Van Phat. Yes! Born and raised in Chicago on Chinese restaurants! This is one of the best in my opinion. Ginger Chicken is insane, and my all time fav go to, Shrimp Kow, is done exactly as i remember it the first time I had the dish when i was two, back in 1910! Â I'll keep coming back! As it was in the good ole days for me at Linn's Garden (RIP), the staff is friendly, and always want to give you a free can of pop! Service is fast, and the food is cheap!
Review Source:I ordered take out from here not too long ago. Â It was my first time trying food from Van Phat, and I knew it was more of a Chinese Dive than a nice Chinese restaurant, but I have had decent Chinese foods from slop shops before and expected this place to be about the same. I was very disappointed.
On the upside, the people working there were friendly and my food was ready when they said it would be.
On the downside, the food was terrible! Â I have never seen such god awful food in my life. Â The meat in all the dishes were barely cooked, colorless, flavorless strips of mystery meat that is likely from the alley rats outside the restaurant. Â The fried rice was terrible, the sweet and sour sauce unbearable, and the crab rangoon was a tasteless puff of cream cheese with no trace of crab. Â The egg rolls were greasy and totally unappetizing. Â We ended up throwing away most of what we ordered because we just couldn't stomach it.
I do not recommend this place. Very surprised it is still in business.
This is the worst Chinese food restaurant ever! Not only is it expensive, the Orange Chicken was basically small pieces of chicken surrounded by some stale breading, which was actually hard to eat. Â At least three pieces were just breading that was burnt in the middle. Â The sauce was ridiculously bland, which I assumed was a standard, ordered in large tubs. Â I will actively make sure no one I know ever comes here.
Review Source:On my first visit I tried the Kung-Pao Shrimp and let's just say they forgot the pow (pao).
I gave it a second shot and took a more Americanized approach, fried chicken and rice. Â The wings were quite small and overcooked, but the rice was fairly decent.
This isn't the worst I've had, but I'll only go here if I have a craving for fried rice.
I forgot to post this months ago...
I love 90 degree days, but sometimes even I almost get a little too hot.
This happen today walking home from the Blue-line El whilst craving some
"East meets Harlem". Yea you guested it, I wanted some Chinese Ghetto Chicken Wings fried hard! Van Phat Chinese restaurant on Kimball, seemed to meet the ghetto litmus test. But I wanted Harlem Ghetto, with an old Chinese dude yelling from behind a bullet proof window. Not Logan Square ghetto!
At one table someone spilled a grape soda that had yet to be cleaned up. The whole place was "Dur-tey" and smelled awful! A smacking sound (reminiscent of zombies feeding),drew my attention to a
a gargantuanly obese Mexican women eating
a burrito that looked like and was the  size of a small alligator that sadly ended up as road kill. As she ripped into the the burrito, she sat mesmerized, watching a telenovela TV show featuring, as they always do a blond blue eyed slender women heroine. When a commercial came on, she looked up at me,tried but failed to hold in a belche, licked each of her stubby finger tips loudly, wiped them on her grease stained smock, smiled warmly, and said "your the first customer all day! look at a the menu, place your order and I'll get back in the kitchen during the next commercial. Are you gonna eat here or take out?"
"No ma'am, I'm just gonna take a menu home." said I.
You know it's bad when you can't even bring yourself to order chicken wings! I bet Van Phat is probably looking down from
"T'ien-ming" wondering why he sold his Restaurant to her!
Van Damme Van Phat No way, No Thanks!
I went here for carry out.. while they made our food we had soups. Mine was wonton-pretty good. My bf ordered the hot and sour, she brought the wrong one first, then when he got what he ordered he hated it. He said it was disgusting and felt bad when he didnt eat it all.. So we got our food and headed home. Starving i dug into my sesame chicken that i was looking forward to. The brocolli was good but the sesame chicken was absolutely horrible! It was like jelly sauce and tasted sooo weird. I couldnt even eat it, i threw it out. My bf said it was bad too... we never really complain, as we are both servers and understand the food industry well but my god, this shit was gross!! haha, hopefully it was just an accident
Review Source:What the hell is going on here? Have I been given special treatment for some reason? A secret menu perhaps?
I have never gotten food from Van Phat that was anything short of a fantastic meal. Yes, it is what I would call 'slop house' Chinese food. Don't bother comparing it to Friendship. You're not paying for ambiance so ambiance you shall not get. Unless you are into 1950's vintage decor. Which I am.
I've ordered from Van Phat four times and it has been consistently delicious. I have only ordered vegetable and chicken dishes so I can't attest for the red meat or seafood. But what I have ordered was always tasty, hot and a heaping plateful.
if you're looking to chance a bout of food poisoning or to experience the culinary delight of having a mystery-meat dinner; then this is the place for you.
so this restaurant is less than a block away from my apartment and i had the audacity to give this a go, even though my brain pleaded, "DON'T DO IT DUDE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON'T DO IT!!!" i mean, the exterior and the interior of the building is inexplicably scary.
i ordered the chicken fried rice because i earnestly thought that it was a dish that one could least mess up on.
well the meat tasted like grade-d chicken that was frozen years ago. and after suffering wicked freezer burn, boiled back to a weird rubbery consistency.
i don't think I could ever try eating here again, even if it was free and i was coming off a week-long fast.
I just moved to the Logan Square area and my friends brought me over to Van Phat for lunch on a Sunday. It's a very old school joint. I didn't feel that it looked dirty or smelled bad. Maybe I was lucky.
There was another table besides us dining which was a rather large party. A young waitress was overseeing tables. I don't know how service is here overall but she either could have a) used some help or b) checked up on the tables a bit more. It took awhile to get our beverages (around 10 minutes) and I asked for a pitcher of water because I was afraid it would be awhile before she would check on us again.
We ordered the Egg Rolls, Shrimp Sour Soup with Straw Mushroom, Fried Spicy Beef, Egg Foo Young and Combination Fried Rice. The Egg Rolls were okay. The soup was a broth and the shrimp was fresh. I didn't feel scared to eat it. The Egg Foo Young was in a nice gravy. I would definitely order that again. It's hard to screw up Fried Rice. It was good. The Fried Spicy Beef was actually not that spicy. I would definitely order that again but ask for it to be very spicy.
I have been advised to NOT order any of the sesame dishes. I don't know why but just don't.
All the dishes are made to order so be patient. You aren't going to be in and out of this place as I believe there is only one cook.
The Lunch Special is an awesome price - $5.25. I like that the take out menu has a typo that says "Free can of pop or BATTLE water." AWESOME! I want battle water! My life would probably be 10x more extreme!
As everyone else is saying, it's cheap. Seafood is said to be their specialty so I'd say take a chance if you like seafood. I'm pretty nervous when it comes to eating seafood and I felt totally fine afterward. It's good to support local businesses!
Chinese
I think i will be careful ordering seafood here, haven't yet, i am just saying.... place does smell and not from the food.
Service is ok, very quiet, i had the crab rangoon, very tasty , it had to be for the price i paid..... 3 only, then i got some noodles pasta..... don't know .... trying to for get it.
Probably this place is good for a low budget people, i really tried, really.
But i don't think i will return, they don't have bubble tea, and those are my favorites.
I thought this place was alright. Â Friend and I were the only customers. We were just wondering around the neighborhood and decided that 'americanized chinese' actually sounded yummy. Â Service was odd...yeah that's the word...odd. Â But still friendly. Â Food was great portion size and decent. Â I think I would like this place for delivery. Â Super cheap!
Review Source:There are 2 archetypes in Chinese food: The highbrow, and the "American-style." Â Sometimes you want to get something fancy, and sometimes all you want is some egg foo-yung and a Pepsi. Â Van Phat has fairly solid, workmanlike American-style Chinese food. Â Don't expect anything like "atmosphere" or "nutrition." Van Phat does one thing, and they do it well: cheap, fried Chinese food that comes with a free can of pop.
Review Source:My wife and I ate here three times -- proof that we're gluttons for punishment. Â I can't put my taste buds precisely on it, but the food tastes 'off.' Â The atmosphere is dark, sloppy and sticky. Â On the plus side, it is cheap. Â But so is dog food.
If you want good Chinese food, eat at Friendship around the corner on Milwaukee.
The first time I went there- the food was edible and slightly good. The second time I went back- the food was again...edible, but not good at all. The third time I went there- the food, can't even be catergorized as food, I did not eat it and could of puked. If forced to eat there again, i would not get ANY type of meat. I'd stick to the vegetables and risk getting e.coli from them then the meat. The food is cheap- and we all know there is a priced paid somewhere, for cheap food.
Review Source:Other reviewers have mentioned that the food is hit or miss. Â I can attest to that. Â The first time I went, I was ready to recommend it to friends. Â Last time though, it was atrocious. Â I think the cook in the back is either drunk and getting recipes wrong, or doesn't clean his utensils between dishes. Â I ordered the sesame chicken the first time and got a pretty decent dish. Â The second time, I could clearly taste bitter orange rhine. Â I'm pretty forgiving with Chinese food because I don't eat it often, but bitter sesame chicken is gross.
Review Source:I'll be straight up: Van Phat kinda sucks.
But this doesn't mean you shouldn't try it-- just know that it's a Chinese food dive. Â I suggest you do NOT do carry out or dine in. Â The dining room feels dirty, smells odd, and has a really bad overall ambiance. Â Plus the lady that runs the place always seems like she's stressed out. Â The food itself is hit or miss-- the first time we tried it, it was great, but the second time was horrible. Â But it's mad cheap. Â So balance that out and make your own decision.
If you're willing to spend a few more ducats, Friendship is right around the corner...
The food at this neighborhood location is fair. Â The portions are large (enough to share in my opinion.)
Service problems, however, are the plague of this place: I will let the occasional incorrect phone order slide because I know it's difficult to understand ... but approximately 1 of 3 orders I've placed is incorrect on arrival - completely different entree. Â (I have no experience with ordering on site - this may be fine.)
Additionally - you're going to want to take cash ... long story, but let's just say you aren't going to want to wait for any sort of credit card transaction. Â Help will most likely be required from all corners of the restaurant for that.
Overall - good food, when you can get the right order. Â The place could really do some serious business in an area that could use a few more places.
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