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I love soup dumlpings. So much so my financee's pet name for me was "dumplin'." That said, I will never return to this establishment. The food here, dumplings included, is decent but better at any one of the dozens of eateries down the street. What cannot be forgiven is the rude service. Terse even on the best days, I went after court one day alone and they refused to seat me. Though I eat for 2 (I love dumplings that much) they refused to seat me beause I would be dining alone. I will go to Amazing 66 one block over where the food and service are far superior.

Most reviews admit that you "expect" the service in Chinatown to be less than stellar, and the same is true of New/Nice Green Bo. That being said, I will take terse, quasi-rude but admittedly efficient service in exchange for the almost always delicious and eternally inexpensive food any day. Yes, it's a dive; yes, it's crowded; yes, the servers border on rude. HOWEVER, the scallion pancakes are something to daydream about. The pork dumplings, chicken mei fun, pan fried noodles with vegetables and pork fried rice are excellent! Occasionally you order something not so wonderful, but that happens everywhere. But to get 6 people in and out the door stuffed and happy for under $40 is unheard of and for that, I will go back again and again, Nice, New, whatever they want to call it.

I grew up eating Chinese food in the midwest and find that most NYC establishments are so greasy that they're nearly inedible. New Green Bo is the best spot I've been able to find in in the 4 yrs I've been here. The egg drop sound is incredible and the scallion pancakes dipped in sauce are a close second. As for main dishes, the white meat general tsao and sesame chicken are good classics (the broccoli is blanches to perfection) and the mixed meat & seafood w/ brown sauce over crispy noodles is awesome. Come prepared to sit w/ other people if it's busy, which is quite fun.

I've eaten at NGB perhaps 40 times. The two dishes Mr. Shane calls inedible are two of my favorites - Braised Pork Shoulder and Rice Cake Noodle with Pork and Cabbage. Pork Shoulder is a big messy dish. It has fat in it. It is cooked over low heat for a long time. It is delicious. Rice Cake Noodle with Pork and Cabbage is pure comfort food - among the best $5 dishes in NYC. I love this place. If you like great simple food you will to.

My girlfriend and I are adventurous eaters and decided to give this place a try judging from how busy it was. We ordered the pork shoulder in brown sauce, crispy duck, and rice cakes with pork. The food came out in about 5 minutes. First the pork shoulder, it was a luke warm very fatty gelotinous lump of meat bathed in a brown gravy-like sauce. Second the crispy duck, this was supposed to be half of a duck but somehow had two legs. It was cold, old and tasted like it had been cured in salt for a year. Last but far from least was the rice cakes with pork. I will eat anything but was not willing to give this one a go. But my poor girlfriend went for it and was immediatly repulsed,. One, two, three strikes can we please have the check? We left the ammount specified on the bill with no tip. It was the second or third time in my life I had to do so. The waitress grabbed and counted the money before we were able to stand and informed us of the fact that "the tip was not included" and we told her we understood. She became angry, stormed up to a male worker at the front where I was forced to confront both of them with the fact that their food was inedible.

Just went to Green Bo last night with some friends to try it out for the first time. I was really impressed by the food! My grandmother is from Shanghai and used to cook us amazing regional cuisine and Green Bo's food was pretty darn close (Grandma's food always wins). We ordered the regular soup dumplings, the yellow fish with dried seaweed, the "lion's head" (pork) meatballs and sauteed snow pea leaves. Everything was delicious. Maybe they've changed the wait staff since the last review...because I found them to be just as attentive as at any other place in Chinatown. Our waiter filled my water glass at least four times during the meal (usually lucky if I can get a waiter to fill my glass more than once!). All in, the total for our meal with tip came out to be 18 bucks each, with leftovers to spare. I'm already craving their food again...

My advice is to just get their soup dumplings and then get out of there.