Going around State College looking for that hole-in-the wall that made great food and I thought this was the place, especially if they claim to have "The Best General Tso's in town!" So I thought I would give this place a try. I came here a couple of time to try the following: Fried Chicken Wing: Gross! It was dry, overcooked, and overfried. It was so overfried that the chicken took on flavors from the cooking oil. It also lack any creative flavor, unless they count "old oil" as a flavoring. Sweet & Sour Pork: I am always on my search for that perfect Sweet & Sour Pork. This place did not have it. What was served to me was dried, battered pork pieces with no discernible seasoning that was drenched in the sweet & sour sauce. And that's it. No carrots. No green bell peppers. No onions. No pineapples. Not even sliced tomatoes! Just the battered pork "jerky" and sauce. Disaster. The Best General Tso's Chicken in town!: Against my better judgement, I returned to Uncle Chen's to give their General Tso's Chicken a try. After all, it is "the best General Tso's Chicken in TOWN!" Mind you, this is the first time in my life that I've ever order this dish from any chinese restaurant so I had nothing to compare this dish to. So I ordered this with the hope that this was their signature dish that has kept this business going. Got home and took a few bites and come to realize that this dish was no different from the Sweet & Sour Pork I ordered the other day. The only exception was it was a different protein and a different sweetened sauce. So I am not sure why this was considered the "best in town". My only explanation is that you need to be drunk in order to appreciate this dish? But who knows and who cares as I have no desire to come back to this place. So overall my experience wasn't good. Another restaurant that has reinforce my notion that most Chinese Restaurants in State College sucks, as least the ones near the Penn State campus. I realize this is cheap food and that you do get more bang for your buck, and that it can feed 2 to 3 people, and that you can have leftovers, but for me this isn't the kind of food I desire to spend my money on, share with friends, or have leftovers for the next day. Maybe when I get drunk and I happen to be in the area, I might..... nah. So that's my take on it. read more

VEGAN REVIEW Don't let this place's hilarious but questionable web address fool you, vegan-foods eater: this is a wonderful place to eat some tofu-containing meals late, late, late at night. Food is somewhere between 3 and 4 stars... but, man, where else are you going to get your maybe-not-sober self some vegan fast foods with tofu in 'em? We showed up because I was a meal behind and it was about 11 pm. I will tell you about the food in a minute, don't fret, but first I am going to set the stage for our visit: This take-out haven was, on the evening of our meal, inhabited by the owners' five-year-old son and 18-month-old daughter, in addition to a well-used and well-utilized train playset. Our conversation was _delightful_. Joseph, in case you were wondering, is pretty excited about kindergarten and has recently learned to spin dice like tops. His sister's main interests at this point are disassembling her brother's train creations and shaking objects that rattle. If I were a college student, I would be pretty stoked to see anybody who wasn't a university employee or between the ages of 17 and 23. Even as an adult-type person, it was pretty good. Okay, yes, the food: we got a carton so full of Bean Curd with Chinese Pickled Pepper that we could hardly pry the thing open. We watched the cook prepare it, too, and it was a very fancy thing. Full of oil, yes, and deeelicious. The broccoli dish we got was okay, but this dish blew it out of the water, in the middle of Drinkytime in good old Happy Valley. read more

As a new grad student this year, I've been working my way through all the Chinese take-out places in town, and this is so far my favorite, by quite a bit. Hot and sour soup was the only one I've found so far that was adequately both hot and sour, and it was also nicely thick. Ma-Po Tofu was also appropriately spicy and not too greasy because the tofu is steamed instead of fried. I wish it came with more vegetables, but it was quite all right with only the little bits of carrots and peas. Good ratio of sauce to tofu, and excellent ratio of tofu to rice. I'll definitely order again and try other entrees! read more

The only dishes to order: General tso's and Shrimp fried rice. Delivery happens in approximately 17 minutes. Sometimes 18 if they're backed up. read more

This is touted by others as cheap and greasy. Well they got the greasy part right. The food was gross, but not any cheaper than other equally greasy but way more delicious Chinese fare in the State College and Bellefonte area. I ordered from Uncle Chen's using lionmenus.com. According to their restaurant info, they were voted best General Tso's. I figured it would probably be a safe bet right? Wrong. The chicken was dry and sauce was think and congealed and tasted too much of sesame oil, with no hints of garlic, ginger, or any other spices other than MSG and sodium. I also ordered the sweet and sour chicken dinner (complete with fried rice and an egg roll), crab rangoons, and fried donuts. The crab rangoons had hardly any filling, the sweet and sour chicken was dry and tasteless, and the sweet and sour sauce tasted like a medicinal cough syrup laced jelly, that left a pink stain on my arm where I spilled it accidentally. The fried rice and egg roll though not the greatest weren't that bad, my dog enjoyed the rice very much. The best part of the entire dinner was the fried donuts, but really how bad could a sugary lump of fried dough be? I feel bad saying all this though, because the guy that I talked to when I called (I had to call them back after they called me to see if I would still be there when they delivered, nice of them to ask), seemed really nice. I know some people absolutely love Uncle Chen's, but for my $26, I'd rather go somewhere else. read more

The food is averagely ok but the reason why I'm giving it a 2 star is that the rice is unforgivable. As a Chinese, I eat rice everyday and I know horribly prepared white rice when I taste it. The rice was unwashed and its cooked so it's so starchy and grainy. I might even say the rice tasted "dirty" because I know they didn't rinsed it. Worse of all, I can't eat any Chinese food unless I have my side of rice. So the rice ruined my experience. Overall, the food is not bad. I mean, I had steamed Chicken with Mixed Vegetable and that's hard to mess up. However, the service was kind of terrible. I had a misunderstanding. My friend and I ordered our food separately and the front person gave us the bag that we thought have both of our food. When we came back to my house, the bag only have my friend's order, which the hot & sour soup tasted too sour for normal standards. So we have to drive many blocks back to get the rest of our order. I shuddered to think what I'll do if I had to walk back in the rain. read more

I remember the good 'ole days. Or rather, the so-so days for me on a personal note. Sure State College living is on the dull side if you prefer your dinners without the elusive hang over.. but every once in a while you find a fantastic hole in the wall place to grab cheap grub. Uncle Chen's is just about the best you can get in town (other than the Beef Bowl on College Ave) and the price is affordable for the even the poorest of students. The General Tso's chicken is simply beautiful: crispy to perfection with a unique sweet and spicy taste that knocks your socks off. It resembles hot wings with an asian kick. I love the "fried" rice- not greasy in the least and seasoned with soy sauce (just how I prefer it). The greatest dish? Their beef lo mien. Seriously. The huge strips of seasoned, grilled beef are unbelievable. Having moved from State College, I miss this place. My boyfriend and I have yet to find a comparable take out. read more

The only reason I am giving them 2 stars is because they give you a lot of food. It truly is a bang for your buck for portion size. The actual Chinese food is of the worst quality- Horrible chicken and horrible fried rice. Just picked up chicken and broccoli and I threw it right in the trash. Egg roll was Ight though. read more

It used to be my go to when I get hungry at night, but ever since COVID not only they cut their business hour and they also up their price quite a bit. It is frustrating to see one of favorite place trending downhill read more

The food is well below average compared to other Asian places in state college. A few good things about this place is that it is very inexpensive (around $10) for an extremely large portion of food. read more

Second time getting Uncle Chen's and i gotta say i love it! Last time i tried regular Pork Lo Mein, came with fried rice and an egg roll. I used Order up delivery and it took like 40 minutes. This time, i got Sesame Chicken with steamed rice and Wonton in Egg Drop soup. I used pick up and it was ready in 5 minutes. BOTH these meals were STUFFED with so much food for only $8.95. And they were both delicious. The Sesame chicken and white rice tasted considerably more healthy than the Lo Mein. The Lo Mein was slightly greasy and God damned impossable to possibly NOT stuff my face until my trusty man girdle could restrain my loving food-baby any longer. So I'm out $38 and trapped in my room until my new Support Brief Girdle arrives, but right now my euphoric delerium is too good for me to care. Uncle Chen's gets a 5's from me and i cant wait to go back! read more

Okay, so I know this place is a wee bit gross, but it totally satisfies my greasy cravings. The egg rolls were greasy and crispy-- just what i was looking for! read more

Staff are unclean and they smell badly. I saw one of them blowing their nose with their hands and didn't even bother washing or even use tissue paper. Completely disgusting ! read more

Rude delivery driver. Campus order of 3 lunch specials took over an hour to arrive and arrived cold. Delivery driver called to ask if I'd meet him in the parking lot to pick up our food - it was cold with a mix of sleet and rain, which was why we ordered delivery - he was extremely rude during the conversation going to the extent to say "he doesn't know where everything on campus is" when asked if he could meet me at the main entrance rather than the parking lot. I never file a complaint but since he was rude and I had already tipped the delivery driver through our online order, we figured we'd make an exception this time. When I called the lady who answered the phone was apologetic.....only to hand the phone over to a man that continued to not understand that I was calling to complain about the delivery driver's behavior and not the length of time for the delivery. The man continuously explained the delivery time is estimated and they cannot change/control it, which was irrelevant to our reason for calling. For future department lunch orders, we'll be selecting another restaurant in State College that doesn't have issues delivering on campus or employ rude delivery drivers. read more

This is my first visit of the new location (well, new relative to when I tried Uncle Chen's a long time ago). Shop is awkward. And dirty. And did I mention awkward? They're mostly designed for delivery and take out. You can dine there, well not AT that shop, but at their neighbor, the bubble tea place, which is most likely owned by the same family? Things that just downright sucked... 1.) Ordered chicken and broccoli, normally something hard to screw up. Chicken was disgusting, bad smell, didn't taste good either. How do you screw up chicken? Was this chicken old, frozen, or what? Also, nothing seemed to be fried in the woks with the sauce. If it was, it was thrown around for a few seconds or so, and that's it. I'm sorry, but all of the ingredients should be fried in the wok with the sauce at the same time. None of this modular approach to cooking, where ingredients are cooked separately to save time and then thrown together at the last minute. It's apparent by the coverage of sauce on the dish's ingredients, and how it's just sort of laying there on the ingredients instead of coated. 2.) Rice is THE WORST I'VE EVER TRIED IN MY LIFE. I can't emphasize how horrid and disgusting this rice is. This is Chinese food, you should have pretty damn amazing white rice. But no. First, they don't even wash it. You can tell since it tastes dirty and is very starchy. Second, the rice is the cheapest grade stuff you'd ever find. You can tell because it's not very sticky (doesn't take water well) and the hull lines are visible on many of the grains. Uncle Chen's, stop cheaping out on one of the most important ingredients in Asian dishes. 3.) To-go order, and they didn't include any plasticware. Worse, they didn't include soy sauce, duck sauce, or any of the normal condiments. Instead if you get to-go and pick it up, you have to fish around in the cardboard boxes under the ordering counter to find those and add them yourself. They didn't even ask me if I wanted those things. Things that were good... 1.) Fast. 2.) Cheap for the quantity of food you receive. Overall, I wish I could give this place 0 stars to warn others to avoid it. Worst experience with Chinese food I've ever had. I couldn't even bring myself to take more than one bite of this awful stuff. I had to pitch it. And I've had Chinese from all over, including Pennsylvania, Maryland/DC, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan, Florida, Texas, and California. read more

This is the place to order General Tso's chicken. Very big portions & cheap price. There's nothing fancy about this place. It's all take-out or delivery, no dine-in option. read more

I constantly hear about how good Uncle Chen's is so I finally got around to ordering some this year. I'm a bit of a picky eater, so I stuck with the tried and true General Tso's. Uncle Chen has your food ready really quickly! As others have said, you do get a lot of food too. However, out of the two times I've ordered from here, both of my meals were ruined by biting into a strange, chewy, purple-colored piece of chicken. It's just disgusting. Maybe Uncle Chen needs to slow down a little bit? Although I'm batting 1.000 here, I have thought of giving the Uncle one more shot, merely due to connivence factors. Maybe I should try the beef instead next time... read more

This is my favorite place to order Chinese delivery for their Sesame Chicken and their General Tso's. However, I've never actually tried anything else on their menu. When I talked my coworkers into ordering from there, they didn't like their food, so if you don't want to order Sesame Chicken or General Tso's, I can't guarantee anything. The food comes fast and is well-priced! The meals come with a choice of soup, eggroll, or chicken wings. The only one of those that I've liked are the chicken wings - the soup was bland and the eggroll mostly just tasted like pepper with cabbage. read more

Always great! Large portions for a cheap price, good service, and take covid regulations seriously.

I would give them zero stars if I could. While they are friendly, their food is just not the same as other places. Too much sugar, its like a do you want chicken with that sugar? I also was sick off of it once. Not recommended. read more

Delivery came quick, I liked the lo mein and fried rice. The beef skewers I would not recommend. I'm pretty sure it's not even safe to eat them. I broke one in half and it was like rubber and the insides were completely raw and inedible. Not sure I'll be eating here again. read more

Uncle Chen's - Raw beef - Chinese Near Me - State College, Pennsylvania

Worst General Tso's sauce I have ever had in my life. It tasted like offbrand BBQ. There was not even any red chili peppers. The delivery was fast and portions were big, but that's the best you get here! read more

PROS: Fast delivery, hot and sour soup. Chicken chow mein dishes. CONS: Everything but the chow mein dishes. read more

Very disappointed in my delivery. Fried dumplings were burnt. Steamed vegetable dish was almost entirely broccoli and cost a whopping $9.35. Not one mushroom to be found. I also ordered the dry sauteed string beans. This may be my misunderstanding, but I thought that would mean my beans would be somewhat firm like the ones I get at My Thai. The only good item was the free Chinese donuts. See pictures. read more

Uncle Chen's - $9.35 steamed veggies. - Chinese Near Me - State College, Pennsylvania

I would give zeros stars if I could. It took over 2 hours to get my food. I called and they said delivery was on the way and it still isn't here. Literally the worst delivery service I have ever witnessed. Order from somewhere else if you're trying to order dinner and don't want it for lunch the next day. As long as it even gets there by then. When my food was delivered it was cold. It took 2 hours to get delivered. I used to always order from this place, but never again after this experience. read more

Good lo mein, a lot of food for a pretty fair price. Beef was even pretty good in it. Maybe a little light on the vegetables but I didn't really care. Definitely will eat here again read more

Lived in State College for a year and one month, so far this is the best and most affordable Chinese restaurant around! Staff was very friendly and followed COVID guidelines. Will definitely be going back there again soon! read more

Foods are microwaved and not even hot. Quite disappointed. There is also no price on the menu. Food over all is fine, just need to improve more read more

Be aware of Tien Hwa Lin in this place. He is a commercial scammer. He first bought item online, then claim it to be fake or defective and try to get refunds before returning the item. After he receives the refund, he refuses to return the item. We are disclosing this person's scammer behavior here because although this disclosure is not a review on the food at this restaurant, we feel obligated to warn you that when you visit this restaurant and be served by a deceiving person, please be careful. You might be eating food of inferior quality or get scammed when you use your credit card. Who knows what Tien Hwa Lin will do to you! read more

I ordered uncle Chen on uber eats. They use their own stuff to deliver. It took them 2 hours to deliver the food!! My apt is 9 min drive away from them. On their advertisement on Uber eats, it says estimated deliver time is 35-55 min！ And I cannot rate them on Uber eats. I don't know where does that 4.5 star rate come from. So disappointed and angry! read more

The absolute WORST customer service I have ever dealt with. after waiting over an hour for my order and calling twice, I called again to find out that they "don't know what happened to my food" and that there was "nothing they could do for me" in regards to getting my money back. I asked them if they could please resend me my food and I have now been waiting for an additional 20 minutes. THE FOOD ISNT EVEN WORTH IT IM JUST STARVING AND SPENT 20$ THEY WONT GIVE BACK TO ME. read more

Me and my boyfriend used to be die hard fans of Uncle Chen's. We always had ordered the same thing, General Tso's, Sweet and Sour Chicken, and a side order of Pork Fried Rice. I loved their Pork Fried Rice because they use big meaty strips of pork instead of the small cubes of pork that other chinese places seem to favor. We used to crave the food while away from State College, and it was always our first place to eat when we would get back into town from holiday. This is not the case anymore. I've given them many chances to impress me and keep me coming back, like they used to, but its just not the same anymore. Within the last year or so I've seen a steady decline in their food. The delicious Pork Fried Rice that had me so impressed when I first tried it, almost makes me throw up when I smell it because it has a (hate to say this) wet dog smell. I've tried it twice now hoping that it was a change in cooks, but time and time again the smell from the rice smells musky and incredibly unappetizing. My boyfriend still enjoys the General Tso's, but admits that the batter-to-chicken ratio has declined. He douses his food in Sriracha sauce anyway, so it doesnt bother him too much. I have noticed this, though, in ordering the Sweet and Sour Chicken. I would get a huge piece of what I thought is chicken, bite into it and realize it was just a giant piece of fried dough, containing no chicken. Even when I do get one that is chicken, it is dry and fried to a crisp, which it never used to be like that. Hopefully something will change with their food, and for the better. After given them many opportunities to hook me back in, I am taking my business somewhere else. read more

I tried this place for the first time..Did not get the feeling of a clean place..ordered takeout anyhow...I ordered the Vegetable lo mein and my husband, the Kung pao chicken. While the food tasted ok, after finishing 3/4th of my noodles, I found this black insect in the food!! My husband lost his appetite as well! Can never go here again!! read more

Uncle Chen's - Chinese Near Me - State College, Pennsylvania

The food come in a huge portion! Most items on the menu are much better than average Chinese take out and definitely the best in State College. Now that I graduated, every time I visit the town I'd try to get one meal from Uncle Chen's. Some of my favorites are General Tso's and Beef with broccoli. Their soup is pretty good too. Very fast delivery and you get the bang for your buck. read more

I've been ordering takeout from here for years. It is good takeout American chinese food and it is always delivered quickly. Yum!

We ordered in advance for a pick up at a certain time. They had initially said they didn't have our order. Then they found it and when we went to eat it every single thing was so over cooked. I imagine they made it when we ordered despite having put in a pick up time several hours later. If they can't offer this option and make the food ready at that time (instead of making it and letting it sit forever on a heater) they should remove it from their ordering platform. I would not recommend anything we ate at all. We threw away most of it. read more

Bring the real uncle Chen's out of retirement!!! This food is nar nar! Back in the day I loved it. Last time I called and it will be the last time I ever call the person on the phone was mean! He said, "what you want" in a rude tone. Boi get some manners when speaking to a lady. Then, when I slurped that won-ton soup it through I was drinking chemicals. Also when I was there, they had little kids In there wayyyy past a reasonable bed time, and these kids are little. Also the one little kid kept getting in my way. Kids are cool, but keep them at home when it's 11:00pm on a Thursday and you're dealing with drunk college kids. Also I would rather eat canyon pizza sober than this place drunk (if that says anything) to the real uncle Chen's come out our retirement for the love of god!!!! I miss the wag you fried those wings!!! read more

I'm sad to say this is the worst Chinese food I have ever had. I decided to order Uncle Chen's since it was significantly cheaper than Golden Ladle or Fuji & Jade (where I get my usual fix). However cheaper definitely isn't better. I ordered Ma Po tofu, which is my go to dish, and it was just so bland! Tofu tastes like whatever you cook it in, so if it is not in a good sauce, it basically tastes like nothing. So tofu + white rice with a boring sauce = not very satisfying. The portion was huge, and the delivery was fast, so if you want a lot of fast cheap food, this is the place. However if you're looking for a delicious meal.. Do not go here. Sorry Uncle Chen's. read more

The food was good, there was no problem with that. However, the delivery driver was extremely rude when we came down to get our food. We had a small mixup with the phone number used to let us know that the food was here and he threatened to call the police on us. His behavior was very unnecessary and was the poorest example of customer service I have ever experienced. read more

If you've taken the time to go on the internet and research a Chinese Food place that is famous for being quick, cheap, and caters primarily to the college crowd, you probably are skeptical about the quality at about Uncle Chens. I was skeptical, and decided to find out for myself whether or not Uncle Chens really is a good value. I recently ordered the General Tso's dinner special late after work and picked up the order on my way home. My order took about 10 minutes to prepare and was ready and waiting for me when I arrived at Uncle Chens. My order cost around $8 with tax which is very reasonable since most places back home seem to charge $10 and up for dinner specials. The dinner special came with a vegetable egg roll and a fortune cookie, which is about standard for any chinese takeout place. Chen's is famous for offering huge portions and with my order they did not disappoint. The takeout container was absolutely bursting with rice and general tso's, and seemed to be almost double what a normal portion would be at Chinese restaraunt. Since I am not a fan of reheating leftover chinese food I made a valiant effort at finishing the entire meal but came up short in the end...Chen's won. With Chen's you definitely get value with the dinner special, there is no argueing that. As far as the quality is concerned, Chen's is just as good if not better than your average Chinese takeout shop. In order to have delicious General Tso's you need two things: crispy chicken and flavorful sauce. I am happy to say that Chen's delivered in both categories. The chicken was extremely crispy, even after being covered in a plethora of sauce and sitting 15 minutes during my drive home. The sauce, which I had ordered in extra spicey, was very flavorful and actually pretty spicey. Ultimately, if you were to ask me if Chen's was the best Chinese food I ever ate, I would have to say "Nope". But, if you were to ask me if Chen's was the best chinese food that I ever ate that cost less than $8 and was ordered after 11pm, the answer would be a resounding YES....and honestly, I think that's the whole point of Uncle Chen's. read more