I was here for a group dinner and didn't order any dishes except for the Hakka Fried Custard (because I'd never tried it before). While I learned I'm not a fan of fried custard, I did like other dishes such as the Sauteed String Beans. I personally also wasn't a fan of the tea. However, the service here was great, and this is a great spot for larger group dinners in a bright and modern space.

Stumbled upon this place while walking to a different restaurant. Really glad we changed our plans and came here. The food was delicious. The portions are definitely shareable, so we ended up with more food than we could eat, but happily took the leftovers home. We ordered the braised pork belly and the stuffed tofu. Both dishes were fantastic and the service here was wonderful.

This place has a gorgeous interior and fantastic service. Eating here made me feel very fancy and important. If you are expecting the heavily salted, intensely flavored and deliciously greasy type of food available at other places nearby in Chinatown, you will likely be disappointed by your experience at Hakka Cuisine. The food here is subtle and elegant. I ordered the pumpkin with salted egg yolk and the Hakka Stuffed tofu. The pumpkin had a lovely, tempura-like crispyness to it. Some of the larger pieces of pumpkin were undercooked, and had an unpleasant chalkiness. However, the smaller pieces had a beautiful creamy interior. The flavor combination of pumpkin and salted egg yolk seems meant to be and the resulting dish has a lovely combination of creamy sweetness with a crisp savory coating. I have eaten Hakka stuffed tofu once in a restaurant, the now closed Hakbox (RIP) and attempted to prepare it at home. This version is not as intensely salty and seasoned as the Hakbox version, which I assume was some sort of fast food version of this dish. This version is an elegant, fine dining iteration of Hakka stuffed tofu which arrives in a bubbling skillet. The tofu was tender and the stuffing on top was intensely porky, like the filling of a great juicy dumpling. While I found both dishes to be slightly bland, I feel that perhaps this is the way they are supposed to be and I just have a salty palette. The textures in this food are incredible and fun to eat, and I loved the decor and servers.

The dishes are pretty expensive by NYC Chinatown standards, but they're yummy! The hakka blossom chicken is a feat of engineering. It is made by encasing taro and shrimp paste in a crisp chicken skin. The amount of effort blows my mind. However, I don't understand the need to chill the sweet and sour pork on ice. In fact, it made the breading soggy instead of crunchy. 1. Hakka Blossom Chicken (Half) $39.95 2. Chilled Sweet & Sour Pork $30.95 3. Assorted Fresh Mushrooms w. Egg Tofu $24.95

Came here for a family dinner and the restaurant was bright, nice, and comfortable. The place itself only has a couple of tables and then a few VIP rooms upstairs. The service was prompt and brought out our dishes quickly. The food was delicious! Special shoutouts to the Prawns with Salted Egg Yolk, which also came with some yummy fried pumpkin pieces, the Hakka Pan Fried Stuffed Tofu with Pork, and the Stir Fried Beef with Mushrooms. We had plenty of other dishes not pictured, but ones I'd SKIP would be the Hakka Blossom Chicken - no one on the table really touched it, and the Hakka Braised Pork Belly with Preserved Vegetables - nothing special and it was very fatty and oily. This was my first time dining here and I had a better experience than most Chinatown Chinese restaurants, so I was pleasantly surprised! Overall, I'd come back for a comfortable, yummy meal with great service.

We stumbled upon this place for Valentine's Day and it was very worth it. It's not too popular so we were able to walk in around 6pm and they had available seating. The food is pretty good though, and the portions are meant to share between 2-4 people! We ordered the salt water chicken, egg tofu with mushrooms, and Hakka fried rice. The tofu was soft on the inside but didn't break apart too easily, which I liked. The chicken was also pretty good, lots of meat with a nice umami flavor. The fried rice was definitely on the saltier side, but maybe that's because the main dishes we ordered were already pretty salty. Nevertheless, it was pretty decent, and was quite aromatic and was full of eggs and salted fish. Our order came with a free warm sago dessert at the end, which I thought was way too sweet. But it was free, so I can't complain! The interior is also very bright, airy, and clean. Overall, a great place to grab a meal with a larger group.

Forgot to review one of the best dining experiences I had last year! Hakka Cuisine is great in all ways: it's got plenty of room for larger parties, friendly service and amazing food! The stand out dishes were lobster fried rice (delicious flavor that doesn't overwhelm the lobster plus a lovely crunch to the rice), sweet and sour pork in ice (just delightful! I'm sure it's even better in summer), Hakka Blossom chicken (basically meat that's been mixed up with shrimp paste and then reinserted back into the crispy chicken skin but yknow deliciously), and the braised noodles (just a fav of mine). Plus at the end of the meal they brought out some complimentary snow fungus dessert soup. Lovely place for a large group so you can try all of the specials. Can't wait to come back!

Based on NYT, supposedly the only Hakka (客家, ke jia) restaurant in the city! Not everything felt Hakka, but they had some interesting takes on typical Chinese dishes. If you want to wander outside of your typical Szechuan/Shanghai/Dim Sums, and you're not familiar with Hakka cuisine, I think this is a place worth trying out. As a party of 4 we ordered 7 dishes (1 appetizer, 6 dishes) and we could barely fit 3 dishes on our table at a time. I highly recommend ordering based on person:entree ratio of 1 to 0.75 (you'll still have a lot of leftovers, the portions are huge). Out of everything we ordered...I think the single must-order is the Blossom chicken. If you're a party of less than 6, ask for the Blossom Chicken half portion (半分, ban fen)... they only show the 1 portion (一份，yi fen) on the menu. Ambiance/dress code is casual and decor is new and modern - this is a place where you can bring big groups and have the chinese restaurant lazy susan experience.

Came on Christmas Eve with no reservation for six people around 7:30pm and were seated right away upstairs. The restaurant was packed but upstairs was way nosier than downstairs, so I'd recommend sitting downstairs if possible. - Hakka Blossom Chicken: most interesting dish as there is no actual chicken meat used, just the wings, head, and skin. The interior of the "chicken" is a paste made from shrimp, taro, and vermicelli. You get both a bouncy and crispy texture from the paste and skin. Wish there was some sort of dipping sauce for more flavor - Hakka Braised Pork Belly w/ Preserved Veg: pork belly is tender and pairs great with rice - Hakka Stuffed Tofu: ground pork is stuffed in the middle - Hakka Special Fried Rice: generous portion and flavorful - Scallop Steamed w/ Garlic & Vermicelli: scallop is tender. You choose how many to order and they charge you by the piece depending on market price - Sautéed Water Spinach: strong cooking wine flavor and garlic. Not too oily compared to other places First time here and delightfully surprised. Every dish was good, but nothing mind blowing (some resemblance to Cantonese food). This is also the first full blown Hakka cuisine spot in Chinatown so was curious to try it out. The decorations are modern and not tacky, and they have two private rooms upstairs for hosting events. Fast service even though it was quite busy. The prices are very reasonable for the portion sizes as well. Will definitely return to try more on the menu!