Lai Yuen Chinese Restaurant

06/06/08

Awesome Chinese food!!

by raviinNY at Citysearch

Great food, reasonable prices with healthy portions. Delivery is prompt and always what we ordered. My family and I always get take out and have never regretted any menu choices. Have a CC on file and just order away!!!

Best in Brooklyn and that what makes NYC a great place to live,

05/18/07

Great Food

by teacherlady817 at Citysearch

Those reviews with the 1 star? sorry, those people are out of their minds, don't tell me that they both found insects in their food and the management did nothing about it. Lai Yuen may be pricey, but everything you order is DELICIOUS and the restaurant is beautiful, especially considering what most chinese restaurants look like. I have some very picky friends that will ONLY eat chinese from Lai Yuen. Things to try- sizzling rice soup, mango beef, orange beef, grand marnier shrimp, the seafood is great, the sushi is even great (and that says alot coming from someone like me who is VERY picky about sushi) Don't listen to those poeple, they're probably cheap and bitter about it being expensive and made up the things about insects, it's probably the same person that wrote both of those reviews. Definitely eat at Lai Yuen.

• Pros: Valet parking, great ambiance , great food, awesome koi fish tank
• Cons: pricey for chinese

03/26/07

Over-Rated and Over-Priced

by debh456 at Citysearch

At the foot of the Verrazano stands a Chinese restaurant with very high prices and very bad food.

The staff is very rude and impatient . The dishes are doused with sodium-laden brown sauces. We requested white sauce instead and the waiter got very annoyed and tried to talk us out of it.

The appetizers were very small and unappealing. The entrees were small as well and the service was horrible. The roast pork lo mein had an insect in it and when we told the waiter he was not helpful. The manager came over to the table and didnt even apologize. He just told us to order something else. Of course, we didnt.

When we got our check they actually attempted to charge us for the lo mein. I couldnt believe they had the audacity to even bring us a check ! I would not recommend Lai Yuen to my worst enemy. Eat elsewhere

• Pros: NONE
• Cons: Many