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| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–9:30 PM |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–9:30 PM |
| Friday | 11:30 AM–9:30 PM |
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–9:30 PM |
| Sunday | 11:30 AM–9:30 PM |
| Monday | 11:30 AM–9:30 PM |
Address and Contact Information
Address: 1619 Central Ave, Albany, NY 12205
Phone: (518) 313-7090
Website: https://hushouse.net/
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Hu’s House
Hu’s House. Since 2017. Shanghainese Food. Tasty and Aroma! Quality of … Albany NY 12205. 518-313-7090. 11:30am ~ 9:30pm, Wed closed. [email protected].
Menu – Hu’s House
Dine-In. Appetizers; Dian Xin; Soup & Casserole; Seafood; Fish; chicken & Duck; Beef & Lamb; Pork; Vegetable; Noodle & Rice; Dessert …
MEGA REVIEW of REAL Shanghainese Food in Albany New York …
Hu’s House is an authentic Shanghainese restaurant in upstate New York. It’s located in the state capital, Albany, New York.
Reviews
Corrin LaChance-Inniss
The food was great. Very reasonably priced. The soup dumplings and pork bao were great. The fried rice and seseme beef were excellent. The meat in everything was tender and juicy. Everything was hot and fresh. Will definitely come again.
… moreLhaksam Choedon
Very reasonable price. Food was okay. I have had much better hot & sour soup. The spring roll was cold inside. Next time Should leave in fryer more. It wasn’t omggg good but was okay.
… moreCrystal Lee
Authentic Shanghainese cuisine! Our meal was excellent!
We started off with hot and sour soup, family style. It was a great balance of flavors and ingredients!
Spicy wontons came with 10 pieces, drenched in spicy chilli sauce!!! They were soooo good!
Pork soup dumplings were delicious. The wrappers were thin and chewy! None of them broke as we picked them up from the steamer! First bite into it, the soup was bursting out and temperature hot!
Vegetarian duck – tofu skin wrapped with mushrooms and carrots and maybe bamboo shoots! They were served cold! Delicious appetizer!!
Fish fillet with sweet and sour sauce, crispy exterior layers and nice flaky fish texture! We loved it!
sautéed pea shoots with garlic was really fresh and delicious!
Chicken and chestnut stews- portion was small but the sauce was yummy! Overall this dish was just ok!
Salted egg yolk shrimps were excellent! Totally recommended!
Stir fry Rice cake with mustard greens was sooo good! I Didn’t even get to take a pic! But we cleaned the plate!!! The texture of the rice cake was perfect! Chewy like mochi and it soaked up all the flavor from the sauce!
Overall, the servers were friendly and helpful!
The restaurant was a little run down but the round table seatings were somewhat comfortable!
… moreWe started off with hot and sour soup, family style. It was a great balance of flavors and ingredients!
Spicy wontons came with 10 pieces, drenched in spicy chilli sauce!!! They were soooo good!
Pork soup dumplings were delicious. The wrappers were thin and chewy! None of them broke as we picked them up from the steamer! First bite into it, the soup was bursting out and temperature hot!
Vegetarian duck – tofu skin wrapped with mushrooms and carrots and maybe bamboo shoots! They were served cold! Delicious appetizer!!
Fish fillet with sweet and sour sauce, crispy exterior layers and nice flaky fish texture! We loved it!
sautéed pea shoots with garlic was really fresh and delicious!
Chicken and chestnut stews- portion was small but the sauce was yummy! Overall this dish was just ok!
Salted egg yolk shrimps were excellent! Totally recommended!
Stir fry Rice cake with mustard greens was sooo good! I Didn’t even get to take a pic! But we cleaned the plate!!! The texture of the rice cake was perfect! Chewy like mochi and it soaked up all the flavor from the sauce!
Overall, the servers were friendly and helpful!
The restaurant was a little run down but the round table seatings were somewhat comfortable!
Sam Raj
One of our friends recommended this place. We went there to try out. It was fantastic; we loved our food.
Here is what we ordered:
Steamed Pork buns
Gong bao chicken
General tao chicken
Chicken with chilies
All were yummy
… moreHere is what we ordered:
Steamed Pork buns
Gong bao chicken
General tao chicken
Chicken with chilies
All were yummy
Olivia Pang
By far the most authentic and delicious Chinese food I’ve had, don’t be fooled by the outside this is an hidden gem with an extensive menu including so many vegan options and unique dishes like jellyfish and vegetarian duck! Hu’s fried rice was my personal favorite as it was umami and spicy and I can’t wait to come back and try all of their dishes and even as a vegan have so many to try
… moreFaoud Hajratalli
This place is simply amazing. They food is phenomenal but requires a bit of patience as everything is cooked to order. The service was amazing. Just simply a great meal and great service that leaves you waiting to go back again.
… moreCaleb Smith
I had been staying in Colonie for the week after traveling from Pennsylvania to work in the pine bush and decided to walk to Hu’s House for dinner one night. It was the highlight of my trip! The food was delicious and the staff were very nice, and the complimentary tea was a nice bonus. This was my first time ever eating at a Shanghainese restaurant and it did not disappoint. If I ever come back to work in Albany again I will eagerly return, hungry for more 🙂
… moremichelle serr
Absolutely fantastic food! The xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) are phenomenal, rich and flavorful broth! All the dishes we tried where spot on and amazing quality. The service and atmosphere is friendly and inviting! We will definitely be coming back over and over again!
… moreRebecca Del Gaizo
This was our first visit and it certainly will not be our last. We had a fantastic dinner overall. We ordered Pan friend pork dumplings, fried whole sea bass, beef with green beans, and Shanghai lei mein. The green beans were perfectly crisp tender with velvety beef slices. We were warned the dumplings would take 15 minutes and asked if we wanted them first or later. We didn’t care about the order. That just tells us how fresh they are made. They were so crispy on the outside and filled with juicy pork. The dipping sauce was delicious with a bit of a peppery bite to it. The noodles have such a great chew to it. Not too thick of a noodle and perfectly al dente. When they put it in the table we immediately got a good whiff of garlic Now, the sea bass… Super delicious! Sure I will get a few bones from trying to scrape off the flesh from the skeleton, but it was manageable. $30 for a whole fish and it was excellent. We focused on eating all of the fish since that is the least desirable for leftovers. It looks unassuming from the outside and you’ve probably driven by a million times. This place is definitely worth a try !
… moreNicole Bartner
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 try jellyfish for a while now. Hu’s specializes in Shanghainese cuisine. But the menu is, honesty, ENORMOUS. Page after page after page. Something for everyone, IMO. You can eat vegetarian or vegan if you prefer.
I do have to mention the atmosphere/physical setting 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 few inches of dirty water and dangling fishtanks heaters. They’re giving “abandoned.” Also just, basically gross in a dining space. I mean fine, have fish tanks or don’t. And it you’ve gone over to “don’t” you need to empty those babies out and 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 “work stuff.” 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 piles of random stuff all over the place. Put in the effort to tidy your spot up.
I was there mid/late afternoon, so it was quiet with one person handling the front. Unfortunately I had completely lost my voice and do nothing but whisper to communicate. But the 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 me order the spicy Szechuan Fish Stew because he said it was too spicy for my already struggling throat situation. I’m pretty sure 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 everything. Just try everything. And he was down with that. LOL
I started with:
Cold Cucumber with Garlic – DELICIOUS, fresh, I feel like garlic is particularly important when you’re sick!;
Steamed Shrimp Dumplings – served in the stacked, bamboo steaming baskets with delicious dipping sauce, excellent;
Steamed Vegetable Buns – REALLY GOOD. I never had anything like this before. Basically a dumpling made with the same dough you’d use for steamed buns. They were filled with spinach and mushrooms. Very good in the dipping sauce;
Jellyfish with Soy Sauce – Pro Tip: Jellyfish turns out to be pretty challenging to eat. It’s cut into really, really long strips. Like noodles. Only they’re not as easy to bite into pieces as noodles. So you wind up hanging over your plate with a mouthful of jellyfish strips trying to chew off the part that is hanging out of your mouth. I mean it was pretty good. But that was kind of too much effort for me!;
Vegetarian Duck. Yes, Vegetarian Duck. I was like, “I have no idea what that could be. I must have it!” I have no idea why it’s called Duck. But it’s really good. It is baked/cooked Tofu skin layered with a mushroom filling. Think something like lasagne only with extremely thin Tofu instead of pasta sheets and a chopped mushroom filling.
I was CHALLENGED by the Jellyfish and the Vegetarian Duck. And the challenge was entirely me trying to get the food into my mouth…
Then, after my waiter told me I was NOT up to Szechuan Fish Soup I ordered Singapore Noodles and Vegetarian General Tso’s Chicken.
Sinapore Noodles are very thin vermicelli stir fried with onions, peppers, egg, shrimp, chicken and ham and PLENTY of curry. I requested no chicken or ham and so got Singapore Noodles with only shrimp. They were delicious. Plenty of curry. I think next time I might request it a little spicy…
The Vegetarian Chicken was actually big chunks of fried tofu tossed in the General Tso’s sauce. DELICIOUS. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Perfect comfort food for someone who doesn’t eat beef, pork or poultry but loves the General Tso’s flavors…
… moreI do have to mention the atmosphere/physical setting 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 few inches of dirty water and dangling fishtanks heaters. They’re giving “abandoned.” Also just, basically gross in a dining space. I mean fine, have fish tanks or don’t. And it you’ve gone over to “don’t” you need to empty those babies out and 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 “work stuff.” 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 piles of random stuff all over the place. Put in the effort to tidy your spot up.
I was there mid/late afternoon, so it was quiet with one person handling the front. Unfortunately I had completely lost my voice and do nothing but whisper to communicate. But the 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 me order the spicy Szechuan Fish Stew because he said it was too spicy for my already struggling throat situation. I’m pretty sure 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 everything. Just try everything. And he was down with that. LOL
I started with:
Cold Cucumber with Garlic – DELICIOUS, fresh, I feel like garlic is particularly important when you’re sick!;
Steamed Shrimp Dumplings – served in the stacked, bamboo steaming baskets with delicious dipping sauce, excellent;
Steamed Vegetable Buns – REALLY GOOD. I never had anything like this before. Basically a dumpling made with the same dough you’d use for steamed buns. They were filled with spinach and mushrooms. Very good in the dipping sauce;
Jellyfish with Soy Sauce – Pro Tip: Jellyfish turns out to be pretty challenging to eat. It’s cut into really, really long strips. Like noodles. Only they’re not as easy to bite into pieces as noodles. So you wind up hanging over your plate with a mouthful of jellyfish strips trying to chew off the part that is hanging out of your mouth. I mean it was pretty good. But that was kind of too much effort for me!;
Vegetarian Duck. Yes, Vegetarian Duck. I was like, “I have no idea what that could be. I must have it!” I have no idea why it’s called Duck. But it’s really good. It is baked/cooked Tofu skin layered with a mushroom filling. Think something like lasagne only with extremely thin Tofu instead of pasta sheets and a chopped mushroom filling.
I was CHALLENGED by the Jellyfish and the Vegetarian Duck. And the challenge was entirely me trying to get the food into my mouth…
Then, after my waiter told me I was NOT up to Szechuan Fish Soup I ordered Singapore Noodles and Vegetarian General Tso’s Chicken.
Sinapore Noodles are very thin vermicelli stir fried with onions, peppers, egg, shrimp, chicken and ham and PLENTY of curry. I requested no chicken or ham and so got Singapore Noodles with only shrimp. They were delicious. Plenty of curry. I think next time I might request it a little spicy…
The Vegetarian Chicken was actually big chunks of fried tofu tossed in the General Tso’s sauce. DELICIOUS. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Perfect comfort food for someone who doesn’t eat beef, pork or poultry but loves the General Tso’s flavors…