Song Bo Yuan 36 Eldridge Street, Manhattan, New York 10002

"This place has never let me down in terms of food. I’ve always had a good experience and it’s so reminiscent of my childhood Fujianese food. I don’t get why some of these comments are so angry about the staff not speaking English. You are in Chinatown, in a restaurant that serves traditional cuisine catered towards people that are Chinese. And the comments talking trash about the food is frankly racist and xenophobic. This isn’t the Americanized MSG riddled Chinese food that these tourists and whiners are looking for. Perhaps people need to be more open minded and less rude in the comments about this lovely restaurant. Frankly if you don’t know what you’re talking about than don’t review it. Anyways, love the food, love the staff. Just hate the haters."

"To preface, this is an extremely traditional Fujianese spot that Fujianese natives go to - so the service isn’t the best, and the staff is unlikely to speak English. With that out of the way, the food is actually very authentic and delicious. If you’re at a loss, try out the classical Fujianese dishes like Lychee Pork (荔枝肉; a sweet/sour dish of fried pork), conch or seafood with stir fried rice noodles (海螺/海鲜炒米粉），alcohol braised spare ribs (醉排骨), and stir fried morning glory (清炒空心菜）."

"Was having a semi-ok experience. A group of customers were there smoking INSIDE the building, drunk out of their minds, and being an extremely loud disturbance. Managers and staff did nothing to stop or calm them down. My family and I sat down in silence having to hear the ear-piercing group of customers until my father decided to say something. He calmly asked them to tone it down a little and one of the drunkest ones in the group decided to assault my father by throwing a tea-cup at him. Aside from smoking in the building, being a loud disturbance and as well as assaulting my father, the staff did nothing. Cops were called but the owners insisted nothing was wrong. We will never go back to this establishment and hopefully the staff there will have proper training when it comes down to how de-escalate situations like this."

"Worst restaurant ever, they have everything in Chinese and the waitresses can’t speak basic English. When I asked her to recommend me something she just told me something in Chinese so I pointed to random thing in menu which was a mistake because the food was awful. I haven’t managed to even eat it and in the end the rude not English speaking waitresses gave me a receipt written in Chinese by hand and charged me more! Wasted $11 for disgusting food full of bones which had to cost like $7. Don’t visit if you want to actually eat the food!"

"Beef and Peppers over Rice, Fuzhou Dumpling Soup and Stir Fried Ramen are my go tos for lunch takeout via UberEats. Good amount of flavor in both dishes and friendly staff."