Newtown Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Newton

Two years ago, I would’ve given this restaurant a five star because of the food but now the food seems to be on the way down. I got the chicken with broccoli lunch combo platter and it’s not the same as it was years ago. It seems the rice is not as good and the chicken is slimy and snot like, I did however love love the egg roll. That has not seem to change in all the years that I’ve been going to so, hopefully it won’t. That’s what I would recommend the egg roll and the dumplings. The amount that they give you now is also less than what it was. They used to give you a lot for a combo platter. Now it’s not that much at all. And if you got it at lunchtime, they would give you a soup and now they don’t do that anymore either. It changes, so maybe in a year I’ll try it again. It might go back to...

This review is for delivery, FYI. Food is tasty, delivered hot, but the meats are never crispy in any way. Particularly the "Crispy Shredded Beef", is coated with (flour/cornstarch/whatever), but it arrives mushy and the coating is melting off - not at all crispy. The General Tso's Chicken suffers the same problem. The items that aren't supposed to be crispy are great - my daughters love the chicken with broccoli, they make excellent dumplings, and their lo mien is a family favorite. My daughters would give it 5 stars, I just wish I could. (If you're reading this Newtown, I'll happily update my review if I get some crispy beef!)

Edit: Tried again tonight, beef was... almost crispy. But my wife's Moo shu pork was delicious, so I'm...

Just had the worst meal I've ever had from a Chinese restaurant. I have been going to this restaurant since I was a kid, but they have really taken a serious decline. I ordered the sesame chicken mild, and it was so spicy and loaded with hot peppers that I could barely handle it. I'm pretty sure 90% of the chicken was not actually chicken. The pieces were hard as a rock, and I was able to chew them without them breaking down into something I could swallow. I ended up having to spit it out onto a paper plate, and it looked like a strange fibrous material like paper pulp. There is no way this is real chicken. Unfortunately, I will never go back...