Fantastic place to go to, especially if you're looking for a casual AUTHENTIC HK style Chinese food for dinner. Cash / Debit only at this restaurant, but worth every penny because their quality of food is excellent. Service is good especially now that we know the servers quite well over the years and seating is very casual. This is definitely my go-to spot whenever I'm hungry at night. Huge variety of HK style dishes including seafood, meat, and much more! read more

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Food 5/5 Service 4/5 Vibe 3/5 This is an OG reso. If your looking for amazing service and very vibey reso, please do not comeif your looking for local chinese style food, this is the place for you! Iykyk~ Always come here at night for dinner, everything is always delicious, fast, comforting and right up my alley! Recommend dishes if you never been here before (you can also show the server the chinese name since idk the english one tbh) - hand pulled chicken (手撕盐焗鸡） - furu veggie (腐乳通菜） - salted fish with chicken fried rice (咸鱼鸡粒炒饭） - beef on hot plate (铁板黑椒牛肉） Hahaha def come back, and will always come back! read more

New Choice Restaurant - Food is always 5/5 - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

Came here off a recommendation from a family member. So it was a new choice for us... Value was good in terms of price to portion size. Service for take out was amazingly fast. The flavors were what I expected. We had 6-8 dishes. They included fried rice with salted fish and chicken, seafood chow mein, braised seafood and tofu hot pot, sweet and sour pork with pineapples, Kung pao chicken, etc. We picked ribs that are well know and most restaurants have... the classics is you will to get a feel for the level of the place. It meet my expectations... since dishes might have feel a little short on flavors or textures but since we aren't eating in restaurant I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Too chaotic with family and hungry people to take pictures. Overall 3.5... nothing grabbed me and left me craving another portion. But maybe works be better if I ate in the restaurant... will update if I go there for a meal. read more

My inlaws guided me to this restaurant choice otherwise, I don't think I would've headed there myself. However, I'm pleasantly surprised with the quality and service. Certainly deserves more stars than it is listed now, especially on my recent experience. Price is reasonable we ordered a set menu for 6 and included a variety of protein dishes included fish, lobster, chicken, pork, beef, fried oysters and even a soup. Favourite dish among the set has to be the salted egg fried oyster. There is another restaurant a couple doors down from here that may be slightly cheaper, way busier but this restaurant is above ground, brightly lit and the service is friendlier and attentive than the other. We all noted this as a family. We never felt rushed to leave. It also seemed more spacious too and not so crowded when we went. I would recommend for casual dine out spot. The menu is in Chinese, which adds to the authentic experience. There are a few diners of different backgrounds there but it's handy if you have a friend or family member who knows Chinese and familiar with the cuisine. I let my in-laws order (perhaps there is an English menu but I didn't see one when I visited). read more

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Reliable. Always open when I'm looking for food. Service is wonderful honestly. Food is okay. I've had better Chinese cuisine but definitely a place to go back to no doubt. read more

I was looking for a new choice and stumbled upon New Choice Restaurant. This was a fairly packed Chinese restaurant which is always a good sign. They serve mostly Cantonese fare including classic stir-fry and congee at reasonable prices. We tried the combo set A for 4 along with congee: - New Choice Premium Congee - Signature Steamed Chicken - Sweet & Sour Pork - Stir Fried Fresh Bok Choy w/ Garlic Sauces - Braised Garoupa with Tofu Glad that house congee came with some shrimp, egg yolk, squid & scallop in a medium sized bowl. The set menu also came with decent soup. But the main dishes were a little light on flavour, helped by salt & white pepper. Portion sizes were large & service was relatively attentive. This spot seems to be a staple for some regulars; we probably won't be one of them. But glad to have a new choice. read more

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I use to come here for years and always enjoyed it. I haven't been here in a long time, then decided to come & I was disappointed. It unfortunately has gone downhill, the food quality is not what it used to be. read more

New Choice Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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I have been going to Newchoice for over 10 years at this point. To me, their food is delicious. You can't compare their service to a high-end restaurant, but they're not that bad. Yes, over the years they increase their prices but so did everyone else that's just life I hope they open another location in the future closer to my area read more

In terms of ranking, I'd rank this above Congee Queen and Asian Legend. Then one level below Ming Cuisine Try their scallops served on the shell. Great flavours and with a wonderful team / staff who helped us choose our order. read more

Grandparents' youth, brings the most of authentic Chinese food with large collection of old-school dishes Must-try Signature shredded chicken #手撕雞 Roasted pork intestin #炸大腸 Dry-fried green beans with minced pork and preserved vegetables #干煸四季豆 Braised tofu with vegetables #紅燒豆腐 Quick service and friendly service ~ Great food great value ! Will be back !! read more

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We used to come to this restaurant every now and then. Once all the new restaurants started popping up we found other regular restaurants to go to for our meals. Once we sat down I checked in on yelp to see what my fellow yelpers had to say about this restaurant. The reviews varied by a great deal. Mostly I saw a lower number of stars but a couple glowing reviews. The few that I browsed had my attention when they mentioned an automatic service fee of 13%. I don't think I've come across this before except when it's usually parties of 8+ customers, and at Caucasian restaurants. The chicken wings caught our attention on the menu but there was no mention of how many there would be. We found out from the server that it was 3 full wings for $10! That's quite pricey. Guess we'll be ordering something else instead. We got salt & pepper pork chops and fish balls with rice noodles and veggies in soup. Both were good and came to the table surprisingly quick. Time to check the bill and sure enough there was a 13% gratuity already added. It's not so much how much the automatic gratuity is but why it was added. Service and the food was not exceptional compared to other restaurants. Plus, our tablecloth actually had a hole in it. You'd think with all these automatic gratuities they'd have enough money to purchase new tablecloths. We won't be back. read more

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Before I go into why I like this place, I want to say that the staff needs a crash course on how to be a service-oriented establishment. Look, I get it, not everyone there speaks proper English, but their blunt manner of talking that borders on indifference and rudeness is not exactly fit for a restaurant. It's like they're impatient all the time and want to take your order and go on about their business as fast as possible. The supposed 13% gratuity they include on every bill when you eat there is unacceptable. Gratuity, unless it's not HST, is optional and needs to be deserved through great service. A 0% gratuity is perfectly acceptable when the service is not up to par. I would never pay a mandatory gratuity. It's outrageous. Back to the food. I only have experience ordering their black pepper beef and lemme tell you, it's absolutely delicious. Lots of beef, not filler in the form of veggies. Just straight up beef. I like it. And it's REALLY affordable at $11.25 for a takeout container, it's a steal. Cash only, though, so be warned. This place does not take debit or credit. The food I observed other patrons eating looked tasty and appetizing. In short, if you don't care about a lack of proper service you'd expect from a restaurant and mainly care about the food, then you won't be disappointed. The place is open until late, so that's another point of attractions for the locals. read more

New Choice Restaurant - Takeout menu as of January 2020 - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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New Choice is not the best Chinese Restaurant in the area. No Credit Card accepted. Food quality is lower than other Chinese restaurants. Very expensive. 2 Stars. read more

We entered to many uncleaned tables around the restaurant and had to stand until someone came around to cleaning the table. Waited for quite a while before the menu came and the waitress only brought the dinner menu and it was lunch. We had to wave her down to get the lunch menu. No English, on the lunch menu. We ordered a chicken rice dish and beef flat noodle dish. No flat noodle yet she tells us. Fine, switched it to yellow noodle. The beef dish came, super small portions and had a hair in it. Discovered that the older you get the more intense those hangry moments become. We ordered the 2 drinks that came with our meals. She says you only ordered one meal right? She had not put in our order for the chicken dish. At this point I was like is this a comedy sitcom I am not aware of? Am I being pranked? Squid game number 7? Anyways, we eat, we leave, no tips. When we decided to try here I should have seen the signs and made a new choice to go elsewhere. read more

A moment of weakness: as it was close to midnight and almost everything else in the plaza were closed and after eating Double Inferno earlier, I don't think I should be having more spicy food! And I made the wrong decision to come to New Choice Restaurant again. I guess I should have learn from my own experience and read my own review using my Yelp App before walking through the doors... but New Choice is open till 4 am.. it cannot be worse than my lunch special... I was WRONG! The only thing that I enjoyed was the Plain Congee ($1.50) in its purity with no added seasoning or ingredients... I was just so glad we ordered that and we even order another bowl! I have to declare I have the worst Taiwanese Three-Cup Chicken ($9.95) in my life, where's the 3 cup - each of soy sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil and where's the ginger and basil? Why are the chicken so heavily battered deep fried and gluey? After one bite, I just couldn't eat that and I thought I ordered the wrong dish! You sure that's chicken?! I confirmed with the kitchen again and he said it is the 3-Cup Chicken!! Taiwanese Style Stir Fried ($5.95) was as bad. The tofu was deep fried to crispy dryness. At least I enjoyed the peanuts as it went well with my congee. After the renovation, the interior does feel cleaner. Note to self, I am not coming back here again!!!!!!!! read more

New Choice Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Worst Chinese food I had ! The soft shell crab costs $19.8 with very little crab but mostly deep fried batter, terrible taste! The Tung Choi with Bean curd sauce was not stir fried but boiled. Tasted mushy and very little taste. Costs $11.95 and we took one mouthful and left the rest untouched. When I asked the Waitress, Kitty, why the vegetable was boiled instead stir fried, she said they always boiled the vegetables first and then just put the cooked vegetables in the wok for a few seconds to create the illusion that you are getting the traditional Chinese Stirred Fried food! To add insult to injury, she added 13.6% service charge to my bill without telling me. When I confronted her, she said this is their policy now. But nowhere on the menu stated this automatic service charge! Food: 1/10. Service: 1/10. Attitude: -10. I will never go back to this restaurant again! read more

New Choice Restaurant - Worst Chinese food I had recently and expensive for two people! - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

We were served with a dying crab ( meat was not as fresh) in Typhoon style, $35. Braised tofu with eggplant, $12, was OK. Tyrant's chicken, $15, was over-steamed. Black-bean razor clams, ~$30, was fresh and delicious. Going down-hill: service and quality of food in general. Have to find a better restaurant. This one will no longer justify $$ spent and stomach space wasted. read more

Went to this place on a friday night. It was relatively busy, which is always a good sign. This is an old school cantonese style restaurant. went to this restaurant with a friend. We ordered 3 dishes, the Beef with mushroom, hot pot garoupa with tofu, and braised pork belly with lotus root. Honestly of the three dishes the hot pot and the beef with mushroom were the best, and the last one was not bad. however it did not stand out as much as the other two. This restaurant is pretty authentic when it comes to the food, and the portions are average, it is decent enough. It is of course this type of restaurant you usually bring with family and friends, in an area where there is a abundant of chinese restaurant, this one still stands out as pretty good and old school. i would definitely recommend it to people who have a craving for good cantonese cuisine. The Lobster which i had last time is also a dish i would recommend highly as they are very good with seafood. read more

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The food is good here - everything from the shredded chicken to the veggie dishes. What I didn't like was that they automatically put a 13% service charge without informing us. It's not the arbitrary % but the fact that the service is like any other Chinese restaurant. I didn't see anything that would differentiate them from others who don't normally implement a service charge for a small party of 4. Otherwise it's a good choice for regular family dinners. read more

Here is a quick The Good And The Bad Good: Prompt and friendly waitresses. The food felt healthy and I appreciated a couple of menu items I do not normally find everywhere. The free chicken broth/soup did not hurt. I enjoyed my Chow Chou Tofu. It was just what I wanted. Bad: Admittedly the food lacks taste. This may be a function of a healthier cooking method - or not - but not only the food needed more flavour unlike most Chinese restaurants the tables did not offer salt, pepper, soy sauce or any condiments. Clearly, this is a deliberate strategy on their part. It may not be a bad thing at all, but it made me wonder. This plaza always suffers from a lack of parking spots as well. Finally, how many times have I been to a Chinese restaurant in my life??? And I still walked in without cash in my bag. Yup, I had to run procure cash and return. When will I learn? read more

New choice is my go to place for Chinese food and ever since they renovated I have been going more and more. We came here on the grand reopening night and it was packed! The interior is modern, clean and less cramped than before. The menus have been updated with photos AND English (for those who can't read Chinese like me). In terms of food, my favorite dishes include: -baked lobster with creamy cheese -baked ribs in thousand island sauce -deep fried chicken wings with chilli salt -shredded salt braised chicken -braised duck with taro in plum sauce The list can go on with so many items on their menu. In addition, their HK style milk tea is one of my favorites. I highly recommend this place for dinner and its open late (4am) if you're craving a midnight snack. Remember CASH ONLY! read more

New Choice Restaurant - New menus - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

The place has a musty kind of smell to it and the place feels like it needs a bit modernization. The food here is ok and the main attraction of this place is the hours. They open really late. No credit, debt card accepted. Alot of the older folks come here. Thousand island pork chop is the best (not in the menu). Alot of restaurant owners come here too because of the late hours read more

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i went to this on christmas eve and it was packed. good thing was our group made reservations ahead of time for 8 people. Given our group size, we wanted to really order seafood in this restaurant, so we ordered a 6 pound lobster with 2 flavours and a steamed garlic oyster for our seafood portion. We also ordered hot plate beef, as well as A-choy, and a seafood fried rice. The Lobster with the salt and pepper mix was very good, it is definitely a signature dish of theres, much better then the steamed one we had with garlic and green onion. The Steamed oyster with garlic was by far the best dish out of all their dishes, as it was cooked perfectly and the seafood was very fresh. Overall the price for this restaurant is pretty decent, the service of course left much to be desired, as the wait staff, only some were responsible and quick, others were impolite and ignored us. The lady wait staffed for some reason tended to ignore us and brush us off when we order food or ask for service. where as the male wait staffed actually did their job i would recommend definitely people to try this restaurant and it is also has late night hours till 4 am so available at any time. read more

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I came here on a Friday night with my family and this restaurant was packed. We didn't have a reservation but luckily just had to wait about 10-15 minutes for a large table that can seat 12 people. We took a look at the menu and asked the waiter for recommendations to which he pointed at the dinner set (written in Chinese) of about 10 items for $198. I thought he took the easy way out and should've told us what is popular in this restaurant or the fresh catch of the day, ecetera. And what do you mean you don't have mayonnaise shrimp with walnuts?! As for the dinner set - is it bad that I don't remember what exactly the dishes were? Clearly not too memorable. Unfortunatly I cannot read Chinese so I do not know the exact name of the things we had. I just remember there were 2 lobsters, squabs, chicken, young chow fried rice, some noodles dish, veggies, and a fish. We added sweet and sour fried porkchops. Free "tong sui" dessert at the end. Everything was okay, nothing to write home about. The food is good enough that I would only come to this restaurant for convenience. I would not come here if it is out of the way. CASH ONLY! read more

This is my first time to New Choice. I had wanted to try it for awhile, but I could not cramp in it last 2 times. New Choice has a BIG following. First tip of the day: come around 6:00pm or after 8:00pm to get a table easy for weekend. You should expect to wait if you arrive after 6:30pm. They gave us 2 menus: one is for the more expensive dishes, and the other one is the house menu book. OMG! Most of the dishes in the house menu are $10 and under, including many meat dishes. We ordered solely from the house menu, so I could not comment on the expensive menu. I did notice that one of the expensive items was giant lobster. We ordered a Braised Duck with Taro in Sweet & Sour Plum sauce ($10), a Cherry Clam Stir Fry ($14), and a Stir Fried Vegetable with Garlics ($9). The Braised Duck was too sour for my liking, and it had too much taro. The cherry clam and the vegetable dishes tasted fine. What impressed me the most was that none of the dishes were grossly oily. The oiliness level was similar to the typical stir fries in Hong Kong. The interior is contemporary and clean. The waiters and waitresses are too busy to be attentive. If you get their attention, the services are efficient. New Choice operates a formula of ultra low prices, nice interior seating, variety of dishes and average cooking. The magic formula successfully earns it a large following, including many non-Chinese, based on the observation of my 3, admittedly twice were unsuccessful, visits. Despite that it doesn't cook the most elegant dishes, I don't think its customers mind at all. 3 stars for food; 3.5 stars for overall value and experience. read more

New Choice Restaurant - Cherry clam stir fry - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

One of the oldest spots in Thornhill/Richmond hill, located at a small little spot on Hwy 7 close to yonge st/Bathurst. I used to dine here often...the best thing about this place is that it stays open very late, i think until about 3 or 4am. The main server who's been there forever is Johnny, he speaks an okay english, otherwise, There is a big language barrier with all staff members if you're a foreigner to the chinese/mandarin language, so keep that in mind before you go in.. don't expect a high end customer service at this place what so ever, but the flavours are definitely there. My favourite dish in there is the black bean sauce and hot pepper beef steak, it's one of the best I have ever tried. The Wontons are also great, Gong bao and szechwan chilli chicken. Big portions, somewhat mid-range prices, good food when you're hungry after hours, below average service. read more

Good food. We order rice noodles with shrimp, beef with brocolis, sweet and sour chicken, rice with chicken and corn and chicken soup. All very good read more

New Choice Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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This is one of my favorite Chinese restaurant in Canada. I've been here probably a 100 times and they have never disappointed me. I usually get their general tao and it's to die for Soo crispy and tasty, also the are not shy with the quantity of food they serve. I would also suggest getting their stir fried beef with black pepper sauce. This I would always order with the general tao because the black pepper sauce counters the sweetness and makes it very enjoyable. In conclusion I would highly recommend this place to anyone very good food at a very good price read more

Very bad experience They recycle left over or returned dishes and re heat then give to customers as new dishes... read more

New Choice Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

I love going to this place for lunch. I always order the same 2 dishes: - 豉椒牛肉炒麵 ($6.95): crispy beef noodle - 魚香茄子伊麵 ($6.95): minced pork egg plant noodle And my parents like: - 楊州炒飯 ($5.95): bbq pork shrimp fried rice - 龍崗雞飯 ($6.95): chicken rice Recently, I discovered another tasty dish: - 臘腸鹹魚炒飯 ($6.95): this is pretty good if you like both ingredients..chinese sausage and salty fish fried rice All lunch comes with a drink..just cannot beat the price and also, their food is just amazing! read more

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My future sister in-law's friend recommended this restaurant to try out for dinner so my fiance, his family and I came here for dinner on our third night at Markham, ON. The restaurant was quite small and not very fancy. I would say it's okay to come here with a small group, not a large group The tables feel a bit small, probably can only fit 9-10 people tops. The staff were okay, but a bit forgetful. I felt the quality of the food wasn't too special and it certainly didn't wow me either. We got about 7-9 dishes, most of which you can have in the NYC Chinatown or Flushing. There was one pork chop dish I found to be interesting and delicious, but too bad I don't remember what the name was. It was one of the restaurant's signature dishes. It was sweet, tangy, and smothered with their delicious sauce. We also ordered a lobster, but they didn't remember until towards the end of our meal. They ended up bringing it out for us, so that was nice of them. Overall, I thought the restaurant was just okay. It's not a place I would want to really return to unless my family wanted to and if I can get that pork chop next time. The decor and atmosphere felt a bit out of date. If you're looking for a simple dinner this is the place to go, but if you're for something a little extra and nice - consider somewhere else instead. Note: They ONLY take cash. read more

Located in a strip plaza where most of the restaurants are open until the wee hours of the morning, even during the week. This restaurant seems to be the most popular among the late night restaurants in this plaza. Plenty of patrons even very late at night. Note that they DO NOT take credit or debit. Cash only. read more

Probably my favourite Chinese restaurant in uptown. Food is always hot and delicious. Price is great! Always super busy especially on weekends but it is worth the wait. read more

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The food was good long time but now less food bad quality and the quality is awful . I bought beef and i told them I came from long drive pls check the food if its k ,, I paid lot of money for they only accept cash but charge also tax funny ! when i open the box barely see any beef ,just sauce and onion !!! are u serious , this is how u ripping ppl off , awful service ! bad quality of food , also we saw a white long hair in the rice ,, very disgusting !! don't recommend also i told all my friends also don't go there ! this is how they appreciate customers !! 9.95 plus tax=11:24 for onion and black sauce read more

New Choice Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

SERVICE CHARGE SCAM ALERT: This restaurant adds tips automatically, sometimes at varying amounts - most recently the highest percentage they can get away with. For us, it was 13%. We almost double tipped - not expecting a Chinese restaurant to add mandatory tip for a small party of 3 people. It is not written or displayed anywhere in the restaurant (walls, menus, postings). Please be careful. The service is typical and not great. Food was OK. But the non-transparent and dishonest behavior means I will not be going back. read more

New Choice = Awesome I'm not sure if I even want to disclose this gem! Its open super late *until 3 or 4 am* and the food is SO GOOD AND CHEAP! fine, the interior is not modern or anything special and the food is so so so so so so good i haven't met ANYONE who didn't like this place the prices are also so low we go with 6 people and it ends up no more than $15 per person (including tax and tip) we get chicken in black bean sauce (the chicken is so moist and just amazing, tender and wonderful!) -fresh baked fish - they fish it RIGHT OUT FOR YOU! its great -steamed rice -Cantonese Chow Mein or Seafood Chow Mein -spicy salt squid - mmmm so TASTY! -the ginger garlie lobster is really my favourite -The manager (the older guy) speaks great English so that is never a problem -oh! and get the Crab corn soup [they may not have it on the menu, but they make it.. REAL crab meat) you can come here any time.. day or night! read more

WARNING: Service Charge Scam Here!! First time i came the bill did not include a service charge. 2nd time they included a 10% service charge. This time my 3rd time they charged 12% service charge. Note service charge was not indicated any where on the menu or walls. I went back to server and ask why service charge diff this time and she changed it back to 10% and said was a "mistake". As one other review left also mentioned they got charged more than 10%. I will not go back. Make sure you check you bill when you eat here. Food quality here is average. I come because close by and cheap but not after this incident. read more

Stick with the old choice. The food is good.... enough. Please save all your nickles and dimes because they will take them all. Ordered five dishes and they charged us for rice. Shame on me for not believing the other reviews and the three star rating. Absolutely no one to blame but myself. read more

October 22, 2016 around 10:45pm. The waiter with spiked hair is very rude when I ordered by phone for take out. He would just hang up the phone after taking your order. It is not the first time he did that. Is it because I don't speak Mandarin or Cantonese? Upon picking up the take out order, he would give me a dagger look when I just requested for a chili sauce. When I was giving my cash payment, he didn't want to get it from my hand. He tapped the table to signal to put the cash over there. Very very rude S.O.B.!!! I am a paying and courteous customer and he has no reason to do that. The owner should train their mostly uneducated staff to respect customers, whether Chinese or not. read more

I visit New Choice Restaurant whenever I am looking for cheap chinese food. Its the closest one near by with a good price. The service and food there are inconsistant. Majority of the time the experience will be good, but you could have some off days. Best bet is ordering take out instead of dine in, but even then sometimes the order might be incorrect. They have a very wide variety of food, but some of their specialty menus are only in Chinese. With me being CBC (Chinese Born Canadian) I don't know how to read all of that. Upside to New Choice is that they are open late to around 3am or 4am and their beers are the same price as their closing times ($3 domestic or $4 import) WOW!! SO GUUD!! Great place to be if you want cheap food and drinks, and they have also renovated recently. Try it out and find out if New Choice will be your New Choice!! read more