This pains me since I have been a customer for over 40 years (mom took me here as a child). The food has gone downhill. Ordered Almond Boneless Chicken and fried rice. The ABC was missing lettuce and topping. Rather it seemed like Sweet and Sour Chicken pieces with ABC sauce. Did not seem like one piece of chicken. For the first time the food did not taste good and the fried rice was awful. I ended up throwing it out. This is no longer the days of being greeted by Henry. Rather the place is in need of a good cleaning, some fresh paint, and a return to its root. Right now there is no dine in service. There is a dirty fake plexi glass wall and boxes stacked up. Considering the number of good Chinese restaurants in Wayne County. I do not want to return. Had I not had fond memories here I likely would have given 1 star. read more

Not good no where as close to the original Red Ruby years ago food taste like it's from the freezer to the microwave this restaurant has fan it's course lol for it to close within the next year. read more

Horrible food!!! No taste at all! Rude customer service. I have never had Chinese food this bad. I will NEVER be back here!!!! Fried rice tastes like the box it came in. Just bland. Gravy had no flavor. Just all around bad food read more

Red Ruby Restaurant - Shrimp Egg Foo Young - Chinese Near Me - Dearborn Heights, Michigan

This is my opinion: If an old Cantonese restaurant is sketchy inside and out, they'll probably have some of the best American Chinese food that you've ever had. The prices will be stupid low, you'll be stuffed like Thanksgiving and you'll leave with a doggie bag because you won't be able to finish your food. Now I'm not one to talk out of my ass here so let me back that statement up. This last time I ordered off the lunch combo menu. For $8.01, tax included, I got a bowl, not a cup, of delicious Hot and Sour Soup, an excellent Spring Roll and a huge plate of War Su Gai. I seriously asked my server if she had given me the dinner portion by mistake. She just smiled and said "No, that's the lunch size". Super helpful, friendly and nice, I like the ladies that run this place. I've eaten here three times so far and I can safely say that Red Ruby is one of my local favorites. Get the War Su Gai, ABC, Beef and Broccoli, Lo Mein or whatever dish you like the most because you can't go wrong here. By the way, if you need a lunch date, hit me up. I'm always available for some good cheap Chinese! read more

Red Ruby Restaurant - Yeah, Sketchy As All Get Out But Soooooo Good! - Chinese Near Me - Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Fast kind service Good prices and amounts don't forget delicious be nice to sit in read more

Since Henry sold it to the current owners, it hasn't been the same, but some dishes are still good. The sauce for the sesame chicken is still the same and the best I have ever had. Sometimes, the chicken has the texture of something other than regular chicken breast meat. I can't explain it. Lately it has been good. The Almond Chicken was the best in the world. A whole chicken breast, light tempura breading, then sliced. Amazing, when Henry was there. Now it is like chicken strips. Seriously? The dinner rolls were the best, but now it is hit and miss, because they can't seem to get it down pat. Since, Covid the restaurant only does carry out, like a lot of other restaurants. Thank you China for ruining our economy, especially restaurants. So, at Red Ruby, they have the restaurant closed off and just the front part of the building is open to customers to pick up their food. It is disgustingly dirty. How hard would it be for someone to clean that area up. I am sure a lot of people would be turned off by the filth. It should be cleaned up immediately. There is only carry out service, and that is quick and easy. Ambiance is nonexistent, except for the filthy lobby.. I wish Henry would come back and make me some Almond Chicken, and dinner rolls. I miss that sweet man and his family so much. His culinary skills were better than any other in the Chinese restaurant industry. read more

This food is disgusting. My crab rangoons were burnt, sweet & sour sauce looks like gelatin even after being heated, the same for the orange chicken sauce. Couldn't eat any of it, opted for leftover Wendy's instead. The good reviews must be well outdated, wont be eating here again. Workers not wearing masks, social distancing not enforced, patrons not required to wear masks upon entering. Waste of $30, wish I could give it 0 stars. read more

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Love this place! Can't wait for next time! The service is great. Make sure you request all the sauces in advance.

Great food great service. The lady at the counter is always nice The food is great I love the eggrolls... Best Chinese in town.

The food is always consistently good. The owner has always been very kind and personable. Know the ambiance is that of a 1970's maybe 1980's kung fu movie. But to be honest the look is kinda the reason you sit down and eat there. Always clean, and the portions have always been pretty good. I moved away from Michigan a while ago. However, I always go there when I'm in town, and have never found a restaurant that makes the food as good as Red Ruby. Not all Chinese restaurants are alike. I've lived in Arizona, California, and now in Hawaii, and I always compare them to Red Ruby. I love this place and people should definitely eat here. I know I will, when I come home again. read more

Great food!! I've been enjoying this place for over 40 years. Chicken Egg Foo Young is a favorite.

I used to post all of my food from here and refer people. We even would go for family outings with 15 people. I've been going for over 5 years, but last night takes the cake. I ordered #35, fried shrimp, fried rice, egg roll and shrimp egg foo young right? Tastes the fried rice, it tasted different, but couldn't put my finger on why. Tasted the fried shrimp first - it wasn't as pretty and fresh as it usual is, but tasted ok. But then but the egg roll and almost THREW UP in my mouth. The smell that came from that egg roll smelled like old chicken fat in a garbage on a summer day. I called immediately and told them the egg roll is spoiled and I didn't want any of the food and I would bring it back. Take it back, and because I ate 2 shrimps before tasting the spoiled egg roll, she refused to pay me a full refund. I will NEVER go back and I hope the health department reads this!! read more

Chinese food in America is fake Chinese food. I'm going to come out and say it out right. Fake to serve a western style of palette that wouldn't know authentic Chinese food if it came up and Wu-Shu'd them to their face. Some would argue and say it's the best Chinese food in the area. Here's a tip folks. If it has a General Tso's chicken on the menu... it ain't real Chinese food. It's YOUR brand of Chinese food a la Panda Express. Every Chinese restaurant is a variation of Panda Express especially if they have friggin' General Tso's Chicken on the menu. A simple Google search would show that General Tso didn't even eat a chicken dish popular enough to name it after him. So I want to pride myself on trying the unorthodox. I like to do a little bit more research and so when it comes to Chinese food whether it's Mandarin, Szechuan, Cantonese, or Hunan and if it's Northern or Southern Chinese, I need to know because I know 95% of the time, the menu will have General Tso's chicken and Western broccoli will be part of the dish when generally, authentic Chinese food will use broccolini instead, again, note for authentic. So, I scour Youtube and find a food blogger who lived in Northern China, sampled almost everything Chinese when he lived in New York City, and found all the little places that serve authentic Chinese food and even would go so far as to suggest that we should see if there's a "secret menu" which means you need to know what you want. I did. And Red Ruby was a massive disappointment. Not because the service was slow. Not because the staff spoke almost a blend of English that made it extremely difficult to understand. But because they wouldn't accommodate. When you have someone who comes into your restaurant and orders something that might in fact appeal to YOUR heritage, you'd like they'd be forgiving. They didn't. That's what bugs me. Normally, you would be met with a smile, maybe a wink and then the chef in the back who I know is Chinese would whip it up. Now again, these folks aren't entitled to accommodate sure, but it would be nice to know someone American is trying to get you all to cook up something off the beaten path. What Chinese restaurant big or small (excluding Panda Express) doesn't have a roast pork dish. I mean, they didn't have roast duck even ON the menu. 90% of almost every single Chinese restaurant has a duck dish of some sorts. Red Ruby had none. It was all garbage that catered to dumb down palette of cheap MSG laden taste that appeals to the masses that you may as well change your name to Panda Express Lux because you're definitely more sit-downy than anything else. Even reading the reviews of this place, I get why people love it. It's appealing and familiar. Asian places are supposed to at least hold to your traditional identity and make stuff that's regional to how you set it up. The Hunan beef was in fact not at all what I would like. The Hunan sauce was sweet with copious amounts of MSG. The vegetables were soaked and barely cooked. The meat, obvious a factory produced stringy mess of what you'd expect from a Panda Express as far as beef is concerned. Just a grand disappointment and I wasn't feeling all that Chinese-y either as far as dinner was concerned but asking the workers at the Asian Supermarket next door, which they all recommended Red Ruby, I decided to try it and boy, do your research next time instead of word of mouth. All in all... 1 star because no Char Sui, no duck, slowest service ever, and essentially... fake Chinese fit for the Western tongue but it's no Chinese food in a way that would impress anyone who knows Chinese food... ... and stop saying Panda Express is real Chinese! read more

Stopped in for a meal. Took my order very simple orange chicken and fried rice. Prepared my meal put it in a to go box even though i said i was dining in. Girl then walked away after about 4 minutes i was like can i pay for my food and evryone behind the counter stared like deer in headlights. Never again . Franchise eatablishments are not worth the Money. Went to a nearby chinese restaurant got double of what i would of got at express for tbe same money. How can i eat if they wont cash you out read more

The food was good. The seafood dish was delicious. The scallops were cooked perfectly. The sesame chicken was also very good. Not overly sweet. Service was great! We will return. read more

Pretty good American Chinese food. Has my American Chinese food fav brown gravy for the shrimp fried rice. Food is good, I've only done carry outs never dined in but even in doing so the service has been good and polite. read more

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Oh Red Ruby so glad to find you, like 50 years you do really good on the cheap food's. Love the 2 Dragon on wall from China with lights in eyes. A step back in time unique decorated a laid back atmosphere. Starting with Wonton Soup and Fresh squeezed hot pepper sauce. Had Curry Chicken lunch a mega bowl Sizzling Rice Soup spot on delicious. The winner be a Double Damn Chicken Mooshu oh we love you. Delightful cooking to perfection we'll be back soon for more. Fast friendly service low prices make this a instant favorite. Find on Facebook, Yelp and Google. #redrubyrestaurant #mooshuchicken #sizzelingricesoup read more

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This is our go-to local Chinese restaurant. Never been disappointed. Great portion sizes and fair prices. The best spicy mustard by far! Very spicy. read more

The food is gross, had to throw it all away. Been going to this restaurant for many years but this will be the last time.

WILL TRY TO SCAM YOU!!!!Pad Thai is block of noodles stuck together so I asked for a refund and she didn't want to give me one then tried to give me a portion of a refund. Originally I paid with a card but she gave me cash refund and then overcharged my card thinking I wouldn't notice! read more

I come here a lot of the time, and I love the Cantonese Chicken panfried noodles. The staff are nice. Since this review, they are still doing take out only. read more

I dont like leaving bad reviews I swear I don't but this place right here is the worst Chinese place ever in my life I ate at! I'm not sure why some people are saying this is good Chinese food that tells me a whole lot about the people who are eating there that they have no idea of what good Chinese food is all about! I first started off with a small bowl of Wonton Soup my first sip of the soup almost made me throw up, the soup taste like water the Wontons tasted gritty! I never had anything like that in my life it was the most awful thing I ever tasted besides boiled Orkra.I don't know why these people are trying to serve this to humans, I don't know maybe they didn't like me and they just brought out the most terrible thing ever to make me leave but they dont dont have to ever worry about me coming back I will never ever go back to this place again ever! Before I knew that the Wonton Soup was terrible, I had ordered General Tso Chicken and Shrimp Fried Rice and a Egg Roll. Now, I won't lie the Shrimp Fried Rice was good, it was really really good, it was missing eggs but it was good! The Egg Roll was not bad at all, it could have been filled up more it was very much lacking on the filling. The General Chicken it was not as good as I wanted it to be or what im use to but it was real chicken breast tho but I did not care for it I ate two pieces and left it. The food just wasn't that great, the service was fast but when that soup came out in 2 seconds i knew it was going to be bad! I went at lunch time around 2:30 I can't go back there and I feel sorry for the people who think this food is good, you got to get out more if you really think this is good Chinese food honestly you really got to get out more! I think some people settle for what close to them and thats why they think this is good. read more

Red Ruby Restaurant - The absolute WORSE Wonton Soup Ever! It taste like water! I almost threw up! - Chinese Near Me - Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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We have been customers there for over 30 years the food and service was excellent, then it changed hands. Now the food is horrible and the service worse. Tried to give them one last opportunity to redeem themselves. I asked if one of our favorite dishes was still being cooked with turkey ham (I do not eat pork) instead of an answer I was given an ignorant act and hung up on. Gave the waitress the benefit of the doubt that it was a dropped call. I called back the phone just rang for 3 minutes! I am done with them. read more

The Chicken pad Thai is terrible. They just use egg noodles an some chicken. Waste of money

It's okay. I ordered the sesame chicken, but it was really sweet and sour chicken with some sesame dusted on top. The egg roll was good, the chicken was more like tenders too. I'll flip a coin before deciding to go back. read more

I liked this place. The waitress admitted that the general chicken and the sesame chicken were the exact same except for the sprinkling of sesame seeds over the sesame chicken, however it was perfectly fried and had good flavor. All in all I'd come again. read more

Red Ruby Restaurant - Sesame chicken - Chinese Near Me - Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Red Ruby was our go-to Chinese Restaurant for years. I got a carry out last week and was extremely disappointed. My daughter said it looked like they opened a can and poured it in a carry out container. We are so sorry that this restaurant has failed so. read more

Average Asian food. Nothing special although portions were generous. Too salty for myself but other family members said it was okay.

This was my favorite Chinese restaurant today we got the food hot rolls were cold and stale. They didn't give any sauce for the 4 egg rolls we order. The pepper steak tasted salty and old. Really disappointed this time. Ordered shrimp fried rice but the shrimp has a funny taste not sure what is happening all of a sudden there. read more

Haven't been here in 4 years and wow I should have kept it that way what the hell happen to the food here it has never been the best but it was a quick go-to for the price of the lunch menu, I had the almond chicken actually chicken tenders cooked in thick batter with a thin piece of chicken inside of the thick ass blanket the so-called gravy was just thick globs of thick yellow jello now the so-called rice was just sticky brown looking mush they no longer give you their once famous dinner roll with the meal those where good I did not even try the frozen heat and serve egg roll I just taste the chicken and the rice no flavor at all did not eat anymore after tasting this mess they will be closing the door at this restaurant out of business real soon on that not I am out of here ( RIP) Red Ruby already know where you are going because of the color read more

This is my favorite Chinese food as far as bargain and quality of taste. The only reason I give it 4 stars is because it's kind of dumpy in the inside, needs major renovations. But whenever I order I usually order takeout so it's not so bad. My favorite things to order are the combination plates, general tsos and almond chicken combination. The egg rolls are the best I've ever tasted tbh! read more

Everything I have had here is good, but the best is the Sesame Chicken. The chicken seems to be all white meat and the coating is not soggy. The sauce is flavorful and can be ordered mild or hot or in between. Week day lunch specials are down right cheap and come with soup, roll and tea. Staff and management are always friendly. read more

Been eating here for over 30 years. Good food and great prices. The lunch special includes your main dish, egg roll, rice, soup, and hot tea. read more

First time ordering since we're new to the area.....overall, pretty good but not the best I've ever had! Wife ordered beef & broccoli-she said it had lots of veggies which she enjoyed. I had general gso chicken-portion was huge but not spicy at all, which was very disappointing. We'll probably order again but will try others before read more

I love the egg rolls here! Best on the planet. Have never tasted another egg roll better than theirs! The friendliest people in the world. Been going here for years. Back when I was younger, about 7, the owner, an older Chinese man used to show me magic and either pull a dollar from behind my ear or a sucker. Usually it was a sucker lol. But overall the quality of food is perfect, service is amazing and just friendly people. read more

Okay I used to live in Redford and this was my favorite Chinese restaurant. A real mom and pop establishment. The owner and his wife and their college age children will work the front register. My orders have always been correct. The prices are cheap and the portions are generous . Everything we get tastes good and looks/smells good. Everything... Egg rolls, hot and sour soup, sesame chicken, shrimp fried rice, beef chop suey , general tso chicken, almond chicken, pepper steak, shrimp egg foo yung, ... Everything taste fresh and flavorful. The beef has the consistency of beef steak the chicken had the consistency of white chicken breast... I shudder to think what other restaurants use that has that rubbery texture... I looked for 4 years for a good substitute in my new community. I give up... It is a 20 min drive but if I want Chinese food it is worth the drive. read more

We were in this area for a funeral recently and decided to get some carry out. Our food was quickly prepared and was plentiful. We ordered the tofu & veges and General Tsoa Chicken with a couple of egg rolls and fried rice. I wish we lived close enough to get carry out from here more frequently! read more

I don't live in the area anymore so I don't go very often, but was there today. I love their pork fried rice. It's the best I've ever had anywhere. Their egg rolls are good too, especially with the hot mustard. I believe they prepare the mustard themselves. The lunch specials are good, cheap and give you a lot of food for your money. The only thing I don't like is they don't serve fountain pop. You get one can of pop and a glass of ice. No free refills. read more

Great food, great service...it's been our go to spot for over 10 years! Never had a problem. Had to go to another place (down the street on Ford Rd and Telegraph) 2 weeks ago due to the power outage. Well, I'll say it was absolutely HORRIBLE! I can compare the prices service and most of all the food! Red Ruby is fresh, seasoned and if it's supposed to be fried it's crispy and not soggy! That other place was disgusting we wasted $60! Red Ruby is our only spot!!! LOVE IT! #CUSTOMERS4LIFE read more

Hadn't been here in years so one day a few weeks ago I decided to try their lunch special. It's always been a good deal. I ordered the almond chicken lunch WELL WELL done. The egg drop soup was pretty good. The dinner rolls were stale. When I got my chicken it was FAR from well done, in fact it may have been undercooked cuz the breading was mushy on the inside. GROSS. I dont know what happened to this place, the food used to be delicious....maybe they were having an "off" day. Either way, I probably wont be back. read more