Hot Kitchen

I never knew that my mouth could tingle so badly and literally lose the ability to taste until I had hot kitchen's mao po tofu. I had to literally run the food under water and rinse it 4 times (that's how hungry I was) to even palate it. I tried to wash it down a bit with the wonton soup but it tastes like scummy water. Truly a disaster. I'm not sure exactly how or why they managed to serve something so horrendous. I mean... Food of any type shouldn't be that unpleasant. Hot kitchen, it's like you've went out of the way to sabotage your own food... One star for the rude delivery guy who came in 10 minutes.

Written by Jennifer P. on 1/4/2013 | 5 other reviews | Member since 2011
Jennifer ordered from here within the last year

Shredded Chicken with Cilantro was delicious. Sliced conch with peppery sauce was very good. Egg Drop Soup and Wonton Soup were fine. Fast service and arrived hot. Will try again for sure.

Written by William E. on 8/6/2012 | 23 other reviews | Member since 2011
William ordered from here within the last year

Intense diverse menu, great flavors. Speedy delivery with a smile.

Written by Benjamin K. on 4/2/2013 | Member since 2012
Benjamin ordered from here within the last week

best spicy chinese food in manhattan so far

Written by Lin H. on 3/22/2013 | 4 other reviews | Member since 2012
Lin ordered from here within the last year

beijing style eggplant and soup dumplings are my favorite. Don't waste money on american chinese here it's bad... probably because they don't care about making that crappy style. The rest of the menu is great. I would avoid the soups or anything that comes in a heavy sauce because they don't deliver well and are really heavy and greasy. I'd recommend eating at this place too. they clientele is like almost exclusively chinese which is always a good sign!

Written by Andrew C. on 3/4/2013 | 8 other reviews | Member since 2008
Andrew ordered from here within the last year

Awful service -- said they never received the order.

Written by Soumitra D. on 1/6/2013 | 1 other review | Member since 2005
Soumitra ordered from here within the last year

Was sent the wrong order, and was not offered a refund nor an exchange, only a "we're very busy right now". Seriously? will not be ordering from this place again.

Written by Aileen S. on 1/2/2013 | Member since 2009
Aileen ordered from here within the last year

We only ordered the soup dumplings and steamed pork and will definitely be ordering both again! Super delicious and quick delivery time.

Written by Lottie H. on 12/4/2012 | 9 other reviews | Member since 2009
Lottie ordered from here within the last year

worst delivery service ever. the delivery man was extremely rude.

Written by MIKE C. on 12/3/2012 | 2 other reviews | Member since 2012
MIKE ordered from here within the last year

Probably my favorite Chinese restaurant on Seamless. Everything I've tried has been excellent, with very traditional and superb flavors all-around. If you're a fan of spicy food, I recommend the Village Spicy Chicken entree; their dumplings and dim-sum items are also excellent. Even their "American Chinese Food" menu section is quality above most of the "generic" chinese restaurants around, at the same prices. Though the prices on full dinner orders may seem high, the portions are enormous (one order of the Village Spicy Chicken lasted me four meals with the included rice).

Written by John H. on 11/13/2012 | 7 other reviews | Member since 2011
John ordered from here within the last month

delivery was on time, cold noodles were spicy and delicious, chicken with back bean sauce was mediocre at best, the broccoli in garlic sauce was really gross with a weird aftertaste. will try again because the american dishes were bad, but the chinese one was really good.

Written by elizabeth b. on 10/26/2012 | 1 other review | Member since 2011
elizabeth ordered from here within the last year

overrated and bad business management. make sure your order is accurate.

Written by lynn k. on 8/24/2012 | 7 other reviews | Member since 2007
lynn ordered from here within the last year

I love this place! Dining in is better than take out, but the pork soup dumplings, sauteed eggplant, fish in chili sauce are not to be missed!

Written by Orchid L. on 5/30/2012 | 1 other review | Member since 2010
Orchid ordered from here within the last week

I ordered the pork soup dumplings and the green beans. The soup dumplings were just ok, and I think the pork was bordering on bad. The green beans were good but not good enough to ever order from here again.

Written by Jennifer R. on 5/9/2012 | 47 other reviews | Member since 2009
Jennifer ordered from here over a year ago

A bit overpriced. The American Chinese portion of he menu is completely flavorless. The dim-sum is good. The rest of the menu is hit or miss, just not as good as the food in china town.

Written by Crystal H. on 5/5/2012 | 8 other reviews | Member since 2012
Crystal ordered from here over a year ago