My hubby loves this place & is obsessed with the kung pao chicken. I come just for the soup dumplings read more

Cheng Du 23 - Steamed Juice Bun - Seafood Near Me - Wayne, New Jersey

One of the few Chinese dine in restaurants. You start with a complimentary tea pot in your table. Service is efficient but not friendly. Place is clean and open. There is often a wait for this authentic Chinese restaurant. Food is better when you eat there than when you take out. Soup dumplings are always enjoyable and are the main draw for us at this restaurant. Duck is expensive but worth it! Spare ribs were disappointing. Interesting authentic dishes. read more

This restaurant was a solid three for me. The food was a tad better than local Chinese in that they had more variety. The service was a bit slow, but OK and overall, the restaurant reflected three stars in all aspects. read more

I had dinner there on Monday 11/18/2024, the food was great, but the service/waitress was terrible and un-professional. After sitting down while waiting for the food, the waitress passed behind me and kicked my chair three times. I looked at her the first time, she noticed but ignored me. When I complained about her kicking my chair. She just defensively claimed that my sitting area was a pathway, so she 'unfortunately' kicked my chair. Wait a minute! I didn't choose the table/chair. It was you sit me in, and you are claiming my sitting block you? Eventually, we changed to a different table, but to my surprise/frustration, the waitress didn't apologize at all. As a customer, this is very un-professional and absurd. read more

I have eaten her many times, both in the restaurant and take out and the food is always kind of mediocre, but when you dine in, especially when it is not very crowded the service is very good, so it sucks that the food isn't better. Recently I had the kung pao chicken, heavenly chicken, and orange beef, all which disappointed, but they give big portions. In the restaurant it has nice decor but when it's crowded the place is very loud and squished feeling. read more

Great food, great staff, nice atmosphere. Bonus: The giant goldfish. Best faces ever. Cool touch.

Cheng Du 23 is located in the northeast section of Willowbrook Mall in Wayne. next to Home Goods. Unlike some other Chinese restaurants it is modest in both it's exterior and interior design. Seating includes round tables and booths similar to what you would find in a diner. The tables are covered in white cloth and the utensils are metal. A large fish tank is prominent as are wall prints and mirrors. If possible I like to eat my main meal between 2:30 - 3:30 pm, and Cheng Du 23 has hours which are perfect for me. Lunch is served 11:30 - 3:30 followed by an hour when it is closed. It opens again at 4:30 and the last order is recorded at 8:30. They do a lot of take-out business. The lunch menu includes 36 items. A red pepper next to the entree designates how hot and spicy the item is. They specialize in authenic Sichlian cuisine. I have been to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing but I can not attest to Cheng Du 23's authenticity. For $10 you get a choice of soups and rice, a pot of tea, an entree and a fortune cookie. Who knew that I was going to have a spectacular year.. I choose entree #12 (Chicken w/Garlic Sauce) but I could have substitued beef or shrimp for the chicken. I really enjoyed the entree and would return just for more chicken w/garlic sauce.I had the egg drop soup (a little salty) and fried rice, as well. Unlike other yelpers, I found the service to be professional for the most part but not engaging. Tea was served within five minutes of being seated. The entree came 5 minutes after the tea was served. Dishes were cleared from the table in an appropriate time. They do not offer a glass of water with the meal nor another pot of tea. read more

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Placed an order, after an hour they send an email saying the order is canceled because they were busier than usual, wtf. Why couldn't you say something sooner rather than waiting an hour. If you can't fulfill delivery orders because you're too busy, then don't accept them in the first place and screw over your customers when you can't complete orders. Sucks because I really like the food here. I'll give them another chance. Hopefully they don't disappoint. Update: glad the owner responded to review. Except third party stated that the restaurant canceled the order not the service that I used for delivery. Again, if you can't fulfill delivery order, your own from your website or third party services, than don't offer them and screw your customers. read more

Cheng Du 23 - Response to review - Seafood Near Me - Wayne, New Jersey

Authentic Szechuan Chinese food served here with an exclamation point with their loyal Asian customer base. It's a sign just how good and unique their food is that folks of Chinese heritage flock here. Super original menu and nothing fancy about the place in a non-descript plaza with lots of quick food options. The koi fish tank grabs your attention when you enter but beyond that is a big room with lots of tables for dining. They seem to work in trans to serve you as several different folks got us menus, water and took our order. Our food started coming out in less than 5 minutes after ordering! So quick I thought they brought it to the wrong table. The problem was that we ordered dumplings as an appetizer but they brought out my moms entree. Quickly after they brought out the house fried rice, white rice and our other entree, the shrimp duet. Eventually they brought out the dumplings and got us crispy noodles upon request. I prefer the noodles be brought out early also to munch while awaiting main course. So, the food came out in bad wards order! Mom had chicken with mixed veggies and it was the better dish in my opinion. Chicken was amazingly tender. Almost too tender for chicken! Sauce and veggies were both very good and portion was generous. The house fried rice had a few larger than average shrimp but little else. The grilled flavor was good but portion tiny especially for $12. My fiancé and I weren't crazy about the shrimp. The garlic side was very plain and uninspiring. Little flavor and few vegetables. The other bbq shrimp was separated by tomatoes (odd!) and we're better as the brown sauce provided some flavor for both shrimp and vegetables. The pork dumplings were ok not bad but nothing special. Sauce was not very spicy as advertised. Between the food not being very exciting and the hap hazard service if randomly bringing everything out right away I didn't enjoy the luncheon and therefore give 2 stars. I know they can do better and have. read more

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I consistently order delivery from here, I love their food when I need to get my spicy mala fix in. My usual go-tos: Sichuan Spicy Pot, Heavenly Chicken, Braised Beef Noodle Soup, Soup Dumplings, Singapore Mei Fun. I've tried a few more but these are my personal favorites and order on repeat. I've never dined in, but for delivery, food has always been well packaged and arrive hot and tasty. read more

I was in the mood for chinese and ordered for pick up. I ordered the shrimp and broccoli lunch special with wonton soup (just the soup part because I don't eat pork). When I arrived I parked in the plaza lot. My food was ready and I paid and left. When I got in I tried the food and it was pretty good. The shrimp was on the healthy side as well. I would definitely return to this restaurant again. read more

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Space inside was a larger than expected! Came here at a recommendation from a friend and had a great experience. Service was good and food was delicious. We got the Maple Chicken, Soup Dumplings, Dan Dan Noodles, and Pan fried seafood Noodles. Only thing that was a little funny was dishes came out as they were done (vs dishes listed as appetizers first), so I was a little overwhelmed with what to eat first but nevertheless it was all good anyway. Also ordered a Thai tea and it came in a typical seals bubble tea container which was nice to take the rest out with me after dinner :) Hoping to grab some lunch specials in the future when I have time read more

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I love this place! In my opinion, they make the best lo mein around! The dishes are generous portions and the service is great!

So I have to start by saying that I have had this spot bookmarked for quite some time and decided to check it out after a super long morning of shopping. Located in the same small strip mall as Home Goods in the Willowbrook Mall area which makes parking ample. I always smell the food when I leave Home Goods so decided to pick up food to enjoy when I got home. I ended up ordering two of what seems to be their popular dishes which was Dan Dan Noodles which is minced pork over noodles and Heavenly Chicken which is chicken sauteed in ginger, garlic and smoothered in some type of brown semi spicy brown sauce. I opted for Pork Fried Rice instead of the white rice since that is always one of my go toos. I was a little underwhelmed and perhaps it was the hype I had to finally try their food? I wasn't crazy about the flavor of the minced pork and the Heavenly Chicken didn't do it for me either. The pork fried rice lacked flavor. As I waited for my food, the place was busy and plenty of pick up orders. This spot is also heavily decorated with awards praising their food back to back years. I definitely intend to go back and perhaps try one of their Szechuan dishes instead :) read more

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Classic sichuan--eggplant, ma la, smoked duck, fish--nearly flawless. Gets BUSY, wish we would've know. And take. A reservation. Will be back. It's also byob. read more

Was one of my go to spots. Don't order through Grubhub. They canceled my order on consecutive days and apparently berated my driver. Looks like they don't want to partner w/ GH or fulfill their orders. Won't be ordering from here again. read more

Overall: Been here many times, and doesn't disappoint. Menu: Not as extensive as some other Shanghainese restaurants but still is quality over quantity. I love their lunch specials. Spice level is always on point and their Dan Dan Noodle is one of the best that I have ever had. read more

Cheng Du 23 - Seafood Near Me - Wayne, New Jersey

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We really liked the atmosphere and service. The food was good...not great...but a good value for the cost. We will definitely give it another try. read more

first time coming here and enjoyed my experience! we made a reservation on a Wednesday night for a group of 4 and came for a birthday dinner. It was probably 1/3 full, plenty of seating was available. the food took a little longer than I would've hoped and we ordered 5 dishes. i believe the first dish happened to be the peking deck which took around 15-20 minutes. I can't really eat spicy food so this isn't the best place for me to eat, but I enjoyed the number of non-spicy food options and even tried the spicy foods and have to say the food was all quite delicious and flavorful. I've had peking duck a few times at different places but this might be my favorite! also, our hot water was refilled without us knowing which goes to show how attentive the staff were. they give 5% discount with cash! read more

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This is place is sometimes and hit or miss for us but when we want tongue numbing chinese food we come here since its close by. And of course I test them even though they are sit down chinese spot. I ordered the steamed fish Cantonese style because my dad doesn't eat spicy and that's what we are. It came out great and they won the imaginary Chinese food cooking challenge. We usually order the spicy pot with fish or lamb, We always get a stir fried snow peas tips or chinese broccoli. Weekends are always busy. Worth the wait, Don't order the bubble tea from here. Think of the turnover. read more

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We order thru Door Dash and Yan said it had that special Chengdu taste. I haven't a clue what that taste is. I had a few dumplings with fire chili on them. Now, Yan had some cold mushroom dish, it looked spicy and hot. Look, if you like fiery hot food that tastes like food found in Chengdu China, go there! When we come back to this are, we'll be heading there! read more

Came here for a few to go items and most were pretty delicious. My favorite from the meal was the walnut shrimps and the fish fillet in spicy chili oil. Also tried their sautéed beef with scallion and onions and wasn't a big fan of that as that was too sweet. Prices were decent. Overall a solid spot. read more

Service was a bit slow for a two person table but it was overall decent. The food is no frills Chinese cooking. You can get some more dishes suited to the American palate and some for the more adventurous. Always a fan of Sichuan cooking so was a fan of the menu. Interior very reminiscent of a Chinese style buffet but in a good way. It doesn't ask you to be the fanciest at the ball, just come ready to eat! read more

Food was great service was terrible they just say yes to what ever you say and don't try to understand

Always a huge fan of C23, things only get better, as I try more of their Sichuan specialties. Yesterday, I had their great pork Kidneys. Wonderful! Sautéed with peppers, water chestnuts baby corn & tree ears. They were very thinly sliced and perfectly done. My go-to appetizer has been (and remains) Sichuan Tongue & Tripe. Sliced very thinly, the tripe was super tender, and the tongue was tender and not fatty. Nice & spicy, too! The squid with salt & pepper sauce was tender and moist and not overly spiced. My daughter's Ants Climbing a Tree is always perfect, and the generous portion makes it shareable. Last but not least, are the pea green sprouts. So delicious! read more

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Visited for lunch and it was okay. The house lo mein was super bland and the shrimp was not deveined aka gross. Egg drop soup was good, broccoli w chicken was fine. Crab Rangoon was so so. read more

I love this place! It has a healthy selection of both takeout Chinese food and real Chinese food. I can't comment on the classic takeout cuisine because my family always gets real Chinese dishes. We always end up coming here vs other Chinese spots since the quality is consistently great. We love the numbing spice of Sichuan food and Chengdu 23 does it so well!! We typically order the Shui Zhu Yu (water boiled fish - couldn't find it on the menu but it is delicious). Super flavorful, numbing, and the fish tastes delicious! The green beans are always super tasty too, as well as the cumin lamb. I would pass on the twice cooked pork: it is tasty but lacks a bit on the pork. We also got this dry cooked beef with dry chili or something, I don't know what it was called but very yummy. The tofu I would pass on, not very flavorful. Overall love this place for authentic Chinese food and a super delicious meal!! read more

Cheng Du 23 - Seafood Near Me - Wayne, New Jersey

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作为一个老北京，这家成都餐厅的味道和我在北京吃到的很像～瞬间不想家了！强推！ As a old-beijing, the food here tastes exactly like the ones I had in Beijing~ It cures my homesick in no time! Highly recommend! read more

Cheng Du 23 - 鱼香肉丝，宫保鸡丁，蒸菜 - Seafood Near Me - Wayne, New Jersey

This is the closest Sichuan place to me that I'm aware of and it always hits the spot when I want spicy Chinese food - bring on the heat! The restaurant looks tiny from the outside, but don't let that fool you - this place is pretty big on the inside. Although this place gets packed, I usually don't have to wait. Upon walking in, you will notice the fish tank with giant fish - which automatically makes me feel like I'm visiting my aunt's place in Asia haha. Although this place is Sichuan, they also have Americanized Chinese food for the less adventurous or those can't handle the heat ;) There's also soup dumplings which are pretty decent considering it's NJ. I wasn't a huge fan of the scallion pancake but all the other items I've really enjoyed. My typical go-to dishes are the Ox Tougue w/ Tripe, Dan Dan Noodles, Soup Dumplings, Tasty Flounder Filet w/ Cellophane Noodles, Ants Climbing on a Tree, Heavenly Chicken and Peking Duck. All of this goes so well with the complimentary pot of black tea :) The service has always been good and quick considering how busy it can get. Prices are very reasonable for the amount of food you get and it's tasty! I've brought quite of few friends and family here already and they all had a great experience. read more

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Typical Sichuan food, delicious, it is one of my favorites Chinese restaurant in northern NJ, comparing to China Chalet 30 miles away in Florham park, quite on the same level, and it has more in quantity and more westerner style, more sweet. I usually remind the restaurent to have more authentic amount seasonings and treat me as Sichuaner. read more

This is not your tipical chinese resturant. Food is excellent. It is very different . I ordered Three delight with sizzling rice. Came to table on a sizzling platter . What they lack in friendly service with no emotion . They make it up with good food. read more

My wife and I looooove this place. I wish they'd open up a second location in Montclair. It is without a doubt our favorite Chinese restaurant in the area. Try the salt and pepper fish fillets. read more

Great food. Great ambiance. Love their cumin lamb, triple pepper chicken. Dan dan is alright but great for a night out with family. Paying cash saves you 3% on card surcharges so helps to bring cash here. Its a very decently priced restaurant for a great food experience. read more

One of my favorite Chinese restaurants and is a good place for dates or groups. I would recommend coming in a group so that you can try more dishes. Theres a vast menu and food is always fresh. My favorites include the spicy fish, beef with little peppers (but I like spicy) and snow pea leaves. read more

Cheng Du 23 - Beef with little peppers, snow pea leaves, eggplant in garlic sauce, spicy fish, mt Fuji beef, General Tso's Tofu, chicken lo mein - Seafood Near Me - Wayne, New Jersey

Busy busy busy but you will be rewarded with the best Chinese food...and plenty of it. Be prepared to wait -- no reservations.

The food is consistently excellent. Every dish ordered is hot, fresh, and delicious. The service is excellent and friendly. Beautiful, family-friendly restaurant with plenty of parking. read more

For $9, the weekday lunch specials (11:30am-3:00pm) are definitely my go-to when I'm in the area. I've probably tried half of the entire menu but my favorite is definitely the Kung Pao Chicken with vegetable fried rice and egg drop soup (not pictured). The chef's mastery of authentic Sichuan flavors is communicated quite well through the dishes. Portion sizes are just right for lunch once I'm able to wash down the main entree with the steaming hot bowl of soup. Definitely a must-try if you're in the area! read more

Cheng Du 23 - Kung Pao Chicken Lunch Special w/ Vegetable Fried Rice - Seafood Near Me - Wayne, New Jersey

Cheng Du 23 has been my go to spot when I'm craving the not so normal Chinese food and don't want to drive to NYC or even Edison or fort Lee. This place makes great schezuan dishes. Two of my favorites here are the spicy crispy fish filet and the wontons in chili oil. Their green beans with minced pork is usually excellent but unfortunately this last visit it wasn't up to their normal standard. I suggest you bring people w you so you can try a larger variety of their dishes that you typically wouldn't get at a Chinese takeout place. The only other gripe which I hope is just temporary and will soon return to normal is that they are serving the food on plastic plates but then they give you normal dish-ware for tea and reg glass for beverages. I want my food served on proper dishes again. read more

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Pros: - Extensive menu - Can accommodate large groups - Plenty of parking - Reasonable prices Cons: - Food is not as spicy as I'd expect from a Sichuan restaurant read more

Cheng Du 23 - Seafood Near Me - Wayne, New Jersey

I don't want to sound too over the top, but I think this may be my favorite restaurant in NJ. The food is spicy in that numbing, satisfying way, the portions are big enough to share, and the dining room is lively. This is where I demand we go to eat for my birthday. Sweating my face off here is heaven. read more

Cheng Du 23 - Three Triple Pepper Chicken, Ma Po Tofu - Seafood Near Me - Wayne, New Jersey