Hop Lee or Hop Kee?

[menton1]

These 2 places just across the street from each other seem to be similar old-style Cantonese Chinatown restaurants.

Which one would be recommended for great old style dishes: Clams in Black Bean Sauce, Shrimp in BROWN lobster sauce, and "Iron Steak"?

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Hop Lee
16 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

Hop Kee
21 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

[deepfry7]

I've been going to Hop Lee for 10+ years. I only go to Hop Kee when it's 3-4 AM. Hop Lee serves the closest thing to Cantonese home cooking.

I recommend the clams with black bean sauce, salt & pepper fried seafood, T-bone steak (ask for rare), water spinach (when in season, but not now), snow pea leaves, and steamed seabass - just to name some of the more common dishes my family and I order.

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Hop Lee
16 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

Hop Kee
21 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

[menton1]

HOw does Big Wong King compare to these 2 places?

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Big Wong
67 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

[iluvcookies]

Big Wong is different than Hop Lee or Hop Kee--you go to Big Wong for their roasted meats, noodle soup and congee. I'm not entirely sure they even have the same dishes as the others--and they certainly aren't open as late.

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Big Wong
67 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

Hop Lee
16 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

[dcrulz]

Does Hop Lee do snails in black bean sauce?

That's the dish that keeps bringing me back to Hop Kee, long before Bourdain ever showed up.

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Hop Lee
16 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

Hop Kee
21 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

[deepfry7]

Yes, they do. Had it a couple of weeks ago.

[AubWah]

Hop Lee

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Hop Lee
16 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

[menton1]

Please elaborate, just a bit?

[AubWah]

Well Hop Kee is for tourists and Bridge and Tunnel greaseballs and the food is better at Hop Lee

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Hop Lee
16 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

Hop Kee
21 Mott St, New York, NY 10013