Ping’s

Randomly stumbled upon this restaurant before an event in Chinatown and we loved it. There was no wait and the service was great. The food was also delicious and the orations of the mains were huge. We could not finish two mains and an appetizer between two people. It’s a great spot to come to when you don’t feel like waiting in line and want some good Chinese food

We searched for great dim sum in NYC Chinatown and found it! The crab fried rice was so tasty and we loved the hot and sour soup. It was sweeter tasting than most but it had an addicting flavor, it was full of fresh vegetables. I would highly recommend this restaurant for great Chinese food in NYC.

We had a great time at Ping’s.

Ping’s has a limited, but excellent, selection of dimsum as part of their dinner menu.

Pork & shrimp shumai was among the best I’ve ever had. Seafood shumai was not bad either. The chicken feet were fall off the bone tender. The steamed roast pork puns were kinda mid, though.

Char Siu was excellent, and perhaps ever so slightly too fatty for my taste. Braised beef short ribs were tender, but they came with cilantro :(. The jumbo prawns with walnut & broccoli was a perfect dish for pictures. It was delicious, but I think it would be a difficult dish to mess up.

As for poultry, the pigeon dish on the specials menu was exceptional, if pricey; I loved the steamed crystal chicken, but I think I was in the minority.

The golden egg fried rice was so crispy, and infinitely better than the stone pot sticky rice.

The Japanese tofu and crab meat was probably my favorite, and the Manila clams, with a fishy taste, definitely my least.

The prices were fair. It was slightly over $50 (including 20% tip + taxes) per person. Some of the menu items, especially the seafood, were *really* expensive, so if you’re on a budget, pay extra attention to the prices, and definitely don’t just go with whatever they recommend.

Service was so good, and speaking Cantonese probably helped.

The staff was super friendly and the food was good. We had a big group and they had lots of large round tables to accommodate us all.

The food was good; however, the service provided by the waitress (mature Asian lady) had a lot to desire and I won’t return. I was discriminated and treated as a second class citizen, perhaps because I’m a Latina woman. With all the dishes we ordered we said water was fine, and our water was served in red plastic cups, I looked around at the other tables and everyone else had water served in a glass cup, the difference is that all the other customers were White and Asian. The waitress wasn’t around and I asked the young busboy why our water was served in plastic cups, his answer was that it’s the same, and I asked why are we being treated differently that we didn’t get glass cup just like everyone else? He couldn’t answer it, removed the plastic cups and brought the water in glass cups. I had already ordered the food and we stayed; otherwise, I would have brought my money and business somewhere else.