I really liked this place mainly for the "do it yourself" pork buns. Â I had some of the soup dumplings here but they were just okay. Â And the wrapper they used for them wasn't all that great. Â The minute you touched it with your chopsticks the skin would break and all the broth would flow out...no good. Â The DIY pork buns were sooo good! Â They bring you out a dish of soft pork and some fresh steamed buns. Â I just loved it. Â I don't really know what else to say about it. Â I think the prices were okay. Â It wasn't too high or too low. Â But it's kind of like every other Chinese restaurant around that area. Â I'd only go back for the pork buns. Â The service was horrible but eh...I already kind of anticipate that kind of service when I go to places like this. Â I feel like unless I'm Chinese and can speak Mandarin or Cantonese then I'll just get treated like whatever.
Review Source:I use to be a regular here, but this was my first time back in roughly 6 months. My impressions...the service here still blows and the food here is still good for the most part.
I normally get the Shrimp Tempura Udon Noodle Soup because I have a craving for noodle soups. This is just okay, but don't expect anything authentic. You can tell the broth is not authentic and it almost taste as if they just add soy sauce with a package of seasoning to it. The fried tempura is good and the seaweed is good that goes along with this.
I have also tried the Szechuan Beef Noodle Soup and this is pretty good. It isn't spicy to me so I have to add more hot sauce. I would probably get this over the Shrimp Tempura Udon Noodle.
The Combo Vermicelli (Chicken and Beef) that comes with an egg roll is pretty good. However, be aware to give them the number on the menu next to this when ordering over the phone because they didn't seem to understand this dish.
The sushi here is really good and probably one of the better ones around Chinatown.
We were on our way to another establishment when a friend of our convinced us to come here. Eh, we were not entirely impressed.
It's a pretty standard restaurant in Chinatown Square. Â The menu is expansive, and had Vietnamese dishes as well as sushi as well as Chinese. Â Between the three of us, we ordered dumplings and rangoon for apps, a beef chow mein dish, a pork belly chinese steam bun dish and a fried rice dish. Â The apps were pretty standard. The beef chow mein and the fried rice were uber salty, to the point where I gave up after a couple of bites. The pork belly dish, however was outstanding!! The flavors reminded me of pork casseroles that my mom would make (I think it might have been the star anise-y n' soy sauce kinda flavor?) and the steam buns were fresh and light.
As we were sitting here on a random weeknight around 10p, we noticed a lot of people filtering in and out for take-out orders of sushi. I think if we were ever to come back here, we might give the sushi a shot, along with the pork belly buns and an order of pho...
This looks like a hole in the wall place when compared to all the new restaurants getting new decor and becoming hip. Â Hing Kee does offer a fusion of styles, including a sushi bar, some VN food, hotpot casseroles and just good stand by cantonese style food. Â We ordered the honey beef bbq ribs, smelt, 3 seafood combo, chinese broccoli, and tho the dishes were smaller, the price was $8-9 each, which is very reasonable nowadays for dinner. Â The service was very good as they fill your teacup for you and the orders came out quickly. Â The hotpots llok good, so we will definitely come back.
Review Source:I tried this place 2 times and i would give it a better review except for the TERRIBLE service! Â We finished out meal and the waitress decides to autograt our bill 15% on a $70 dollar bill without asking. Â I found it odd because there was only 4 of us. Â She tried to say that it was normal for her to autograt when the bill is higher than $15 dollars!!! are you kidding me. Â So we asked, if we came with 2 people and order 2 dishes that exceeded $15 dollars we would have to have to pay 15% gratuity?? Â She became upset and demanded my card back so she could refund me and reswipe my card. Â I gave it back to her and she reswiped and I tipped 15% anyways. Â This was awkward and I probably will never come back again. Â The service was terrible and the food was not consistent or up to par with any of the places in the area.
Review Source:I do not agree with all these other Hing Kee lovers out there. I don't see the buzz about this restaurant. They have nice customer service and the pho is just " okay." I feel they are always a bit off with every dish that they do. I had their handmade noodle soup with ox tail, the soup was tasty the noodles were good but the ox tail is tiny and wasn't worth the price of $7.99. I am not sure if I would return this restaurant any time soon.
Review Source:I think some restaurants are really good at a select few things, and this is probably one of them. Â Whenever I go here, my boyfriend and I always order the same dishes and we're very happy with them, so we stick to them!
Here are some suggestions:
Duck noodle soup
Szechuan chicken noodle soup (spicy)
Xiao Long Bao
Chinese style house/cold chicken--not sure what this is called, but it's prepared like Hainan chicken, but with an amazing spicy sauce and crushed peanuts.
The service is inconsistent--sometimes really good, other times the waiters are not receptive to you. One time we came with my family and had tipped them with cash but paid with a card, so we put 0 for the tip section. Â After just leaving the restaurant, one of the workers came out and asked us why we didn't tip, so we explained to her that we had given someone cash already. Â I always tip, but that's still just a courtesy and we didn't appreciate that they were basically chasing us out the door to make sure we did.
Other than that, the food is good and we'll continue to come back.
Seafood udon: Delicious, my favorite dish. Noodles were perfectly cut and cooked, broth flavorful and just the right temperature, the seafood seemed fresh enough.
Another random seafood noodle dish: Again, noodles were perfect.
Pad thai: Horrible
Some sort of baked seafood curry rice dish: Interesting flavors, not too bad/not too good
Two random servers who stopped by: one was a complete bia, the other as sweet as can be.
I will be back to try the soup dumplings forrrr surrrre.
Search no further - this is THE place to get great xiao long bao in Chicago! The XLB aren't frozen like many of the other restaurants in Chinatown; in fact, you can often see the staff making the XLB fresh in the window of the restaurant.
I came here for dinner with my family and we were pretty satisfied with everything. I understand service and food can be a hit or miss, so we got lucky, I guess.
XIAO LONG BAO:
like I said, these are prepared fresh daily. Although it might not be the best XLB I've had (I've had them in Shanghai and Taiwan), they are some of the best in Chicago by far. The meat filling is flavorful and there is actually piping hot soup inside!
SALT AND PEPPER JAPANESE TOFU:
pretty standard Chinatown dish - the tofu was crispy, silky and soft on the inside. Loved the spicy peppers that were stir fried in.
BEEF SHORT RIBS:
these were just okay - a little bit salty for my taste, but with the rice, it worked.
FRIED PORK CHOP:
crispy, salty and delicious. I always get this dish and it never disappoints!
MANGO BEEF:
the beef was super tender and the sauce added a nice tang and sweetness along with chunks of mango and red peppers.
BEEF PANCAKE ROLL:
I know...this sounds like a weird dish, but it's a pretty popular snack in Asia. It's basically a crisp savory spring onion (think thicker tortilla) with green onion and beef on the inside. It is served with a sweet plum sauce - YUM!
The service was pretty good considering it's Chinatown so that's a plus! I'd definitely be back when I get my XLB craving!
Came here a couple of times and tried everything from their pho to their fresh noodles to their sushi. Â Everything was decent for it being a fusion restaurant in Chinatown with a fair price. Â The only thing is that their service was HORRIBLE. Â The waiters/waitresses are always pushy and never attentative. Â Last couple of times my friends and I came, we had to wait a good 15-20 mins to get our menus and another 15-20 mins to order. Â We also had a hard time to flag someone to fill our water and even to get our check. Â The worst thing was that it wasn't even busy.
The last time I was there, a waiter spilled water all over a gentleman's northface jacket and didn't even apologize. Â He kept on moving like he didn't do anything wrong. Â No one came to apologize till the gentleman started to make a scene. Â The same day, I found a hair in my fresh noodle soup and my friend found a fly. Â WTH!! Â How did this place ever pass their sanitation license?? This was the tipping point for me to NEVER come back to this filthy and rude place again.
I've been here a handful of times and love it more after every visit.
I love their soup dumplings!! They aren't as good as the ever so famous Din Tai Fung but this place will totally suffice. I have to add that their soy sauce isn't the red vinegar-y type that I'm used to getting. :(
Their pork belly with chinese bread is really tasty.
If this is your first visit to Hing Kee, the two items I mentioned above is a must.
Super tasty! Every bowl of fresh pulled noodles I have tried here has been really really good. The menu is huge, and filled with all kinds of interesting and awesome stuff. The salt and pepper egg tofu is delicious, and served piping hot. The double cooked pork is fantastic, and the scallion pancakes are always crisp. I have trouble trying new dishes from their menu because I can't keep myself from ordering the things I have already had - they are so good!
The service and atmosphere are fine - if you expect Chinatown service from a Chinatown restaurant, you'll leave happy. And full!
I know, this is pretty harsh but I wasn't impressed. In fact, many of us weren't.
Food quality and taste, service, and ambiance all fell flat. I don't eat Chinese food very much because of places like these. Â
Overcooked beans, bland fried rice, not-so-fresh shrimp, and flavorless chicken corn soup that was in disguise as egg drop soup. First they didn't have iced tea. So all they could offer was hot tea, soda, diet soda, and luke warm water over watered down ice. Then they found iced tea. But then they never came by once to refill us throughout our 7 course lunch (big group of us).
We didn't get the noodles that apparently are what they are known for. In fact, I had had the noodle soup (aka ramen) on a late night moons ago which I recalled were tasty. Â We must have gone on a very off day. I'm not sure though I have the kahones to go again just to see if my experience would be different on a different date/time. There's just too many other places I want to grub at.
This review is specific to the soup dumplings (xiao long bao). Â I was introduced to soup dumplings when I lived in NY (I frequented Shanghai Cafe in Chinatown, but had also been to Joe's and some of the other well-known spots) and thought they were one of the most delicious treats I had ever had. Â Fast forward a couple of years and I am now living in Chicago. Â I had sporadically tried soup dumplings in Chinatown but was never very impressed. Â Either the dumpling had no soup or the skin was too thick to even compare to the ones I had in NYC.
Saturday a couple of of friends and I decided to go on a "soup dumpling crawl" to find the best ones we could find in Chicago  We started at Hing Kee.  Well we ended there too!  They were great.  They had soup!  Their skin was not too thick.  And they were tasty!  There was a woman standing up front who was completely dedicated to making the dumplings so it definitely felt a bit more NYC-style than some of the other places I have been in Chicago.  I will be back!
My food was great, but the portions were so fucking large I felt kinda sick with myself. My friend, however, found two hairs in his drink? what. Service was kind of haphazard, dishes came out in no order and we waited forever for our check. They do validate for the parking structure down the street.
Review Source:"Service blows buttchunks" Â That's a statement I used a few times yesterday afternoon. Â A friend and I were on the look out for dim sum after visiting the 2012 Chinatown Summer Fair. Â Instead of going to the same restaurants on that stretch of Wentworth Avenue, we decided to walk around and find something else. Â There were a few or one, bilboards advertising for this restaurant so we decided on this spot for a late lunch.
After getting an entrance greet, being seated and served with drinks we never saw our waitress or waiter again. Â (Well we saw them about ten feet away, waived at them and everything, they just never came back or bothered to look up) Fifteen minutes go by and in this time we realize this is the constant. Â They repeatedly do the same action with new customers but never return to take the damn order. Â We weren't the only ones looking around wondering when an order would be taken. Â Another hard to deal with reality is that many of their employees have a hard time with understanding or responding to orders in English. Â I don't mind this so much and I'm not going to be an asshole about it, but its good when a person takes the initiative to share with you that English isn't their strong language. Â Then we can figure out other ways to transact business. Â I asked a few simple questions; " is there any filling in these buns", "can you recommend any buns, or appetizers", " have you got any appetizers with BBQ meats inside" The response to all of my questions was the universal. Â "What?" Â
Oh, gosh. Â So, if you do happen in here, don't wait just holler at them and get your order in. Â The same applies when you are ready to leave and need your bill or need change. Â Food comes quickly. Â I don't believe there is any set system as to who is your waiter or waitress, you can ask anyone for help. Â I would assume the reason they hesitate from coming over is because certain individuals probably have a better handle of the English language versus others and we noted that. Â
Food wise, nothing was too interesting. Â Pan fried pot stickers were over fried but a sticky doughy delight. Â Friend, ordered a double cooked pork belly dish which was spicy with diced cabbage and a few black mushrooms of the Wood Ear fungi variety also known as the cloud ear mushroom. Â (There is another name for this mushroom, which I won't mention) Â This dish had the possibility of being exceptional except for the fact that for $8.99 there was a meager portion of pork belly. Â There was a ton of cabbage and maybe two pieces of the cloud ear mushroom. Â If they had stirred the dish longer so that the spices and sauce could meld better as well as add a few more cloud ear mushrooms, it would have been perfect. Â Crab Rangoon's were okay. Â
I can't find it in my heart to give them a solid three stars. Â I think the cooks probably do a great job and from the taste of the double cooked pork belly there are probably many awesome entrees to be tried. Â But the service and short falls in the dining room hold them back. Â Also our table was sticky. Â Yucky!
I've come here a couple times and always hoping for a better service.
One waitress was extremely rude and thirsty for a tip. She asked for her tip probably around five times, and when we did put down a tip of around four dollars (she didn't deserve more) she got upset and wanted more money, pretty ridiculous. This dilemma has happened more than once, and I don't plan to return anymore. Plus the food was over cooked and  I even found two hairs on my plate.
There are way better restaurants out there! =)
I really enjoyed dinner here. The service wasn't great, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it was terrible either. The food, however, was delicious! The dishes we had included: soup dumplings (xiao long bao); egg tofu with enoki mushrooms; and e-fu noodles with vegetables. For what it's worth, one of the friends with whom I enjoyed this meal recommended the place, saying she and her husband, both second generation Taiwanese, love it as a go-to restaurant.
Review Source:I was drawn in here while in Chinatown by the guy in front hand pulling noodles. That was pretty rare in Chicago so i had to try it. Since then I've been coming here every time I visit Chinatown. Also to my delight this place actually had handmade shanghai style soup dumplings (Xiaolongbao).
The noodles: Can't go wrong when they are made to order 3 feet from your table by this angry looking guy who probably hates being gawked at by passerby's. He makes them how you want them: thin, thick, wide, fat. He does it all. The soups and toppings it comes with are nothing special but the noodles themselves are fantastic.
The steamed soup dumplings (XLB): On my honor I swear these are the closest thing to real steamed soup dumplings from Shanghai you can get in Chicago. Other restaurants make them too huge or the skin too thick or are frozen store bought. These little things are really really, 98% there, close.(See picture). The skin is soo thin you have to be really delicate when picking them up so they don't break and spill the soup inside. The texture is right but the flavor is slightly off. I'm just impressed they got this close. There is a lot of hot delicious soup inside and the filling is perfect. You gotta try these once in your life. Its worth it.
Overall if you're here for the noodles, make sure the guy is out front making them or else they're probably pre-made if not, then i highly recommend the steamed shanghai soup dumplings. Its a hot soup pool party in your mouth.
Let's cut straight to the verdict: Never coming back here AGAIN!
The food's alright, but over the past 2 years, the quality has gotten progressively worse.
And now, they no longer serve the hand-cut noodles that I love, and as such, there's no longer reason for me to return. There's simply nothing else on their menu that I couldn't get closer to home. The quality of their Chinese/Vietnamese cuisine is average at best!
Does someone know where the original chef went??? I'm hoping he opened up another restaurant elsewhere, because his noodles are absolutely delicious.
Hmmm....wonder did Amy G. and Jenn B. have the same server as me. It was a younger lady with glasses. Anyways, I always thought they had a wide variety and they were okay because of that. The last visit didn't go too well for my sister and I.
We ordered a iced milk tea and thai iced coffee. We get those and my sister said hers was too sweet which I told her they tend to make their iced milk tea too sweet. Â We ordered the fried tentacles appetizer, eel and mushroom stone bowl and C-B sushi.
Stone bowl comes out pretty quickly and there is like a small piece of eel on it. If you look on the menu, the eel covers the whole bowl and if you look at my picture....ummmm yeah. My sister asks the guy waiter is that all the eel that comes with it and he goes "yeah." Okay! So we eat our mushroom eel rice and the rice is not even crispy from the bowl....they could've fried the rice to try and cover it up a bit. We eat and wait and wait......my sister even said I think she forgot our sushi since the sushi chef was just standing there until some time pass and seem he was moving so we figured he started late. Of course, he was walking around so we were like okay he isn't making our sushi.
We were getting fed up and they bring us the wrong appetizer of edamame and after we sat for quite awhile the guy waiter comes and brings us fried calamari and we said that is not what we ordered. So, this other waitress comes by to explain and says they will make out appetizer and we said no thanks and to get the check and we told her we never even got our sushi.
She said the waitress was new, but she repeated everything we ordered and wrote it down. How do you not put in parts of the order? The nerves of the waitress too....she comes by the table next to us to clear it off and doesn't even make eye contact or even apologize. Also, while we were waiting for our food she was sitting there eating her lunch.....GRRRR!!!
The first time I ate at Hing Kee was several summers ago. A friend attending UIC directed me this way for their cheap and delicious lunch special, a huge bowl of mild broth with homemade seafood dumplings, chives, and a heaping side of a seasonal vegetable topped with oyster sauce. ...All for about $6. Their bubble tea fruit freezes, too, are excellent, chock full of fresh fruit and awesome tapioca, and deserve recognition.
So... why the single star?
I've gone back to Hing Kee a few times since that initial amazing experience and have been, well, less than wowed. The first time, the Chinese-American dishes my friends sought were merely poorly executed. Chalk it up to poor entree choices. Last night, though? Service was so unbearably bad that I get annoyed just mulling it over.
My dining companion and I each ordered an appetizer and an entree. For me, the scallion pancakes and an old standby, shrimp tempura udon. For her, the pork, shrimp, and chive dumplings and peppered beef cube hot stone pot. Within a few minutes, our pancakes arrived, gummy, oily, and short on their namesake's sharp green onions. A side of the spiced soy sauce usually served with these (and featured in the menu pictures) also never arrived, although we remedied it with a mix of the provided table condiments of chile oil and soy sauce.
About ten minutes later, my dining companion's beef hot pot arrived. The cubes of beef were tender and beautifully butchered, appearing cooked melt-in-your-mouth medium and velvety. The sauce was peppery, sweet, and coated the other components-- cabbage and rice-- in the pot to create a gluttonous, crunchy, beefy fried-rice-like delight. However, this is where the good experience ends. I, initially, wasn't too concerned about my friend's entree coming out before the rest of the dishes because Asian restaurants tend to serve dishes as they are ready. However, forty minutes then passed. The neighboring table, who arrived minutes after we did, received their dinners, paid their check, and left. To the other side of us, a large Chinese family cooked platter after platter of tabletop food... and my simple soup dish nor her dumplings showed. It even seemed like every staff member in the restaurant ate at least two meals while we patiently waited and then futilely attempted to catch ANY server's attention.
Finally, we were able to catch our waitress. I asked her to check on the status of my udon-- she cleared and wiped down a table before addressing this task, though-- and then assured me it was, "On the way." Twenty minutes passed before it eventually made its way to the table. For those keeping score, that's an hour for a bowl of fried shrimp and noodle soup. The shrimp's batter had, at this point, become soggy, although the broth was flavorful and the noodles were tender. This said, Arlington Heights's Mitsuwa Market serves up a comparable for the same price in about seven minutes.
By this point, my dining partner was picking at her completely cold pot of food. We watched order after order of dumplings come out of the service area. Grabbing some kind of floater host/server, she, normally unflappable, plaintively said, "We ordered dumplings." Another twenty minutes and those arrived too, tender skins, beautifully spiced meat mixture, chives, and all.
Neither of us are sure where the miscommunication happened. Our server wrote down both of our orders and repeated them back to us. Yet only 50% of them, for some reason, ever made it to the kitchen. No one ever bothered to check up on us or wonder why we were lingering for an hour and a half over a single entree and one quickly devoured appetizer. And maybe it's just a cultural thing-- but no apologies were offered and we were not comped any of our dishes.
Hing Kee's food is really great. Their menu is diverse and all of the items-- from Japanese sushi to Vietnamese pho-- are well-executed. But that level of service is unacceptable in any establishment. Especially in an avenue so full of other great restaurants.
Worth a try for sure. Â It's a casual restaurant with a large picture menu, including sushi. Â I had the pho soup, good flavor and it was pretty interesting- it contained some excellent noodles, veggies, and also some things I wasn't a huge fan of but others might like- tripe, some gelatinous meat, and half a boiled egg. Â
Also tried some of the beef stew with fried noodles, and it was very good, I'd recommend it, and I think most people will like it, especially if they don't want anything exotic. Â The sashimi was great. Â The bubble tea IS fantastic. Â My only complaint would be the water glasses were dirty and the water and hot tea tasted bad. Â
I see other reviews mention bad service, but in Chinatown don't have high expectations of service. Â Just bring me my food and we're all good. Â The server took our drink orders, hot tea, and never brought the drinks. Â We reminded her and we go them, no big deal.
Hing Kee's hand-pulled noodles. Love this place for great noodles with just the right amount of chewy without being tough. Mmm.
If you're new, try getting the #2 Braised Beef Noodle Bowl. It comes with a little spice in case you're sensitive, but it shouldn't pack too much heat. The broth is Asian-style, so it isn't nearly as salty as American soups. I really like it because of the noodles, the tender beef, the lettuce, and the half-egg. One bowl should definitely be enough food for one person.
We also got the pork pot stickers which were really good. They were very crispy and scrumptious - a nice compliment to our soups.
Sometimes the service can get not-so-good. It helps to have a Chinese-speaker in the group, but don't let that stop you from trying Hing Kee's noodles!
I love love love the big muscular guy with tattoos making the noodles.
I love love the texture of the noodles when they come out. Great chew and consistency.
The soup was subpar. Very very subpar. Like if there were a soup high jump competition, this soup wouldn't even jump high enough to knock over the bar.
The service could have been a lot better I think, and I'm not usually one to complain about service. They rarely made eye contact with me, though I was the only customer at the time I was ordering. Most of the employees were busy picking pees or peeling something at the table right next to me but for some reason couldn't figure out I was ready to order. Also I had to request that my tea be refilled.
Would I come back here? Of course! Did I mention there's a big muscular guy with tattoos making the noodles? They should really really work on their soup though.
I came here early on a Friday morning hoping for a taste of the hand pulled noodles (lai main). Â I had done some research on Yelp which indicated this place opened at 10:00am. Â So I arrived at around 10:45am and the restaurant was open. Â But unfortunately I arrived a little too early because I was told by the server that they don't offer the hand pulled noodles until 11:30am. Â Crap.
I figured I'd make the best of it by just trying the place out and checking out the other noodle soups they offered. Â I ended up ordering #911 from the noodle soup selection. It was beef stew with flat noodles (haw fun). Â I was also given a cup of tea at no cost.
The bowl of noodle soup was delicious! The beef was tender and the broth was outstanding. Â It was one of the best noodle broth I've ever had. Â The soup was not oily or overly salty. It was very fresh and healthy. I loved it! Â For $4.99 it was totally worth it! It would take me hours to make a type of broth like that! I can't wait to be back to try the hand pulled noodles (after 11:30am of course).
The restaurant also serves sushi (which I did not try). While I was eating, the sushi chefs were preparing for the lunch crowd. Â The best part was that the chefs were talking Japanese to each other. Sounds legit to me!
Overall the restaurant itself appeared very clean. Always a good sign in a Chinese restaurant.
Service was very attentive and they try their best to speak English, but it can be limited at times. Â A sign that the food here is authentic!
Handmade noodles ROCK, but as many reviewes mentioned - the broth can use a little sprucing up. Â Went there with 9 people and we pretty much tried every soup on their menu. Â Best one by miles - dan dan. Â I am not sure what they put in the seasoning for that soup - but try it, especially if you are into spicy. Â
Still dreaming about it, will come back shortly on a cold winter night...
Meh is right.
Now...service wasn't really that bad, as we were there a little early on a Thursday. The handmade noodles have a killer texture and are truly awesome but the broth they're served in doesn't stand up to the noodle quality. Whack broth, whack broth, whack broth.
Soup dumplings rocked.
This place would be 6 stars if this was Bensenville or Kenosha...but it's in Chinatown, so no.
Sechuan Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup: 5 stars, tasty broth, lots of chicken, great flavor
Dumplings (Chicken & Mushroom) Noodle Soup: 5 stars, if you want something lighter. The dumplings were very tasty, and the broth is reminiscent of won ton broth; very good.
Watercress w/ garlic: 5 stars, but this is hard to mess up anyway
Salt & Pepper Squid: 4 Stars - they do their version a bit different than other Chinese restaurants where they wet batter the squid, then fry it. While it's different, it's still very flavorful and i'd definitely get it again.
Service is eh here, but the noodle guy is pretty funny, very happy and smiley, which I was glad to see, since most Chinese chefs are generally always pissed off (my mother attributes it to the heat in the kitchen from the wok cooking, and the pressure to be quick of course), so I just tipped 15% instead of my usual 20. I would not try the sushi here, it looks sketchy.
What we WILL try next time is their hot pot. This group of ladies behind us had two big round tables of the most BOSS hotpot I have ever seen (alot of beef, pork, chicken legs, seafood, etc, and the noodle guy even offered to put fresh noodles in!).
I was mesmerized by the man making noodles by hand as I walked by. The skill that is used to make the noodles is very impressive if you ever get a chance to watch. I am huge fan of handmade noodles and couldn't help to try Hing Kee.
Like many other Chinatown restaurants that go overboard with the menu, Hing Kee specializes in noodles but also offers rice dishes, sushi, and maki rolls. To be safe, I ordered the Dan Dan Noodles and crab rangoon. The noodles themselves were long and chewy but the sauce was kind of bland. From the picture, I was expecting something more savory and the serving size was rather small.
I know that I have said in the past to expect bad service at Asian restaurants but my experience at Hing Kee was pretty bad. Normally, I would get over it if the food makes up for it but in this case, it didn't. My waitress asked for my order the moment I sat down and seemed annoyed that I wasn't ready. After I ordered, she seemed upset that I only ordered two items. When the food arrived, the plate was thrown down on the table. When I asked for hot mustard for the crab rangoon like the kind that is served with dim sum, the person came back with wasabi.
It's rather disappointing because I was hoping that it was going to be my new favorite place for noodles. Maybe I'll enjoy their sushi better? That would be ironic to have a place specialize in noodles but actually have better sushi, imagine that...
My boyfriend actually saw this place while we were dining across at Joy Yee. The chef making the fresh noodles from the window caught our eyes so we quickly came here to eat. The noodles were fresh and delicious! You can pick from a variety of sizes. Their broth is simple and when you walk in, you really feel like it's a Chinese restaurant. If only the waiters spoke better English though.
The juicy pork dumplings were decent as well. Overall, I enjoyed this experience much more since it felt very authentic. The food was fairly cheap too!
Went there with a large group. Ordered a bunch of dishes including noodle soup, beef, chicken, squid, and vegetables. The restaurant pulled off every dish! Particularly the noodle soup was rich in flavor, and the squid had a nice gummy texture. Everybody was satisfied with the food.
But what made me really like this place is their pricing. We only spent $14 per person (including tips). For a Friday night dinner, that's a pretty good deal. This restaurant definitely deserves multiple visits!
Like joyce c. mentioned, there's new management, they now claim to serve asian cuisine and sushi, and the name's been abbreviated to just Hing Kee.
So, we tried the jellyfish to start, which tasted old and hard. The pea shoots tasted great, but some pieces seemed old and hard too. At least 10 minutes after our vege dish, our singapore rice noodles finally arrived, but the noodles were soggy...
The manager apologized several times, took our criticism with an appreciative thank you, but I don't think I'll be back anytime soon.
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