American style Chinese food with iconic history in the area. Food: 4 Atmosphere: 4 Service: 4 Cost to worth it rating: 4 (most apps under $10 and dishes under $20) Opentableable: no, need to call for reservations Highlights: - Mongolian beef: packed with flavor steak slices with a kick. 4.5 stars - Egg roll: large and crispy with fresh ingredients inside with slices of chicken and cabbage and carrots. 4.5 stars - BBQ pork: tasty small plate appetizer with thin slices of pork devoid of much fat. 4.25 stars - Chow fun: thinner version and not oversauced. 4 stars - Duck: didn't have a full Peking Duck spread but a half duck with enough meaty pieces and a few standard boney ones. My son gobbled it up. 4 stars - Atmosphere: big room with lots of photos of visitors on walls (featuring many astronauts), dim sum baskets on the back wall, and red lanterns hanging from the ceiling. - Service: very nice waiter from China and saw Tely eating at a back table towards closing time Midlights: - Sizzling steak: steak was tender but an odd texture and the sauce was very salty. 3 stars - Fried rice: bit plain and pork wasn't the cha sui pork I was expecting. 3 stars - Lemon chicken: chicken breast pieces were large thin slices but didn't have much flavor in the sauce. 3 stars Lowlights - Black bean sauce fish: I've always had this with a white fish and believe this was salmon which I don't care for. 2.5 stars - Very popular so need to make reservations way ahead of time. They only had 8pm available few weeks ahead for a Tuesday night. read more

We came for lunch and the dinning room was very full. We were set quickly offered menus and water. Our waiter was outstanding helpful with the menu and quick to suggest menu selections. The Hot and Sour soap was very good. The owner very hands on was mingling with the customer. You could tell many of the customers are regulars as they greeted each other by name. We will definitely be back. read more

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We have ordered take out twice from here. The second time was better than the first. We were using the menu online and calling to order but then the second time when we ordered we realized if you order online - the menu is much bigger with more options. The orange beef and chicken are both very good! You can choose the spice level. The chow mein is also good. The fried rice is okay. Not a typical fried rice. When we pick up it is always busy inside so definitely order ahead or make a reservation. read more

What a great treasure of a restaurant we found in Melbourne, FL. This restaurant we were lucky to get into. We did not have a reservation. They do reservations here, and someone just canceled. This food is dynamite. Not like usual Chinese restaurants. It appears a bit upscale in ambiance, service, and flavor. Our server gave us great recommendations. We ordered the beef chow fun which came with quite a good amount of beef. We also ordered the mandarin chicken and the Painter Zhang's Shrimp. Both were so good and sweet and savory. It was nice and cozy and decked up quite nice with white cloth and servers dressed in bow ties. What a nice unexpected lunch dinner experience for us. Tely, the owner also walked around to speak with everyone and make sure all was well. read more

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Tely's? Our favorite -- not just our favorite Asian restaurant, our favorite restaurant of any kind! The consistently best food, best service, ideal ambience. We've been following Tely from one of his restaurants (Yen Yen) to another (Tely's) for decades. He knows his stuff, and we eat it up! Each dish is delicious in a different way. We delight in trying new taste sensations and combinations. They're all excellent at Tely's! read more

Drove 45 minutes only to have host tell us reservations only. And did not take a minute to try and accommodate us. Thank You! read more

The best service freshest ingredients and spiced to your taste. Lovely linen table cloths and fresh flowers complete the expectation of a truly exquisite meal time. Enjoy the experience. read more

My husband and I dropped into Tely's fairly late on a whim and were able to get a table. Our waiter Joe was extremely attentive and helpful. He made a good suggestion for our entree choices. We had the Hong Kong Roast Duck which was excellent. We also had the Hunan Lamb which we liked very much. I had a glass of the house Cabernet which is a real bargain at $6. 95 and a great choice to go with the very spicy Cold noodle appetizer. This is not neighborhood takeout Chinese Food. This is the real thing. The restaurant is in a plaza with plenty of parking. We heard several customers commenting about how much they enjoyed their meal. Prices are fair for the quality you get. We really enjoy good Chinese food and look forward to a return visit. read more

Great food and service. They also can alter any dish to your liking. They have a number of things not on the standard menu, so if you are craving something, ask read more

Why are the waiters dressed up? The restaurant needs an ambience and waitstaff attire update, but the flavors are great. Some lack acidity or salt, but this is upscale to an American Chinese place. Definitely get the eggrolls that are not on the menu, for some weird reason. read more

Great, personal service. Food always tasty and nicely presented. Tely always seems to give a personal welcome to all of his guests making you feel like he's glad you are there. read more

We had been looking for a good Chinese restaurant in the area for quite awhile. Decided to check out Tely's. Initial impression did not go as expected. Apparently the restaurant made a mistake judging a book by its cover. We came in for a table for two. And they sat us at a table where there high traffic So we asked if we can get the tables out by the sides (wall or by window) and refused. Excuse was they were reserved by regulars. And the wine we ordered which were on the menu, were not even chilled. We had to tell the server what to do to chill it. we had discussed leaving but since we had already ordered the wine so we decided to stay. Well apparently after seeing what we ordered, the owner/manager came over and tried to make excuses. The food is good. Certain dishes were not quite authentic as we would expect. But overall was decent experience. Repeat? Maybe not for how we were treated from the start. read more

Excellent food and our waitress was amazing in answering questions. Quiet and comfortable with a peaceful ambiance.

ok, now this is a savory Chinese restaurant, never disappointed, going there f years and always maintain a good food. friendly staff, the owner always welcome you w a smil, ready to dish out a good meal. love their pineapple fried rice w Chinese sausage, chinese sausage nor in th menu but y can ask for I. Open f lunch Wed and Friday! read more

Delicious! Best Chinese food around. Chicken cashews, egg rolls and fried rice. Look forward to trying some other menu items soon. read more

Best Chinese Restaurant in the area. The food, owner, staff are all exceptionally. The owner is always on proper and is very visible and makes sure all guest have what they need. This establishment is a must visit, you will be back many times like us. read more

Ordered here for the first time today. The egg rolls were delicious and huge. The pork rib appetizer was very good as was the entire meal we ordered. This was a delivery order and the delivery service was very smooth. I haven't been in the restaurant, but looks nice from the outside. We will order from here again. read more

Tely's Chinese Restaurant 6450 N. Wickham Rd., Melbourne, FL 32940 4.5 Stars Feeling a tad esurient, I steeled my nerves and proceeded OTB for a visit to Tely's Chinese Restaurant in Suntree (Melbourne). The people who respect food and dining are the ones I respect. The ones who, through the art of practiced ereption, steal from the general dining public by wiping their feet on the industry are the ones I write nasty things about. Thankfully, Tely Tse, the owner of Tely's Chinese Restaurant and the owner of former Brevard giant Yen Yen is one of those restaurateurs I highly respect. After 18 years at Yen Yen and 8 more here, Tely is doing many things right. Danielle is our wait staff today, and while this fine example of a lady has a pulse of zero, do not let that fool you or put you off, as she does not suffer in the least from ergasiophobia. She performed her duties with outstanding professionalism. I asked Danielle for an order of the whole fried fish, scallops in their XO sauce, Snow White Prawns and a bowl of Hot and Sour Soup. Relaxing with the place's vibe, I sat back, snapped some pictures and eagerly awaited Danielle's return. My wait was within an acceptable time frame. I soon found myself basking in the delectable aromas that assaulted my olfactory senses as Danielle set my order on the table. I have to direct your eyes to the pictures at this point. If that is not an artistic culinary presentation, I don't know what is. Everything is screaming freshness and was made on-site. I assure you, everything smelled as good as it looked. Anticipatorily, I grabbed my tools of dietary obliteration and got to work. I had asked for my whole fried fish to be served in their Chinese Black Bean Sauce. Traditionally, this sauce is made from douchi (fermented black soybeans), garlic, and soy sauce. It is then simmered down to a delectable slightly thick sauce. Tely's nailed it. The fish was fried to a deliciousness not often experienced and the sauce was amazingly flavorful. Forcing myself to move on, I turned my attention to the Scallops in XO sauce. XO sauce is considered one of the most expensive, prestigious and luxurious sauces in Hong Kong Cuisine. It is customarily made from dried scallops, dried shrimp, fine smoked ham, chili, garlic, lemongrass and other seasonings. The menu clearly states "No refund and return on any dishes that are cooked with the XO sauce," which, of course, made me want to try it. I mean, how can something touted as having such luxurious taste be made in such a way that someone would return it? After one bite, I wasn't sure. The second one allowed me to begin to form an opinion and the third one had me on the bandwagon. This has to be one of the most exotic and flavorful sauces I have ever had the pleasure of scarfing down. Wow is about all I can say. Moving on, albeit regretfully, I forked a prawn and popped it in my cake hole. These are Tely's take on the traditional Chinese creamy-style shrimp. Once again, Tely proclaims his sovereignty over Middle Kingdom cuisine in Brevard County with this outstanding dish. Suffice it to say everything was marvelously prepared and obviously done so with love. Least I forget, the Hot and Sour soup here is the real deal. This is not something Panda Express made to suit what some corporate suit thinks Americans want or expect in ethnic food. The Big Boy says, "Anytime you want to experience the best Brevard has to offer in Hong Kong cuisine, go to Tely's Chinese Restaurant." read more

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Food 5/5 the best food outside of aging Kong that I have had. We ordered a second round of dumplings. The painters chicken and XO sauce are both craveable dishes. Service 5/5 the owner even comes over to chat. That means a lot. Ambiance 5/5 they have pictures in the wall of local famous people dining. We are going back tonight! So so good. read more

Five of us dined together sharing egg roles, snow white prawns, Mandarin beef, sizzling pork and fried rice with shrimp, chicken and beef. Each entre was delicious. The egg roles were generous and tasty. (the best we have ever had). Marco was our waiter and did an excellent job. The restaurant was quiet and it was easy hold a conversation. read more

I had heard the food was phenomenal. To be fair, I only wanted hot-n-sour soup, so, that's all I ordered. I didn't care for it, at all. The service was very friendly. The dining area spacious and clean. read more

Good food and very clean restaurant. Egg rolls are huge and tasted great. We will definitely be back

I was introduced to this restaurant by my husband, whose grandparents took him to Tely's former restaurant in Cocoa Beach when he was a child. This is emotional eating for him! There are several menu items that carried over from the other restaurant, including Mandarin Chicken, that only Tely can create over and over at the same phenomenal quality and taste. Every time we go to eat there, we are welcomed by the owner, who is always on the floor making sure that his customers are satisfied. At one time or another, he can be seen seating customers, taking orders, serving, and even bussing tables! The environment is casual with formal service. Reservations are recommended; we were informed that there was a 30 minute wait when we walked in, but Tely was able to seat us in 5 minutes! The food! Amazing! We always order Mandarin chicken, rolls and dumplings. This time I ordered a beef stew served sizzling; so tender and full of flavor. It feels good to go to a restaurant knowing the owners and employees CARE for the place where they work and serve. Please support this business!! read more

Tely's Chinese Restaurant - Beef Stew Casserole (left)/Mandarin Chicken (right). Dumplings and spring roll- not pictured because they were eaten too fast! - Chinese Near Me - Melbourne, Florida

Went for my birthday and I ordered multiple things including the hot and sour soup, roasted duck, citrus chicken, and the green beans. Loved it all and will go back again! Great service too. read more

This was one of the best Chinese meals I've had in a long time. The hot and sour soup was spicy and peppery, thick, and full of vegetables and tofu. I had never seen fried pumpkin slices on a menu, so I ordered it for the table. Everyone enjoyed the slices, perfectly fried (in a tempura batter?) on the outside and soft and sweet on the inside. We didn't order spring rolls, but saw how big they were at another table, so I figured, "why not?". They are the biggest spring rolls I've ever seen and full of pork, whole shrimp, and veggies, wrapped in a crispy roll. For dinner, we ordered several dishes, since we were traveling with picky children, and everyone found something to enjoy. The kids enjoyed Mandarin chicken and sesame chicken. We also got young chow fried rice and vegetable lo mein. I loved the wood ear mushrooms in the lo mein. And for me and my father, we ordered mapo tofu extra spicy. The tofu was soft, the sauce was spicy and so flavorful, and the pieces of pork completed the dish. This was one of my favorite mapo tofu dishes I've ever had. All in all, we ate just about every single morsel on the table, and my mom begged the owner several times to open in Palm Beach County where we live. We will be back every time we visit the Melbourne area - no doubt! read more

Great food and service is hard to find. Not at Tely's! The restaurant gives the customer a warm and fuzzy feeling. Very clean and comfortable. Waiters and waitresses are nicely dressed and very friendly. The menu gives you a very good choice of food. Everything we have ordered there was great. Make reservations as the restaurant fills up quickly. Enjoy! read more

The service was great, attentive but not rushed. I would recommend reservations because on Friday evening this joint was hopping! My husband had the whole fish, one of his favorites and was well pleased. Best Chinese food we have come across since Red Ginger changed their menu and became very Americanized in my opinion. We will certainly be going back! read more

Horrible service Owner was rude to us And we were regular customers Food was good. BUT owner needs to be more pleasant read more

Don't miss the Snow Prawns! I highly recommend reservations. They will even take a reservation for two!

Quality food and ambiance a few nights ago. The chef went out of their way to make a dish not in the menu to accommodate. I'll eat there again! Thank you Tely's read more

Telys is absolutely the best Chinese food in Brevard. Besides having the best food, Mr Tely is a gracious and cordial host/owner who makes you feel very welcome to his restaurant. Telys cooks Cantonese style which offers more fresh vegetables and less soy sauce and less sugar laden sauces. Be sure to make a reservation on the weekend. read more

The service is amazing! The food is good. The prawns were cold, delicious though, but the fried rice was so delicious. I think what makes this restaurant a five star restaurant is the service. They are wonderful. read more

Warmly greeted. Seated instantly. Food was excellent. I will not return!! Server is the worst I've experienced at any restaurant in my 77 year life. Seemed very annoyed. We arrived 7:40 April 12 we were seated at 7:45 per the accepted reservation. Maybe he was tired, but if you accept a 7:45 reservation on a Saturday night for four guests you better have a server that wants to serve. Rushed, never once attentive, delivered the meals total silence and never saw him again. When he was there he was like a mute. Never said a word!! Felt very strange. Never uttered a word. Never a thank you. Never asked anything needed, never checked on us. I sat entire meal with an empty water glass. Absolutely terrible Big guy, with a big attitude, he is definitely NOT an asset to your business. By the way we are frequent diners at this restaurant sadly we won't return. We all left feeling like we did something wrong, read more

We were looking for pizza and found Chinese food. This gem is tucked at the end of stip mall and near the new Aldi. We had not even ever noticed that it was a restaurant. We were greeted by who turns out to be the owner and we were at the beginning of the dinner hour so we had our pick of socially distanced tables. We felt a little underdressed with the white linen table cloths and real silverware. Our waitress was very attentive and had some good recommendations. We had seafood nest and mandarin chicken. Both freshly made and delish that we thoroughly enjoyed. We also had a spring roll and an egg roll. Very large....we split the two of them...very good also. Check out the photos....from this visit and the next. read more

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Best Chinese food .. such a clean & favorable taste !! Highly recommend .. make sure to make a reservation as is usually pretty full read more

Ordered delivery- Mongolian beef and Salt/pepper shrimp, both spicy, plus fried rice. Really good, will go there next time.

This place is so awesome. Great food and Service. We found it last year while vacationing in Cocoa Beach. This year we drove down from Daytona. Worth every mile. read more

ordered 2 orders of pan fried pork dumplings with extra dumpling sauce and chicken fried rice the dumplings were steamed only and gooey very small - smallest i've ever seen they charged me 1.5o for extra sauce in a 4 oz cup nothing like the pictures on this site the chicken fried rice was white rice with a few green onions and an over hard egg that was still together clearly this rice was not fried and no thought put into it's appearance.or flavor it was bland no seasoning very disappointed and very expensive for what ? read more

The quality has definitely gone down over the years. I asked if I could order pork fried rice with veggies and Waiter said that I could. When it came, it had a little egg, like red onion and probably 3 finely chopped. Asked him where the veggies were and he pointed to the pitiful chopped snow peas. He asked if I'd like broccoli and told him Yes!!! That would be great!!! It came, a little dish of steamed broccoli that I added to my fried rice. My husband and I had ordered Cucumber Salad, Spring Roll (that definitely looked like an Egg Roll, and Steamed Dumplings as well. We shared the Fried Rice. When we went to pay....here's the Catcher, we were charged $14 for Steamed Broccoli!!!!!! $14 I could have ordered my own Veggie Fried Rice at that Price!!!! Use to be our favorite Chinese restaurant but sadly we won't be going there again!!!!!! $14 for some steamed broccoli to Add to Pork Fried Rice to make it a combination, Crazy!!!!! I'll go back to making it at home!!! We aren't exactly happy about the Making Reservations to go either. We use to not have to do that. read more

Excellent real authentic Hong Kong style Chinese food. Everything is fresh and tasty. A++