Royal chef — Restaurant in Ewing Township

Ordered takeout about a week ago, expectations were low as I haven’t had much luck with similar places on either side of the river. Indiscriminate google search for “Chinese food near me”, called in the order on my way home from work, stuck to the basics; wonton soup, egg rolls, fried dumplings, and mushu pork. Proceeded to the location from which I had blindly ordered and, recognizing the store front upon arrival, resigned myself to another late night lack luster dinner on the couch. Wrong! Soup wontons (generous count), egg rolls, and dumplings look/taste hand made and were freaking delicious, bawler soft fried egg on the mushu, and both entree and dipping sauces were flavorful without being over salted. Everything was as order, hot, cooked perfectly, and ready in the given time. Zero hesitation in this recommendation and many predicted returns. Thanks Royal Chef for an extremely pleasant surprise,...

I don’t ever leave reviews. So the fact that i’m writing this one speaks volumes on this place. The delivery driver was rude and kept calling my phone repeatedly demanding a tip (we did tip though it wasn’t very much admittedly), the food was absolutely inedible. We ordered the hot and sour soup, egg drop soup, and both were so bad they made my fiancé and roommate vomit. The beef chow main we ordered was only cabbage and didn’t have a single piece of meat in it. We found hair in our sweet and sour chicken, and sharp pieces of rice casings in both the plain white rice and vegetable fried rice. Overall it was the worst experience with food i’ve ever had. I’m beyond disappointed and will never be ordering there again. I’m sure my family’s experience won’t matter much, but if you read this,...

Fair prices, fast service. I have patronized this place (about once a month on average) for a few years because it is close to my house. The food is OK for what it is, but it lacks the subtle/enjoyable/quality flavor of a higher-end Chinese restaurant. There are two downsides to this place that leave me to abandon it in the future for a better place, even if I need to drive 10 minutes more to get there: (1) The place is not only run-down, but somewhat dirty in the kitchen area (I suspect they pass their health inspections on OTHER than merit--$$); and (2) The fried foods (e.g., egg rolls, bean curd, etc.) have a bad aftertaste of old burnt oil. They do not change or filter their cooking oil nearly often enough. I have observed the same pattern for the past year or more....