Very solid Chinese restaurant, and this coming from someone who has lived in China for a few years. If you feel adventurous, ask for the secret Chinese menu. If you find something you like, you can customize too. My friends go crazy for the following: 1. Crispy Shredded Beef Szechuan Style (spicy) 2. Beef noodle soup ($6.95 won't bust your wallet) 3. "Rou Yuan Bai Cai Fen Si Bao" #3 I definitely vouch for, I took a mixed ethnic group of friends here and they all loved it. Now they always get this when they come visit me! To order #3, I would ask for 10 meatballs, white cabbage, and "fence"(~ glass noodles) in a broth. Whip out your Asian accent when pronouncing "fence", with the ending accented. The lady is sure to give you a funny look, but that's really the best part (but she should understand). Or you can write down 肉圆粉丝bao. read more

Sad, because I feel the other Chu's franchises are better than this. The food tastes good, but my meat portion was pretty sad (I had the Tea Sauce Beef), the tea came out cold and we never got a refill. You do get crispy noodles and mustard/duck sauce for the table, at least. Our dinner also came out very quickly. I want to give it two stars but I don't feel my experience was bad enough for that - but there are definitely better places around! read more

Lunch menu review. Awesome prices for chinese food in this area. I come here somewhat frequently for their lunch menu combinations because it cost about $7.99 for the meal plus soup and free wonton strips, you can't beat the price. The food is not overly salty or oily and the healthy options are actually pretty tasty. I prefer the kung pao chicken, its got that extra spice to it sometimes they get a little overboard with all the water chestnuts but still I never eat the whole portion and have left overs for dinner later. Love this place for lunch price and quality. read more

"Chinese nachos", that's all I have to say. No actually it's not really a big deal to me. My fiance however grew up in Bucks County PA where all the Chinese restaurants serve these fried won-tons with duck sauce as a little free appetizer. I'm not from that area originally so I found this practice strange and unusual. Long story short, we moved to the area recently and discovered this little hidden gem with their "Chinese nachos" and she was in heaven which was a win for us. Prices are beyond reasonable for the area; 30 bucks for both of us with 2 dishes and an appetizer. Restaurant is quaint, nicely done and the wait staff was very friendly. I ordered the Hunan chicken, which was very flavorful and perfectly seasoned with the right amount of spice. Often when I've ordered Chinese food I've noticed that anything that says spicy is usually not spicy. This was not the case with Chu's as there was a decent amount of heat with this dish which made me a happy camper. We'll come back here again for sure. read more

Was not happy with Chu's today. New ownership and the food is not as good. My co-workers chicken was not fully cooked, my other co-worker ordered chicken with cashew that had maybe 5 cashews and my General Tso chicken was tasteless. The hard noodles used to be freshly made now they come from a box and when I asked for hot mustard we were handed a bowl of deli mustard. Sadly we won't be going back to a restaurant we have enjoyed for years. read more

My food was not good at all. Since they changed to new management the food quality has definitely gotten worst. My go to is the chicken and broccoli lunch special.The first time I ordered, I could tell the quality of the chicken is less but this time it was absolutely TERRIBLE! I couldn't even eat one piece. It was rubbery and literally dissolved in my mouth, not sure if it was cooked thoroughly or if it's even really chicken. You can definitely tell new management is going the cheaper route when it comes to quality. Plus they forgot to give me my wonton soup and the portion size is smaller. Very disappointing because this place used to have some of the best Chinese food. read more

We have frequented this restaurant a few times in the past few months since we heard new owners took over. We gave this a try as our past experience with the prior owner was not good. We compare Chinese food in NJ to that of the NY Chinatowns (Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn). Yes, we know that is a high bar to past but that is the reason we still venture to the city regularly to get some level of authenticity. So onto our review. Under the new owner, this place has strong promise. Whether sit in (twice) or take-out, service has been good and friendly. It hasn't been crowded in the two times we ate in but I attribute that to possibly not enough advertising that they have switched owners and people having a bad experience with the old owners. It also doesn't help that the name is still the same. As for the food, we have been pleasantly surprised. We generally order appetizers and different noodles and found the taste to be good. They also have a significantly expanded menu of more traditional Chinese entrees (a bit pricey, but worth exploring given the quality and the variety). We certainly hope they do well here in the Hills since we have lacked a good Chinese restaurant for some time and the convenience can't be beat. read more

Standard, average Chinese-American restaurant located conveniently in The Hills. Lunch specials at Chu's are a gem - you get a choice of soup, rice, and entree combo from $5.50 - $7. For this reason, lunch hours are pretty crowded. However, I wouldn't go here for dinner - the menu is overpriced and there are just better options. read more

Always hot and tastes clean. Fried rice is amazing! General Tso/Sesame Chicken stays crispy and always has big chunks of white meat instead of mostly just breading like other places. Can be a bit above average price-wise, though read more

Average Chinese. It used to be better. The Kung Pao chicken did not have a traditional spicy kung pao taste and had an overwhelming amount of celery in it that overpowered all of the other ingredients in the dish. read more

Ordered mapo tofu, hot and sour soup, and garlic crispy chicken. We don't generally like Americanized Chinese food but my wife is pregnant and really craved hot and sour soup. It was sour enough but not spicy enough. Chicken was okay but quite weird... Fried but dipped in soy sauce. Garlic was fried as well but separately from the chicken so all the flavors were distinct. Mapo tofu was sour and it was so bad my wife had to return it. We replaced it with another vegetable dish but guess what, it was trash as well. I'm gonna remember this date every year... Out of the close to 400 reviews I've given on Yelp, this is the very first 1 star read more

Exactly what you would expect out of a Chinese restaurant in a quiet suburban neighborhood in central New Jersey. The service is good enough, the hostess is always friend, but the food is so-so. As far as Chinese restaurants go in this area however, I'd say it's a pretty good deal if you need a quick bite of Chinese food. Nothing to rave about, but also nothing to rant about either. read more

Place is clean. Never really busy and foods your average Chinese nothing amazing here

Excellent authentic food. I think it is delicious and my wife is from Cheng Du, so I can vouch for its authenticity.

I was here for lunch with three others and to say I was disappointed is an understatement. This place looks like it is ready to go out of business and, while I hate to see anyone lose a business, it would be no loss to customers. First, there was no table service and, honestly, most of the tables were dirty. We placed our order and picked one that at least didn't have dirty dishes. But it clearly had not even been wiped. When the server brought our soup with plastic utensils, she did not bring the water we had ordered nor did she bring the additional two placemats we needed. I finally took them off of another table. I had to go back to the counter to ask for the water we had ordered. The four soups were just okay, but at least edible. Then our main dishes arrived. They were, as someone else has written, tasteless and greasy. Not one of us ate more than half of our food. And no one came to the table to check on our water. I have to add that it was very hot in the restaurant so they clearly did not have the AC on even though it is the middle of August. We all agreed that we would never return. There are too many restaurants in the area and this one is terrible. Our advice? Stay away. read more

I've only been here for lunch so that's what the review is based on. Immaculate place. Service is fast and efficient. Lunch is SO CHEAP AND GOOD. Soup, rice, wonton noodles, and choice of entree for less than 8 bucks (depends on what you get). Plus you get a little pot of tea and water. I always get the bean curd and it's very good. I end up paying less for a delicious, high-quality Chinese lunch at a table-cloth restaurant than I would for lunch at Burger King. Strongly recommend. read more

Foods not bad a little pricey , there shrimp dumplings are very good service is attentive . they don't deliver read more

The establishment has changed owners several times, causing the food quality to oscillate between delicious to poor. Unfortunately, the current owners are at the lower end of the spectrum. The food is currently about the quality of what you'd expect from a Panda Express or any fast food equivalent of a good Chinese restaurant. read more

We used to love this restaurant but it changed hands a few years ago. My family ordered after it changed hands and the food was noticeably different than the former owner's. It was mediocre at best. Since we have a shortage of good Chinese restaurants in the area we ordered another meal from them, which was pretty awful. We threw it out and are never going back. read more

Not good not great, got all the chinese food essentials and it was all very low quality and lacked flavor. Go the extra five minutes down the road to Ling Ling for amazing Chinese read more

Used to be a fav when i first moved in 2yrs ago...now its just overpriced for the portion size

My co/workers & I went to Chu's for lunch today. We sat outside in the back. It was 4 of us & did not want to all use our debit cards. Our male co worker had cash & paid the entire bill which was $36.70 he even walked the cash inside . As we were walking to the car , a random waiter who didn't even wait on us ran outside screaming that we didn't pay or give him a tip !!! The audacity, when he wasn't even our waiter !!! So we went back inside to speak to the cashier who still had the cash in her hands, the guy says he going to call the police!! Are you kidding me??!! So we then spotted our waiter, who said something to cashier in they're language & then they apologized!!! I am so disgusted & embarrassed ....this only happened because we're African American in a white neighborhood ! They ARE RACISTS & I WILL NeVER EVER DINE THERE AGAIN!!!!! read more

Great take out place! Food is nice and fresh. Miss Ms. Chu!!!

This use to be my favorite Chinese restaurant, and I've been a regular since they opened... but they have really gone down hill. Servers and hostess are very rude, food has decreased in quality... I'm not going back. We went for lunch, the bill was less than $10 and the server said No credit card under $10, we asked if that was printed anywhere and he said "NO but my boss said it so that's it." It's become a very rude restaurant ! read more

Menu is different online then when you are seated. Servers were too fast to rush to make you order when no one else was there. Hostess was not very pleasant. Food was fairly alright overall. Both dishes we ordered we supposed to be spicy but weren't. Just a meh experience overall. Prob won't return. read more

Service is still good. Food has gone downhill. It has been a few years since eating here due to not living so close anymore but I was in the area so decided to have some of my old favorites. Scallion Pancakes were very greasy and the Shrimp with Walnuts was overcooked. Not sure what has happened but it is not worth going out of my way to what use to be one of my favorites. read more

Excellent food - rude staff!!!! The owner or manager was extremely dry and rude. I went there to order take out

I'll agree with decent and convenient. Its really the only option in the area. The people are great, the atmosphere is great, and the food-- its pretty good. Nothing exciting but its consistent and dependable. You wont have a bad meal here. read more

OK - let me first start by saying that I am pretty confused by this place. Are you a nice sit down chinese restaurant or a take-out? I kind of feel like this place has a bit of an identity crisis and it hurts the place. Even the prices are confused. They are cheap for a sit down meal but super expensive for take-out. On to the food. The food is decent, but you can definitely get better take out in the area and you can also get a better sit down meal. This place is a little off the beaten path for me, so I probably will not return. I am sure it does well based on location alone. read more

Love Chu's Cafe! This is my family's go-to destination for Chinese Food. One of my personal favorites is their sweet and sour chicken. The sweet and sour sauce has a nice blend of sweet and sour flavors. It doesn't taste artificial like some sauces sauces that I have tried. The chicken is also nice and tender and the breading is nice and light. Unlike cheaper places, they mix the chicken in with vegetables (note that you can ask to have no vegetables however). This gives the chicken a nice complimentary taste. My family has also raved about the beef dishes as well as the egg rolls. Rice is normal. It is not dry and not overcooked. The one complaint is that the price here is somewhat high, however one must realize where it is located. Since it is in the Hills, they know they can charge higher prices. That said, I think it has a higher quality to it than other Chinese places I've been to. They have a nice dining area. I cannot comment on it since I haven't sat down there. read more

I ordered General Tso's chicken. Upon tasting it was awful. It tasted like it was made about 6 hours or more earlier. Very little chicken actually present, tasted like pieces of gristle. Mostly breading in dish. I'll never order from this place again. read more

Chu's Cafe is in the middle of the Hills and its a very Americanized Chinese restaurant. While they do have specials for the Chinese, their food is a bit expensive. It is decent portioned and their food is pretty good. However, the space is a bit cramped. I normally only come here with family on occasion, but considering the lack of Chinese food options in this area, its okay. read more

Not sure how you can give this place negative reviews! The food is very good and the portions are exactly what you find at any Chinese restaurant. Staff is very friendly and they always get my takeout order right! read more

Chu's Cafe has pretty good Chinese food. The restaurant is spacious and clean and the wait staff are pretty nice.

Very overpriced Chinese food. Nothing special for the money. I think they use MSG as I had a monster headache after having dinner here. I will not be returning. read more

What a disappointment. Tonight was our first visit since the new management took over. Our first and last visit. The food quality was for below that which we experienced in the past. The vegetable dumplings had some soft mush inside them, and they were understuffed and terribly undercooked. The moo shu had little flavor, and the chicken with garlic sauce was EXTREMELY greasy. Sad to see a good restaurant go this direction under the new management read more

I go here mostly for lunch on weekdays. Love their lunch specials. Can get busy at times. Ventilation seems to be a bit of an issue and it gets stuffy in there. But good food, clean interiors, quick and courteous service and good VFM. read more

This used to be our favorite Chinese restaurant for take out. The last two times were not so good. Going to have to find some place else.

Great food, good service, AWESOME pricing. Great traditional Americanized Chinese dishes. Will definitely visit again.

Unfortunately this isn't the Chu's Cafe of a few years ago. I would have told you this was the "cleanest" food in the area and they always were able to accommodate the requests for gluten-free options. I just wouldn't trust it now. Chu's has now become a run-of-the-mill Chinese restaurant, and while that isn't bad, it's also no longer special. We're on the search for a new place after more than 10 years of and that's probably the most telling statement I can make about the new owners. read more