Reviews for Hu's House in Albany, NY
Very authentic feel and flavors. Their soup dumplings are expertly made and served. We've gotten take-out a few times and... generally have had okay experience, but have noticed very grisly/borderline inedible cuts of meat. Two out of three meat-baseddishes today used very poor quality meat (a few bites were on the verge of going rancid) and were swimming in grease (fairenough; flavors were good, if missing a little bit of "pan fire"). Service was also friendly but generally inattentive, and itappears that their primary business is from takeout. We recommend eat-in only for dim sum. The soup dumplings are as good asthe best found in NYC and nothing nearby comes close. We will try the other small side dishes next time, but will likely neverorder the meat entrees again. Read more
Flight got canceled and was stuck staying by the airport overnight. Soup dumplings are one of my favorite meals so decided to... give this place a try. I have never been so happy about a cancellation in my life. The family loved it and now we have a go tospot to hit up when we head to the lake. Read more
The entrance doors are FILTHY, I mean dirty. The first thing you see when inside is an old mostly empty dirty fishtank. The... host was pleasant. I was getting takeout and the wait was quick. The vegetable LoMein was inedible. Giant squishy noodleswith the blandest brown sauce I have ever had. It was loaded with cabbage. Spring rolls were a mouthful of goop, not sure ifit was oil or seriously under cooked. The fried rice was the only edible item. So essentially it cost me $27.00 for a quart ofjust this side of edible fried rice. I will not be shocked if they close down or are closed down. What a shame. Read more
We stopped by for lunch on Memorial Day and enjoyed eating the vegetarian “duck” (shiitake mushrooms wrapped in tofu wrap),... scallion pancakes, crab and pork soup dumplings, and Shanghai crispy noodle dish. Excellent flavors and service. Read more
$45 dollars worth of food may I bring it back for you guys to change my mind. I am a cook, I know the chicken is not edible and... the juicy crab dumplings were "dry". I purchased these to feed my kids. Will the chef feed this to his kids? Read more
A great place in Albany. I was very satisfied with their food and service. It looked like a family run restaurant and a kid was... helping his dad set up table and thats when you know the food is gonna hit different. My favourite was the crispy beef, it wasprobably the best crispy beef i’ve had. The portions are big and I was unable to finish my dish. The food didn’t take muchlong after ordering. The place is clean and their service is brilliant. If I return to Albany i am surely returning to Hu’sHouse to try other items on the menu. Read more
I love Hu's House. This is my go to for Asian food because everything is so authentic and delicious. I get the wonton soup and... steamed pork dumplings every time. There is so much flavor in both of these dishes and they are great appetizers. For the maindish I get the chicken Lao Mian noodles as my entree which is delicious!! I have eaten here many many times and have never beendisappointed. The prices are great for the big portions you are given. Definitely one of the best places to eat in the capitalregion!! Read more
I check out Hu’s House’s menu online and when I saw tripe and intestines and jellyfish I was in! When I see all the... “parts” on a Chinese food menu I know they’re not catering to the non-authentic diners. And I’ve been wanting to tryjellyfish for a while now. Hu’s specializes in Shanghainese cuisine. But the menu is, honesty, ENORMOUS. Page after page afterpage. Something for everyone, IMO. You can eat vegetarian or vegan if you prefer. I do have to mention the atmosphere/physicalsetting because we restaurant folk DO need to make an effort and I felt a distinct “lack of effort” when I entered. To whit:there are 2 fish tanks in the restaurant. One right at the door as you enter and one beside the bar. Both contain just a fewinches of dirty water and dangling fishtanks heaters. They’re giving “abandoned.” Also just, basically gross in a diningspace. I mean fine, have fish tanks or don’t. And it you’ve gone over to “don’t” you need to empty those babies outand get rid of them. They do not belong inside a restaurant in their current state. The second thing is the bar itself.They’re clearly not using it/sitting it and have the entire surface covered with piles of napkins or paperwork or just “workstuff.” Also not a good look. Again, if you won’t want to seat your bar, then don’t. But clear it off, don’t have pilesof random stuff all over the place. Put in the effort to tidy your spot up. I was there mid/late afternoon, so it was quietwith one person handling the front. Unfortunately I had completely lost my voice and do nothing but whisper to communicate. Butthe ginormous menu also has pictures of every dish. So I was able to point! I have to give my waiter snap for refusing to let meorder the spicy Szechuan Fish Stew because he said it was too spicy for my already struggling throat situation. I’m prettysure he was right. He also felt duty bound to tell me he thought I had ordered “more than enough” food. Again, he was right.But I wasn’t trying to finish Read more