Mon Lung

There's a viral TikTok video that state that you should look for a Chinese restaurant with 3.5 stars for the most authentic experience. I don't want to mess up Mon Lung's 3.5 rating, but I had to round up because I was very happy with my food. My friend and I ordered potstickers, shrimp fried rice, and cashew chicken. The potstickers were my FAVORITE. The breading on there was fantastic. The other dishes were solid too. Delivery was within the given timeframe. The delivery guy even started to go up the 60 stairs to get to my apartment after I buzzed him in. It was very thoughtful but frankly unnecessary because I told him I'd come down. I hate to torture others with climbing those things!Thanks for great food, Mon Lung! I'll order again.

Been going here for years! The food never disappoints! The service has always been great! I just wish they open the restaurant to dine in soon.

Okay, I'm a fan! I've only ordered take-out here once on a whim, but I have a hunch that Mon Lung will be a more consistent presence in my life.It was getting late on a Tuesday night and I didn't have food prepared at home. My go-to Asian spot around the block was closed on Tuesdays so I was on the hunt for something quick, close, yet would hit the spot for Chinese comfort food.I remembered reading somewhere online that a chef really liked the chicken here. I wouldn't be able to tell you which chef or where I read this, but that fact always stuck in the back only head. I just didn't have the opportunity to venture to Mon Lung until now... since it was just far enough away to be outside of my usual radius for something quick.If you're paying by credit card, you would need to order online. Their website connects directly to slickmenus.com and it was really easy to order.I ordered:A small hot & sour soupA mapo tofu (one size)A large orange chickenI was very happy. This food was so comforting. In my opinion, there are maybe just 1 or 2 spots in Wicker Park that provide that authentic mom & pop style, cooked in a wok, don't need extra packs of fake soy sauce, comes-with-white-rice-without-needing-to-ask kinda place. I didn't order this famous chicken that a chef had mentioned before (I think it must be their "Mon Lung Chicken") so I'll have to order that the next time. I'm already eyeing their Hunan Beef, Hong Kong Steak, and Szechuan String Beans.A note: their hot & sour soup is on the sweeter side (versus sour) and that was new to me but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Their mapo tofu also had shrimp in it (also new for me) and had more of a gravy sauce versus a chili-oil and doubanjiang/ spicy bean sauce as the base. It was not spicy, but maybe their style is more distinctly Cantonese and mild?My habit is to always attribute a reason to something or at least try to find a reason but in this case I don't know. I still really liked the food. I feel that it is good in my bones and it's a variation of the food I grew up eating. To sum it up, Mon Lung is the perfect place for quick mid-week Chinese take-out ... AND they are open Tuesdays!

So we both Kung pao chicken and beef over rice, yes we got size small but wowwwwwwwwww it's nasty, overpriced and miniature size, oh and nothing came with rice....oh and thanks for NO NAPKINS OR I DONT KNOW SPOON/FORK, yes I'll eat with my hands.

We ordered their "Sweet N Sour Tofu" online under the impression that it was going to be a tofu dish covered in sweet and sour sauce. No where online did it state that the majority of the dish was veggies and pineapple chunks in a soup. Upon receiving our order there were only 2 pieces of tofu in the container. We called the restaurant and the person we spoke to said "every dish from the soup and sour section comes with 8 pieces of protein the majority of the dish is vegetables and sauce" and that we just needed to "dig to the bottom". We reassured him that we did check but there was no other pieces of tofu found in the container. When we expressed that there was also some confusion with how the dish is listed online and that we would like a refund for the one item in the order he told us simply "to not order it again". Our request for a refund was denied because the staff member said "I don't understand what the refund would be for because you got what you ordered". I would like to be very clear that we will NOT be ordering from this establishment again. Staff was extremely dismissive and rude especially after we spent a total of $71.00 for our order. In terms of the rest of our order the food overall was underwhelming. Very disappointed with this experience.

We ordered shrimp and broccoli lunch, orange chicken lunch, salt and pepper shrimp and everything was meh. The food came quick but o thing was good even the shrimp fried rice.

The food is always delivered hot, delicious and amazing portions. Absolutely my "go to" Chinese place!! yummy!!

The food at Mon Lung is great & is a go-to in our household. The pot stickers are a must with whatever you order!

Pretty good food, too many onions used in the meat dishes as a filler. The extra star is for the family that owns it, they are very nice.

I placed an order for takeout and it was ready very fast. The restaurant is closed to dine in. The hunan chicken was good and had a nice spice to it. The mon lung beef was good too but tasted too similar to the hunan chicken.