They usually do a good job, their hot and sour soup didn't have much flavor the last time I tried it but I do enjoy the egg rolls and most entrees. read more

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Our favorite local Chinese place! My favorite part is honestly that they have online ordering. And my family orders like 10 things each time and have never had a miss. The orders are always accurate. Food is good, prices average. Definitely will keep returning. read more

Empire Wok in Delmar, NY is a great place traditional Chinese take out and has a huge variety of plant-based options. When you arrive in the restaurant they have two menus on the counter, one regular menu and one "Vegetarian menu". I have looked at the ingredients of many of the vegetarian options because they post the packaging of many of the products on the wall and for the most part it all looks vegan friendly though they advertise it as vegetarian. We enjoy the Veggie BBQ Pork with vegetables, Vegetable Lo Mein, Vegetable Fried Rice, Veggie Sesame Chicken, and Vegetable Egg rolls. With so many options on the menu we will continue to try new items. read more

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I love Empire Wok and their Vegetarian/Vegan menu. I always get a lunch special or special veggie combo. Everything is always really tasty and hot. Service is typically reasonable when calling ahead and even walk in. Typical hole in the wall spot. Definitely one of my faves. read more

Empire Wok - Veggie Chicken Broccoli W. Garlic Sauce & Vegetable Roast Pork Fried Rice w a Vegetable Roll (All Vegan) - Chinese Near Me - Delmar, New York

So I ordered some food last night for the first time from this place and I was not repressed at all everything was dry the chicken wings were burnt the fried rice was burnt they could have done a lot better but I will give them a try again in the near future and hopefully that time I experience will be a lot better read more

The Food was good but the shrimp fried rice needed more shrimp. The service was quick as well.

I love the food! My favorite is their shrimp egg foo young. It's always hot and fresh! My grandson loves their chicken lo mein and their pork fried rice. read more

I went here for the first time in around 2 years. It was my go to spot for pretty much all of growing up. But in my opinion the quality has somewhat went down a bit. I ordered the Sesame Chicken and Fried Rice combo. It wasn't bad, but the sauce on the sesame chicken was incredibly sweet. Kind of a bit too sweet for me. They also drowned the chicken in the sauce. The fried rice was definitely pretty good. I would say probably some of the best you could find compared to other similar Chinese places in the area. The Egg Roll was very good, cooked to perfection and tasted incredibly fresh. I also purchased the Fried Dumplings. These I think are not very good whatsoever. They had a really thick wrapping on it, and the meat inside was almost flavorless. The sauce that came with the dumplings was very good and did improve the flavor of the dumplings overall. I would say it's worth the shot, but I wouldn't say that it would be your favorite location to hit up frequently. I do however think I will be back to try some other food at some point. read more

Great vegetable menu and fast service. If you are looking for a Chinese restaurant that has a solid variety of vegetable items that are vegetarian friendly but also compatible to traditional dishes like sweet and sour chicken, beef and broccoli and so on than this is a great little place. Prices are fair and even better, the speed of preparation is fantastic. They usually have the food ready within 10 minutes. Every time I have called in a order for pickup from five minutes away and driven there the food is already ready. read more

Ordered 3 different meals (chicken with cashew, chicken and broccoli, and Szechuan chicken) and they used the same exact sauce for all 3. When I first opened the bag I thought they gave us 3 of the same meals but the ticket read differently and they threw some cashews on top of one of them. They all tasted same- very bland and plain. Don't recommend any of those meals. read more

An ENTIRELY vegetarian menu! It's been a long time since I've been able to order all of my favorite Chinese dishes, but enter Empire Wok to change my life. Chicken, pork, beef, and even seafood can be ordered vegetarian using products made from wheat gluten. Big fan of their "pork" fried rice! Can't thank this place enough for making all of their dishes accessible to people who prefer plant-based eating! read more

This is a small take out store. Price is very reasonable, portions are good. The quantities of meat and vegetables are adequate. Unfortunately, the taste is very bland. Even the hot and spicy dishes are very bland. It will be good place for a takeout lunch but not great for a take out dinner with family and friends. read more

Great for veggie-heads!!! I'm not vegetarian nor vegan, but they have this veggie stuff down. I order the veggie chicken plates all the time. My only issue in the past was trying to find their vegetarian menus online. Last night I finally snagged the special menu to make sure the Internet world could discover the glory that is this supposed hole in the wall... But secretly a veggie Mecca. read more

Empire Wok - Vegetarian menu - Chinese Near Me - Delmar, New York

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Empire Wok is a small Chinese takeout restaurant offering a good "vegetarian style" Chinese menu with mock meat (chicken, beef, pork) dishes/items and the standard Chinese menu as well. The place is very small which is order at the counter with open kitchen and limited seating for eating in. I stopped in here for lunch takeout recently and decided to order off the Vegetarian Menu. I got the Lunch Special K3 Vegetable Chicken with Garlic Sauce ($5.50 plus tax) served with Vegetable Pork Fried Rice & Vegetable Egg Roll, My order was hot & ready in about 10 minutes. The main dish had a mix of broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, baby corn, peppers, onions, and soft mock chicken in a sweet garlic sauce. The fried rice (gold yellow color) had a mix of carrots, peas, and soft pieces of mock pork. The egg roll was a light and crisp, filled with shredded cabbage and seasonings. The good lunch size portion of food overall was hot and tasty and price reasonably. My vegetarian peeps can go ahead and enjoy good "Veggie" Chinese food from Empire Wok without any guilt. read more

The best vegan Chinese food of all time!!! It is honestly kind of a drive from my new apartment but I still find a reason to head that way for their amazing food. I love the sweet & sour "chicken" but all the lo meins, rice and egg rolls are to die for read more

Empire Wok In Delmar. I have been ordering from them since I bought my house, 2011. Minimum $25-30 each time. Today it was gonna be closer to $50 bc I was celebrating my new eyes and was going to order everything I wanted. I asked if they'd be willing to give me $5 off since I order at least once a week and spend quite a bit of money all the time. You'd think I asked for a first born. They were rude and said no and lied and said owner wasn't there and I said you are willing to give up a LOYAL customer! Fuck the $5! They were INSTANTLY WILLING to throw me away. Shame on them. read more

I decided to order pork fried rice and ribs. The rice was so good and ribs needed to be a little more juicer and it would've been all good. Service was fast, I was told ten minutes and it was exactly ten minutes when it was done. Price was decent no complaints. read more

Empire Wok - Pork fried rice and boneless ribs - Chinese Near Me - Delmar, New York

The entire veg menu is allegedly vegan (I took them at their word)! I haven't had vegan Chinese food this good since I lived in DC! This is the best meal I've had in a very long time. I can't stop eating it! I got the orange beef (nice peppery taste and right level of sweetness), chicken on a stick appetizer (good but needs a sauce), and pork fried rice (don't love the pork buy otherwise it's good). Good portion sizes. Price is reasonable for excellent vegan food. I don't live in this area but if I did, I would eat here once a week! read more

If you are a Vegetarian you must make a trip to Delmar. Empire Wok is a small run of the mill Chinese restaurant. It is made up of mostly kitchen and they don't really have much space to sit and eat there but what they do have is an separate and extensive Vegetarian menu. Most Chinese restaurants will have a vegetable portion of their menu with some bean curd options but this is the only Chinese restaurant in the area that I know of with mock meats. Vegetarian Pepper Steak, General Tso Chicken, and Pork Fried Rice. Four stars for Vegetarian options! read more

Vegetarian options for Chinese food!!!! Very clean place and food is great! :) people are very friendly. I will go back again! read more

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Great alternative "meat" selections for all the vegans/vegetarians. You can order all your favorites like General Tso's chicken or Chicken and Broccoli. Nice change of pace from tofu and veggies that most Chinese places offer. And they have a separate menu with meat as well so everyone is happy. read more

Another mediocre Chinese restaurant in Delmar. Slightly better quality food than Great Wall. Will deliver and will take a credit card so that's a plus. The egg rolls are smaller than any other Chinese restaurant I've ever been to - more like spring roll size. See my pictures of the sesame shrimp which was pretty much sweet and sour shrimp with some sesame seeds sprinkled on top. I've never had the "sesame" preparation like this before. It was disappointing and deceiving. The shrimp were tiny and smothered in too much batter. General Tsao chicken, shrimp toast, pork fried rice are all decent. read more

Empire Wok - Sesame shrimp - Chinese Near Me - Delmar, New York

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Very disappointed, chicken dry and over cooked,shrimp Lo mein tasted old like it was someone's else's leftover shrimp was tough and rubbery, cabbage and carrots smelled sour. Couldn't eat none of it. Didn't call to fix because I was scared they would do something to the food. Im will never order from here again. This is way I don't order out. I either see my food prepared read more

The chop suey with fake roasted pork was better than I imagined. Chunks of veggies, lettuce, thick saucy consistency and fake hammy like meat product that did not look too much like meat. One star down because the veggie egg roll was underwhelming. That egg roll was a lot of roll with bland and minimal filling. As reviews have stated before- the kitchen is pristine. The condiments are on the bar for you to choose. I like this. It prevents me from finding a leaking condiment package at the back of my fridge in two years. I will be back again and again. read more

Food is great and they always get it to us really quickly. Great prices considering the food quality. I usually get delivery, but last time I went in to pick up and the restaurant is very clean. I really like Empire Wok, I just wish they had bourbon chicken :-) read more

This is the best Chinese food we have had since relocating to Albany & we have tried many. The selection - both regular and vegetarian - is wide & having tried so many dishes - everything is done very well. Their vegetarian menu is terrific - give it a try -- you will be very happy. Also, these guys make the best lo meins/mei funs/chow funs and their vegetable dishes, especially the green bean selections, are perfect. Don't miss out! (PS Empire gives coupons on every order form: the more money you spend, the better the coupon you can use. Very Generous!) read more

I can only echo and strengthen the reviews found below: if you are looking for vegetarian Chinese food, look no further. Before I became a vegetarian, I absolutely loved Chinese takeout. Since making the switch, it is constantly making me jealous. Every time I smell a friend's Chinese food, then remember that basically all I can order at many Chinese places is vegetable lo-mein, I think, "am I REALLY that committed to this vegetarian thing, anyway?" Luckily, I have been able to fend off the temptation to devour several orders of sesame chicken and then cry myself to sleep, mourning the loss of all morals and values I previously held dear. But the time was coming, so Empire Wok was a real savior. Now I can order Chinese (pretty much anything on the menu), eat it, and go to bed a happy man with my set of morals still in tact. I'd say that deserves 4 stars (plus, the food is good, cheap, and ready in 10 minutes). Struggling vegetarians, fear the smell of general tso no longer! Just take the drive into Delmar, stop at Empire Wok, and be free! read more

Very disappointed. Advertising as a vegetarian Chinese Restaurant they really should be more careful.- my to go order of tofu and vegetables with vegetable fried rice was not correct or vegetarian. I received pork- lots of it- in my rice and vegetables and the tofu was slimy. Please be more careful! read more

I'm in the area for a couple days, and found this place. It was great. This is the best vegan Chinese food I've had in years. General Tso's "Chicken" was excellent; "beef" with mushrooms was excellent; the "beef sticks" were yummy. I don't know where they get their fake meats but they're wonderful. Keep in mind they're takeout only -- we went there thinking there was a table or two we could use but no, they're takeout only. read more

The only place I get take out Chinese food from in Delmar! Inexpensive and delicious!

I often order from this place I think there food is great. Tonight I order something new, I asled for the 21 shrimp figured it is easy to share. I was expecting breaded shrimp, I was not expecting the sweet and sour shrimp w/o the sauce. Just dry shrimp. at $6.25 I thought I would at least get the 21 shrimp I ordered nope about 12. I drove back and explained politely that it was my first time ordering this and I was not expecting what I got, I asked if I could get something else. I did not asked for my money back. The owner of the store was visibly upset and told me "you are wasting my food, you know this is what you ordered and you are wasting my food!" His reaction as horrible. He proceed to slam things around and began to rant. I apologized, and explained that I ordered $20 worth of food and out of what I ordered this was not was I was expecting. He did not want to hear it and walked off. After giving me $4.50 worth of chicken wings and saying God know what about me. I asked him if I could speak to him. I explained that I order from here all the time and while I understand his frustration it is not okay to treat people the way he was treating me. He looked at me said "I'm done I don't have to listen to you, I'm not listening to this" then proceended to grab is jacket and coffee and left the store. I was shocked. I asked the other man at the counter where is the owner he said that was the owner. As I was telling the guy at the counter that this is terrible customer service and all I wanted was for them to not treat people this way, that ordered something I did not like and am willing excepting something so of lesser value because I normally like the food. The guy siad but you order it. Before I could finish my sentence an older women come up and asked what I am saying then proceeds to take out $2 threw it at me like a dog and told me to get out. I told the man you can not treat people like dirt. I could not believe it. I will never go there again. And will tell everyone who will hear it this experience. read more

This place is great! It really had a nice selection. Very clean and very courteous employees. I can't wait to go here again! The price was also very reasonable. read more

God awful food, never had mo go gi pan made this way, trash, pan fried wonton with garlic sauce, trash, pork with vegetables trash, egg rolls, trash, close to $20.00 and in the trash, And to boot, soooo rude! Never again, never ever! read more

Difficult to expand further on what has already been a growing chorus of opinion, but I must agree that Empire Wok provides excellent dishes for vegetarians seeking protein/low-fat, an alternative to a veggie burger, and unpretentious pricing. read more

My absolute go-to place to get Chinese food. I highly recommend their general Tao chicken with all white meat. I could eat it every day

Wide variety of vegetarian options, clean kitchen, delicious food. I wish communication was little better.

I suggest yelpers to stay away from this place. The guys at the register have a communication problem. Not worth the effort arguing with them about a misunderstood phone order. They were also selective about where they can deliver. I'm left to wonder how they can stay in business. read more

Love this place. Large vegetarian menu with mock meat. Especially delicious is the Vegetarian Sesame Chicken (seitan). I don't know that you will find a better Chinese vegetarian menu in the capital district. And it is delicious. It's pretty much for take out, but there are a few tables. read more

Nice to see that some people have had a wonderful Empire Wok experience. You couldn't pay me to go back, and I live in the neighborhood. I have been to this place twice. The first was not memorable. On my second time there, I ended up returning a $12 takeout order. Not only was it greasy but they also left out an item. Besides not refunding my money, they were extremely rude (so much for courteous employees). As far as I am concerned, these people have never heard of customer service. And I guess they thought it was okay that I wasted my time and the gas in my car to drive back down there. Overall, I was not angry about the experience. On the contrary, I have to say, I was the lucky one not to have put that mess in my body. Gold Coin offers much healthier fare. read more

Tried Empire Wok yesterday for lunch based on other Yelp reviews which were very positive. Was disappointed. Portion size was great and well priced--ordered Crab Rangoons (about $4) and Sesame Chicken lunch ($6). Rangoons were good--crispy, a little greasy, and not a whole lot of filling, but certainly ok. Sesame chicken came with a large portion of rice and a can of soda, but chicken was not terribly flavorful and several pieces were quite tough with pieces of un-chewable grizzle. With other options for Chinese take-out in the area, not sure I will try this place again. read more