We were in Champaign checking out the University. We wanted some authentic Chinese food for dinner after a long day of driving and picked this restaurant based on the fantastic rating from Google. Well, I can guarantee you that all those 5-star reviews came either...from (a) non-Chinese customers who don't really know much about authentic Chinese food, or most likely (b) fake people/bot paid by the restaurant. The moment we sat down at the table and opened up the menu, we became suspicious: The menu was extremely long, containing probably 400+ dishes. The texts were small and mostly in English even though that was supposed to be the "authentic Chinese food menu". Despite our reservation, we decided to give it a try. All 3 dishes we ordered were brought to our table within 5 minutes. Typically you would think this is a good thing, but given the number of menu choices, they would either have an army of chefs hiding in the back, or the food were leftovers from who knows how many days and they just heated them up. The food itself was far from authentic. Even worse than the Panda Expresses you found at airports. Like many other reviews said, there was zero customer service and you had to do pretty much everything yourself. Even a typical Chinese buffet provides you more service than this restaurant. True, they don't ask for tips, but they marked up their prices by 30-50%, more than enough to cover the tip. For example, a Ma Po Tofu that costs $12 in Boston was priced at $20 here, and it was not even good--it was salty and tasted like someone poured it out of a can from a supermarket. I could go on and on to tell you how bad this restaurant is and how angry we were about the fake online reviews. STAY AWAY FROM IT!!!More
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