Tasty House 18
“they also offer you basic style Cantonese dishes like Singapore Mei fun and beef chow fun.”
“I usually order the baked curry chicken with rice or the satay beef udon noodle.”
“Food: my favorite dinner/lunch dish is the baked curry with fried pork chop over fried rice (please excuse the literal translation from Cantonese).”
Tasty House 18
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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My dad and I came for the lunch-for-2 special on a Sunday. First things first, the decor is surprisingly modern. From the outside, you don't expect much, but when we walked in, we were greeted by a tidily-dressed and courteous waiter. The space is clean and well-lit, but a little small; we were seated next to 2 larger, louder parties, and I found it hard to have conversation.
For $21.95, you get 2 bowls of soup, 2 bowls of rice, and 3 lunch special entrees to share. Most of the options are the average Chinese fast food dishes. We had the jumbo shrimp with lobster sauce (2 stars–bland, boring), steamed fish with garlic and eggplants (3 stars–good flavors, but greasy), and fried pork chop (4 stars–yummy, but not as good as most Cantonese restaurants). Bottom line, you get what you pay for.
This is among the most authentic Hong Kong Style Tea Houses I've been to in New York City, and yes, I've been looking around. It's very difficult to earn five stars from me, but this place does. I come here once a week.
Food: my favorite dinner/lunch dish is the baked curry with fried pork chop over fried rice (please excuse the literal translation from Cantonese). Be wary: they may run out of this item, so try to get there before the "rush." Other items such as Sing Chow Stir Fried Noodles and baked fish over fried rice were wonderful. Actually, I have yet to taste an item that wasn't good here. The bakery items do not disappoint, either!
Service: the women behind the counter are extremely friendly and nice. Obviously, this isn't leave to piss them off on purpose, because, just like in Hong Kong, they'll be very nice one second and verbally decimate you the next. There have been comments about this being a no-nonsense type of place, and I agree, but if you're dealing with extremely rude customers all the time, you'd probably be the same way, too. However, I have found that smiling and being friendly helps a lot. Another tip: call your order in before you start heading there to avoid any wait time.
Decor: it's a very typical setup of bakery/restaurant. Seating is limited and tables can be a bit oily. Wipe it down with a napkin before use!
I love the large parking lot they have in the rear.
Authentic Cantonese dishes. You order, pay, and then find seating to eat. They also sell chinese bakery breads. I love their yang chow fried rice (Cantonese fried rice) and pan fried flat noodles with beef. They dont cheap out on the beef and shrimp. The portion is huge too. You will get your money worth and a happy tummy too
Delicious Hong Kong western style comfort food, these restaurants are like the American version of mac and cheese. Prices are reasonable and the sauces they use for their baked pork chops, fish and chicken are very tasty. they also offer you basic style Cantonese dishes like Singapore Mei fun and beef chow fun. the service staff can get a little snooty during busy periods, but overall they are tolerable. Remember, there is no wait staff, you're there for the food not the service. A parking lot in the back is a plus.
I love this kind of food. Reminds me of Hong Kong. Pretty typical with your meat over rice/noodles dishes, honey tea, milk tea, and bakery goodies. Will definitely come back for more cheap, "fast" Hong Kong food.
We stopped by here on Saturday for a late lunch.
I was all psyched for some good Chinese food after reading so many starry reviews .
We ordered fried fish on spaghetti and fried pork chop with spaghetti.
The dishes were very large and look impressive but the taste was disappointing.
The tomato sauce on my tomato and pork chop was tasteless and watered down.
The pork chops were also very fatty and not seasoned well.
My GF fried fish was so-so and the sauce tasteless too and gloppy; too much corn starch!!!!
I also ordered lychee ice drinks that were also watered down; again almost tasteless.
The cook must be having a very bad day.
I have a love hate relationship with this place… but more so a hate relationship. The food here is what you would find at a Hong Kong "Cha Chan Tang" style diner but not to the best caliber, however, the quality of the food here is better and cheaper than New Kissena Chinese takeout across the street. It's not the best food you could choose to eat but when you're on a budget and you're hungry, it'll do. I find the drinks here to be on par with that as well. In general, anything you order here will be alright so i wouldn't worry about ordering here.
What really gets to me is the service here. Every time I come here:
1) Staff are really rude in Chinese. (Though, they seem cordial in English) In Cantonese, I would say that the staff manning the counters are extremely "inch." When they talk to you they more or less say, "What you want?" Let's say you didn't hear what they said, they'd more likely repeat loudly and in a mean tone "To go or not?"
2) The wait time for food has always been excruciatingly long for me. When you order food, expect to wait at least 15 minutes or more.
3) Today's experience with the waiting left me in utter fury because they had me wait for over 35 minutes for food. Unacceptable because this is a Chinese fast food joint, not a gourmet restaurant. When I did inquire about what was going on with my order the lady would just smirk a bit and say that it's coming. There must've been 8 orders that were made after my order and all 8 had been slowly getting completed- except mine. I voiced my frustration and received no response whatsoever.
I'm one of those guys where I can't really hide my emotions, however, the anger was beginning to show in my face. The lady looks at me and goes, "Please don't look at me like that, you're scaring me." Furious, I explained calmly, "If the next order out of that kitchen isn't mine, I don't want the order anymore and you guys are going to give me a refund." Suffice to say, the lady went into the kitchen then and 5 minutes later my meal was in my hands.
Despite their poor service and average food, I don't see this place ever doing bad business simply because it's at a good location and it's cheap. However, if they want to have "better" business and more profits they really need to fix the service. I'll still go back in the future (due to the convenience), however, they won't be my first choice… that's for sure.
I had their ginger fish here which was just plain delicious. No other words can describe it. I loved how affordable it is($8 including rice). The dish I ordered did take about 15 minutes to make in which I didn't mind at all, since that gives me the feeling that it is freshly made. That fish was so good that as I'm writing this I wish I was there right now ordering it again!
I can't wait to come back.
PS. They have free parking in the back of this location.