I was planning to go to another restaurant. But when we passed Hey Hey Roasted, the fragrant from the restaurant drew us in. We order roasted duck and pork. The flavor is great. Glad that we stop here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ruby Chan
Taste test of this popular Hong Kong style BBQ spot in NYC Chinatown:
Hay Hay Roasted serve roasted meat rice boxes starting at $10.25 (one topping), or you can grab a whole box of char siu for just $14.
What I really liked is that you can customize your meat cut — fatty (肥), lean (瘦), or half-and-half (半肥瘦) — depending on your preference, just like how we do it in HK.
Pro tip from a HK local: ask for ginger scallion sauce (薑蓉) to go with your rice. It makes everything taste even better!
＊Three Selection Rice Combo 三拼飯 $12.25 SO WORTH IT. The box was fully loaded with meat that you could barely even see the rice underneath! I went with char siu, scallion chicken (蔥油雞), and roasted duck (燒鴨).
The chicken and duck were a bit bony, but you can always substitute them for leg if you prefer. The sweet baby napa on the side balanced out the greasiness of the meat.
＊Char Siu (Honey BBQ Pork) 蜜汁叉燒 $14/lb Decent price for the quantity! The char siu was well-marinated and flavorful even without any soy sauce. The seasoning was spot-on, not too sweet or salty. I asked for half-fatty, half-lean, and it had the perfect balance of both.
I took the leftovers home and made char siu fried rice and slippery egg with char siu.
＊Crispy Skin Roasted Pork 燒肉 $14/lb It had a nice fat-to-meat ratio and crispy golden skin. It was too salty for my taste, but my friends all loved it. So I’d definitely recommend enjoying it with rice.
＊Lemon Ribena 檸檬利賓納 $5.25 - such a nostalgic drink! I haven’t had it in so many years.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Hank Chang
A little shop selling roasted meats and other treats in a little downstairs shop - great roast pork with the crispy skin. The garlic chicken wings are ok, lots of garlic, but lacks additional flavor beyond that. Honey lemon tea was good, they put a fresh lemon into the bag when we took out of the fridge. A/C was strong in the shop. Small counter to eat.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Nepthali Dwight Donasco
The roasted duck came cold and skin was not crispy as i imagine. Although the meat is tender and flavorful. Dine in is difficult, it has limited space.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Jen
The problem with the place is their method that causes the bones to splinter, creating tiny pieces of sharp bone that the meat is attached to. There is a way to avoid this from happening. The way the bones are chopped makes the meal extremely hazardous.
Prepare to pay more now and expect smaller portions.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Kelsey Yin
Best char siu fan I’ve had in the USA!!! Ask for extra fatty. cash only. My comfort meal to take out and eat at home. So legit and reminds me of Vancouver and HK.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kelly Jaramillo
Exquisite Duck. Never had duck before and this place just made it my favorite meal.
Lukáš Josai
A tiny hole in the wall, with great food, prices and portion sizes. My meat was a bit cold when I got it but the staff reheated it for me immediately
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck over White Rice Combo 烧鸭饭
Rob C
We like Hay Hay not just for their roast duck but for a super tender black pepper beef over scrambled egg and rice dish!
Note they are cash only. Their space is fairly small with minimal dine in space and we’ve only ever bought for take out.
Also for any other mapo tofu fans out there: their take on this dish was heavy on ginger and felt more like a ginger tofu with minced pork over rice. I much prefer the mapo tofu from the nearby Hwa Yuan Szechuan but that place is also higher-end.
Grace Zografaki
;My favourite place...Very good duck but the pork not so much!
The service here is great — the workers are really nice. Today I decided to eat here and ordered a two-meat over rice and the honey-glazed chicken wings.
First, I have to say the honey-glazed wings had absolutely no flavor. The sauce was only on the outside of the chicken, and the inside had no taste at all.
Secondly, for the two-meat over rice, I paid about an extra dollar for the duck. As you can see in the picture, they barely gave any duck — it was thinly sliced, full of bones, and definitely not worth the extra charge. I didn’t pay extra just to get bones.
Gwywgwiegye Hsheheuege
Plenty of yogurt choices.
Reshna Lee
This will be my third time at Hay Hay Roasted. I always stop in Chinatown whenever I visit New York just for this experience. The food is absolutely amazing. I recommend it to all my friends and family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kenken
The place is small, but the food is authentic. There are only a few seats in the restaurant, so most of the orders are to-go. I ordered the chicken, which tasted great, and the quality of the meat was excellent.
I was planning to go to another restaurant. But when we passed Hey Hey Roasted, the fragrant from the restaurant drew us in. We order roasted duck and pork. The flavor is great. Glad that we stop here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Taste test of this popular Hong Kong style BBQ spot in NYC Chinatown:
Hay Hay Roasted serve roasted meat rice boxes starting at $10.25 (one topping), or you can grab a whole box of char siu for just $14.
What I really liked is that you can customize your meat cut — fatty (肥), lean (瘦), or half-and-half (半肥瘦) — depending on your preference, just like how we do it in HK.
Pro tip from a HK local: ask for ginger scallion sauce (薑蓉) to go with your rice. It makes everything taste even better!
＊Three Selection Rice Combo 三拼飯 $12.25
SO WORTH IT. The box was fully loaded with meat that you could barely even see the rice underneath! I went with char siu, scallion chicken (蔥油雞), and roasted duck (燒鴨).
The chicken and duck were a bit bony, but you can always substitute them for leg if you prefer. The sweet baby napa on the side balanced out the greasiness of the meat.
＊Char Siu (Honey BBQ Pork) 蜜汁叉燒 $14/lb
Decent price for the quantity! The char siu was well-marinated and flavorful even without any soy sauce. The seasoning was spot-on, not too sweet or salty. I asked for half-fatty, half-lean, and it had the perfect balance of both.
I took the leftovers home and made char siu fried rice and slippery egg with char siu.
＊Crispy Skin Roasted Pork 燒肉 $14/lb
It had a nice fat-to-meat ratio and crispy golden skin. It was too salty for my taste, but my friends all loved it. So I’d definitely recommend enjoying it with rice.
＊HK Style Milk Tea 港式奶茶 $5.5 - surprisingly authentic.
＊Lemon Ribena 檸檬利賓納 $5.25 - such a nostalgic drink! I haven’t had it in so many years.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
A little shop selling roasted meats and other treats in a little downstairs shop - great roast pork with the crispy skin. The garlic chicken wings are ok, lots of garlic, but lacks additional flavor beyond that. Honey lemon tea was good, they put a fresh lemon into the bag when we took out of the fridge. A/C was strong in the shop. Small counter to eat.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
The roasted duck came cold and skin was not crispy as i imagine. Although the meat is tender and flavorful. Dine in is difficult, it has limited space.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
The problem with the place is their method that causes the bones to splinter, creating tiny pieces of sharp bone that the meat is attached to. There is a way to avoid this from happening. The way the bones are chopped makes the meal extremely hazardous.
Prepare to pay more now and expect smaller portions.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Best char siu fan I’ve had in the USA!!! Ask for extra fatty. cash only. My comfort meal to take out and eat at home. So legit and reminds me of Vancouver and HK.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Exquisite Duck. Never had duck before and this place just made it my favorite meal.
A tiny hole in the wall, with great food, prices and portion sizes. My meat was a bit cold when I got it but the staff reheated it for me immediately
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Duck over White Rice Combo 烧鸭饭
We like Hay Hay not just for their roast duck but for a super tender black pepper beef over scrambled egg and rice dish!
Note they are cash only. Their space is fairly small with minimal dine in space and we’ve only ever bought for take out.
Also for any other mapo tofu fans out there: their take on this dish was heavy on ginger and felt more like a ginger tofu with minced pork over rice. I much prefer the mapo tofu from the nearby Hwa Yuan Szechuan but that place is also higher-end.
;My favourite place...Very good duck but the pork not so much!
Restaurantji Recommends
Was pretty good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
The service here is great — the workers are really nice. Today I decided to eat here and ordered a two-meat over rice and the honey-glazed chicken wings.
First, I have to say the honey-glazed wings had absolutely no flavor. The sauce was only on the outside of the chicken, and the inside had no taste at all.
Secondly, for the two-meat over rice, I paid about an extra dollar for the duck. As you can see in the picture, they barely gave any duck — it was thinly sliced, full of bones, and definitely not worth the extra charge. I didn’t pay extra just to get bones.
Plenty of yogurt choices.
This will be my third time at Hay Hay Roasted. I always stop in Chinatown whenever I visit New York just for this experience. The food is absolutely amazing. I recommend it to all my friends and family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The place is small, but the food is authentic. There are only a few seats in the restaurant, so most of the orders are to-go. I ordered the chicken, which tasted great, and the quality of the meat was excellent.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
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