"really great service! we arrived 45 minutes late to our reservation and they still were able to seat us within 10 minutes. food was great all around, with the duck and beef brisket w potatoes as highlights. the string beans were also very solid. complimentary cabbage was quite tasty. clean, fast, and delicious!"

"Truly worthy of it's Michelin recognition. Their food is bursting with flavor, and I got to try quite a lot of it. Everything taste vastly different but delicious in their own right. I recommend their beef dishes the most! The atmosphere was beautiful and stylish. The service was great, pretty attentive, and patient. My only slight concern is the size of the menu, it's huge, and a little confusing to navigate on their tablets; it took my friends and around 10 minutes to decide what we wanted. So that was a little overwhelming, but I can't complain too much about having a large selection :) Also, I'm not fully sure they allow you to split the check so just keep that in mind. Overall I highly recommend, this is really a gem of a restaurant!"

"Fun atmosphere but very packed on a Monday afternoon, which speaks to its popularity. Lucky we had what looked to be the last table available. Had the best soup dumplings here. Very fresh with thin wrappers. Broth was tasty too. The spicy black fish was bold and flavorful, super delicious. The sizzling cumin lamb was crazy good. Highly recommend if you like that flavor profile -- cumin, cilantro, hot peppers. Don't miss out on the free cabbage dish. Looks deceptively simple, but like everything else, packed with wonderful flavors. It's spicy with a nice hint of sesame oil, and all the ingredients were super fresh and crunchy. I added that into my to-go bag so i didn't let it go to waste! Cocktail drinks were alright. Definitely very strong and gorgeous to look at, but what I got didn't have much flavor besides straight up baijiu. I liked how the menu was all on an iPad with pictures of each dish. And when you're ready, a wait staff comes to your table immediately to confirm your order and asks for any allergies. Quite efficient. Would come back again!"

"We visited on New Year’s Eve, and even though the restaurant was crowded and clearly very popular, there was surprisingly no waiting time at all. We ordered the full-sized Peking duck, which was absolutely fantastic. It came with scallions, cucumber, pineapple, white sugar, and their special house sauce, along with 20 pancakes for wrapping the duck—more than enough to enjoy every bite. We also tried several vegetarian dishes, including shredded cabbage (手撕包菜), fried pumpkin, and baby bok choy (娃娃菜). Every dish was incredibly flavorful and well-prepared. A special shout-out to the complimentary pickled cabbage—it was delicious and such a thoughtful touch. Overall, everything was excellent, from the food to the efficiency of the service. We loved every dish and would definitely come back again."

"Hands down, this was the best meal we had in NYC, and we just happened to stumble across it. I’m so glad we did—especially after eating at several “recommended” places that were honestly disappointing. This spot completely blew us away. The bartender was incredible, and you could tell he took real pride in his craft cocktails—he even came over to our table to make sure everything was perfect. The entire staff was attentive, friendly, and genuinely focused on making sure we had an amazing experience. Choosing from the menu was tough because everything looked so good. We ended up ordering the soup dumplings, bacon claypot rice, sweet and sour pork (perfectly breaded), green beans (my personal favorite—and my husband even ate them, which is rare!), and the kung pao chicken, which was absolutely to die for. The lychee martini was fantastic, and the old fashioned was one of the best we had during our entire trip. I would fly back to NYC just to eat here again. Absolutely phenomenal."