The Legend Cafe House

My family and friends came for a birthday dinner on Friday night. My husband and my friend ordered the prix fixe T bone steak and asked for it rare, with the Borscht soup, lemon tea. When the borscht soup came, my husband and I noticed right away a hair on the edge of the soup line. We brought it to the waitresse's attention and she took it back. He chose not to get another soup. It was a big turnoff ( We didn't take a picture of that but when it happened a second time on the corn soup, I decided to take a picture.) While we were waiting for the main courses, our appetizers and side dishes came. The chicken wings and calamari portions were small, granted they were appetizers. However, the quality of the food did not match its price point and its small portion. About 5-10 minutes into our waiting, a different waitress comes to the table to ask us if we're sure we want the steaks rare. We thought it was odd, but of course the answer was yes.

My son got the oxtail, it was mostly bones ( picture included). The curry sauce was lukewarm. I got the lamb with bean curd, no flavor and microwaved not long enough. It was hot outside and cold inside.

Then finally comes the steaks. They were cooked medium well. We immediately brought it to the attention of another waitress who went to the back and never came back. 5 minutes later, we raised our hands to signal another waitress and mentioned to her that the steak wasn't cooked rare. She then went to the back and then 5 minutes later, a manager came to the table. He's a bit standoffish and starts to get flustered about the steak's doneness. He said the kitchen has been busy and the steak was probably cooked rare but during the process of getting it to our table because they are so busy, the steak became medium done because it sat on the warming plate too long. So, we are wondering how is this our problem? Especially, when the waitress made an effort to come out and made sure we had requested something rare ?. The male manager became so frustrated he said, " comp his dish, oh forget it, comp the whole dinner. ) and walked away.

10 minutes later, the male manager comes back. He apologized and said it's slow down now, I can talk to you. He offered another steak but at that time, we were all about to be finished with our food.

The waitress who asked about the rare steak came out also and apologized profusely. Once again, their excuse is that they were busy. When we finally got our check, she made it a point to point out that the drinks were on them, all 3 drinks. By the way, most of our drinks were included in the pre fix dinner. In addition, we left 20% tip even though the service was mediocre. Needless to say, my dining experience is now ruined. We are definitely not going back and we don't recommend this place to anyone.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

I came for a birthday dinner. It didn't look too busy for a Friday night. Ordered the prix frixe T bone steak and asked for it to be rare, Borscht soup, lemon tea. When the borsht soup came, I noticed right away a hair on the edge of the soup line and it looked like it was a considerably smaller portion than another partygoer's soup. I bought it to the waitresses attention and she took it back. I chose not to get another soup. It was a big turnoff. About 5-10 minutes later another waitress comes to the table to ask us if we're sure we want the steaks rare. Strange question but of course answer was yes. Out comes the steaks. They were cooked medium well. We immediately bought it to their attention. The waitress went to the back and then no one came back to address the issue. We got another waitresses attention and mentioned to her the steak wasn't cooked rare. She takes off to the back. Finally a manager comes to the table. He's a bit standoffish and gets flustered speaking to us about the steak's doneness. Needless to say, my dining experience is now ruined.

I'm not coming back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 2

Visited this self proclaimed "Hong Kong style cafe" a couple of times ordering a few HK classic dishes and here is my review. First and foremost at any HK cafe for us is tasting their HK teas. Here we ordered their HK milk tea hot as well as cold plus their cold HK lemon tea. We have had better HK teas in the NYC area but it is not as bland or merely Lipton/Tently tea as some bakeries/restaurants use. The flavor profile is mediocre and not as rich as some of our favorite HK tea spots in NYC. The lemon tea was a bit watered down even upon arrival at our table as well as being loaded with ice.
As for food we had ordered their French toast with condensed milk and peanut butter - this was decent, not overly sweet, not overly fried, but a bit less peanut butter than most and using average Chinese bakery white bread. Baked curry beef brisket over rice - done correctly like HK with a fried egg rice base, filled to the top amount of beef and curry that is decently tasty but not exactly authentic HK if this is what you are looking for. Sizzling combo of sirloin steak, borsch soup, fries, spaghetti, and drink - all this for $32. The steak was a large cut abeit not the best cut but considering the price point I cannot complain too much. As well as it being cooked exactly medium plus salted and peppered correctly. The HK borsch soup was average, spaghetti is eh, and fries nice n crispy.
Their Supreme soy sauce fried noodles - not how the usual HK soy sauce fried noodle is made and too soggy. I also prefer it with the proper wok hay which this is lacking yet it has some burnt pieces (which I noticed also in the dish the table next to us ordered). However it is filled with all sorts of veggies for those value seekers.
So overall speaking of value The Legend Cafe House does offer value and large dishes - we can see this in how busy the place is with families, kids, and the like during peak hours. Impressive is the quality of the waitresses and service they offer - prompt, polite, and they care what they do. In terms of food taste, dish prep, and likeness to Hong Kong we would say it is average for the NYC area. Would I go back - yes for the value and service.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Food is terrible, barely any sauce and the rice to protein portion is ridiculous. Almost 3 times as much rice as meat.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Good portion size and ok taste

Employees are kind, and the prices are very reasonably affordable

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: French Toast with Condense Milk

Authentic Hong Kong style food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pleasantly surprised by the food quality at this Hong Kong-style cafe, especially given the affordable prices. The highlight of my meal was definitely the French toast—warm, fluffy, crispy, and just the right amount of sweetness. I also enjoyed the salted fish meat patty, which was impressively large.

The sea bass with French fries was perfectly crispy, but it didn’t stand out as anything special. The salt and pepper squid was also a bit small in portion.

For drinks, I recommend the coffee milk tea and honey lemon tea. Both are classics. Overall, The Legend Cafe House offered a great casual meal, and I can't wait to return.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Salt and Pepper Squid, Fish and Chips, Bake Chicken and Spaghetti, French Toast W

The baked chicken with rice is bland

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Ordered to go. The curry is quite good. Restaurant seems clean and tidy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Curry Oxtail

The service attitude is bad. I ordered a beef noodle dish. The onion in it smelled weird and sour. The waitress had a gloomy face. She also said there was no onion in it. After I picked out the onion, her face became even gloomier and she took the noodle dish away directly. No explanation was given. I came here to eat. Not to see your face!!!

Poor service attitude. I ordered beef pho and the onions in it had a strange smell and were sour. The waiter had a dark face. They also said there were no onions in it. After I picked out the onions. Her face turned even darker and she took away the dish of rice noodles. Don't give an explanation. I'm here to eat. It’s not about your face! ! ! !

Recommended dishes: Fried Beef Chow Fun

The food is spoiled, the service attitude is very bad, they also give very aggressive answers when there are problems with the meal. This is the most terrible restaurant I have ever been to.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Food was ok. Hong Kong style

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

The food is served very quickly, but the taste is not good: the dry-fried beef river is not salty and too greasy; the curry seafood rice is just a quick-frozen seafood, blanched and then poured with curry sauce, but the curry sauce has no fragrance and is spicy; white mushroom is taboo The texture and taste of the soup are like water, and the mushroom slices are sour.

The environment was crowded and noisy, with all the guests talking loudly. The four of us went for lunch on Saturday afternoon and called an hour in advance to make a reservation. When we arrived, the waiter told us to wait a little longer. The wait lasted for 50 minutes. During this period, the waiter came out to apologize and said that several tables had almost finished eating, but they were busy chatting. No intention of checking out and leaving

Kid-friendliness: Many people come with their whole families

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: u s a mixed grill 美式什扒

Large portions and good prices but orders weren't taken very well and overcooked

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4