Tins House of Paramus
Tins House of Paramus
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
4 reviews
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I get nervous when I hear of a place from colleagues, pull up my phone, look at the Yelp app and then see that it has less than 3 stars. I definitely read through a lot of what people have to say and then figure it out on my own. Odds are I'll probably try it because we're all unique individuals that have our own thought processes and ideas, and likes/dislikes for food.
It started with a copy of the menu I found at work. I saw on it things I never saw at a few of the other places I go to. I figured try those items instead because I know what the usual stuff is. I ordered scallion pancakes, dumplings (because I'm always on the hunt for good dumplings), and subgum wonton. Scallion pancakes are delicious, spot on, not too undercooked and not burnt all to crap. The dumplings are more like steamed wontons. They aren't the usual doughy ones that you find. I don't mind the doughy ones but this was an interesting change. They also don't fill you up quite like the other ones do. A nice note is that they also offer them in chicken! Then on to the main course. I haven't seen subgum wonton in years!! It was absolutely delicious.
There was a subsequent visit for sesame chicken and what I admire about their food is that they don't oversauce things or drown the food.
Another nice touch was one of the people that worked there actually talked to me while my order was waiting to come out. You don't really get that when you go to other places.
Also, just a heads up, the lunch specials are small compared to their dinner menu. The dinner portions are definitely larger than the lunch ones, and honestly that's another huge plus.
I grew up in Paramus and I remember hearing bad things about Tins House. Therefore, I never ordered food from them. However, I was craving Chinese food one day and it was the closest place to my house. I'm glad I finally tried it (after 12 years) because I love it! I ordered the sesame chicken combination plate (comes with pork fried rice and choice of one appetizer from the combo app. choices). I ordered the crab rangoon and they gave me 2 pieces. It was fried perfectly and it arrived hot. The sesame chicken was probably one of the best I've tried. The chicken was all white meat and it was actually crispy. I hate when sesame and general tso's chicken is soggy. The portion was very reasonable and I only ate half of it. The rice was just okay (generic yellow rice). However, the pork was delicious and flavorful.
I wish this place got better reviews because I was completely satisfied with my meal. Compared to the Chinese food take-out I find near Rutgers, Tins House is excellent.
It took about 10 minutes for my food to arrive but then again, I live just a few blocks away. The person on the phone and the delivery guy were both friendly.
I have lived in Paramus for my 27 years of existence and this has always been my go to Chinese food place. My whole family enjoys the food they offer and we frequent here about once every two weeks. I have experienced both pick up and delivery and both are fast and efficient providing me with piping hot food.
They have really great prices on lunch specials and combination platters for dinner. I tend to order the sesame chicken and the general tso's while my mom & grandma go for the shrimp chow mein. The chicken is always nice and crunchy and not soggy like some other places you may go and all white meat! The lunch special comes with white rice or pork fried rice and an egg roll or can of soda. They also have really good lo mein and sweet and sour chicken. I have tried a few of their appetizers like their boneless spareribs and their crab ragoon is always one of my favorites.
Over all this is your basic Chinese cuisine for a decent price but with a lot of great value. I usually can only eat half of either special whether it be lunch or dinner.
We ordered Chinese from Tin's House for lunch at work. I was actually a little grossed out by my food even though I was starving. I ordered the General Tso's Chicken. You usually can't go wrong with that. The chicken was basically fried batter with a small piece of chicken in it. Also, the 2 pieces of broccoli did not look too swell. This is probably the most stingy Chinese food restaurant I've been to in regards to meat and vegetables. It came with your standard fried rice – which was basically yellow rice tossed in oil. On the contrary, the delivery to our office on Route 17 was very prompt!
I may order here again because of its convenient location, but I will first look somewhere else.