Hoy Wong Restaurant
“Pro tip: "Roast pig" refers to the crispy golden pork (siu yuk), while "roast pork" is the reddish slightly sweet one (char siu)”
“We recommend the peking duck for sure.”
“I was most impressed with the wonton soup (not to be confused for wonton noodle soup) because it had an ample amount of lettuce and scallions.”
Hoy Wong Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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I tried, I really tried. Tiny little baby tears were rolling down my face as I was leaving this restaurant, for I couldn't believe how awful the service was. This may actually have been the worst service I've ever had in Chinatown. I really don't want to go into detail as it is slowly breaking my heart but I've signed up for yelp and have a duty to my fellow yelpers to proliferate this truth :'(.
The moment the waiter realizes we're not native Chinese speaker was the moment he became unenthusiastic to serve us. In fact, I think he went a little out of his way to make our dining experience uncomfortable. After being a smidge pushy to get our orders, he swooped to take all of the chopsticks off of the table as if since we're American, we're incapable of using chopsticks. Well fuck you sir. I was born Vietnamese and in Vietnam, we most definitely use chopsticks. Anyways, the food sucked. Small unfulfilling portions and the meat they served was just fat. The roast pork was pretty good but it wasn't hitting my G-Spot or anything. The restaurant wasn't getting packed and he was in a rush for us to leave, and I could've left giving this place an average 3 stars UNTIL he over charged us. My order went from 5.25 to 7.25. In fact all of our orders went up by several dollars except for surprise surprise, my friend who spoke Chinese. Could be a coincidence really OR IT COULD'VE BEEN RACISM. lol I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and just say it's a coincidence. Overall, it makes me sad every time I see a restaurant close down because you start to wonder about all of the people affected but this restaurant should close down.
Loved here, we ate here twice. I loved everything about this restaurant, the duck and pork hanging on the window, the free tea, selection of food, the seating, and the food! OMG! It's so good. We ate here only twice could we found this place at the end of our stay in New York. The other restaurants were very good, but too Americanized, and no experience. Just eat here and you'll see what I mean. Also it's good to see the same ethic of people eating the food of their own culture. That's a very good sign it's going to be better than good. The other restaurants we ate first, not one Asian was there eating there or in line waiting to be seated. What doesn't that mean? Well eat here and compare them yourself.
Food 10/10. Experience 10/10. Service 8/10.
Pretty authentic Cantonese food run purely by Southern China people! The roast pork is really good here and not overly marinated in sweetness. Although the pieces are smaller than usual places I go to. I had a few simple Chinese dishes that included vegetables, some meat, and also seafood. The seafood dish, salt and pepper fried shrimp, was unfortunate only alright. The shrimp was carefully cleaned and large but the flavor was just not strong enough and the frying powder left a chalky feeling in my mouth.
Service was attentive but I could tell the waiter was really trying hard to sell us as many dishes as he could. Unfortunately it's difficult to say no to a sweet and chatty old man so our 6 dishes ended up to be a total of around $75. A bit overpriced in my opinion! A great thing about this place is that it's open later than 8, for those of you having late night appetites prowling around NYC.
Been passing by this since forever. Finally decided to drop in for a quick bite. The crispy bbq pork over rice looked and tasted like that of neighboring restaurants. Good. I was most impressed with the wonton soup (not to be confused for wonton noodle soup) because it had an ample amount of lettuce and scallions. And I'm a big fan of scallions. Also good.
I've been coming here since I was young for family dinners, lunch time, you name it…
This is by far the best juiciest roast pig that I have ever had. The workers are really friendly and attentive.
I love coming here, it is the center of Chinatown, where tourists and locals walk by. I would definitely recommend the salt and pepper squid, pork, and the cha-siew. YUMMY!
Cheap, delicious meals & friendly staff, that pretty much deserves 4 stars, wouldn't you agree?
I checked up on the complaint I filed with the NYC 311 site and sadly nothing has been done yet the business still has a grade of A with only 12 violation points. I have contacted the office of the Mayor of NYC about this as there is a significant health risk with this business.
I was waiting for my food when it happened.
A man, black, maybe in his late 40s, went to pay his check. When presented with the bill, he came very aggravated and started arguing with the manager on duty. "What is this charge at the end of the bill?" he demanded. The manager said it was a gratuity, which only set him off further.
"I work hard, I'm not paying an extra three dollars on our food," he said this no less than six times for emphasis. This went on for nearly 10 minutes.
Now the man eventually left, and did not leave a tip or pay the gratuity. When I presented the bill, there was no surcharge. It was a clear case of racial profiling.
It's possible to argue some sort of moral equivalency here – the owner being wrong for applying a surcharge to a group of people, while the man was wrong for not leaving a tip. But that's not how it works. The restaurant is a business, and how it treats one customer reflects on the whole business.
Perhaps these retrograde policies were acceptable in the Koch administration. I can say the same for the food. My bowl of wonton soup, with noodles and roast pork, was a mess. There was quite a big of lettuce – a strange filler that doesn't belong in this bowl. It was as tasteless as the roast pork, which was missing the crunch and juicyness of proper char siu. The chili sauce I was offered was old and oddly lumply.
The whole place has a aura of days gone by. Unfortunately these aren't the good old days, these are times better off forgotten.
Happy I found this restaurant as my new chinese rotisserie rice plate pit stop. This place is not as pack as the other restaurants but just as good. Quality, quantity and service – better than I'd expected. Only lil recommendation is to add a couple of veggie stems to the rotisserie rice plate – feel kinda guilty with huge plate of meat and rice. We ordered tofu stirfry and pea pod stems – both tasted fresh and good wok air (high heat cooking).