Chef's MessageWelcome to Lai Lai Chinese Restaurant. We specialize in Szechuan, Shanghai, Cantonese, Taiwanese and Singapore. Vegetable Delight is also on our menu. All our food is freshly prepared and individually cooked to your preference from start to finish. Come in and enjoy your meal with us!
Vegetarian Utopia!
Love the Lai Lai for their diverse selection of mock meat for vegetarians and vegans. The kids love the tofu dishes and all the vegetables are cooked just right. The sauces and flavours are vast and specific to ones preference for sweet or /and spicey. Would visit again and again!
We went here for take out a bit over a year ago...
We went here for take out a bit over a year ago. Nothing was really good. What stuck out in my mind was the orange chicken which was just chicken balls with concentrated orange juice as the sauce. It was so gross we couldn't even eat it. Will never go back and tell people we know never to go there either.
Every time I have chinese food it makes me ill afterwards. This didn't make me too ill, but still failed to really impress me. The restaurant itself looks cheap on the outside, but inside it is really nice. We ordered a couple things for take out. Ended up spending arounb $60 which was surprisingly high.
The food was average. Black bean beef was pretty good, chicken balls weren't all batter like what some restaurants give you, egg rolls were too small, lo mein was alright but a bit on the cold side, jumbo shrimp was a disappointed - it just tasted like fried shrimp, not much flavour, and the almond soo gui was lacking as well - no almond prices in the sauce only a few on the chicken itself and not enough to notice, it just tasted like over fried chicken with gravy poured on top.
Having said that, I think it would be more pleasant to sit down and eat inside the restaurant itself since it is quite pleasant in there complete with a couple of fish tanks, instead of eating the mass amount of food in front of the tv!
This is like the 20th time i've been here, right when you walk in you'll notice a big difference, the wall papers have been torn, no more carpets, new booths, all in all so much brighter and up-to-date (but don't worry, the manger, food, prices and everything else is the same.) Food was excellent, my friend can't have peanuts and she isn't a fan of green peppers, they were very happy to take out the peanuts and switch the green peppers to brocolli. And right when we came in we told the staff that we were in a hurry and even though it was a bit busy in the restaurant the food came out quickly. All in all great place, great price, great food, great service, just great everything. Will defenitely be back but hopefully with a big group of people so that I can sit in their back room.... it's just wow compared to before. It's so much brighter, cooler in the summer (NEW AIR CON :)), oh and the even have french doors to keep your party private. Can't wait to get a party together!!!
Their food is tasty, great selection, people are...
Their food is tasty, great selection, people are nice. I usually get delivery.
Make sure you ask for a 'Coffee Jello WITH Creamer', for they are cool and you will giggle.
