Yip's

No doubt that Yips is something of an institution. It certainly is much beloved by those of us who call NYC home. Why? The food is good, the portions are generous, and the price is right. On this occasion (I get this combo often), I had General Tao's Chicken and spare ribs over pork fried rice. So good! I really like these two thing together because the flavors, surprisingly, go quite well together. I added an egg roll to that. With duck sauce and hot mustard, it's particularly good; crispy on the outside and great veggies on the inside (and very large for an egg roll). When I used to work on Wall St. years ago, I was a regular there. Although I now work in midtown I still come here when I can. The hours are ridiculously limited (only open until 5, M-F), and they're leaving a fortune on the table by not staying open later. Regardless, I'll keep coming. Once a Yips fan, always a Yips fan!

I love Yip's. I'm a little biased I'll admit, but i genuinely believe it's one of the best Chinese takeout spots in all of NYC and it's really sad how there's so few of them left. In fact, I think this is actually the last one! Their menu has food items on it that you rarely find at your typical Chinese hood spot, like their spicy garlic chicken and shrimp?! My absolute favorites. I was very sad when they closed their Bay Ridge location down, it was the go to for a cheap, delicious and filling meal. They were always busy too, I'm not sure why they did that. Now it's just this beaver st location which highkey sucks cause they close at 5 which is when most people are just getting off of work. I left my job and took a quick trip back to the city on the ferry just to make it in time for their buffet. Another great feat about them. It was literally two minutes to 3:30 so not much was left, I decided to place an order at the actual restaurant upstairs. The shrimp and chicken were equally as good as I remembered. I also got a grape slush with lychee jelly from the little boba booth they have in the front. Wasn't my favorite but I think it was just a bad choice of flavor tbh, it was a tad too sweet for me and I've noticed boba spots don't do slushes well. I'll stick to teas next time. Hopefully they extend their hours!

Very authentic Asian American place. Think Panda Express but more Asian. Super solid buffet paid $13 for this much food ($10/lb). Spicy sweet chicken was my favorite.