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    4.6 (38 reviews)
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    Lingxi L.

    The best Chinese cuisine in town. Cozy place, friendly staff (mandarin and cantonese speakers), and very delicious foods. I went there repeatedly and love this place so much!!

    Solid beef with cashews
    Ken C.

    Surprisingly good! It looks like a typical strip mall American Chinese restaurant, replete of soy sauce and oil, fried rangoons and wonton soup, but although you can get those if you want, their other menu items ("Hong Kong Style" section) and house specials make it stand out from the typical stereotyped fare. We enjoyed a really good salt and pepper squid (with bits of fried garlic dusted over it which added a new dimension to the dish); a savory and different char siu roast pork fried rice; and a solid beef with cashews. It's decor is nothing to write home about, but the proprietress is kind and cheerful, and the food is good. We noted the restaurant has a strong take-out business; table seating and wait-service is available but somewhat limited.

    Big table for groups

    We ordered beef fried Hor fun, chicken with egg porridge, fried string beans and shrimp fried rice. And we added an extra spicy General Tsp chicken to go. The fried rice is the best dish.

    Shrimp fried rice and milk tea
    Ru L.

    First time getting takeout at Chef Lau and I'm so glad I did! The food is delicious and fresh. Their milk tea is my new favorite. I was hooked after the first sip. The service was fast, friendly, and helpful. This is definitely one of my new favorite spots. Highly recommend!

    Pre-order Menu
    Di W.

    They have new menu and pre order menu! Their Zhudu soup is pretty good! Stir-fried Niuhe, I think it's best in Amherst!

    Two dishes in trash. Uneaten.

    We ate here twice. Odd flavors. Today, we took a few bites of two separate dishes. Threw them both out.

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    9 months ago

    Great dumplings! Fast online ordering for pickup. Parking lot. Four tables inside. Need to post a menu online instead of photos.

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    Best tasting rice and chicken in Amherst in my opinion. Consistent quality always too.

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    We really enjoyed our take out. We had a beef dish. The beef was tender! We will definitely get take out again!

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    3 years ago

    Tasty dishes. They delivered my order promptly. I recommend them as a great neighborhood restaurant.

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    We ordered the Chef Lau's Fried Rice for take out. Portion was generous and delicious. Would definitely come back!

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    5 years ago

    Really good authentic Chinese food!! Highly recommended their special fried rice and HK style chicken pot.

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    So good. All of the dishes I've had so far have been prepared with care and were bursting with flavor. Super nice at the counter too.

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    Ginger Garden - Cashew chicken with (no?) vegetables

    Ginger Garden

    (243 reviews)

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    Excellent menu and service at a good price. Servers friendly and prompt. Location convenient.read more

    I went here prior to a UMass hockey game, and was told ahead of time that it was functional Chinese…read morefood, but wasn't going to blow my socks off. Turns out, that was a very apt description. We arrived and got seated at a table with a very nice curved window view. I can imagine being here on a rainy or snowy day and getting to be surrounded by the weather while not having to get wet. The service was friendly, if mostly absent, and fast. This place mostly loses stars on the food. We had: wonton soup, miso soup, scallion pancakes, crab rangoons, happy family, tangerine chicken, and asparagus and snap peas with shrimp. The wonton soup seemed to be a beef broth soup, interesting change up from any wonton soup I've had before, a little salty and good wontons. The miso soup was also a good miso. The crab rangoons were too sweet and the wrapper too thick, thus making it chewy, but at least you could tell there was something in there beyond just cream cheese. The hunt for good crab rangoons continues. The scallion pancakes were very thick, but at least not greasy. The sauce was punchy and pleasant. The asparagus and snap peas with shrimp was positioned as having a light flavor, and that was very accurate. Almost like they were steamed and then served, but you could see a sauce coating them. The happy family was coated in a brown sauce that didn't carry much flavor either, but nothing was wrong either. The tangerine chicken was listed as one spicy out of three, and I'm happy to report they understand spicy rating. While the broccoli was chopped a tad large, the chicken was cooked very well, and you got just some spice on the back end with sweet on the front. Overall, nothing here was bad, but it also came across and middling. If you asked me to write this review a couple days from now I feel I'd have trouble remembering anything about this place except the window seat. I am willing to try some of the other aspects of the menu some time in the future, but I'm not sending anyone running here either.

    Song Restaurant - Pork intestines

    Song Restaurant

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    Good food, reasonable prices for the area, dark…read more Came here cause the missus was craving dumpling and we've only dabbled in the restaurants in WeHa. Outside was unassuming. Sidewalks were torn up but the place is hard to find with lack of signage. We were able to get seated right away, and looked through their digital menu. We got a smattering of dishes, wontons and dumplings, a sandwich and a ramen. Food came out in a reasonable wait time. We took pics and dug in. The 7 flavor dumpling was the star of the show. Light and thin dumpling wrapper, savory sweet sauce, plenty of filling. The pork dumplings were good, but the wrapper was thicker and denser. The twice cooked pork sandwich was pretty tasty, the pork needed to be more present compared to the veggies, but appreciated the crisp of the bread. The ramen had a good amount of braised beef and noodles. The broth needed a little doctoring to coax out some of the more savory notes. Broth needed more aggressive seasoning though. The price was not too bad for the area. It's kind of like dim sum, where you get a small plate for the price but it's all shareable and the flavors are good. It's not very well lit, gave the place a very dark air about it. But as a restaurant, it's pretty good. There's a lot of great places in that area, and this one's a good option if you're looking for small plates.

    What a great spot in WeHa. First off easy parking and alittle of Main Street so easier…read moreaccessibility- which I greatly appreciated. Inside is beautifully decorated, clean and staff was friendly and welcoming. Food was delicious, not everything was a home run - but not everything on a menu can be. The flavors were on point but a couple missteps in execution. But a solid 4-4.5. Our favorite dish was the seven flavor wontons. Wontons were super tender and flavors were on point. The spicy beef ramen was really good, but the broth was oily and too thin for our liking. We added some soy and asked for some hoisin - which made a big difference. Overall, We will definitely be back and try more menu items.

    Shu Express

    Shu Express

    (50 reviews)

    "And I've got swinging doors, a jukebox and a bar stool And…read moremy new home has a flashing neon sign Stop by and see me any time you want to 'Cause I'm always here at home till closing time" (Merle Haggard) Shu Express just announced it was permanently closed. Shu had an interesting market niche. It concentrated its menu on authentic Szechuan fare that might not have been mainstream enough to support its rent in the Walmart Plaza and in the Farmington Valley's demographics. The space will reopen as a Wokcraft, the latest version of An Asian restaurant at this location.

    Did you ever cook rice and forget to salt it before you cooked it?…read more I went to Shu Express today, as I was craving some Sichuan cuisine, that had a little kick to it. So as I pulled into the Walmart-Big Y Plaza in Avon. I parked almost right in front of the little restaurant just to the left of Five Guys and the haircut place. After hearing how delicious lunch specials were, I decided to get one, and the owner/order taker informed me that because this is a holiday no lunch specials. I was ready to walk out. Then, after looking at the prices, I was double ready to walk out. But because of the trooper that I am, I ordered the Yangzhou fried rice. The order arrived, and it just didn't look right; but that's OK; I'm a trooper. The fried rice was missing corn and scallions, a staple to this Szechuan dish. As I dug in, it hit me immediately. There was no flavor. The rice had zip for flavor. The shrimp were not seasoned. The diced pork looked old, the beans sprouts looked OK, the peas looked fresh, and the mushrooms were warm, , but not cooked. This dish lacked flavor. It was almost like it tasted like water. I brought the dish back and asked if there was some type of sauce that could put on this dish, and the owner got pissed at me. Copped a real attitude. He gave me three little soy sauce packets and sent me on my way. How this restaurant earned 4 1/2 to 5 stars is beyond me. Yes, parking was great, yes, the place was spotless, but the food tasted like a dieters choice that you would order a Chinese restaurant like steamed broccoli with white rice. Flavorless and disappointing. Plus it wasn't cheap at $16 with a soda. Will I be back to this location to retry it? Nope With so many new locations popping up in Avon on Route 44, I'll spend my money elsewhere, trying new things. I'm just really disappointed in this place and the owner. Perhaps he should take a refresher course on customer service, and allow lunch specials on holidays. This place was not busy at all and I was there at lunchtime. I just don't see this place lasting.

    Chef Lau - cantonese - Updated May 2026

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