Ho May Kitchen

First time here, I came because of all of the reviews. Sincerely the food is great! I love chicken fried and it was delicious. Nice and crispy. My daughter ordered buffalo wings and it was also a success. Definitely recommended this place. Prices are affordable too👌

It’s first time to go to this restaurant. The lady who took my order was nice and I picked lunch special Chicken Cho Mein and it was $8.50 with fried rice and a can of soda. I waited for a little while and could get it. After I got home and opened it then there’s no noodle even though I ordered Cho Mein which is noodle🥲 I looked for noodle but no One noodle at all. I was disappointed and fried rice was just sauced rice only. The taste wasn’t bad so I just want to give it another try and hope they won’t disappoint me again.

The food here is great always nice to me since I’ve been frequent this area I stop coming for a yr for me losing weight came by today same good stuff man respect

Sadly, they closed on 7/1/24… 😔 I’ve lived across the street from this for five years and will certainly miss their food.

I love this place. Everything I have tried on the menu has been delicious! The Mongolian Beef is awesome and tried the Dragon and Pheonix one night which was great. If you ask for extra spicy, the actually make spicy which is great!! Highly reccomend this little gem of a spot!

Great vibes. Room is shaped like a triangle almost, pretty big space plus tables to sit at. Food was good, very solid and standard French fry. Fried rice better than most, wings nice and tender. Also had a root beer. This place is classic

I love me a sketchy lil Chinese spot with bulletproof ordering glass and an out of date menu. Easily some of the best wings.... Seriously. Your only issue, will be not ordering more wings...

Old spot so you know its good food, been here for a while. Hosttaking my orderwas friendly.

Recently walked over to here last Friday to get something different off the menu than my usual chicken and broccoli staple. I tried calling them during lunch hours, and the phone just rung off the hook. I thought this was odd, and decided to just walk over, order, and wait. Good thing I didn't give up on them, because they were just SLAMMED with takeout orders! There's a reason why - their food is not only solid, but it's just incredibly tasty. The ambiance isn't completely lacking, and I wouldn't dine-in here; it's just strictly a take-out place in my eyes. There's graffiti on the walls, inside and outside; on the table and chairs as well. The windows have never been washed, and I wouldn't actually touch the ATM that's next to the front entrance; bring cash. However, the Mongolian Beef I got from here was soooo good! Tender beef and tons of scallions and onions. I think next time I'll tell them easy on the onions and add more beef, even if I have to pay the $2-$3 more for it. It's not on their lunch menu, but it's worth exploring the menu overall. Coworkers always rave about their chicken wings and will eventually have to try it one day.

First time here, I came because of all of the reviews. Sincerely the food is great! I love chicken fried and it was delicious. Nice and crispy. My daughter ordered buffalo wings and it was also a success. Definitely recommended this place. Prices are affordable too

This is my go to when I'm at the repair shop in Brooklyn has decent tasty takeout. Little hole in the wall literally but good

Great just not the same taste as before when the original ho may aka hiku and Lisa worked there when times where good lol .

Ho May has an A rating for their cleanliness despite the rough exterior of the building that it is in. The area it is in is rough, its right across the street from the projects and you'd definitely be met with some hesitation from your sheltered friends if you suggest coming here. I tend to crave fried chicken wings and fried rice quite often, and Ho May Kitchen has some of the best in the NYC area in my humble opinion. The inside is a bit hood, not much seating, and graffiti splattered on some of the walls in there. I tuck my chain when I'm in the area and its night time. When you walk into the restaurant, it feels like you're in a deserted bank, as you have to give your order through a bulletproof glass wall. The fried chicken is priced at $6-7 and the fried rice will run you a few bucks more if my memory serves me correct. The fried rice, it looks a bit mushy, but it clumps together and is more dense, which is how I like my fried rice. I put some duck sauce on it, as is tradition. The wings are spectacular, its fried well, super crispy, the flavor just pops off the second you take a bite, and is overall done well. I have no idea what they do to the chicken in Ho May Kitchen, but seriously some of the best chinese take out chicken wings you can have in the NYC area. Stop by during the day time if you're scared, but its definitely worth the try. On a side note, don't take photos inside of the restaurant in front of the bulletproof glass and such, I've heard the workers and owners don't like that very much in there.

My airbnb was near this restaurant, so I really wanted to try the food here. I was attracted by the super divey exterior and the bars in the order window, as I was in a risk-taking traveller type of mood. Some dark looking hipsters stared at me while smoking their cigs across the street. The tables and chairs in the restaurant seemed to creak at every move, and even the light seemed to yellow and flicker as I took each brave step into this ancient restaurant. I felt like I was in a bad 90s gangster movie. Unfortunately, however, I did not actually get to try the food, because I arrived 15 minutes before the posted restaurant closing time, and so the kitchen was already closed. The lady inside however, peeped out from behind heavy metal bars and bullet proof windows and apologized super sweetly and sincerely, multiple times. She explained why the kitchen was closed, indicating the time, and just seemed so genuinely nice. And the couple of guys who were sitting in the corner were absolutely destroying their food, so it made me even the more sadder that I never got to try any of the food here. It looked totally legit and delicious! So though I didn't get to try the food, great customer service this place had, and that's what I am reviewing!

I couldn't believe this was the place that yelp took me to. Looks like a dive and has disgusting dirty windows on the outside. I was in the area and yelped Chinese takeout and that is where the map took me. The food was delicious. The only reason I took off one star is cause come on guys do something about your image! You order thru a bullet proof plastic window and the place looks like the kind of place you would walk in if it's your last choice. The woman behind the glass was nice and the order only took a couple of minutes. I'll go back there anytime.

The best Chinese restaurant in the city. Goes well with capitalistic decay deep fried.

5 stars to HoMay's for being the perfect Chinese food dive. Great value, great ambiance. You have to shout through a plastic tube to order your food, the tables are welded to the floor and the generous, well-priced dinner specials come out hot and flavorful just the way God intended. Plus, this place was featured in the 1995 hit blockbuster New Jersey Drive starring Donald Faison and Gwen McGee! Big thumbs up to HoMay's for making my dreams come true!

Such lovely people, great food. If you're a person who likes to sit and eat like me then I'd advice to do a pick up cause the inside isn't so pleasing. But you're going for the food not the way it looks.

Pick up the phone. Call this place. Order some General Tso's Chicken. It's going to cost you $5/small $8.50/large. This might be the best Tso's in the city. Want delivery? They do it, but I can't speak to it since I always pick it up. That is really all there is to it. Roommate once ordered some sweet & sour chicken, and it was alright, if you're into that sort of thing. Note: do not go here to eat. Place is so fortified that it looks like it could survive a bomb blast.

I've been eating here since I was 11 years old. Ho May is a staple in the community, HaKu (owner) knows anyone in the neighborhood by name and he even knows your business lol. Good Food

I don't get it man. This place sucks. How does it have 5 stars? Chinese takeout pretty much tastes the same no matter where you are in country. Well, this is like that, except terrible. Not to mention the place smells like garbage and burning oil.....jesus 5 stars????

tbh honest ho may's is the best !!!!!!!!!! i definitely think it's very worth it. very fair prices, large amount of food. can definitely last several meals. so you can literally eat for two days from like 5-10$ !!! one thing is that i dont understand why the crab rangoons are called cheese wontons but okay.

Ho May Kitchen is the only real thing left in that neighborhood. everything else has gone to absolute shit. Ive eaten here a couple times a month for a few years and have nothing negative to say about it. What i like most is that you will never, ever, find any of these stupid yupie hipster fucks inside. and if you do, it is very easy to sense there fear. If only Tonys had bullet proof glass as well.

You get a lot of food for pretty cheap, but I'm pretty sure that they use recycled grease from other restaurants.