Imperial Kitchen

Good lunch deal, $14 post tax and tip! Awesome service with awesome interior decorations and ambience. Other places might have slightly larger meat portions (though to be fair, Imperial Kitchen lunch special includes tea and soup, which many places don't), but this place is still better overall for experience.

Excellent food! The only thing I would change is putting the crab Rangoon in a separate bag or container. Mine was put in with my food (to go) and absorbed much of the liquid from the dish and became soggy. Great service and atmosphere. I will definitely be back!

Highly recommend! The dishes were tasty and good portions. Friendly service.

I've been a lifelong customer of imperial Palace and I will continue to be a lifelong customer since their transition to imperial kitchen, the food quality and the friendliness of staff has not changed, the amazing decor has not changed, the reasonable prices with massive portions has also not changed which continues to be a breath of fresh air in this economy. And finally my favorite. The hot tea included with every meal. Truly the best overall restaurant experience here in Lincoln. Will continue to be a lifelong customer until the day they either close or I'm too geriatric to make it there on my own!

Update: I just want to add that this has been my go-to place whenever I'm craving a succulent Chinese meal. They're consistently good, and whenever I'm feeling a bit adventurous, their menu has a lot to offer. Seriously, go here. This place is amazing! I ordered the beef and tomatoes and the scallion pancakes. The complimentary tea was good as well. I'm definitely gonna come back and try their other dishes.

Very surprised by the menu ingredients. Not your typical Cookie cutter Chinese restaurant. Good Hot N Sour soup and the Garlic shrimp was what you expect to eat. Not breaded, but actual nice shrimp and we'll portioned. The complimentary Oolong tea was perfect. Staff had no issues adding an ingredient and were attentive. Nice clean place. Will experiencing more flavors soon

We ordered one cumin lamb, one pork belly in soy sauce and one fry vegetable with steam rice to go. The portion was so small. And majority inside were carrots, onion and noodles instead meat dishes. They used to be better before pandemic. Now the price of cumin lamb went up to 17.50 but majority was vegetable? It didn’t say “vegetable and lamb” on the menu. The quality of rice is terrible too. I understand everything is expensive now, but cutting cost by lower the quality of food in a restaurant will not last long. It used to be my favorite Chinese restaurant in Lincoln. But spending $50 for two people with quality of food like that? We will not coming back anymore.

The spicy crispy chicken was so good, I just about inhaled my meal. 🌶️ Clean space, fast service, and solid food. Totally went back the next day for dinner.

Good location in the Leighton Plaza, plenty of parking and easy to access, good service with a large menu to please everyone, good prices with decent size portions. Overall food is decent nothing amazing in my opinion, didn't impress enough to remember this spot next time we are craving Chinese food.

The last couple of times we been here they are consistently quick, fast, and food is still coming out piping hot. We love doing family style dinners here. Our favorites are the Kung pao chicken, green beans, hot sour soup, and the seafood plate, all reasonable prices!

I chose to go here for my birthday get together with family. We used to go to the original location all the time growing up. I'm so glad that they're still around and the food is as delicious as ever! I always get a lot of food. Peanut butter chicken or Mongolian beef are my go tos. Their spring rolls and crab Rangoon are so delicious as appetizers. Definitely would recommend! :)

My regular spot for Chinese in all of Lincoln, Ne. Both their regular and authentic menu have large portions and are incredibly satisfying. The coconut milk shrimp and spicy crispy chicken from the regular menu as well as the claypot style pork belly with preserved vegetables and braised beef brisket from the authentic menu are my personal favorites.

If you want authentic Chinese food, this is the place to go. They have two menus. One is the normal menu. Ask them for the more authentic Chinese menu. It's in English so you'll have no problem ordering.

Pork belly and soy sauce, and boiled chicken with onion and ginger. Both great flavor. The staff are friendly. Good place for authentic Chinese.

Delicious! Fresh! Husband and I got lunch. I ordered peanut butter chicken and he ordered Chinese style beef noodle soup. Service is quick, food is hot and tasty! GET THE SOUP! Peanut butter chicken was so crispy and yummy!

The food has been consistently good for the past 25 years we've been eating here. We usually get the mongolian beef, tso's chicken, and crab rangoon. The mongolian beef is not too sweet and usually cut in not-too-thick slices. Sometimes it is better than others, but it is never bad. The crab rangoon is not dainty-thin but wraps are not thick and greasy either. They are perfect, in my opinion. The cumin beef is a new favorite - but (like Nebraska) it's not for everyone. It has a LOT of whole cumin seeds. The owner is friendly and we love this place...although I miss the spaciousness and character of the old building

Best sushi around. And my friend ordered shrimp. Large portions. Very good. Recommend!

Imperial Kitchen is so good. Make sure to try things from their Szechuan menu. Favorites are: 1. Fish in Hot Red Oil 2. Tofu Hot Pot 3. Salted Crispy Chicken 4. Walnut Coconut Shrimp 5. Beef Tendon 6. Spicy Cumin Beef or Braised Beef 7. Seasonal greens

I read all the reviews before coming so I was expecting great service and even better food. Well the service is good but the food was just ok. It was a let down. Walked in was sat down and they gave us water and hot tea never asked what we may want to drink or anything. My chicken wings where cold in the middle and they were supposedly fried. Almond chicken and hunan chicken tasted the same. Egg drop soup had chicken and some peas with carrots like that has never happened to me when I get egg drop soup. Nothing was like wow that is great but nothing was awful.

My chicken fried rice was terrible. The rice was not fried only boiled or steamed, no flavor. NEXT to no chicken in it, only two small pieces, a few peas. No egg or scallions in it. I was informed that this was/is the Imperial Palace, but they changed their name and moved to a new location. Even the egg rolls were extra bad. The cabbage filling was very soggy. On the plus side. It arrived in only about 25 minutes and the Diet Coke was good. The bill was 24.00 way too much for bad food. The other review said it was fresh. I had fresh bad food.

I really like the food. We have been regulars for a long time and enjoy their take out. The only issue is that they keep raising prices. I understand the times are tough but it is getting more pricey.

Definitely a 1st and last for us. The food was soggy with aged broccoli and a mushy consistency. We had heard good things about this place but we were very disappointed. Difficult to find good Chinese in Lincoln but now I can definitely remove this one from the list. Not sure how they stay in business.

Go check this place out!!!!! Some of the best authentic Chinese food in town along with lots of Americanized favorites