Spicy Village
“The da pan ji (big tray chicken) with an added order of noodles is a must.”
“The pork pancakes were a standout – the bread was crispy, the pork flavorful.”
“I recommend the pancake w beef, spicy beef brisket hui mei, lamb hui mei in broth, and spice scallion dumplings!”
Spicy Village
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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Everything that I was going to say about this place has been said. I know, I checked. For as much slag as Yelp takes, when 250 people review a restaurant, they tend to find the best things about it. Hooray for group think. Hooray for delicious food. Hooray for holes in the wall. Hooray for everything.
The pancake is good. It's even better dipped in sauce. The noodles are good, the sauces they come in is great. I even love that you can get a mess of noodles without broth. Even the soup dumplings are totally worth getting. The non-soup variety as well.
This place is right in the heart of Chinatown and across the street from a busy park so it's kind of tucked in if you don't know what to look for. The inside is small but quaint and the food is extremely well priced. My husband and I are two very full plates and had two cokes for less than $15.
I really enjoyed my spicy pepper chicken plate with white rice. It was filling and delicious. The waitress was friendly and helpful. I recommend this restaurant to other out of Towners that venture into Chinatown.
This place is so small………………….. I mean small…… Railroad / narrow type of restaurant. Smaller than the mta busses and school busses. I couldn't believe it. Surprisingly for a small place. It is clean. I have to admit. Grade A rating. Food was cheap, spicy and gooood.
– Pork Pancakes
– Spicy Scallion Sauce Dumplings
– Soup Dumplings
– Spicy Big Tray Chicken w/ Noodles
Cons:
**I am a huge fan of Soup Dumplings. However… Steer clear of their soup dumplings.
– thick skin
– barely any soup
– Overall it may look like a decent size portion but it is not.
** Pork Pancakes were good but nothing to rave about.
Seatings are a first come first serve. Basically seat yourselves.
If it wasn't for a friend, I wouldn't even notice this tiny place. Or knew how good was. Everything is most spicy hence the name Spicy Village.
Gem in chinatown!!
Came to this place around 7pm, and there was line outside the door already!
Really small spot, could probably seat 20 people? My friends and I sat in a table combined with another party, which we didnt mind at all!
Order the Spicy Brisket Noodles and the minced beef noodles. Meals came quick. Both were absolutely delicious, perfect for the cold!
Though the workers were extremely busy, they still served us with a smile and didn't rush us out at all.
Definitely a must-try if youre in chinatown!
Spicy Village is a small casual Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. It's very close to Grand St station on the B and D train.
It's a small place, so you will probably have to wait. We BYOB-ed and had some wine with our food. I ordered the egg and tomato noodle dish, and it reminded me of all the 'egg and tomato' dishes I had when I was in China. This restaurant is much more authentic than your typical 'lo-mein' and 'kung pao' dishes.
The menu on the wall isn't exhaustive, so check out the paper menu for more options (especially if you're checking for meat-free options. Yes, they have some!).
Whenever you decide to come here, come with a small group. This restaurant seats 20, but even during prime time on Friday night, they were able to seat 2 in only 30 minutes. The perfect amount of time for a quick beer nearby.
As usual, I trusted my friendly yelpers advice and decided to split the big tray of chicken. It came out fairly quickly. It is well-named, and is somewhat spicy with a very flavorful broth. The chicken pieces are very tender and delicious, but you have to work for your meal in terms of separating meat from bone.
The ambiance is not the reason to come here, as it's a typical Chinatown hole-in-the-wall in appearance. Plastic cutlery and disposable napkins are standard fare here. But if you're looking for a different type of Chinese food than most places in the US then look no further – this big tray of chicken is for you.
We also supplemented our meal with the pork pancake and it was nice to change it up a bit from just chicken!
Tiny place with food packed full of flavor!
My boyfriend and I came here on a Friday night around 8:30, hoping there wouldn't be a long wait but not surprisingly, there was a wait. We waited about 20 minutes but the great thing about this place is that they take your phone number so you can wander off until they call you that your table is ready. It's located right next to a very busy park so we just chilled there until it was time to feast.
First off, this place allows BYOB (as long as you hit the $10min order) so we had a bottle of white wine with our meal. It was great with all the food we ordered. We started off with the pickled cucumbers which I found to be both refreshing and flavored wonderfully. The pickling had great flavor. It was a bit garlicky and vinegary but very well-balanced. It wasn't overpowering like some other places I've had. It was great because I didn't feel like I had to rinse my mouth in Listerine afterwards to wash out any overwhelming garlic taste. Adding some of the chili oil they have with the cucumbers enhanced it to another level. Really good.
Then we shared the Big Tray Chicken with two portions of noodles and soup dumplings (9 pieces). The soup dumplings were average. There wasn't much soup to it on the inside but I really liked the skin of the dumpling, thin with a great chew to it. I would not go out of my way for them again but it was still worth a try. As for the Big Tray Chicken, that was full of flavor. The noodles were perfectly al dente and paired well with their soy sauce, five spice, star anise chicken broth. The chicken was fall of the bone, super tender and was plentiful in relation to portion. There was enough left over for another meal. I think the only negative about the dish (and this is a personal preference) is that there was too much star anise to it. There were large bits of star anise that when bitten created a very strong taste in your mouth that I personally am not a fan of. Regardless, the quality and execution was still delicious.
I definitely would love to go back and eat more of what they have to offer!
Small restaurant owned by fujianese people that serves flavorful street food that you would find in China. My inards noodle soup is very strong to the bite. It has the taste and smell of the animal and whatever it ate.
The pancake is fairly simply made baked and pan fried. It comes out fluffy and taste even better when dipped in soup.
Waiting for a time to come back and try their other dishes. Prices are cheap and reasonable.