Chef P's Restaurant
Chinese · San Jose
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About Chef P's Restaurant
Chef P's Restaurant, located in San Jose, is a compact and unpretentious Chinese eatery serving up classic dishes. We're known for our delicious fried calamari and satisfying staples like chow mein. With a 4.2-star rating from over 300 reviews, we strive to provide fast and friendly service. Enjoy t...
Chef P's Restaurant, located in San Jose, is a compact and unpretentious Chinese eatery serving up classic dishes. We're known for our delicious fried calamari and satisfying staples like chow mein. With a 4.2-star rating from over 300 reviews, we strive to provide fast and friendly service. Enjoy the convenience of delivery, takeout, or dine-in options for lunch or dinner. We are wheelchair accessible, offering accessible entrances, parking, restrooms, and seating. We also serve alcohol to complement your meal. Open daily; see our hours for specific times.
What Customers Say About Chef P's Restaurant
Chef P's is a family-owned restaurant known for consistently good Chinese food and friendly service. Many customers praise the fresh ingredients and large portions. Popular dishes include the orange chicken, fried squid, and spicy chow mein. Some note inconsistent quality or bland dishes.
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Tip: Order food to go on hot summer days since there is no A/C.
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Chef P's Restaurant San Jose Reviews
Food I always fresh and delicious. Friendly, pleasant and patient service. No A/C so gotta order to go on the hot summer days. Other then that it’s great all around.
Best Chinese restaurant I've ever been to. We drove from Central valley to try this restaurant. Every was perfect. Service was amazing and off course so was the food. But what really nice was the owner Lloyd came out to greet us and even sat with us and had a little chat with my family. We are definitely going back to enjoy this amazing place. Thanks Lloyd 👍 😊
Soft Salt Pepper Squid and Orange Chicken sauce on side are great, so is Less salty vegetable chow mein. Good choice of beers n soft drinks
Drove all the way from Sacramento to have their fried squid. DID NOT disappoint. Can't wait to go back.
Great place for chinese food to go our quick dine dine. They have 9 different combo dishes to chose from mix or match. Most of the combo dishes averages $9.50 each comes with rice or chowmein and entree. Food is made fresh to order they accept cash or credit card.
Food I always fresh and delicious. Friendly, pleasant and patient service. No A/C so gotta order to go on the hot summer days. Other then that it’s great all around.
Best Chinese restaurant I've ever been to. We drove from Central valley to try this restaurant. Every was perfect. Service was amazing and off course so was the food. But what really nice was the owner Lloyd came out to greet us and even sat with us and had a little chat with my family. We are definitely going back to enjoy this amazing place. Thanks Lloyd 👍 😊
Soft Salt Pepper Squid and Orange Chicken sauce on side are great, so is Less salty vegetable chow mein. Good choice of beers n soft drinks
Drove all the way from Sacramento to have their fried squid. DID NOT disappoint. Can't wait to go back.
Great place for chinese food to go our quick dine dine. They have 9 different combo dishes to chose from mix or match. Most of the combo dishes averages $9.50 each comes with rice or chowmein and entree. Food is made fresh to order they accept cash or credit card.
Definitely will be going back. Food was delicious. The cashier, had amazing vibes. Experience over the top.
Owner and their family is amazing!!! So quick and freshhh! ❤️ I love it here. Their Chinese food is absolutely delicious! I had a large order and she helped me take the items to my car bc it was just myself. Spicy chow main is my favorite!! Flavor is always there!
Food was so good! Loved the Kung Pao Beef, Sweet n Sour Pork, Beef and Broccoli and the Spicy Beef Fried Rice.
Im telling yall this place is amazing the mintue I walked in a felt welcomed and the food was amazing the owner was amazing this is a spot you need to visit 🙌 you could tell love is build in this place!!!
Just a little place with good food great service nice portions hospitality friendly will definitely be going back to this place
I would give it a 6 star if I could. I’m Chinese and a finicky eater, my family and I love this place for our quick Chinese food fix inbetween school and sports, everyone can find something they love on the menu and it’s a great value. We also love the service. It’s a family owned restaurant so they DO care about customer service. Quick and easy with a smile. If you haven’t tried their fried calamari it’s our #1 favorite. A must have every time we came here. Our other favorites include the honey walnut shrimp, chicken or pork fried rice, fried noodles, and any stir fries that contained beef because they are so tender and delicious.
Delivered food fast, amazing food it tasted great. Would recommend coming. 👍🏽
Love this place. Been coming here since they were on Alum Rock & King. Food is always consistently good. If you are a seafood lover try the shrimp in spicy sauce(not too spicy but hella flavor) and steam rice, but the orange chicken always hits. Over here watching NFL, staff is friendly and welcoming. It's one of those spots even if the service was bad, you'll come for the food.
Im telling yall this place is amazing the mintue I walked in a felt welcomed and the food was amazing the owner was amazing this is a spot you need to visit 🙌 you could tell love is build in this place!!!
Delivered food fast, amazing food it tasted great. Would recommend coming. 👍🏽
Food was so good! Loved the Kung Pao Beef, Sweet n Sour Pork, Beef and Broccoli and the Spicy Beef Fried Rice.
Just a little place with good food great service nice portions hospitality friendly will definitely be going back to this place
Owner and their family is amazing!!! So quick and freshhh! ❤️ I love it here. Their Chinese food is absolutely delicious! I had a large order and she helped me take the items to my car bc it was just myself. Spicy chow main is my favorite!! Flavor is always there!
I would give it a 6 star if I could. I’m Chinese and a finicky eater, my family and I love this place for our quick Chinese food fix inbetween school and sports, everyone can find something they love on the menu and it’s a great value. We also love the service. It’s a family owned restaurant so they DO care about customer service. Quick and easy with a smile. If you haven’t tried their fried calamari it’s our #1 favorite. A must have every time we came here. Our other favorites include the honey walnut shrimp, chicken or pork fried rice, fried noodles, and any stir fries that contained beef because they are so tender and delicious.
Love this place. Been coming here since they were on Alum Rock & King. Food is always consistently good. If you are a seafood lover try the shrimp in spicy sauce(not too spicy but hella flavor) and steam rice, but the orange chicken always hits. Over here watching NFL, staff is friendly and welcoming. It's one of those spots even if the service was bad, you'll come for the food.
Great mom n pop spot, Ms. Tammy took my order, she was very pleasant and dutiful, she so fine. Tasty dishes, parking is a lil sketch either side but place seats large families.
My family and I have been going here for years. I've always loved this place soo much. The food today was very different. One of the main reasons that I used to love Chef P's is for their thick chow mein noodles. They were delicious. I'm not a fan of the tiny Panda Express chow mein noodles, they're not very satisfying. Well now Chef P's has thinner noodles, not too thin but not as deliciously thick as the old ones. The orange chicken was very sweet and delicious. The whole meal was great. I'm a lil disappointed in the salt and pepper fish it used to be a light thin piece of batter fries fish with jalapenos and yummy seasoning. Now it's a very thick dry well seasoned piece of fish. The service was AMAZING! The young man running the register was a super thoughtful, sweet man. Overall the food is delicious I just couldn't give it 5 stars because I miss the old food. Everything else is great and I highly recommend this place.
We got Calamari, Salt & peppers Chicken wings, Beef Chow fun, Shrimps Fried rice, and Chicken Chow Mein. I would definitely come back for the crispy fried calamari. I like the Fried Rice and Chow Fun, but the Chow Mein was really bland. The Salt & Peppers Fried Chickens have too much batter and needed more seasoning.
I thought price was high until the plates came out! We got beef broccoli walnut shrimp and mixed fried rice I would come back again
Great mom n pop spot, Ms. Tammy took my order, she was very pleasant and dutiful, she so fine. Tasty dishes, parking is a lil sketch either side but place seats large families.
We got Calamari, Salt & peppers Chicken wings, Beef Chow fun, Shrimps Fried rice, and Chicken Chow Mein. I would definitely come back for the crispy fried calamari. I like the Fried Rice and Chow Fun, but the Chow Mein was really bland. The Salt & Peppers Fried Chickens have too much batter and needed more seasoning.
My family and I have been going here for years. I've always loved this place soo much. The food today was very different. One of the main reasons that I used to love Chef P's is for their thick chow mein noodles. They were delicious. I'm not a fan of the tiny Panda Express chow mein noodles, they're not very satisfying. Well now Chef P's has thinner noodles, not too thin but not as deliciously thick as the old ones. The orange chicken was very sweet and delicious. The whole meal was great. I'm a lil disappointed in the salt and pepper fish it used to be a light thin piece of batter fries fish with jalapenos and yummy seasoning. Now it's a very thick dry well seasoned piece of fish. The service was AMAZING! The young man running the register was a super thoughtful, sweet man. Overall the food is delicious I just couldn't give it 5 stars because I miss the old food. Everything else is great and I highly recommend this place.
I thought price was high until the plates came out! We got beef broccoli walnut shrimp and mixed fried rice I would come back again
Combo #4 which is orange chicken with pork fried rice, $12.99. Taste ok, better than panda express for sure. Big portion, the one i ordered was enough for 2 persons.
Combo #4 which is orange chicken with pork fried rice, $12.99. Taste ok, better than panda express for sure. Big portion, the one i ordered was enough for 2 persons.
It was o.k., I had the chicken noodles soup, flavor was o.k., but kind of bland, chicken pieces in my opinion was very dry, but edible.....
Normally I'd go here and it's a very good food but today I went and I had a bad experience I ordered a number 1 Mongolian beef plate, and I ordered a number 8 with shrimp when I got into the plate there was no shrimp🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ I had to eat the magolan beef fillet the one I was saving for dinner so now I got a plate full of veggies and noodles 🤔🤦♂️🤦♂️
Normally I'd go here and it's a very good food but today I went and I had a bad experience I ordered a number 1 Mongolian beef plate, and I ordered a number 8 with shrimp when I got into the plate there was no shrimp🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ I had to eat the magolan beef fillet the one I was saving for dinner so now I got a plate full of veggies and noodles 🤔🤦♂️🤦♂️
What they served me when I ordered Worwonton soup: It came with broth that had no flavor, 2 wontons and soaked wilted lettuce. I took it back and they remade it by adding 2 shrimp. Ultimately, because this was the worst "soup"I've ever had, I asked for a refund. That's only after wasting my entire lunch hour there. I would not recommend this restaurant. Save your time and money . . .
What they served me when I ordered Worwonton soup: It came with broth that had no flavor, 2 wontons and soaked wilted lettuce. I took it back and they remade it by adding 2 shrimp. Ultimately, because this was the worst "soup"I've ever had, I asked for a refund. That's only after wasting my entire lunch hour there. I would not recommend this restaurant. Save your time and money . . .
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