Amlee Chinese Cuisine

Came here after movie night, which was very convenient, considering the fact that it’s near galaxy luxury theatres, which is where we go for movie nights!
This place is great for date night. Fancy, very nice inside and also they’re very well mannered and clean.
We ordered the Mongolian beef, chow mein and some rice. This was pleeeeenty for two people. One thing I actually didn’t enjoy much was the champagne that I had ordered. It was violet champagne and honestly, I’m a big fan of wine and champagnes, but this one just didn’t cut it for me. Don’t know why, but the taste wasn’t very appealing. Almost tasted like grape medicine or something (Sorry Amlee!)
Service was great, and they were fast and attentive with us. Definitely wouldn’t mind coming back! Maybe even during happy hour (I’m not sure if they actually have happy hour, but I’m definitely coming back).

This is one of those rare gems of a restaurant that has been in the same place for over twenty years… and everyone with a clue keeps coming back. The finest ingredients prepared fresh really says it all. I’ve been three times for dinner and was fortunate to attend with some friends that have been multi-​decade patrons. Each time we order about 5 dishes, appetizers and deserts and are blown away with the quality and quantity. In short, if you want authentic, fresh, delicious food, this is the place to get it.

Classy décor, attentive staff, decent pricing, and great food.
Disregarding the 3.5 rating, I decided to visit it myself to see how it is. The portions were more than decent. The «vegetarian delight» lunch special I ordered was only $ 9.99, and it included the meal, a side of fried rice, and a bowl of egg drop soup. With lunch specials, you have the choice between steamed white rice, fried rice w/​egg, or egg rolls. Along with that, you have the choice of egg drop soup, or paying an additional $ 1 – 2 to have wonton or sweet and sour soup. Overall loved the place, and it’s perfect for having a group of friends come with.

This one of the better Chinese restaurants. Everything was fresh and made to order. The owners were friendly and attentive.

Horrible service. We came here for a late dinner last night. When we walked in the waiter opened the menus and laid them on the counter and said to take our time and asked if we’d like some water. I told him we’d like to sit down, as this is a sit down restaurant and we had no intention of getting our food to go. We ordered and while we were waiting another elderly couple came in, and were immediately seated like normal. They received their food before us, and were offered drinks besides water, but that’s not even my complaint. After about 40 minutes the waiter brought our food out in to go boxes! Never once did we say our meal was to go, and I think it was pretty obvious we wanted to sit and eat! It was absolutely obnoxious, and I really don’t understand why we were treated that way. With that said, the food was very good. But we will never be returning here because of the poor service.

Very good food. Everything was extremely fresh, and you can tell. Wish I had found this place sooner!

The food here was not good at all. They do have good service. I had the tossed chicken salad it was horrible. Iceberg lettuce with little bits of cilantro, fried shredded chicken pieces, and some crunchy things. The dressing was made with a lot of oil and maybe some mustard. my family also had chow mein that made panada express look dam good. There was also almond chicken that came with some brown gravy. In all we will never go back. The Chinese group that was there didn’t even eat Chinese food they had steak.

The only reason I didn’t give 5 star is because I feel the prices are high. I do believe in you get what you pay for because the food was fresh and tasty. It’s definitely not the typical Chinese restaurant, there are no lunch or dinner specials. The menu is straight forward and simple. I decided to have the Singapore noodles because it seemed different. It was very flavorful and portion was good. I was able to have a portion for another meal and took it home. The server Denise was fantastic. Check the picture out she presented the dish on a cart and served it! The environment and décor is old but the hospitality is fantastic! If I’m back in the area I’d go back.

Great server. Just average food. Not sure what the hype is about. Check this one off my list and move along to try other Chinese restaurants.

Probably the most «authentic» Chinese restaurant in this area. Could be the décor, but overall, the service was good, food was really good, and I like that they package your leftovers for you. Makes it a little classier. It’s slightly pricey for things like soup and fish dishes, but not too bad. General chicken was delicious, schezuan chicken salad was fabulous, veggie chow mein was so-​so. Wish they had brown rice. :)

I absolutely love this place been going here for about 17 years .
It’s always very clean and relaxing, Nice dining area and full bar.
They make yummy Mia tai that sneak up on you.
Their shrimp pubs are the best that I have had, crispy with real shrimp
My favorite is the Mongolian beef it’s always very tender and tasty .
This service is always top notch everyone is always very friendly.
It is a little more expensive than other places but you get what you pay for

Came here with two other Unilocalers over the summer and was pleasantly surprised by the food; with me being fairly picky when it comes to Chinese cuisine to say the least.
Started off with the fried wontons at six bucks for a dozen. They were okay for what they are, but nothing all too memorable. I’ve probably had a gazillion wontons in my life and usually not a huge fan of the fried ones, but these weren’t overly greasy and came with nice dipping sauces (the spicy mustard in particular).
Was feeling a little heavy from what I had been eating the days earlier, so ordered the Szechaun chicken salad. Fairly large portion and tossed in front of us. It was $ 11, which is kind of nuts for a Chinese restaurant, but this place is cleaner and doesn’t really attract the type of customers you would find in Chinatown. Impressed by the fresh and crisp veggies. Pretty solid, but should be several dollars cheaper.
We also got the vegetable fried rice at $ 9 and wasn’t too impressed with this one. Takes a lot for me to be wowed by fried rice and today wasn’t the day. Just your typical fried rice, but lacked seasoning and flavor.
Tried a little of the Szechuan beef and came away happy with this one. The beef was tender and delicious and flavor was on point. Only con is that this plate carried a $ 17 price tag. Again, fairly ridiculous for a Chinese joint, but you get the picture.
Decent and solid food, but a little too pricey for the quality. Friends also ordered fountain sodas, for which they charged $ 4 per. Free refills, but still borderline financial rape.
No regrets stopping into a mom and pop shop and was fairly satisfied with the food, but think there are much better and cheaper options down on Spring Mountain.

I’ll be honest, after reading the reviews for this place, I really, really wanted to love them. The restaurant itself is very clean, inviting, and the staff really sweet. The menu had everything I was looking for on it. I was making a quick stop for lunch before meeting up with someone, figured I had plenty of time.
I placed my order, got some water with lemon in it, and then glanced at my phone — woops — I had miscalculated and was going to be late, especially if I took my time eating! It was totally not their fault, they were on it with the service, it was all on me.
Glad that I hadn’t ordered anything more exciting than water, I grabbed my purse and went up to the front counter. I apologized and asked if I could change my order to to-​go. She was cool about it. A few minutes later, I had my bagged up lunch and was out the door. I made my appointment in time, and, luckily, it was casual enough that they didn’t mind if I whipped out my chopsticks and started munching away.
I had ordered the orange peel chicken. It sounded really good on paper. It tasted like… salt. Honestly, I found nothing really good about it. Nothing really bad, either, just kind of meh, like grocery store Chinese. I had ordered it spicy, and it wasn’t. It was just so-​so.
Just for the record, when I order «spicy» — babes, that means melt my face, curl my hair, steam out my ears spicy. Not just extra salt. Perhaps there was a communication problem?
I gave them three stars (rounded up from 2−½, which isn’t an option) for service and because I’m willing to come back with the hubby to try other things. Based on the other reviews, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and try again. They’ve been here a long time and I haven’t. Maybe we were both having an off day?

3.5 STARS: Good
Money talks. When I spend money I talk about it on Unilocal.In the next few paragraphs I will talk about my lunch in Amlee Chinese Cuisine.
In recent times I have been trying out the different Chinese restaurants in the Las Vegas Valley. After visiting Amy’s Hallmark, I decided to try Amlee Chinese Cuisine near my house.
Amlee Chinese Cuisine is located in a small strip mall at the southeast corner of Sunset and Sandhill Roads. From what I read, Amlee Chinese Cuisine has been standing in this exact spot for thirty years. It has been thirty years of family ownership. When a restaurant is in business for thirty years, they rise above it all. In 2003, Amlee Chinese Cuisine rised above it all when the Best of Las Vegas voted it the best Chinese Restaurant in 2003 (
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When I walked inside Amlee Chinese Cuisine at lunchtime, I saw a bar to my right and a spacious dining room to the left. The tables were large and nearly empty at this visit.
The personable waitress led me to a table in this comfortable dining room. Soon, she poured the water into a clean glass. Nonetheless I ordered a Coke with my lunch. This is the first Chinese Restaurant that has ever served me Coke from Mexico. So, it was a cosmopolitan lunch with Mexican Coke and Chinese food.
The luncheon special attracted me to Amlee Chinese Cuisine. As my fellow Unilocalers have stated, the prices here are higher. I can’t support the argument that you get what you pay for when I had food of equivalent taste and quality for the same price recently at dinner in China Bistro, NY Chinese Restaurant, and China Tango Bistro. The lunch specials range between $ 7.95 and $ 10.95. They include an entre, soup of the day that is expectedly the omnipresent egg drop soup, egg roll, and choice of fried or white rice. For $ 1.50 extra, they will substitute the soup of the day with wonton soup. With a Coke from Mexico, wonton soup, and tip my lunch special added up to around $ 17.50.
I ordered the shrimp chow mein. The personable waitress stated that this is one of her favorites. In my opinion, the wonton soup was my favorite. I could eat it everyday for the rest of my life and not get tired of it. Maybe that’s because wonton soup is in my Top 25 Favorite Foods List. The fried rice was a lighter color than I was used to. However, it was delicious. The noodle based shrimp chow mein was also delicious. I appreciated all the vegetables that tasted like onion and cabage mixed in. On the other hand I would of appreciated more than four shrimp. Come to think of it, I would of appreciated it if the meal included crunchy noodles with duck sauce and hot mustard.
I have done enough talking about Amlee Chinese Cuisine. In my opinion that is based on experiences dining in Chinese Restaurants, Amlee is a good Chinese Restaurant that I anticipate serving the Las Vegas community in the decades ahead.

Experience: I came with a group of folks for lunch. There were about 20 of us.
Service: the service was ok, but our group was pretty big, so it was a little slow.
Food: They have great lunch specials that include soup, eggroll, main dish and rice for under $ 10. I skipped the soup, and ordered beef and broccoli. This is always my go to meal to judge a Chinese restaurant. Theirs was pretty good.
Facility: it was a pretty big place, and great for groups. It seemed clean and comfortable.
Overall review: it was pretty good, but not my favorite Chinese place. It’s not very close to me either, so I would be surprised if I come back again. I would if someone else wanted to meet there.

Great lunch specials and excellent service!
Our friends love this place so we all met for a nice lunch! I’ll just say service here was phenomenal. From the moment walking in the door until the check was paid, everyone was so polite and friendly. There were several ladies who kept a close eye on our table which were all great!
I tried the Kung Pao Prawns lunch special. Great portion size and it was delicious! Spicy but not an overpowering spice. I loved it. The lunches come with soup, white or fried rice and an egg roll.
The dining area is clean with plenty of seating. It was a great lunch with great friends!

I haven’t been here in about 20 years!
To be painfully honest,
All three of us were dissatisfied at the price of the dishes. Don’t get me wrong, the food tasted good, but didn’t warrant a price tag that exceeds $ 19 (Orange Chicken, Beef w/​Broccoli); even our cups of won ton and egg drop soup were almost $ 10!
We honestly expected something more than what we were presented with. We would have had a more tasty and financially satisfying meal at Pei Wei. Plus, their décor were stuck in 1991.
What’s funny is that on the way to this location, I saw Ping Pong Thai Cuisine and suggested we try that place; it probably would have been better and cheaper!

This is old school Vegas. Hadn’t been in a very long time because actually just had forgotten it was still there when I moved out of the surrounding area.
You get 5 star quality side table service.
The Mai Tai was so good. Didn’t realize how much alcohol they put it in until it crept up on me later.
Food was fresh and really tasty.
Shrimp Won Tons– most places serve these with imitation crab and you normally can’t find a place to serve good quality won tons anymore. These were crunchy and delicious. Not greasy like in most places.
Chicken Salad with peanuts — this was good but out of the whole meal would be last on my list to reorder. Peanuts were all I could taste.
Chicken Lettuce wraps– not overpowered by the sauce and crunchy but again would probably put this item second to last.
The Strawberry chicken brought back good memories. Just as I remember from childhood. It was still crisp outside with it even smothered in strawberry sauce. My fork going through didn’t make it turn to mush so good job balancing the crisp outside while you still have plenty of sauce.
All time favorite is Am Lee Beef!!! Can’t describe in words how good.
My first time eating Generals Chicken and I wasn’t disappointed.
Ambiance is more of the old school feeling. Doesn’t seem to have been modernized but at least you get that nostalgia feeling of old times when you go in. It’s not falling apart just has that old vibe to it.

I finally found a place to get great Chinese food. I noticed some other reviews mentioned this place being too pricey. I don’t get that it does say gourmet on the sign out front. Sure the inside is completely dated but it still has class and the owner herself comes to the table to serve each plate. She even prepared the salad we ordered fresh in front of us. The food isn’t greasy in anyway which id w hat I find at most places I have been too. The portion of food you get for the price is very good. I would suggest because if the portion sizes that you either plan on sharing with your table or taking leftovers home. Nothing like cold Chinese food for lunch the next day!
I ordered Szechuan Beef and could have easily eaten the whole dish if I weren’t sharing with others because it was that good. The meat was tender and very good. I rarely eat rabbit food but I did think it was cool how it was prepared right in front of us. The vegetable fried rice tasted perfect. My wife thought it could use more flavor but she also likes soy sauce on it so whatever. The service is really awesome here and i left full and satisfied. Coming back for sure. Call ahead and order take out if you don’t want to dine inside.

Amlee Chinese Cuisine is a local family run business. They have been in business for over 30 years. I remember eating here when I was a teenager and really enjoying the food and lunch specials at Amlee Chinese Cuisine. After going to the movies at nearby Galaxy last week we passed by here so, I suggested to hubby that we come back and try this place and see if it was still as good as I remembered. With a fellow Unilocaler in tow we headed for dinner here last night and wasn’t disappointed. 4.5 stars!
Walking in we were greeted and taken to our seats. Water and menus were brought right to our table right away. We shared «family style» and picked out somethings we all like. Food is brought out on a cart and served to you.
Fried Wontons ($ 5.95) — These came 12 per order and I liked them. Light, yet crunchy with a small bit of chicken in the center. It came with a sweet and sour and spicy mustard dipping sauces.
Szechuan Chicken Salad ($ 10.95) — Yum! The salad was tossed in front of us. The portion was huge and there was plenty to go around. I really liked the flavor of the dressing best and the fresh carrots stood out.
Vegetable Fried Rice ($ 8.95) — I felt there could have been a little more flavor in this dish. The size was perfect especially if sharing, but the carrot and peas didn’t really stand out flavor-​wise. The rice was cooked just right though.
Szechuan Beef ($ 16.95) — So good! The beef was so tender and the whole dish together just tasted great. The huge fresh mushrooms were tasty.
Orange slices were brought to each of us at the end of the meal. I felt the charge of $ 3.95 for a soda was steep. Free refills, but almost the price of an appetizer. The service was great and we left full and pleased! The owner stopped to talk to us for a moment and she’s genuinely passionate about the type of food they are putting out as well the type of service they provide.
They offer delivery so call to check the areas they cover. You can also place your order for pick-​up if you don’t want to dine inside. They have lunch specials that range in price from $ 7.95, $ 8.95, $ 9.95 and $ 10.95 depending on what you order and it includes soup, egg roll and choice of steamed or egg fried rice.