11/13/08

The service stinks!!

by nycgirl99887

My table and I waited over 30 minutes to get served...the staff at Chef Yu really needs to get a clue.

08/17/08

Good atmosphere, average-ish food

by sihui

I am Chinese who went to Chef Yu with a bunch of caucasian friends. We past by the place and thought it looked promising and priced reasonably. We ordered Mai Tai, and it was great! However, that was pricey...$9 (Aug 2008). I had the whole fish in hot bean sauce. It was below my expectation. The fish wasn't fresh and it taste like it had been fried a few days before. The sauce was alright but since the fish wasn't fresh, I didn't particularly enjoy it.

My friends separately ordered slices of beef in oyster sauce and slices of beef with green peppers. The former seems alright and my friend enjoyed it but the latter had a disproportionate amount of tofu in it. There was hardly any beef!

Anyhow, this place has a good atmosphere and we enjoyed the cosy background ambience that complimented the conversation. However, I wouldn't come here for the cuisine alone.

• Pros: Good quiet atmosphere, lots of choices, reasonable prices
• Cons: Average food, generic "chinese"

06/27/08

Bad Attitudes!

by shesinger

This is a good place to go in a pinch for a quick business meeting or after work drinks. However, some of the staff at this spot have the worst attitudes I have ever encountered. They can be very nasty for no reason at all. They greet you so rudely and act as if they are doing you a favor for allowing you to eat in their establishment. I mean if you can ignore that, it?s a cool place. The food is pretty good and the prices are too.

• Pros: Some nice wait staff, cool ambience.
• Cons: a few really rude waiters

02/23/08

Great chinese food in cosy ambience

by DaniellaAmsterdam

We went for New York for a long weekend and wanted to have a nice dinner on Saturday. When we passed Chef Yu (corner of 8th Ave and 36street), it looked appealing. Very cosy, which is quite hard to find in New York, unless you want to spend big bucks.

And guess what? The food was GREAT and the prices very modest.

As a starter we had Shrimp Dumplings: 8 dumplings for the price of only $5.99 and springrolls around $2. The portion of the springrolls was very small, but then again, so was the price. The dumplings were really very tasty.

For main course we had Prawns with mango ($13.25) and Prawns with vegetables ($11.95). And it was full of prawn: 9 in each dish! Top that of with a nice Pinot Grigio of only $7 and a coke of $1.60. and we had a complete meal for a mere $45 dollars and it was very very nice.

So I recommend going to Chef Yu if you like good chinese food for affordable prices in a cosy atmosphere.

• Pros: Great food, nice portions, cosy ambience

10/17/07

Good food. Nice Atmosphere

by z_329

I've been staying in NYC for a few weeks and Chef Yu is the only decent Chinese restaurant within walking distance from where I was staying. Luckily the food is pretty good. I ate there 3 times in 2 weeks. Decent service. Good Chinese food. I'd definitely recommend this place to people.

09/07/07

Best Drink, Good Food & Nice Staft

by ken1245

The best drink for cocktail only $3 cheat??? The second is food "Soft Shell Crab" exellent. The last is the nice staft, I am recommended this restaurant for the people like chinese food.

08/24/07

not that good

by jpatel81

well i tried this place because all my friends talk about it. i personally did not find it good the service was verry verry slow as it took them 15 mins to seat us down. the food was average and i will deff not be going here anytime soon.

• Cons: everything

06/06/07

The Best

by cheoojin

I am 2nd time in the restaurant to try the food is good, drink is the best (happy hour), service is good,

& the restaurant is beutiful & nice place can do the party, good restaurant.

06/06/07

Great Place to go for Lunch!

by missaquarian

I have been to Chef Yu twice and will be going again this afternoon with a group of 8. the first time

i been to this place I loved it. The decor is nice the food is great and they give you a nice amount to

feel full. The price is so reasonable for what you get. If you like Chineese then this is the place for you.

Chef Yu - keep up the good work!!

~Missaquarian

02/22/07

pools of flavorless grease

by thetruone

I ordered the chicken with eggplant and received a flavorless glob of mushy eggplant swimming in a pool of grease. The chicken had some flavor but was also drenched in the grease. I estimate that the plate contained about 1/2 cup of pure oil. My dinner partner ordered a beef dish that was slightly less greasy. If you are planning for a heart-attack, this is the restaurant to help you get there.

• Pros: Good atmosphere
• Cons: the food