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Big Bowl in Schaumburg is a four star Asian restaurant. This is a great place. Know before you go: this place features outdoor dining. When you step inside the restaurant, you'll notice a casual atmosphere. This restaurant is very affordable. This restaurant is handicap accessible.
4.0 of 5 stars.
Great food & service. The Pad Thai and fried calamari appetizers are great. How can you not love this place. An Asian restaurant that serves Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, and other Asian flares and has a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dear Big Bowl,I love you. I don't normally love chain "Asian" food (except Panda Express) but somehow you've captured my heart. Your kungpao chicken is inauthentically fabulous, and the stir fry bar...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best chinese food i've had!!
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The more and more I think about my Chinese food "picky-ness" I think how great Big Bowl is. To me, this is good Asian cooking. Even though it is probably not really Asian! LOL I'm just so tired of the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Delicious Chinese and Thai food. They have a really wide selection on the menu, but if you can't find exactly what you want they also have a stir fry bar where you pick your meat, sauce and veggies...
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Apparently, I was told by my friend who absolutely loves this place that I ordered the wrong thing. We ordered take out from here of his "usual": Chicken Pad Thai with tofu and red chilis. I must say...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Horrible horrible place! I have been there about 10 times and everytime the food varies from overpowering taste to bland The potstickers are thumb sized and a dollar each and it's way too nutty, the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like this place more than I thought I would to be honest. They have a nice wine selection and the food is very tasty. The service is ok, but what I really go for is the choose-your-own stir fry. I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The dessert menu is much improved! Still the best!
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food is okay; nothing spectacular. The service is okay. The drinks are delicious. The main dining room appears small, but there's another room in the back. Parking can become a headache during the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2009
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I think this has been the worst food that I have ever had.
citysearch.com - user review - 03/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
MMM Big Bowl.....Gotta love it! I don't get to visit as often as I would like to but that's because it's way on the opposite side of Schaumburg. Yes, it's a chain but it's sooooo goooood! If you...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite authentic asian cuisine. Real quick, my favs: love their chicken satays, the spicy chicken egg rolls, and the chicken pad thai. Love their peanut sauce and the sauces that come with the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I still love their pad thai, although it's still inconsistent as all hell. The second-to-last time we were here, it came with thinly-sliced sweet red pepper. My husband still loves their mongolian...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Was pretty good but I was not blown away. I have been here a couple of times and maybe I am just not ordering the right things, but I prefer PF Changs. I like that they both Thai and Chinese options,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My grandparents are crazy for any place in the Lettuce Entertain You franchise, and being in the mood for some Asian food, it was a good place to start my trip.The food is certainly Americanized, to...
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really don't know why I keep coming back to this place....The food is just ok and on the pricey side. I could definitely get much better food someplace else. Did they get their shrimp off Bubba...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Why did we even bother with this chain??? Oh yeah, Lettuce Entertain You gift certificates. That's the only reason why we'll eat at a place like this because it's such a waste of money. We were in...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Decent Stir Fry place. Made my own bowl with the Ginger Sauce which was pretty standard. They do have a great selection of veggies to add to your bowl and the service and the food comes out very...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
3.5 Honestly, I would never be caught dead in one of these in the city, but when in the suburbs, do as the suburbanites do. It was the right place for the occasion--dinner with the in-laws--and it...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
A neat little place for date night. The pad thai was pretty decent but nothing spectacular. However, the portion size was much too large. The orange ginger ale was yummy and unlike anything I had...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Atmosphere: Great, CoolFood: ExcellentService: Lunch, FastBathrooms: CleanPrice: Friend PaidLunch business meeting 4ppl. In, Out, Good, Fast. closed the deal!What's not to like!
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Good place for a date, I guess. Little cozy place, quick service. I don't think it is a real Asian restaurant. It should be called fusion foodThe bowl is big, but very boring and bland cooking. The...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Lettuceentertainyou seems to be my management chain of choice this week or...they are just inescapable in the Chicago suburbs.Atmosphere - The place is funky, casual and definitely cooler than a TGIF....
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
What HAPPENED?!?!?This used to be a good place, with good service, to get a drink and some decent pad thai on the fly.Last night, 06/23/08 the restaurant had a foul odor (we thought it was someone...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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We go to this (Thai Chinese) restaurant every few months and we are always impressed by the quality of service and food served. Their appetizers - especially Veggie and Chicken Pot-stickers are excellent. You...
lilaguide.com - user review - 06/12/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Good food - however if you are a veggie you should know they use chicken oil or chicken stock in a lot of their menu items that appear to be vegetarian. There are only 2 items on their menu that are...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Solid. I had never been to this location before, but my gf and I were on our way back to the city from my Sunday morning soccer game in Elgin and we didn't feel like fighting the Cubs traffic so we...
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Being Chinese, I'm highly offended by Big Bowl (P.F. Chang's is a close second).I went because I was accumulating points for my leye card and also because a pal of mine hardly eat at other authentic...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Get ready to wait for a table, even when they are not busy! After dining at this place many times, it seems to me like a strategy to steer the waiting hungry crowd to the tempting bar. On the flip...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Go for the curries. Seriously. Big Bowl surprised the heck out of me by having one of the most robust curry dishes I've had in a while. The Panang Curry made Extra Extra Extra Spicy actually...
yelp.com - user review - 02/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This was the second time I ate at this particular Big Bowl and the food was simply outstanding. In my opinion, Big Bowl sets the bar for this kind of theme - Chinese/Thai/stir fry bar and is waaay...
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2008
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The Big Bowl serves asian cuisine with an American twist. The food is greasy, over priced and the portions are huge. The food is nowhere authentic and extremely unhealthy with the sodium contents. You can...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/10/2008
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Simply put, the food was not very good. Out of 4 dinners (all completely different), only 1 was actually decent. I have had much better Pad Thai at every other asian restaurant I have ever been to including...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Setting: Very pretty inside. The light fixture design in the main dining room is very exotic. The window area have nice asian style lamps, and a big cloth wall with asian writing. Very elegant....
yelp.com - user review - 10/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Comparable to Stir Crazy. Really good food for under $10.
yelp.com - user review - 09/16/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Trick to a good asian restaurant? Look around. If there aren't many asians, leave.Big Bowl's an exception...well, because they have good Chinese-American food, but I expected that going in, so I...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2007
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surprisingly kid-friendly - they will bring you an order of white rice immediately, and have crayons, etc. for the kids... they immediately provide the children with something to nibble on and games to play......
lilaguide.com - user review - 02/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Maybe this is not authentic thai, but I have not found a place with better Pad Thai. And their Coconut curry chicken with Green Beans is another favorite. And of course the Hibiscus Lemonaid, yum!...
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
oh my god I can't believe I'm admitting this but for american-style Chinese/Thai what have you, Big Bowl is good! It isn't trying to be authentic -- props for that. What they do they do well -- like...
yelp.com - user review - 10/18/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A lot of people criticize restaurants, like Big Bowl, for their lack of authenticity. I used to be one of those people. I've changed my tune because it's not always fair. I don't think they ever...
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent Asian food. Quality and ambiance are the the extras. good wait staff. Prices good. When you go here you want to try everything. You should!
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One word...POTSTICKERS! I think Big Bowl serves the best around. I have a hard time getting past the appetizers here, but when I do I usually order the Shrimp Pad Thai. I always leave with leftovers...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2006
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Big Bowl is your usual Asian restaurant to go to with a different twist added in. They have a wide variety of food to choose from on their menu. The servers here are really friendly and what I liked b...
judysbook.com - user review - 06/22/2006
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For me, the food is secondary to one of the delights you will find at Big Bowl. They have freshly made, or home-made, ginger ale for sale. Made with real ginger that is light, refreshing, but not ov...
judysbook.com - user review - 05/31/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This restaurant is a parents dream. They automatically bring rice, chopsticks, etc. to any child at the table! That way as you order-they are occupied and QUIET!! The food is good and I float away I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2006
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Big bowl is a nice restaurant in terms of looks, seating, etc. A fine place to go with your friends. This one is right by woodfield mall. Now in terms of food quality, it was ok. I had pad thai and i...
judysbook.com - user review - 03/18/2006
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Usually crowded but well worth the wait. Food and service are excellent. Be careful with the spicy dishes, they are SERIOUSLY hot.
citysearch.com - user review - 01/06/2006
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My husband and I enjoyed our experience at Big Bowl in Schaumburg. I had the Pad Thai (my staple at any restaurant offering it!) and I was mostly unimpressed, but at the same time it was tasty. It was...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/01/2005
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This is a great place to go for some really tasty thai food. They have an awesome menu and their shrimp dumplings and pad thai are a must-try. The food is very reasonably priced and the portions are b...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/25/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great place to go for some really tasty thai food. They have an awesome menu and their shrimp dumplings and pad thai are a must-try. The food is very reasonably priced and the portions are...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2005
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Very kid friendly - we took our daughter there when she was ten months old. The wait staff gave her rice, and didn't bat an eyelid when it got all over the place.
lilaguide.com - user review - 06/10/2005
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My husband and I are not from Asia but we like this restaurant a lot. The food tastes very good, and the service is excellent. Our friends and we like to go there often. The only problem is that it is usually...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/13/2005
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There are better places to go for Asian food. The food here, especially Chinese food, was not the best. The orange chicken tasted more like sweet and sour chicken as if the chef didn't know the difference. The...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/16/2005
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If you're asian, don't go to this restaurant...you'll be offended. If you're not asian, trust me when I say that you can get much better asian food than this place. It may look like a nice place, but the food...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/07/2002
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favored by the northwest metro's more adventurous diners, this asian chain restaurant draws heavy lunch traffic. dishes like the ultimate combo (imperial roll and chicken potsticker served with vegetable...
10best.com - user review
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it was my first time going there and everything was absolutely above par. from the service, to the meal, to the time we were leaving, everything was stellar. this is a place that you have to come to...
metromix.com - user review
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there's a tropical feel to this airy, colorful restaurant that attracts diners of all ages. big bowl serves nearly 30 different items from the stir-fry bar and uses no msg in food preparation...
metromix.com - user review
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one rater describes lettuce entertain you's pan-asian noodle shop as a "safe standby that is different enough to stimulate the intrepid diner but at the same time enough like chinese food to comfort the...
chicagoreader.com - user review
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