Chu’s Gourmet
“Having multiple options for good, quality Chinese food delivered right to my doorstop.”
“It continues to be my go-to Chinese takeout spot in my work hood.”
Chu’s Gourmet
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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I had jury duty nearby and this was the closest Chinese restaurant to the courthouse on Adams Street. I waited patiently on line for a few minutes, placed my order (vegetable fried rice with chicken and broccoli), and stepped to the side. Ten minutes passed and my meal wasn't prepared. The employee forgot and did not realize that I wasn't taken care of until she saw me still standing there. My meal came to a grand total of $6.80 and at least included a can of soda since the lunch specials start at $6.25. The food was pretty okay with me. The place was clean and busy during lunch time because of its proximity to the courthouses in downtown Brooklyn. I think the customer service could use a little improvement. In fact, there was a verbal disagreement between a customer who had the same experience and an employee. Overall, I had no major issues.
From my last review, I was satisfy enough to eat here. As I made several more trip to this place, my desire for food here dropped off exponentially. The noodles are just huge grease balls and the general tso's is mostly just breading. Some of the times, the chicken is over fried where it's a solid rock. I have also been very gassy after eating from this place. Sorry to say this, but I have to let you go from my life.
Gourmet? How misleading…the Chinese food here is such a perversion of my culture. I should have seen the red flags a.k.a. the cheap fortune cookies packed into my take-out bag. The taste is not authentic or gourmet, and it is not very good. It's cheap, Americanized Chinese food…in Brooklyn.
Placed a delivery order.
Gourmet???? Ha. That's laughable!!
The food came about an hour later and it was cold. My chicken and broccoli was disgusting. The brown sauce was thick and oily. My rice was hard as if not thoroughly cooked.
2 stars for my ice cold Coca-Cola and the packaging for the utensils and fortune cookies.
1st & last time eating from here.
From the outside, you would assume this place to be the usual mom-and-pop Chinese take-out. However, it's larger than most take-outs. Actually, this place is more like a restaurant because they have lots of seats along with restrooms. No waiter service, though.
As for food, they offer the usual dishes with rice, noodles or soups. The lunch crowd is huge, so don't be surprised if you have to wait a few minutes to order. They have a decent lunch and dinner menu with very reasonable pricing. My recommendations would be the beef chow fun, wonton soup and fried chicken with rice.
Beware the dumplings.
Not because they are bad, I actually found them to be quite delicious.* But I bit into one and shot porky juices across the room onto my girlfriend's belongings. She was irate and repeatedly accused me of biting with my mouth open** right up until the point when she did the same thing.
So I think the dumplings are packed a bit too tight.
Other than that, Chu's Gourmet is exactly what I expected. It's Americanized Chinese, and they deliver hot and quick. The sort of spot that serves better than decent General Tso's Chicken, and Sesame Chicken that is exactly the same dish with a few sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
It's cheap ($6.50 all day for a dish with rice), and it satisfies a craving.
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*About as good as they get outside the little dumpling houses that specialize. The skin could be a bit thinner and less doughy.
**Please explain to me how to bite with your mouth closed.
This review is for their insanely fast Seamless experience. They deliver consistently fast, steaming hot food. They gotten to Dumbo in under 15 minutes. It's amazing. The food is well packaged.
My faves: bourbon chicken, generals tsos (it's tender real chunks of chicken fried and seasoned well), green beans and beef.
Skip: the dumplings are a little too doughy and don't taste handmade.
Totally a lunch takeout spot. I wanted something not deep fried, so I got the chicken with broccoli and a hot and sour soup. I think I may have gotten the ginger chicken instead, because I asked how that was prepared before ordering, but either way, it was pretty good. Not the most chicken I've ever gotten in an order, but it seemed like decent quality chicken. The hot and sour soup was, again, totally average and fine. I was in and out with my carry out very quickly.