Little Rice

1024 McHenry Ave Unit G, Crystal Lake - 60014
44 reviews
Asian Fusion Sushi Bar Chinese
(815) 893-6169

Been here a couple of times, starting from when it first opened up.Hibachi steak was always underseasoned, rice was really salty (in a bad way), and the ramen was always lacking in any flavor. Their soup broths are more water than flavor. For the price they charge and the quality they provide, it is not worth it.Regardless, extremely friendly service, and a nice atmosphere.

A simple and plain restaurant. Not much for atmosphere.Service was a little slow but food was excellent. They changed up the fried calamari tonight. I don’t know if it is temporary or permanent. The breading before was better.Had the deep diver poke bowl and it was delicious. Also the miso soup with green onions—a nice touch.

Service sucked, girl seemed new and such so I think this is more management than the server. but it seemed very rushed, our apps didn’t come out together and none of our food did either. Which a min or two is fine but half our table was almost done eating before the other half got their dinner. Food was pretty good. I really like the Godzilla roll we got. Calamari was greasy, seemed like the fryer wasn’t at the proper temp but it tasted alright. Fried rice sucked, had minimal flavor. Had some ramen and beef udon noodles which were pretty good, decent flavor, wish their menu was more descriptive on what comes in each kind of ramen.

Visited twice. Once for dinner and another for lunch. They have a very wide variety of foods which is great when you want to change it up. Pictures posted are their lunch special portions. 3 rolls of sushi for $13! Now that's a deal! Had the Shrimp tempora, Green River, and Salmon skin rolls, gyosa and Tsos chicken, a go-to everywhere I go. The lunch specials also came with ginger salad. Their ginger salad has a little bit of a kick from the ginger. The last time I went I had The Manhattan roll (Added to the favorites list) and hibachi steak. From the garnish and presentation to portion size and taste, I recommend!My only gripe would be not with them, but with the city water, the city water sucks. Others I ate with didn't notice, but I can smell/taste hints of the poor city water through some of the components of the dishes. (Rice and sauces)

My first time here was great! I ordered the spicy miso ramen and it was delicious. I love the pork on the ramen a lot. It tasted little sweet and juicy which I like. I also like that the pork has no smell because I love trying ramen different places and I can tell that they made it really good! Other than that the noodles is so soft and really good too. I’ll definitely come back and try more.

Had a fantastic take out experience when trying this restaurant for the first time. I had the hibachi chicken and shrimp and it was made to perfection. I’m happy I found my new favorite place for Chinese food.

My wife and I went when they opened up for the day recently. Immediately got seated in a spot we preferred and ordered drinks. Plenty of options for eating, and I mean a lot of options! Everything from sushi and rice to ramen and hibachi style combination dinners. My wife ordered a Poke bowl while I ordered the Shoyu Ramen and we also ordered pot rice with steak.What we didn't expect was a miso soup and ginger salad with our order (albeit we didn't see what our orders came with neither). The Miso soup was flavorful and delicious. The ginger salad was plentiful and the type of ginger sauce I like. One negative mark (in my opinion) is with the salad. Both my wife and I felt that there wasn't enough ginger sauce in the salad. Although we didn't expect it in the first place, it wasn't entirely too flavorful (lack of ginger sauce).My wife's opinion on the Poke bowl was that it didn't have too much flavor neither. It was plentiful as well, but lacked flavor according to her.My Shoyu Ramen was excellent! Big bowl, very flavorful, and delicious! I will be back for more and that's a promise. Their ramen alone was enough for me to be a repeat customer.The pot rice (with steak) was really good! It was big and plentiful. More than enough for my wife and I (although we didn't expect it to be that big). The only caveat is the price. I feel as if the price was just a little too much for what it is. We will still order it again and we do plan on going back soon.Our total bill was roughly a bit more than $25/person (before tip). Not entirely bad overall. Just a few items here and there seem to be expensive. We enjoyed the place. We enjoyed the food. We enjoyed the customer service. Definitely worth trying this place out if you haven't and it's definitely worth going back to.Edit: My wife and I went back again today (11/18/21). We ordered take out this time and I, again, got the Shoyu ramen. My wife got a different poke bowl from the first time and we also ordered beef fried rice. Everything was absolutely delicious! My wife enjoyed the poke bowl and I the ramen. We both took out most of the rice and definitely enjoyed the flavor. We were hoping to get some miso and salad like last time but I'm assuming that's for dine in. Until next time..... Because we will be back again!

I got take out, asked for it to be ready at 4, I was there at 3:57 and it was ready. The sushi was bland and chewy. The Wasabi that came with it was more like playdough, I was able to pick it up and bite into it with no regrets. The salad was warm and had a lot of water in the containers. The ginger dressing with the salad was some of the best I've tasted. The sesame chicken was chewy and stringy with very little flavor. The broccoli that came with had definitely been soaked in water. I enjoyed the beef fried rice, but my girlfriend did not. Overall will not be back.

I have to say that I had high expectations when it came to trying this restaurant out for the first time with my fiancé, and I was unfortunately let down. To start, the fried rice had no flavor and was just like steamed rice with veggies and protein thrown in and we only got one small cup of soy sauce and no sweet and sour sauce which I guess was on my part since I should have asked. The tempura shrimp was not cooked like it normally should with panko bread crumbs instead of the batter they used on the veggies which were decent but a little soggy. The sushi was decent but I feel like for the price we paid it should have been a little better but I do appreciate the overall service and the person that took my payment asked how my day was which was nice of her to do that. I’m not sure we will be back but thank you.

Got our order to go. Was really looking forward to finding a new go to Chinese place. Hot and sour soup was good. Unfortunately, the fried rice was more like sticky rice, over cooked and gummy with no flavor. The chicken in both of the dishes we ordered was a very strange texture, almost like flaky fish. Sorry to say we will not be going back.