this place.
Ordered Mongolian beef. It was not nearly as good as it was a week ago. The dish was filled with more onions than Ive ever seen before in fewer pieces of meat. I hope the new owners arent trying to cut back on the quality of the meals
I have been going to Yen Yen for many years. I was last there in January. Well I went today and I thought I was in a different restaurant. At first I thought they just remodeled, then the food came. So very disappointed. I’m guessing these are new owners. This WAS the best Chinese food ever, now it tastes like something you get at a mall. I won’t be back. They need to change the name because it is definitely not Yen Yen.
Screwed up our order two out of last three times ordered. Offered us a credit for forgotten item on next order and conviently had no record of such credit upon us trying to place our next order. Can understand now why they have the lowest rating online of local Chinese restaurants. Congratulations Yen Yen you just earned yourself another poor review and another lost customer.
We had egg rolls, chicken lo mein, Kung Pao chicken. Absolutely no complaints. Food was hot and very good. Waitresses were very polite and quick. Ill definitely go back.
Definitely gone down hill over the years and getting expensive. Recommend the one in Arlington heights instead.
Cigarette in the box.I never recommend others to have a meal here because Marlbolo cigarette was inside of box. My wife felt weird taste while eating so that we found it inside. My wife has pain in her throat by this.I wrote this into here for your health.Date : 3/15/2019 dinner time
Normally I wouldnt give this place five stars, but I have tried lunch takeout at every Chinese restaurant within a ten minute drive of my work in Buffalo Grove, and this is the only place Ive found acceptable. Its slightly more expensive than all the super-cheap takeout places, but I dont mind paying $6.50 for lunch if the food is decent and I have a craving for Chinese food.
Large portions and prompt service. Food was good. We each ordered an entre to share. Enough left over for dinner the next night.
I get Chinese here often. The food (Kung Pao Shrimp and pork fried rice) is tasty and the service quick.
I very much enjoy the dishes and service, awesome location close to where I live. The workers are always very friendly. Highly recommended.
They. Used. To. Be good. Before they. Sold and had to. Find out t he hard way. Because. They never put up new sign. That. They. Have new owner they dont. Like to tell. You that. There is new owner. They make believe there the same people
A little pricey, but the food is phenomenal. I highly recommend it if you want to try upper scale Chinese cuisine.
The food was great, the decor is nice, the service was great. Interestingly, the seats in the booth were really comfortable. A little unusual nowadays.
Absolutely a spot worth visiting, the food is awesome and well prepared, the costs are reasonable and it is always well kept in here. Keep up the good work.
Absolutely delicious! Better than I remember and its been a long time since Ive dined here. Can request no MSG.
Is NO longer owned by the Yen Yen in Arlington hts- changed the name to Yan Yan to confuse people - food and quality is definately not the same or up to par at all with Yen yen in Arlington Hts.
Mediocre food and overpriced too... they also were confused and couldnt find our order when we came to pick up... no more
The food was excellent .I had ordered the tomatoe pepper beef.We took home leftovers and ate everyMorsel!!
Food is great.Have been going there for 18 years.Go at lunch time you get more for less money.
Food is good seems a bit on the pricier side and they do not give you enough rice!
Love the lunch special! Great food at a great price. Service is very good.
Always good food here. I have been here for lunch and dinner, very friendly staff.
Pretty good, fast delivery but a little over priced, overall a good lunch place.
Cant say enough about the quality of food served here. The Shrimp with Lobster Sauce is the best!
Going here was a very bad experience for me, I ordered one thing (even showed the lady a picture of what I wanted) and got another. Oh well, it doesnt work for everyone.
Everything I ate from there is very good. Wish they one in Elgin, Illinois
Quick fast pickup. Great Takeout. Best Eggrolls around
Food is as expected.Good for quick grab.Dont expect delicacy
The taste was phenomenal I love it saved as one my favorite places now 😋😊
A good place for lunch. Easily accessible, tasty, inexpensive and pleasant.
Potion size are huge and food taste amazing
Food is very good. I especially like the vegetable egg young.
Hard to find good Chinese food around here. But this spot does a great job.
Went there once, sub-par food. Will not return especially with so many good Chinese restraints around.
Not great sushi but pretty good for a lunch place..........4 stars because its over priced the the quality of food.
Great food nice staff will be back
Friendly atmosphere excellent food very friendly server
Good food, tasty. Polite see ice. Will def. Go back.
Yen yens has been the best in town since the 80s... always fresh. It never disappoints.
Wonderful food even better service😊👍
Great food at a reasonable price, excellent service
Didnt love it. Pricy and Food was bland overall.
Average service quality and premises, good quantity, poor food quality
Delicious, and the waitress was very friendly.
It was great as usualWaitress was awsome
Very good and delivery was fast!
Hot and sour soup, cashew chicken extra extra spicy. *drool*
Outstanding authentic chinese fare in a very well appointed environment.
Nice people. Great food. Great service
Food was good. Service needs improvement.
The food was great I will return.
Great food fair prices. Yen Yen is yum yum!
Nice place for a reasonably priced lunch.
Nice looking restaurant. Not good food.
Very good food, excellent service
Food and service outstanding. Well be back.
Really like the seafood noodle soup.
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Andy Samberg throw it on the ground. worst Chinese food ever. AVOID!
Best Vegetable and Chicken Lo Mein
Good mandarin beef but expensive
So good
Best Chinese around the area.
Food was just ok.
Good food and service !
Very good food.
Not much options for vegetarians
Quality of the dishes went down to...
Food was very good
Great authentic food
Too salty
Good crew and food.
Great place to go with friends
Agree
Fantasic food!!
Taste great
Total reviews rating 4
118 Reviews for Yen Yen Restaurant(Yan Yan Chinese Cuisine) 2023:
Review №1
2021-09-16I stopped by the restaurant for a quick lunch break and was pleased with food and service at the Yan Yan. Food came out quickly and was fresh and tasted great. Wonton soup and chicken shrimp with rice is what i had. I would definitely stop by again. Fear pricing as well in my opinion
Review №2
2022-07-18Since the days of Yen Yen, this restaurant has been top notch. The staff is always amazing and the food is even better. We are never disappointed when we eat here. I will note the portions are pretty huge for meals, so you might consider sharing! Highly recommend!
Review №3
2022-03-31This restaurant used to be Yen Yen and I loved going there for lunch.Its now under newer ownership and called Yan Yan.Its been about 9 years since I had been there because I no longer work in that area... but yesterdays hopes of tasting memory lane fell a bit short. My order didnt arrive crispy as I requested, and their spicy sauce was burnt and didnt taste as good as it used to...The staff has always been wonderful and they still are, but I hope when I try again... the food is like it used to be.
Review №4
2022-03-08My husband and I went here for the first time for lunch about a week ago. We were very impressed with the cleanliness, excellent service and the food was delicious. We will be changing from our regular place we’ve gone to for many years. It’s so expensive now and the quality went south. Highly recommend Yan Yan!
Review №5
2022-06-11My Daughter loved the food and the ambiance. The best part the service was awesome and the food was delicious and came very fast.Definitely Recommended!
Review №6
2021-12-13We were extremely disappointed with this restaurant. We ordered two items off the House Specials. They were fair. When the bill came one item was $5 more than it was listed on the menu. Isnt this illegal?? When we questioned the waitress she said the prices had gone up. The staff was incompetent. People who were seated after us received their food before us. We were given another customers credit card. When we tried to use our debit card we were told their were no funds on it. We called the company which said this was not true. We will not visit this restaurant again.
Review №7
2019-06-12The hot and sour soup and the egg roll was the highlight of my meal. The Kung Pao chicken had barely any chicken in and was super bland. The rice was even worse. Asked for lo mein noodles and ended up with burnt ramen. Absolutely awful!
Review №8
2022-02-12Friendly enough but pretty sad place. One of worst sweet and sour shrimp I ever had. Even fortune cookie stale. Maybe hit it on an off Friday night
Review №9
2021-12-05Yen Yen (Yan Yan) has become extraordinarily bland in its cooking. Breaded and deep fried items are thick and nearly indistinguishable from one another. A green bean chicken serving we had was flavorless, and spring rolls done in peanut butter were simply badly conceived and executed. I did like the pot stickers, the only item in our most recent order with any flavor at all. We used to frequent Yen Yen when our children were young and remember it from all those years ago as really good, fresh Chinese food. Really not so much any more.
Review №10
2022-03-18Dinner was good. Beef satay wasnt at all spicy which was a little disappointing. Soup could have been hotter