New South China
1640 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19146
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Address :
1640 South St
Philadelphia, PA, 19146 - Phone (215) 732-7789
- Website https://www.newsouthchinaphilly.com
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 11
- Mon : 11:00 am - 11
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : Yes
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch, Dinner
Parking : Street
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : No
Waiter Service : No
Caters : No
Categories
Chinese Cuisine
The popularity of Chinese food in America can be adjudicated by the appearance of China Town in many major cities in the United State of America. The popular trend of ordering or opting for Chinese take away food isn't unknown in America. Chinese take away food comes to rescue when you're too tired from work or too exhausted to cook. No one can resist the temptation of eating spicy noodles, shrimp, chicken, beef or pork cooked in the sweet and spicy sauce. The cooking method of authentic Chinese food is a lot different compared to what is served in America.
Generally, Chinese use dark meat small bones and organs to cook dishes but this changes when you are eating American-Chinese fusion food prepared using white boneless meat cooked with broccoli, carrots and onions. Back in China, the food is less spicy and oily as they favor steaming and braising method for cooking the most popular dishes. So, if you have a taste for authentic Chinese food, then try finding a real Chinese restaurant in the city. You can also try the most popular fusion Chinese food like Pecking Duck, Chicken Feet, Hot Pot, Shrimp Dumpling Soup, Mapo Tofu, Wontons, Chop Suey, Egg Rolls and not to forget Fortune Cookies.
There are not many restaurants in America serving authentic Chinese food. A little research on Restaurant Listings directory can help you locate the best Chinese restaurants in the city. Chinese cuisine is continuously evolving, and you can find a variety of dishes categorized as the food for lactose intolerant, gluten intolerant, vegan, vegetarian, and diabetic friendly. So, if you have a group of friends with different taste patterns, save the hassle and visit the nearest Chinese restaurant in your city.
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Kathleen V.
I am so happy that they make a vegetarian egg roll!
(4)Hagana K.
Five stars in the context of cheap, neighborhood Chinese joints. This place is SO MUCH better than the other Chinese places in the area. I won't name names, but if you go a block or two in any direction, you'll run into the inferiors. Best hot and sour soup around, and the best vegetarian entrees outside of su xing house. I love the szechuan chicken too, lots of good veggies instead of the standard fillers. The fried chicken wings are awesome too.
(5)Lilli C.
This is my favorite place for takeout Chinese food. They have a HUGE selection, including an extensive vegetarian selection. Their general tsos tofu (and chicken) are both delicious. The staff is super friendly (they let me bring my dog into the restaurant to pick up my food...that's a good thing right?), and the food is dirt cheap. Also, they're always giving me a free soda...I guess if you spend over 10 bucks? I think if you spend over $30 they give you a huge portion of general tsos chicken for free. Although I am moving and won't be able to get takeout here anymore, I will for sure get their food delivered.
(4)J W.
Not impressed. Spicy orange beef had undetectable amounts of cow (although the citrus tasted fresh and real) Mongolian beef had similiar lack of protein, and excess onions. Chicken skewer appetizer was overly salty and dry. Egg rolls arrived hot & crunchy, but did not redeem order.
(1)Nathan N.
Very solid Chinese food. Chinese cuisine is not my go to, however my wife has the hankering now and then. The restaurant forgot the toping for the egg foo young on an occasion and they delivered the topping immediately. I highly recommend the restaurant.
(4)Justyn W.
This is a 4-star review for a cheap Chinese takeout spot so please take that into account. However, I had not had Chinese takeout in ages and after seeing my roommate walk in with some I just could restrain myself from making the short walk over to see what it was about. Some of the reviews I read had me a bit stirred, but I stayed the course and ended up getting the basic General Tso's chicken with pork fried rice. I wolfed it down in under 5. It was delicious, in my opinion. It was even better than I expected, and let me tell you, I've had some poorly made Chinese in my day. I'm happy I chose to go and check it out because now I have a quick Chinese food spot I can fall back on for a late night when I'm too lazy to to cook or need something to cure the drunchies. The wait was a bit long as I didn't go inside, but I don't imagine there would ever really be a wait for the spot. Note that I don't consider Chinese takeout microwaveable so I would highly suggest eating this in one sitting. All in all I'll find myself eating here again soon. If you want some solid Chinese takeout in Philly you might as well give this place a shot.
(4)Andrew R.
A 'drunk food' type of place... I ordered the Orange Beef and General Tso's Chicken and I have to say I couldn't tell a difference between the sauces. Beef tasted like chicken, chicken like beef... mystery meat? I just wasn't too entirely impressed. The fried rice though tasted as fried rice should taste at chinese restaurants. Probably won't be calling back anytime soon. If you do want some delicious chinese food, I would say look up FORTUNE CHINESE.
(2)Katie W.
I have never seen a worse place. People are extremely rude, food is bad, and there's false advertising. I would not recommend to anyone, I hope this restaurant go bankruptcy soon! I tried to order delivery, on the menu it says $10 min, so I ordered something that's of $12ish, they said the min is $15. I said well but it says it's $10 min on the menu, they asked me to order more, I was just being hesitant and said well I don't think I need anything else (I was actually open to order more food just to have it delivered). They hung up on me. The guy was extremely rude. Then I thought it was the language barrier and I still wanted to order food, so I dialed again. Someone else picked up and I heard the previous guy talk in the background "omg she called again". I ordered the same thing and they agreed to deliver. I politely mentioned that the previous guy was very rude, and this new guy shouted at me "do you wan or not" and hung up. This is the most ridiculous delivery experience I've ever had. I hope no one ever order from your restaurant again!!
(1)Erin G.
Decent, cheap take-out Chinese food. Never incredible but always hits the spot.
(4)Rita C.
I order from here every once in a while since it's right around the corner and have never been disappointed. The menu is pretty basic - same old, same old takeout Chinese food. The lunch specials are my favorite! (The L11 with chicken is what's up!) Workers here are very friendly and delivery usually isn't a long wait. If you're in the market for some quick, inexpensive Chinese food, check this place out!
(3)Joshua L.
I'm starting to think that I should stick with one or two dishes. Tonight, I ordered Kung Pao Chicken, interested in seeing how New South China's rendition would be. Well, I perhaps should not be so adventurous with this place. This was essentially the "Almond Chicken" I ordered before (mentioned in my previous review), but with celery and a slightly different tasting sauce although I can hardly tell what... Okay, it isn't hard to make a half-decent Kung Pao Chicken, and yet New South served up by far the worst version. I honestly cannot imagine it getting worse. The reason why? Because it basically was a soup! I ordered a pint of this stuff and after eating I measured out the remaining sauce (some of which I had soaked up in some rice and some of which was eaten during the meal) and it measured to 1/2 a cup! It was celery and chicken and peanuts floating around in a dark broth that tasted of really nothing but salt, and even then... The peanuts seemed like they were just tossed in without being wok fried, there were no peppers, etc. Okay, there were 5 or so pepper flakes floating around in the soup. I ordered this hot, and I put a note in the delivery saying to make it actually spicy, extra, extra spicy and yet what I got was what I would expect if I ordered mild and put a note saying "extra mild no spices please!" I'm still keeping this 3 stars for the dishes that are pretty good. But seriously, this kind of stuff is an embarrassment and New South China should feel shame for putting out a product such as this. No wonder the image of Chinese food in America is one of disgusting junk you binge on when you're drunk. Tasteless, bland, indistinct. A mark of shame on the great culinary legacy that is the food of China.
(3)Joseph L.
Went there one time. The taste is so bad, everything are most likely the same, and it's not chinese food at all. It's just some food mix and fired together. I'm not going there anymore.
(1)Niraj S.
2 hours for delivery. Zero customer service, zero communication and mediocre food. Don't waste your time here.
(1)D. S.
Food is Good! Customer Service is Bad/Awful. My friend and I placed a dinner order of chinese food earlier today via foodler to be delivered at 4:30pm. Lo and behold it was delivered at 12pm. We called the restaurant and told them their mistake and they told us no problem, keep the food we will deliver the food at the correct time. Well they came at 4:30pm, but wanted us to PAY again. After we explained the mistake the delivery guy left with our food. When we called the restaurant, all they did was hollar at us that we were trying to steal their food. Never again.....................
(2)Kristie W.
I just called to make a delivery order and I got one combination platter. I thought the price was going to be somewhere around $11. As soon as I said "that's all I want how much will it be," the lady on the phone screams at me and say NO DELIVERY and hangs up. I called back to simply ask why did you hang up and she screams again and says "WE BUSY NO DELIVERY!!" Then hung up again. Never have I experienced this service before. I need to make a trip to the restaurant and have a professional conversation with this women. How can someone be that rude to a costumer who was friendly back? Never again
(1)Juliana K.
Went here and got a large chicken fried rice which was ehhh. Bland, mostly rice, unseasoned little strips of chicken, and a little bit of onions, carrots, and peas. Fast and friendly service. But $7 for bland fried rice...PASS.
(2)Nicole H.
Delicious, convenient and SUPER inexpensive Chinese food. The staff is very friendly and the food's always ready when I come to pick it up. I've eaten a ton of different dishes here - think chicken and black bean sauce, beef and broccoli, egg rolls, wonton/egg drop soup, etc. - and have never been disappointed. This isn't an upscale place, but it doesn't pretend to be. If you're looking for Chinese food without breaking the budget this is definitely a great place to try.
(4)Kevin C.
Don't give it a two star rating for not being a fine dining experience. Its Chinese take out! Best general tsos chicken for 5.75
(5)Di P.
holy crap! food is surprisingly good. chicken fried rice had white chicken strips in it. so I wasn't afraid to eat it since people like to tell me scary stories about how some restaurants cook cats. Not this joint. the fried tofu in general tsao sauce was yuuum lots of extra sauce. Broccoli was way hard tho. and it's true about the freebies. (sodas) the delivery was quick. I wanna give this 3.5 stars really. But like my height, I round up.
(4)Joe W.
Modest price Chinese restaurant with an OPEN view kitchen; you can your food prepared with high standards. Friendly, well spoken counter person. Fresh & tasty although very mild seasoning. Egg rolls crisp, house wonton soup packed, good flavor on shrimp, beef and pork entrees and no greasy pork fried rice. I reheated leftovers and had no excess oil at all. I'll order again for take out but will ask for extra spicy.
(4)Ashley G.
This is the best cheap chinese food I've ever had. I love everything about this hole in the wall, take out only restaurant. It's clean and fast and tasty. Yesterday I got enough chinese food to feed a small country. My order was as follows Quart of Egg Drop Soup ($2.10) Pint of Lo Mein ($3.25) Quart of Veggie Fried Rice ($5.25) Chicken with Broccoli ($7.15) Grand Total: $20.64! I mean it doesn't really get better than that in Center City. I got enough food to feed 6 people at least. Plus they throw in a free soda with every $10 you spend so I got 2 free cans of Diet Coke. As long as the food's good and cheap I'll be going here for a long time.
(5)Catie W.
The "nice"-ish way to say that New South China sucks: I live directly across the street from this place and gladly, regularly pay delivery and tip to a driver from Green Garden instead. I literally won't even cross the street to eat their food. I don't know. Doesn't taste fresh. Does taste greasy. I'm not into it!
(1)Suzann F.
I love the family that owns this restaurant. They are always so nice and friendly to everyone! The food is good and consistent. It's not outstanding but remember it is basically a take-out restaurant. Certain things are better than others. Their Singapore Noodles are the best I've had in the city. They keep late hours and are open most holidays.
(5)Mitchell S.
I love NSC! The place is spotless, the food is good, prices are low and attitude from staff is kept to a minimum. I'm a fan! NSC i always there for me when lunch hour comes around and I'm not in the mood for salad, fruit or pita chips and hummus. Don't miss it!
(5)Oski B.
Hard to find fault w this place if you set your expectations accordingly: a decent Chinese takeout food place w the typical mediocre service. They're close to where I live and don't hang up when I ask them to deliver a few blocks down the street. These guys were open through the snow-mageddon of February 2010 when nearly everyone else was closed.
(3)Karen B.
three and a half. it's your basic chinese takeout joint -- but the mapo bean curd and chicken with black bean sauce merit some attention. best things on the menu.
(3)Cisco G.
Perhaps I just haven't looked hard enough, but I'm always scrounging to find a Chinese place nearish to Broad & Pine. Every time I find one, I go back and it's closed. Not a great sign. This place seems pretty solid. Standard fare, average prices, what more could you want? The vegetable roll is delicious, if absurdly greasy and the other dishes I've tried haven't made me feel like I was going to die afterwards, which is a plus for a low-budget Chinese joint. This is my go-to when I don't want to walk all the way to Mandarin Palace.
(4)Gary S.
Saw the mix of negative and OK reviews of this place, and given that it is the only Chinese restaurant near me in this nabe and we were craving some Chinese take-out, figured I would give it a chance. NOT A CHANCE! Food was almost inedible. A tofu dish that was supposed to come "with vegetables" basically had that soggy commercial pea and carrot mixture as the vegetable - kind of like what you would get at a bad school cafeteria...or prison. A shrimp and scallop "Schezuan style" was in a sickeningly sweet and gelatinous sauce, with no spiciness at all. Fried vegetable dumplings were at least acceptable. I will definitely not be returning here again/
(1)heather j.
food isnt the best chinese i have ever had...but its better than fortune, which is pricier and bland. they are fast, tasty, and best of all cheap.
(3)Tre R.
As cheap Chinese goes, this place is pretty much as good as it gets. The food's flavorful and not drenched in oil. I get delivery from there usually around once a month, and have never been unhappy with the food. Just remember, it's still cheap Chinese.
(4)Barry P.
I order from here more than I would like to admit. However, I remember watching Friends and Seinfield and being jealous that they could order chinese delivery (I'm originally from Cali). Well now that I'm in philly, I definitely take advantage of the fact that basically you can order chinese or pizza all the time. This is your basic chinese place that you would come across. The combination platters are where its at. $6.75 for an entree with fried rice and an eggroll. If you order over 10 bucks, they'll throw in a can of soda. I mean what more can you ask for. Steer clear of the bbq ribs. Probably one of the grossest things I've eaten. The sweet and sour pork, general tsao's chicken, egg foo young, ain't too shabby. So when you don't want to cook, and don't want Lazzaro's pizza, then hit up New South China.
(3)Matt R.
My local Chinese food spot. Pretty standard stuff, but done well. I live a few blocks down so it comes piping hot with steam billowing out once the plastic lids are removed. They have a pretty large menu where you will find all the Chinese food delicacies you crave (around 10 pm). The one thing I wish they could figure out is how to save my address. Some other delivery spots use your phone number to identify returning customers so you don't need to spell out your address each time you call. But what the heck, give me my kung pao hot and at a good price and I am a happy man. Plus, orders over $10 gets you a free soda or egg role, score! New South China is the place to call for the SW CC and Graduate Hospital neighborhoods.
(4)Jack J.
The best chinese food in the area.
(4)Jennie B.
I have had their hot and sour soup numerous times. Got their chop suey the other day and might be obsessed. My boyfriend's chicken looked crispy and yummy. It's hard not to go more often with their great prices.
(4)jaimie k.
it's a take-out -- mainly -- chinese joint on south street. it's not supposed to be gourmet, so what it does, it does well. and the lay at the counter is sweet as can be. plus, there's no delivery charge, and your food is always at your door pretty close to pronto, as in less than half an hour after the order. and though they don't take amex, they make up for it by adding freebies into some deliveries, like drinks and even a full entree now and again. still, we, as chinese food eaters, need to ask for more! white meat, for starters. and fortunes cookies every time, at least one per entree. sure, it's this way everywhere, so if you want plain and simple chinese food and post-chinese food bloat afterwards, go for it; it's near the top for that. but i want healthy, white meat sesame chicken, and i intend to find it! who's with me?
(2)Jenny N.
The only thing that would make me love this place more is if they brought me DIET coke rather than exclusively coke. But, it's free, so what the hell. It's your standard quick, cheap chinese food. The food is exactly what you'd expect. They deliver to my house no more than 20 minutes after I call. I've never barfed.... I get that, "I'm never ordering chinese again" feeling... but 2 weeks later I'm ordering again. It's tasty, fo sho. I'm feelin' ya New South.
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