Big Wong King

We went China town to find real food and found it here. There was a language barrier so we ended up with an extra order but the food was so delicious it really didn’t matter. The Sea Bass was excellent and the Seafood Delight outstanding. If you go, come hungry and bring cash because that’s all they accept.

Great for a quick fix of Chinese food craving! I’ve been here countless times and a review is probably due.
Go for the standard, low priced Chinese dishes like the wanton soup, congee. Good consistency on the congee, nice and thick, not too runny. Seafood soup is good as well.
The more expensive dishes like the lobster were definitely not my favorite. Very average at best. My friends and I agreed that the ingredients were not the freshest.
In all, not a bad place! More of a 3.5.

Fast real Chinese food. If you’re expecting Cheescake Factory service and ambience don’t come here.
If you like side street food truck goodness then get the roast pork and chicken with rice. Rice confer with your choice of meats or wonton soup noodles with fried breadstick!
To the people who came with 40 thinking reservations would do it, you expected the wrong type of place.
Gruff but fast and good!

My favorite place for over a decade.
Simple Cantonese food at great prices. The roast pork and ribs are delicious. Even their pork/​shrimp dumplings are the best I’ve ever had.
A great place to take out of towners when you hit Chinatown for a family style dinner. The bbq duck and pork hanging in the window always seems to wow them.
Cash only. It would be 5 stars except for the bathroom set-​up.
I never leave here without out an extra lb of roast pork for home!

Decent place for simple and good Cantonese food. Their service is scarily quick but if you look past what that could imply in the kitchen, it’s fantastic. We got the double lobster, seafood soup and Chinese broccoli which was a good amount of food for two people.

Big Wong is great for quick, casual, Cantonese, comfort-​food dinner.
You can get all your basics like duck with rice, congee, fried noodles, bbq pork with rice, beef chow fun and seafood fried noodles.
For a super low price.
Dinner for two people was around $ 20!
K and I were under the weather, I was coughing up a storm and super congested.
One of the Chinese remedies for a cold is big bowl of congee.
Big Wong’s pork congee is huge bowl of salted pork chunks, scallions, strips of springy squid and toasted peanuts.
It was perfect remedy.
I felt my sinuses clear after I finished.
And the bbq pork is juicy, half fatty and delicious.
(But not recommended for colds).
And their Chinese vegetables were cooked just right. Clean, no sand, and dollop of oyster sauce on top.
Thanks Big Wong for your attentive service, low low prices and helping me recover from my cold!

Old time go to place for wonton noodle soup and simple dinners.
We came here on Friday while both me and my wife were «under the weather.»
We thought Congee Soup would hit the spot. And we asked the waiter what else he recommends. He said the cha siu and the duck are the usual favorites there, so we ordered a side of cha siu (roast port) and some veggies.
The bowl of congee is definitely a «man size» portion, and it taste exactly like it should when we were kids living in Hong Kong. That’s an accomplishment.
Love this place, simple, no frills, but that’s exactly what the Doctor ordered today.

Yummm yummmm I think this is the best place for congee. The bowl of congee is not shy of the amount of preserved egg and pork. Every bite is flavorful and including the fried dough to dip!
Prices are very reasonable. The congee and fried dough cost me about $ 6 for a nice hearty breakfast.

If you want to get away from the hustle and bustle that is Chinatown, then Big Wong King is not the place to go. It is just as crowded as the street outside (perhaps more so), and it is definitely not quiet. You most probably will have to share a table with another group, and if you are part of a big group, you will have to wait a while.
However, if you want really good Cantonese food, Big Wong King is the place to go. I love their noodle soups, and I can really recommend the duck (unless you don’t like having to deal with the bones) and the pork. Their egg rolls are also wonderful.
Friends of mine who are into congee really love this place. I’m not really a fan of congee, so I cannot personally say if it is good or not.
The wait staff are quick in two ways: One, you will not find a chatty waitress here. They will answer your questions as best they could, but they will strictly be «What do you want?» Two, they will get your food to you quickly. Despite being crowded and chaotic, I have often been surprised at how fast the food came to our table, and they have never messed up an order, at least for me.
The prices are very decent, and you get a lot of food for the money. I have always left full and happy.

Authentic Cantonese «diner» food. Big Wong’s one of the classic establishments in Chinatown and I’ve been a patron for nearly a decade. Now I feel old.
Sure, it’s not the greatest atmosphere with its no-​frills and almost dingy feel, but you can’t beat the food — super tasty and super cheap. If you’re a real foodie, this is one of the best places I can think of to sample good home style Canto cuisine. If you need better service, dining tablecloths or if you’re bringing tourists, take them to the Shanghai restaurant next door that is inexplicably always full of non-​locals.
I don’t usually get their entrée dishes and instead opt for what they call «cold» meats with rice — crispy pork, bbq pork, duck, and (soy sauce) chicken. No veggies, but the meat choices are fantastic and marinated to perfection. A great meal way under $ 10 per person.

This place is old school, meaning it’s been around for a very long time and draws back old time customers, and also maintains its retro look. The restaurant interior hasn’t changed a bit according to my friends and family who have been frequenting this place for the past 10+ years.
The roast duck, roast pork, and soy sauce chicken are always visible in the window up front. All three are decent and packed with flavor. The last time I checked, half a roast duck is $ 22 and a whole duck is $ 40 (very typical Chinatown prices). Too bad they don’t have roast pig for sale, I would get that too. They also make good one-​dish rice/​noodle plates like Young Chow Fried Rice, Beef Chow Fun, Singapore Chow Mee Fun, Salted Fish Chicken Fried Rice, Two Treasure Rice, and more (all around $ 8 and filling for one adult). The host/​hostess stand is always manned and seating/​serving is quick. This isn’t a dim sum restaurant but they have great morning food like congee, steamed rice rolls, and fried crullers. I love their Thousand Year Egg and Pork congee and steamed rice rolls with shrimp or fried cruller. You can get take out in a jiffy if you are in a rush too… it’s amusing how fast staff can get you in and out of the restaurant!
So if you are looking for a quick bite in Chinatown and don’t want to spend too much, this is the place to go whether breakfast, lunch, or dinner. The only cons are being not too sanitary (mostly the restroom) and depending on how busy they are, you may have communal seating. Also, don’t sit around expecting the server to come get your bill, bring it up to the host/​hostess stand and pay up there.

I came here to get takeout for dinner tonight and I was extremely disappointed. I’ve been here too many times to count and this place has always been my go to when I wanted some authentic Cantonese food, specifically the roast pork + duck rice.
Tonight, I ordered a duck over rice. I got 4 measly tiny pieces that barely had any meat on it. The entire thing was 99% rice and practically no meat. Please see the picture attached to my review. I am extremely disappointed in Big Wong for having the audacity to serve dishes like this to their customers. I don’t know what they were thinking when they were chopping up the pieces for me and putting it on top of the rice. I was basically given the scraps of the duck. No one in their right mind would call this acceptable. I should have taken a look at the rice before I left so it was too late for me to complain in person. The rice that came with the duck was also old rice. You could taste it was hard and was probably sitting around the entire day.
I also ordered a roast pork over rice. This came with more roast pork pieces, but the roast pork was no where near the quality that Big Wong is known for. The roast pork was dry and tasteless. The rice was the same as above, hard and old.
You would think, how can one possibly mess up these two dishes? It’s pretty hard to mess up rice and the meats since all you’re doing is slicing it up and putting it on top of rice. Well, tonight, Big Wong has failed miserably. I will not be back. I can not believe I wasted my money tonight and Big Wong thought what they served me was acceptable. You do not skimp out on the portion size and definitely do not provide old food to your loyal customers. I am sure this is a result of carelessness and selfishness because this place has grown in popularity and ratings in the past few years due to media exposure and reviews and they have earned their money. This popularity has apparently gone to their heads since they don’t care about presentation and what they are serving to their customers. Big Wong, I will not be back. You just lost yourself a very loyal customer.

CASH ONLY PLACE!
Not a fancy place or anything but if you’re looking for cheap food, this is the place to go to.
I ordered the wonton noodle soup with duck and paid $ 3 extra to add beef tripe in it.
The meal was pretty satisfying and filling and the food comes out pretty quick. I would definitely come here again and try other food. Heard the congee here is pretty good.

I’ve been coming to this Chinatown staple since I was a child in the late 80s. It has been consistent for decades, and that is something utterly unique in NYC. I now have an institution of going every year with friends after halloween.
Service will be rushed, food will come out in minutes, check will be unceremoniously dumped on the table before you’re finished eating. If you don’t have an experience like this in Chinatown, don’t bother calling yourself a New Yorker.
Boiled Chicken with Ginger Scallion — this is a must order for any table. I have no idea how they can make the chicken so tender (I think it involves pressure cooking), but it’s utterly unreplicatable. Other places in chinatown WISH they could make chicken like this. And the ginger-​scallion sauce… well, let’s just say I have dreams about this sauce that are illegal in some flyover states.
Crepes — they come in a variety of fillings; I prefer shrimp, but lots of people love the creuller version. Glutinous and sticky with sweet soy. Get it.
Wonton soup with roast duck and mein noodle — This is my standard order. I would stake Big Wong’s wontons with any in town. Giant toothful chunks of pork and shrimp in each bite. You will probably not be able to finish the head-​sized portion of noodles, but dammit, you’re going to try.
Roast Pork — meat candy. MEAT CANDY.
Crueller — generally ordered by people who want congee (the place’s signature dish next to the two lobsters with ginger-​scallion), but take my friend’s method. Piece of creuller, ginger scallion, dip in wonton soup. Hold on, I’m getting a call — hi, heaven, how’s it going? Naw, I’m going to stick around here a while longer, this dipped crueller needs my attention.
The congee and the larger orders of standards like fried rice, lo mein, etc all have their benefits, but go with the above order, and you and 2 friends will have the greatest weekend lunch of your life. And pay pennies for it. Screw brunch. Get big wong.

Classic Cantonese foodery specializing in roast meats and Chinese comfort foods, this is as authentic as it gets! You walk in and all the roast meats greet you as you gaze at them dripping out all the fat underneath. What’s left is a mouthwatering flavorful meaty goodness that awaits consumption.
This isn’t fancy, just no-​frills, and quick swift service. You get a glass of classic black Pu-​Erh tea as you are seated and they take your order right away. Don’t think too hard. Order the first thing that catches your eye. You can’t go wrong with anything here. Roast Meats over rice, Wonton Noodle Soup (which is the classic Shrimp and Pork), Congee, Stir Fry over rice, Noodles are the winners here. The rice crepes are delicious here too but they tend to run out early but I still ask every time when I’m there later just in case.
It’s an experience in itself and nice too see that it retains it’s old Chinatown charm after so many years. Don’t ever change, Big Wong!

I’m a Big fan of Big Wong (I don’t know anyone who calls it Big Wong King). I can’t speak for the entirety of the menu because every time I’ve frequented this establishment I always order the lobster special, which comes with two whole lobsters with ginger and scallions for $ 28. It’s more than enough to share between two people and is such a great deal. Sides are generally very affordable, my favorites being the eggplant in a black bean sauce and the steamed bok choy. The sauteed Chinese broccoli is also very good.
On my most recent excursion to Big Wong’s my friend ordered the green mustard with sliced pork soup but said that it had little flavor. Other than that everything tasted delicious.
Service is quick and friendly enough, but depends on the server. Most speak enough English to answer simple questions you may have about the menu. In terms of décor, Big Wong’s is one step above a hole in the wall, so don’t expect good china and silver spoons.

Came here for breakfast and got the triple treasure rice (I know this is pretty heavy for breakfast). Roast chicken, char siu and fried egg over rice, with seasoned scallion and ginger.
The char siu is sadly on the fattier side and they gave me chicken breast for the roasted chicken. Both flavors are really good and the sauce that came with them is so good with rice.
I can’t really complain for a yummy $ 6.50 dish. Will come back if I come to NYC again

We came here in search of roast duck and were generally satisfied but I’m confident other places can deliver better. The type of duck you could get is either the normal roast duck you see hanging on the store fronts or a soy sauce marinated duck. While the flavored are decent, there isn’t much meat on each piece and the quantity of fat is enormous. If you order a rice and meat dish, it is essentially a rice and fat dish.
Their barbecue pork however is pretty tasty, especially when you have it in one of their rice rolls. Sometimes you’ll hit that piece of crispy skin… but only sometimes.

It’s been EONS since I’ve been here, so I went back today. The cantonese pork lo mein is my jam. The veggie egg rolls are also quite good. Ate like a QUEEN for $ 11.
Cash only, they have an ATM if you’re sans cash. Food comes out super quick. Waiters are efficient and non-​pesky.
Definitely worth fighting the hordes of tourists looking for fake bags and Little Italy to get here.

Roast pork, roast duck, fried breadsticks, congee… Seriously comforting, delicious, honest food.
Seating and service are quick. Tea comes out piping hot in glasses. Congee comes out quickly and steaming. I have tried the beef and the roast duck congee, but the roast pork congee is my favorite by far.
The fresh shrimp in rice crepes are a great side, the roast pork ones are really good too, but I love most things on the menu. The sautéed Chinese broccoli is really good. The soy sauce chicken is absolutely delicious. The stewed tripe is really tender and savory. Whenever I come to New York, Big Wong is on my «must visit» list.
Whether you bring friends or go by yourself, I would highly recommend this restaurant should you decide to venture into Chinatown. See pics.

Pitoyable.
Né vous fiez pas aux récompenses sur la porte (Zagat, Unilocal,Trip Advisor, etc).
Les assiettes ‘propres’ sont encore pleines de riz, le service est minable (ou vous lance les baguettes), le poulet a un goût douteux, le sol est collant. Impossible de comprendre quoi que ce soit a la facture.
Bref fuyez cet endroit !!!

Rapidité et efficacité ! Si vous passez par là il faut prendre un congee et rien d’autre.
Qu’est-ce que le congee ?
Un porridge de riz brûlant auquel on ajoute au fond soit de la viande crue, soit du poisson/​crustacés cru (s), voire les deux. Tout est cuit grâce à la chaleur du porridge. Dessus, il est parsemé des cacahuètes, de la coriandre ainsi que des oignons nouveaux. C’est vraiment très bon, pas trop salé et nourrissant juste ce qu’il faut pour aller ensuite manger une glacé à la Chinatown ice cream factory (
) .
J’ai beaucoup aimé.
(Voir photo ci-​dessous)

Très bon restaurant où on va plus pour l’ambiance de Chinatown que pour etre au calme. La nourriture est bonne, les plats sont copieux et le service est rapide et efficace. La population est principalement chinoise et on entend parler chinois de partout. Donc je vous conseille ce restaurant!