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  • Chinese
  • 69 Bayard St, New York 10013
  • (Btwn Mott & Elizabeth St)
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User Ratings (Based on 18 reviews)

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Other Restaurant Info

Phone:
(212) 227-1173
(212) 962-8294
Notes:
Cash Only
Hours:
Daily: 24 hrs
Serves:
Lunch, Dinner
Features:
Open Late, Open 24 Hours

User Reviews

  • Posted by Chloe on 06/15/2009

    Yummy, cheap, filling

    Had the roast pork with black bean sauce. Very good. Hardly much fat or gristle in the pork. The sauce looked a little slimy though. I don't know if that was because they used too much corn starch or what, but it tasted good and didn't feel slimy. I suppose it could have had a stronger flavor. They give you a lot. You have to pay for each little thing like rice or egg roll though. For two people it came to $23. No credit cards. Reminds me of WoHop. Best thing is its open 24 hours! True NYC! There are dollar bills pasted all over the walls. Unbelievable you would find that in a Chinese place - I would have thought they would cash those in! Maybe they do every year? A few said 2008. Would go back.

  • Posted by desol81 on 03/08/2009

    Pork! Pork! Pork!

    This is one of my fave standbys when I need a pork fix, Dishes like Pork with Lychee or Roast Pork Kew or their super ribs fit the bill. They also have great Chow Fun and Mei Fun(get it with the duck). Decor consists entirely of dollar bills taped to the wall and heavily decorated by the donors. If you're a semi-regular, they remember you. An excellent takeout choice as well.

  • Posted by sa on 01/08/2009

    dont expect much of anything here

    you walk in and see the old waiters(all men) chilling in the back and no greeting. its more of a place where its real casual, u wakl in and sit down. the wallpaper is full of money signed /tagged by regulars or people travelling in general to this place. theres a lot of hype about htis place but i totally dont think its where you would want to go to enjoy a decent meal. its the type of place that stays open late and you can go there to chillout. or to catch up with old friends. its not good for the food. they dont even has roast pork and the waiter was nice enough to tell us not to order their roast pork dishes or any type of "cooked" meat since theyre not those kinds of chinese restaurants. he said if you order the dish, we just have to go and buy the roast pork form other chinese places and serve it to you. i dont know how they can be even anywhere close to rank 1. the place is old and run down, gives you a bummy feel when you eat there. its more of a place for old men to sip tea for hours doing nothing. not a lady's place. i believe they stay open pretty late and usually is one of the few chinese places that stay open til after 10pm in chinatown thats rare.

  • Posted by Food v. Decor on 06/03/2008

    Don't take a date! Food good-decor (not)

    I have been here 3 times with friends and the food is very good - and the portions are nicely sized. There are dollar bills taped to all the walls and there are never any tablecloths. Cheezy chairs too. The water is served in plastic "glasses" and tastes like lead. The do give you tea for free in a regular milk glass. they charge a little for a bowl of rice but it's no more than 50c or $1 and it's large. why no brown rice, I don't know. The bathroom is so small you can barely close the door - there is only 1 bathroom. It's kinda gross to eat here but the food is tasty. Some entrees have real fresh mushrooms but others have the canned ones that look real cheap. The shrimp were large in the jumbo shrimp dish maybe 8 of them. I go when I am hungry but really wouldn't want to take a date here because it's not really a nice looking place.

  • Posted by Anonymous on 05/10/2008

    A neighborhood treasure!!

    This is one of the best little secrets in Chinatown....My father grew up eating here and I have been coming here my entire life!! It's open late and if you come here enough, you will know all the waiters by name!! Try their beef over rice with oyster sauce... It's not the cheap shit you get at other places, this dish is incredible!! All of the over rice dishes are cheap and enough to satisfy even the largest appetites! I'm yet to eat anything I didnt like there...and it's been 27 years of 69's dishes!

  • Posted by Budman on 10/02/2007

    Ranked best for a reason!!

    There's a reson this is the highest rated chinese resturant in chinatown.. food is superb.. and an excellent value.. my wife and I go to other resturants to find something better, but always come back...so we gave up searching.. just eat here and bring a dollar.. but as of this posting not any room left.. time for the owner to strip the walls to start over.. I estimate about $7,000 in wallpaper.. Enjoy!!

  • Posted by avid chinese eater on 10/01/2007

    cheap, open late, but only okay.

    this place is usually filled with asians that come to eat after a party around fridays and saturdays. the food is only okay, but with only this restaurant, noodletown, and wo hop open late .. it's one of your only options. i don't see why this place has such a high rating, it's only because people haven't really tried authentic restaurants. this place is filthy and the service is horrible sometimes taking up to 30 mins for a rice that normally takes 10 mins to make. after joe left, the waiters are horribleee. wouldn't even let a tourist read his book, telling him to leave.. poor service!

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