Bite of Hong Kong
“We got the pan fried flounder, the dried scallop fried rice and the leeks with squid/calamari.”
“While a bit far from the center of the Chinatown hub, it serves up quality food for family style meals and rarely has a wait.”
“We were stuffed by the time the waiters brought out watermelon slices and red bean soup to finish of the meal.”
Bite of Hong Kong
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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Hidden Gem on the less traveled streets of Manhattan, Chinatown. The food is why you definitely have to go exploring.
Went around 6:30pm on a Sunday night. Was not too crowded. Service was good for a Chinese restaurant. This place advertises itself as HK style Chinese food. I can't vouch for that since I'm not from HK, but it was really tasty and offered slightly different items that the usual places on Mott Street.
If you go, I recommend –
Oxtail Curry
Double Egg Dried Scallop Fried Rice
Egg Tofu with Assorted Mushrooms
I'd definitely go back again. And bring all my friends.
The food was so delicious. All the dishes I ordered was all tasty and fresh. Came here for Father's Day and was super busy and packed. The restaurant decorations was nice and clean. Even though it was packed the waiters still managed to do a great job with their service. Dad was very pleased with everything in the restaurant. We tipped a little more. Highly recommend this restaurant if you want good Hong Kong food in Chinatown.
I love the corn and chicken soup here. It's thick, and flavorful with whole corn kernels and bits of chicken throughout. What makes it taste so good is the rich broth, very delicious.
The soup is both pricey and a small portion but it is real good soup.
We ordered: tofu casserole, snails, steak, some Chinese vegetable that I am unable to translate to English, cold jelly fish, and many more. The flavor is great but the size for some food can be a bit small.
At the end they provided complimentary water melon and black bean soup as dessert. The black bean soup was not bad.
I'd say this is a decent place to come for Cantonese food in Chinatown. The quality and the customer service is not bad. I'd come back again to this place in the future!
Pretty good quality food here. The restaurant is pretty new and the service was sufficient for Chinatown. We ordered a complete set of dishes (soup and stir fried fillet) from black fish and it was delicious. Definitely would recommend visiting this restaurant.
Bite of Hong Kong is a new authentic Cantonese sit-down restaurant on Chrystie Street. While a bit far from the center of the Chinatown hub, it serves up quality food for family style meals and rarely has a wait. It is very tourist friendly, with English speaking staff and a beautiful fit out. The front of house is decorated with wooden screens and white banquettes which seat four. The back is similarly decorated, but with the standard 8-10 people round tables with red and pink table clothes. Lighting is great, decor is very tasteful, and everything is clean. (I didn't check the bathroom, but hubster says it is better than most). There are two private rooms that fit about 8-10 people each. The very back "room" seats 20 people at two tables, but isn't as private, just screened off. The in laws were considering the space for a birthday dinner.
We ordered the following for five people:
Cold spring chicken
Curry ox tail
Egg tofu with mushrooms and vegetables
Dried scallop fried rice
Sweet and sour pork chop
The dishes were very very well executed. Portion sizes are good and easy to share – we also had zero leftovers. The curry ox tail was tender and mildly spicy, with plenty of curry sauce to enjoy over rice. The egg tofu is fantastic, with a very soft tofu fried and covered in a mushroom gravy with choy sum and snow peas on the side. The dried scallop fried rice is masterfully executed, not too oily, with tiny flecks of egg, scallop, bacon, scallion, and yello raisins for a sweet contrast. The sweet and sour pork chop is classic Chinese American food, crispy and drenched in sauce and in a large satisfying portion. The meat was chopped into smaller bites rather than large chops, which is also fantastic. The cold spring chicken (or young chicken) was good, with a crisp cool texture, and salty taste – okay if you're sharing with a lot of people because you might only want a piece or two. In addition to your order, you also will receive a plate of edamame and roasted peanuts to start, and you finish with a plate of fruit (honeydew in my case) and bowls of red bean soup. Very nice, and super thoughtful for a Chinese restaurant.
Service is good and staff are flexible. We had plates refreshed twice, and we were checked on twice. The waitstaff share responsibility, so you can flag down any service person and not just the person who took your order. Wait times for food were fairly short and the service was kind and respectful, especially for Chinatown where you're used to some bickering.
Prices are about $15 a plate, but each plate is family style, which feeds 2-3 people easy. They offer lunch specials on the back if you're eating for one or two. I consider this pretty affordable, especially considering the beautiful space, considerate service, food quality/quantity, and the extra plates. Recommend if you're in the neighborhood.
This newcomer to Chrystie Street serves up Cantonese style dishes with old fashioned flair and flavor but in a setting more upscale than your usual Chinese restaurant. You can take out of towners here without fear of being confronted with brusque service, dirty floors and walls and chipped plates.
While some of the older servers aren't so fluent in English, they try to understand and accommodate your wishes, allowing you to customize dishes. The younger servers are friendly, and eager to please. The décor is dark cherry wood, with pink tablecloths over the tables, several booths up front, and a large back room filled with large tables for families and larger parties. The food itself is tasty, redolent of the garlic and ginger typical to many Cantonese dishes but not drowned in oily sauces. I ordered the lunch special on my first visit, a bargain at $6.75. You get 35 to choose from and to cater to more Americanized palates, brown rice is also on the menu. You get a cup of soup to go, which I declined as it was the standard beef bone stock. Mine was made to order, as I wanted the fish and tofu dish but didn't want fried fish slices. After a conversation consisting of broken Chinese, the waitress and I ended up agreeing on fish filets with Chinese choy sum. It was absolutely delicous and I almost made a trip back to take out another order. Portions are ample and you get a pint of rice to go. The lunch specials are a very good value though the take out menu is incorrect. It says all day for lunch specials, eat in or dine out, which isn't true. Dine in lunch is not all day. On a return visit, we ate in and ordered the Tai Peng Mai Fun, chock full of sour chinese vegetable and assorted seafood–diced scallops, shrimps and squid. It was flavorful and a big plate. We also ordered the Fish Filet Casserole, which actually comes with this amazing tofu that is crispy on the outside and soft and melty on the inside. I liked it better than the fish filets themselves, overly breaded slices of fish that had as much batter than fish. We forgot to inquire and would have subbed stir fried fish slices, which they will gladly do upon request. We ate everything up anyway. We were stuffed by the time the waiters brought out watermelon slices and red bean soup to finish of the meal. Again, we ate everything up anyway. Bite of Hong Kong merges solid, delicious Chinese food and welcoming service, a good reason to visit.
Tip: if you want more tranquility, sit in the front room and not where the "family" and large group room is. That is almost a different environment, loud with the chatter of groups and frenetic activity. If you come with a group of four and get lucky, you can score one of the booths up front.