Subrina Rafiq

I don’t always leave reviews, but this place is hands down one of the best restaurants I’ve ever eaten at, and I travel a lot! Good halal Chinese is often hard to find, but this place is effortlessly amazing. The food came out within 10 mins of ordering and everything was beyond delicious. Some of the most unique flavors I’ve had to date. Pricing wise I would say it was fair given the generous portion, our bill came out to $70 and we (2 people) have enough to take home for another nights dinner. In a city like NY you could visit every restaurant once and not run out of restaurants but Jiang’s kitchen is definitely on my list for a repeat visit.

Yusuf Gedik

I recently visited a halal Chinese restaurant and was absolutely impressed from start to finish. The food was exceptionally delicious — every dish was perfectly seasoned, with wonderfully balanced sauces and just the right level of spice. And for those who prefer milder flavors, there are also plenty of non-spicy options available. The quality was consistent throughout the entire meal, and I honestly couldn’t find a single thing to complain about. On top of that, the service was warm, friendly, and very welcoming. Overall, I highly recommend this place. It’s truly a gem and definitely worth a visit!

R.A.

I’ve been coming to Jiang’s Kitchen for a while and it never disappoints. The Hot and Sour Cucumber, Baked Lamb Bun (dip it into the cucumber sauce!), and Lamb Ball with Winter Melon Soup are must-tries. The Shredded Sour Cabbage, Sautéed Beef with Cumin, and handmade Sautéed Noodles with Lamb are consistently outstanding. Having worked in Michelin-star kitchens, I can say their food is fresh, and made in-house. This place truly deserves more recognition.

Ali D

Jiang's kitchen gets 5 stars all around - for the food, the service and the atmosphere. The price of their food is so reasonable and the portions are massive and filling. The flavours are also out of this world. I had the big chicken plate and my wife had the chicken stir fry noodles, both dishes were amazing. The staff are very friendly and accommodating as they made space for us relatively quickly even though we didn't have a reservation. Cannot recommend this place enough!

Muhammad Atif

Amazing Chinese Halal Food! The food here is absolutely delicious! Their beef is tender, flavorful, and cooked to perfection, while the crispy chicken is one of the best I’ve ever had — perfectly crunchy on the outside, juicy inside, and full of taste. Both dishes are a must-try for anyone who loves authentic halal Chinese food. Highly recommended!

+13

KHIN

The food was really good! It was quite crowded, and since there were only two servers, we had to wait a little bit. Making a reservation in advance would definitely be more convenient.

+1

Reem

Fully halal Chinese restaurant, we ordered the hand pulled beef noodles and the crispy chicken which were both so delicious!! We also got the shumai and weren’t fans but that was just because it wasn’t to our taste (had never tried it before) I’m sad I only got to eat here once during my stay in NY. Would highly recommend

Vlad Vlad

My favorite Halal Chinese place. My fifth time here. I adore this place. It is amazing and nice. The staff is super friendly and the atmosphere is so cool. The hotpot hits so good in winter.

+1

Samir Nawaz

Finally got a chance to try out Jiang's and it didn't disappoint at all. Great flavor, great service and nice vibe. Medium sized cozy halal Chinese restaurant with a nice size menu. I had the rice noodles with chicken & shrimp, medium spice. It was PERFECT. Can't wait to go back and try other dishes. They also have halal hot pot.

+9

Fathima Novi Sari

The food was excellent and the portions were huge! We tried the stir-fried beef rice noodles, stir-fried vegetable noodles, shumai, and the Jiang big plate chicken, all absolutely delicious 🤤😋. The service was quick and the staff were very friendly. Best of all, the halal menu is a big plus for me. it’s always a win to find great halal food in NYC! Thank you 🙏🏻

+1

Asad Rahmatullah

Objectively, this was greatest Chinese food I’ve ever had. Hole in the wall northern Chinese food located in the East Village/St. Marks very close to NYU. Usually the line is out the door, but we went around 7 PM on a Friday and we only had to wait about 10 minutes to get a table, turnover is pretty fast. All dishes came out within 15-20 mins of ordering. 🥒Hot and sour cucumber: 10/10 - Not spicy, more like a soy/garlic/vinegar marinade with cucumber and it was still crunchy. 🍜🐑 Hand rolled noodle w/lamb: 12/10 - Definitely the star of the show, noodles were slightly toothsome & the lamb was cooked perfectly with spices and vegetables. 🍗Crispy chicken: 12/10 - We ordered it mild which was perfect, so it wasn’t super spicy with the added Sichuan peppers, amazingly crispy and sautéed with vegetables. 🐑🍢 Lamb kebab: 8/10 - A little chewy but otherwise delicious, with a dusting of cumin on top of it.

Anwei Chai

We like this place. The xinjiang big plate Chicken is very good and has a great amount. For a party of two, a half portion will suffice. They use noodles instead of pita for the bottom but it still tastes pretty good after the noodles are fully soaked in the soup of the chicken. The baked buns are xinjiang special. The lamb kidney doesn't have the bad smell. This place also has a hotpot menu. Make sure you ask for it as usually they only bring the dish menu. Will definitely go again to try out other dishes.

+1

Skeeb Khan

Absolutely fantastic experience at Jiang's Kitchen! From start to finish, the service was top-notch—attentive, friendly, and quick. The highlight, of course, was the food, which was nothing short of amazing. We indulged in a variety of dishes, and every single one was packed with flavor and perfectly prepared. The hot and sour cucumber was refreshing with the right amount of tang, and the diced crispy chicken with red peppers had a wonderful balance of heat and crunch. The sautéed lamb with cumin was beautifully spiced, and the lamb kebabs were tender and juicy. The Xinjiang noodle with traditional sauce and hand-rolled noodles was a standout—authentic and full of depth. The sautéed Shanghai bok choi added the perfect touch of greens, and the spicy dry pot chicken and lamb ribs brought all the heat we could ask for without overwhelming the dish. As a halal Chinese spot, Jiang's Kitchen truly nails the flavors and the quality. Every dish was flavorful, fresh, and perfectly cooked. Highly recommend it to anyone looking for delicious and authentic Chinese cuisine with exceptional service! Definitely a five-star experience.

+8

Najeeb Abdullah

Never had halal hotpot before so I was very excited to try this restaurant. This is primarily a halal Chinese restaurant and hotpot is a secondary experience you can opt for. They bring a portable burner cooktop to your table and use that to heat up the hotpot base dish. There is a good assortment of proteins and vegetables to choose from. The spicy broth base and the chicken broth base were both delicious. The spicy broth was especially spicy but very flavorful. Service was great and pricing is reasonable for such a great hotpot experience. We also tried the sizzling cumin rice with shrimp, it was very good with a unique authentic flavor. The decor and design is relatively standard, nothing fancy. There is a good amount of seating space.

+21

Amaal Khan

I thoroughly enjoyed the food and service here! I came here with my family and ordered a lot of dishes which were all so flavorful and well prepared. I don’t eat authentic Chinese cuisine often but I was pleasantly surprised by the rich flavors and variety in taste here. The sizzling beef with rice appetizer and the spicy chicken with spicy red peppers were my favorite dishes. The beef with cumin and noodles was also fantastic. Great halal food and the Chinese herbal tea and orange soda were great as well. Will definitely visit again when I come to NYC in the future!

+7

It’s ironically called big bar even though spaces are very limited in here - it’s definitely a vibe though with its cash only and overall divey atmosphere. Lots of disclaimers all around but if you know what you want and can be expedient about it, you’ll be well served here.

Super cozy and cute. No wait despite NYE weekend but still busy/lively. Love the red lights. Bartender was alright / weird vibes. Maybe they were tired / had cruddy customers before me. Just had a glass of a house red

Well... I don't know how I never came here before but what a vibe. Soaked in red light, cash only, a very chill, eclectic crew, all of that made it for me a perfect later night after dinner spot, even if the back bar is unsurprisingly thin and I low-key hate carrying cash on me these days unless I'm a regular somewhere. As an old head with a kid, I'm not sure when I'll be back but when the opportunity presents itself, I'm down.

Hamzah

The beef noodles were class, really flavourful and well cooked, easily the highlight of the meal. Staff were friendly and service was solid. Unfortunately, the lamb ribs in bread didn’t hit the mark at all very little meat and mostly fat and bones, which was disappointing. Overall still a good spot, but definitely stick to the noodles and dumplings.

Irtaza Tahir

Had the sauteed noodles with traditional sauce and chicken. Delicious the noddles are firm and have a nice al dente texture. It is quite saucy with a rich ummami flavour. Im salivating just thinking about it!

Jingxuan Li

Less service. The chicken is a little bit salty. Lamb bbq is really good. Chao rice noodle was not xinjiang flavor. Lamb rib bang was also good and delicious.

+1

Fatima Abbas

The food is definitely 5/5! DELICIOUS! Best Chinese food I have had in a LONG time. This is not your take out Chinese place. The food is curated fresh with hand pulled noodles! It’s from northern china and the flavors are out of the world! Anddd you don’t feel stuffed or bloated after eating the food! If you are in NYC it’s a MUST try

At the end of the day it's a bar.... The bartender and bouncer are the singular most offensive and pretensous people I have ever met in my life. Full of self importance and a vibe like they are keepers of all. They essence of the place has great bones and a good vibe overall... Just hope you catch the bartender on a night she isn't feeling like being rude and stuck up.Its far away from a premium bar and has an attitude problem equal to the snobbiest bars in all of Manhattan.... It's a hard Miss.

I stopped by Big Bar while visiting New York, and it was one of the most disappointing experiences I’ve ever had. The bartender was incredibly rude from the very beginning — no greeting, no smile, just an attitude like I was bothering her by even being there. She clearly had no idea what she was doing and couldn’t answer the simplest questions about the place. I didn’t even end up ordering a drink because the atmosphere was so unpleasant and unprofessional. I left after a few minutes, completely unimpressed. For a city like New York, where good service is everywhere, this was a huge letdown. I definitely wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.

I had a very disappointing experience at Bog Bar in New York. We asked about the recipe for a Whiskey Sour, and were told it’s just whiskey and lemon juice. When we mentioned that a classic Whiskey Sour usually includes egg white, the staff became rude, told us not to “teach the bartender how to do their job,” and we were basically kicked out shortly after. Instead of a friendly conversation or a simple explanation, we were met with disrespect and attitude. Customer service matters, and no one deserves to be treated like that. Would not recommend this place.

I would leave zero stars if I could— I work service too and never leave reviews, this case was extremely bad and deserves to be shared. Absolutely horrible experience with the femme presenting bartender on a pretty empty Saturday. Extremely rude, condescending, unbearable and had to leave pretty immediately, it was ageist and very unpleasant to be around. The two lonely men sitting there were also questionable and she seemed way kinder to them, than to us fellow non-men with a kind demeanor. Will not come back, thank you for making us feel horrible. Thank you!

Looks like some bartenders take tips for granted, expecting tips while being so rude to customers with the excuse of “being busy”. Wow, what a good reason for being disrespectful of customers. Reminder of the principle of a tip (which unfortunately has been forgotten): tips are here to reward good services for bartenders who deserve them, they should not be taken for granted. So just one thing busy bartender: if you want some tips, just do your job properly by being just slightly nicer, and not just demand “give me tips “. For your pride at least!

Big Bar is hard to miss with its bright red interior lights shining onto the sidewalk, but when you walk inside you’ll have wished you did miss it. I recently had the displeasure of stopping by this ‘dive bar’ and it was an experience I won’t soon forget; unfortunately. This bar harbors a particularly rancid vibe. Everything from the bar tender’s hall monitor attitude, to the Gen X clientele sitting at the bar top, to the bald man in a bright blue sweater standing outside holding the door looking to start arguments. It all meshed into a miserable, spoilt, and rank experience. This self touted ‘dive bar’ is a total disaster from start to finish. The atmosphere is dreadful. The space is cramped and awkward. The decor is tacky and lacking grace. It is all too evident that they tried too hard to come off as this trendy, relaxed, dingy dive bar but you can feel how incredibly gauche and trite the ambience really is. The supposed "dive bar" charm was nowhere to be found. Instead, it felt more like a sterile and sanitized version, where an older crowd can live out their dreams cosplaying being a patron at a dive bar. Without actually having to step foot in one. The raw authenticity of a dive bar is nowhere to be found here. Instead what you will encounter is a travesty of such magnitude that it defies the very essence of what it seeks to embody. Stripped of any genuine character, it is a desolate void. Big Bar’s ambiance is a facade. A cheap costume masking a soul devoid of grit or character. Stepping inside, the sterility of the place struck me immediately. But it was the customer service that truly revealed the rot at the core. At the helm of this charade was a bartender whose demeanor is a chilling specter of authoritarianism. Her presence fills the room and adds to the festering of a putrid environment. We did not get her name, but she is a heavy set brunette woman with glasses and nose piercings. She made comments that were teetering on discriminatory and seemed to convey a covert racism. She was abrasive with a patron over a seemingly arbitrary qualm. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear other patrons share a similar experience. The libations, one might hope, would salvage some semblance of a good experience, but they were as soulless as the decor. The drinks are underwhelming and bereft of any skill or care in their making. They didn’t seem to have any thing of substance worth drinking. All the bartender had was well liquor and flat beer. And in a location filled with other options that have better drinks and a more refined atmosphere, we did not stay long. In sum, this Gen X haven is truly a pit of despair and disappointment. This establishment is a blight upon the landscape of nightlife. A soulless simulacrum devoid of the grit, grime, and charm that define a dive bar. It feels more of a sterile tomb and I would implore seekers of a genuine experience to look elsewhere.

Bouncer dressed like where’s Waldo for Halloween tonight is a problem for a small business like this. I walked in with a few girls and he was hitting on the customers inside I did not see anyone in the front of the door so I walked inside. I thought he was just some big goofy Halloween dressed older over weight guy talking to younger girls. As I got though the door he started getting aggressive super weird because he’s a lot shorter than me and I’m not an aggressive person. He asked for ids I thought he was being funny but still reached in my back pocket to accommodate him. That’s when things got really weird he started acting aggressive so I turned around to leave because I don’t want to hurt this bully so I said I’m gonna just leave.. That’s when I asked the girls I was with to come he decided to follow me out screaming have a good day just so we are clear it’s night time! This place should really watch who they hire because clearly they don’t! You have been warned stay away from this place!

I really regret to change my review here. I really liked the place and used to go there. There is a specific bartender working there that is absolutely rude. She made a whole scene because some people tipped only $5 for 5 cans of beer. She was ringing some bells and her friends were shouting 'you should tip your bartender and blah blah..' and pointing to those people (that had actually tipped). Let alone that she earlier did lift me from my seat for her those friends of her to sit... When we told her that we understand that you are busy but this doesnt justify you being rude she took our drinks from us (had just bought them and i had personally tipped $3 for a jin) and asked us to leave the place. She just ruins that great bar and the nice vibe.