Tao's - Middletown

The food is fantastic!! Ignore the old reviews!! This is a Little hole in the wall with real Chinese food. Mom Pop restaurant. They are new to the area. Husband was a chef in Las Vegas. Both husband wife have been in many competitions. Front of menu, authentic Chinese food. The very back of menu is our traditional “Americanize Chinese food.”We ordered sweet sour chicken,teriyaki chicken, back of menu, “Excellent, best chicken I have ever had.” Then we ordered a authentic Chinese dish, it was so delicious. It is not a fast food joint. Real authentic delicious Chinese food. We are coming back!!!

Excellent authentic Chinese food. They specialize in delicious Chinese food you'd only find in NYC. Although they do have the common dishes that you see at regular Chinese take out joints, the star of the show are their szechuan dishes. Hard to find kang-kong (water spinach) upstate, which was great that they have it here. Will definitely come back to try everything else in the menu.

Tao's is a hidden gem Chinese restaurant specializing in Szechuan style. Really good for being in a small rural area.The couple running the place are very friendly and provide helpful suggestions. Seems to be just the two of them running the place but service was fairly efficient.The food was good, I especially liked the Szechuan dishes like ma Po tofu and spicy lamb dishes, they have a nice balance of spice with the peppercorns and cumin.

Decent place, nice server. But wouldn’t recommend the Americanized styled dishes like lo mein. Noodles were over cooked and not the thick kind, seemed liked they used the same type or noodles for every noodle dish they have. The dumplings are really good though. Wouldn’t recommend to a native Chinese person.

They have Chinese American dishes at the back of the menu, but the real gold is the traditional menu. You normally have to go down to Mott street to find these dishes. Great food.Update: Came back a second time. THIS PLACE IS FANTASTIC!!!