We really wanted to like Mr BoBo as there aren't many restaurants specializing in claypot rice. However, this restaurant doesn't actually make authentic claypot rice. One red flag was that there was no disclaimers that the claypot rice would take at least 15 mins or so to make as that's what I would expect for an authentic made to order claypot rice. We ordered the Grilled Eel and Home-Style Braised Pork Casserole, which both came out in under 10 minutes. The pork was definitely plentiful and seasoned well but it was definitely premade and just plated in the claypot. The eel claypot rice did not have the crispy rice in the bottom of the claypot and definitely seemed like it was precooked rice that was thrown into the claypot for presentation. The food was not terrible but it definitely disappointing and not authentic. The milk custard was not my favorite as it tasted like stinky milk. Overall, I would not recommend Mr BoBo and hope they step up their game soon. read more

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I come across this clay pot rice and wanted to give it a try. Without disappointed I ordered. Sausage with rice and come with Egg and steam broccoli, which it under cook . I would like it another 5 minutes cook on it, lol My meal comes with an iced tea - which it sweetened. You can add $3 for dessert. Milk custard.in a small cup. Serving was friendly and fast. - English is limited speaking if you don't understand mandarin just saying. Trying to make a small talk saying it's a great establishment and I got no response . It's fine. Back to the food very tasty wirh the amount of food we're serve the price was very reasonable . The ambience it's very charming I would definitely go back and on top of it. I order more food to bring it home overall please give this a try even though it's in the back of Northern Boulevard , Parking is a bit challenge, but you could still find it . read more

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Was excited to try this place since its been some time since ive seen or even heard of a claypot restaurant opening up, at this point its a relic reminiscent of a chinatown long gone. Imagine my dissapointment when I ordered one of their claypot rices and it turns out to be lukewarm rice thats been slightly toasted, prepared in advanced and probably microwaved right before its served to you. The food itself, other than the claypot rice was just okay, the price was reasonable as well, just couldn't shake off my dissapointment at how poorly done the supposed claypot rice was read more

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I did a takeout of this place and have not dined in before. I got the Snowflake beef claypot rice, it comes with a packet of sweet soy sauce but honestly it is not needed as it is already pretty flavorful. Beef was tender and generously portioned. Rice was already seasoned with soy sauce and is on the drier side which is better for claypot rice. They had a meal deal that came with a lemon iced tea which was pretty neat. I wouldn't say it is 100% authentic Cantonese but it has clearly taken inspiration from it and is a pretty good take. read more

Mr BoBo - Snowflake Beef Rice Casserole - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

Came here for lunch and it's a good spot for affordable eats Pros: - Even though there was only one waitress, she was fast and efficient - They offer a wide variety of clay pot dishes. The premium beef and the Cantonese sausage were the standouts for us - Very affordable prices Cons: - The pancakes had an odd texture and weren't our favorite - Limited street parking read more

Mr BoBo - Premium Beef Rice Casserole - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

Great if you're looking for some cheap eats. A better experience if you speak Mandarin, as the staff didn't speak English. Ambiance is okay - it's a very casual spot for a meal; many more delivery drivers came inthan diners. The claypot rice is good- rice comes pre seasoned though which isn't the authentic Cantonese-style, but it was still pretty good. Frankly you will get what you pay for. the premium beef is chewy, but hey it's still only $11 for that bowl. The dumplings are mad cheap too and they're quite good. and i loved the beef scallion pancake; the filling was delicious. Many of the dishes were oily... not excessively so, but it didn't have the most crust/crispy rice on the bottom due to whatever oil they use cooking the claypot dishes. read more

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The food was good. The service wasn't bad. The ambience was okay. Nothing really stood out. Some of my rice burnt. They might have over cooked it. read more

Mr BoBo - Cantonese Sausage Rice Casserole - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

Broccoli not fully cooked but it's ok, but only few pieces of sausage... half of the egg... mostly everything OILY! read more

Mr BoBo - I don't know if this is Taiwanese or whatever cantonese call sausage..... all I know it's definitely not worth it! - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

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Great prices, big portions, salty foods & only 1 waitress serving the entire restaurant!! The pigs feet & pig ears were under cooked & rubbery!! Don't get the pork or crab & pork steam buns since they don't taste good at all!! Overall, definitely wouldn't go back!!! But You can most definitely try it out & be your own judge!! Enjoy!! read more

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What a nice novel neighborhood restaurant. Specializing in Chinese stone pot rice dishes. These are very traditional with a crispy bottom. Their flavors are very authentic. Service is great! Support a local business! read more

Food is horrible. It is cheap. We ordered beef brisket casserole. Beef brisket is chopped to pieces. It doesn't taste fresh,lacked the meaty flavor. Best dish is the eel rice casserole. Rice isn't oily. The dumpling taste like it is from the supermarket. read more

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Strictly reviewing based on delivery. A good clay pot rice is usually hard to get for takeout. Somehow this is absolutely delicious and perfect. UberEats usually has a bogo offer which makes it even more of a reason to order. It even comes with the crispy bottom and additional sauce. I don't know how the restaurant is at all but for takeout alone, highly recommend! read more

In direct proximity of the LIRR Murray Hill Station, Mr. Bobo offers a rare exclusive focus on Cantonese clay-pot rice dishes, which are difficult to find at the more generalist Cantonese eateries across the city. Unfortunately this dish is not known for its vegetarian inclusiveness, and a miscommunication with the staff resulted in us ordering a taro rice pot that is decidedly not vegetarian. While the vermicelli rice pot was quite bland, the excellent house-made tofu pot redeemed the experience for us. The tofu appears to be similar to Japanese egg-tofu, with a custardy center that pairs well with a hot bowl of white rice. read more

Mr BoBo - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

I got the eel claypot rice with snowflake beef add-on. My favorite part of claypot rice is usually the crispy rice on the bottom, but maybe because I ordered delivery, there was very minimal crispy bits. It tasted like they took the rice out of the claypot after 30 seconds. I was also disappointed by how little eel they gave me. The snowflake beef was just okay. The rice was also a little too saucy so it was a bit salty. read more

Mr BoBo - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

It was my first time visiting, and I found the menu a bit difficult to read due to the small text. The appetizer selection was somewhat limited, and part of the menu featured hot pot and spicy dishes. We decided to try the pork belly, a clay pot dish, eggplant, and shrimp balls. The food arrived quickly and was served piping hot--just the way I like it. The pork belly was flavorful and delicious, although it didn't come with rice. The clay pot dish was a hearty combination of meat, rice, broccoli, and an egg. While I found the eggplant a bit too oily for my taste, it was still enjoyable. Service was attentive, and the restaurant was quiet, with only one other table occupied during our visit. I'm considering trying a few more dishes for takeout, as the location is super convenient--right by the Murray Hill LIRR. read more

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Skip the bacon clay pot rice, get the beef instead. A singular slice of bacon cut into tiny pieces. Not sure what I was thinking getting bacon at an Asian restaurant. read more

I've been searching for a clay pot rice/ rice casserole specialty restaurant for months!! I was so curious when Mr BoBo popped up on google maps. We came on weekday around 8pm. The restaurant is pretty spacious and was about half full when we walked in. They were out of the snowflake beef casserole so we ordered the braised pork ribs ($8 + $3 for chinese sausage) and the cha sui casserole. Both came with broccoli and a fried egg. We both liked the braised pork ribs one more. It was saucy and flavorful. The rice was crunchy at the bottom - just amazing! The cha sui one was dry and the rice at the bottom got burnt. The lichi shrimp was also very delicious. The waitress was very sweet and accommodating. Overall, this is a solid place to get your rice casserole fix. I can't wait to be back! read more

Mr BoBo - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

The ambience is stellar. They put a lot of effort in the decor. The service was decent. So why isn't the ratings higher? It's the same reason I don't like a particular Vietnamese chain in Flushing: it's not authentic. Majority of the reviews complained about the flavor profile being off and the lack of sweet soy sauce, so I must mention something to get it out of the way: this place is NOT Cantonese. It's Cantonese-influenced, but it's not Cantonese. I thought it's a dead giveaway with the Taiwan Pop in the background and how the establishment speaks mainly Mandarin. But if you didn't know, now you know. And try to see it as an Cantonese-influenced restaurant and you might be more forgiving that there's no sweet soy. - Beef Udon Noodle with Black Pepper Sauce: very peppery. Udon is chewy. It's a good dish, but I don't know if the claypot was necessary. - Claypot Eel over Rice: Flavorful without the need of extra soy. The only complaint is broccoli. Why is it broccoli. I was sharing this dish with a friend who hates broccoli, so I ended up eating all the broccoli. Broccoli isn't even a traditional ingredient to claypot rice, maybe they should switch to chinese broccoli? read more

Mr BoBo - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

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PREMADE. Don't except good quality. You want good quality? You need to order more. Got their clay pot rice to go with sausage and it was pretty okay. I think the sausage was good, or expected, but I feel like everything else was lacking flavor. BADDDDD SERVUCR NO ABSWER ME CANCEL MY ORDER??? ANGRY. But called them they said it's ok??? NO PPL THERE EITHER. One star for price. read more

Mr BoBo - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

No frills Cantonese restaurant offering many options for clay pot rice. It's a good sized portion for around $10. I don't think it's a place to come to expect spectacular service but it was good enough for a quick dinner. Spacious and clean! read more

Mr BoBo - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

Such great service and food! Unlimited iced tea during or time there. Big portions and very comforting.

Mr Bobo clay rice pot is descent. A bit smaller than expected. Each pot order is truly made for one person. So if you are really hungry, you should order 2 pot. We got the preserver meat pot which should really come with a mix of preserve meat and sausage but it only came with pressure sausage. You can always add additional meat for an extra cost. Overall it is a descent place to go and I would go again but since parking in the area especially at night is a very hard I will need to really crave it to take on the parking challenge. read more

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Located right across the Murray Hill LIRR station, you're greeted by a life-size metal statue of a man welcoming you to the restaurant! Come here for big portions and delicious claypot rice which gets really crispy along the edges. Each order is a reasonable price and the rice is super flavorful! If you're there with someone, I recommend sharing two dishes but that's still very filling since it's a lot of rice. Highly recommend the preserved sausage if you have to pick only one dish, but be warned that it is a bit oily (but delicious) read more

Mr BoBo - Snowflake beef - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

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This place is great if you love rice casseroles..this is their specialty. They have a nice buy one get one wine when we dined in. I enjoyed their bone soup with mushroom but it was on the peppery side. The Chinese broccoli was a solid dish and cooked perfectly. We ordered the fish- I think it's a carp but I'm not sure. This is a VERY bony fish so please be careful..I'm okay with bones generally and I found myself struggling to eat this fish...note to self...do not talk when eating bony fish. In any case if you don't like bony fish do not order this..it is not a filet. Overall - all the casseroles were good but they did start tasting the same after a while...perhaps we needed to order different ones from the menu. The fried milk things are slightly sweet so a bit more dessert like. read more

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I had the taro rice casserole and the grass carp casserole, and they were honestly pretty good. My favorite part was the crispy layer of the rice casserole, it's so good! However the grass carp was a bit too oily for my taste. The service was pretty quick, food is nicely packed. Will definitely come back again read more

Mr BoBo - taro rice casserole - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

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Came across this Chinese restaurant at its grand opening. The restaurant seats four people at the bar and has ten tables. We arrived around seven and was told there would be a half hour wait time. The waitresses/servers were very accommodating and attentive. We ordered a total of five dishes and had the waitress repeat our dishes we ordered, but unfortunately one dish was still missing by the time we were done with our meal - turns out the dish was never inputted into the system. The order that the dishes came out was quite unexpected - with the appetizer coming out last. Yummy Mustard Green over Rice $12.95 Highly recommend to order. Clay pot rice was steamed to perfection, and had balanced seasoning - not too salty nor too bland. The mustard green brought out the slight saltiness of the dish. Since the rice was cooked in clay pot, there was also crispiness of the rice in the bottom of the pot. Specialty steamed sea bass with scallion $38.95 Sea bass was on the pricy side but very fresh, moist, and tender. Unfortunately the sauce was way too salty for our liking. Duck with Mint Leaf $28.95 I had high hopes and the mint garnered and very nice aroma, however This was my least favorite dish of the night. Sauce had way too much sodium and the duck meat was too dry. Brown Sugar Handmade Rice Cake $8.95 Interesting that this is an appetizer and not a dessert; it very well may have been a dessert. This was quite the nice balance with the saltiness of the other dishes. Sweet tooth's, I would recommend ordering this dish. Note that Yelp has online reservations available, but highly recommend to call and double check upon making your reservation. When we were told to wait for our table, we checked Yelp and noted that there were still availabilities online. Verdict: has potential, but may want to wait a while before visiting. Except the clay pot rice and brown sugar rice cake, would recommend cutting sodium by half for the other dishes. Price is also on the slightly higher side. read more

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I feel really bad to give this place a 2-star review because I wanted to like it so badly. But unfortunately, the flavor profiles were all missing for me :( Contrary to the many positive reviews about this place, the sausage clay pot rice was disappointing. No extra sauce to pour over the rice, like I've seen in other Cantonese restaurants. The dish was bland, and I'm a person of low salt tolerance. As for the second dish that I didn't get the name of (pictured), it was $28.99 for a random mashup of spare pig / beef parts? Totally not clear by the menu description, and had I known, I would never have ordered it. It was greasy, with scant portions when you take out allll the onions they put in there. A pricy experience that did not live up to the hype for me. There's plenty of places in flushing that can do better than this! read more

Mr BoBo - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

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I love the Chinese Sausage over Rice Clay Pot the most, which is very Cantonese local style. Some of the rice is crispy and smell so good. Frog Casserole is little expensive, it has shredded onion, shredded celery, garlic slide with it. It doesn't come up with rice. It taste little stronger and little salty, I'll recommend you order an extra bowl of white rice for it. Seafood Pancake Casserole is super crispy, my cousin love this the most. However, I felt like it's too oily. It has Oyster and egg and crispy powder fry together. Cantonese Style Crispy Milk Curd is dessert, you have to finish the dish asap when it come up, otherwise, when it turns soft and not crispy at all, the texture getting bad. Litchi sparkling taste like soda and Peach ice tea has green tea so is little bitter. I'll recommend sparkling more then the ice tea. They also have other flavors such as mango, peach, pineapple, etc read more

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I found out about the grand a opening yesterday and decided to try it out with no expectation regarding service because most places with grand openings tend to be chaotic and disorganized. We arrived around 7 PM and was told there was a 20 minute wait time which is understandable. It turned out to be close to an hour. My husband ordered a blue moon and it came out warm. The bartender said she will waive the charge for the warm beer and will bring out a ice cold one, but it never came. She later said, they don't have any ice cold beer. This was very minor, but they had a whole day to chill some??? The waitress came to take our order. Within a few seconds, she said to us that the previous customer forgot to pay and left to chase them, but she never came back to take our order. Instead, she came back and totally forgot about us and started waiting another table. We sat for 10 minutes before asking someone else to take our order. Even after we placed our order, the waitress came back several time to confirm what we ordered. The snowflake beef came first. It was tender and not too salty 10/10. Next came the other items which was decent in terms of taste. While the beef was just right in terms of the sodium level, everything else was too salty. They seem to have forgotten the flat noodles that we ordered until we reminded them. The portion is smaller for the price that you pay for compared to other restaurants. I would maybe come back if there is a craving for clay pot dishes. Hopefully next time, this restaurant is more organized. read more

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Short and sweet review. Had early dinner around 5pm. It Wasn't busy so we were greeted and seated right away. We ordered 3 dishes between 2 people and I must say they were all excellent. The sausage clay pot rice was very flavorful and the rice was not burnt but cooked to where you can get a nice crunchy consistency from rice at the bottom. The string beans were beautifully seasoned and went well with the rice dish. We wanted more protein so went for the beef with black pepper sauce. Don't be fooled by the amount of onion, underneath sits a wonderful pile of beef sizzling in the pot and boy was that beef soft and tender. A must try. Will definitely come back again. read more

Mr BoBo - String bean casserole and sausage clay pot rice were Excellent!! - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

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外卖买了 2 个鸡煲，全是骨头。甚至没看到半边的鸡胸肉或者小鸡腿，鸡翅。 本想点两个餐，孩子能吃。搞得最后我还得特地出门买卤肉饭给孩子，因为这餐馆做的鸡煲用骨架做的！！千万别来！ terrible! ordered two chickens pots for delivery. all bones. don't even see one side of chicken breast or small chicken leg or wing. don't come!! my daughter can't eat any of these! read more

Mr BoBo - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

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I am surprised to see this place didn't get all 5 starts reviews. Our family LOVES this restaurant!. They offer authentic Cantonese dishes that taste better than many restaurants in China town. My personal favorite is the tofu pot and papaya soup. Our family literally fought for the tofu, so we decide to order 2 tofu pots next time. Waiters and waitresses are very kind and caring. They check on us a couple times during an hour dinner. I love the decorations of the restaurant, it reminds me of Gaungzhou. read more

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Went to Mr Bobo for dinner tonight and ordered the chicken casserole, seafood pancake, and black pepper udon. The seafood pancake was really tasty as it had a fried egg base. The chicken casserole was pricy but it didn't include much pieces. Felt like there was more bones than meat. The black pepper udon was not that much better either - kinda bland. The restaurant was really cold too! If you came here for the double skin milk custard it kinda taste like a jelly instead of the custard taste that you are probably used to. read more

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I have been searching for a good clay pot rice dish since the place in Chinatown by the Manhattan bridge closed down 15+ years ago. I thought i would give this place a try. Alas, my journey continues. This place disappoints on multiple fronts. Let's start with the service. Usually at these "authentic " places, I overlook the poor service since the food more than makes up for it. In this case, a big NO. We ordered four different clay pot rice dishes. It seems as if the rice is cooked in a separate pot and then scooped into the pots that are served to you. The rice is decently seasoned and has a slight crunch randomly since it wasn't cooked on the pots. The toppings were the worse offense. Broccoli is not Chinese. Please save that for the takeout crowd. All the different topping seemed to be cooked separately as well and then placed onto the rice to serve. If you know how clay pot rice works, this is not right. The salted duck was just duck that has been marinated in salt and not the Cantonese salted duck I expected. The grilled eel was packaged unagi from Japanese menus. The pork ribs were not with a traditional black bean sauce but this weird red sauce. The flavors weren't awful. It is just not clay pot rice as advertised and it certainly is no where near authentic. read more

The staff is very attentive here! We ordered four different dishes. Sticky rice with crab: crab was not fresh and seemed frozen as the meat was mushy. Crab was not cracked before hand for ease of eating, would not order again for that reason Green beans: very good Fish head: strong fishy smell so would avoid if you don't like that Rice with sausage: very good but my husband was confused why they didn't give the soy sauce that usually goes over bozaifan. Ambiance was very good, we were the only other table there. Was very spacious for a stroller with bassinet and waitress moved the chair for us to make room. read more

There are many choice of casseroles,what's surprising me is cheese durian.I really recommend that to anyone who is durian fan.and the other one is called sour pickled fish soup.the fish there with vermicelli and pickled are so delicious.it is crispy and fresh.it doesn't come with rice though.so we ordered extra rice for it. We also ordered black pepper sauce udon and cauliflower.the cauliflower really goes well with rice. Compare to the first time. There are bigger portions now than there were before.I shou have to try the milk custard.but I was so full at that time.nah.....maybe next time.by the way,there are just a few tables for dining,so just check is that available seats before you go there read more

I came here to eat after going to beat spa for massage which is on the same block. My boyfriend and I were super hungry! We got the cucumber (cold dish) appetizer and a eel pot and a bowl or rice to share. The appetizer tasted weird, not what you'd expect from other restaurants, it was too sour. The eel pot was in a big pot but the portion was so much less than I expected to be inside. It's more for one person only. I was planning to order more but instead we left hungry and didn't order more after tasting the eel. The sauce wasn't infused with the eel, it felt separate and the pieces of eel were not meaty and instead very boney. Didn't think their other pots were going to be worth the price. Wouldn't recommend this place and wouldn't come back even tho it's so convenient to eat after going to our favorite massage parlor. read more

Don't order from them if you don't want to waste your money and got scam. I ordered online take out for Snowflake beef with black pepper sauce casserole paid $28.95 plus tax and service fee. The moment when I open the take out box when I got home, I feel I got scammed. The portion doesn't even fill 1/3 of the take out box. See photo, this is how it look when I open the box without touch it. Ridiculous small portion for almost $30, I feel this is someone's left over? The description said Snowflake beef, but the beef is only regular beef and taste same as any $10 Chinese take out restaurant beef. Protect your wallet, don't order from them. read more

Mr BoBo - This is how much they give for a $30 order? I feel this is someone's left over portion. - Cantonese Near Me - Queens, New York

Delicious. Would keep coming back here over and over. First time here. Good service and ambiance.

I was gonna minus one star because the ac was not strong enough but I do see someone was complaining it was too cold for them so it's not the restaurant's fault. Today is my birthday and I come here because I really wanted to try the cheese durian casserole. My wife and I ordered the "snowy beef clay pot" and the crab clay pot. They are a bit pricy but it tastes good to a point that I think it's worth the price. They are also having a promotion, when ordered 49.99, they give a free clay pot of crayfish when share on WeChat. Of course I did that. The cheese clay pot also tastes great. It's not too cheesy and it's just what I liked. Service was also great and food comes out fast. I would definitely come try some other stuff next time. read more

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