Reviews of Shing-Lee Chinese Restaurant (Restaurant)

Sean Smith

Best Chinese I've ever had and great staff. They better not ever close down.

michael stoker

very nice owner and food tasted amazing

Jessica Thomas

Simply the best for nearly 50 years.

Larrie Jo Hatcher

Have been dining there for yrs. And still has the same atmosphere. Enjoyed our waitress to the fullest. Chatted with the owners. Matt and Mr. Frankie share the same birthday!

Zack McLean

Good place for Chinese. Lunch menu has a big variety and is very affordable. Service can be kind of slow, but as long as you’re not in a hurry, it’s worth the wait. Owner is very personable and friendly.

James McKinney

Sexy food

Ashley Taylor

Shing Lee's is closed currently but the owner says they may reopen soon. Hopefully!

Tom Fisher

Great food very clean great service

Pamela Raleigh

The food was awful. Egg rolls had no favor and overcooked. Ordered cashew chicken got mo go gi pan with cashews thrown on top was disgusting. My husband ordered shrimp lo mein got something totally indescribable. Got our daughter chicken fingers and fries got the chicken they use for sweet and sour chicken and they were overcooked and totally nasty but she liked the fries. Very unpleasant experience and will never order from here again. What a waste of money.

Sara Beals

So glad this place is open again! Tastes the same as it was before they had to close!

Brian Hartman

Good, well made Chinese food. Prices and service were really good.

Adam Harvey

Quiet, pleasant server, food was good and hot! Great value!

Roger latham

Good Chinese food and service.

William Colbert

GREAT COZY PLACE,FOOD WAS EXCELLENT... THE OWNER IS A VERY GRACIOUS HOST!!!

Michael Krohn

Love this place is AAAAAMMMMAAAZZZIIINNNGGG!!!!

Sammy Jo

This is the best Chinese restaurant in town. Period.

Rattrap007

Best Chinese food in the area. Best egg rolls ever.

david zaldivar

Good food

Dr. Larry W. Lewis

My favorite Chinese restaurant! They happily accommodate customer preferences as they prepare entrees cooked to order. Their egg rolls, egg drop soup, barbecue pork, and garlic chicken are wonderful! The proprietors and staff are the best.

Ed

Great mom and pop restautant downtown.

Roselita Hernandez

It's the best! It's authentic and they have some really amazing vegetarian dishes! The egg-rolls are the worlds best.

Rob Robb

The hot and sour soup is some of the best that I have ever had!

James Gates

Eaten there for 35 years. Best Chinese food on the planet.

Cindy Motz

Always superior food and service! Thanks Jayne!

Karri Sahlhoff

Excellent as always! Best Chinese in town. So excited Shing Lee's is open again!

Johnathon Williams

This is my favorite restaurant in downtown Evansville. Working downtown I find quiet and dark dining room a great place to unwind. My favorite dish is the Sesame Chicken which I order in a combo that includes egg drop soup, an egg roll and fried rice. On any order you can specify how spicy you like your food. This restaurant is a great value, especially at lunch time.

gdvm1000

Amazing food and amazing people. Definitely a place to go to. I have been going since a kid, and I can assure there is not other Chinese restaurant that can compare.

Melissa Wayman

A great place to eat Asian Cuisine. Locally owned and authentic!!! Lunch menu is reasonable priced too!

Tonya Smith

Best chinese in Evansville !!

Don Jackson

Best Chinese restaurant, around. Thanks for you 48 years of service.

JD Scott

Best Egg rolls in town! Great lunch menu selection and pricing. Great family too!

K M

This is hands down the BEST chinese restaurant in Evansville. Lady up front is always nice and I love their banana bread. Reasonable selection of meals to pick from. I will admit that somedays the food isnt perfect, but like I said best in town. Lin's nearby is a close 2nd.

Hubert Simmons

Very very good food and service

Tom Summers

Awesome food and staff! One of our favorite restaurants in town.

Lola A

Great food with lots of variety. Great place for quick, delicious lunch. Worth the stop

Grant Johnson

Absolutely one of the best Chinese restaurants in town and an Evansville classic. You can't go wrong with anything on the menu.

M Adams

Old friends, fantastic eats. Worth the wait but don't go of you're in a hurry.

Benjamin Franklin

i love everything about this place: location, owners, food, building, etc, etc. it is a local gem!

Melissa Raleigh

Love it everything about it food owners its great

endia crowe

I'm so glad they have opened..the food hasn't changed, it still very delicious and tasty

Pat Fisher

Best egg rolls in evansville, love there Shing-Lee chicken... everything is great there....

Brenda Greulich

The food was great! They needed to turn the air conditioner on they only had fans running it was an hour before closing.

Opal Hodges

Very good food and wonderful people.

Joshua Reese

Best Chinese restaurant I have been to!! LOVED IT!!!

Gary McDaniel

They are the best Chinese food I have ever had and I have went to a lot of Chinese restaurants.

Angel Faith

@ Pamela please spell check lol

Ethan Hahn

It was great food, the waiter I had was so nice and polite!! She was probably one of the best waiters I had In a while!! Rate is 5 stars but if I could give It more I would. It was amazing!! You can get your food haw low on heat at hot you want it to be.

Steve Wintner

Food is always excellent. The newly decorated restaurant is super nice. The owners always work so hard to take care of everyone. Enjoyed our evening.

Dave Dyjak

One of the best Chinese restaurants that I've been to in Evansville. I ordered the gung bo chicken lunch combo, which came with soup and an egg roll. The egg drop soup was very nice - probably among the better versions I've tried. The egg roll, though, was excellent. The outside was freshly, perfectly fried, crunchy and delicious. It was served with bottles of hot mustard and sweet and sour. Both had a texture and taste on a far different level from standard fare at other restaurants. The sweet and sour sauce actually tasted freshly made, and I wouldn't be surprised if they made the mustard too. I'm big on condiments, and this attention to detail impresses me. Gung bo (gung bao), according to Google results, is the authentic dish of which kung pao is an Americanization. I don't recall ever seeing it on a menu before, so that had to be my order. I did ask the server what she recommended, but she didn't have a ready reply. The gung bo came with a big scoop of fried rice, as expected, but instead of the random vegetables that always make me think of repurposed leftovers, the rice was made with little cubes of tofu. I'm not a fan of tofu as a meat substitute, but used appropriately like this I love it. The dish itself was very good. Everything was fresh and tasty and very spicy as I requested (though next time I'll also ask for a bottle of hot sauce to get it just right). I find it unusual for a Chinese restaurant to truly distinguish itself, except on freshness or variety. Shing-Lee's lunch menu didn't bloe me away with variety (though the dinner menu may), and the freshness was good. The more subtle things they do differently are what set this place apart. As I paid at the register I asked again what was their best dish so I could be sure to try it next time. Sesame chicken.

Billy Hewig

Wonderful every time we come

April Reynolds

Best Chinese food in Evansville!! Others are good but Shing Lee is by far the best.

Karen Kuykendoll

Have been going here for many years. The Hot Sour Soup is the best I have ever had, great food and feel it is the best Chinese Restaurant in town.

Kimberly Moyer

Love Shing Lees. So glad they are back.

Sue Lewis

Best Chinese restaurant in Evansville. I have been going there since the 70s, never disappoints.

Edgar Hilton

Excellent place to relax in their quiet and dark dining room during lunch time. My waitress was friendly and funny. I've found their food a bit bland, the chicken in their stir friend dish tasted like the chicken had been boiled and then added to the mix at the end. Overall, it's a good value for the money though I wouldn't go out of my way to go eat there.