First, I like this place. Always has been good, it's just slipping. Food is better than the average place, but not by much anymore. No dining in anymore, strictly take out. They have a perfect small dining room....... The dining room now is filled with their supplies and "junk". It looks terrible, and appears dirty!! read more

Never had a problem with the food. Very quick and easy take out. I has two tables to sit and eat. Nothing special but it does the job

Won Ton soup had hardly any meat in it and noodles chewy. Rice is bland Wont go again read more

Ordered from the lunch menu. The food was very bland. I ordered Double Cooked Pork with pork fried rice. It was listed as hot and spicy. It was neither. The wonton soup was weak,and the dumpling was all noodle with a tiny piece of meat inside. Pork egg rolls were mostly cabbage inside. It was disappointing . read more

I don't know what happened. The experience at one point was pleasant, but this is the 3rd and last time that I will be stepping foot in this establishment. Not sure if ownership has changed or something but there is a woman working there who upon entry makes faces, stares and mumbles things. It's really rude and uncomfortable and I can't imagine what I could have done to her. I don't know the woman personally I don't believe I've done anything wrong to her.. though on multiple occasions this has been my experience. She's not the one taking the orders but always "mean mugs" and then recites something in another language when she sees me. Maybe it's in my head but I've never received this kind of treatment there until as of recently; And I've been a customer of theirs for several years now. Wondering if any anyone else has had a similar experience recently (08/21/24) read more

We used to love Foliage. It was our favorite Chinese restaurant in the area. Always our "go to". Recently, it appears it has come under new management, and everything about it has changed, including smaller portions, lower quality, and much higher prices. We had ordered a couple of weeks ago and were disappointed. The food was just ok. But this week, we tried again and had a particularly disastrous experience! We ordered Kung Pao chicken, and It was terrible! It consisted of small, round chewy pieces of chicken and what appeared to be frozen vegetables! Additionally, they did not include the (now tiny) carton of white rice that was supposed to accompany the entree. The food was just awful and cost $12.99. We had to throw it out! The chicken in the chicken fried rice was overcooked and hard, and there were almost no vegetables! It was so disappointing! We are now on the search for a new Chinese restaurant. Sadly, We will not go here again after literally being customers for years and years. read more

Teriyaki beef is excellent. Egg rolls aren't crispy enough. Shrimp and broccoli and General Tso was very good

This place has the best wonton soup and sesame chicken!! Always good place to get food quickly.

This place is good and the portions are great. Service is your regular Chinese take out place service. You have to be patient because the girl taking the order gets confuse sometime read more

Growing up in this area, Foliage was the BEST Chinese food. So, I knew it in its heyday and over the years I've seen it decline but my most recent visit was pleasant. It seems to be getting back to what it once was. The restaurant itself inside hasn't been renovated in over 10 years. It is the same exact tables, chairs, and wallpaper. It would be great to see them update the restaurant to give it a fresher feeling. The service when you dine in the restaurant is kind of hit or miss. They don't necessarily have people working as servers. So if they're getting a lot of calls and walk ins, they are taking care of those customers and you don't get much attention at the tables. Sometimes, it's better to just order at the counter and then sit down. The food from my most recent visit was delicious and everything came out great. This place still has my favorite wonton soup out of all of the Chinese restaurants that I have tried since moving out of the area. My favorite part of dining in the restaurant is when they give you what I like to call Chinese chips and dip. They are basically fried wonton strips and what looks like duck sauce. But it's wayyyy better than the duck sauce in the take-out packets. read more

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Best chinese take-out in the area. Food is always fresh and hot. They are always prepared for the busy times of the day and the longest wait time for take-out will be 15 minutes. A must try. read more

Foliage Chinese Restaurant - Outside front - Chinese Near Me - Johnson City, New York

I love this place. If I had my choice every time of where to go for chinese food, I would pick Foliage. Their soups are clean tasting, which is rare for staple chinese, as is their entree dishes. The portions are big, but more than that, it tastes great! You don't walk out feeling gross and heavy, but satisfied. The fried wonton strips and duck sauce they give you are also a treat - very different, for whatever reason, from the usual fried wonton/duck sauce combo. read more

Surprisingly good Chinese food from a strip-mall type restaurant located across the street from a cemetery in Johnson City. While that picture may not sound appealing, trust me, the food is very good. I was very surprised to find that Foliage was so extraordinarily decent. I wasn't expecting much when I placed my first order, thanks to all of the other Chinese restaurants in Binghamton that are disgusting, but Foliage blew them all out of the water. I ordered the General Tsao's chicken, and when I went to pick it up, I was greeted by cheerful decor and an equally cheerful waitstaff. The meal itself was very good, and you could tell the ingredients were fresh. The chicken was not overly greasy, nor did it taste like something that had been produced by a shopping mall food court. It was yummy, and provided a solid meal for a couple of days. Honestly, this may be the best Chinese restaurant in Binghamton. While that may not sound like much, the food is very good and if you were to transplant this restaurant downstate, it would still do well. So that's saying something right there. read more

Just tried this place while visiting from NJ. I have to rank this sub-par, even for strip mall chinese. There are a few tables and no decor. I tried the hot and sour soup- really insipid. The look on the waiter's face when I ordered lobster fried rice should have told me to cancel that. There were 2-3 morsels of fishy-tasting lobster and mostly surimi (mock crabmeat) on a plate of pale tasteless rice. The shrimp dish was ok, and the batter-fried chicken on vegetables was mediocre. There were no Asian clients while I was there- a bad sign. If this is better than other local chinese restaurants, then I could never live here. Skip this, go to China Lake. read more

I tend to eat gluten free. I have never felt gluten-ized here. I order no wheat, no soy sauce and stay away from obvious culprits. Take out is ready when they say it is. They are generous with the veggies and shrimp. For Americanized Chinese food in Upstate NY, they are spot on. read more

Foliage is a pretty good Chinese spot servicing Johnson city. I used to crush the Spicy Triple Delight, great choice. Prices are reasonable, consistent quality for years. read more

I remember foliage when I was an undergrad. Probably the best take out Chinese place in the area. I always ordered the chicken with garlic sauce extra spicy. It was always good. It's also cheap too. I liked that when you dined in they gave you the free chips with the dipping sauce along with free hot tea. Now that I have moved away and live in a much more expensive area, I wish there was someplace like foliage around here. read more

Best Chinese food in town! Food is always ready on time and pickup is efficient. Genera Tsos is the best and they have tofu options. 10/10

Excellent Chinese takeout. Being from the NYC area, I am always skeptical of Chinese, particularly take out. Most barely reaches mediocre. Foliage is not any high grade specialty place. This is the basic take out, done right. Woman who takes orders typically speaks so quietly you might not be sure she is even on the line. But that's a small issue. read more

Above average Chinese food, General Tso's and wonton soup lunch special was delicious considering the lunch price. Also note that there is a $10 credit card minimum read more

This was my first Chinese food delivery in Binghamton. There are a bunch of options in the area, but with two recommendations (Jeff O's review and the Time Warner cable guy), I had to go with Foliage. Solid chinese food. We went with the "standard trio" as I like to call it; Sesame Chicken, Chicken Lo Mein, and Pork Fried Rice. High marks for all, but the Sesame Chicken really stood out. Delivery time was decent - 20mins. Foliage is a safe bet for Chinese. read more

Fried wontons were great. Just moved to Bingh, I know I'll be going here a lot. And to boot: crazy cheap!

For over a decade Foliage has been my go to Chinese food, but over the past several months, I have been very disappointed--it just hasn't been good. I hope they do something to fix it. read more

Pretty much everything they do here is great, but I'm a particular fan of the tofu with black bean sauce. The takeout is significantly cheaper than dining in, with the one benefit of dining in being the free crunchy noodles in duck sauce and hot mustard at the table. Out of all the Chinese restaurants in the Binghamton area, this is definitely the best! read more

a lot of people have told me that this is the best place for chinese food, and it is definitely better than most places, but there are also other places that are equally as good. i've been here about 5 times or so over the last couple years, and honestly i forget how a lot of the stuff i had a few years ago tasted, but i remember it being good, so this review will be based off my most recent visit. pu pu platter- usually these come with chicken wings but foliage opted to have chicken tenders instead. i would have preferred wings but the tenders were still good. they were unlike others i've had, i feel like they used a panko breading and it was a nice change of pace. the ribs had a good sauce on them but they were typical chinese ribs that were on the tougher side with not much meat on the bones. the beef teriyaki was really good though, nice flavor and easy to chew. sometimes pupu platters come with fried wantons, this one did not. the fried shrimp had the same breading as the chicken tenders. general tso's combo platter- the eggroll was very good. crisp and not too chewy and not too salty. the pork fried rice had a good texture but i gotta admit i'm not a fan of the peas and carrots. there also wasn't much pork in there either but the pork that was there was good and not dried out. as for the chicken, it lost some it's crispy texture being squashed in the container on the ride home, but it was still pretty good. the sauce was similar to some places i've had but different from most, it was a good balance of sweet and heat. i'm not on this side of town too often but if i was i would go here at least a few times per month. it's mostly takeout but they do have some seating that's nicer than most chinese places. the one woman who runs it is very nice, but sometimes the other people who take your order have kind of a "whatever" attitude, not rude but not extremely polite either. read more

I was in town on business and in the mood for Chinese. I read the Yelp reviews and decided to give it a try, and I am glad I did. I was a little nervous as it is not in the most appealing strip mall, in fact it almost looks closed when you pull up. With that being said I ordered anyway, and I was very pleasantly surprised at how good it was. I had the chicken and broccoli and a wonton soup. The fried rice was not heavy, and very good. The soup had a lot of flavor and the wonton tasted homemade. I will definitely make this a regular stop when in town. read more

Solid Chinese . I've had the House Special Lo Mein, General Tso's chicken, Shrimp with Black Bean Sauce, and maybe one other entree. The food has never tasted greasy or unhealthy in any other way (unlike many other Chinese American Places). The General Tso's chicken was a standout with a sweet tang that's not found often in that entree.... They don't have Snapple Beverages which is what I like with Chinese Take Out Food, but they do have Crush Sodas! read more

In my opinion, Foliage is the best Chinese takeout in Binghamton. They are very consistent- the food looks and tastes exactly the same every time you're there. They almost always get orders out in 15 mins or less, so you're never waiting long. I went to Foliage many many times and was never disappointed. read more

Foliage Chinese Restaurant - Sasame Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Johnson City, New York

This was my first real chinese food discovery in Binghamton. Across from the cemetary on Riverside. Its legit. It won't make you sick like Red Wok, sodexho sponsored wok or China One. I am critical about my Chinese food. Those places suck. Foliage is good. SUNYs, If you want chinese like you had back in Long Island, Foliage can satisfy you. read more

We get take out here all the time. The lunch menu is a great bargain. Solid food with fresh ingredients for a great price.

The only place we go for Chinese food and we live in Conklin it's worth the drive great food.

Awesome food best Chinese around! Eat here all the time awesome dumplings and egg rolls

Called to put in a delivery order and when I gave my address, even though I am only a mile away from them since they couldn't be bothered to look up the address they said they didn't do delivery. How lazy! They won't get my business ever again. read more

One of the best Chinese Restaurants this area has to offer. Food is always consistent and delicious!

Foliage has been around for as long as I can remember, and I've been enjoying it as long as I can remember. Pickup is always ready on time, and the food is good. Best lo mein in town. read more

Great food ... I love the fried rice it is one of the best I have ever had . I would highly recommend this restaurant.

No No no .... Worse spring rolls, and shrimp toast I have EVER experienced. If you think this is decent or acceptable "Chinese Food" you FAILED. I have actually worked the menu and have been consistently disappointed. Never uses peanut oil, IF they even use it... and change it ...MAYBE once a month .. Overcooked , never "crispy. pretty much a great " suburban" shithole ... great for the uninitiated and college crowd. enjoy drunken gomers read more

I actually enjoy the food here. Egg foo young is great and they are not stingy with the meat on the egg foo young. Sweet and sour chicken/pork is good...wish it could have been crispier. I would definitely recommend this place if you are craving for chinese take out in binghamton area. read more

Love Love LOVE Foliage!!! Hands down the best Chinese food in the area. Wish they had a formal dining area so it would be more of an experience, instead of driving 20 mins each way for just takeout.... but it's worth the carbon footprint. read more

Best Chinese in the area. Family owned and operated. Some unique dishes. Curry chicken with onion being a personal favorite. Don't bet on getting a table during lunch. Get the fried rice too, it is not that yellow crap rice that is so prevalent in lesser Chinese places. read more