We walked in on a Sunday night, and were seated with no wait. It was pretty packed - so I can imagine it gets even more crowded on Fridays and Saturdays. We order the all you can eat skewers/hot pot, which came with options for sides, such as the seafood pancake (really crispy and good!), noodles, rice, and scallion pancake. They also had a sauce station and free appetizers like crawfish (just okay), chicken feet, and fruit. For BBQ, we ordered an assortment of skewers to share - the lamb, beef, and chicken thighs being our favorite. They were all delicious and well seasoned, as was the beef and enoki side that was cooked in tinfoil. They come in varying spice levels, which is nice too. For hot pot, we got the pickled pepper and the coconut chicken broths (you can order a split pot when doing AYCE) , and various skewers as well as sliced meats, seafood, and vegetables. The sliced lamb and beef were really tender and soaked up the broth nicely, and we enjoyed most of the skewers - except for the tripe and mussels, which didn't taste as fresh. Overall, really great selection for the AYCE - with lots of options some other places don't offer like tendon, pig intestine, and grilled oysters (order separately). When coming, definitely order the AYCE! Would love to try some of the al la carte options next time as well, but really enjoyed this place. Amazing and attentive service as well - free ice cream at the end! read more

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The bbq stick hotpot idea is good. It is less messy and the idea is nice. It comes in a a box split into the different items you ordered. The broth and everything was tasty. Drinks included and sauces unlimited with this all you can eat deal. Ice cream was for dessert, loved it read more

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First time that in New york that we try hot pot and lucky i meet right place excellent service everything super clean and owner so kind and takecare. Anyways 5stars for me read more

where do i even start... we paid an "all you can eat" package and didn't even get all of our food. at the end, some random guy that didn't serve us at all begged us to leave a bigger tip, as if their food was anything worthwhile. with the service we got, they are LUCKY they got one in the first place. also zero ambiance, messy bathrooms. the name of this place is truly fitting because the service and food are a JOKE. DO NOT GO HERE!!! read more

The are scammers. Everything is expensive but the food not good and the place too.. I don't recommend it at all

Makes me sad that this place doesn't have the highest reviews on Yelp... it's one of my go-to places to order Uber Eats from (get their dry pot, it's only like $15 and gives you wayyy more food than mala project!!) I came to dine in at the restaurant for the first time today and thought the service was exceptionally good. I don't know if I'd pay to come for the hot pot necessarily, but my boyfriend and I love skewers and did the all you can eat skewers ($40 per person). We def got our bang for our buck even though it wasn't the cheapest meal. I especially loved the garlic clams, beef tripe skewers, lamb skewers, and grilled eggplant. If you do the all you can eat, all soft drinks and Chinese drinks in the fridge are free! Such a great deal. Interior is clean but I found the music inside a bit too loud for my taste. read more

Overall, really salty and spicy (asked for medium spice) but damn, so delicious. There are some things that must be salty to be enjoyed, and bbq chinese skewers are one of those things. (Though I guess they could've been more sparse with the sodium content haha.) The veggie skewers really aren't worth it, but we ordered them anyway ($2-$6 with each skewer only giving about 3-5 pieces of the veggies. The free appetizers in the back? SO worth. My favorite was the crawfish and crab cajun boil, which came with some sausages and corn. Corn was so delicious! Crawfish are tiny (the meat came out to be peanut sized) but if you manage to grab a crab shell, that stuff is deliciousness. Plus, the corn was really sweet and savory, the perfect combo! There was also cold chicken feet and oranges that day. Not sure if these changes daily. At first, we were concerned when we were told it was "free" as I'd never been to a place where crab legs and crawfish were free. But yesss, go eat it. We paid $86 after taxes and 18% tip, so I guess it's like paying for those appetizers too. Skewers in terms of favorites: 1. Bacon Wrapped Youtiao: this is absolutely GENIUS and came with 5 pieces. I already love both components individually, but together, this was salty, crispy, soft, and delicious. 2. Short Rib - perfect char and super tender 3. Beef 4. Lamb 5. QQ Sausage 6. Bacon Wrapped Mushroom 7. Bacon Wrapped Chives 8. Mussels - did not come as a skewer but with mayo instead We had other basic skewers like the fish tofu, fish balls, and chives too, but I definitely recommend getting the all of the above If you can eat 15+ of the $2 skewers, then it's worth it to do the AYCE option for $30. We did a la carte and had about 30-40 items for three people, so it was enough food. My party was stuffed (I could've kept going though.) read more

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I really think this place is a great gem for quality discounted lunch food around chinatown, especially for weekends! We ordered ma la tang and dry pot with multiple meats and veggie for only a little over 10 dollars each and we cant stuff more! Comparatively, the ramen place next door is like 20 bucks with not so much food! Also ordered their lamb bbq which was flavored pretty good and definitely attracting me for their ayce bbq and hotpot option! Well, we are already too full with just the lunch deal, maybe next time Would definitely recommend here for its lunch deals! read more

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Great lunch special! And they offered it to us on a holiday when little sheep across the street refused. This place is all you can eat hot pot or skewers. There are also complimentary appetizors but they are definitly catered to a chinese palette; edamame and chicken feet. The skewer and hotpot all you can eat is 26$ a person while the skewer all you cann eat is 20$. I saw people boiling their skewers in their hotpot bowl which i thought was weird. And i couldnt see any grills at the tables but the skewers that we ordered a la carte was grilled and loaded with cumin flavor. The lunch special was a selection of soups for 6.99$ I got the spicy lamb and the seafood. It did not skimp on either selection. It almost felt like they put a little bit of everything into the soup; lotus, rice cake, cabbage, etc. The service was also very nice helpful. They stood guard at either ends of the Room and helped before we had to call for it. Will definitely come back for the skewers read more

Funny BBQ - Lunch special spicy lamb and some skewers a la carte - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Everything was amazing!!! The service was out of this world!! Everyone in this restaurant celebrated my daughters birthday!!! They were very kind and broth amazing!!!! read more

I'm super happy that NYC has allowed indoor dining again. Unfortunately many restaurants did not make it and have closed up. Most of the hot pot places are closed still. I was craving hot pot for sooo long and decided to give this place a shot. All you can eat hot pot for $26.99 for dinner. It's a great deal. The lamb and beef slices were tasty. The sauces were plenty and the restaurant observed social distance. They didn't give us a time limit or rush us. The staff were really nice and attentive. read more

Got the AYCE bbq skewers, everything tasted great. I really like the seasoning on the crawfish and the skewers. The tin pans were great too. Service was fast and attentive, and included unlimited soft drinks. Plus beer was bogo. Got to try ice rice for the first time. Quite the unique experience! read more

Funny BBQ - Ice Rice - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Pretty fun to eat!! I know these kinds of places are big in Asian countries && I like these foods so glad that I finally got to come try it!! I like the option to order a la cart or AYCE. I just feel very wasteful using so many sticks. Each stick has like 1 piece of item on it. Otherwise, definitely recommend. && a fun experience with a big group of people and everyone can order whatever they want. read more

I really wanted to like this place because they are throwing in a lot of fun freebies - (fresh) popcorn chicken, crawfish, every fourth person eats free, and karaoke in the party room (with no extra charge). When our group of 10 couldn't get a reservation for Hometown or Favor Taste 99, we ended up here, and they were really nice with flexibility - letting us add extra people last minute, and letting us get seated without the full party. We had no idea that we would get free karaoke in our room, and it was definitely very fun to have that option with two microphones that actually worked well. The karaoke machine took some figuring out because it defaulted to Chinese songs, but we realized there was a backed up queue. Once we got it, we had a lot of fun (especially since they use the original music videos) though we wish there had been more options. Can't really complain though about free karaoke! The food itself was actually quite good - when it did come. I normally don't care much about service, but I think it's really important for AYCE hot pot since otherwise we're just sitting around with no food. We put in our first order of sliced beef, sliced lamb, assorted tofu, and popcorn chicken. We were given skewers of unknown food, and no one told us what we were getting. When we asked, the waiter just said "Skewers. They're raw, put them in the pot." We did not get any sliced beef or lamb until almost 2 hours after our initial order, so we put in a second order about an hour in for sliced beef and lamb. Since various people put in the orders, we were initially not very organized and did not realize we were getting repeat platters of food we did NOT order and did not want - fish balls, melon/potato?, and other things. When we protested, they were like "You did order this, this is yours." We never got clams (or a bunch of other things that we wanted to get but just gave up after a while). We finally got platters upon platters of sliced meat 2-3 hours after we initially ordered. We rang the service bell multiple times with no response even 20 minutes later, and we ended up taking turns going up several times to ask for things (water, a refill of broth as our broths were boiling away, our popcorn chicken, and even our check). We were seated at 7:30 and finally left at 11. For our group of 10, I was also really surprised by the table set up - there were only two hot pots on one side, and the other side had no hot pot plates at all. This made things a little awkward and stressful for us because about 4 of us were directly responsible for making sure everyone else had food because there was no way for them to reach it. I'm not sure why there would only be 2 hot pots for so many people. Overall, the food itself was great - the popcorn chicken was made to order, so it was piping hot and delicious. The fatty meat was really good, and I really enjoyed the various forms of tofu and all the broths. If we actually got the exact food we ordered and in a timely manner, I would've definitely given this at least 4 stars. The staff upstairs apologized and said it was really busy, which it definitely was. I guess they're still ironing out the kinks. read more

Watched one of the Fung bros YouTube food crawl and cake to funny bbq. Tried the dry pot ramen noodle and the skewers. Everything was great, my favorite was the eggplant, enoki mushroom, and squid skewers. The dry hot pot was really good, spicy with just the right kick and all the ingredients goes good together. They also had hot pot and AYCE. read more

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In the afternoon there seems a special price. The fish was good, super fresh, crispy! BBQs were all delicious. It was a nice choice. read more

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We came as a party of three on a Saturday evening, and there was no line. But since only one person was working at the front, we had to wait for a bit. We decided to order the hot pot and skewer combination for $39.99 per person. We initially wanted to order the all-you-can-eat skewer option, but we just went with the combination since it was only a few dollar difference. For the broth, we got half spicy (medium spice) and half original. Sadly, it wasn't as spicy as we thought it would be. The broth was simply a bunch of chili peppers and peppercorn. Quite frankly, it tasted kind of bland. However, the skewers were on the saltier side and the cumin powder accumulated in only some parts of the food. Toward the end, we realized some items we ordered didn't come. We looked forward to them, but we weren't able to finish them anyway. If you decide to give this place a try, I recommend ordering skewers compared to the hot pot. Loved the music, though. read more

This is a solid hot pot restaurant that usually has tables available during busy hours. A unique thing about this place is a lot of their meats and seafood come on skewers, so it's easier to put them in the broth. There is also a cute hello kitty room in the basement. That being said, I think it is a bit overpriced for the quality. read more

Funny BBQ - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Cheap food for $40 per person and it's not worth it. Not my cup of tea. Tho the service is good.

I like this place a lot. Came here for my Jinny's birthday. Combination of bbq and hotpot is $34.99 and just hotpot is $23.99. Perfect for cold weather. And service is great. We had combo bbq and hotpot. Bbq sticks were yummy and hotpot as well. We will definitely come back. Oh if you celebrate birthday. Show your I'd, you get a discount. read more

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Delicious and quick service! Every time my friend and I came, we never had a wait. For a nice hotpot experience, Funny BBQ is a good spot in Chinatown. Their music choice is reminiscent of a popping club with throwbacks. Their presentation of the ingredients is very appealing. I highly recommend, especially with their all inclusive sodas/ juices/ soy milk and BOGO beers! read more

Interior decoration is decent, the spacious and large dinning table is great. You like hot pot or BBQ, you knew what I am talking about. Food serve fast, well prepared, looks clean to us. Took a while to get order done, had to wave hard to get waiters attention. Not saying they ignore us, they just quite busy. Service is amateur, but they very polite, do their best to answer and checked with the kitchen for answers they not knowing. Not my place for first date or something like that, good for old friends catch up not mind use fingers and talking with mouth full. We had a good time. The quality of food vs the bill, we have no complain at all. read more

The food was okay, and the service was good, except the fact that I had ordered popcorn chicken, that never delivered. I asked the servers where it was, was told that it was on its way, and never received it. The ambience was good, not too loud with conversation. Overall, a pretty good experience, other than missing food. read more

Funny BBQ is one of a kind in Manhattan. Very large menu but I recommend sticking to skewers here. There are some haps though. Sometimes they get too busy and the orders are slow I had to wait 40 minutes for pickup one time. Eating in person has been a great experience thiugh read more

羊肉串好吃。 鸡爪啃不动。 韭菜嚼不烂。 蛤蜊咽不下。 麻辣烫味太淡。 服务还不错。 要继续加油！加油加油加油加油加油。 Overall a three star for me! Hope it gets better in the future read more

Funny BBQ - BBQ and malatang - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

My friend recommended me to here, I think the name is funny so I went there for a try. Great service and delicious food. I like all meat sticks. They also have crawfish but i forgot to take pictures because I ate them all. read more

Funny BBQ - Seafood pancakes, beef, lamb sticks etc. both of us are very full for the all you can eat BBQ. The price is reasonable. - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

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If you're looking for a place with AYCE hotpot and grilled skewers in Manhattan, look no further! Funny BBQ has it all from grilled skewers, boiled skewers, and even blue crabs. I was pleasantly surprised by this location as the price of $41 for everything really wasn't that bad as its AYCE and they even had blue crabs and grilled Japanese sweet potato. Lots of variety and the broth was pretty good as well. I got the traditional mala and tomato broth and the tomato broth was very fresh. Only con I would say for this location is that the sauce bar isn't as large as other hotpot places I've been to but it did have all of the necessary sauces like sesame and peanut sauce. Overall, highly recommended! read more

Funny BBQ - Whole Grilled Eggplant, Beef Skewer, House Famous Spicy Dry Hot Pot, blue crab - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Generous portion lunch specials alert! I usually come here for their mala tang noodles which come loaded with lots of various veggies and meat (your choice) Their skewers are also good..I usually opt for the bacon enoki and lamb. read more

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The air smells spicy. The atmosphere is long tables with friends, down home and casual. We did hotpot which was unique in the addition of lots of skewers to keep meat easy to eat. The ideal place for a long day after work. The tripe was particularly good. read more

Funny BBQ - Menu for all you can eat - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

It's a buffet with your choice of hotpot, bbq, and fried food. I went there last month and it's a nice place to go with your friends! They offer free appetizer, such as oranges, claw fish, chicken feet and edamame! Love it! Once you sit down at your table, they deliver you a menu to choice which type of food you would like to eat and some of the food you can only odder from the menu, for examples, fried fish, toast mushrooms, oyster, Chinese chives, etc. Also, they have different flavors for hotpot as well as various choices of sauce. When you finish check on the menu, they will give you a plate and a tag so that you can start grab your food from the refrigerator. Downstairs they have KaLaok, but I don't know if it is still open or not. Nice place to eat and great taste. read more

Funny BBQ - hotpot & bbq - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Nice service, we made reservation for 6 people on Monday night. Our friend typically wanted to be seated downstairs. They managed to offer us the seats even they normally don't open downstairs on Mondays. Pretty good material selections. Taste fresh and delicious. read more

I have been going here almost weekly after work for 2 years. The bbq is very tasty and authentic. The staff is always friendly. When friends are in town, we always go here. Would recommend. read more

I'm a big fan of all you can eat Hotpot and saw since the Hotpot here was pretty cheap ($21.99/person) decided to give it a try for dinner. Upon arriving, we saw a long line and anticipated a long wait. The server asked us if we mind sharing a table, which we didn't so we got seated a minute after arriving. The way they do it is you pick your meats (beef, lamb, chicken etc) and the rest such as spam, beef/fish balls and a few others are readily for you to grab on your own on skewers. Thought the skewer aspect was pretty interesting. We got our first plate of beef rather quickly, but that's when anything good ended. The beef was ok, definitely a cheaper quality but you get what you pay for. Service was the downfall of this meal. In their attempt to seat as many people as possibly, there was basically at least 15-17 parties serviced by 3 servers. The way they bring you food is also extremely slow and inefficient. My first request of more beef took about 10 minutes when there were lesser parties but when it got packed, it took upwards of 20+ minutes. I just wanted to leave at one point because of the long wait just for a plate of beef. Maybe I just came at the wrong time but for this meal, definitely one of the worst Hotpot experiences I've had. Go visit other Hotpot places for a better experience. read more

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Waited 30 minutes for our to go orders.. They are super understaffed so I would recommend calling ahead for pick up orders. The fresh watermelon juice was very refreshing and yummy! The ice rice was my favorite and it tasted very authentic- reminded me of China :) 冰饭超正宗！让我想起了长乐漳港冰饭～就是冰沙有点少。到酒店后，冰全部都融化了。 read more

Incredible service and food every time, waiters are super friendly! Great price for skewers with AYCE. If the party is big enough, definitely take advantage of the karaoke rooms. 10/10b read more

Been coming here for lunch and dinner for few years. There were always small mistakes here and there but it was acceptable. And then today they forgot about my order and made me wait for like 30-40minutes. They probably rushed the whole order and the fish dish that I got was not fully cooked. Never coming back again. Peace out read more

Went here with some friends and had a great time. We did the AYCE hot pot and bbq. Everything was very flavorful and the staff was super friendly. The place is small and looks like it gets pretty busy but would be worth the wait. Looking forward to my next time coming here. read more

Do not go. The food is good but they WILL demand a higher tip if you do less than 15%. We tipped 10% which is well within normal tip range but they stopped us at the door and told us that the minimum tip is 15%. It was only a $4 difference so I changed it but still, this type of thing is really dishonorable and reflects poorly on the whole restaurant. Staff and management are clearly all involved in this, the person who we tipped was not the one who insisted on a higher tip. Why not add a service charge instead? Really just stupidity. Do not go. read more

This review is for the AYCE BBQ only. Not sure why this place has such a low rating. It's not 99 Favor or Hometown, but Funny BBQ is it's own bbq experience in the saturated hotpot+bbq scene. Reminiscent of a Flushing BBQ skewer cart but with chairs and tables. (IMO Flushjng BBQ carts are the best version of meat on sticks) AYCE BBQ is pretty straight forward - choose your spice level (spicy or not spicy), choose your meat skewers, vegetables, and other add-ons like seafood and bacon pancake. Unlike other joints, Funny will take your skewers and cook them for you in the back. While you don't get the theatrics of a grill in your face, it does come out quickly and well paced. There's also "free appetizers" like edamame, chicken feet, and other goodies while you wait. Best skewers: Lamb, chicken skin, shrimp, squid, pork belly, chicken gizzards, enoki mushrooms, all the pancakes, and everything bacon wrapped. Okay: Beef skewers, fish balls, gluten. They're all good, but they don't shine in comparison to the others. Pass: Beef tongue. This was cut into blocks and was mostly chewy and spongey. Honorable mention: Our server Amy and the staff. Funny BBQ employees seem to enjoy their job and are very helpful. Amy, despite the language barrier, was kind and courteous throughout the meal. read more

Funny BBQ - Appetizers, sauce, and skewers section. - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

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Very tasty and chill atmosphere. We got seated right away and did the AYCE hot pot for $23.99. You choose a soup (one or two) and a main protein like beef or lamb. Otherwise you can self serve and grab other stuff on skewers like fish balls, fish tofu, pork belly, fish fillet, octopus balls, ramen or udon etc... Fishballs and fish tofu were dope. The beef was great but quality didn't seem as great. Also, even tho it's unlimited, each time we ordered more beef, it took 10-15 min to arrive. The variety in general was not as robust as other places in Chinatown. Mango and strawberry smoothies were good too! read more

Funny BBQ - Original broth - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York