I just came here once for lunch and when I saw the buffet style of items, I was not that amazed because some of the items were almost running out. They had a lunch special for $8 and I got general tso chicken with white rice to go. The place got a lot of seats and tables but I took my food to go. Seems very popular too since there were many people sitting and eating. read more

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No doubt that Yips is something of an institution. It certainly is much beloved by those of us who call NYC home. Why? The food is good, the portions are generous, and the price is right. On this occasion (I get this combo often), I had General Tao's Chicken and spare ribs over pork fried rice. So good! I really like these two thing together because the flavors, surprisingly, go quite well together. I added an egg roll to that. With duck sauce and hot mustard, it's particularly good; crispy on the outside and great veggies on the inside (and very large for an egg roll). When I used to work on Wall St. years ago, I was a regular there. Although I now work in midtown I still come here when I can. The hours are ridiculously limited (only open until 5, M-F), and they're leaving a fortune on the table by not staying open later. Regardless, I'll keep coming. Once a Yips fan, always a Yips fan! read more

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They have re-opened. Dining space is upstairs and air conditioned. Buffet is downstairs. And street level is where you order. Food was good. Fast service. Free bottle of water for orders over $10. read more

Yip's - Singapore mei fun - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

This location actually did a renovation and the buffet area went up in price $16 per pound. My meal came out to $35 for lunch! The food is actually below mediocre. If they are trying to obtain your average city worker to this location, it's not gonna happen with this type of food and this price. There is absolutely no seasoning in this food. Will not be back. read more

Yip's - Buffet! Came out to $35! - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

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The buffet is a welcome destination for the indecisive and the hangry, and on a deeper level Yip's earns praise by being an old-timey survivor as the city gets Sweetgreened and Duane Readed. I enjoyed the Cajun fish, sweet and spicy chicken, ribs and spinach. The main entrance does two-item combos, for the buffet you'll need the back stairs like a speakeasy. read more

5 stars Yips is BACK--and better than ever! So happy to see that Yips has officially reopened! This place has always been one of my go-to spots in the Financial District, and now that they're back, I'm even more excited to spread the word. The food is so consistently delicious and affordable, it honestly feels like a hidden gem for anyone who works or lives in FiDi. Here are some of my favorites: The garlic shrimp is incredibly fresh, tender, and packed with garlicky goodness. The beef chow fun is absolutely delicious--super savory with that amazing smoky wok flavor. It actually reminds me a lot of Thai Pad See Ew. The curry chicken is rich, creamy, and just the right amount of spicy. Comforting and satisfying every single time. Everything on their menu is high quality and very reasonably priced, especially compared to other takeout or fast casual options in the area. After eating here regularly for years, I even asked them to cater a wedding, and the manager was fantastic. He gave me such a great deal simply because it was for a wedding--generous, thoughtful, and super professional. He made sure there was more than enough food for nearly 80 guests, and the flavors and quality did not disappoint. I ended up tipping an extra $50 because of how impressed I was by the service, food, and overall experience. In a world of overpriced delivery apps and inconsistent quality, Yips stands out as a true FiDi staple. It's one of those places that locals know and love--and now that they're reopened, it's time everyone else finds out too. read more

Great value and good food for a quick lunch in the Financial District. Had not been to a Yip's in many years (they used to have other locations) so stopped by on a Friday afternoon when they were reasonably busy. Chose the sesame chicken and barbecue chicken over lo mein - very satisfying meal. Planning to come back regularly read more

Yip's - Storefront (closed on weekends) - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

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Yip's is my guilty pleasure. I can't come here everyday but wish I could. You can just make your rounds around that buffet. Everything is delicious. I packed on 10 lbs as a regular. Now I have to work that off lol read more

Love grabbing lunch here. Always hits the spot and discounted after 2pm! Perfect Chinese food in fidi The new baker features the most delicious items - both savory on the buffet and sweet for sale! She actually made the best cookie my fiancé and I have ever had! All the staff are so sweet too read more

Very good variety food choices. Friendly staff and clean environment. Reasonable price, good quality food and fresh vegetables and fruits.

Great food for the price in FIDi. Buffet service also available. If you are looking for a good meal for decent price this the place to visit. Also hour hour special for food after 2pm till closing which is around 4pm. read more

lol, YELP is fake news! They are open! Yum! Must go for reasonably priced delicious Chinese foods!

Food here is delicious and the service is great and the staff is very nice and the atmosphere is great.yes i highly recommend it if you like Chinese food,i plan on going back there real soon read more

Came back today. They had a special for a few types of chicken for 8.75. General tso's is Panda Express level. The curry chicken is pretty good but it's bone-in, so be careful. Lo mein still on point. read more

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OMG delicious! While they may not have the same offerings I am used to in LA (no Orange Chicken?!?!) everything we ordered that they offer was great. Portion sizes were huge, price was right. Love this hole in the wall that we visited while in Battery Park. Not too long of a walk and the staff service was super friendly. Highly recommend! read more

Ordered the vegetable lo mein with spicy garlic shrimp which tasted so good, highly recommended!!! read more

Yip's - Vegetable lo mein with garlic shrimp and spicy chicken... - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

It's elevated Chinese buffet food. Nothing exceptional. I got vegetable lo mein & general tso's chicken. Both were too saucy.

I went to the upper level for 3 noodle dishes. Portion size, taste, price are all good. One bathroom in back, lots of seating. Lower level is where you pick what you want in a container & pay by weight. read more

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Very authentic Asian American place. Think Panda Express but more Asian. Super solid buffet paid $13 for this much food ($10/lb). Spicy sweet chicken was my favorite. read more

Yip's - Buffet - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

I swung by for lunch today for the first time. After seeing them bring out steaming hot trays of Sesame Chicken and General Tso's Chicken from the kitchen, i decided to get their two sides special. I ordered their vegetable lo mein with string beans and General Tso's Chicken, and the order came out to $9.75. The food was solid. The meat was well-cooked and well-seasoned. The string beans had a nice flavor and crunch to them. I really enjoyed the lo mein, which was a nice surprise; in most dishes, the rice/noodles play background to the meat and vegetables but the lo mein tasted really good. Will definitely be back to try their other selections! read more

Yip's - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

prices are reasonable, and they have a delicious baked goods that can't be missed. the fish and curry rice noodles were delicious. fast service by hardworking people. moderate amount of seating. always a good place to stop at for a quick lunch. read more

I love Yip's. I'm a little biased I'll admit, but i genuinely believe it's one of the best Chinese takeout spots in all of NYC and it's really sad how there's so few of them left. In fact, I think this is actually the last one! Their menu has food items on it that you rarely find at your typical Chinese hood spot, like their spicy garlic chicken and shrimp?! My absolute favorites. I was very sad when they closed their Bay Ridge location down, it was the go to for a cheap, delicious and filling meal. They were always busy too, I'm not sure why they did that. Now it's just this beaver st location which highkey sucks cause they close at 5 which is when most people are just getting off of work. I left my job and took a quick trip back to the city on the ferry just to make it in time for their buffet. Another great feat about them. It was literally two minutes to 3:30 so not much was left, I decided to place an order at the actual restaurant upstairs. The shrimp and chicken were equally as good as I remembered. I also got a grape slush with lychee jelly from the little boba booth they have in the front. Wasn't my favorite but I think it was just a bad choice of flavor tbh, it was a tad too sweet for me and I've noticed boba spots don't do slushes well. I'll stick to teas next time. Hopefully they extend their hours! read more

This place is awesome and everything here is DELICIOUS. So, I have spent all kinds of money here, I've been to the buffet side of the restaurant, where you can get everything you want and then pay based on the pounds and the time. They offer this special prices after 1:45 and even more special after 2:45. I've been here at 1:00, where price is 7.89 per pound and have been here around 1:54, where the price is 6.99 per pound, and those $0.90 cents can really make a big difference. According to my coworkers, this place gets really busy around 2:45 pm. The food is DELICIOUS, well cooked. They have a huge amount of options, from chicken to a lot of seafood, beef, pork, SUSHIIIIIIII, sautéed options, different types of salad. You can't go wrong at Yips. So far, this is the restaurant i've been to the most while i've been in Wall Street. It's really good. Great food and greater prices. read more

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I work at WholeFoods and I find this place really great for cheap and fast Chinese food. Now this place serves Chinese take out style food but a bit more gourmet however it's not amazing. The price is worth coming here, staff was nice, ambiance was just meh. Come here for lunch or if you want something cheap and you're hungry. This spot is my new go to. read more

I love buffets! As usual, I filled my container even though I knew I'd only eat half of it. I got a Hella lot of shrimp dishes. Most of it was pretty good. The kimchi was too fermented for me. Most of the chicken dishes were good too. The noodles were good & I loved the seaweed salad. I also loved the fish. It was so soft. I wish I'd gotten more fish & seaweed salad instead of chicken & so much shrimp. read more

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Yip's is firmly in the middle of the road when it comes to Americanized Chinese. Everything I've gotten here is full of MSG and tastes average, with the exception of their veggie lo mein. It's terrible. So bad. Comically, I keep getting it and having my soul crushed. It's always soggy. There's a buffet-by-the-pound downstairs, and then a counter upstairs with seating and you can order a la carte. They now take credit cards, and I think there's a reasonable $8 minimum on that. Staff are friendly and somehow remember me when I lunch here. 2.5 stars. read more

Recently found out about their thursday's special, where you can get a good portion of curry chicken with brocolli and rice for $5.50. Excellent choice and good quality of food for such an affordable price. This is definitely my Thursday lunch special going forward. read more

Yip's - Curry chicken and rice - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

*Review for buffet downstairs* Quick, Cheap and Delicious!! I have eaten here a few times already and I am quite impressed by the variety and quality of the food offered in their buffet section. My favorite is the ginger chicken (or was it the garlic...), yum! They also have a lot of vegetables to choose from, like bok choy and green beans. There's also a salad bar island, but it looks way to healthy. For $5.39/LB, you get quite a bit of food and a free can of pop! Although the line may be long during the lunch rush, you don't have to wait long with their speedy service. You can also bring your food to eat upstairs, which is nicely (perhaps even overly) air conditioned during the summer. CASH ONLY read more

Yip's - Outside - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

After more then 10 years in Brooklyn they moved me back to the Financial District location. I have been avoiding YIP'S like an old problematic girlfriend from the past. I have good memories but I felt I have moved on; but I kept passing this place and my friend kept asking to go here for lunch. "Come on Rich, the place is still good and cheap. (That is what I'm afraid of!). It will be like the good old days (Ugh!)." "OK, just once; I hope no Yelp friends see me going into this place; let's go upstairs." Surprisingly this place really didn't change much, they redecorated and painted to make it less dingy on the stairway and the cafeteria style dining room is nice now. The food-by-the-pound is still down in the basement and they still have a special with soda & soup. Cheap eats! But I felt I was better then that (ha!), so I went upstairs to the individual (pre-cooked) rice dishes. Their selection is small compared to HO YIP but it was fresh, tasty and it was under $5 an order. I actually enjoy the meal. So old girl friends and old lunch places are not that scary to sit with. Just don't leave them your cell#. read more

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Plain and simple, greasy, but somewhat delicioussssss Chinese food! I've been here a few times now to get take out and simply put, this is some of the greassiest"bootleg" Chinese food I have ever eaten! It's comparable to Ho Yips located in the financial district on Liberty Street, with a few differences. I consider Ho Yips the best "bootleg"/ "Americanized Chinese food restaurant I've ever been to. The first huge difference is the amount of starch, sauce and grease in Yips' platters. I've ordered both the Chicken with Chinese Mushroom and Chicken with Black Bean Sauce from the front and both contained a large amount of sauce that I did not see from Ho Yips. Ho Yips daily specials were saucy, but it was mostly contained within the ingredients of the special. Yips' daily specials had sauce seeping into the white rice and making it down to the bottom of the container. All of the rice that was in my platter was drowned in sauce. Honestly I prefer it like that, but I know some people don't like their rice moistened. A few smaller differences were that their containers were not plastic, but tin foil instead. Small gripe in that I prefer the plastic tupperwares just so that nothing spills. Finally, Yips' is actually still holding at $5 for a majority of their daily specials with white rice ($5.25 with pork fried rice), while Ho Yips has raised their prices a bit every few months to now $5.60 for most of their daily specials. Like Ho Yips, Yips' serves Chinatown style dishes, such as roast pork rices. The restaurant is not as attractive as Ho Yips either, although Ho Yips is not going to win any décor awards, but Yips is slightly "dingier". One more comment I will make is that if you would like to get food by weight, then you have to go downstairs instead as the upstairs and downstairs are separated. Since I don't work too far from here, this will ultimately be my choice of Chinese food in the area and it's not a bad substitute! read more

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It is great flavored food and is always consistent. Affordable prices and friendly staff.

Awesome chinese guy server! He was nice Love the energy of the place food is good too!!! Sweet and sour chicken was delish not the bbq pork it's too hard for me :( too hungry didn't get a chance to take a pic of the actual food. But can't beat the food for the price. read more

Yip's - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

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I will first prime this review and say this is not authentic Chinese food in the slightest, this is Americanized Chinese food. Alright, as long as you're fine with that, we're in business. Located in the heart of the Financial District, Yip's offers made to order food upstairs and food court buffet style food downstairs. I work in the area and usually have a late lunch. I noticed that Yip's had a half off buffet discount after 2:45pm ($4.99/lb) and I was on board to try it out. I arrived at about 3:00pm on a Thursday and there was still a good amount of food being offered -- 3 kinda of noodles, 4 kinda of rice, a lot of meat entrees, a fair amount of vegetable dishes, and a whole row of cold salad bar offerings. I tried one of their chow mein offerings (yellow, thick egg noodles), what looked to be house fried rice with shrimp, some orange chicken and barbecue pork. Be advised that credit cards requires minimum of $8 so be prepared to buy a drink and candy if you're coming in during the special. IT TASTED JUST LIKE AN AMERICAN CHINESE FOOD RESTAURANT BACK IN MY HOMETOWN!!!! I have tried so many Americanized Chinese food places out in NYC and there is just this blandness I can't get over. Yip's is where it's at! Everything was super flavorful and and delicious. I don't often eat out since I like bringing my lunch to work but I will definitely come back for a late lunch or even take away dinner when I get off work. read more

Yip's - Got all this for about $5.20 during the half off late lunch special between 1:45pm-3:50pm. Delicious, will be my go to lunch spot!! - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

Tried two item lunch special, which they served in a single dish right on top of each other. Mixing beef gravy with a sweet sauce ruined the flavor. Plus the meat was tough and chewy and even the fortune cookie was stale. Worst Chinese food experience I have had in a long time and won't be going back here. read more

I go here for lunch sometimes and the food is pretty good. The people working here are polite enough and the seating areas are pretty decent. I like the view out the windows on the top seating areas. However, I had food here a week ago and broke out in a rash. I had no idea what was going on and went to the doctor who got me a test for allergies because something was in my food. It came back positive for mouse urine protein which makes sense. I give this place 4 stars because I do really like everything else. But you guys should really check for mice. read more

I really really like Yips and I haven't been for a while. I was especially excited when I was in the area (I used to work there) and immediately thought to get my favorite. Unfortunately there is a maggot/worm in my food. Yips you have to do better and check your sanitary conditions. This is not the type of protein I was looking for. I won't be back. read more

Yip's - Maggot/worm in my fried rice - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

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We ate lunch here today and it was quite fine. The buffet had a very good selection, everything was very clean (including the restroom), the price per pound ($6.89) was much less than the typical buffet costs (and it decreases significantly in mid-afternoon), the food was very tasty, and all of the employees were friendly. There are two seating areas (on the second and third floors), although we got the last free table at about 1:15 p.m. The one negative was the loud music, but that wouldn't dissuade me from returning. This place has an "A" rating from the Health Dept. read more

I'm a big fan of Ho Yips, but with a change in jobs, I'm closer to this Yip's location. I came to the first floor with the prepared over rice dishes and got a kung pao chicken. It was good, but not notable. I was actually hoping for more peppers or celery, but you can't complain when I got a lot of good white meat chicken. The rice to meat ratio is good and the meal is cheap and filling. I might have to try to basement buffet next time, but I'm not really rushing to go back. The value is great at least and the place is open in spite of the Sandy rebuilding. Seating is ample, but the place could use a facelift. Definitely a greasy spoon kind of place. read more

Come here if you want to eat a lot of meat for cheap. Even though the per pound rate is lower than most ($6 vs $10), it comes out to about the same price for me for two reasons: rice and watermelon. If you eat rice, like most Chinese people do, then the rice will be very expensive. If you don't eat rice, then your meal will be relatively cheap. There's a large selection of meats and veggies. Remember that: too much food very quickly = food coma. read more

Yip's - 1.5 lb lunch - Chinese Near Me - New York, New York

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Two stars because it was good... but now I will no longer get food here. Found something in the dumpling and threw my lunch out. read more

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