Congee Village - Restaurant & Bar

The New York Times, Time Out New York, the New York Post, the Village Voice, Citysearch, Rough Guides, I Go U Go and dozens of other local, national and international paper and online publications have been raving about Congee Village! Below are just a couple of quotes, but if you'd like to read the entire article there's a lot more. You can click on the links that appear below (the links will open in a new window).

"Much as its name implies, this quirky Lower East Side eatery evokes a village. The sylvan interior features a wooden hut, fake trees, a canopy of leafy greens, and a large mural of a sun-dappled mountainside. A small juice bar, where employees grind slushy fruit drinks, sits near the entrance. Service is rapid-fire and businesslike." (Citysearch)

"There is no bad food at Congee Village. Just about every dish served in this bamboo grotto (complete with plastic vines) is utterly sublime, each seemingly better than the last. [...] No doubt this Allen Street anomaly will make a villager of you." (Time Out)

"For those of you who are fans of Chinese food, this place is a real find. [...] Congee (rice soup, cooked for hours until the rice has broken down) is the standard Chinese breakfast. [...] Congee Village specializes in this centuries-tested breakfast, and is known as the undisputed best restaurant for Congee in Chinatown. Choose the Congee of your choice (plain, with shredded scallop, with thousand-year-old egg, with chicken, etc.) and then grab a number of small shared dishes (veg, meat, etc.) to spice it up." (Rough Guides)

"Cantonese food is the main focus and the menu offers many options. [...] To start, you must try it's namesake, the congee, a rice porridge that is especially well made here. The porridge base is the same, but you can choose the ingredients to mix in. Beef, chicken with mushrooms, sliced fish, lobster, abalone and frog, pork and preserved egg, these sound exotic but are delicious. [...] Another specialty is the rice in bamboo pot. This is rice cooked in a clay pot with different ingredients on top. Salted chicken, salted fish, eel, preserved duck. " (I Go You Go Get Going)