Jackson Heights Life

We just received new menus for Ru Yi, and the place appears to be under new management.   They're just standard, generic Chinese and Japanese takeout menus, with none of the regional cuisine that made this place unique in the neighborhood.   It's still possible that they'll take orders off the old menu, but I'm not optimistic.

Definitely sucks. Seamless says they're closed, so I guess it's true.

I know I touted them for a long time, but I recently switched to Saw Shack. Ru Yi lost it for me with some mixed up deliveries and a strange eat-in experience. Still, they had choices not available in this part of Jackson Heights. I'm sad to see them go.

that's really depressing. saw shack is fine for a higher-quality version of generic chinese-american food, but i really enjoyed having the real deal around, even briefly.

For what it's worth, I had dinner at this place on Oct. 9 and it was still excellent. Presentation had changed a bit (eggplant casserole wasn't served in the casserole, but it tasted the same, which is to say great). Same guy seemed to be running the place, and was as courtly as ever. Dinner was absurdly cheap, too. But as usual, there were hardly any customers. I think the problem is they are struggling to make it in what I've been told is a cursed location, one in which several other eateries have failed. Meanwhile I would encourage others not to give up because it's the best Chinese food I've had in the neighborhood (better than my one meal from Saw Shack) by far. Anyone with a more recent experience to report on?

That said, I will wait till I hear about their Japanese food before I order it.

The food I had, ribs and age tofu were slathered in thick, sugary sauce, I did not like it at all.

Wilson,  who was managing RuDi has left