Small shop in Sunset Park, offering some of the classic Malaysian goods. Staff was kind and took our order quickly. Known for their chicken rice, my group, and I ordered some of the house chicken, roasted chicken, pork belly, and a few other goodies, such as the Kalamansi limeade, char kway teoh, and Asam laksa. The chicken rice come in a cute paper packaging, a good portion of food. House chicken is moist, roast a little less so. Only thing lacking are the sauces. The ginger chili sauce is given in such small amounts and isn't flavorful enough to give that oomph chicken rice has. The Asam laksa I would skip, it's nothing to write home about. Char Kway Teoh has that good wokhei flavor and we rec. The teh Tarik and white kopi were quite watery so I'd skip that too, but the limeade was great! read more

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Food here was great. Enjoyed the hainanese chicken, baby chop sum, chicken flavor rice and an ice Vietnamese coffee. Service was fast. Coffee was made fresh and not pre-made. Liked the decor...looks like you are in a village hut. read more

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Damn, I wanted to love this spot more. First of all, the restaurant is modern and clean. We were the only ones there on a Saturday afternoon, but the place filled up by the time we were done. We decided to order the Three Meat Combo with Chicken Rice ($16.95) and Char Kway Teow ($16.95). Unfortunately, they were out of the Curry Laksa for the day. It's cool that the meat combo came wrapped up in banana leaves and brown paper to keep with tradition. The three meat is a great option to try all the meats if it's your first time, which also comes with three sauces and a soup. For the meats, we found both the Hainan chicken and roast chicken were a bit dry and mostly bones. You definitely needed extra sauce for these, but they did happily provide extra when requested. The pork belly is flavorful with a sweet and savory note without bones, so easily the favorite option of the three meats. I'm a bit indifferent about this dish despite it being their signature item. Although the rice was also flavorful, it was a bit too sticky. On the other hand, we did enjoy the char kway teow a lot more. This was super flavorful and filled with various meat and veggies. It seems funny that the best dishes here isn't in its name, but the noodles and pork belly instead. It's a solid spot, but nothing I'd go crazy over. read more

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My family and I were planning on getting hotpot for dinner but the wait was too long, so we stopped by Hainan Chicken House since it was nearby. The food was pretty good! I was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed the Hainanese chicken, it was my favorite of the two chicken dishes we ordered. The roasted pork was also very good. It tastes different from the Cantonese roast pork that I am used to, but it is very delicious in it's own way. I occasionally order it for takeout when I'm in the area. I also liked how it came with three different sauces for the chicken. The interior is quite cute and endearing, and the staff were nice. read more

Hainan Chicken House - Hainan Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I finally got to try Hainan chicken house and I went during the afternoon and caught their lunch deal. I ordered an order for the Hainanese chicken, green mango salad, curry puffs and Malaysian milk tea. The green mango salad was okay, it was just covered in a sesame kewpie dressing. The puffs weren't flakey like I thought it was going to be, but more of a harder shell. The filling was tasty and it was pretty packed inside. The Hainanese chicken plate was cutely presented. My meal was wrapped in paper with 2 balls of rice, an egg, chicken (white meat- which I prefer more), and soup. It comes with sweet soy and chili sauce to dip in. I felt the rice was lacking flavor but everything else was just okay. The Malaysian milk tea was very bland and watery, this was disappointing. read more

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For comfort food, I went to Hainan Chicken House in Sunset Park, Brooklyn's expanding Chinatown -- a place I'd been wanting to try for a long time if not for the distance. I ordered all the varieties of chicken and pork they offered: steamed, grilled, and stewed. My favorite dish was the chicken-and-pork combo, wrapped in paper like a little birthday gift to myself, and served with a beautiful bowl of broth. On the wall was an article by former New York Times food critic Pete Wells, listing this spot among his 100 favorite restaurants of 2024, definiely a well-deserved honor @hainanchickenhouse . Recently, they just opened a sister restaurant. It's next on my list. I would be here everyday if it were close to home. Lovely meal! #curious_eater #nycbest #sunsetparkbrooklyn #hainanchickenhouse read more

It's alright. Glad to check off that bookmark tho. Came for an early lunch around 11:30ish... broke bread with my fellow peeps before the NYT crowd (literally as the clock strikes 1pm, a sea of Gweilo). The bench seatings are a bit uncomfortable when you have height differences trying to find a common spot - "arm reach to table". The decor does remind me of like food centers in Kuala Lumpur... nice touch. Service is minimal - menu, order, brings you the food & drinks. Self service for tea & water. Clean bathroom for Asian eatery standard. Food: -Signature Hainan Chicken (cute bundle but why create more waste? Can't be recycled...) - 3/5. Skin is not silky smooth like the version we had in Malaysia or Singapore... had a better version at LYK in Irving Plaza. -Two meats (Hainan & Char Siu) - rather have my regular roast pork. - 3/5 -Curry Chicken - my son says it's very watery, lacked curry flavor... and wish it had more kick. - 2/5 -Nasi Lemak - this was ok, husband enjoyed it, says it had good flavor. - 3.5/5 -Chicken Satay - meat was tough, not tender. Wouldn't get again. - 2/5 -Ice Malaysian Milk Tea - this was basically water down milk tea, as if you got it from any bakery, not what I expected. - 1/5. -Flavor oil rice for the chicken rice - these were fragrant and probably the best thing we had. - 4/5 (lol yea, it comes with your chicken). Total bill was about $115 w/ gratuity for a family of 4. Wow, inflation or this place is quite pricey... not sure if I would spend $17 on the combo again but the chicken rice for $14 is I guess pretty standard nowadays. read more

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Nice little spot in the area that has a nicer ambiance than those in the neighborhood if that matters to you. Food was decent and is great for lunch. I was definitely thrown off with how they served the entree but everything tasted decent. Wasn't too happy with the curry puff because the taste was lacking and it didn't come with a sauce (too dry without one). The chow kueh teow was good. read more

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My friends and I went for lunch Sunday afternoon and there was no wait. The food came out fairly quick. The hainan chicken was alright, bit dry and the Hokkien mei was a bit too sweet according to my Malay friends. My favorite was the Char Kway Teow and the variety of meats they gave. The char shiu was sliced pretty thinly and tasted how it usually does and the prawns were flavorful & crispy. Overall everything can be ordered family style but a little on pricier side. There is also only a single gender neutral bathroom for customers. read more

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Awesome authentic style of Vietnamese hainan chicken place in Sunset Park! Have a wonderful lunch meals options with only $12〜$15 Very soft, amazing authentic dishes. You can also choose Roasted Chicken too. Comes with enough options of rice and 3 different kind of sauce. Get an extra ginger and scallions! They suggested pretty good :) Kind and friendly!! Will come back soon x read more

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Love how the rice platters come wrapped in paper! Pretty sure we got the last portion of pork belly at around 8pm Fri night - others around us were out of luck when they tried to order it. Pretty fatty meat but still really good, perhaps better than the house Hainan chicken. Even the side of choy sum was v tasty, and of course the char kway teow as well. read more

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For a restaurant that puts their Hainanese chicken front and center, I found that I actually really enjoyed their other dishes more. I found the chicken ($13.50) to be a little too overcooked and dry for my preference and it lacked that silkiness and juiciness a properly poached chicken has. The broth and rice it came with was fairly flavorful (and I loved that it was shaped into a ball before serving just like in Malaysia and Singapore) and I liked the assortment of sauces provided too. I really liked their curry laksa mee ($14.95), as the curry-based broth had so much depth of flavor and the various noodles provided a lot of texture for the dish. I will say that the portion was a little smaller than I expected, but the curry absolutely blew me away. I would also recommend the Hokkein mee ($16.95) which was a tad overseasoned with the soy sauce for my taste but also was deeply satisfying and hearty. read more

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The sorta run down interior and lack of customers on a Friday night had me second guessing my decision to come here, but thankfully, it was not a letdown. I got the Hokkien mee and it was not bad. Very saucy and flavorful but it felt like something was missing, so it still can't beat little nonya, an 8th Ave Malaysian institution that I grew up with but is long gone. My friend and husband both got the 2 meat combo with rice. My husband really enjoyed The pork belly and roast Hainanese chicken. It was different from Chinese style even though the restaurant had the meats hanging in the front like Chinese restaurants. And the combo with rice came all wrapped up so it was a fun experience. read more

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Tried two different chicken dishes and unfortunately was underwhelmed by both of them. It's decent, but doesn't warrant a return trip for me especially since it's deeper into 8th Ave. Half Roast Chicken: while I loved the skin, the chicken in its entirety was rather dry, especially the breast meat. The thigh areas were better but still not silky or too tender. The sauces that accompanied this were pretty mediocre, with the dark soy sauce one being very sticky and goopy and the ginger scallion didn't taste the freshest. HFC: was really excited for the house fried chicken appetizer but it was served barely warm (we didn't go at a busy hour either). Battered heavily, which is fine, but not a juicy piece of chicken. I enjoyed the curry sauce on top though - had the chicken been hotter, I would've enjoyed this a lot more, but still dry like the roast chicken. read more

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This was my first time going to Hainan Chicken House it is a small little restaurant but big in menu selections, good quality food plus friendly service! We picked up our dinner which was ready & warm ! We tried several different selections starting with the HFC fried chicken pieces with a delicious sauce the owner suggested we eat these while still crispy so ...We opened these in the car they smelled so good! Everything was packed perfectly and delicious. We ordered 1 pound of pork belly so tender and good with Chicken rice ! Two orders of Hakkien Mee which is broad noodles, shrimp ,pork, I think mushroom and all in a rich brown sauce it's just delicious and fills you up! Nice clean restaurant, Friendly service , Good food , will eat in next time! Street parking read more

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I had a lovely meal here, both me and my boyfriend left extremely happy. I love the chicken themed decor and the ambient sound of cleaver chopping chicken. We ordered the roast chicken and roast pork with chicken rice. Both meats were juicy with a sweet and savory glaze and the rice was yummy if a little dry. The chicken soup with delicious. We also had the potato curry puffs, which had an extremely flaky crust and well spiced filling, and the curry laksa. The laksa broth was so rich and creamy but perfectly balanced with acidity and spice. It was layered and complex. I loved the combination of the texture of bouncy rice noodles and soft egg noodles and the tofu puffs on top were my favorite bite in the dish, totally saturated with soup. Everything I ate here was great! You should go. read more

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Incredibly glad I got to try this just two days after Pete Wells named it on his Best of 2023 list. Clocking in at #12, Hainan Chicken House has actually been on my radar thanks to other steams of social media. The hype is well deserved and all meats were tender, flavorful, and seasoned well. My order was placed via online delivery app before store opening. Shortly after 11:10am, I got a call saying they ran out of the fried chicken yesterday since they were extremely busy and could only fulfill one of my two orders of the fried chicken. Added in the order of roast chicken in lieu. Glad to have tried everything and definitely will be ordering again in the future. Standouts included the roast pork, fried chicken, nyonya curry and chicken rice. What I'll pass over next time are the soy sauce egg (I prefer the sweeter Korean style marinated egg) and roasted chicken. read more

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Decided to try this place after watching Kaitlin Lavery's video on YouTube and seeing that it was #72 on the NYT Top 100 list. For the 3 of us, we ordered the following dishes. Crispy Fried Fish Head Mee Hoon - It was very peppery and savory where the rice noodles soaked up the flavor. Three Meat Combo w. Chicken Rice - It came with Hainan Steamed Chicken, Roasted Chicken and Char Siu Roast Pork Belly. The pork belly was my favorite. The chicken rice was so fragrant and delicious. 1/2 Hainanese Chicken - There was a beautiful glow to the chicken and they looked scrumptious. The taste was mediocre, not much flavor even with the ginger sauce and dark sweet soy sauce. Watercress w. Oyster-Soy Dressing - Always good to have some fiber to go along with the heavier dishes. Overall, the food met expectations. Service was friendly and attentive for the area and prices were very reasonable compared to the city. read more

Hainan Chicken House - Hainan Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I ordered their two meat combo over rice. The two meats I chose were the house hainan chicken and the roast pork belly. I really enjoyed both of the meats but I found the rice itself to be especially memorable! read more

Came here because of a tiktok video. I usually dont give 1 star unless business is rude and absolutely pisses me off but this restaurant is pretty bad. Nothing is authentic about this place. I would recommend passing on this restaurant and finding a better Malaysian spot Ambiance: they tried to make the place look/seem authentic village like. Chairs and tables are log like. Theres chinese chicken bowls all over the place. Decor is nice but restaurant is also pretty bright. Service: they have this young girl there that spot english. Service is pretty quick. And staff was attentive. They accept credit cards. Food: i ordered the chicken satay as appetizer. Main course ordered 3 meat combo, hokkien Mee. As dessert got the mango sticky rice. Satay chicken - sorry but it wasn't good. Chicken skewer was bland, the meat texture was wrong. Almost as if the chicken wasn't fresh. The peanut sauce was also bland. Basically the best thing on that plate was the cucumbers. Hokkien Mee - nothing but a plate of grease. Theres nothing good about the plate. The sauce was grease and salty. The noodles were soft and soggy, the cabbage was just chunks. Looks like it can go straight from the table to the bottom of the garbage pail. 3 meat combo - they serve it wrapped in a piece of wax-lined paper. You get 2 balls of rice. The rice coloration and flavor is off. It almost seems like the rice was cooked from the hainan season packets you get from the supermarket for home cooking. Normally Hainan rice is rich and flavorful with the chicken oiled water. Nah their rice was bland and uninteresting. They also gave the char siu. That was all fat. The sauce isnt good. So thats another fail. The roasted chicken was alright. Wife liked it more than me. I do have to say their hainan chicken is decent. Not the best but definitely isn't the worst. Mango Sticky Rice - lets start with the mango. They used the wrong mango. Im sure they used the big green mangos that are always sour and tends to be crunchier than the southeast asia sweet mangos which are usually yellow sweet and soft when ripe. The mangoes they serves was sour to the core. It didnt even sit well with the sticky rice. The sticky rice itself was just sticky. No coconut flavor or any other flavor. read more

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The food was really mid. I don't really know what to say to it because there's not much to speak on it. My family came because of some NYT reviewer giving this place high praise. The curry tasted extremely watered down and didn't really have a curry flavor to it. I had their Milk Tea as well and it was very watery. There was too much ice in the drink. The service is great and the design of the restaurant is nice but, that's as far as it goes. I wouldn't come back here again. read more

Ordered food from Postmates and the food came relatively quick. We ordered the BBQ chicken thigh rice set, half a Hainan roast chicken and half a pound of the roast pork belly. Everything was nicely packed with a bunch of condiments and free soup. The BBQ chicken thigh rice set would've been really good if the chicken wasn't dry. It was so dry to the point that it lacked so much flavor. Aside from that, the ground pork gravy and pickled mustard greens were delicious! The Hainan roast chicken was really good. Perfectly cooked and really good flavor. No complaints here. The roast pork belly was decent. The flavor is slightly different from regular char siu I'm used to having. It was sweeter and the texture was different since it was soaked in sauce. Overall it was a decent meal. Will definitely order from here again. read more

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I couldn't finish the chicken because it was bland, rough, and dry. The Indian stir-fry noodle was okay but $17-18 for a regular take out box of noodle in this area is quite pricey given its lackluster quality. read more

In summary: Get there early, or they will be out of most menu items + serve inconsistent portions. I had a poor experience at Hainan Chicken house as we came in around 6:45, we were told it would be an hour wait and didn't get seated until around 8 when they were out of all their chicken and most of their other dishes. My friend and I both ordered the Penang Prawn Mee. I originally ordered the Ipoh Chicken Mee but they ran out. My friend got a full egg while I got a half egg. We also got way different chicken portion sizes. It was really sour and spicy and difficult to eat for this (though that would probably be my own taste. The service was a bit rude regardless of this. The place was pretty crowded until the end of their service as well. Overall I thought it was nothing special -- I have had better, and judging from the other reviews I would say if I wanted hainan chicken rice I would probably visit a different spot. read more

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What a lovely place with some delicious food. I've always wanted to try Hainan Chicken and rice and was excited to arrive. We ordered at the counter and took a seat at one of the tables. It's not a large space, but they have a bunch of tables to sit at. Our food was delivered to us and looked delicious. The Hainan Chicken with chicken rice, some cucumber and parsley. The chicken was tender and the rice was yummy and flavorful. We also got a Roasted Chicken rice plate, which was served with roasted chicken which was excellent, rice, ground pork, mustard greens (which were addictive) and an egg. We thoroughly enjoyed our meals and if I lived closer I'd be a regular. read more

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Came here at 2pm on a Sunday and it was PACKED. Wait time was about an hour for a table of 2 so we decided to do takeout. I got the house hainan chicken and thought the chicken was a little lackluster and felt like it could have used more flavor. It comes with a clean soup broth and 3 sauces - my favorite is the ginger and green onion sauce. Might be better if eaten right at the restaurant and at a non-peak time. Seems like a good alternative if you dont want to go into the city, but I would prefer to right the Q into Chinatown and get something for half the price and with more flavor. read more

Hainan Chicken House - House Hainan Chicken - Hainan Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

2.5 stars This place was a bit below average. The service was kind of slow, but there are only 3 employees (1 cook and 2 servers). We ordered the Hainanese chicken and rice and the penang prawn mee. The penang prawn mee was good, but the hainnanese chicken was basically boiled chicken with okay-tasting sauce. I really wanted to like this place, but it's basically worse than any Malaysian restaurant in NJ. I believe this is good for brooklyn if you dont want to make the trip out to Queens or Manhattan, but do yourself a favor and go to chinatown for better hainanese chicken (Gai Kitchen). It is actually night/day when compared to this restaurant. read more

The hainan chicken and rendang beef was pretty good, but the chasiu "dried noodle" was a disappointment. Contrary to its name, the noodle came in a small puddle of either soup or leftover water that it was cooked in, and was just soggy. The chasiu on top was pretty good, but I just couldn't get over the soggy noodles. The prices are also a little outrageous for the amount of food that was given.. would probably not return. read more

honestly, really good chicken. i was super surprised by hainan chicken house. i just happened to be working nearby and decided to try their chicken lunch special, which was a solid amount of food--soup, chicken, and chicken rice. everything hit the spot. the vibe inside the restaurant is super chill and cute. i'd honestly come back just for the ambiance--it's got a laid-back, cool feel to it that i wasn't expecting. the place is super clean, and you can see the staff cooking in the open kitchen, which is a nice touch. honestly, i'd totally recommend this spot and will definitely be back. read more

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Food is decent here. My malaysian FIL said the food is quite authentic and enjoys coming here. Curry puff- i enjoyed it. Flaky crust. Curry potatoes inside. Hainanese chicken- decent. Tastes good like any other malaysian restaurant. Sauces were alright. I wasn't too crazy about them. Roast pork- flavorful and sweet. My malaysian FIL enjoys this Nasi lemak- I had this for takeout. It was ok, a bit on the small side. Overall, it was a decent meal. read more

Yay! New addition added on to my list for lunch! Food options tend to get boring working on this side of 8th ave. Had to order Hainan chicken for my first time since it's the name of their business. Very bold of them. Living up to their name, moist tender dark meat, paired with flavorful rice! Reasonable portion and price. Simple menu... coming back to try everything. read more

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The best Hainan chicken I've tasted in NYC so far, seriously go and get this when dining here. This place honestly places more of a 4.5 star for me. It loses points on having pretty average dishes aside from the hainanese chicken, but the hainanese chicken here really is that good. Got the roasted Hainan chicken ( very average), curry, char keow teow, which was all pretty average, but the og Hainan chicken just blew everything else out of the water. Tender, moist, with a nice hit of oil and soy sauce, this spot has been a really nice deviation from the assortment of super dry Hainan chickens you find popping up all over the place. Again the only note worthy item here is the Hainan chicken read more

Hainan Chicken House - Left to right roasted hainanese chicken, char keow teow, og hainanese chicken - Hainan Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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Love this place! Been a few times now since I live in the neighborhood. I've had their House Hainan Chicken, Hainan Roast Chicken, and Char Siu Roast Pork Belly before. You honestly can't go wrong with any of these options. Whenever a friend visits me I like to take them here for a meal together. Definitely worth the visit! read more

We came in late afternoon weekday and were seated immediately. The waitresses were very attentive to our needs. I've always been a huge fan of hainan chicken and loved it here! The chicken was juicy and loved eating it with the 3 sauces. We got the lunch specials which came with rice and soup. The food came to us wrapped in leaf which I found very cute! We also had this as take out but the food eaten in tasted much better. read more

Hainan Chicken House - House Hainan Chicken with Chicken Rice - Hainan Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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Another GAI place but in Brooklyn. I like places where they focuses on certain things like here. Recently opened, had to try their chicken dishes so got the HFC Chicken Rice and Two Meats Rice (I picked Hainanese & Roast Chicken). The HFC Chicken is deep fried with barely any batter, topped with a mildly spicy, tangy tomato ish sauce, which goes really well with the dish. It also comes with a fried egg & some cucumber slices. It's bone in deep fried, dont expect juicy Korean style deep fried. For the Two Chicken Meat, I prefer the Hainanese because it's moist; roasting always is at risk of losing moisture of the chicken, which happened in my dish. The roast chicken meat I got was also white meat aka extra dry. It comes with 3 kinds of sauce as usual, and two scoops of rice with soy sauce on top. Each dish is reasonably priced. I would come back to try their noodle dishes. The ambiance is interesting, too---it was playing jazz lol, I felt kind of high class eating Gai Rice like that. Ordering is simple: for dine in, you can sit down then go up front to order & pay. Food will come and you bring the trays and dishes by the trash area to clean up. Very self service. Also you can get free water & tea (there is a station set up). read more

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I enjoyed the authentic hainan chicken rice, char kuey teow, and chicken satay! I would definitely come back if I was in the area. I like that they wrap the chicken rice dish in paper. read more

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Best Hainan chicken which surprised me. Chicken is tender, rice is soft and delicious. I also ordered one togo, but the soy sauce is different with the one when I dine in. If they give the same soy sauce, that would be perfect read more

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07.18.2024 @12:35pm Walk-in for table of 3. Maybe not lunch time yet, place was empty. Service is friendly. Found a piece of hair on my nasi lemak. Coffee is the instant Ipoh white coffee and was water down. I can make my own instant coffee with better taste. Food and taste is below average. Over price for its quality. read more

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Very clean inside, & groovy music. Very nice space, & interior is def above average for its neighbors. They also have an extensive wine list, as far as BK Chinatown goes. This place has gotten ALOT of hype & positive media reviews. However, Hainan chicken is pretty much on the menu @ every MY restaurant. Maybe the restaurant reviewers have not tried it? Theirs here is not mind-blowing, & is on par w/ their competition, but more expensive. Pretty much everything here is a little more expensive than the other local Malaysian restaurants, but smaller potions, & the food is not quite as good. New Belacan is just 11 blocks down the street, but does all the food better, & is less expensive (with a more expansive menu). The wait staff was also friendly but a little clueless. In any case, this place is currently trending. Note: the traditional little bowl of chicken broth that comes w/ the Hainan chicken was REALLY good! read more

Honestly, food was pretty mediocre at this place. Tried the roasted pork belly and the hainanese chicken rice, and the preserved vegetables. Roasted pork belly texture wise seemed a bit overcooked/dry. The hainanese chicken was pretty bland.. and the sauces didn't help much. The rice was also lacking flavor, and definitely didn't seem very fresh. Preserved veggies were ok. On an unrelated note, music soundtrack was quite the interesting choice. read more

Hainan Chicken House - Hainan Near Me - Brooklyn, New York