Land of Plenty in New York
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Site: http://www.landofplenty58.com/
- Monday:11AM–9:30PM
- Tuesday:11AM–9:30PM
- Wednesday:11AM–9:30PM
- Thursday:11AM–9:30PM
- Friday:11AM–9:30PM
- Saturday:11AM–9:30PM
- Sunday:11AM–9:30PM
I want to rate it 0 but i gave a star to the service because the service was good. they barely have options for food and the food is served within 5 minutes. The food tastes bad and i am pretty sure theyre microwaved. The food had the hot type that only come when you microwave a food. the interior looked nice so i assumed the food will be good too but i was disappointed. i only spent 15 minutes in the restaurant. the food they serve is also small portion and not expensive.
Its solid, with well-made authentic food. Would highly recommend it, its one of best value-to-quality you can get outside of Flushing or Chinatown.Otherwise, it doesnt compare to cheaper, more delicious food in Sunset Park or Flushing. Its missing that 10-20% that makes those places excellent.With that said, I wouldnt come here for anything besides the lunch special, which is satisfying and solid for ~$10.Service here is excellent, though, and the restaurant is relaxing and beautiful.
The service staff tried their best, and I couldnt say a bad word anout them, however the food is disgusting and the management doesnt care. 8 of us handed our meals back after eating nothing but we were charged for everything and then confronted when we didnt leave a gratuity.
I luckily wound up in the area in an errand during my workday and stumbled in on a quiet mid afternoon, and I am so glad. For a late lunch ai wound up with a favorite dish I rarely get a chance to enjoy: Huo Bao Yao Hua (fire exploded kidney flowers). The pork kidney slices were cut in perfectly sized shapes like petals, with the characteristic cross hatching that bloomed in the heat, but equally importantly, had a perfect braise that and stir fry that avoided the trap of cloying moisture that ruins the surprisingly delicate texture of pork kidneys. The bamboo was sliced thinly from whole sprouts, with the beautiful key-like layers on display. The rest was simple (leeks, chilis, black fungus, and the like) but a gentle balance.Absolutely worthwhile, and I have to get back here again, on purpose this time.
Land of Plenty is the finest restaurant in the metro city area. Take-out and dine-in menus. Shareable plate service for larger groups. It is the best Chinese food I have had in taste. One noteworthy incident during this review is that my party of ten all ordered together, but the waiter brought out only six orders, telling us rudely that we had to wait for the remaining four, which came twenty minutes later. One can understand that there may be logistical limitations to table service for larger parties (the kitchen’s number of plate warmers and such), but at least be nice about it instead of treating customers like they are a burden. The bathroom is diminutive. No wi-fi.
CHINA 🇨🇳 (Sichuan)Eat the World NYC review:In the spectrum of things to be overrun with, Sichuan food is probably one of the least bad things in the world that could do the overrunning. Manhattan, Sunset Park and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, and Flushing Queens all seem to debut a new Sichuan restaurant each week these days, with younger generations at the helm. While some of these places are not quite up to the level of being recommendable and do not get written up, it is still a good development to see these new waves of children of immigrants and younger Chinese from a range of provinces coming over and opening up restaurants and spread the diversity.Sichuan food is of course known for its high heat levels, but Land of Plenty prides itself in bringing all seven important components of desired tastes: Hot, sour, pungent, sweet, bitter, aromatic, and salty.Spicy dry cold noodle dishes always seem to excel in Sichuan cooking and the chilled noodles with spicy sesame peanuts dressing ($7.45) was no exception and my favorite dish of the meal. Designed as an appetizer to share, I felt no shame in devouring the dish by myself and enjoying the nice range of most of those seven flavors buried within the dressing.
A classy yet approachable Szechuan restaurant. Very clean and inviting atmosphere. Although the facade is deceptively common, once inside I can guarantee you will be thoroughly surprised by the bright decor.The range of food is interesting, from the simple and well-known fried rice to more intricate dishes. In addition, most dishes come in large portions which are perfect to share with others.Highly recommend the Ma Po Tofu, it’s a healthy and spicy dish that is definitely worth trying.
A Szechuan gem. My top favorite Szechuan restaurants in NYC are Cafe China and Land of Plenty. Although Cafe China has a Michelin rating, I think Land of Plenty is equal in food quality. The atmosphere is more casual at LOP, which may have something to do with it. On the other hand, LOP has about four times the choices of items on the menu than CC. I love them both equally.
One of my fave Chinese spots outside of chinatown. I love their love lunch specials and ate there a few times for dinner. I havent been disappointed yet... oooo except one time. I had a spicy dish and I am a true whimp. I couldnt handle it. Not a spice girl so it was my fault. They have plenty of spicy and non spicy dishes.
Easy fast food, clean place no matter what time of day you go, efficient staff, great taste, just the right portion size and very reasonable prices! My go-to place everytime I see my doctor or visit Home Depot.Im glad theyre still there even during this pandemic when sooo many restaurants have closed.
Great no-frills Chinese place to have good work lunch meetings or to meet an old friend. Overwhelming menu. Service is beyond speedy (think, immediate). Ive never gotten an alcoholic beverage here but they seem to serve them.Complimentary green tea with meals is great.Provide an option of spicy wonton/hot soup, and your choice of rice with every meal of the ~30/40 dishes they have.
Party of 2 went for lunch on a weekday. Place was pretty full. Got seated quickly, and ordered a couple of vegetarian dishes, one the eggplant, other some crisp tofu stuff. Too much oil! The spring rolls were good but the rest of the food is basically oil. First time I went, and will also be the last. Not a healthy option in my opinion.
We ordered one appetizer and two entrees. Appetizer was served loooong after both entress were out. Portion was decent and I appreciated that none of the items we ordered were too salty like many other Sichuan restaurants in the city. Would still go back for a quick bite on lazy evenings.
Ive been here a month ago with a bunch of friends. Weve eaten a lot of food, the portion sizes are huge. All the food tasted great and the prices were not low but acceptable. The staff was really friendly and professional. Although they didnt know how to speak English well, fluently, there werent any kind of problems and the whole night was a success. If you ever decide to visit the restaurant, you have to try their pork dumplings and the General Tsao plate. The restaurants location, however, is really subtle, but not hidden either. Not very hidden, that is.
I invited my friends to have dinner there last night on May 23 because its location is near my hotel (Intercontinental Barclay). It is said it’s Sichuan style food but I am from Sichuan and honestly say it’s not authentic at all. The restaurant just wants to take advantage of Sichuan food reputation. For example, before I ordered the sour spicy fish dish, I asked if it is made from the fresh fish, the staff said it is. Eventually it tasted not fresh at all. Cheated! The business hour is up to 10.pm. When it was 9pm or so, the staff kept wanting to clear table though we were still eating, putting bikes in the space just next our table and eventually driving us to leave. Very rude!
Nice restaurant with courteous staff and waiters.The food is served in large portions, spicy and tasty food.Nicely set up and food is being served relatively quick.The store is conveniently located right off the avenue and is walk in level. Theres a bar in the front.Prices are very reasonable.Definitely a good place if you enjoy good Chinese food. Round tables with carosel to get food around the table easily.
A mix and match of authentic and bastardized Chinese food. Nothing intrinsically bad about that but their execution is simply not great. Besides the food, the decoration and service are haphazard too. It can look like a hipster restaurant, a glitzy Chinese place, and a Japanese bistro at the same time. Waitstaff were so prompt that they didnt give me some time (or other tables around me) to look at the menu. I am glad that there is another okay Chinese restaurant in midtown east but this is probably the best midtown can get.
I would not recommend this place as the food quality has significantly gotten worse over the years. Not only was the food mediocre (severely dry chicken, fish was not fresh) But was shocked to receive some of the worst customer service as well. We asked for various things from the server and he ignored us a few times to the point we called him out for it. The restaurant was not very busy either. He then got into a very heated argument with us and did not think he did anything wrong. We asked to speak with his manager and he said, “if you want to speak with my manager, you can walk up to the front to speak with them”. Another shock to us! We spoke with the manager who was apologetic and sympathetic but did nothing to appease the situation and the server continued to defend his weak case in front of the manager. Regardless, we informed the manager and the server that we plan to leave no tip for being yelled at and also that neither us nor our friends plan on coming ever again.
The food was tasty and done well a bit overpriced though but overall it was good. One complaint that was a total kill to the experience was when my husbabd paid the tab the waiter returned and asked if we were satisfied with the service and we said yes and then he said well your tip does not reflect that and my husband said he gave 15%. The waiter said that we are supposed to double the tax which brings it up to 17%.. That was pretty annoying.
This is one of my favorite places for lunch during the workday. They have pretty good Szechuan food for the Midtown East area. They have lunch specials that are reasonably priced for about $8-$9 which include entree, soup, and rice. My favorite dishes are spicy fish filets with chili minced pork and double cooked pork belly with chili leeks. You can customize how spicy you would like but if you can handle it, get very hot and spicy.
This is hands down my favorite midtown spots, and definitely top 5 Chinese spots in Manhattan, the only negative is their drinks prices are very expensive except for beer. Ive had dozens of dishes from here, but the ones I keep coming back to are the salt and pepper prawns, the aromatic ribs, and a fish dish I cant remember the name of
Horrible experience, they didnt have the crispy tofu that my girlfriend requested so we got the alternative that our server suggested. My girlfriend didnt like it literally took one bite and our server said we couldnt get something else instead, we would have to purchase another dish? A whole meal wasted, and when we were leaving he smirked at us saying Its a shame Idk how you dont like it? Smh. I usually get delivery from here and dont dine in but Im glad I did Im Never spending my money here again. The Customer should always leave satisfied, do better.
Land of Plenty is the new Chinese restaurant that opened ever since the last two Chinese restaurants nearby closed due to mystery reasons. This Chinese restaurant is definitely the fancy one with cloth tablecloths and real silverware. Chopsticks optional. The lunch special is fair and they have all the ordinary choices. What I dont like is that they use the same spoon to scoop the rice so if you order brown rice most likely you will get half white rice.
Spend a lot of time in China, came here with my vendor and his wife who are from Hunan. We know our way around a sichuan menu, nothing was bad but none of the dishes which we ordered in Chinese were spicy enough, nor did they contain a lot of peppercorns. If I came alone I wouldnt be surprised if they toned down the real flavors, but considering how and what we ordered I expected something more authentic. The mapo tofu was sad, but we did have a 1 very good spicy and sour fish dish.
The food was honestly just ok, I’d say it’s a step up from going to your neighborhood takeout spot. The service was also really weird, it wasn’t very busy so many of the waiters hovered around my friend and I as we ate, watching, and the moment she picked up her last piece of dumpling, they rushed in to remove her plate, she wasn’t even actually done eating, maybe they were bored but it just felt weird being watched like that
Food was good. But the wait staffs were extremely rude and poorly trained. The whole time were dinning there, a few waiters walking around and yielding their lungs out as if theres no one around, joking and laughing around someone poorly tipped them. If you dont want to embarrass your guests, dont bring them there.
Ugh sick to my stomach, bad idea. Food was out before we had a chance to put our menu down. We know Sichuan and this barely qualified as Tuesday night firecracker surprise. Uninspired slop. Go check out Mala Project or a place that actually cares about what they put on the table instead of prejudging white people that apparently don’t know bok choy from a tomato. Three thumbs down, gross.
Had the braised fish fillets with silky tofu, Sichuan pork dumplings, braised lamb fillets with Napa cabbage, and peppersteak beef.Hands down, get the fish fillets with silky tofu. If you dont mind the Sichuan spicy kick, that dish is delicious.The Sichuan pork dumplings are also pretty decent, not like the usual stuff you get elsewhere, and the chili-soysauce mix they put it in works really well.The peppersteak beef was done pretty well -- the green peppers and onions still had a nice crunch to them without the biteback -- the beef was a little chewier than I like it, but marinated well.The rice was so-so, a little dry. Aside from that, a decent eating experience. Pricing wasnt bad, although perhaps a little high for the fish fillets, but you get what you pay for. Great spot in midtown east!
I find Land of Plenty to be one of the better Sichuan restaurants in Manhattan. Its a little deceiving at first, given the Midtown location and the sparkling, too-bright interior. Nonetheless, they serve up a chewy, well-spiced Dan Dan Mian and a solid Fuqifeipian as appetizers. The Braised Spicy Beef Noodle makes for a good winter dish, especially generous in portion for just one person. The Ma Po Tofu is adequately spiced and uses plenty of silken tofu chunks and ground pork. All in all, most of the traditional dishes are executed well here, and they wont hold back on the spice if you ask.
Total reviews rating 4.2
198 Reviews for Land of Plenty 2023:
Review №1
2021-11-27Love this place for the lunch specials. Some of the best stuff are the szecuan dishes like mapo tofu, dried string beans, etc. The pork belly with with water chestnuts is a dinner favorite. The smoked duck fried rice is great too. One review said the food is microwaved, heck no. Theyre fast and well prepared. for a busy lunch. Good service always.
Review №2
2022-03-31The best Chinese food restaurant on the UES...probably above Chinatown in Manhattan. Ive been around 10x and I dont normally like to go to the same place twice with so much variety in NYC!Their soup dumplings are always a solid go to but their whole fishes are amazing. I dont know how they debone them but so well. And the price is so reasonable for the area!
Review №3
2022-04-23If you don’t get the fried chick and peppers, you are missing out. This place has the most amazing fresh selection of fresh foods. Dumplings were just ok. But this fried chicken with fried peppers and peanuts dish was a-Fing-maxing.
Review №4
2022-08-16Everyone at my job loves this place and I see why! I love sichuan, I eat it a lot, and this was top 3 sichuan lunch dishes I’ve had! A lot of places slack of in offerings and flavors but not LoP. Lots of seating and prompt service.
Review №5
2021-11-29Went there with my family. We had a really good time. All dishes were good or very good. Some are hot and spicy, typical of the szechuan cusine. Ambience has some sofistication to it, and service is pleasant. A perfect option to go in groups and try out some flavorful spicy asian dishes.
Review №6
2022-04-03Nom nom noms! Got the shui zhu niu, chicken with roasted chili and green chili and dandan mian … all were amazing … the hot and sour soup is also very good altho i would like it to be a little bit more sour .. but then again i love vinegary things
Review №7
2021-07-21I was skeptical after reading past reviews, but was pleasantly surprised. I ordered the string beans and the mopu tofu. The string beans were blistered perfectly and rich in garlic flavor! The mopu tofu was flavorful, had a nice kick, and overall delicious. Service was fast too! There’s a full bar if you want alc too
Review №8
2022-05-09Food taste not badBut when I asked for food recommendations unkind staff replied bluntly, I dont know, you choose.It seemed like they wanted us to leave quickly to get more guests.They continued to try clean the bowl while we are eating and give us a receipt before we done.
Review №9
2022-06-11My absolute favorite Sichuan/Chinese restaurant and Ive been coming here for years! Amazing service and excellent food! My favorite is their pan fried noodles and spicy garlic chicken. And dont forget the hot and sour soup, the flavor is unmatched! 10/10
Review №10
2022-03-15One of the most affordable lunch specials in the neighborhood! More importantly, the food is pretty solid and authentic. Only downside is that the lunch portions are sometimes a bit too small.