New Star Chinese Restaurant - Guilford, Connecticut

Kris M.

I was going to give this place 2 stars because it was the only Chinese place that delivered in the 3 neighboring towns-but, they recently took that feature away.
I placed a big order tonight. Egg food Yung, beef and broccoli, chicken lo mien, chicken cashews, bbq chicken sticks, fried dumplings and I think ,something else it doesn't matter.
So to start..the egg thing...(see photo)...we asked for no vegetables but that request was completely ignored. You couldnt even taste egg. It just looked so unappealing and it had no taste accept for the onion chunks. Just completely overpowered with onions. The fried dumplings were only half fried. The chicken in the chicken lo mein was rubbery and there was barely any chicken just a bowl of noodles. The bbq chicken sticks were mostly fat. The worst was the beef and broccoli ( see photo). Freaking grey colored meat. Flavorless and honestly didn't even look like real meat. And in today's world unfortunately that's a thing, so,...never going here again. I would not recommend anyone else wasting their money either. $70 down the drain. So pissed. It's completely unacceptable when everything is so expensive and restaurants want to charge up the a$$ these days...then they have zero room for error. SOOO obviously we called to say what happened, and they said we could DRIVE 15mins back there to have them redo the beef and broccoli since we didn't touch that yet, and for the other meals, since we had tasted ( and I mean we didn't eat even a quarter of any of the portions) the food they couldn't do anything but offer us ONE FREE EGG ROLL. Are u serious? First of all, you know the restaurant is a low class place if they ask you to bring back the food. Or they give you a hard time because there was a bite out of something...
One egg roll And why would I want to have you remake anything you wasted my time and money on in the first place. We only had ordered once before and only gave them another shot because they used to deliver. Once they broke the news it was already late and my family was hungry so we took a risk. Never again New Star..never again. Completely low class place with poor quality food and/or fake food and management from the Twilight Zone.
The only reason it's still in business is because Madison and Guilford are deprived of any decent restaurants..so the towns folk are used to mediocre, sub-par dining experiences.

N K.

Some of the Worst Chinese food I’ve ever had in my life. “Sesame Cold noodle” was just overcooked noodles covered in peanut butter and SUGAR. The Mapo Tofu had no resemblance to what that actual dish is— but instead was gelatinous chunks of tofu in brown sauce with frozen carrot and peas medley. Everything was bad except for white rice. I’m sorry because the staff was very nice but the food was dumbed down for I don’t know whose palette.

Michael V.

New Star Chinese in Guilford is a hidden gem! The food was fresh and flavorful, with generous portions and great variety. The staff is warm and attentive. Their eggrolls and fried wontons are absolute standouts. Highly recommend this spot for delicious Chinese cuisine!”

Demetrios B.

BEST CHINESE EVER!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Fresh food, affordable, FAST SERVICE (5 min fresh & hot), clean inside, friendly service, and most important of all, TASTE DELICIOUS! I will be bringing my business back here again and again! The food here was PHENOMENAL!

Doug L.

Orange chicken was nice and crispy, good flavor. Broccoli was cooked on point. Nice, friendly person at the counter.
Place was very busy (Friday).

Alysa R.

Better then all the other Chinese in the shoreline area. Big portions with taste to it! Really nice owners!..

Jessica R.

Best Chinese food I have ever eaten in my 33 years - and I’m a wonton connoisseur! Large portions and only ever a ten minute wait. Lovely and courteous staff along with a very clean environment. I will for sure be a return customer from here on out!

Luis C.

2 Stars because a restaurant is mainly graded on its food. First time I got there. The restaurant looked clean, and was greeted promptly. That was exceptional.

The issue is the food, the rice taste was good, however the boneless spare ribs were aweful. I have a very keen taste. I can tell when food is reheated. The rice was fresh, but the boneless was not. It seemed they had yesterdays ribs reheated and then a sauce poured over them. The sauce hides the reheated taste a little but I could still taste it. If you’ve ever cooked pork shoulder in an oven and then reheated the meat in a microwave or a skillet the next day you can taste the difference. The fats in the meat breakdown and it does not taste as good as fresh pork.

This made me spit the food out and unfortunately I did not finish it. That combined with the fact that there is a higher price in comparison with first garden Chinese which is down the street in front of shell gas station next to the Mexican restaurant, which their food gives more portion, better tasting food, and I’ve never once have tasted food less than fresh. All for about a dollar less.

I can’t see why I’ll visit this place again. Hopefully their food improves from here to a year.