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May Jen

3.7 (73 reviews)
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Closed • 12:00 pm - 9:00 PM

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David K.

This is one of my favorite places to have lunch or dinner at when I'm near Buffalo. Its been far too long since I've been here. It's a cozy little place; warm and welcoming. Lunch prices are very affordable, in fact, cheaper than a lot of places that I've been too. Lunch meals include a soup, and white or fried rice. It's a good size portion, its sure to fill you up. Service was wonderful. He was very helpful and we had a few good conversations with him. I highly recommend May Jen. They've been in the community for over 40 years.

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Phil V.

Glad to see May Jen is back! Best chinese food in Buffalo imo, everything is homemade and delicious, go for the ginger garlic chicken and the thai basil fried rice, other favorites are any of the dumplings and the lo mein

pork egg roll!
Gunlord 5.

Very nice ambience and the food is excellent. A bit more expensive than other Chinese places in the area tho.

Hot and sour soup
Tina H.

The place is small, but can seat about 50 people. Lunch time was busy and the one man serving/ hosting kept a happy demeanor, even as he ran around. The hot and sour soup is not super spicy and has a little heat on the back palette from the red pepper flakes. The crab rangoons come with a peanut soy sauce that actually tastes better than the normal orange gloop sauce most places serve them with. The General Tso's chicken has a tangy sauce that's not super spicy, and it is liberally slathered over the dish with a large portion of rice to accommodate all the chicken. The chicken was over the top breaded and actually had chicken in them!! A welcome surprise. I enjoyed this meal very much and hope others will look past the unappealing exterior to find this gem

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Golden Hill Asian Cuisine - C49. Orange Chicken on the provided white rice, with an egg roll and crab rangoon on our plate at home.  Delicious

Golden Hill Asian Cuisine

4.3(78 reviews)
2.2 mi

Finally had the chance to dine in. Walked in at 1:45pm on a Monday and there was soft music playing…read morein the dining room. I was seated and immediately served complimentary tea, and fried wontons with sweet and sour sauce. I ordered the Kung Pao lunch special which comes with a choice of egg roll or soup, and white or vegetable friend rice. I chose the wonton soup and fried rice, and I ordered an egg roll as well. The egg roll came out quickly, and the lunch special was served right when I finished that. The food was good and the dish was spicy (Kung Pao is supposed to be spicy but it never is-- not for me) and the service was polite. When the check came it was accompanied by a plate with two slices of orange and a fortune cookie. The only thing I didn't like about the visit was that there was an advertisement for a big commercial law firm on the back of the fortune slip and the "lucky number" was the phone number. I thought that was tacky. I walked out at 1:15pm. Great, quick lunch.

Nice people, good food, pleasant atmosphere: because I can never decide which is more important,…read morethey are equally important factors when rating a restaurant. Golden Hill has all three. And a lunch menu. Wow! I just gave my receipt another look and the people are nicer than I thought. I thought they were pleasant, friendly, happy we were there, concerned that we would enjoy our visit. The lunch menu offerings were each $10.95 and included eggroll OR soup, and white or vegetable fried rice. Daughter ordered the Eggplant in Garlic Sauce with eggroll and white rice, plus an appetizer order of steamed dumplings. I ordered Eggplant with Pork in Garlic sauce with eggroll and white rice, plus a small bowl of Hot and Sour Soup. The soup on the appetizer menu was $3.95. My receipt shows the server put the soup as my lunch choice and charged $2.95 for the eggroll. She never said a word, didn't point out that I could save a dollar by switching the sides around. So the people are all I thought plus kind and conscientious. Marvelous. I was delighted with everything I ate. The entree was enough for two, so supper came home with me. The eggroll was fresh and crisp and non-greasy, seemed homemade. Excellent. The eggplant was perfectly prepared and cooked, as was the pork. Delicious. The hot and sour soup was easily one of the best I've had, and I'm always looking for a great hot and sour soup. Coming from downtown Buffalo, we'd been in Williamsville because I had an appointment on Essjay Rd. Afterward, we looked for a place to have lunch before shopping. Finding Golden Hill at 4001 Sheridan Dr. in Amherst was pure serendipity. You can bet, though, that I will visit again after next appointment.

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Golden Hill Asian Cuisine - Exterior, in a modest little mall, plenty of free parking

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Exterior, in a modest little mall, plenty of free parking

Mahar Moe

Mahar Moe

4.4(60 reviews)
3.2 mi

Listen... I'm pregnant and I've been craving Chinese food and I finally tried this place.. CHANGED…read moreMY LIFE!!! When they rang me up I thought it was pricey for some "average" Chinese takeout , but now this is my NEW and ONLY spot I'm going to go to! We fed our family of 5 with the sesame chicken, veggie lo mein, egg rolls and spring rolls, PLEASE try this placewhoever was cooking last night must've been upset about something cause they put their WHOLE FOOT in this food but on a serious note I'm impressed and I NEVER leave reviews but if someone asks about Chinese food recommendations-I'll show em y'all's way

Ordered takeout. I don't like to rate restaurants on takeout, because it's never as good as…read moresit-down, but here I am anyway. The cashier was a little gruff, but the woman running back and forth between the kitchen and the front had a better business sense about keeping customers happy. She didn't want me to wait long, so I think she rushed the kitchen a little bit, which I appreciated, but also may have led to some of the demerits on the food I mention below. I was happy to see one dish I ordered, the pig intestine with fish, on their picture board above the cash registers. That gave me confidence that they knew what they were doing and it was the best dish by far out of the three I ordered. The intestine was fresh and flavorful, the spice level was high, but also not too salty. It was a lot of food. Only drawback here was the fish (tilapia?) seemed to be heavy on the breading. The other two dishes were disappointing. Penang curry with pork had good vegetables, but the sauce had too little flavor since they went too heavy on the coconut milk. The pork seemed like chicken, not pork. Way too soft and flavorless. The Singapore Chow Mei Fun had good noodles and veggies. But the curry powder was not blended in. Eating it, I could still feel it in powder form. It was also far too oily. Overall, I think they had a lot of options but next time I'd steer more towards classic Chinese, since that seems to be what they do well. I hope next time the flavors will be stronger and blended better (i.e. powders actually stirred in). I'm willing to give them another chance, since they do have a lot of dishes I like. Last note: the online ordering service does not indicate that dishes come with rice. I thought they would have rice by default, but then when I added the penang curry to my cart, it asked whether I wanted rice or noodles or something else. So that made me think I had to order rice separately, which meant I had twice as much rice as I needed. It also said "quart of white rice" was sold out, but "pint of white rice" was not, yet the rice that came with my meal came in a quart container.

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Crystal Asian Cuisine - Pork belly skewer.

Crystal Asian Cuisine

4.1(124 reviews)
0.5 mi
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I'm so freaking happy! I had never heard of Crystal Asian Cuisine before last night. We stumbled…read moreacross them because it was pretty late for dinner and our regular Chinese food place was closed. Crystal stays open until 1 am! They open at 4 pm, just an fyi. We got a bunch of stuff and everything was delicious. Literally the best beef lo mein I've had since I moved here six years ago. I've been just settling with it at other places so this was an exciting discovery! We also ordered sesame shrimp. It wasn't like other sesame dishes we've gotten. It was a pink sauce that was similar to sweet and sour, but it was very good and the shrimp were large and plump and cooked perfectly. We tried their fried dough just on a whim and it's like nothing I've had before... it's a nice little add on for $3.50. They have American Chinese and also authentic dishes, which is fun. Prices are in line with other Chinese food restaurants and portions are pretty generous. We'll definitely be back...like, hopefully very soon!

When you pull up to the restaurant, it doesn't look like much. You might even think it's closed (I…read moredid). But go inside and enjoy some delicious Chinese food and extremely reasonable prices. The service is friendly and super fast, and the portions are huge. I only had their American style Chinese food, but they also had a large menu of authentic Chinese cuisine on the weekend. The interior is simple but very clean, with lots of booths. I highly recommend Crystal Asian for great Chinese food!

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Crystal Asian Cuisine - Sesame chicken

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Crystal Asian Cuisine - Beef lo mein. So good, my favorite in Buffalo so far!!

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Beef lo mein. So good, my favorite in Buffalo so far!!

May Jen - chinese - Updated May 2026

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