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For three star Asian, try Hop Kee in New York. Check out this affordable place in the Chinatown area. Diners found the food fresh.
Word of mouth is common practice for finding a good Chinatown spot, as is looking for the locals lining up outside. Such is the case with Hop Kee, a decades-old subterranean spot that's still attracting...
citysearch.com - expert review - 10/25/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I find this pretty average for a Chinese place. It's open late which is nice, but at times especially at night it can get pretty crowded. Around dinner time there's a lot of families that come in. Big…
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my favorite chinese restaurants. My favorite dish there are the spring chicken. Make sure you dont take it to go or they'll get soggy.
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We stumbled in here during a very booze-fueled outing. We drank Tsingtao beer and ate perrinwinkles, sucking the snails straight from the shell, yum! This is a hole in the wall, basement level…
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Thank you, Allan C., for picking up your phone when I got out of the subway in Chinatown asking, "What's that restaurant you love called again?" "Hop Kee. 21 Mott Street." Without missing a beat.…
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
my cousin and my friend, who lives in nyc during the school year, recommended this chinese restaurant as the best/tastiest one in china town. my friend claims that the filipinos like to go here. ha, i…
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Hop Kee has gone way down in my book. What used to be consistent perfection has turned into some rather disappointing meals. The fired flounder hasn't been as crisp as it should be, the vegetables are…
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
yum yum yum. pork chop peking style. sauteed watercress. yum yum yum.
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So I lived in the NY/NJ area for a few years while attending Seton Hall University. This was the first restaurant I ate in NYC. I was introduced to Hop Kee by a family friend and I absolutely LOVE…
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great place for good Chinese food, particularly the crab. But I've been a few times now and picked whatever struck me and all of it has been quite good. Keep in mind this place is packed on…
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
good, great, and practical place to bring a group of friends for shared meals and celebrations. for people from the philippines, this is definitely an eating place to go in chinatown (some of the…
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was wondering why the food I had here appealed to my palette so much, until I saw the list of Filipino people write up gleaming reviews about this particular restaurant. I had your regular Chinese…
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Basement Chinatown diner with great snails and such...but no place for vegetarians. This is a story of a flop of a meal, but first the food...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My uncle brought my family and I here on a rainy cold day in NY. I have a really big, REALLY filipino family, so all the Chinese people were staring at us funny, haha. But luckily, the dining…
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My Filipino family has been going to this place for over a decade. My friends and their families go here, too! There isn't much wait to get a table. The food is served family style. The servers know a…
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hop Kee has the most authentic Chinese food that I've EVER tasted. My friends and I very rarely agree on dinner plans...but not when it comes this place. We are from Jersey and never do we mind paying…
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Tucked away in a basement space on Mott Street, this place is a little hard to find, but well worth the effort! I've been going here ever since I was a little kid...my grandfather discovered the place…
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2008
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I've dined at Hop Kee about 6 times over a 20 year period. When my family dined there this week, the food was very bland. We ordered the cashew chicken and the Chinese crispy chicken. There was no flavor to...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Order 3 plates of dungeness crab. That's IT. That's absolutely all you need. If you must have it, have a bowl of rice with the crab. I assure you that you will be satisfied. This is also a great…
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I freakin love this place. For some reason, it's like the Filipino's Chinese restaurant. This is the only restaurant that my family goes to in Chinatown, there's always tons of Filipinos here, and…
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of those secret places in a town. My home town, Melbourne, had a chinese eatery much like this. Everyone knows it has fantastic food, is cheap and is consistent. In addition, everyone…
yelp.com - user review - 12/25/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
-everytime i go to visit my bro we have to hit this -my first time going, it was after hitting up some salsa club my bro dragged me to but i must say some sexy dancer got to shake it with this ass
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Whenever I ask people to recommend a good Chinese restaurant in NYC - they always suggest here. Are you kidding me?
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this is the best place for chinese, EVER. descend a stairway and there you are, right at the entrance. not much of a looker, but excellent food, portions, & prices. super speedy service. this place…
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am one of the ORIGINAL Hop Kee customers, as I have been frequenting this restaurant since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. I'll be 40 soon! The crabs and clams Cantonese-style are the way to go.…
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this restaurant and I recommend it to everyone. My family has been going there for almost 10 years now. The salt and pepper squid is my favorite dish. You should also try the fried flounder…
yelp.com - user review - 10/27/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Really tasty steamed dumplings and the Lo Mins are a good deal. Nice service, but not enough lunch specials on the menu. A little lacking in atmosphere. 3.5 stars.
yelp.com - user review - 10/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love the Hop of !W(h)o(a)! BUT I love Hop Kee. I had some beef wonton soup, it was totally amazing. My lemon chicken made my hairs stand on end. I loved it. I still love it. I'm sitting here with…
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had to take my grandma out for dinner so I asked Jess W. for a recommendation. She gave me the address to Hop Kee so that's where we went. When we got there, my grandma recognized the place and told…
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Not a bad option if you're in the area. It's been there forever. The whole fish w ginger scallion was fresh and very tasty. The place has mixed clientele so you non-asians won't feel intimidated.…
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have been coming to this place since my conception. Literally, my parents used to drive in from Jersey after my dad closed up his restaurant and get some late night eats while my mom was pregnant.…
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Slightly pricier than your other Chinatown eateries, but... remind yourself, you're still in Chinatown, so it's still pretty darn cheap. Great food, good portions, nice service. They're open till 4…
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I wasn't impressed both times I was here. It's your typical Chinatown tourist trap restaurant. The food here is very overrated. It's borderline mediocre and overpriced. The meats they use…
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
TALK about kickin' it old skool. This joint is the epitome of old-time Cantonese eateries. I haven't been here before--I was a Wo Hop (downstairs) girl, but I have to say with all due respect that…
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Hop Kee is the perfect place for New Yorkers to take out-of-town guests for the following reasons: 1. Because Hop Kee has a nondescript sign and is in the basement, there aren't too many tourists that…
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh man, I thought they had closed b/c the last time I went there, they looked shut down and it was on a busy saturday. Thank goodness, Hop Kee is still running. I love this place. My family and I…
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I never knew the name of this place until fairly recently. Everybody I knew in C-Town always just called it "21." (I guess none of my friends was ever going to get it confused with that OTHER "21"…
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's now an unofficial tradition to gather here for every family reunion in New York. Hot 'n sour soup; pork fried rice; beef chow fun; whole roast duck; two orders of salt and pepper spareribs and…
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2007
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I've been to Hop Kee's for about 30 years now! The food is forever amazing! My faves are the shrimp w/ walnuts, fried or peking porkchops and flounder with veggies. The service is wonderful, waiters are...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/29/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i've been to new york three times so far. in those three times, there is a place i've gone to every time. it's not ground zero, empire state, not even time square (ok, time square is kind of in the…
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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I've gone here twice and every time I go i see the wait for the place down the street Wo Hop and i thought why dont i try this place...well i thought this place was good...i was wrong..if you want real good...
menupages.com - user review - 04/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
absolutely this is a second home for filipino families whenever they come to new york. Here's my impression of my father ordering: give me two orders of the house special fried rice, no bean sprouts.…
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2007
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I have never reviewed a restaurant on CS before, but my experience at Hop Kee last night compelled me to do so. My friend and I had just finished eating. She had shrimp in lobster sauce, I had veggie lo mein....
citysearch.com - user review - 03/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The dishes are pretty standard Chinese food but $10.75 for beef curry seemed a bit steep to me. Sure they're open til around 4AM but still... I'm not sure if your operational costs are justification…
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wow, the last time I've been at this place is when I was like 7 years old before I moved to California. When I was a lil boy all I ate was wonton and egg flower soup. =) I went back here on my recent…
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh Hop Kee, how I miss you so. I've been coming here for as long as I can remember. Whenever my family is back (From St. Louis, San Fran, and Seattle) in the area, we try to make an effort to come…
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2007
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I've been coming back to eat here for over 25 years even though I've moved from NY to Ca. and now Utah. I don't come here to order the usual Chinese dishes,but the special ones you won't find at the ordinary...
menupages.com - user review - 01/22/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yes, Hop Kee is like an institution for Filipino families. It's got good food where there's always plenty of room and we can be loud and get our hands dirty eating. I've been going here since I was…
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is really good food. The snails are great if u like that. Good place to take friends, will not go wrong
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My friend was raving about this place. This is the best Chinese food in New York! You have to go! So we walk into the restaurant and I look around and the only Chinese people in there were the…
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
clean, fast, friendly service worth going down the steps for excellent chinese food
yelp.com - user review - 10/18/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Since Sun Lo Kee burned down, I've been going here. The Wor Shu Opp isn't as good (ask them to hold the lettuce), but it's all that we have left. Best way I could describe this food is "1950's/60's…
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Cheap, fast, good food and the best place you can bring large groups of people... what more can you ask for? This is your typical gritty chinatown restaurant... although suprisingly there arent many…
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great food, and has been since I first started to go there about 5 years ago. If you go there, try and stay away from the traditional Chinese food that is ordered at take-out restaurants, like…
yelp.com - user review - 09/13/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I was not so impressed with Hop Kee. They were a bit expensive for me to have to ask for rice about 8 times. I am a big pineapple fan and I have to say they use fresh, not canned, pineapple in the…
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE THIS PLACE! mmm the sweet sucking sound of sucking snails and using toothpicks, mmm As you can see i'm a few months old yelper so i was writing down the ones the i like, but i remember this…
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2006
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I have been going to Hop Kee for over 30 years now. It is one of the best restaurants in Chinatown and you will find something on the menu to love. Once you start eating at Hop Kee other Chinese restaurants...
menupages.com - user review - 07/14/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh, Hop Kee. Why can't Hop Kee be a chain so I can enjoy it anywhere in this fine country.
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Supposedly this is the spot where huge Filipino families and hungry clubbers get their Chinese food on. This place is open till 4am, take cash only, the prices are a little higher than usual, but the…
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2006
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Great food served quickly. Went with a bunch of co-workers and ordered a sampling of everything. Calamari and pork dishes were fantastic! Had loads of food for 8 people and only spent around $100 total. Need I...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/14/2006
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We had lunch at Hop Kee on the recommendation from a friend, and we were very pleased. The wontons were huge and crisp, and the platter of ten was only $4.75. The hot sour soup met our expectations and while...
menupages.com - user review - 03/30/2006
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Great chinese restaurant for those who have actually eaten in China, I got flashbacks the first time I came here; it's affordable, food is served hot and quick, and the atmosphere is chaotic. One thing though,...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/24/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The shui mai's here are magnificently big, greasy and fulfilling. For the quick dim sum dining experience that's inexpensive, convenient and tasty, look no further than Hop Kee. I think I've been to…
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2006
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Ok, style may be "0" but substance is definitely a "10" with the quality of cooking right up there with the top Hong Kong chefs, I dare say! I've been coming here for the last 10 years when I am in the city...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/14/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I thought the food here was awful: bland, every dish tasted alike, and exactly like every other nothing-special Chinatown joints.
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2006
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Great Chinese food and quick service. Large menu. Waiters are not much help deciding. Food comes out fast and almost never a wait. Been going here for years and never had a meal I did not like.
menupages.com - user review - 01/28/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've only eaten at this place once during the daytime. Every other time has been after a fun night in a NY bar/lounge, when a friend feels like driving to chinatown... the WALNUT SHRIMP ($18) is…
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This is a downstairs restaurant and it's under this great tea house called Sun Hop Shing. Average cost of a dish is about 11 dollars and it's really a rather small platter. While the food tastes good,…
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hop Kee has the best Chinese food in Chinatown! Try these dishes, you wont be disappointed: spicy beef chowfun, peking porkchops or salted porkchops, steak and broccoli, scallopes and snowpeas, and…
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2006
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I ordered: Roasted duck wonton soup --This was watery and boring. It was also lukewarm. Beef with vegetables --Beef was tender. Vegetables were huge and there were no knives. Sauce was forgettable. Thin,...
menupages.com - user review - 12/10/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If there is such an item as the perfect calamari, theirs would be it. So flavorful, so simple, so just right you wouldn't dare eat them with whatever dipping sauce most of us are used to, and Hop Kee…
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I BLOODY LOVE THIS RESTAURANT. Now, here's the trick. Most people go to the downstairs restaurant, but the one upstairs is better, I think. I'm not sure if they're different, but they both share…
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2005
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I love Chinese food and it's rare to find a place in Chinatown that doesn't have good Chinese food. ...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/02/2005
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As many have said before me, the decor is as plain as any place I've ever been. In fact, decor-less is more appropriate. But, the food was wonderful. I went with a group of 6, and the service was fast, the...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/23/2005
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Hop Kee was literally the first restaurant my parents took me to...in my life. I was 1. Ever since I have been there about 10 times a year and it truly is the best Chinese food I've ever had. I've introduced...
menupages.com - user review - 07/19/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Once you navigate the somewhat treacherous stairs down to this below-ground nearly-24-hour Mott St restaurant, you enter a cheap, greasy paradise where the Chinese dishes all come family-style.…
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2005
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hands down the best chinese food in chinatown. DONT BRING A DATE ESP A FIRST. there is no "decor/ambiance" expect messy, fun, tasty, cheap eating with the boys/girls
citysearch.com - user review - 05/19/2005
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When we lived in New York several moons ago, Hop Kee was almost always on the top of the list when it came to Chinatown culinary visits. A must stop when we visit NYC. Some highly recommended dishes include...
menupages.com - user review - 05/16/2005
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I would crawl from 13th St. for some spicy beef chow fun and salted pork chops! People in China don't have it this good! I Know. Plus Hue could be the world's greatest waiter. I tell ya it doesn't get better...
menupages.com - user review - 05/03/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Cheap food, open till 4am. But what some don't know is that you can show up at 4am after hanging out in the city and still be served till 6am. Give a big tip, these guys stay up almost 24 hours…
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2005
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Hop kee is a regular visit each time we travel into the city. My husbands family has been going here since the moved to the states in the mid 80's. I love the atmosphere - I feel like I've stumbled upon a well...
menupages.com - user review - 02/06/2005
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When you first walk in, you won't be impressed. The restaurant is in the underground level and the decor is non-existent. However, the food makes up for it...nothing fancy, but it's VERY GOOD! I recommend:...
menupages.com - user review - 02/03/2005
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I've had duck before and NOTHING compares to their lychee duck with pineapple. Its the sweetest, most tender duck I've ever had in my life. That one dish would keep me going back there over and over.
menupages.com - user review - 01/30/2005
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Hop Kee has the best Chinese food in Chinatown! Try these dishes, you wont be disappointed: spicy beef chowfun, peking porkchops or salted porkchops, steak and broccoli, scallopes and snowpeas, and the crabs....
citysearch.com - user review - 12/26/2004
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Passing by Hop Kee one is struck by it's unassuming nature. Yet you can't help but notice the number of people waiting to go down the steps of this back alley restaurant and with good reason. While it's true...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/26/2004
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I've been coming here for years and the food has been the same ol yummie chinese food. I'm surprised the prices have remain pretty much the same. It's a great place for large party to avoid spending too much!...
menupages.com - user review - 11/11/2004
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The food is to die for. Good portions, no waiting time to sit or get your food. Very, very, very tasty, just the right seasoning. Try the pan fried flounder or the crab cantonese, or the beef with scallions....
menupages.com - user review - 08/11/2004
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This place came Very highly recommended. I was even told specifically what dishes I had to order because they were supposed to be amazing. This was the most bland and tasteless meal that I have eaten since I...
menupages.com - user review - 08/05/2004
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Hop Kee serves the most delicious Chinese food I've ever eaten. You basically eat right after you order, and you should share dishes so everyone can taste. The prices are dirt-cheap for the food you're...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/30/2004
