( i think she may have been the boss i’m not sure) i told the lady working that i found a maggot or a small worm looking thing in my soup and she kept telling me it’s fine and that it’s beef when it clearly looks like a worm. It could’ve been because she thinks i’m young and tried to get me to get over it but she didn’t even offer to refund or take the soup back and i ended up paying for something i didn’t eat cause of the worm. very unsanitary place
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ean Liu
Waiting 50 mins for 3 to go order. Terrible
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Honghua Li
This store is super delicious, has a large portion, and is full of flavor and color. It is the only store in Yanbian that serves authentic tastes! The boss is quite attentive and will recommend it to other friends next time. For such a delicious restaurant, I will give it a big thumbs up and let everyone know [laughing R][laughing R]
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michael J.
This is an authentic northern China barbecue. If you order 20 or more skewers, you get to grill yourself and the experience is phenomenal. You could grill to exactly how you like. They have an auto skewer rotation mechanism so it's really easy. Remember to marinate the meat before since the food has only mild marination. The service is pretty quick, but there are kind of busy. The ambience is casual, a good place to go with friends.
Henry Sant
Server it was woman,very rude and not polite attall, bad attitude.She is need to respect customers.She need to get fire,period.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
Fahmid Farhan
The attitude of the waitress are really bad. First, they tried to impose a food on me, which I did not order and naturally I refused, after that when I tried to order another dish she pretended that my ordered item is not available. Though another waiter served the same item later.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Yat Sang Yan
It is possible the Chief is off today. The dishes are tasteless and oily. The BBQ skews are tasteless too except the fried chicken. And the service is slow.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Claudia Fuentes
Never
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Kenny min kim
Must try!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ying Qi Jian
Amazing! very tasty.Definitely come again next time.
Controversial place. As evident from the reviews most people give it a 5 for food or 1 for deficient service. Been here twice now so I'd have to go with the food folks, which is legit good IMHO. So far no issues with the service either, but I might just be exceptional. I do see the angry people's perspective though, but it's not worth getting worked up over. This won't always work but here's a tip with Chinese servers: Be humble and ask nicely. I don't mean subservient, or ingratiating. Ask for what you need humbly and if they forget ask again. If you find yourself still lacking, just go get it yourself. Sometimes, folks are just busy, or introverted, or whatever their social ailment. But if you bring your attitude everywhere you go, then the wrong folks will just straight out ignore you. Reap what you sow.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Grace Y.
TLDR: Avoid the guy who has his hair tied back in a short ponytail at all costs. Manners are nonexistent, speaks to you only if you ask a question, and will come back and demand a minimum 15% tip if you leave less for his horrible service.I hate to do this because I do enjoy the food. I first came here in 2021 and everything was great. Food was fantastic, people were nice. I brought my boyfriend who was visiting NYC for the first time tonight, in anticipation of the great experience I had before. It did not happen. I felt so bad that he had to go through this at a restaurant that I wanted to show him. We walked in through the plastic curtain, which a guy was standing just behind. He had longer hair tied back in a short ponytail. He looked at us and did nothing. I thought perhaps he wasn't an employee, and a woman seated us instead. However, the guy turned out to be our server. At first we thought he was mute. He didn't greet us, didn't say anything, just like when we saw him upon coming in. When he came to take our order, he simply nodded at me to begin. Ignored my boyfriend. I was a little taken aback at this behavior. I had thought this may have been because my boyfriend was Mexican (I am Chinese), but I at least expected him to ask me verbally what I wanted to order. I pushed it aside and ordered in Mandarin, hoping to earn some points and have him be nicer if he saw that I spoke the language properly. It did not happen. When he asked me to repeat an item I ordered, my first thought was "Oh, so he can speak." When I finished ordering, he just left without further acknowledgment. During our meal, we asked for soju and he brought a bottle before we even had the chance to name a flavor. When he came back with the bottle we asked for the fruit soju flavors. He named grape, and trailed off. Luckily that was what I wanted, but I would've thought he would have known at least one other flavor they had.He never came back to check on us. When he collected our check (my boyfriend who usually tips well left a little over 10% for the extreme rudeness and dismissive attitude) he made no secret of staring at how much we left him as he walked away. He turned back after seeing it and told us that the minimum gratuity was 15% and that we had left less than 10% (not true). Nowhere in that establishment did they have a sign saying that was the case. I wish we had just left before he collected it because it was really hard to justify leaving 15%, and this is coming from someone who works in food and beverage, understands what tips mean to servers, born and raised in Flushing who knows not to expect much service but at least a basic "hello" and "what can I get for you today". My boyfriend left the requisite 15% but was so upset by the encounter, as I was. In the moment we just wanted to get out of there, but looking back I regretted not speaking to the other server to ask for a manager and ask if the policy exists and explain the situation.I was so excited to come here again but after tonight, I'm really ashamed and embarrassed to have brought my boyfriend on his first trip here and have him, or honestly anyone, go through that.
Fritz Ulrich
Absolutely great place. The food tastes amazing.
Alyssa Liang
It tasted very good, would definitely come back!
Michael H.
Not a review for the food, but their business practices. Final bill came at $116 and was cash only, A lady came to pack up the food that we cannot finish because we ordered more than we can eat which you will think would be good for their business, but she seemed unhappy that she need to pack up the leftovers. When another guy came to collected my $140 cash, I ask for the change so I can leave tips. Without ask me or to see how much tips I will leave, at this point she decided to keep the $140 and told the guy don't bring the change right in front of me. I was beside myself, but I did not want to make a scene so I let it slide hence this review.
( i think she may have been the boss i’m not sure) i told the lady working that i found a maggot or a small worm looking thing in my soup and she kept telling me it’s fine and that it’s beef when it clearly looks like a worm. It could’ve been because she thinks i’m young and tried to get me to get over it but she didn’t even offer to refund or take the soup back and i ended up paying for something i didn’t eat cause of the worm. very unsanitary place
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Waiting 50 mins for 3 to go order. Terrible
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This store is super delicious, has a large portion, and is full of flavor and color. It is the only store in Yanbian that serves authentic tastes! The boss is quite attentive and will recommend it to other friends next time. For such a delicious restaurant, I will give it a big thumbs up and let everyone know [laughing R][laughing R]
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is an authentic northern China barbecue. If you order 20 or more skewers, you get to grill yourself and the experience is phenomenal. You could grill to exactly how you like. They have an auto skewer rotation mechanism so it's really easy. Remember to marinate the meat before since the food has only mild marination. The service is pretty quick, but there are kind of busy. The ambience is casual, a good place to go with friends.
Server it was woman,very rude and not polite attall, bad attitude.She is need to respect customers.She need to get fire,period.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
The attitude of the waitress are really bad. First, they tried to impose a food on me, which I did not order and naturally I refused, after that when I tried to order another dish she pretended that my ordered item is not available. Though another waiter served the same item later.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
It is possible the Chief is off today. The dishes are tasteless and oily. The BBQ skews are tasteless too except the fried chicken. And the service is slow.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Never
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Must try!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing! very tasty.Definitely come again next time.
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Controversial place. As evident from the reviews most people give it a 5 for food or 1 for deficient service. Been here twice now so I'd have to go with the food folks, which is legit good IMHO. So far no issues with the service either, but I might just be exceptional. I do see the angry people's perspective though, but it's not worth getting worked up over. This won't always work but here's a tip with Chinese servers: Be humble and ask nicely. I don't mean subservient, or ingratiating. Ask for what you need humbly and if they forget ask again. If you find yourself still lacking, just go get it yourself. Sometimes, folks are just busy, or introverted, or whatever their social ailment. But if you bring your attitude everywhere you go, then the wrong folks will just straight out ignore you. Reap what you sow.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
TLDR: Avoid the guy who has his hair tied back in a short ponytail at all costs. Manners are nonexistent, speaks to you only if you ask a question, and will come back and demand a minimum 15% tip if you leave less for his horrible service.I hate to do this because I do enjoy the food. I first came here in 2021 and everything was great. Food was fantastic, people were nice. I brought my boyfriend who was visiting NYC for the first time tonight, in anticipation of the great experience I had before. It did not happen. I felt so bad that he had to go through this at a restaurant that I wanted to show him. We walked in through the plastic curtain, which a guy was standing just behind. He had longer hair tied back in a short ponytail. He looked at us and did nothing. I thought perhaps he wasn't an employee, and a woman seated us instead. However, the guy turned out to be our server. At first we thought he was mute. He didn't greet us, didn't say anything, just like when we saw him upon coming in. When he came to take our order, he simply nodded at me to begin. Ignored my boyfriend. I was a little taken aback at this behavior. I had thought this may have been because my boyfriend was Mexican (I am Chinese), but I at least expected him to ask me verbally what I wanted to order. I pushed it aside and ordered in Mandarin, hoping to earn some points and have him be nicer if he saw that I spoke the language properly. It did not happen. When he asked me to repeat an item I ordered, my first thought was "Oh, so he can speak." When I finished ordering, he just left without further acknowledgment. During our meal, we asked for soju and he brought a bottle before we even had the chance to name a flavor. When he came back with the bottle we asked for the fruit soju flavors. He named grape, and trailed off. Luckily that was what I wanted, but I would've thought he would have known at least one other flavor they had.He never came back to check on us. When he collected our check (my boyfriend who usually tips well left a little over 10% for the extreme rudeness and dismissive attitude) he made no secret of staring at how much we left him as he walked away. He turned back after seeing it and told us that the minimum gratuity was 15% and that we had left less than 10% (not true). Nowhere in that establishment did they have a sign saying that was the case. I wish we had just left before he collected it because it was really hard to justify leaving 15%, and this is coming from someone who works in food and beverage, understands what tips mean to servers, born and raised in Flushing who knows not to expect much service but at least a basic "hello" and "what can I get for you today". My boyfriend left the requisite 15% but was so upset by the encounter, as I was. In the moment we just wanted to get out of there, but looking back I regretted not speaking to the other server to ask for a manager and ask if the policy exists and explain the situation.I was so excited to come here again but after tonight, I'm really ashamed and embarrassed to have brought my boyfriend on his first trip here and have him, or honestly anyone, go through that.
Absolutely great place. The food tastes amazing.
It tasted very good, would definitely come back!
Not a review for the food, but their business practices. Final bill came at $116 and was cash only, A lady came to pack up the food that we cannot finish because we ordered more than we can eat which you will think would be good for their business, but she seemed unhappy that she need to pack up the leftovers. When another guy came to collected my $140 cash, I ask for the change so I can leave tips. Without ask me or to see how much tips I will leave, at this point she decided to keep the $140 and told the guy don't bring the change right in front of me. I was beside myself, but I did not want to make a scene so I let it slide hence this review.