Mr. K's Restaurant

Offering a prix fixe menu, authentic Chinese cuisine, delivery and a romantic atmosphere.

(646) 789-4473

570 Lexington Ave (at 51st St.)
New York, NY 10022 40.756974 -73.972015

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Neighborhoods: Midtown Center, Midtown

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Hours:

Mon-Fri 11:30am-10:30pm

Sat-Sun 12pm-10:30pm

Price:

$$$

Last updated 10.17.11

Category:

Restaurants, Hypnotherapy, Banquet Rooms, Catering

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, Diners Club, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Romantic Dining, Private Rooms, Business Dining, Lunch Spot, Food Delivery, Private Parties, Prix Fixe Menu

Cuisine:

Asian, Chinese

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Mr. K's Restaurant

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To provide our distinguished guests with the best China has to offer, Mr. K's has meticulously searched for dishes representing the essence of each of these regions. The most gourmet recipes with the best ingredients and the subtlest of seasonings have been prepared under the masterful direction of our head chef. Their beautiful presentation on imperial flatware, served in grand style, is an exotic prelude to your delight. Some dishes are seasonal to ensure the finest quality and freshest ingredients. Requests for special dishes not on our menu will be accomodated whenever possible. Always…

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Offering a prix fixe menu, authentic Chinese cuisine, delivery and a romantic atmosphere.

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Parking:
Two 24 hour garages offer discount parking for Mr. K's patrons, both on 51st St between 3rd Ave and Lexington Ave.
ambiance
70.37000179290771% positive
  1. “Overall the food is very good (although I have had better authentic dishes in places that were not as asthetically pleasing), excellent service with constant utensil & plate changes (as is custom in fine chinese restaurants) and great ambience.”
  2. “Highly recommended for its beautiful art deco decor; lovely place settings, serving dishes, and cutlery; nice ambience; and excellent service.”
  3. “For 85$, you can feed 3 or 4 people at a place like Wu Liang Ye (not considered a cheap Chinese, not nearly nice the decor, but much, much better food), or enjoy a nice dinner at Babbo, Aquavit, Blue Ribbon Sushi, Gotham.”
  4. “Atmosphere and decor is pretentious and tacky.”
  5. “the food is great, atmosphere is awesome and the service rocks.”
  6. “understand most Chinese restaurants lack friendly service and decent decor, a fact that sometimes troubles and embarrasses a native Chinese like me.”
  7. “The restaurant itself is nice with a cool decor.”
  8. “The charming art deco decor is relaxing and comfortable, the servie is excellent and the Peking duck wonderful.”
  9. “Below-average Chinese wrapped in over-the-top decor that charges ridiculous price”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “Let me start backward: the dessert was just a scoop of sorbet decorated with some fresh berries, the only decent thing in the main course is the half tail of lobster, the rest is just plain veggie and meat stuff, the lemon sorbet is just a trick, the seaf”
food quality
82.96999931335449% positive
  1. “Highly recommended for its beautiful art deco decor; lovely place settings, serving dishes, and cutlery; nice ambience; and excellent service.”
  2. “My kids hated the food, even though it was ok for me.”
  3. “And, sometimes, the food is excellent and highly recommended, too.”
  4. “Ginger Basil chicken was great.”
  5. “great food, great athmosphere, great time.”
  6. “The service was excellent and the food, while not the best the best in the world, was very very good.”
  7. “They have so many unique dishes with fair prices.”
  8. “Overall the food is very good (although I have had better authentic dishes in places that were not as asthetically pleasing), excellent service with constant utensil & plate changes (as is custom in fine chinese restaurants) and great ambience.”
  9. “Albeit overpriced at $14/plate (which the rude waiter did not inform us), the crispy beef, love dumplings, and the spring rolls were good.”
  10. “the food is great, atmosphere is awesome and the service rocks.”
  11. “The sauces were delicious and the service was great, French serving style.”
  12. “The food is good but tries to be a mix of authentic chinese and P.F. Chang's westernized style.”
  13. “The food here is not good.”
  14. “Although the food is bad, I am going to be fair.”
  15. “love Chinese cuisine and have had it all over the country.”
  16. “Bad food, good service.”
  17. “Not even the slightest whiff of a problem sending it back (goes back to the excellent service), and when it came back, it tasted MUCH better, but they had removed ALL the chicken and shrimp from it, which is presumably what drove the cost of $15 fried ric”
  18. “Let me start backward: the dessert was just a scoop of sorbet decorated with some fresh berries, the only decent thing in the main course is the half tail of lobster, the rest is just plain veggie and meat stuff, the lemon sorbet is just a trick, the seaf”
  19. “To the food: for a fancy restaurant like that, they give a good portion (didn't quite expected that).”
  20. “Ordering tips- Crispy beef appetizer, grand marnier prawns, and the most incredible duck.”
  21. “On top of that, they have this great rice bowl holder that flips open.”
  22. “For 85$, you can feed 3 or 4 people at a place like Wu Liang Ye (not considered a cheap Chinese, not nearly nice the decor, but much, much better food), or enjoy a nice dinner at Babbo, Aquavit, Blue Ribbon Sushi, Gotham.”
  23. “the food and services was so good.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “best restaurant ever”
  2. “Probably my favorite restaurant in the city.”
  3. “This is hands down my favorite Chinese restaurant in Manhattan.”
  4. “this is the best restaurant ive been to.”
  5. “During my trip to NYC, a friend wanted to show me to a nice place, so we went to check out Mr. K's -- with its high ratings and all.”
service
80.55999755859375% positive
  1. “The service is impeccable and is what really sets the restaurant apart.”
  2. “Highly recommended for its beautiful art deco decor; lovely place settings, serving dishes, and cutlery; nice ambience; and excellent service.”
  3. “Overall the food is very good (although I have had better authentic dishes in places that were not as asthetically pleasing), excellent service with constant utensil & plate changes (as is custom in fine chinese restaurants) and great ambience.”
  4. “The service was excellent and the food, while not the best the best in the world, was very very good.”
  5. “For 85$, you can feed 3 or 4 people at a place like Wu Liang Ye (not considered a cheap Chinese, not nearly nice the decor, but much, much better food), or enjoy a nice dinner at Babbo, Aquavit, Blue Ribbon Sushi, Gotham.”
  6. “Not even the slightest whiff of a problem sending it back (goes back to the excellent service), and when it came back, it tasted MUCH better, but they had removed ALL the chicken and shrimp from it, which is presumably what drove the cost of $15 fried ric”
  7. “The waiter was extremely rude -- our question of "what are some of your specialties?”
  8. “The prices are reasonable and the service is fine.”
  9. “understand most Chinese restaurants lack friendly service and decent decor, a fact that sometimes troubles and embarrasses a native Chinese like me.”
  10. “The service is good.”
  11. “The sauces were delicious and the service was great, French serving style.”
  12. “Bad food, good service.”
  13. “Anyways, although we were somewhat intimidated at 1st, The waiter seemed to be walking on eggshells so the last thing we wanted to do was to offend the waiter!”
  14. “the food is great, atmosphere is awesome and the service rocks.”
  15. “Albeit overpriced at $14/plate (which the rude waiter did not inform us), the crispy beef, love dumplings, and the spring rolls were good.”
value
67.58999824523926% positive
  1. “prices are high but the quality is outstanding.”
  2. “Below-average Chinese wrapped in over-the-top decor that charges ridiculous price”
  3. “They have so many unique dishes with fair prices.”
  4. “Albeit overpriced at $14/plate (which the rude waiter did not inform us), the crispy beef, love dumplings, and the spring rolls were good.”
  5. “For 85$, you can feed 3 or 4 people at a place like Wu Liang Ye (not considered a cheap Chinese, not nearly nice the decor, but much, much better food), or enjoy a nice dinner at Babbo, Aquavit, Blue Ribbon Sushi, Gotham.”
  6. “The place is absolutely beautiful with huge space and large tables with fine pink linens.”
  7. “And for a restaurant in Manhattan the prices were quite reasonable.”
  8. “The prices are reasonable and the service is fine.”
  9. “Very pricey but do yourself the favor.”
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. “Service was a bit slow at times but for the most part very good.”
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

02/17/09

Best Chinese Food NYC

by AshishM84 at Citysearch

I can write a long review about how good the food and service is at Mr.K's but that sometime is not needed when i can sum it up in just a few words.

MR.K'S is the best Chinese Restaurant in all of New York.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

09/16/08

Atmosphere! Service! FOOD WAS THE BEST! Superb!

by tedelong at Citysearch

After reading some of the negative reviews, I really wanted to see for myself. I was visiting NYC for the 1st time and got tired of same old stuff! Especially the "I'm better than you" attitudes or the "Do you really belong here?" from the waiters in Manhattan. Being from the Cowboy State, (Wyoming in case you don't know) We can eat Steak and Italian anytime. Anyways, although we were somewhat intimidated at 1st, The waiter seemed to be walking on eggshells so the last thing we wanted to do was to offend the waiter! I Felt it was best to just ASK about the fancy table settings and the such that were being presented. The waiter was thrilled that he was being treated like a person and not a servant. He loosened up right away and was flattered that we didn't want to offend his culture and was more than happy to explain to us what the heck it was all about. The rest of our dining was a true delight. I had the Prawns/Scallops in Garlic sauce and my Wife had the Seafood Fried Rice. Wonton Soup was excellent ! As was the entire meal. Service was Great ! I truly think that by treating the waiter with respect and dignity made the evening even better and we were not the only ones that were pleased with the entire "event ". Highly recommended !!!!!!

PS - Regardless of how you treat the waiter, It's definitely a 1st class operation there. Very pleasent time and educational for us I'm not not ashamed to admit. We will certainly go back when we return to NYC in the Spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 Star Rating: Average

07/20/07

5 starts on some things, 1 star on others

by akew at Citysearch

Today was my third visit. Highly recommended for its beautiful art deco decor; lovely place settings, serving dishes, and cutlery; nice ambience; and excellent service. And these positive things are consistent -- they've been positive every time I have been. And, sometimes, the food is excellent and highly recommended, too. But that's the thing -- having spent $80 for lunch for two people, you don't want the food to be SOMETIMES outstanding -- you want it ALWAYS to be outstanding. Today, one of the dishes was WELL and truly below average -- the fried rice we got was SO SALTY we had to send the whole thing back (it was like eating a salt lick, as if they had poured salt on it before sending it out). Not even the slightest whiff of a problem sending it back (goes back to the excellent service), and when it came back, it tasted MUCH better, but they had removed ALL the chicken and shrimp from it, which is presumably what drove the cost of $15 fried rice. Definitely worth a visit for the positives -- send the food back for another try if it doesn't meet your standards (and it may, but it may well not).

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/06/07

Best Chinese!!

by cward15 at Citysearch

Great Chinese dishes. The sauces were delicious and the service was great, French serving style. The dumplings were delicious and expertly done. Ginger Basil chicken was great.

The table setting was beautifully done with authentic Chinese style pieces. Nice high ceiling, beautifully decorated with Chinese vases and corals.

3 Star Rating: Average

04/04/07

Wasn't impressed.

by envymeny at Citysearch

The food here is not good. Atmosphere and decor is pretentious and tacky. Had the sizzling pepper steak, west lake lobster, beef dumplings, and a noodle dish. Was not impressed by any one of them. I have had so much better. Everything tasted and looked like take-out food. And their desserts? Forget about it. I regret ordering them. Although the food is bad, I am going to be fair. The service is good. I really liked the workers. They are friendly and attentive. Bad food, good service.

  • Pros: service
  • Cons: food, decor

The Details on Mr. K's Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • great food
  • excellent service
  • best chinese restaurant
  • nice place
  • beautiful art deco decor
  • rude waiter
  • authentic chinese
  • ridiculous prices
  • not overwhelming wait staff
  • recommended highly
  • like high ceiling
  • wonderful experience
  • authentic dishes
  • nice ambience
  • tacky atmosphere
  • tacky decor
  • perfect sesame prawns
  • awesome rocks
  • good seafood soup
  • crispy beef
  • huge space
  • great athmosphere
  • excellent wonton soup
  • wonderful peking duck
  • love chinese cuisine

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To provide our distinguished guests with the best China has to offer, Mr. K's has meticulously searched for dishes representing the essence of each of these regions. The most gourmet recipes with the best ingredients and the subtlest of seasonings have been prepared under the masterful direction of our head chef. Their beautiful presentation on imperial flatware, served in grand style, is an exotic prelude to your delight.

Some dishes are seasonal to ensure the finest quality and freshest ingredients. Requests for special dishes not on our menu will be accomodated whenever possible. Always available is the traditional Chinese tea or our ceremonial coffee brewed fresh whenever possible.

Mr. K's Restaurant