The food are good. The drink station lady has an attitude. We always finish the food before she serves drinks. Inconsistencies taste of milk tea, the ratio between tea and evaporated milk is off.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Tiffany Jiang
šExperience for this place was the cashier who at the counter she also take orders to, She was super rude in all kind of ways , First her face when I step in the restaurant donāt seem like she didnāt want to see anyone at that moment but anyway me and my family of 7 still decided to give it a try was our first time probably will be out last time going there unless this cashier plus waitress is not there anymore. š( please let me know if any of you have the same experience there) šSecond: I ordered from the set menu section. I was hoping it will be an okay meal at least. When they serve my food to me my impression when I see it was š² the look was not good at all then I staring to eat all I can say was cold, hard . The sausage look like dark and oily the bread š„ harder than a rock . Canāt believe at a Main Street of a business open at Mott street can serve food like this to customers. Donāt mind spending expensive money on food but this food is not eatable at all please everyone should think twice before walking in the door . ( I heard this restaurant have to different types this comment is only for the before 5pm ) Thank you for reading this .
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Mina K
Date & time of visit: Tuesday, 10/21/2025 at 10:45am
Today was my first time visiting Cha Kee with my family since when it used to be Cha Chan Tang.
My family and I walked in looking forward to have breakfast here. There wasnāt a sign about waiting to be seated or person at the front when we came in. My Dad, who is a senior then went ahead walking toward a table then the lady staff appeared and came toward us. We asked if we can sit at the table with the booth and she responded with, āIām seating you now arenāt I?ā in a rude tone and expression on her face. The rest of our dine-in experience was like this. This lady also took our order. I donāt know if she is having a bad day or whatās going on with her. She made us feel like weāre annoying or she is tired of working there? I donāt know what. We hoped the food will at least be decent to make up for it but it didnāt really =/
Food: The bread served with Western Set meal was rock hard.
Restroom: Decent bathroom. Best part of dine-in experience.
It was a very disappointing experience overall especially by the lady in the front that served us ruined it.
Side note: My family and I were going to head to a funeral after this.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
W Y
Not open when we arrived at opening hours
Sylvia Lee
WHAT A WASTE OF PRECIOUS CALORIES!Was there today at 4pm for a snack. Upon walking in, staff told us that we had to pay the bill by 5 bc the restaurant changes to Hakata TonTon at 5 but that we can stay for as long as we want. Understood.
We order the following: -Curry Fish Balls åå±éč -Peanut Condensed Milk Toast č±ēå„¶ę²¹å¤ -Portugese Baked Rice ēč”åéé£Æ
The curry fish balls and toast came in 2 minutes. FISH BALLS were COLD. I mean..i get that itās probably nuked but donāt let the customer think that! The least they could have done was check to make sure the bottom was hot. When i called them out on it, they didnāt even try to make any excuses for it ..
Peanut Condensed Milk Toast you couldnāt even see any layer of peanut butter. Even when i pulled the bread apart you could barely see it. ABYSSMAL!
My friendās Portugese Baked Rice took over 20 minutes but the bill was on our table BEFORE he even got his rice.
I would NOT waste my time at this joint AGAIN.
*On another note..they share the space with HAKATA TONTON who appears to have completely separate Japanese staff. I have frequented that spot many times in the past when they were in west village and most recently in midtown! The product is high quality and service is above par.
I hope Hakata doesnāt get dragged down by the wrath of Cha Kee
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Isaac Shi
I think this is a great place, the curry fish balls is perfectly squishy. The satay beef sandwich was a bit too salty though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Dee
We tried some other things here, but donāt have pictures for them. Butter with condensed milk toast was good. Fried bun with condensed milk was good. Milk teas were good. Beef chow fun was very tasty and silky. Beef chow mein was very good also. Usually donāt like chow mein too much, but their noodles were a bit on the softer side and I prefer that over the super crispy crunchy version. Didnāt like the pork chop onions on rice. It was bland. Their wings were okay. Overall, this place was way better than I expected, so I give it a solid 4.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Van Darkholme
Who cares about the service? The food and drinks are amazing and cheap. Will definitely come back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Eileen Lee Tsang
I was not crazy about the food. But, that's just personal taste. The baked items with tomatoes sauce was a bit too sweet. The pork chop rice was good and so was the beef chow fun. Skip the curry, flavors were not to my taste at all. I went with a bunch of seniors and they thought the restaurant was too dark, they like fluorescent lighting and no atmosphere. Lol. I thought the interior was pleasant.
All time favorite. The breakfast is exactly like in HK.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
C
Great food spots with authentic Hong Kong style milk tea
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
James Lin
food was bussin fr fr. we ordered the hotpot and it was gas. the salty fry chicken was also mad good bruh. customer service was top notch just like japan made us feel like we was really there fr.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nick S
Cha Kee is a HK Style Cha Chaan Teng located in the heart of NYC's Chinatown. They didn't have any physical menus when I went, however I assume you could ask for them if you don't have a mobile device.
The service is quick and efficient, much easier to order things if you know Cantonese, but English works fine as well.
The atmosphere is like a HK style cafe, with some big tables and smaller tables spread throughout. It would be best to come here with a party of around 3-5.
The food was great. I came during brunch, so it was focused on HK style breakfast foods. The Porkchop over fries was crispy and not too oily. The Rice Cakes in XO Sauce had both a sweetness to it that was complimented well with the peanut sauce. The only thing that was kind of eh was the Salt & Pepper Vegetables. It was a little too salty for the taste, and it ended up overwhelming the dish.
Overall a good place to visit if one of the other Cha Chaan Tengs are too crowded.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Andrew Leung
Good affordable and tasty food. Get the pineapple bun with butter. It is very good.
HK style milkTea
The food are good. The drink station lady has an attitude. We always finish the food before she serves drinks. Inconsistencies taste of milk tea, the ratio between tea and evaporated milk is off.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
šExperience for this place was the cashier who at the counter she also take orders to,
She was super rude in all kind of ways ,
First her face when I step in the restaurant donāt seem like she didnāt want to see anyone at that moment but anyway me and my family of 7 still decided to give it a try was our first time probably will be out last time going there unless this cashier plus waitress is not there anymore.
š( please let me know if any of you have the same experience there)
šSecond: I ordered from the set menu section.
I was hoping it will be an okay meal at least.
When they serve my food to me my impression when I see it was š² the look was not good at all then I staring to eat all I can say was cold, hard .
The sausage look like dark and oily the bread š„ harder than a rock . Canāt believe at a Main Street of a business open at Mott street can serve food like this to customers. Donāt mind spending expensive money on food but this food is not eatable at all please everyone should think twice before walking in the door .
( I heard this restaurant have to different types this comment is only for the before 5pm ) Thank you for reading this .
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Date & time of visit: Tuesday, 10/21/2025 at 10:45am
Today was my first time visiting Cha Kee with my family since when it used to be Cha Chan Tang.
My family and I walked in looking forward to have breakfast here. There wasnāt a sign about waiting to be seated or person at the front when we came in. My Dad, who is a senior then went ahead walking toward a table then the lady staff appeared and came toward us. We asked if we can sit at the table with the booth and she responded with, āIām seating you now arenāt I?ā in a rude tone and expression on her face. The rest of our dine-in experience was like this. This lady also took our order. I donāt know if she is having a bad day or whatās going on with her. She made us feel like weāre annoying or she is tired of working there? I donāt know what. We hoped the food will at least be decent to make up for it but it didnāt really =/
Food: The bread served with Western Set meal was rock hard.
Restroom: Decent bathroom. Best part of dine-in experience.
It was a very disappointing experience overall especially by the lady in the front that served us ruined it.
Side note: My family and I were going to head to a funeral after this.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Not open when we arrived at opening hours
WHAT A WASTE OF PRECIOUS CALORIES!Was there today at 4pm for a snack. Upon walking in, staff told us that we had to pay the bill by 5 bc the restaurant changes to Hakata TonTon at 5 but that we can stay for as long as we want. Understood.
We order the following:
-Curry Fish Balls åå±éč
-Peanut Condensed Milk Toast č±ēå„¶ę²¹å¤
-Portugese Baked Rice ēč”åéé£Æ
The curry fish balls and toast came in 2 minutes. FISH BALLS were COLD. I mean..i get that itās probably nuked but donāt let the customer think that! The least they could have done was check to make sure the bottom was hot. When i called them out on it, they didnāt even try to make any excuses for it ..
Peanut Condensed Milk Toast you couldnāt even see any layer of peanut butter. Even when i pulled the bread apart you could barely see it. ABYSSMAL!
My friendās Portugese Baked Rice took over 20 minutes but the bill was on our table BEFORE he even got his rice.
I would NOT waste my time at this joint AGAIN.
*On another note..they share the space with HAKATA TONTON who appears to have completely separate Japanese staff. I have frequented that spot many times in the past when they were in west village and most recently in midtown! The product is high quality and service is above par.
I hope Hakata doesnāt get dragged down by the wrath of Cha Kee
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I think this is a great place, the curry fish balls is perfectly squishy. The satay beef sandwich was a bit too salty though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
We tried some other things here, but donāt have pictures for them. Butter with condensed milk toast was good. Fried bun with condensed milk was good. Milk teas were good. Beef chow fun was very tasty and silky. Beef chow mein was very good also. Usually donāt like chow mein too much, but their noodles were a bit on the softer side and I prefer that over the super crispy crunchy version. Didnāt like the pork chop onions on rice. It was bland. Their wings were okay. Overall, this place was way better than I expected, so I give it a solid 4.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Who cares about the service? The food and drinks are amazing and cheap. Will definitely come back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
I was not crazy about the food. But, that's just personal taste. The baked items with tomatoes sauce was a bit too sweet. The pork chop rice was good and so was the beef chow fun. Skip the curry, flavors were not to my taste at all. I went with a bunch of seniors and they thought the restaurant was too dark, they like fluorescent lighting and no atmosphere. Lol. I thought the interior was pleasant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
All time favorite. The breakfast is exactly like in HK.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food spots with authentic Hong Kong style milk tea
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
food was bussin fr fr. we ordered the hotpot and it was gas. the salty fry chicken was also mad good bruh. customer service was top notch just like japan made us feel like we was really there fr.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cha Kee is a HK Style Cha Chaan Teng located in the heart of NYC's Chinatown. They didn't have any physical menus when I went, however I assume you could ask for them if you don't have a mobile device.
The service is quick and efficient, much easier to order things if you know Cantonese, but English works fine as well.
The atmosphere is like a HK style cafe, with some big tables and smaller tables spread throughout. It would be best to come here with a party of around 3-5.
The food was great. I came during brunch, so it was focused on HK style breakfast foods. The Porkchop over fries was crispy and not too oily. The Rice Cakes in XO Sauce had both a sweetness to it that was complimented well with the peanut sauce. The only thing that was kind of eh was the Salt & Pepper Vegetables. It was a little too salty for the taste, and it ended up overwhelming the dish.
Overall a good place to visit if one of the other Cha Chaan Tengs are too crowded.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Good affordable and tasty food. Get the pineapple bun with butter. It is very good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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