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Uncle Chen

40 42nd Ave, 94403-5109 - San Mateo
Recommended by Sluurpy: 2021
🏆 #313 of 330 restaurants in San Mateo
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Known for: chinese northwestern chinese sit down Sit down
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Contact Information

📞 Phone: +1 650-572-7989
📍 Address: 40 42nd Ave, San Mateo

🕐 Opening Hours

Closed
Monday1 11:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Tuesday2 11:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Wednesday3 11:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Thursday4 11:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Friday5 05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Saturday6 05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Sunday7 11:00 AM - 09:00 PM

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4.0/5
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Steven Scholom

4 years ago
★★★★★ 5/5
They brought best potstickers ever, huge, in 4 minutes after ordering. Really friendly service. Love the fish in black bean sauce, the curry tofu veggies, the egg drop soup, etc.. Dinners served with free ice cream! Big place, lots of space. My kid wants only their food.
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Danijela Brekalo

4 years ago
★★☆☆☆ 2/5
Ordered take out lunch (almond chicken and side of rice and noodles), was told it would be ready in 10 min, which is too long for a simple order like that. They were not busy, there were 2 tables with customers at that time. It took almost 20 min. Food was tasty and good portion size, not to small not too big, but the service is not good While waiting for my order, had plenty of time to look around and there was a lot of clutter and things pilled up on top of things, and it just looked messy and like people don't care about the place. Not appealing and not appetizing. Probably will not come back.
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Chris F

3 years ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Why do I love it? Delicious food that seems to lack one thing: huge amounts of extra salt! I felt like other flavors really came through because of that. Enjoyed a few dishes, came back for more egg foo yung. Helpful staff. They offer hot tea, but I detest tea so can't rate that. EDIT in 2019: Sadly, Uncle Chen's closed down. :'(
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Ryan Fong

4 years ago
★★★★★ 5/5
I love this place and have been coming for years. They have terrific food at affordable prices. Vegans and vegetarians will be very happy with their large selection of these items. They also serve all kinds of meat dishes. Highly recommend.
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dave friedman

6 years ago
★☆☆☆☆ 1/5
food went downhill bigtime! The wonton Soup was tasteless! The fried Shrimp was more breading than shrimp. The green onion beef was meh & had to rush back home to use my bathroom right away. Very disappointing! Use to be better at one time. Quality gone down, price gone up.
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Joseph Huckaby

7 years ago
★☆☆☆☆ 1/5
Oh my... what an awful food experience, I'm sorry to say. Everything was too greasy and smelled of very old grease. The lemon chicken tasted like bad fish. The chicken in the fried rice was dry and low quality. The chow mein was 99% noodle, with little else. We think they used the same fish grease for all the entrees, as it all had a bad smell (and it seemed like it was days old). The orange chicken sauce was too sweet, and had a weird, unsavory taste. I cannot recommend this restaurant. Sorry.
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Tom Marra

8 years ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Uncle Chen is always amazing. They're reasonably priced, have a massive selection of vegetarian options, and a nice selection of specials. Always a pleasure and always good. Great for larger parties as the dishes are served family style.
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Mark Walker

6 years ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Good lunch buffet. Good value for the price. Works out great for a quick stop for lunch. You leave with a full belly or it's your fault. I am glad I tried it.
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