Your basic no frills Americanized Chinese restaurant. It's a little dingy looking, as you would expect most of these establishments to be, and they offer your typical Americanized Chinese food menu and par prices for 2025. I ordered a Chicken with Mixed Vegetables Lunch Special with Roast Pork Fried Rice and it came with a drink/soup/egg roll. The Chicken with Mixed Vegetables was what it was. It was nothing extraordinary, but hit the spot if this is what you're craving. One thing that I did not like and, it was sort of my fault, was the bamboo smell and flavor inside of the entree because ... well ... there was bamboo in there, which I should have told them to take out when I ordered it. However, there was plenty of sauce in the entree for me to mix with my fried rice, so that was a major plus. Like I said, it is what is. If you're in the mood for something like this, My China Cafe will hit the spot. read more

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We only know about this place due to a neighbor in our building + our Concierge begrudgingly seconding it + 1 of our parking Valets heaped praise on it also and gave us a menu. It's strange because it is a Chinese restaurant with a full blown Fried Chicken menu as if there were 2 entities in 1 space. We tried this place for the first time this evening. MSG must be a big thing here as EVERYTHING has too much sodium. Egg rolls came out dark which is a clear indication that the deep-frying oil needs to be changed. Chicken w/Garlic Sauce was supposed to be a HOT & SPICY dish...we even requested EXTRA HEAT...it was NOT [threw it in the garbage]! Beef w/Broccoli was OK, with what little beef there seemed to have in it, maybe 10 pieces total. Fried rice was good, the steam pork dumplings was good and the dipping sauce is excellent!. When you walk into a Chinese takeout place and it has plexiglass encasement/shielding separating them from the customer with a microphone for them to place order to the cook, it's either a leftover from Covid phase OR that should tell you everything about the place you ever want to know. Ambiance = "No frills", no care look. I see now why when asking our Concierge if he preferred this over "Dumpling Chinese" [Our #1; other review], he chose the latter. This truly was a "wham bam, thank you ma'am...one and done!" Typical AMERICAN-IZED "Chinese food" restaurant. Phillip & Lisa read more

No frills Chinese restaurant. It has the typical Chinese restaurant options. They charge more for fried rice. The prices are competitive. The General tsos chicken was good and sweet. It could have used a little more spice and a little more broccoli. The service was quick. The restaurant looks a little run down and could use a little renovation. read more

We've ordered from all of the take out Chinese restaurants in our area in the last 15yrs and My China Cafe has been the only constant. From the 1st time til today. The food is not greasy. Not salty. It's Americanized Chinese food. Steve and Jenny is always friendly. They remember my husbands voice. And they always remember our favorite dish hehehe. When we 1st moved to NJ we found them and we've gone down the menu and settled on a few items: Chicken and Tofu in Garlic Sauce is perfect. This is our go to when we just want something quick and inexpensive. I order is enough for us to share. General Tsos Chicken is crispy outside and tender inside with just the right sauce. Singapore Mei Fun is the best around. Fried Rice and Lo Mein are very good. Moo Shu Pork Sometimes you just want the basics :) read more

Seems like there are a lot of hot and cold reviews for this place, so perhaps I ordered at the right time, but I was really impressed with my order here. We ordered close to closing time and got a half fried chicken with vegetable fried rice and buffalo wings with chicken lomein. The half fried chicken was one of the best I've had from a takeout Chinese place. The skin was crisp and the meat was hot and juicy. The chicken seemed to be very fresh since most places you can tell it's old chicken cause the meat is chewy and dry and the skin is way too tough. The vegetable fried rice was loaded with vegetables and the flavor was good. The lomein was also fantastic. The buffalo wings had great buffalo flavor (lots of places really screw up the buffalo flavor) but I think the wings were coated with too much sauce as they lost some crisp during transit. All in all, a great experience and would happily get the half fried chicken here again. read more

Sorry my fellow Foodies who rated My China Cafe with 4 or more stars, I think maybe Covid has removed your taste buds. I waited until my 2nd time ordering food from here to review. #1 message to management : change the frying oil once in a while. SOOO easy to tell when they don't as fried foods come out dark, hard crunchy, and with an odd taste. I ordered the Triple Delight with beef, shrimp, and chicken. greasy mess that you could see the oil. Satay chicken sticks were over cooked, hard on the outside, and greasy dark meat chicken on the inside. Fried pork dumplings had an odd meaty center. I've eaten this type of "fast food"Chinese food for over 35 years at many, many places all over NJ and sorry this is one place that I will just skip a meal before ordering again. read more

My China Cafe - That "sauce" dripping down the bottom of the container is mostly oil - Chinese Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

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Inconsistent!!! Usually very good tasty and fast but when they are off... they are OFF. Can't get better chicken wings from a Chinese restaurant tho. read more

The best Chinese food ever ,love it ,wish they delivered,I work in Paramus and I love eating Chinese food from My China Cafe,please get delivery to the hospital read more

If you love fried chicken then this a spot for sure the actual Chinese food is pretty much comparable to most places

Chinese take out joint with a few surprising authentic dishes. I was feeling some wonton noodle soup on a rainy Saturday, but I wasn't about to drive to Chinatown. Fortunately, i discovered that My China Cafe was still open at 10:30pm, so my friend and I drove over to grab some food. They have a surprising number of authentic Chinese menu items. I ended up ordering the roast pork wonton noodle soup, the West Lake soup, and a few pieces of Magician fried chicken. The roast pork wonton noodle soup was a bit disappointing, since the wontons were typical of other Chinese takeout places and the broth was bland. Price wasn't bad though. The magician fried chicken is skinless fried chicken. Whatever the batter is, it's seasoned well. The chicken is good and it's cheap. West Lake soup is my favorite Chinese soup. Initially, it came with no cilantro, the signature ingredient of the soup. I inquired, and the chef was impressed by my knowledge of traditional Chinese food, stating that the cilantro isn't included by default because many people complain about it. Not a bad spot for late dinner takeout. read more

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I got laid off from my job in Hackensack, which was a few blocks away, in June. I got a new job quickly but they are outside the delivery zone. I'm so sad. My new job is in Oradell. Such bad Chinese food over there. Horrible. I can't take it. I miss My China Cafe tremendously. I might have to stop there soon to just say hi to Jenny and Steve..... obviously while grabbing some of the best take out Chinese in Bergen county. read more

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Ordered delivery for this place. Came in a perfectly timely manner. Ordered chicken and broccoli lunch special with wonton soup, cheese wontons, and homemade ice yea. That Ice yea they make is rocking. I normally never get that from anyway and I'm very happy theirs was delishhh. The chicken and broccoli was good too. Their amount of meat to vegetable to rice was good. Their rice was realllly good. The crab wontons were the only iffy thing. They were way over cooked and barely anything in the inside. Could be made a lot better. They came with plenty so I was upset they all tasted the same. Womp. Deff would try another lunch special from here. read more

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Great food..they get the right every time..so friendly..but the food just the best Chinese food!!!!

My China Cafe is literally the best chinese food place I've found since moving to Hackensack. Their food is always delicious and they always appreciate customer loyalty. Pictured is a savory homemade pastry made by the owner just days after they opened after this pandemic to brighten our day. So sweet! Highly recommend the beef chow ho fun (thick noodles) and their crab rangoon!(and basically everything on the menu as well!) read more

My China Cafe - Homemade pastry - Chinese Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

I ordered general Tao chicken combo. The rice was mushy and tasted of old oil. The egg roll was filled with way more oil and grease than any other Chinese food place I have been to. I called and told them about it and they said if you haven't touched your food we can do something about it. How else would I know the food was horrible if I didn't taste it? Never again. Horrible horrible food. read more

Good chinese food took a lil long on my grub hub order but it was ok got it fresh when it came in. Order the Black Pepper chicken was pretty delicious, pork and scallion steamed dumpling very well made,cheese wonton was good but not like the picture online. I want to say based on pictures alone you gotta be selective when order to avoid that typical chinese food basic taste. I am a fan of this place been here a few times and always enjoy it. Next to try is chicken and broccoli read more

The food is excellent and generous portions. I have had many of their vegetarian options. Love the diet menu tofu and mixed veggies (I use hot sauce), steamed veggie dumplings, and ma po tofu (very spicy). Quick delivery or carryout. read more

Best Chinese Restaurant in area!! Owner is always pleasant and food cooked to perfection. Chicken wings are phenomenal!!!

Ordered from Grubhub. I travel weekly. This is hands down my favorite Chinese ever. Ordered crab Rangoon, it was made with real crab and crab was the main ingredient not the cheese, they added spices too. Usually it's just cheese. Also ordered hot and sour soup. Perfect consistency with a mixture of fresh mushrooms not just button. Hot but not too hot (spicy). Also shrimp egg rolls. Again mostly shrimp not overstuffed with lettuce and sprouts. Quality ingredients cooked just right for everything. If in the area again I will definitely eat from them again. read more

The owner and his wife are very rude and the place is so dirty for a for a goodplace. I wouldn't go again.

Good so far! Lunch delivery took about 40 mins but arrived hot, accurate and fresh. They absolutely use quality ingredients, which makes a huge difference. Limited lunch special menu. They included fortune cookies with lunch which made my coworker's day (seriously, turned his day completely around)! read more

I just moved to Hackensack, and have been ordering from a bunch of random places to find the best of the best. Let me tell ya-- this place is it. I'm pretty picky when it comes to my Chinese food, and when I first tried this place, I texted all my friends to tell them about it and encouraged them to come over and try it. Their chicken and broccoli is the best I've ever had. Their general tso's is filled with flavor and their boneless spareribs are to die for. My friend and I also decided to try their sugar donuts, and upon trying it, I wondered why all Chinese places don't offer this. They're amazing. I encourage every single person to try this place at least once. read more

The food is less than average, I've tasted much better Chinese food. But, more importantly, they're less than honest. If they can get away with it, they'll charge you more than the price listed on the menu. you have to be very careful. I stopped using them for that reason and of course the lesser quality of the food. read more

Amazing food service and staff period. The food is fresh and the way Chinese dishes should be. Never falls short. Always consistent which is super important to me. read more

The owner Steve is charging its customers a delivery charge with out telling them . The menu says WE DELIVER (min10.00) , nothing about a delivery charge its about the principal . I will be contacting the better business burea on this establisment . read more

I always judge a hood Chinese spot by their Orange chicken. This place is very good ! fresh and hot . She puts the competetion prices also for you to see its cheaper. She has her kids reading books n things back there which is really nice read more

I was going to order from King Wok on River Road by Shoprite. Too bad that the don't accept CC, but it made me turn to My China Cafe. I'm glad I did. The fried chicken wings weren't greasy and the food wasn't too salty.Their fried batter on General Tso's chicken was the crispiest I've ever had. It is Chinese food, so it's not going to be healthy, but their food tasted relatively fresher and the ingredients seemed to be better quality than other joints in the area. This place will be my go-to Chinese delivery place from now on. read more

I don't like to give places just one star. I like to think they try and deserve at least two stars, but if i could give this place no star, I most def. would. We ordered take out here - we were fine with the wait (not too long) and staff was friendly. But, the food was just terrible. The Chicken and broccoli was not the best - the rice tasted old and over cooked. The boneless rib tips is what did it to this place. They were just disgusting. (I'm very sorry to have to say that) - The sauce tasted like a blob of ketchup and sugar mixed into it. It was so bad we didn't eat it. We threw it out right away. The rice on this plate was also just terrible. I hope I got them on an off night, but unfortunately, we will not be ordering from this place again! :( read more

Well my husband and i have been on a quest to find chinese food we both like. I read my fellow yelpers reviews for my china cafe and convinced hubby to give them a try. Of note my husband judges a good chinese food place by whether they have fried chicken wings or not (don't ask) and this place does so we called for delivery. We ordered general tso's chicken and chicken and broccoli. The food arrived hot and the portions were a good size. My husband thought the food was bland and lacked flavor. I thought the general tso's was pretty good. I can see what my husband meant regarding the flavor. Most chinese food is salty or has a really thick sauce but this food didn't which i actually liked. We did appreciate the chicken was good quality. so why two stars? my husband found MULTIPLE pieces of hair in his food. for the record my hubby is bald so we know it wasn't self-contamination. one piece of hair i might be able to overlook but three was too much and the rest of the food went into the garbage. alas, the search continues... read more

This is the best Chinese food in my area!! I have ordered from them at least 10 times and have never been disappointed. There food is Great no matter what I order! Great food and accuracy. This is my go to when I want chinese!!- read more

Quick delivery (less than 1/2 hour), fresh food, and we also received free fried cheese wantons probably because they're new. It's too bad they didn't rent out the old "Chicken Magician" space which is still vacant since they shut down. Most people don't go down Linden St so they might have trouble building their customer base. But check it out. read more

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Great food, fast delivery and excellent customer service. Steve & Jenny are awesome, they treat me and my family with respect, they always welcome us with a smile. This is my favorite Chinese food place. read more

None of the cooks and cashier wore a mask. When politely asked about the masks a man replied "If you worry, don't come!" I tried explaining the importance of the mask during this pandemic and the man proceeded to be very rude! will never EVER go back to My China Cafe and i will NEVER recommend anyone ever ordering food from there again!! read more

Friendly Services have been eating here for over 7 years best fried chicken ever love their food fast Services. Had eating their fried chicken house all rices were great homemade ice tea amazing Delivery driver super friendly and fast only thing is I wish I lived closer to it read more

My "go to" choice for Chinese food. Top notch preparation, fresh and top grade ingredients and brought to the door hot and ready to out on the table in first rate containers....the pepper steak with onions, chow meins and sesame chicken are my staples. As good as it gets in an area blessed with very good chinese kitchens.... read more

Good hood china man spare ribs and lo mein are like their best dishes. Always hot and always quick so thats a plus but if you like your food over cooked ita for you...not for me so much only when im in a bind and they are so close to my house read more

Can I do less then one star? I ordered online at 7:30 PM with confirmation. I called 8:30 PM the rude lady says "food is on way." I call back at 9:10 PM "I never receive order". "Do you want food now, we never receive." No I don't want your crappy food with that kind of service try being nicer to customers don't just hang up and not apologize. Avoid at all costs don't treat with any respect. read more

Went in with a special request, not expecting a lot; even with these great reviews here. But yay! They had it: the marvelous Hua Jiao (green peppercorn) that makes everything so tasty and not too spicy (which was actually the chef's work according to my request). He asked why I knew they had Hua Jiao. I said I didn't, but that a friend told me that this place will make their food to your order if you tell them exactly how you want it. I wanted spicy food, but not the red pepper spicy - the Hua Jiao spicy, which I've only been able to find in Edison, where I work. My friend was right, but there was a bit of luck involved because the chef said that they're the only ones that have the Hua Jiao in the area. And the reason they have it is because many students at the nearby Fairleigh Dickenson Univ. are from northern China, where this spice is popular. So I had him put some Hua Jiao in my Beef & Scallion dish, as well as the Mapo Tofu. Boy, were they delicious! I prefer no carrots and green peas in my Mapo Tofu but some ground pork and more scallions, so next time, I'll request as such and I'm sure they will oblige. So my first-time visit went much better than expected and I will definitely go back! Sorry, I don't have any photos because I couldn't wait to taste my food! read more

We love My China Cafe, they deliver and the food is really good. Nothing fancy, just good down home Chinese food. They also like to give you free soda and iced tea if you order alot. read more

My China Cafe is the best Chinese take out around. We order from here almost once a week. It is a family owned business. They are very friendly and will accommodate any food allergies or food preferences. They use great quality ingredients and give you more food than most places do. They always offer a free drink if you order more than one order. The food is always fresh and piping hot. I would recommend eating from here. read more