Solid takeout option with fresh veggies and flavorful sauces. It looks a bit run down on the outside and worn on the inside but the food we ordered was excellent as far as takeout goes. This is not fancy, fusion, gourmet, or elevated cuisine but it's damn delicious and they don't hold back on spicy so be warned that the Szechuan dishes have a hell of a kick! read more

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I ordered here to go for the first time as I was in town for work. I ordered the crab cheese, wontons, the shrimp, toast, the wonton soup, and the bbq pork mei fun. Everything was delicious. The crab cheese wontons were crispy and flavorful, and although the shrimp toast was a little bit overcooked, it was still very good. The wonton soup had decent flavor, and the barbecued pork mei fun was very good. The only exception to my order was I asked for no onions and my mei fun still had onions in it. Overall, I will definitely order from here again if I am in the area for work. read more

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Lovely family owned business who has consistently great food. Pork dumplings are some of the best I've had in the area

Food is consistently good. I usually get moisture. Today 1st time i ever ordered moo goo gai pan. Very good tender chicken and tasty fried rice.irz good for take out. I did eat inside at lunch and brought home egg food young for my hubby. Seating is basic and it's warm in hot weather. read more

I ordered different Chinese dishes since this place was close to the hotel that we were staying at.

Very good. First time and was skeptical but the reviews weren't lying. Food is great. Ordered pork fried rice with roast pork and veggies cooked soft and white rice with broccoli in brown soft cooked soft with two rolls. Was good! read more

I ordered from Royal Chef for the first time tonight. I ordered shrimp and broccoli in brown sauce and a spring roll. There is a $15 minimum order for delivery, so I ordered an additional two spring rolls and a diet coke. The order was delivered quickly; the delivery person was respectful and pleasant, and the food was delicious. It was hot, perfectly prepared--the broccoli and shrimp could be cut with a fork--they were tender and not under - or over-cooked. The spring rolls were crispy and tasty! I'll definitely order from them again! read more

Food is always good here, and usually fresh. We order delivery quiet often. Prices are not bad either read more

Called in for lunch special takeout. They provided the food in a 2-section container. The rice was on the much larger main dish side and the main dish was on the much smaller side dish side. Cmon man...For $14 don't waste your $ read more

BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT IN EWING! I'm from New York and it was so hard to find a good Chinese restaurant. But once I tried Royal Chef, there was no going back. Fast delivery and exceptional service. Definitely recommend. read more

Yes, I get Chinese food is not meant to be mind blowing, but this is below mediocre. I came here for lunch and ordered General Tso Chicken that swam in a puddle of oil in my styrofoam plate. If I am eating artery clogging food, I don't want to see the oil ooze out of it. My rice was lackluster as well. And as a lover of egg rolls, I also would like my egg rolls to have more than just boiled cabbage in them. And please, do fry them til they are crispy loaves of heaven, do not give me soft, anemic looking ones. I will not be returning, nope, not even drunk. read more

Royal Chef - My healthy chix and broccoli in a pool of oil. Yuvk! - Chinese Near Me - Ewing, New Jersey

The first time I had their chicken I fell in love. I just ordered it again for the second time and but into something oddly hard. Not entirely sure what it is but it's some sort of thing small metal string. Afraid to keep eating my chicken now. read more

Royal Chef - Chinese Near Me - Ewing, New Jersey

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Royal Chef is much bigger inside than it appears from outside. There are actually ten tables for dining in, so it is more than just a takeout joint. I stopped in for a late lunch and ordered from the lunch menu (General Tso's Chicken, Fried Rice, Broccoli with a bowl of Wonton Soup). The soup was actually the strongest part of the lunch. The chicken consume base was tasty, and the wontons, although somewhat thick skinned, actually had a decent flavor, too. The general's chicken was a large mound of amber glossed bird nuggets. About half of them were the right texture and taste, while the others were either too thickly skinned, or too crunchy to enjoy. Could not always taste the meat within. The fried rice was a large helping with adequate veggies to keep it interesting. Of course, the broccoli florets were there for decoration more than consumption. The meal was just okay overall. I appreciated that there was a dining room where I could sit and eat lunch. It would have been even better if they used real plates and flatware, rather than styro and plastic, and a take out container for the soup. Service was provided by the cashier who was attractive and pleasant to all customers. The sign out front is worn and faded, and could use a little TLC to keep the shop from looking worse than it is. A little fresh paint and relettering would make China Chef a more upbeat place to chow down (no pun intended). read more

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Food is okay but for lunch you get a lot of rice and a small portion of the entree. Staff friendly.

They just hung up on me. I ordered at 9pm, it's 9:45 and I still don't have my food. This is not ok, the food is for kids who played a late game (double header). It shouldn't take this long, this late. They should have given me a heads up, I would have picked up (after driving 4 hours today). Awful read more

I love this restaurant ! The portions are big and cheap . Most importantly all of the foods are super delicious ! I ordered chicken wings , chicken broccoli , spare ribs and sesame chicken . Also, People there are super friendly ! ! read more

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Solid Chinese American food with fast delivery. Everything we order has been tasty and hits the spot. Some favorites so far have been crab rangoon, cold sesame noodles w/spicy sauce on the side, kung po shrimp. read more

Pork with garlic sauce was very tasty, a bit spicy than I am use to (but in a good way) and with plenty of pork. Pizza roll was good. Singapore Mei Fong was tasty. Crab rangoons were typical, perhaps slightly sweeter. Food was delivered when expected. read more

Great chicken wings and fried rice. My go to for Chinese food when in the Ewing area.

i just move to Ewing for a couple months. i had done so many different restaurant already. Finally i found this place. i love this place，the staff was so friendly and nice. The food taste good，and better than most of the restaurant. i guess it was the best chinese food in this town. Thanks god！ i didn't have to drive about one hour to get the food in my old place i was usually go！highly recommend the General Tso chicken in this place！ that was amazing！！ read more

Meh. Semi-decent enough chinese food take-out. We ordered wonton soup, eggrolls, Garlic Chicken, and Beef Lo Mein. The soup was lackluster, and the broth-to-wonton ratio was terrible (like 12 wontons and 3 scoops of broth); unfortunately that's always the case in my experience with chinese take-out, so it's more or less innocuous. Eggrolls were delicious! Fry enough dough and I'll probably tell you it was well-done! My qualm lays mostly with the chicken dish; it was served with vegetables (carrots, celery, mushrooms) that were VERY crunchy (okay, points here for using fresh veggies...) and flavorless, the mushrooms tasted like they were added in half a minute before being put in the container (IE like nothing.) The dish just didn't work. The food was harmless enough, but definitely not exciting. On the plus side, we ordered through Grubhub, the delivery was ontime (projected an hour, and showed up in exactly an hour). I probably won't order from here again just because it was nothing to write home about. And thus continues the hunt for good chinese take-out. read more

I was having one of those nights again where I went far too long without eating (~4 hours which is detrimental for me) and I made some bad food choices. When I say bad, I mean not healthy. Luckily, I can always count on Royal Chef to provide me with my delightful bad food choices! My husband and I ordered they're delicious wonton soup, fried chicken wings w/ pork fried rice, and their lo mein with fried rice. Everything was flavorful and not heavy, as usual. However, I do want to comment on their fried rice. It did not taste freshly made. It was as if a big batch was made a few days ago and it was reheated and served to us. It's not going to prevent me from going to Royal Chef in the future but I will say that I won't be ordering fried rice from them anymore! All in all, a great unhealthy meal! read more

We ordered lunch with work and it was below mediocre. I ordered General Tso's Chick with "Pork" fried rice. The chicken was ok, they rice doesn't look anything like the pictures online and there's very little pork in there. I tried it a few years ago and didn't like it but thought i'd give it another try and it still disappoints. The only good thing about it was since I didn't finish the rice, I saved a few calories! read more

I like going here for lunch. Nothing particularly great about it but they add the right amount of grease, MSG, sodium and sugar to make any meat delicious. Their home made iced tea tastes just like Lipton powdered iced tea but it's still good. Good change up from the 2 million sub shops within this town. read more

Royal Chef - Bourbon Chicken lunch special - Chinese Near Me - Ewing, New Jersey

I live very far away from any Chinese restaurant so I was happy, while traveling, to be staying so close to Royal Chef. It seemed to get decent reviews so I decided to check it out. Unfortunately, I was greeted by a rude person at the front counter. Normally I would have just said thanks and walked out, but I was hungry and didn't feel like searching for another Chinese restaurant. My main entre was meh. The chicken fingers were good, but halfway through them I looked into the finger and found something black. I pulled it out and couldn't tell if it was: a mouse turd, a booger, or a bug. I didn't feel like confronting them about it so I pushed everything aside and went about my way. Not sure if it's all in my head or not, but my stomach does not feel so good right now. read more

Watch out No. 1 China.. Theres a new ballgame in town! Friends recommended Royal Chef so we tried out their chicken & broc in garlic sauce and their orange chicken. Wow delicious!! Fresh, plump cuts of chicken! Masterfully cooked broccoli.. Highly recommend this spot for your Chinese food needs!! I'm looking forward to eating more stuff from their menu. They also have a very impressive website for a Chinese restaurant. read more

Simply the best Chinese food spot in the local area. Standout dishes are the chicken broccoli, the egg roll and the steamed shrimp and mixed veggies with garlic sauce on the side (spicy but yummy). Our family are definitely regulars there. read more

Royal Chef has continuously been one of the best Chinese Takeouts in Ewing. They have been around for suuuuuper long and it is obvious why. The food is tasty, the portions are generous, plus it is owned by a really nice family. Honestly you get the best bang for your buck here. read more

I ordered pork fried rice and received a carton of hot salt; I'm struggling to identify a flavor. There were a million chefs working hard but no one else was waiting for food besides me. My salt bomb was brought to me quickly but I couldn't possibly eat it. Disappointed; I went out of my way to eat there :( read more

Royal Chef - Pork fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Ewing, New Jersey

Very bland flavorless food. No real authentic feel here. $8 something for a combo platter and I only had 4 pieces of meat, it was all broccoli. Won't be going here again! read more

I've been to this Chinese Restaurant several times and it's been ok. However we ordered delivery tonight and it was beyond a let down! It ended up in the trash! The sad part of it is that it was only friend rice and look mein! read more

Since changing jobs, I'm on a mission to find a new favorite Chinese place. I went to Royal Chef as it was only 2 miles from my job. First issue was placing the order, the guy who I spoke with was rude and hung up on me as I was going to ask for a total. I get there and the décor is typical. I could tell it was a busy time, so I just stood and waited. Finally a guy, most likely the one I spoke with, assisted me. He was rude and dismissive when I asked a question about my total. Now for the food, ugh. Ok the shrimp roll was hard and extra flakly. So each time I took a bite it was flaking all over the place. The pork fried rice is horrible. No flavor or anything, just rice, peas & carrots. Side note- Why do some places put peas & carrots in the rice? I don't get it. Ok now for the General Tso's. This was the saving grace of my lunch order. It was great. But unfortunately, due to the attitude of the staff I will not be back. read more

Royal chef was my go to place for Chinese food for the last two years. Their customer service has gone downhill. During Covid I have ordered pickup from them about 3 times prior and have had no issues. I ordered a combination platter of chicken broccoli and a small veg chow mein around 6pm and was told my order would be ready in 20 minutes. They didn't seem to have a great system going on as the girl in the front was constantly running back and forth. They should have had her stay up at the front since there were multiple customers waiting. Myself and others had to ring the doorbell multiple times to get her attention. I got my order on time, and paid but wasn't given my receipt. Thankfully I checked the bag before leaving - they gave me the wrong order. She was about to hand me the correct order but somehow failed to say that there was only 2 out of the 3 rolls that I ordered and tried to offer me 2 cans of soda instead. She told me I'd have to wait another 10 min and I said I'd wait because I already paid for it. The process took about another half an hour of waiting instead because other customers had issues as well. I live about 5 minutes away from this place and by the time I got home the food was warm and lost its taste. I opened the food bag and instead of chow mein (which I was under the impression is thin stir fried noodles) and instead it was just a pint of vegetables in some kind of white sauce. I called the restaurant 4x and they did not answer. Was super disappointed. I don't think I'll be ordering from here again. read more

I think this is the best Chinese food restaurant in Ewing. They're always nice to me. I have several Chinese places closer to me and I drive out of my way to go to this one. I'm surprised to see some of these reviews. I like this place. read more

This has been my go to for edible and fairly priced take out. But this last order was terrible and undercooked. Usually I suck it up but the lemon chicken was just simply undercooked. Despite the low price point, I don't think I'll be ordering from here again. While this was not the first time the food had issues, it was the last straw for me. I had thrown the food out and called for a refund, but the restaurant wouldn't refund unless someone was able to come and pick up the food I threw out. read more

Good food. I got the pork fried rice and fried chicken. It was cooked well and is what you would expect from an American Chinese restaurant.

My favorite Chinese restaurant while in NJ... I always enjoy thee food here which has rich flavorful sauces and decent/average portion sizes.. Oh and they are one of the rare places to have shrimp toast.. I also like the gesture that they have Chinese tea available for free while you dine or wait for take out.. very nice gesture... read more

I placed a delivery order last night. My order was taken by a pleasant, courteous person, and delivered by an equally pleasant and courteous person, which is what earned the stars given. The food, I'm sorry to say, left much to be desired. I ordered spring rolls, seemed to have been fried at the correct temperature, making them adequately crispy and not overly greasy, but the filling lacked flavor. The crab rangoon filling was what I'd expected, but the wrappers were fried so hard that the edges were rock-hard. The accompanying sauce was flavored as expected, but much too thin. The pork fried rice had a fair amount of what appeared to be fresh vegetables and pork, so it was passable, for me. The bourbon chicken was stringy and tough, coated in a thin, bland sauce. There was plenty of food, as per usual with Chinese takeout - enough for another meal or 2 - but rather than saving the leftovers, I threw them out. The best part of this meal was a small container of canned pineapple chunks that was included gratis. I moved to this area about a year and a half ago and have yet to find a "go-to" for Chinese takeout. The search, unfortunately continues. read more

Decent lunch special for around $6. Typical Chinese food but always crazy busy at lunch time so i know fresh ingredients.

This place is disgusting! I ordered vegetable fried rice and the rice was old and crusty. I will never eat here again!