Chinese Tuxedo

6.2/10Chinese

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Come for the room, a dark seedy dining room in an old opera house. The food divides people. Fans like the and the , and the drinks get named a lot. Others say it's expensive for small portions and bland, and that you can eat better a block away for a fraction of the price.

5 Doyers St, New YorkChinatown / Tribeca, ManhattanGoogle Maps

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  • waiter recommended the lobster, we told him we didn’t want it and he added it without asking us to “surprise us”, we told him we didn’t want it and he refused to take it off our bill because it was already prepared for us.

    H3

  • I love the vibe of Chinese Tuxedo. The big sign saying 探花樓 still cracks me up. I'm pretty sure it's in reference to a popular brothel that's often referenced in Chinese TV. With that said, I don't think the people here quite understand the vibe Chinese Tuxedo provides. It's slighty seedy in a way that no other Modern Chinese restaurants have replicated.

    H3

  • replying to u/DinerEnBlanc: Cantonese myself and bar none, Potluck Club is my favorite updated take on Cantonese cuisine rn. At its core, it’s still very much the same food served family style, just with slight twists. Love the HK cinema inspired decor too. Chinese tuxedo is also a pretty good place. Great takes on Cantonese as well, though a little more traditional. The real reason to dine with them is their dining room though. The way their tables are set up to reflect the giant plaque that says “man fah lau” is just amazing. And if you’ve watch TVB period dramas, you know what man fah laus are. Haha

    Chinese tuxedo is so bad. It’s expensive for small portions when you can get the same food for a fraction of the price elsewhere… it’s also pretty bland.

    H3

  • Some dishes were completely inedible and smelled rotten. I do not understand the appeal of this place, when you can get far better food at 1/10th the price nearby.

    H2

  • Left hungry and went to a random place down the street and got noodles and dumplings for under a fraction of the price we just paid and it was better than anything we had at Chinese tuxedo…

    H2