Su Xing House

I been to Su Xing House and few times and can honestly say it is a very vegetarian friendly restaurant at a very affordable price. I have always had pleasant experiences with waiters and the food quality has always been great. I enjoyed the Veggie Steaks with Black Pepper, but the best dish I have had so far is «Under the Sea», which is a definite recommend.

The saying «third time’s the charm» applies to my experience at Su Xing House.
Scene 1: I was feeling sickly so my partner picked up the General Tso Tofu lunch special. For less than $ 9, I got a good portion of GT Tofu, approximately a pint of miso soup, and an egg roll. I was satisfied with my order, specifically the price and the amount of food I received.
Scene 2: Why am I always craving boba and why is there not a boba shop in Rittenhouse? I decided to order a boba from Su Xing and it was exactly what I expected — a chinese restaurant boba. I wasn’t completely disappointed, but at the same time, I wouldn’t order one from here again.
Scene 3: We decided to dine in on a cold winter night. We were seated immediately on the second floor and received our water and complimentary jasmine green tea immediately. We ordered the General Tso Seitan and Veggie lo mien, which also came out right away. I’ve only had seitan once before and it was unmemorable. Su Xing’s on the other hand was amazing! It was perfectly crunchy and covered in yummy GT sauce. Also, the broccoli that came with it was not your typical lifeless Chinese restaurant broccoli. It actually tasted like fresh broccoli! The veggie lo mien was also very good. It was barely greasy unlike the typical take-​out lo mien– so thumbs up!
The service was very prompt and courteous. Water and tea were refilled before I noticed they needed to be.
I am also in love with the décor here. Great ambience is set up with their colored lighting, chandeliers, and faux plants.
I might be upset that this is one of the few places with boba in Rittenhouse, but their food completely makes up for it!

AHMAZING
got the general Tso’s Seitan. 17 G protein, 15 g carb, and 7 g sugars. I didn’t have the rice because I was so stuffed, couldn’t even finish the broccoli. A must have while in this area. Service was prompt and the lunch version was only some $ 8!
It came with a spring roll and hot and sour soup — would rate that a ⁷⁄₁₀ because I’ve had better but the Seitan was on point.

Great food for vegetarians like me. Good price for the portion. Highly recommended.

Vegetables prepared well, and artificed «meatz» with creativity. Very reminiscent of the Greenhouse Vegetarian Restaurant (R.I.P.) that used to be in Collingswood, NJ. In a good way! In fact, their «soy protein steaks with Shanghai vegetables» is the same as what Greenhouse used to prepare. So glad that Su Xing is around and keeping the faith.

This is a really tasty, vegan-​friendly spot in the heart of Center City that won’t break the bank. I had the mashed tofu on nori roll — which was insanely good — sesame tofu, which came in the form of a small mountain, and a Diet Coke, which brought my total bill to just a hair over $ 16 before tip. Seriously, if you’re looking for a good place to bring just about anyone, head over here — the atmosphere’s cozy and nice, the service is good, and your wallet won’t be hurting too badly afterwards!

Loved loved loved the food!!! And I typically don’t like vegetarian/​vegan restaurants. Only problem was the server — she was rude and not at all helpful. Ordered the steak, vegetarian heaven, Kung pao tofu, and something called seitan. The veg heaven and the seitan were the best!!! Super tasty and yummy! For 4 entrees, 1 appetizer, and 2 desserts we paid $ 68 before gratuity.

The food is delicious, reliable and vegetarian. They have great lunch specials! My only complaint is that you are merely a number here. Their desire seems to be turning tables and not providing a relaxing experience. As I write this review, the server just delivered my check, and I am only halfway through my entrée! Enough said!

Hiiiiii lol SOOO 1. Wow loved the food so much when I first ate here I was like «truly this dish is so good wow» and thennn lol 2. Bae brought home some lo mein and was like «WANT IT??» and in a frenzy I scarfed this mess of noodles and processed fake meat into my face hole only to discover!!! A fucking bug!!! In the damn!!! Food!!! I am very sad because the food is so good but you can literally chill w/​the bby cockroaches in my food cause this is gross + not vegetarian ok thank u bye

The staff seems miserable. Their favorite ingredients seem to be oil and sugar. I’m a Gujarati, and I thought the entrees were too sweet… my Indians, you know what that means… –_–
Tip: the scallion pancakes are not all that. In fact they’re just all fat.

As a vegetarian, I wish every restaurant I go to could be like this! So many delicious options for me, and even my boyfriend (who eats meat) thought it was good. The décor is very nice, and we were quickly seated without a reservation. Our waiter was helpful in suggesting popular dishes from the rather long menu.
We ended up ordering the moo shoo vegetables and tofu, which was good, and the sesame tofu, which came with broccoli and was amazing! My boyfriend said it was the best tofu he had ever had, and I would have to agree. I will definitely be coming back here, can’t wait to continue exploring the menu!

I can believe I haven’t reviewed this place yet. I love it and crave it often. They have the best lunch special deal. Under $ 9 for soup, entrée with rice and a side! I’m obsessed with their sesame tofu which is weird because I’m not usually a tofu person (which is terrible as a vegetarian) but it’s so good here. My friend always gets the seitan dishes and those are amazing if you like the mock meat texture. I would recommended to even non vegetarians!

Kale and bean curd with brown rice and a spring roll
I came here for lunch and ordered the kale and bean curd at the hostess’ recommendation. It was okay. It wish it had had more flavor. The texture and vegetable component was great, and I liked the lotus root and peanut soup. The spring roll was also great. If I returned, I would probably order something else.

We’re so delightful that we chose this place for our dinner while in Philly. After a long walk from the Philladephia Museum of arts, we were starving and wanted to have dinner around the 17^th street and Chestnut (we stayed at the Club quarter). The restautant didn’t look that attractive from outside. We were welcomed by a middle-​aged woman, looking so much as someone with an authority aka the owner, and were seated. There were two other couples having their dinner.
Thanks to other Unilocalers, we didn’t have to spend too much time on deciding on the menu. For appetizers, we had the potato croquette and scallion pancake. The scallion pancake tasted so good, while the croquette was just okay. Hubby and I shared the sesame tofu that came with a choice of rice. This sesame tofu was just too good! We loved it. Our friend had her noodle and she liked it so much. If only we got to spend more time in Philly, I know I would come to have another dinner at this place. People in Philly, you are so lucky to have a very decent vegetarian restaurant in town. I envy you!

This place is a vegetarian hot spot. Meat lovers you will be surprised how well the food tastes here. Make sure to try Szechuan Seitan nuggets, a really good option. Sit down, shut up, and eat.

Surprisingly haven’t written a review for this restaurant though I’ve been here before. Maybe it’s a good thing, since I was not impressed before, but now, I’m pretty content. This is standard Chinese vegetarian food with a menu overflowing with mock meats, but if you dig deep, you can find some more traditional Chinese food. That’s the stuff I look for at a Chinese restaurant, vegetarian or not. Mock meats are fine, but, do you ever really know what’s in them? At least if you order tofu, you know it’s just soy with some solidifying chemicals… I digress.
Great choices on the menu are traditional seaweed and cucumber salads — I tend to order these just about everywhere and anywhere. To me, it’s like having a bread basket with olive oil at a nice Italian restaurant. Anyhow, there are also fried things like spring rolls and scallion pancakes. The appetizer portions are quite generous.
All the mock meat dishes that people ordered looked great — plentiful, delicious, sizzling, piping hot and full of lots of goodies. However, I am not the biggest fan of them. The noodles are good here, whether you are eating wheat or rice noodles. They have pan fried and noodle soup. Fried rice if you’re so inclined. Lunch specials abound during the week.
In my experience, vegetarian Chinese restaurants tend to cater to a more vegetarian palate rather than a more Chinese palate. So, I was glad that they had some traditional Chinese dishes like glutinous rice, turnip, tofu skin, bamboo shoots, pea shoots, black mushrooms (i.e. dried and reconstituted for depth of flavor and texture), Chinese broccoli/​kale, lotus root and glass noodles. OH, and bubble tea??? Those options makes this place top notch in my opinion. In addition, nothing was too salty by my standards, which can be a downfall of many a Chinese eatery.
The lack of 5 stars is because of the lack of Chinese greens — they only had 2 fresh Chinese greens, one of which I hate (water spinach)… restaurants stock what will sell, so, yeah. They also had American/​western desserts that were vegetarian, but not vegan… bummer. The concept of gluten-​free also seems somewhat challenging here… also, no tea on the table or «free rice,» as in traditional Chinese restaurants… but, they had deep fried Chinese rice cakes for a dessert, YES!!! The hot tea was also fabulous.
I will be back… because there are many more dishes I wish to try… no mock meats for me, though, sorry. Keeping it to ingredients that I can identify by sight. Yum!

Su Xing is essentially a really cool concept because it’s like a typical takeout chinese place but everything is vegetarian! If thats not the life you’re about, that’s okay, but personally I think you are missing out on a very enjoyable experience. Like many people who frequent here, I am not a vegetarian but still absolutely love getting takeout from here.
Some of my favorites include:
1) The sesame seitan is just yum. For vegetarians, I think this is cool because most places don’t really know how to do seitan in a way that is flavorful and yummy. I feel like a problem a lot of vegetarians may also be that they like vegetarian food but not necessarily the «fake meat» flavor or texture most veg places offer. I can confidently say you do not have to worry about that here.
2) Scallion Pancakes
3) Golden Rings
So far I’ve only ever gotten delivery, but I hear nice things about the restaurant and hope to go sometime soon!

Great food here. Singapore Rice Noodles were the best I’ve had. Very nice staff.
I also got scallion pancakes and a spring roll… I was hungry.
I wish I lived closer to this place as I really want to explore the menu a bit more.

I am meat eater who likes go to vegetarian restaurant. I actually like flavor of soy protein.
I had hight hope about this place. This place was always packed with people and known as their affordable price.
I went there and I got my favorite Chinese menu. Sesame seitan. It came with brown rice and two side veggies. I got corn and steamed broccoli. And vegetarian spring roll.
I did not expect gourmet meal for $ 10 but food did not reach my expectation at all even I considered their amazing price.
I did not like my sesame chicken’s sauce at all. Way too sweet and lack of flavor beside the sweetness.
Side veggies were just sad, they threw couple pieces of steamed veggies and canned corn. Was lame…
When I almost finished my meal, I realized they forgot my spring roll. Didn’t bother to call them or go back. Boo.

The food was great. It came on two plates because we had ordered two dishes. One was different than the other. I believe one dish was a curry dish and the other. There were potatoes, which were soft and cooked. The size and weight of the rice bowls was pleasing. I wasn’t sure why they gave me three spoons and just one fork. The shower I took after getting home from this meal was one of the most pleasing showers I’ve had due to the meal. I did not get hungry once while in the shower afterwards.
They gave us oranges which tasted like lemons.