I've been in this area many times due to various group activities and have never tried this spot. My friend said this place is good and we decided to try. Like the name says - "Wok bar", you literally walk into a food bar and pick whatever you want in a huge bowl. Selection has meat, seafood, veggies. It comes at about $16/lb and comes with bowl of rice. Not too shabby. Then comes the interesting part- you pick cook in soup base or have a dry pot. You get to pick no spicy, medium, hot, very hot. I picked medium spicy and it was enough to turn my tongue on fire. There is a tea station by the entrance and they were serving date tea at the time. Date is like a sweet prune. It's not a huge place but you sit about 40 people I think. Service was good as they asked us if everything was ok and offered to fill up the tea for us. They don't have their own parking lot, street parking. Cheat tip: park at the strip mall across the street where BCD tofu house is. I found it not crowded on a Saturday night before a snow storm but did see a light crowd do take out. read more

Small typical local Chinese dry pot place/vibes. Honestly I love how clean it looks and feels too. Pick your own ingredients and spice level with a min of 1 pound. Can get really spicy really fast so be wise with the spice level you choose. It does get greasy and is more on the heavier side but always satisfies the craving that comes once in a while. Service is always welcoming and accommodating. The ladies are always super kind so make sure you give them a smile read more

Wok Bar - Beef Spicy Dry Hot Pot - Szechuan Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

My family ends up at Wok Bar pretty frequently. We all enjoy the food so when we can't decide on where to go Wok Bar is one of our safe choices. Basically you pick your fillings and put it in a basket. Then they weigh it and you can either get it in a soup or stir fried. They cook the food pretty quickly so it's not a bad choice for a quick meal. You tell them what level of spice you want and I always go for medium or lower. When they say it's spicy, it's SPICY. The medium can have me sweating a little bit it's still flavorful. They have a good variety of vegetables, noodles, fish balls, and meats to choose from. Though I think I like some of the variety at other places better. Overall it's a fun experience. During my last visit they were running an anniversary special for Hot Pot at $9.99/lb rather than the usual $14.99/lb. I decided to give it a shot for the first time. I wasn't much of a fan of the broth. It had a tanginess that I didn't really appreciate. I much prefer the dry pot. The service is friendly and the place is clean. They don't have a parking (though that's pretty standard in the area) so sometimes it gets annoying. I know I'll end up back at Work Bar in the future, but next time I'll stick to the dry pot (stir fry). read more

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Came for the $10/lb special and was super worth!! The ingredients are very fresh and the mix of the spices for their dry pot is great. The "spicy" flavor is pretty strong. We got the Sesame Cold Noodles to try as well and loved the creaminess and nuttiness of it. They gave complimentary tanghulu for dessert, but we felt it was way too sticky for our liking. Overall a good experience tho and great option for dry pot in the area! read more

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Wok Bar is my go to dry pot spot. It's a DIY place, where you grab a bowl and tongs, pile on the ingredients at the buffet, and bring the bowl to the register. The cashier will weigh your bowl, and you can choose to have them prepare a dry pot or a hot pot, in one of three spice levels. I usually go for level 2 spice since it's pretty spicy. They also offer a few other menu items, including grilled skewers, but I usually just get a bowl of dry pot. It costs $15.99 per pound, so the price can get pretty high depending on how much you fill your bowl. Service can be slow at times, but there aren't many dry pot options in the area. read more

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Recently pretty much going there at least once a week. Really is my comforting food spot. I know taste can be very subjective, and not every my friends likes their food, I personally find it the best even compared to the spots in the city. Service is always consistent and friendly. It's a great casual spot for friends gathering and regular meals. read more

Always good, whenever I crave for something spicy. Will definitely try their other items. read more

Wok Bar - Poached Sliced Beef in Hot Chili Oil - Szechuan Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

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I ordered takeout and the food was pretty subpar IMO. What I ordered: 1. Yeung chow fried rice - Not authentic. It was basically just spam fried rice with hardly any shrimps. 2. House special noodle - Not sure why it's "special" in any way. It was just noodles with scrambled eggs on top. 3. Sliced beef in hot chili oil - This one was good, but too little beef. 4. Kung pao chicken - This one was good as well. 5. Shredded pork in garlic sauce - Pork pieces were too thick and should've been cut more thinly. Also, stop using big pieces of celery as filler. read more

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A clean little shop off Lemoine Rd and inside you are greeted and seated. There you can order some grilled items like skewers or food cooked off of the menu. If you want to have the dry hotpot, you get to pick up a bowl and tongs and then select the items you want from the refrigerator unit as well as the freezer for the meat. We had some skewers with squid and rice cake which were good, a little on the sweet instead of spicy side for small spicy squid tentacles. For the not spicy rice cake skewer, they still applied the cumin which was nice. The yang chow fried rice came out first, quick and hot, kids liked that. The eggplant in garlic sauce was sweet and a little spicy which I liked, using the thinner Japanese eggplant, but was very greasy. The glutinous rice cake had the soybean powder already placed on the rice cake which I actually don't like, and the brown sugar sauce was a bit light. The rice cake itself wasn't puffed up and fluffy like a well grilled or cooked version would be, it was a little actually disappointing. Most people come here for the dry hot pot though, and you have a great selection of a different vegetables and meats to choose from in your own quantity so you can design your own dry hot pot. Once you select your ingredients, they go to weigh it and cook it in the kitchen to your desired spiciness level. It was good at small spicy for me but I have had better overall flavor from other ma la dry hot pot shops. Next time we'll have to try medium spicy. Drinks here are from the cooler and can be a bit expensive, just ask how much before you take and drink if you're on a budget. read more

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This is one of our favorite takeout places. We only get the dry hotpot and nothing else ever. Prices have been slowly creeping up though. Service is always prompt and friendly. It's serviceable for dining in but is more casual. More of a quick dining spot than somewhere you would go with friends for a long dinner. Almost everything for dry hotpot is great but I wish their beef slices are less fatty, they have more options for balls and that they have better rice (their rice is always slightly mushy). This hits the spot and should satisfy most people's MLXG cravings. read more

The food took 45 minutes to come out first of all and they had no customers. After I paid, the waitress told me that my tip wasn't good enough and asked for more tip. Or else she wouldn't give me my leftovers You can't make this up, mind you I gave her 15% for a self service place. Food was mediocre I wouldn't say it was disgusting but I was already planning on not coming back. I genuinely could see why the place was empty. Also just go to Shabu House for all you can eat including dessert and way better service read more

Great spot in NJ where you can build your own hotpot. Their service was not bad - they give you bottle water instead of tap water. And the restaurant interior was not too special (it's not like fancy restaurant). They have two options: hot pot & dry hot pot. It has the right spice level and fresh ingredient (you can pick your own ingredients & spicy level). Meats and veggies mixed with a perfection - not too sweet, not too spicy. BUT, I think the spicy level is different everyday. I usually order medium-level spicy, and sometimes it was really spicy and sometimes it was okay. I also ordered some skewers which I didn't really satisfied. The beef was little tough, and the Chinese spices were little strong for me. I wouldn't order skewers next time. read more

Wok Bar - Beef Skewer, Quail Egg Skewer, Rice Cake Skewer - Szechuan Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

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My first time eating at Wok Bar - famous for Malatang - spicy hot pot. 1 lb = almost $14 Among the 3 of us, we ordered shrimpt fried rice ($14), hot pot (2) and dry hot pot ($18) & comes with a bowl of rice) The spicy hot pot was quite pleasant, and the soup was not too overpowering. The dry noodles came to me strange since the Mala was quite strong.I could feel the certain numbness of my to tongue. But, it was very enjoyable. I would definitely try the soup version next time. read more

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Blown away. I've wanted to try this place for a while. Must come back! Medium level is quite kicking. If you order the dry hot pot, be sure to ask for rice on the side. The Sichuan spice coats everything. Didn't try the skewers this time but next time I think ill try one of each. I'm just so glad this place is so close to me, and I don't need to go all the way to flushing to get Sichuan spiced dry hot pot. Medium spice dry hot pot 5/5 Kung pao chicken 5/5 Street parking available. Service was attentive and helpful. So many dessert places right next door! read more

Wok Bar - Kung pao chicken with white rice on the side - Szechuan Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

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This place does not value customer loyalty at all. I've been coming to Wok Bar at least once every 2 weeks for the past several years. Recently, I came with my 2 young children, and grabbed 3 waters for the 3 of us. I then hear the cashier complaining in Chinese that I took too many waters. I've easily spent several thousand dollars in this establishment as a customer, and they're willing to lose a loyal customer over a bottle of Kirkland water from Costco. Take your business elsewhere where it's appreciated. Rahongbu down the street has more consistent quality with better service. Don't spend your hard earned money here. read more

Literally go here everyday lol you get to choose your own portion of veggies and meats. Service is ok to be honest but the food itself is so good! I usually get dried hotpot med mild spicy. You get to choose spicy level. Don't put too much they do charge you by weights. Ambiance is alright. There's a parking place down two stores and mostly street parking. There's also a plenty of parking places (during weekdays) in a plaza right across. read more

Wok Bar - Beef Spicy Dry Hot Pot (mild spicy) - Szechuan Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

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I'm a regular here because it's the best mala place around period. I usually get the 1.5 dry hot pot and it's the perfect level of spice. You get to pick what you want in your dish and put it on a weight scale for price. Service is okay. Nothing spectacular but also not bad in any way. read more

Deliciously spicy. WokBar is a great spot for some Chinese dry pot. Really enjoyed going to Chinese food places with my friends in New York back in the day. Hard to find many Chinese food places in North Jersey that fully commit to Chinese cuisine rather than the asian fusion platter of having a mediocre selection Korean, Japanese, and Chinese food on your menu. Instead WokBar has a pretty simple selection of mostly just Dry and Hot Pot, and some skewer. Ordered Medium for the first time and it was great. Pretty salty and the rice is definitely needed, but thats how it normally goes with DryPot. If the saltiness is an issue for you , you could potentially ask them to alter it slightly for you. Price was pretty solid. My dish was around $24 and I had to save pretty much half of it. Would definitely come back to WokBar again to try a higher spicy level. read more

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Was violently craving dry hot pot. Came here on a Thursday night around 8pm and there was a lot of tables available. We picked our own veggies and meat and drinks as well as a side of fried buns. Food came out very quick and was delicious. Cravings satisfied read more

Wok Bar - Dry hot pot and fried buns with condensed milk - Szechuan Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

Hands down my favorite place that serves spicy mala dry pot Mala Xiang Guo. Aside from their menu, you are shown to the raw ingredient buffet to fill up your bowl with vegetables, meats, and noodles. Then you go to the counter where they will weight your bowl and ask your spice level. All food is paid at the end of the meal in case you need to buy additional drinks or menu items. The staff are always incredibly attentive and courteous. For such a small restaurant, it's a simple seat yourself that is all about the food and not flashy decor. Must try! read more

A little place where you can build your own mala/sichuan pot. The ambiance was casual. There's a refrigerator section where you grab a bowl and tongs to add ingredients to your pot. They had green veggies, mushrooms, chicken, fish, noodles, beef, lamb, beef balls, and fish balls. Since it's $15/lb, I wish there was a scale there so that we could be mindful of how much we might be paying. I like the idea of a self serve station, but at the same time, there's a lot of cross contamination since there isn't one tong for each ingredient. I chose to get a dry pot with tiny spicy level. If you can't handle spice, then do not go here because even tiny was pretty spicy. I wasn't dying and was still able to enjoy the food, but I definitely still needed a beverage to cool down. The coconut drink I grabbed was milky and sweet and cost around $3. They didn't offer us water for the table but I'm assuming the bottled water was free. My dry pot came with white rice, but I think if you get the hotpot, you don't get rice. The food was good, but I wasn't amazed by it. I would rather just go to spice 24 for the convenience. But if your in the area and craving sichuan food, I would recommend this place. read more

Wok Bar - Dry pot - Szechuan Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

This place does not value customer loyalty at all. I've been coming to Wok Bar at least once every 2 weeks for the past several years. Recently, I came with my 2 young children, and grabbed 3 waters for the 3 of us. I then hear the cashier complaining in Chinese that I took too many waters. I've easily spent several thousand dollars in this establishment as a customer, and they're willing to lose a loyal customer over a bottle of Kirkland water from Costco. Take your business elsewhere where it's appreciated. Rahongbu down the street has more consistent quality with better service. Don't spend your hard earned money here. read more

The food was great but I felt that the Medium spicy was much spicier than expected. If I go again, I will probably get the "tiny" spicy. They have a wide selection of ingredients to put into your mala hot pot or dry pot. I especially enjoyed the wide noodles and vegetable options that they have. Most of the food was fresh. It didn't make sense to me that you had to pay separately for water when dining in. You had to get a water bottle separately. We also got it ourselves from the fridge although there were two workers just standing there asking us if we wanted water. The service also wasn't great. We asked a question about how things worked but the server just gave one word answers and didn't fully answer our questions. If I want mala again I will I'll probably go somewhere else to get take out. read more

Terrible customer service. My food took almost 40 minutes to come out with 0 customers inside and I got 1 hot dry pot. I was dining in. The lady working as a waiter was just rude and very incompetent and demanded more tip when I already gave her the 5%. She wanted a bigger tip for doing nothing but standing there majority of the time. RIDICULOUS. Will not be coming back. Go to shabu house across the street. It's all you can eat there and the service is overall better. read more

A first time experience for Dry-pot Sichuan and it was epic. The Kid, who is into Sichuan and has a good palate for Sichuan Cuisine suggested Wok Bar after a long morning in the City. Known for their dry-pot and hot-pot Sichuan Cuisine what ensued was a brief explanation of the etiquette from the staff upon learning we were first-timers. A cold-case of uncooked veggies is the first step. Load a bowl using tongs with whatever veggies you desire. Lots of greens, broccoli, various type of mushrooms, tofu, noodles are available. Located in the same case is fish and raw chicken?!?! Step 2 is to pick your proteins from another freezer. Beef, pork and various fish balls are available. Bring it up to the counter and state which method of cooking, dry-pot or hot-pot, and spice level. I choose "Tiny" (the least spicy) and it was plenty spicy for me to break a sweat. The final cost is $14.95 per pound, uncooked. My mostly veggie, tofu and scant amount of Udon noodles clocked in at 1.29 pounds. The finished entree is brought to your table by the friendly and attentive staff. My meal was deliciously spiced with the Sichuan Peppercorns with spice and citrus aromas and numbing spice and a bit of citrus on the tongue. I will be back for more!! Notes: * Side dishes of skewers, soups and entrees are available. * Street parking. Free on Sundays. * Fill bowl with whatever veg, mushrooms and tofu, then fish and chicken to prevent contamination. read more

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I would not recommend this place unless you're okay with waiting 45 minutes for a simple bowl of soup noodles. The wait was ridiculous for such a basic dish, and the food was not worth the time wasted and they even say sorry you can't cancel your order?! Save yourself the hassle and go somewhere else where they value your time! read more

Bad service, waiting too long! Bad food! Vegetables is not fresh! Not worth to eat! read more

There are not many Sichuan places in Fort Lee, at least not yet. The soup hot pot was not spectacular but it does the job. Perhaps I did not pick the right ingredients. Looks like I need to be more familiar with m.o. Would try the dry pot next time if I return. The price is reasonable. read more

Wok Bar - Pick your own stuff and they make your soup or dry pot. - Szechuan Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

This is my favorite dry pot spot. I always come out sweaty, full and tongue numb (in a good way). One thing is price is based on weight so don't load up on carbs they will give you a rice with your order. read more

TLDR: Awesome edition to the food options in the Fort Lee area. Dry hot pot with self-serve bar. Reasonably priced and a change of pace from the normal restaurants available. Good if you're craving Mala food. I've been eating here for quite sometime and I definitely owe these guys a review. I stumbled across this place when they had first opened and I thought they had dry pot. I went and sure enough they did. You can order skewers here (not their strong point IMO) but the main thing to get is the dry pot. So the way it works is you pick up a bowl and go to the self-serve area. Everything is $9.99 per pound. So you can go pick your veggies, noodles, proteins, etc. They don't have as extensive of a selection as say an establishment in Flushing will. The proteins are various fish balls, beef, lamb, chicken, and white fish. While the selection here might be limited, there was also no option to eat this kind of food until they opened up. You can select the level of spice that you want. If you tell them real spicy, they will make it very spicy. I typically ask for "in between medium and extra" and it's an enjoyable flavor for us. It is spicy though. It comes with white rice and also with a complimentary drink. There's a lot of mixed reviews but I would suggest to try it for yourself. IMO, it is not as oily as the ones you'll get at a Flushing food court but that's me. There was one time that it was a bit oiler than I'd like but you can also ask at some Chinese restaurants to use less oil if that's what you prefer. read more

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Great place for some very amazing Chinese food! This is probably the only place that has this style of Chinese cuisine. How it works is you pick out your own ingredients for the dish. For example, beef slices, meat balls, veggies. And then you bring it up to the cashier and you can select between the stir fried or soup version. Personally I prefer the dry stir fried version. The dry version comes with rice and the soup one doesn't. So if you do choose the soup version do get some noodles. read more

Wok Bar - Szechuan Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

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Ordered the dry pot extremely spicy with beef balls, lamb, beef, bok choy, noodles, cilantro, and mushrooms. The dish was delicious super numbing and great flavor! The ingredients tasted very fresh and the meats and veggies were sauteed to perfection! I also had a really great conversation with a worker there, guessing she is the manager. Told her how much i liked sichuan spice so she gave me some sichuan oil to put in my food. My mouth was ringing so hard, just the way i like it! Cheers! read more

I love this place but it's just way too expensive. I also wish they would cut the cilantro so you wouldn't have the long stalks. We would go more often if it wasn't so overpriced. I feel it would make more sense to price the protein separately from noodles and veg. read more

Husband and I have frequented this spot for several years. Minimum once a week... Until I caught a disturbing scene in the kitchen. The guys in the back, have gnarly nails and literally just grab everything from the bowl with their bare dirty hands. Why aren't they using gloves? Sad to see people don't care about sanitation and cleanliness I'm almost wishing I didn't see what I saw because we lovedthe food here. Haven't gone since the last visit and never going back. read more

Love this place! It's super easy to order through their website online and go for a quick pick up. My go-to restaurant when i'm craving Szechuan hot pot. I usually get the spicy hot pot. I will say though that it's probably more bang for your buck if you order individually and not with a group and share. Also, I do not recommend the skewers. For the price, it was very meh. Otherwise, everything else is great! read more

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Solid mala pot. I used to eat at the wok Bar on 7th in k town LA and it tastes exactly the same.

Hits the spot when you're craving Sichuan food! It's hard to find good dry pot except in Flushing, but this place's flavors are so authentic! We usually order through their app for pickup. The only downside is that they charge extra for the sauce online, which can't seem to be de-selected. I also usually write in the comments to ask for very mild even when you choose the selection for spice level. The ingredients that they use have always been fresh and well seasoned. It's a bit on the oily side which is what makes you keep going back for more. Their chicken dishes are also pretty big portioned and delicious. The skewers are worth the price since they soak up all the seasoning in every bite. read more

The food is not fresh and the service is bad. I would not recommend this restaurant. Comparing to other Mala places in fort lee I prefer rahomgbu better. Would never come to this restaurant again. read more

Came here for the first time on a rainy Sunday with my boyfriend while we were on plant-based diets. There were a few other parties, but more than I expected for a day with such dreary weather. The woman who greeted us was very friendly, a bit pushy, but overall sat us down quickly and gave us instructions on how to order. Basically, you grab a bowl, get the ingredients you want into the bowl, and then bring it to the front and ask them to cook it either dry-pot or hot-pot style. There are different spice levels to choose from as well. Medium is an alright spice, but if you are someone who enjoys spice a lot, I don't think medium is quite enough. There are enough vegetables that both my boyfriend and I were able to create bowls with no meat with ample variety. The actual flavoring is alright, but not the best mala taste I've had. Unfortunately, I found a hair in my bowl. They were VERY NICE and took the entire bowl off my bill, so I thought the service was quite good. Overall, I didn't have the best experience, but I wouldn't mind giving this place another shot - since it's the only one like it in the area! read more

The food was absolutely delicious however the service was astonishingly horrible. After paying for our meal, the manager began to harass my friends and I for tips. As students, we handed her all the money we had and had already given her a six dollar tip before she demanded more. As we made it clear that we didn't have any more money, she sighed and looked at us incredulously as she walked away. I would give zero stars but unfortunately the food was too good. read more