Chen's Gourmet

Combination chicken, beef & shrimp noodles spicy 😋 fast action service for lunch break. Also my food order was accurate with my personal request and adjustments my food was awesome tasting this was my 1st visit here. It mostly definitely isn't my last time 👍.

After a long winter day my boyfriend and I stopped in to get some dinner. The food was delicious (just what we needed!) and we were even offered some complimentary hot tea! Very very kind staff , we definitely will be going back.

Chen’s Gourmet is a gem in the wall. Inconspicuously hidden above a few steps and modestly colored so that it’s wall blend into its surroundings, the only thing that could possibly garner and attention visually is it’s beautiful sign out front. That being said, the food is otherworldly. Rarely do I have Americanized Chinese cuisine that tastes of high quality ingredients, and unique recipe originality, but Chen’s does exactly that. The General Tso’s is beautifully done, under a layer of thick sweet and spicy sauce with large chunks of crunchy fried white meat chicken. The Kung Pao chicken and shrimp is also marvelous, done with a take airing more on the traditional palate, but excluding all the typical medley of random vegetables that offer little to the experience. Overall, Chen’s Gourmet provides an excellent dining experience, where the food is phenomenal, the owner and chef and the rest of the employees are kind and generous, and the atmosphere, in spite of its modest exterior, boasts a little restaurant that the people of the Palisades are proud to call their own.

Delicious, well spiced General Tso's Chicken. Not sweet, red chilis, large seasoned batter coated chunks of dark chicken meat. What we love about Chen's- an old favorite of the medical residents at Georgetown Hospital- is the depth of flavors, lots of high quality chicken, and less broccoli filler. The General Tso's Chicken is hands down the best in DC. Other delectable dishes include Shrimp and Vegetables (great variety of veggies with a light spiced brown sauce) and noodle dishes such as Lo Mein. Seafood such as scallops, shrimp, and lobster are large, sweet-fresh, and cooked skillfully. The veggies are cooked tender-crisp, and delivery service is reliable. I've been ordering from Chen's since 1992.

I would strongly recommend Chen's Gourmet. I ordered something from their menu that I wanted to exchange as it tasted like peanuts. Not only did they allow me to keep the original, but they made a replacement. This is the customer service I rarely experience nowadays and sincerely appreciate. The food was delicious on top of that. Chen's Gourmet will always have my loyalty

Gourmet is right. Chen's offers some delicious and fair priced food with a wealthy sized portions. It's not a large place and doesn't have much space to eat, but I'd you do sit and eat, you can browse down at the MacArthur Blv atmospheres and people watch. To end it off, the chefs are friendly and the food is fantastic. Everything just tastes very authentic and sits just right. I'd recommend getting their Sesame Chicken, as it's easily their best dish!

By far my favorite Chinese restaurant on the east coast. I especially like the General Tso as well as their crispy beef. The veggies taste fresh and are not overcooked. They use a little bit of sesame oil in their rice which gives it that little bit of extra flavor. Every time I come to the DC area I make a point to stop by here. Absolutely delicious.

Ordering at Chen's for the first time I was expecting mediocre Chinese food, boy was I ever wrong. I ordered two General Tao's chicken plates, one extra spicy for myself the other regular for my girlfriend. The chicken was a great quality and came with a generous helping of broccoli. I consider myself a big eater, but it was all I could do to finish my plate. My girlfriend made hers into two meals. The extra spicy had heat on part with Thai or Indian hot. It was the best Chinese food I've had not only in DC but in the US. The chicken was crispy and not soggy, and the broccoli was steamed to perfection. On top of that they give us a few $10 off coupons. This is my new go to place for Chinese. Highly recommend!

Great place! Super friendly, thoughtful and accomodating guy. Good, fresh food. To go bag always has cutlery, napkins, fortune cookies, sauces, and a lil bonus (last time it was an apple)! Cute little table to wait, food made quickly. Great fried rice, shrimp, spring rolls. Lo mein kinda bland.

We visited family in DC for 10 days and on day 3 we ordered a huge vegetarian meal from Chen's. In the following days, our meat-eating parents were requesting another order so we had another huge feast. What a delight and a treat this place is - some of the best fake meat I've ever had (and being veg for 30 years, that is saying a lot). It's fresh, it's vibrant, it's scrumptious. I can't say enough good things about the food here, you feel like royalty eating a plate of this food. After both meals we took a pen to the menu to put a heart next to the items we loved most and, well, everything we ordered got a heart both times. Phenomenal. Go ahead and get a double order of the Vegetarian Crispy Beef, it was everyone's favourite. I can't believe I didn't snap a photo, too excited to dig in I guess. Best food of our holiday. Thanks, Chen's! Keep up the great work.