Renee's Place

Best Chinese restaurant! I never feel guilty eating this because they use local organic ingredients. I've been coming here with my family since I was small and the atmosphere is always the best, I love the staff and everyone is very attentive.

Excellent food and service. Pleasant atmosphere. Fresh ingredients Nice owner and staff.

I've been eating at Renee's place for many years. This is by far my favorite Chinese restaurant in the Bay Area. Her food is not only very tasty but it is also extremely wholesome and made with very good organic ingredients. My favorite dish is crispy duck. Make sure to order it if you eat there.We mostly order food to go, but the times that we have eaten in the restaurant, the service has been outstanding. The ambient and decor of the restaurant is very tasteful. None of the cliché Chinese decor, rather modern and contemporary, almost zen-like and very welcoming and tasteful.Renee herself is a great hostess and a beautiful person, both inside and outside.

First time here and found the food, service and ambience excellent. As others have mentioned it is more expensive than other Chinese restaurants as quality ingredients are more expensive. We ordered the sweet and sour pork, black bean chicken, orange chicken and kale. The 4 stars is because the dishes seemed a bit cold when served. It was a cold evening but perhaps warm plates would help? My husband finds most Chinese food too sweet and he loved the black bean chicken (spicy).When I asked my friend what she thinks made the kale so delicious her answer was, "Magic".

Renee's Place is a hidden gem on Solano Avenue, in Albany (just neighboring Berkeley to the North). Renee's is named after the owner - a beautiful soul whose restaurant is an oasis of delicious food and a beautiful and very tastefully designed atmosphere, and with excellent and kind service. With classical music playing in the background, you will enjoy well-prepared, delectable Chinese dishes. For vegetarians, Renee's offers substitute meat options that are quite nice in texture and flavor. If you're seeking an upscale Chinese food experience, please give Renee's a try and say hello for me. :)

The food was not good at all. My first complaint came with the spring rolls. I asked for cabbage vegetable egg rolls. They were stuffed with crap, no veggies in there, and yet they told me that they would be. I told manager I did not like and she did not charge me. Next, they brought out main dish I ordered: mix vegetable and shrimp prawns. Shrimp tasted like flour was on them. I did not eat this either. The manager compromised with me for some type of payment. So, I gave them $15 just out of courtesy and left. The service to me on a scale of 5 is 2. Also, I could tell while looking around at other people eating their food that they weren't pleased either. I could tell they wanted to agree with me but were afraid. Condiments like soy sauce, not on tables. I hate to keep asking for things I need to enjoy my meal. Ambiance was ok.

Delicious Chinese food with very attentive customer service. We had the shrimp chowmein and sweet and sour chicken with rice. 10/10 recommend!

Renee's is my favorite Chinese restaurant. The food is so good! My go-tos are the pot stickers, sizzling rice soup and beef with broccoli. They are also willing to make modifications like not including soy sauce if gluten free.

We've been coming here for twenty years and it will always be one of our favorite restaurants . You know those places that are so loud they shake your teeth out of their sockets? Well Renee's is not one of those places. Fans gracefully moving the air around, Mozart gently trickling from the stereo, it's all very restful. And the food continues to surprise me. I'd fallen into the pattern of always ordering from a short list of favorites but tonight the wife wanted some comfort food and ordered a tofu dish which turned out to be silky and delicate and floral and went especially well with the Gewürztraminer (she's got a very finely curated wine list). It's high end Chinese food, always competent, never fails to impress. Renee herself is just a lovely person and has that characteristic of making you feel *seen*, and if you trouble yourself to come in more than a couple of times will probably remember you and greet you like she's missed you.

Quiet and spacious place. Waitstaff had a kind demeanor, and we're flexible on making a substitution, but overall weren't effective. The food was only average and seems like many ingredients not organic. We don't plan on returning. We ordered the wonton soup and were told a small was enough for two. It was only enough for one, and was $17. Ordered the beef iron skillet as it was one of few dishes that come with protein and some veggies. Was supposed to come with three vegetables, came with one. Had to ask a few times to get an answer, told that chef forgot to add one, other was out of stock. They took it back to have chef add the one they forgot, but looked at me like I was crazy when I asked them to please add one of the other veggies that was on their menu. Usually a restaurant would let someone know if they are out of one of the ingredients for a dish. Menu lacking dishes that combine both veggies and protein. Unless you are sharing multiple dishes with others, it's hard to get a balanced meal. For another dish asked what sauce it came with (not listed on menu) and also got a strange look.