50 Best Chinese Restaurants near Colonie

“Food is amazing and traditional. Staff is friendly and welcoming. We always stop here when we are in Albany.“

“Menu has plenty of options, food is delicious, and staff are patient and friendly. Great experience! Highly recommend - will definitely be back!“

“My daughter and I always enjoy PF changs. Though today was very good due to our waitress Rachel. She was very kind and attentive to us. Shes very personable, bubbly, with a great personality. The food was excellent and timely. 10/10 would come here again.“

“They are my go to when I want Chinese food. Tonight 1 of my meals were forgotten. No big deal. I called back. They sent me up an extra meal for free. So nice of them. I really appreciated it“

“First time having authentic chinese food. Loved every bite. Will definately be back.“

“Not your “ average “ Chinese restaurant. Authentic dishes, super knowledgeable staff and a killer background music playlist. Honestly I can’t recommend the food enough!“

“Such delicious food. Nom nom inducing.“

“I find most local Asian dining to be the same, overly sweet and salty. Xian’s food has rich flavor without going over the top. Pungent, umami, bitter flavors are allowed to take the stage. I love the simplicity of the dishes. Definitely ordering again“

“Today was my first time going to this restaurant with my daughters. I love how it looks on the inside, great music playing, The staff was very friendly, and professional. The food is amazing. I highly recommend on making a reservation and coming here. We will be coming back, absolutely love it here.“

“Their wanton soup has actual healing powers, I'm not even exaggerating. I don't care what illness you are suffering from, get the soup. It will cure you. Also they hands down have the best chinese food on the planet. Ive had friends stay with me from L.A. and they could not believe how good this food was. Just go here and be nice to the staff, this family has been serving Rotterdam for 30+ years. They deserve all the best.“

“Best ramen in the capital region, the black garlic really sealed the deal.“

“Good food, not greasy. Best Chinese food in the area.“

“We made a spare of the moment decision as we were driving by to check it out. Can honestly say we were not expecting it to be as good as it was. They have authentic Chinese food on their menu along with American style. My husband ordered authentic and I had Hibachi.. no complaints.. flavors, presentation, portion sizes, service, all great! Even the prices are reasonable. Worth a visit for sure.“

“I ordered a chicken with broccoli combo platter and Pekin Rolls. The combo platter tasted good but the rice to meat ratio was rice heavy. Included egg roll was decent.

The Pekin Rolls were delicious and I would return just based on those alone.

Overall, one of the better experiences I’ve had since relocating upstate.“

“Best Chinese takeout in the area. Their egg rolls are perfection EVERY time. Every dish is excellent, always fast & friendly. Happy to accommodate (like no carrots please ).
Never had a bad meal; often takeout & delivery.“

“Amazing food. Very fresh. So glad we stopped by.“

“I had a great experience on Mother's Day dining for the first time at this place in Latham. The food was cooked just way I like it. And served us plenty of food variety. The waiter was pleasant, atmosphere was inviting. I will be back again. Oh! They gave all the mother"s a gift ? to take home. So sweet of them.“

“They don’t have a lot of things that are on their menu. Also, the say they deliver on their website but they don’t. Other than that, wonderful sweet and sour chicken and other stuff.

Parking: Find the right place at the right time if you're lucky.“

“My favorite place to order take out when I’m feeling lazy. Food is always piping hot and well seasoned. Super affordable too. Best Chinese take out in the capital district hands down!!! My only suggestion is that the crab rangoons could use a little more filling.“

“I hardly ever feel the need to review, but i loved coming here today, i was dying for some chicken curry and boy did i get just what i needed from here, by far the best chicken curry i could have asked for. And the owner was awesome the store was extremely clean which is amazing because its been there since i was a little “

“I’m a truck driver passing through Albany NY. Stopped at this place and ordered Lo Mein with Chicken and Beef. The food turned out amazing. The best lo mein I have ever had. On top of that, their service was really great. Nice people. Definitely recommend this “

“Best food around. I’ve been getting food from here weekly since before the pandemic started. I highly recommend this restaurant. The workers are the sweetest, the prices are great, the food is high quality and delicious!“

“I just hate when the older guy sees me and says fried chicken fried hard and pork fried rice makes me feel some kind of I like when the other gentleman is there he has glass next time I go there I'm gonna get his name because he is professional and always good to see and will break the menu down and work with you especially when getting certain items and he will make sure and say hey get it this way and I will work with you“

“Love my delivery, it's quick and hot. This is my favorite take out delivery. I usually order the sesame chicken combo, and it's decently crispy, also love the general favored apps like fried wontons, dumplings, and crab rangoons.I've had several different dishes and all are as expected, I have never ever been disappointed!“

“It's takeout Chinese, nothing fancy, but the egg rolls are always crispy and I am impressed that they seem to use fresh vegetables in their dishes. I got the cashew shrimp recently and it was loaded with fresh chopped zucchini and carrots, versus other places where it's just a handful of celery and pre-frozen diced carrots.“

“Love it, ordered sweet and sour chxn, crab Rangoons, and chxn and brocccoli, $23 and me and my S/O are more than pleased I even got the wrong rice but turns out I like pork fried rice better than white rice so thanks for that too. Great food for a great value??“

“I usually order from Chinese sit down restaurants because I've had bad experiences with some Chinese take out spots. But this place is the expectation!I was blown away by the general saus chicken, crab rangoons, and boneless spare ribs. Everything was super fresh and quality. The ideal Chinese take out spot. The classic style, at a good price, with more quality then other places. I don't even mind driving out of town for it.

Kid-friendliness: Yes

Parking: Plaza parking on the side“

“Their food ,restaurant,quality is a hidden gem up here in upstate .their food taste the best out of many restaurants up here I needed food to remind me of down state its flavor ful compared to places around here .most places aren't good but this placed I'm staying with sorry so 4 “

“I was there today for takeout. I ordered shrimp with lobster, wonton and egg drop soup, roast pork fried rice and egg rolls. The food was delish and I can't wait to go to the buffet.“

“always a great meal ken and his wife are super friendly and funny great atmosphere and if your alone sit at the bar great conversation“

“The "lunch special", which included wonton soup, vegetable fried rice, and a main side dish, was $13.95. The picture of orange chicken on the website looked really delicious, so I said, ``I want to try this.'' "Orange chicken isn't on the lunch special menu, but you can get it for the same price," she said, so I ordered it.
Orange chicken was very tasty. The chicken was piping hot and freshly fried, and the orange sauce had real orange zest. It's wonderfully fried and crispy.
It was so filling that I couldn't finish it all.
A pot of hot hojicha was served. There was also a glass of water which was helpful.
It was also wonderful to see beautiful kimonos displayed inside the store.
It would have been great if the inside of the store was a little cleaner.“

“I ordered a Spicy Salmon roll and a Philadelphia roll. They were excellent. Also ordered some wonton soup and shrimp spring rolls. Wonton filling was a little fattier than I like, but everything was good. Definitely ordering sushi from here again.“

“I decided to Do a YouTube review for this place. Over the years I’ve been told it’s the worse reviewed Chinese spot in Albany. And decided to see for myself. The restaurant itself did not seem dirty. Besides the door and the outside of the garbage. But the floors and tables as well as the back of the house was pretty clean. Rating their cleanliness out of a 5 I give them a 4. I kept it simple by ordering shrimp fried rice and an egg roll. Because how could you mess something so simple up. The food came out within 5-6 min of me ordering. It was piping hot and fresh. I gave the food an overall 10 out of 10. However my daughter gave them at 7 out of 10 because she didn’t think the rice had that much flavor. But she really enjoy the egg roll. I thought the egg roll was pretty big compared to your average egg roll. And noticed they weren’t skimpy on the shrimp. A lot of Chinese joints only put two shrimps per egg roll ours had 4 each. Wasn’t greasy. Nice and crispy. And over all delicious. The server didn’t had us our bag. Seemed a little bit not to friendly. She sat our bag on the other table. And insisted we got it from the other table. Instead of her handing it directly to us. Could also be she is social distancing. But because the food was hot and fresh. And delicious. I can’t complain. If they give that door and trash can a good wipe down. I’d give them 5 stars easily. But because the door and garbage can we’re not to clean, I give them a solid 4 stars.“

“Almost exclusively a takeout business, although they do have some tables on premises, which is more than I can say for many Chinese places in the area post-pandemic. The sesame chicken isn't quite as crunchy as you want it to be, the crab rangoons are very sweet, and I got some cabbage that looked past its prime, but the food is a good value for money overall, and they have lots of dishes with veggies in them, which I like. For pickup, they prefer you order by phone to avoid Doordash fees.“

“I've lived here for 3 years, my husband over 10 years. When I moved here I asked if he ever ordered from Great Wall & he said he thought so and it wasn't good. He has a terrible memory & isn't a foodie at all. Because of that we never ordered from here. Our go to is Empire Wok. To me it's edible with some good things. They are closed on Tuesdays & I want feeling good and wanted Chinese. So I put a delivery order in & I'm so happy I did. I'm sooo mad it took me this long to order from Great Wall. I'm from NYC, so I know good Chinese food. Their egg rolls are AMAZING! So flavorful & the filling reminds me of NYC takeout. I'm craving one right now, and suspect this will be my new vice. The fried rice is brown with mung bean sprouts not yellow with peas & carrots! The way its supposed to be! Delicious...its just missing a little egg. My husband sesame cold noodles & vegetable dumplings were really good & said the dumplings were the best he ever had. I ordered fried wonton & my only issue is the wrappers were inconsistent. Some had the thin wonton wrapping and some an egg roll wrapping. I liked the thicker egg roll wrapping. The filling was good. I ordered wonton soup, which I was too full to eat. As of right now, with just these dishes alone I would run back here to order. I can't say how their entrees are but I can't wait to try. I wish the owners would spruce up their fascade/sign. I think it would improve the Four Corners but also give a better impression of this amazing restaurant!“

“The ABSOLUTE BEST Chinese take-out, hands down! The food is always hot & fresh. They don't offer their own delivery, but they are on Grubhub & Doordash. They do have a seating area to dine in, but most people just take out. They're pretty accommodating and offer deals if you pick up you're own order.“

“Food is about as good as it gets for Americanized Chinese food. Store needs a facelift but don’t think that means the food isn’t great.

Parking: There is always parking in this lot as there are other businesses next door that also have spots available. The entire lot is usually only about 30% full.“

“So I ordered Chinese food from another place last night, and the difference in quality between Amazing Wok and this other place was so great, I felt the need to come write a review for Amazing Wok. I love this place, they’ve been a staple since I moved to Albany in 2017. Lo mein is always incredible and fried rice equally so, the wonton soup hits the spot every single time, gyoza/dumplings are great fried or steamed, egg rolls have just a little too much of the roll itself (see edit) but are easily best in Albany. Delivery is ALWAYS 25 minutes or less after you hang up the phone. I’ve tried several other Chinese food places over the years but Amazing Wok stands head and shoulders above everything else I’ve tried. Thank you to the servers and cooksEditing less than a week later because the egg roles are perfection.“

“General Tso's tofu is amazing. Food is consistently fresh. Great portions and prices. Plenty of great options in the area but this is a favorite.

Vegetarian options: Veg/vegan options are plentiful and full of a variety of vegetables.“

“Stopped by the restaurant on my way back to the hotel. The person behind the counter was very friendly but not overly helpful as this was the first time in the store. Got the General Tsao and ribs. Both were delicious and there was enough for the next day lunch too. Wonton soup is really good. I recommend this place.“

“Freshly prepared food (you can see them coming straight from chef's window) decently priced (under $10) with large portions (satisfies my enormous post-workout appetite!) to keep you fed. This is the local go-to place for Chinese fast food. Anna, the lady who runs the front desk, is super nice and friendly. Service is fast and efficient. A heartening food stop!“

“Always quick and fast service. If you get their menu and order over a certain amount they will give you some free food, check it out!

Vegetarian options: Lots of veggie options, can order most any meal with no meat

Parking: Shared parking lot so lots of spots to park“

“Never have had a bad meal from there. We get lunch from there once a week and everything has been amazing. Best sweet potato sushi ever! The beef ramen I had today was phenomenal! We love this place!“

“Good food at a good price :) the staff were nice and the chef was sweet she brought out a soup for me in only a couple minutes because I realized I forgot to add it to my pickup order when I placed the call. Cute patio seating area out front but there’s actually a decent amount of seating inside too.“

“The food is great and the staff friendly, just very busy. It's a take out place, so the dining atmosphere may be a little dystopian, but it doesn't matter. I always enjoy the food and I get a good value for my money.

Vegetarian options: The veggie menu is great. I enjoy the tofu dishes.

Parking: The lot is small but There is always space since very few dine in. Buses use the small lot so occasionally one must wait, bur it never takes long.“

“Absolutely love them here! My family will frequently request a visit to the mall food court solely for the purpose of grabbing a delicious meal here! The ladies who are usually at the counter are always super friendly and always greet us with a smile! My son refuses to eat Chinese food anywhere but here and is always his 1st choice!“

“Very busy and on point !!! The people who rate them low clearly don’t understand the food industry! You move fast and efficiently! They make great food and fast ! I love ordering from this location and love the fresh ingredients! Continuing doing what you do !“

“Best place ever!!!!! Husband was going through it with an accident and still helped!! Such a loyal customer and LOVE their food please go!!! Defitily a FIVE STAR !!!!!!!“

“Staff friendly great personality and always says hello when you walk in, food is amazing the soups are very good and the food is very tasty and healthy the egg rolls are old school ones nice and crisp and big lots of taste not those dry out tasteless ones you get at other Chinese take outs don't change a thing you guys are truly the best!

Dietary restrictions: They have low salt options to“