Cheap Chinese Restaurants in NYC

#1

Cheap Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 7:30pm

Anyone know of any cheap (doesn't have to be great) chinese restaurants (not take out) in the city? I'm hungry, broke, in a real crap mood and want to go out.

---

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

Updated On: 11/23/04 at 07:30 PM

#2

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 7:34pm

Why are you in a crap mood? Maybe itll be good for you to get it out.

Oh, sorry, I dont know any Chinese restraunts, but I hope you find a good one to cheer you up.

#3

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 7:35pm

Matt, cheap Chinese restaurants usually have a few cats roaming around............

---

"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.

#4

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 7:39pm

I tend to lean more towards Thai -- Lemongrass Grill is consistent -- a few locations in the city -- West Village on 7th Ave and Barrow (just a couple blocks below Christopher Street)

---

"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#5

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 7:40pm

Yes but tonight I'm wanting chinese.

---

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#6

Cheap Chinese

Posted: 11/22/04 at 7:41pm

Matt-
The best cheap chinese restaurant is Empire on 96th and Broadway.
They have a dinner special to die for.
A Zillion choices:
Soup
Entree
Rice $6.95
It is the best chinese for the price.
Hope you feel better.

Updated On: 11/22/04 at 07:41 PM

#7

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 7:42pm

China Town has many reasonable restaraunts.

---

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#8

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 7:43pm

That's extremely convenient for me, actually. Thank You.

---

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#9

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 7:43pm

Noodle Corner in Chelsea is also good -- 8th & 22

---

"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#10

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 7:57pm

My fave in Chinatown is Joe's Shanghai--and it's cheap!

They have crab-and-pork soup dumplings that always make me happy. They're the most delicious dumplings you've ever had--and they're filled with soup! You have to bite a little hole and sip out the broth, then you can eat the dumpling.

It's at 9 Pell Street in Chinatown, between Bowery and Doyers.

---

Updated On: 11/22/04 at 07:57 PM

#11

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 8:08pm

Joe's is great but the long lines suck.
I prefer a dim sum place on Mott street.
But it is only good at lunch time.
Wo Hop/Hop Kee

Updated On: 11/22/04 at 08:08 PM

#12

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 8:14pm

matt_g i know why you atent feeling well


you havent ben on the bord much latly
that allways makes me feel better

GLAD TO SEE YOUR IN NYC!

#13

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 8:19pm

Ollies! On 44th between Broadway and 8th. LOVE IT!

QM

---

'He really wasn't good as Fieyro. Is it just me or does he sort of come across as a pimp? Just...the hand motions I've seen him do and the attitude..not that Taye is a pimp.' - SallyBrown on Taye Diggs as Fiyero

#14

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 8:41pm

Ollie's is not cheap Queen.

#15

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 9:27pm

Ah, you make me feel rich, Corine... It's not expensive either, is it?

QM

---

'He really wasn't good as Fieyro. Is it just me or does he sort of come across as a pimp? Just...the hand motions I've seen him do and the attitude..not that Taye is a pimp.' - SallyBrown on Taye Diggs as Fiyero

#16

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 10:05pm

Ollie's is good though. They are owned by the same owners as Carmine's.
Ollie's is not expensive but he was asking for cheap.
Personally my favorite chinese is Shun Lee near Lincoln Center.

#17

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 10:12pm

I second Joe's Shanghai. I think there's also a branch in midtown (46th?). The pork-and-soup dumplings are AMAZING. I think Bway_Matt said they're the creators of that type of dumpling, and as they're some of the best I've eaten ANYWHERE! (I've become something of a dumpling connosieur.)

---

"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)

"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater

"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell

#18

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 10:26pm

Hope you got your fix, Matt...

#19

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 11:00pm

Tiff the one in midtown does not compare to the one in China Town.
Hop Kee ties though.

#20

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 11:02pm

I agree, Corine, but soupy dumplings are soupy dumplings!

Where's Hop Kee?

---

"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)

"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater

"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell

#21

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 11:05pm

I wish I could add input, but I live in TX.

#22

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 11:05pm

'Soupy Dumplings'

Yuck...have you tried any medication?

#23

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 11:07pm

*snort* This is how you KNOW I'm hitting a caffeine low. It took me 30 seconds to understand that joke.

---

"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)

"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater

"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell

#24

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 11:08pm

don't knock them unless you've tried them Ellie.

Hop Kee is on the far side of Chatham Square, right before the start of the Bowery...

#25

re: Chaep Chinese Restaurants in NYC

Posted: 11/22/04 at 11:22pm

If I take my business to Hop Kee, will you throw in your avatar for free, cookie?

---

"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)

"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater

"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell