Wu’s Wonton King
“Usually, each roast suckling pig is followed by another cart with a Peking duck, all glistening and crispy skinned.”
“Highlights that is worth re-ordering – house special sauteed dish, half garlic chicken and the three flavored dumplings.”
“It's great to see another Cantonese restaurant replacing old Wing Shoon – so much easier to get dim sum without having to walk into the heart of Chinatown.”
Wu’s Wonton King
Takes Reservations: 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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3.5 rounded up because of their very reasonable prices
Let me preface with the fact that its health grade is a B. Normally, I would run away…but my grandparents live around the corner and I wanted to see them. So after awkwardly loitering outside for five minutes, we proceeded inside.
There are about 10-12 tables of 4-10 seats. Smaller than the typical restaurants that hold banquets, but it's newly renovated.
We wanted the eel and suckling pig but both dishes were sold out. They recommended ordering it beforehand next time.
Peking Duck ($30): B+
Tasty, but fatty. Skin could have been a little crispier so I get that nice crunch when I bite it.
Kyoto Pork Ribs ($11): A
Considering the price, quality and size of the dish was great. Loved the sauce–perfectly balanced.
Crab ($60): B+
I think I'd been eating too much fried food so I couldn't fully enjoy this dish (because I usually love crab). Everybody said this dish was better than expected. Fresh and not too salty, which is the most common mistake.
小炒皇 "House Special Sautéed Fried" ($26): B
Stir fried veggies and seafood (shrimp, scallop, squid)
Fried Tofu ($9): B
It was okay. I've had better, but I think it was also overshadowed by the other dishes.
Tasty food w/ solid portions at a decent price point is basically all I'm looking for in Chinatown. I came in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised!
Honey Pork Spareribs – Sticky and finger-lickin good
Stir fry pea shoots – Light oil. Just what I was looking for!
Braised tofu – Saltier than I would have liked but it probably would've been fine with a bowl of rice.
Wonton Soup – I was pretty skeptical when they claimed to be NY's best wontons, but damn were they tasty. They were the size of fish balls and bursting with shrimp!
Complimentary desserts – Yes, that's plural! Wu's hooks it up with 2 desserts: one traditional tapioca pudding and one mango pudding. What a homie.
Wu's doesn't look like much on the outside but I highly recommend this place. Will definitely be back!
Just a heads up that they only accept 1 credit card.
Isn't it a sign of the end of the world when pigs fly? They certainly do here at Wu's Wonton King, as flocks(?) of them come flying out of the kitchen to each table. OK, they're being wheeled out on serving carts, hot and juicy waiting for a server to carve and serve table side. Usually, each roast suckling pig is followed by another cart with a Peking duck, all glistening and crispy skinned. Both are served cracklingly crispy in a steamed bun with scallions & julienned cucumber slices with a dollop of hoisin sauce. Simply glorious! The rest of the pig is chopped up for a whole other course and we ended up taking most of it home.
The set banquet (wor choy) for $288, which includes a whole suckling pig (~8-9 lbs) is plenty of food to feed a table of 10. Make sure you reserve and pre-order. The rest of the courses include most of the house specialties posted on the walls. The special fried shrimp, toasted garlic crispy chicken, salt & pepper pork chops & mixed seafood with macadamia nuts makes for a heavy, but satisfying meal. The golden egg fried rice rounds it all out.
Don't miss the mango gelatin at the end. That was the most awesome part of the meal and those tasty squares disappeared faster than flying pigs!
Hands down the best wonton noodle in NYC. My husband was skeptical to try because Noodle Town has been our favorite for so many years. I'm so glad that we did. This place is as good as the famous spots in Hong Kong!!!! The noodles were al dente and not over cooked and soggy. The ingredients were fresh. You can taste the shrimp in the dumplings. I highly recommend the 3 dumplings noodle soup. I was blown away by all 3 different types! We also tried daikon cake and steamed beef rolls. The portions are bigger than other regular dim sum spots in Chinatown. They make their dim sum fresh to order, which I really enjoy. I really hope this place will do well!
I guess I don't understand some of the really bad Yelp reviews this new place is getting. To date, I have ordered food here 4 times. During the restaurant 's first week, I had roast pork with rice and vegetable to go twice. Both times, the pork was delectable and the portions were quite generous. The third time I ordered Singapore noodles. This was a huge portion of really delicious very thin noodles with lots of vegetables.
The 4th time was somewhat problematic, unfortunately. We ordered a lot of dishes for takeout. All were delicious . The problem was that we found we both had the same kind of terrible, superficial sleep and realized that it must have been because the food (which we ate rather early) had lots of MSG in it. Now I'm afraid to eat food from here for dinner again.
I strongly disagree with the person who said that people should instead go to Mission Chinese down the block. That is a completely different type of Chinese restaurant and not at all authentically Chinese. Mission Chinese is a place for hipsters willing to pay high prices and wait for hours to eat brand new Chinese dishes like Kung Pao Pastrami and Thrice Cooked Bacon.
I haven't had a Chinese banquet meal in a long time. A coworker of mine recommended Wu's Wonton King for their set banquet dinners. Once she told me there was a whole pig, I didn't hesitate to put down a reservation for a table of 10 for the event.
The staff there were super friendly, fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese), they looked like they enjoyed working there. They took care of my table really well, and I appreciate that kind of service because there isn't much restaurant staff out there that has a smile on their face when they serve you.
The food here was absolutely delicious. I know it's a good sign when the people at the table are eating and not drinking, it just means the food isn't overly salted or seasoned. My table ordered the $288 set banquet meal which includes a whole roasted pig, eaten peking duck-style; soup of the day; sauteed short ribs with peppers; fried garlic shrimp; house special sauteed dish; half garlic chicken; house special vegetable; three flavored dumplings; and complimentary dessert.
Highlights that is worth re-ordering – house special sauteed dish, half garlic chicken and the three flavored dumplings. Wu's Wonton King is quite known for their dumplings, served in pork bone broth, the entire bowl is very clean tasting and each dumpling is packed with flavor and filling. It is without a doubt one of the best soup dumplings I've had.
Overall, it was great. I'd definitely come back to try other things on the menu.
So disappointing! I've been here twice. The first time it was okay, I had the beef brisket noodle soup. The portions was small but the taste was decent. The price was average, 5.75 for the bowl. Today I went back for take out, ordered roasted pork/duck with rice for 6.50. The service was pretty quick and it took about 5 minutes to get my food. By the time I arrived back at work, and opened it. I realized that they got my order wrong. They gave me chicken/duck. I was so disappointed. I was really looking forward to my roasted pork. On top of that, they gave me like 5 pieces of meat each and most of them had bones on it. I barely got any meat off of them. The duck's flavor was okay but the chicken was really red and had blood on it. I ended up throwing half of it away. I probably would not ordered from them again.
This may be a bit like reviewing a Picasso by just looking at the upper right corner of the canvas, but I enjoyed the small bit of Wu's menu that I sampled on a recent visit.
I came in the middle of a bike ride, parking my Citi Bike on an early spring evening for a bite before heading to Brooklyn. This meant I was solo and not the hungriest person in the world, which meant I wasn't ready to sample the many Cantonese large format dishes (I saw someone getting a nice suckling pig delivered to the table) that dominate the dinner menu.
Instead I was able to get wontons with noodles and char siu, which is pretty much available for lunch. It took a suspiciously long time for this to arrive, but there were free peanuts and tea while I waiting. I suspect a reason for the wait was whatever dishes are needed for this entree aren't generally available at this time.
When I was served, it was worth. The wontons, with their mixture of pork and big chunks of shrimp, were among the best I've had in the city. It makes you realize how terrible a facisimile people are getting in the slimy, tiny "wontons" of American Chinese restaurants. The noodles were properly chewy and there was a nice ring of fat on the roast pork. Overall, very impressive, and I'm sure there's more to discover here.