Review: China Wok | 5 Woodfield Mall | (312) 383-8514 | Visit 2024-02-23
Posted by Paul Aman | 2024-02-28 | 9:00am CST
Made a visit to Woodfield Mall and wanted to save some money by eating at Panda Express as the food court can be pricey sometimes.
To my utter shock and surprise, the restaurant was gone, and in its place was another Chinese fast-food place, China Wok. As we came all this way to get our Chinese one, I reviewed the menu and decided to go for it as it was not more expensive than Panda.
The food was so fresh and super delicious. I had the Bourbon Chicken, Chicago Chicken (OMG – it melts in your mouth, perfect crunch, not soggy) and Black Pepper.
I’m guessing the fountain drinks were refillable as there was not a sign by the machine, nor did the worker tell us otherwise, but my friend mentioned she gave him the “side-eye” when he refilled his cup (haha).
The restaurant was cozy and spacious. It does have an entrance from the parking lot (which is something they need to monitor as someone came in and made himself at home (pulled out his meal + soda can and ate his lunch … the bare minimum could have been to buy at least a drink!)
Two things they need to work on: the RICE -- not cooked all the way -- not soft and fluffy, kinda hard and forks, they are using those small plastic white forks that I despise, will have to remember to bring an emergency fork next time.
As of this review, the worker (owner?) mentioned they open for 6 months, but traffic was slow. I did mention they should talk to the mall to see what could be done to help advertise or put a floor sign up to help guide people to the restaurant – did not sound like they wanted to rock-the-boat, but at least I tried to help.
I would highly recommend if you’re at the mall to eat here as this is as authentic Chinese you will find there as opposed to the food court (but I think they have a Chinese place there as well, but not as good as China Wok.
Note: as this is becoming the norm, they charge a 3% fee for credit card use, but they do not tell you this at the register.
