Reviews for Venus Szechuan & Mandarin in Park Ridge, IL

Really good cocktails and a cool vibe, take a date!

Good service, very fast delivery. Truly small portions for the price. A 15% upcharge for ?seasonal ingredient shortage.? The... quality of the food was not to our parties liking, quite sub par. Pleased with the experience, dissatisfied with the costcompared to quantity and the quality of the food. Would not recommend. Read more

Had a great lunch and experience there. Food was amazing and presentation was incredible.

Venus is consistently good. We love the Szechuan chicken and green beans. Solid egg rolls too. Easy quick ordering, always... hits the spot. Read more

I love this place! One of the only places where you can find a diverse menu with real Szechuan dishes in the area. I love the... Szechuan tofu, Kung pao chicken, and Moo shu pork. The food and service are fantastic. Disregard and do not listen to the thenegative reviews: almost all of the negative reviews are from prejudiced people discriminating against the owners for theirdirect way of speaking. Read more

I've passed this place many times since it opened, and after all these years, finally tried it. The entrees we had were very... good quite honestly. But I do have some constructive criticism. I'm not a fan of their attempt to create there own sweet andsour sauce for the eggrolls. It was thinly watered down, and quite honestly tasted like canned pineapple juice, with a slighttin can taste to it. I would prefer the traditional thicker sweet and sour/duck sauce. The eggrolls too, although not bad, aretoo small and not worth the $4.95 price, especially with that sweet and sour sauce they have. I also was not a fan of thevinegar used for the pot stickers. It was ice cold (literally). The service could also be improved. Not that it was bad, butbecause there is only one person on the floor acting as hostess, server, taking phone orders, and taking care of pick up orders.Not that I wanted to rush through dinner, but we were there for almost 2 hrs for 2 entrees and 2 appetizers and there were only6 diners, incl ourselves in the entire restaurant. The problem is, that the takeout customers are monopolizing the time of theonly person working the floor, and it was the weekend. I guess you can say, the entrees were at least worth the wait. Hire atleast one other person, and ditch the condiments for better ones, and this place has even greater potential - IMHO. Read more

Used to eat here quite often. On our recent order the order was totally wrong and the owner or person that answered the phone... declined to help in any way. We told them we just wanted the order corrected and she said cook made everything per our orderwhich was a lie. We ate here at least once a month. Thank you for not helping us, there are other great resteurants that are notas overpriced as this one and actually get your order right without getting fussy about. Read more

I would've given 0 stars if I could. At one point (many years ago) this was one of our favorite places. Over time the food... quality has become very mediocre and inconsistent. Since the food is so bland I asked for hot sauce and they said they willcharge me 50 cents for a small container. When my wife called and asked about the charge the lady on the phone was very rude andkept on saying it's the policy she made and would not let her talk to anyone else. Then she hung up on her. Terrible customerservice and bad attitude. I was also charged more than what the menu said. The food is so overpriced. I hope the owner paysattention to all the reviews and shapes up his business attitude and gets employees who can provide better customer service.Never going there again. Read more