Yu Hsiang Garden

People always forget about this place but it’s the best Chinese food in Chestnut Hill.

This is unfortunate to have chicken fried rice and shrimp fried rice with only onions & bean sprouts, no green peas, no carrots, no scallions, little or no egg? Not good at all.

Don’t order the sushi!!! They tried to served me warm sushi, the salmon and the cream cheese wasn’t cold yet they told me that’s how it’s suppose to be! Yea ok! As if that was my first time eating sushi!

Had the best Chinese food I ever tasted here, which was the thai style crispy chicken. Dined in and had the lovely tea, cabbage, and crispy wontons before the meal. We did not like the minimum order rule for dining in, but otherwise great.

How have I lived in Lafayette Hill for 15 years and missed this gem?!? Simply put, it’s the best Chinese food I’ve had in Philly. Highlights of my dinner included: the special pan-​fried duck dumplings, which were not too doughy and bursting with flavor; the obligatory spare ribs, best I ever had; flavorful egg drop soup and spicy Tom Yum seafood soup for two; the sesame lamb was incredible and left CinCin’s lamb in the dust; sliced pork with eggplant in lemongrass and spicy garlic sauce was excellent; beef chow fun was also very good with perfectly textured noodles and just the right amount of sauce. My MIL had the orange beef which she loved. Also had the tofu vegetable casserole for a nice vegetarian accompaniment. Even the lo mein was excellent. Food is fresh and clearly made with attention to detail. We chatted with Vincent, the owner, who is an excellent host and praised his chef, who may be a little militant in the kitchen, but you take the good with the bad when the food quality is off the charts! This visit was my first, but definitely won’t be my last. Proof that you don’t have to go to Chinatown to get authentic Chinese cuisine.

We really enjoy this restaurant. Many of our friends and family have eaten there with us. All of us enjoy their food and service

This restaurant doesn’t look like anything special from the outside, but the food is amazing. It might be the best Chinese food I have ever had, which is saying a lot considering how many Chinese food restaurants there are in the area. The lunch special is especially easy on the wallet. I’ve had the general tso chicken and the sweet and sour chicken and both were great.

Do not order delivery unless you have an hour or two on your hands!
If they couldn’t make it they should say so, but they make empty promise instead.
No es bueno!

This is my favorite Chinese restaurant in the area, hands down!
First of all, they have a vegetarian soup. Not a soup with veggies that is made with chicken broth. No, an actual vegetarian soup. This is a big deal to me because I grew up eating soup as the first course at Chinese restaurants and now that I’m a vegetarian I can never get soup anywhere we go. Try the vegetarian noodle soup. It’s hot, filled with thin noodles, and stocked with real vegetables.
Try the mock general tso’s chicken. It’s delicious and vegetarian. Vegetable lo mein is greasy in all the ways you want lo mein to be.

The Citron Duck, with mango, lychee and pineapple… one word… PERFECTION!
If you want to have date night with the hubby or lunch business meeting, Yu Hsiang Garden is the place to hold it!

Yu Hsiang Garden is a solid neighborhood Chinese eatery on the border of Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy in Philadelphia. It’s been around forever because it has a niche in the local dining scene that it does well. This is not gourmet Chinese… it’s basic, hearty and tasty Cantonese cuisine. And at a reasonable price in very attractive surroundings. Their lunch specials are a tremendous value — two courses beginning at six dollars. And in addition they deliver to the nearby northwest Philly neighborhoods if you want to eat at home.

The food here is very fresh, hot, and it just tastes better than your average Chinese take out. It is a bit pricey for Chinese food, but I’d rather spend my money here knowing I’ll get the freshest quality of Chinese food.

This place has been my go-​to for Chinese restaurant in Chestnut Hill. The food & portions are solid, the prices are good, and I’ve never had bad service.

Just had a great dinner here – my friend and I ordered 6 fried vegetable dumplings as an appetizer, and two entrees to split: chinese eggplant with garlic sauce (mild), and a special, tempura crispy flounder with ginger and scallion sauce. So incredibly yummy, we had way too much food and it was delicious. She took it home with rice and will probably have a couple of lunches from it. Still thinking about that food…

I’ve only picked up take out but love their great, friendly customer service. Their food is very good!

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Ok. So it is not cin cin. It is solid good take out/​delivery Chinese. Dumplings are great. Chicken curry and grandfather chicken are also good. Give it a try. You will like it.

Blorf. Many items are just gloopey or slimy. We went to Yu Hsiang Garden for about the fourth time today. It was noon and we were the only customers. This is at a place that has about 100 items on the menu. It seems literally impossible that they could keep fresh ingredients to make all those dishes. The interior is depressing. Give it a miss.

Not all that impressed, especially for the price. The place is outdated and run down (a utility door behind our table was sealed with clear tape) and the server reminded me of an Asian April Ludgate.
The soup and appetizers were unexceptional, but we really enjoyed the banana fried shrimp, which was like nothing I’ve had before and I can definitely imagine myself craving it at some point in the future. So I don’t think we’ll be dining in again, but they’ll do for take-​out.

I have been here a couple times. The place looks shabby on the outside but once you enter past the would be bar (it’s a BYOB) it lightens up and is quite nice. The service is prompt and the waitress’ have been nice. Like most Asian restaurants the lunch combo menu is well priced and a full plate of food. The tea and noodles are always a nice amenity to any meal and here this is no exception. I ordered the Kung pao and was very happy with my choice. Not as spicy as I would have liked, but still delicious. The hot and sour soup is the best I have ever had, and it has been on several occasions so I believe it not to be a fluke. The person I went with ordered the egg fu young and was satisfied but not overly impressed. The other person I went with ordered the sweet and sour shrimp on two occassions, she was extremely happy with this order and I think she will order it again when we go back.
For lunch, I would highly recommend stopping in here if your in the area. This could be my new favorite Chinese food spot. I will be going back for dinner with my fiancé, and I hope the food is as good as their lunch.