Very affordable and delicious. Hainanese chicken rice is my favorite meal on the planet and this place hits.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Malissa Tong
Not too bad. I wouldn’t call it Hainan chicken, but good flavors and amazing lunch special!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Zhen Truong
The portion size I received for $14 was extremely upsetting. Especially after seeing other reviews of other people getting way more than what I got. Customers who came in after me got served first. The food was okay. Some pieces of chicken I received were browned and dried (as you can see next to the leg piece) very hard to chew. I was hungry so I just tried to eat it. Needless to say I will not be back. It felt intentional that they gave me so little food as well as the worst pieces of chicken.
Sandy Kwok
Good price for the portions. The chicken didn't live up to my expectations, but the pork was pretty good except for 2 hard pieces.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
A Y
We don’t usually leave reviews at all, because people have different taste buds, unless we think the restaurant is over hype like this one. Came here for lunch with my wife and daughter based on the reviews, and ordered their signature House Hainan chicken with rice, Char Kway Teow and Crispy fried fish Head mee Hoon, also Malaysian White ice Coffee and coconut water. The so called house Hainan Chicken is absolutely bland and is just an over boiled chicken, all those people that left five stars reviews for the Hainan Chicken obviously never eaten Hainan chicken elsewhere, especially there’s one review saying it’s even better than Singapore’s Hainan Chicken, are you serious? The only dish we think it’s “okay” is the Char Kway Teow - 炒粿條。The two drinks that we ordered were so diluted my wife can’t taste any coffee, as for the coconut water, I would say it’s just an ice water. Not recommended, there are better Malaysian with Hainanese chicken in NYC.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
run run
Like their lunch special take out more than the sit-down dinner. Haha… too much dark meat with bones of hainan chicken rice. Ladies worked so hard at peak time. Gotta give credit. Maybe will try noodles next time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
KarenY NYC
Glad to check off this bookmark… whole experience is “OK la”. Me & NYT guy don’t seem to match well in taste… and that’s ok bc we come from different background. Don’t ever eat for others, eat for your own enjoyment lol
Service is ok, seating, menu, order, food and self serve on hot tea & water. Cute bundle for the Hainan chicken rice but not eco friendly.. can’t recycle the waxy paper.
Food: Hainan Chicken is alright, wish the meat & skin was smoother… still think LYK at Urban Hawker does it better. Their char siu is not my cup of tea, I prefer the Cantonese style version. Curry chicken was too water down, my son wished it had more kick to it. The Nasi Lemak was ok. Husband says the rice had good flavor. In fact, the only thing we enjoyed was the chicken flavor rice that comes with the meal. Chicken satay was chewy. And hard pass on the Malaysian milk tea, tasted like water. We had really good milk tea in KL and Singapore and have yet to find a spot that replicates the taste. Highly doubt anyone is pulling the tea. But at least other Malaysian spots make a better version than here. Total bill about $115 w/ gratuity. Can’t imagine returning for their $17 combo meal but maybe if in the area… try their noodle.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Lisa Williams
I was really excited to try this Malaysian as I have been craving some curry noodle soup, so I was very disappointed to find that it was unavailable. We were told it was sold out, but as they had opened less than an hour ago, more likely it wasn't made, and there was none leftover from the night before. I think I could have just glossed over it had the dishes we ordered been above meh, but they weren't.
The Hainanese chicken and char siu pork belly were ok - much drier than I have had before. The chicken satay was lukewarm. All of this would've been excused, but the Prawn mee was also lukewarm! It's soup! Maybe I hyped it up too much and expected too much (not sure that hot soup was expecting a lot), but it's not a place I'll bother testing again.
Anna May M Abris
Came here for lunch a few times. It's essentially self serve with the water and tea. But a waiter takes your food order and brings the food out to you. It's a no frills Brooklyn Chinatown kind of place but the prices are not Brooklyn Chinatown. They're closer to Park Slope prices. The food is absolutely delicious though. The roasted chicken is phenomenal. The Chow Kuey Toh is also fantastic. I wouldn't recommend the Nasi Lemak. For $17, you barely get any chicken. Definitely get the kalamansi limeade. So refreshing and delicious. Their desserts are good also but, very pricy. I think they run about $8-$10 & they're very small.
This place lives up to its name when it comes to their Hainanese chicken with ginger rice – it was absolutely fire! The chicken was incredibly tender and bursting with flavor. What truly surprised me was the ginger rice; it was so fragrant and delicious that I could honestly devour a whole plate of it on its own. A must-order! However, our second dish, the fried fish head with rice noodle soup, unfortunately didn't live up to the same standard. The fish didn't taste particularly fresh and ultimately fell short of the amazing Hainanese chicken. Lesson learned: Stick to the specialty of the house! While the Hainanese chicken is a definite winner and worth a return visit to explore more of that side of the menu, the fish dish was a letdown.
Jack Wells
Best chicken rice I've had in the city
Rina Shin
We were happy with what we ordered!
Michelle
I have to come back here to try the rest of the menu. I had the Hainanese chicken and pork—both were absolutely fire. Tender and flavored. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed the chicken rice too and could probably eat it by itself. We also got this curry dish and it was so delicious as well.
Only tiny downside: the ube flan looked gorgeous but the cake part was dry and didn’t really taste like ube. Still, I’d 100% come back just for that chicken alone.
Servers were super nice too!
Jinjin Chen
Just went to this resurant today. DO NOT GO!!!! Klung Bak Kut Teh has this disgusting raw pork smell to it. Not fresh at all!!
Chicken are good sauce are alright
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Very affordable and delicious. Hainanese chicken rice is my favorite meal on the planet and this place hits.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not too bad. I wouldn’t call it Hainan chicken, but good flavors and amazing lunch special!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
The portion size I received for $14 was extremely upsetting. Especially after seeing other reviews of other people getting way more than what I got. Customers who came in after me got served first. The food was okay. Some pieces of chicken I received were browned and dried (as you can see next to the leg piece) very hard to chew. I was hungry so I just tried to eat it. Needless to say I will not be back. It felt intentional that they gave me so little food as well as the worst pieces of chicken.
Good price for the portions. The chicken didn't live up to my expectations, but the pork was pretty good except for 2 hard pieces.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
We don’t usually leave reviews at all, because people have different taste buds, unless we think the restaurant is over hype like this one. Came here for lunch with my wife and daughter based on the reviews, and ordered their signature House Hainan chicken with rice, Char Kway Teow and Crispy fried fish Head mee Hoon, also Malaysian White ice Coffee and coconut water. The so called house Hainan Chicken is absolutely bland and is just an over boiled chicken, all those people that left five stars reviews for the Hainan Chicken obviously never eaten Hainan chicken elsewhere, especially there’s one review saying it’s even better than Singapore’s Hainan Chicken, are you serious? The only dish we think it’s “okay” is the Char Kway Teow - 炒粿條。The two drinks that we ordered were so diluted my wife can’t taste any coffee, as for the coconut water, I would say it’s just an ice water. Not recommended, there are better Malaysian with Hainanese chicken in NYC.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Like their lunch special take out more than the sit-down dinner. Haha… too much dark meat with bones of hainan chicken rice. Ladies worked so hard at peak time. Gotta give credit. Maybe will try noodles next time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Glad to check off this bookmark… whole experience is “OK la”. Me & NYT guy don’t seem to match well in taste… and that’s ok bc we come from different background. Don’t ever eat for others, eat for your own enjoyment lol
Service is ok, seating, menu, order, food and self serve on hot tea & water. Cute bundle for the Hainan chicken rice but not eco friendly.. can’t recycle the waxy paper.
Food: Hainan Chicken is alright, wish the meat & skin was smoother… still think LYK at Urban Hawker does it better. Their char siu is not my cup of tea, I prefer the Cantonese style version. Curry chicken was too water down, my son wished it had more kick to it. The Nasi Lemak was ok. Husband says the rice had good flavor. In fact, the only thing we enjoyed was the chicken flavor rice that comes with the meal. Chicken satay was chewy. And hard pass on the Malaysian milk tea, tasted like water. We had really good milk tea in KL and Singapore and have yet to find a spot that replicates the taste. Highly doubt anyone is pulling the tea. But at least other Malaysian spots make a better version than here. Total bill about $115 w/ gratuity. Can’t imagine returning for their $17 combo meal but maybe if in the area… try their noodle.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
I was really excited to try this Malaysian as I have been craving some curry noodle soup, so I was very disappointed to find that it was unavailable. We were told it was sold out, but as they had opened less than an hour ago, more likely it wasn't made, and there was none leftover from the night before. I think I could have just glossed over it had the dishes we ordered been above meh, but they weren't.
The Hainanese chicken and char siu pork belly were ok - much drier than I have had before. The chicken satay was lukewarm. All of this would've been excused, but the Prawn mee was also lukewarm! It's soup! Maybe I hyped it up too much and expected too much (not sure that hot soup was expecting a lot), but it's not a place I'll bother testing again.
Came here for lunch a few times. It's essentially self serve with the water and tea. But a waiter takes your food order and brings the food out to you. It's a no frills Brooklyn Chinatown kind of place but the prices are not Brooklyn Chinatown. They're closer to Park Slope prices.
The food is absolutely delicious though. The roasted chicken is phenomenal. The Chow Kuey Toh is also fantastic. I wouldn't recommend the Nasi Lemak. For $17, you barely get any chicken.
Definitely get the kalamansi limeade. So refreshing and delicious.
Their desserts are good also but, very pricy. I think they run about $8-$10 & they're very small.
Restaurantji Recommends
This place lives up to its name when it comes to their Hainanese chicken with ginger rice – it was absolutely fire! The chicken was incredibly tender and bursting with flavor. What truly surprised me was the ginger rice; it was so fragrant and delicious that I could honestly devour a whole plate of it on its own. A must-order!
However, our second dish, the fried fish head with rice noodle soup, unfortunately didn't live up to the same standard. The fish didn't taste particularly fresh and ultimately fell short of the amazing Hainanese chicken.
Lesson learned: Stick to the specialty of the house! While the Hainanese chicken is a definite winner and worth a return visit to explore more of that side of the menu, the fish dish was a letdown.
Best chicken rice I've had in the city
We were happy with what we ordered!
I have to come back here to try the rest of the menu. I had the Hainanese chicken and pork—both were absolutely fire. Tender and flavored. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed the chicken rice too and could probably eat it by itself. We also got this curry dish and it was so delicious as well.
Only tiny downside: the ube flan looked gorgeous but the cake part was dry and didn’t really taste like ube. Still, I’d 100% come back just for that chicken alone.
Servers were super nice too!
Just went to this resurant today. DO NOT GO!!!! Klung Bak Kut Teh has this disgusting raw pork smell to it. Not fresh at all!!
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