Manting
“I've been eating way more dry pot (Ma La Xiang Guo) lately and they do it pretty well here.”
“In particular this is the only place I know of in Manhattan that serves spicy wok (麻辣香锅) where you can pick your own ingredients by weight.”
“If you're getting dry hotpot, you go to the register/kitchen area and just pick out what you want.”
Manting
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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I love this place! I've been here to pick up lunch a few times and I've also been here for dinner a couple of times. Their lunch is a great deal because you get 3 different items plus a choice of white or brown rice (which they do not charge extra for!), plus a soup for $10. For me it's usually enough to last me 2 days. Don't go by their takeout menu because they generally don't have all of the same choices that they have listed on their menu, but everything that I've had there there has been very good.
When I come here for dinner I get the malatang which is delicious! It's basically hotpot (but not the type where you cook everything yourself), you can choose the spice level that you want and the meat/vegetables that you want. You can also request additional toppings to your liking. It comes with noodles in it, mushroom, tofu, so though they call it a stew it's more like a big hearty soup. Great for when you're sick and craving something spicy.
Had their takeout and their noodle soups. Only lunch special is their three choices and a soup. Wasn't too fond of their lunch special in the first few months they had opened. Too greasy and watery for my liking. I gave it another try with their noodle soups. The bill was $13 for a noodle soup that was the size of what I would normally get in flushing for about $7-8. I thought it was supposed to be $11ish because the seafood noodle soup on their signage said $11 before tax but the cashier told me it was wrong and that it was the same as the other bowls like beef noodle soup. This to me is super expensive for lackadaisical thinner than udon noodles.The broth tasted like it was filled with msg. There was a lot of octopus but only really one of each other seafood like one fillet, one fishball, maybe three veggies…. After this, I most likely would not go again since I've tried two of their main dishes there…besides the pick your produce and they cook it for u food. Service is fast if u don't order the three choice one soup line.
Dry pot's the new hotness apparently, so let me break down how it works, at least at Manting. An employee fills up two bowls with raw food for you – one bowl is filled with non-proteins (cabbage, broccoli, noodles, etc.), the other with proteins (shrimp, beef, tripe, tofu cake, etc.). You tell them how spicy you want it, they cook it all in a hot pot-style broth, then they pour the whole thing into a giant bowl for communal consumption. You get charged by the weight (different prices for the different bowls).
You can tell the employees how many people are in your group and let them use their best judgement on how much food to put in. It's hard to know exactly how many mushrooms is good for three people, but they have a good idea about it all. The price came out to about $20 for each of us, which is comparable to regular hot pot prices.
For those accustomed to hot pot, this is basically that, streamlined. You have the peppery heat and flavor from the red chilis working its way into all the ingredients, sans the splattering of broth everywhere. You'll probably still smell a little. The food is good – there's no chance of you leaving something to drown in the pot for a good hour so nothing is overcooked.
But man, the service really brought me down on this place. I get it, Asian restaurants have crap service. Used to it, and I usually factor that in. But Manting is just a block from Times Square, yet they can't even handle splitting a credit card bill? I needed $50 on my card for work reasons and the rest on another card, and they just couldn't do it even with the manager involved. I thought this was 2015 where I can buy stuff from vending machines with credit card.
We ended up paying with card and gave them enough cash to cover the difference, but they still messed that up, taking all the cash and putting the difference on the card. Dry pot is an experience worth trying, but maybe try someplace else.
Came to this cute little Szechuan place to heat things up on a Friday night before going to see Deadpool. Grand total with tip was around $70 split among three people. My three-star breakdown:
Space – Simple narrow layout. When you walk in the door, seating is to your left, service area to your right, and bathroom directly in the back. Tables comfortably sit four people. I can't say too much about the comfort level of the benches and stools though. I think my behind fell asleep halfway through our 60-minute meal.
Service – Could be better. My main complaint would be on the slow tea refills (I'm new to spicy).
Tea – When you sit down, the server pours you a free cup of tea (the kind you get at dim sum places). Refills are free too.
Sweet and Sour Pork – I always love this dish wherever I go. Pineapples were fresh, and gave the dish the perfect touch of sweetness.
Shrimp Fried Rice – Fresh, peeled shrimp! Often times, shrimp dishes disappoint me because the restaurant uses shrimp that tastes like plastic. Not here! We finished this dish in no time.
Dry Hot Pot – At the veggie section, we went with the (1) wood ear, (2) shimeji mushroom, (3) lotus root, (4) bean sprouts, and (5) seaweed. At the protein section, we went with the (1) beef, (2) shrimp, (3) fish tofu, and (4) pork. Medium spice level w/ glass noodles. My friends loved it, but I'm still getting accustomed to spicy.
Please improve on the service.
This is a decent place for traditional Szechuan food, especially if you are a fan of spicy pot. Indeed a handful of selections were offered, with protein selection (chicken, fish, lamb, pork, beef, fish tofu) and veggie selection (different mushrooms, cabbage). spiciness also ranges from no spice to extra extra hot. our group only went for small spicy and were already got wowed, so make sure you are not making over-estimation.
Lunch time could get really crowded and five minute does make a difference. We came in around 1145 and it was still half empty; however by the time we got our food (20 min later), people started to line up and wait for empty table.
Service kind of sucks, as they tend to ignore what you said after you ordered. Nevertheless definitely one of the best spicy pot place in this area.
Great spicy stir fry around the area, we made here for a quick dinner stop, it's a pick-your-ingredient type of place where they toss everything together, I had it mild spicy it was pretty good!
It's not a big place and it's very crowded during lunchtime. It has both Americanized Chinese food and authentic Chinese spicy dry pot in the back. Save the trip to downtown Chinatown. You choose what ingredients to put in the pot. One guest needs to order at least 1lb, which is around $10 for veggies and $12 for protein. 1lb is not much actually. It also comes with rice, and complimentary green bean soup 绿豆汤 or 酸梅汤 plum soup. Perfect for summer.
Flushing's new world mall quality food found conveniently in Manhattan. No longer does one need to traverse the long dreaded 7 train to flushing for some good spicy dry pot. Skeptical at first, me and my fiancé carried doubts of the quality of their food and their advertised level of spice and flavor. Those concerns were gone with the first bite of their spicy dry pot. You have levels varying from none to a lot of heat that can be selected.
A note, if you intend to order spicy dry pot, you need to approach the food counter and select your veggies and meats. Then you provide to them with your table and in a few short minutes they'll bring the bowl to you. The other items on their menu, that is not related to spicy dry pot, are all ordered at your table. Items such as their fried rice or noodle soups. This part was a bit confusing as no instruction was given and a few minutes were wasted just waiting for some one to be flagged down to clarify.
Over all, it's a good place to eat if you're in the mood for something spicy, plus it saves so much on the commuting time to Flushing just to satisfy your craving.