Welcome to Hop Lee Restaurant
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16 Mott St New York, NY 10013 Hotline: (212) 962-6475
Hop Lee Restaurant, located in New York's Chinatown at 16 Mott St, is a hidden gem serving up authentic and fresh Chinese cuisine. With over 40 years of experience, this restaurant has remained a favorite among locals and visitors alike.
The menu at Hop Lee Restaurant is extensive, offering a variety of appetizers, cold appetizers, and soups. Some standout dishes include the Steamed Pork Bun, the Spicy Beef and Tripe cold appetizer, and the Hot and Sour Soup. The flavors are rich and authentic, making each bite a true delight.
Customers rave about the quality of the food and the personalized service they receive at Hop Lee Restaurant. The staff goes above and beyond to ensure that guests have a memorable dining experience. The prices are affordable, making it a great spot for a casual lunch or dinner.
Overall, Hop Lee Restaurant is a must-visit for anyone craving traditional Chinese cuisine in a cozy and welcoming atmosphere. Whether you're a longtime fan or a first-time visitor, you're sure to be impressed by the flavors and hospitality at this beloved establishment.
Amazing food, authentic, and fresh. The food here is made daily. I've been coming here for 40 years plus and I love it. They remember me they treat me like family and I would go no other place in Chinatown but them. Thank you for always serving me my family.
Very good Chinese-American fare, with a lot of hidden treasures for the adventurous if you are adventurous and convince the waiter to suggest unusual dishes.
My Chinese family's favorite place for dinner. We've been coming here for more than 20 years. If you want the really good food, you'll need the all-Chinese menu, or ask the waiter (in Chinese) what to get and he'll list off what's fresh at the moment. My fav fishes are the steak cubes, fried flounder, any casserole dish (like braised fish with tofu), salt and pepper anything (pork chops, frog legs, shrimp), razor clams, whole steamed fish, ginger scallion lobster, seafood with deep fried tofu cubes, black bean clams, snails, yee mein, seafood in fried basket, so many others.
I've eaten here countless times over decades, but it appears it's under new management -- and I was stunned by how much better the food was in my most recent visit! In particular the garlic roast chicken is soooo delightful -- on par or better than the one from Congee Village that Pete Wells once named the best chicken in NY. And the black bean lobster is one of the best renditions I've had of this traditional Cantonese dishes in years. Service was also better than I remembered. The guys were attentive, kind, and their English was pretty good! The ambiance is very meh, but the reason you go is for authentic old school Cantonese food!
It is an old fashioned no-frills simple authentic Chinese/Cantonese restaurant. However the food was amazing and the price was unbelievably cheap. Their lunch special is $7.50 which including steamed rice and house soup; some special seafood dishes are only a dollar more. I love their house made Pickled Mustard Green with sliced pork. It was under seafood section but I always asked the waiter to change it to pork instead of fish cake. Their pickled mustard green was a right balance of sweet and sour. I could easily finish 2 bowls of rice if I didn't have to cut down on carbohydrates. Also their Beef with Bitter Melon was my other favorite dish. The tender beef with the black soybean sauce balance the bitterness of the melon. I didn't like eating bitter melon when I was young but now I appreciate the health benefits of this melon. It is also a common dish for Chinese family. The classic dish of stir-fried Beef Chow Fun was super popular. This succulent dish was a combination of well marinated beef slices with soft spongy rice noodles topped with crunchy bean sprouts and scallions. It was full of flavor with each bite. I like that it wasn't oily as I sometime found this dish quite queasy at other places. This is a great place for foodies but not a fancy restaurant. So it won't hurt to give it a try since the price is cheap.
The food was good, I definitely want to go back here to try some more dishes especially the general tso chicken. They serve tea with the food here. CASH ONLY by the way and you don't feel obligated to tip here but you can if you want to.
Unfortunate circumstances brought me back to Hop Lee after a funeral, but it also reminded me why this is the place we go. My husband is a pretty picky eater and he very much so enjoyed the pan fried noodles from here. They actually didn't have any more thin noodles for the pain fried noodles so suggested a thicker noodle. Having nothing really to eat with the set menu we got, he agreed and it turned out to be the best and now his favorite kind! It was just plain chicken, sauce and chinese broccoli, but it tasted clean and wasn't heavy. We were very happy to have the suggestions from Chen and Sunny who also recognized me from earlier in the week because we were back to get him more :) As for the other food, it was all very good. The steak, lobster, roasted pork/jellyfish, pan fried filet, mayo shrimp, etc. The ambiance is plain and not so fancy, but the food and staff are good. The staff was super nice and accommodating and many of them also spoke English so a definite plus for non-chinese speaking people like my husband :)
5 stars for service, 5 stars for food. There's no better lunch special in the area! For 7.50, you can get a entre pretty much the size of a dinner entre with rice AND soup. The soup is a very hearty bone broth served first. I ordered the salt and pepper pork chops and my partner ordered general tso's chicken. Everything was well cooked and seasoned and we had enough to even take home.
Came here for my mom's birthday lunch. We ordered a ton of dishes off their menu but the standouts were definitely the peking duck and their seafood. I especially enjoyed the clams in black bean sauce - balanced flavors and not too salty unlike other spots. Service was on point as well. They were quick and pleasant. Will definitely be back.
