im long overdue writing a glowing review for Tai Yu that captures everything I love about them: If you're looking for the best Chinese takeout around Mastic Beach NY, look no further than Tai Yu! This place is absolutely amazing, from their mouthwatering food to their outstanding customer service. I've been a loyal customer for years, and every time, they manage to impress me. I also want to add that I have worked in multiple towns from Mastic to Syosset, I'm originally from queens and I still prefer them over any other place!!!! Their sesame chicken is my ultimate favorite--perfectly crispy, sweet, and savory--but honestly, everything on the menu is incredible. And don't even get me started on their egg rolls! They're so addictive, I don't even need sauce. The crispiness is out of this world--just one bite, and you'll see what I mean! The people at Tai Yu are some of the kindest, sweetest people you'll ever meet. Their customer service is unmatched, and they always make you feel like family. Speaking of family, our delivery driver has been the same amazing person for nearly 20 years. It's a rare and special connection that adds such a personal touch to every meal. On top of all this, their pricing is incredibly fair. It's proof that these small, humble places that might not look fancy on the outside are often hidden gems. Tai Yu is a treasure my entire family loves, and I truly can't recommend them enough--more than a million times over! If you haven't tried Tai Yu yet, you're seriously missing out. Go, order, and prepare to fall in love! Seriously!!! Thank you to all the amazing people there who have continued to make our take out nights so enjoyable! From your customers at 128 Dogwood read more

The food and service is great. I would definitely recommend calling 20 minutes prior to picking up!

We tried literally all the we Chinese takeout in Shirley/Mastic area...All sub par! And not worthy of another try. Found this venue on Yelp and gave them a shot Def a good choice! Got appys; boneless ribs in hot garlic sauce 8/10. Wonton soup unremarkable 5/10. Hot& Sour soup ok 7/10. Roast pork lo mein pretty tasty not real Cantonese flavor 8/10. Mains: moo shoo pork with wraps...pretty good! 8/10. Sesame chicken also pretty tasty with tender meat and good sauce..8/10. We will use them again and hope for the best! read more

Unremarkable food. You stay on hold while they take other people's orders that called after you. General attitude is they don't care about your business. 1.5 hour wait for Luke warm delivery read more

I like the Kung pow chicken. It's a 2 minute walk from my house so I get it often. I also like the Chinese doughnuts. Much better than DD which is right across the street. read more

Food was good. Couldn't complain. Not the best Chinese I've had but it was okay. The chicken was tender and good

My go to has always been chunbo but this place was really good. They both have their differences in taste but really good. Glad I decided to give it a try and will definitely be back, you can tell from the wontons that their oil is super clean. read more

We tried this place to try something new. Everything we ordered was off. The generals chicken was bland with no spice. It kind of tastes like hard boiled eggs, the rice wasn't really seasoned, the sweet and sour chicken tasted old and dried out; the boneless ribs greasy and dried if you could picture that and the wonton soup was cloudy. Pretty much just threw it in the trash. The dining/ waiting room was extremely cold which could be why it was dead. I had high hopes reading some of the last reviews; now I'm just trying to figure out how to get paid to do these fake reviews. Save your money. read more

The night before Super Bowl is a family tradition. It's always Chinese food and hanging out with my brothers. We decided a new spot would be best (Well I did because I wanted to Yelp) so we went to "Tai Yu Chinese Restaurant." It wasn't much of a restaurant however. Parking is a breeze because it's in a shopping center. Once I found a spot we headed in. A quick look around I noticed the place was messy, very messy. A lot of stuff on the ground. The place is small and only offers three tables for seating. Next I noticed it was cold inside, extremely cold. The plan was to eat there but it was colder in the restaurant then it was outside (23 degrees outside). We decided against it and wanted to go to my place. The woman behind the counter was amazing and nice. There was a huge crowd and they were ordering away. This place is good with the neighborhood because customers knew the staff by name. Some people came in for the usual. Once our food was ready it was a 7 minute ride home. I was impressed with the crab ragoon's, but the sauce it came with was watered down, extremely watered down. Last was my chicken. That also was delicious, but the sesame sauces was also watered down, extremely watered down. The food you get for the price was worth it. I would go back. I just feel they definitely need to improve in a couple of areas. read more

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worse place to order at night charged my card but didn't give me food at the door showed proof of pending transaction they showed a receipt for insufficient funds but charged me 3 times read more

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My family & i ordered takeout, there was meat in my son's vegetable spring rolls & that's not included in the menu. He's been vegan for about 6 years & this is the only time he's came across something like this. My husband found a piece of hair in his rice, we all lost our appetites after coming across that. Wouldn't recommend. read more

This place is butter then the other place it cool to sit inside or out in the summer some day it going to be great time there try this place out read more

Great place to get take out and American Chinese food. Their chicken wings and hot and sour soup are sublime and they give you lots of sauce packets. read more

Recently moved into the area and thank the lord we found this place! Tried a half dozen other Chinese restaurants in the area and they were all terrible. I would have given it five stars as the food is good but if you order delivery expect a long wait. A really long wait. read more

Deffinately the best Chinese in the area, delivery is always prompt They're really nice with soy sauce and sides, where alot of other places when you ask for alot of extra duck or soy sauce they give you like two packets, these guys will fill you a whole other bag, which is terrific. Best pork lo mein! read more

Criticism, whether "good" or "bad" per se, is heeded; and I would have to say quite immediately. The customer service improved - seemingly over night. The gentleman who took my order honored their stated/established promotional offers, notified me of the accepted method of payments (Visa, in particular [as opposed to American Express]), etc. He even went as far as to inform me if they had Pepsi or Coke-based soda products without qualm when honoring the free two-liter soda with a order total exceeding $33 (I believe). Honestly, I felt like I was ordering at Chick-Fil-A. (I'll continue ordering from Tai Yu.) read more

We tried several dishes from here and while good, everything I tried was a little off the typical flavor and some in texture. One dish in particular, the house wonton soup, was murky in taste and appearance. In fact after 1 serving it's going in the bin. read more

This is usually my go to place here in Mastic. Boy, was I disappointed tonight. I placed a fairly large order 45 minutes to closing and the food was horrible! I order spare ribs, which were deep fried, not roasted. The four combination platters I selected were full of non flavorful rice, very little meats and vegetables. I won't even go into the appetizers...... HORRIBLE! Seems like everything was rushed and it showed. One word of advice, if your going to take a large order close to closing, please make sure it's cooked as if it was ordered during rush hour. Highly disappointed! This place has gone downhill and I will not be returning. Good job guys.... you've lost a loyal client for your lack of consistency. read more

So this local Mastic Beach area Chinese take-out place does not rank highly on my list of good places to get food. The menu selections here mirror any other local Chinese take-out. So nothing gained nothing lost in that regard. However, the quality of their preparations leaves a lot to be desired. Staple items for me are things like Sesame Chicken, General Tso's Chicken, and Orange Chicken. Most places you go these 3 items have very distinct flavors, but from Tai Yu they all seem to taste very similar. And by very similar I mean they all taste like a variation on Sweet and Sour sauce, another staple item, and one I'm not that fond of. Not only does everything taste like a variation of Sweet and Sour sauce, it isn't even a very good Sweet and Sour sauce. My best guess is they use Sweet and Sour sauce as a base master sauce and modify it for the various dishes I mentioned. Well that does not equate to a good food experience in my opinion. Also going against this take-out joint is their service, or lack there of. The people who work here are your typical Chinese food proprietors in that they don't speak a lot of English. Not only do they not speak much English, but they have no personality. It feels like all they are trying to do is rush you in and rush you out as quickly as possible. So there is nothing in regards to service worth writing home about. My only reason for a 2-star rating is simple... I didn't get sick from their food, and other Chinese take-out places have gotten me sick, so that would be my baseline for a 1-star rating. This beats that, but only slightly. Visit at your own risk. And hey, maybe your experience will be better.... read more

Excellent hot and sour soup and a really friendly staff. The rest of the food is good, not amazing, but reliably good, and they have no issues altering ingredients for you. I tend to choose it over others in the area. read more

It's a great place with great food. Large portions. I don't think you can do much better with a local take-out Chinese food place. Sure there are better Chinese restaurants but for take-out this place does a great job. They cook me dinner often. read more

I just moved to Mastic Beach and I am thrilled to find this place. Happy people cooking good Chinese food. I had the Happy Family, which actually had more than one shrimp! Also the fried wontons with brown sauce and Chicken Noodle soup. They have exceeded my expectations! read more

My go-to place for Chinese food in Mastic Beach. Never had a bad meal there. Staff are accomodating and menu is extensive.

Went here a few times. Good food with large portions The food is always ready when I arrive at the restaurant. There are a few tables to sit and eat. I perfer to take it home. The staff is always polite and have not made an error on the orders. Call ahead and it will be ready at the time they tell you. The cost is about the same as most Chinese restaurants in the area. They should place more tables in the restaurant and clean it up allittle more people would sit and eat at the restaurant. Plenty of parking. read more

Delivery is FAST! This my main Chinese food restaurant for the past 3 years. I find the owners/workers to be very nice people. This is good Chinese food....as far as "hood" Chinese restaurants go. read more

Frozen fake fried scallops.. shame on you!!!! I've eaten at Chinese restaurants and take out places my whole life and have never experienced this in my life.. they were breaded and all the same exact silver dollar shape and they were sweet.. are you joking seriously?!?! I will never eat here again! And I will make sure no one else I know does either! read more

Very Consistent. Never disappointed. Very traditional delicious Chinese Food. The Hot and Sour soup is the best!

We've been getting food from here for years, food is always good. We really like the shrimp dishes- shrimp with lobster sauce and the Butterfly shrimp is great. Also love the egg rolls, tasty and greasy- can't get enough. The ribs on the bone taste great but sometimes have more bone than meat so that's why only four stars. The sitting there is minimal but convenient for a quick and reasonable lunch. read more

Great portions, made fresh, great taste, good prices. The best Chinese restaurant in mastic beach. Definitely will continue to eat here and recommend it to everyone looking for good food. You get alot for the price and they dont overkill your food with vegetables, and they put your rice on the side so youll always get more then any other Chinese place. Just do yourself a favor and eat here. Its beyond worth it! read more

My room mate orders from here all the time and the delivery guy gets mad if he is standing outside waiting for him to come down to bring him the money. He starts ringing the doorbell a MILLION times and pounding on the our glass door. I always offer for him to come inside but i don't think they understand english or hand gestures. Then he opens up my door and screams "HELLO HELLO HELLO" as I'm standing right at the front door. There food is ok but not the best. read more

Great Chinese place! lots of Chinese places in Shirley,mastic,mastic beach suck but this place the food is great! What is also good that the owners are friendly and speak the American language how nice!!!! read more

Pretty good chinese- I only wish they had better cheese wontons.

After sampling every Chinese place in Mastic Shirley there is no better place than Tai Yu! Everything we've had has been spectacular. The pork in garlic sauce is to die for! And the price for our family of four was $5-$7 less than the typical price we were paying at the other places. read more

omfg! after i read about this restaurant that buy frozen shrimp from the street will make me think twice before ordering from this establishment. read more

First time to this restaurant since I'm trying to try new places as I'm a new resident to the area. I used the Yelp app to find it and as I pulled up to grab a menu I was certainly feeling unenthusiastic about ordering due to overall appearance of the exterior but I let it go. I walked in to find that same feeling as I entered through the front door. I find myself measuring the quality of Chinese food through standard operation of getting what I get at every place to start, then if I'm satisfied with that meal I will continue to go there and try other dishes. I got the usual, pan fried pork dumplings and beef lo mein. But as I'm scanning the menu I notice an item never seen on a typical Chinese joint's listings...a pizza role. My mind was too fixated on what they would use as sauce to look at anything but that on the menu so I pull the trigger and order it. I get home with my meal and start with what I believe to be the tastiest of all Chinese food appetizers, the dumplings. As you'd expect, pan fried on one side and soft on the other. One bite and the grease oozes out of it in all of its Chinese glory. Success. Next was the item I was most excited for, the pizza roll. As with most Chinese food, presentation is not important. It's simply and egg roll with pizza fillings. Two bites down and it's gone and I'm left wishing I ordered two. Now to the LI mein. As I opened the container I noted how bland it looked and as I taste it I think about how dead on I was with the description. It really was bland, bland tasting, looking, it just didn't taste as good as I'd hoped. I'm going to brave it on this one and go back for another dish in the coming week. I left it at 3 stars for appearance of the restaurant but I must comment on the customer service given to me inside. The food was good to start but I ended up not finishing my meal, not due to being full..but because it wasn't tasty anymore to me. read more