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How May Kitchen & Restaurant
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 11 am - 10 pm
Fri 11 am - 11 pm
Sat-Sun 12 pm - 10 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
9 reviews for How May Kitchen & Restaurant
9 reviews in English
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Review from Matt J.
New Orleans, LA
3/26/2010 1 photo
We ordered take-out from here, so I can't really comment on the service over in the dine-in portion of the restaurant. You begin by grabbing a paper menu and circling what you want - so no language barrier to deal with at least on the take-out side.
We opted for the Egg Drop Soup, Pork Fried Rice (per Jerry's suggestion), Chicken Lo Mein, Steamed Dumplings, and the Curried Beef and Onion. The soup was good and the dumplings large, doughy, and with a good chunk of meat inside. The pork fried rice was excellent with big chunks of pork. The lo mein was decent, and I really liked the curried beef - good balance of curry flavor without overpowering the beef and onion.
I'd eat here again. Clearly better-than-average chinese food. -
Review from Blaire R.
Loudoun County, VA
8/15/2010
This place is a little diamond in the rough. Is it the very best LI has to offer? No. But if you're out in Patchogue and craving Chinese, then this place is your best bet. The service is good and the food is reliable. I've been eating at How May for the last 20 years or so, possibly longer, and it's never disappointed me.
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Review from Michael S.
Patchogue, NY
7/28/2011
Was a usual customer here and am actually revising my previous good review. Stopping coming here at least for a little while. Would order from here almost twice a week and about 1 out of 5 times the chicken will be very tough and chewy and taste like it's gone a little bad or sat too long or maybe they're buying cheap chicken sometimes? Not too sure but all I know is when that happens it's like the worst Chinese I've ever tasted though most of the time it's decent I don't feel like chancing it anymore and am just bringing my business down the street to Best Meal Chinese. I thought it was just a different chef and the taste of the dish until my co worker mentioned the same taste to me and she had a completely different dish. Beware
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Review from the b.
Brookhaven, NY
6/14/2011
My main chinese take out place pretty average food everything you expect at a chinese place. Never messed up my order after 10+ years of coming here. Everything's always on point. Dining in is nice also very relaxed atmosphere and good service.
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Review from Jerry H.
Durham, NC
How May has been in the area for some 20 odd years. The place is above average Long Island Chinese fare. Whatever you like at your local place is that much better here. The Pork Fried Rice has a better chunkier pork, The General Tso Chicken's tastier. It's fast the people are friendly. If you are vegetarian they work with you like General Tso Tofu.
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Review from Cliff L.
Melville, NY
7/30/2010
How May Not.
C'mon Yelpers. This is not a good Chinese restaurant. Maybe by Patchogue standards, but that's setting a mighty low bar. (Sorry, Patchoguers, but even you have to admit that your home town is not a destination spot for Chinese cuisine).Get into Nassau County, to The Orient, or Fortune Wheel. Or bite the bullet (and some decent food) and continue to Flushing. Or for great new American food in Patchogue, head west on Main street to Perabell.
Back to How May. The Dumplings. An exercise in excess dough. Go for the Dim Sum.
The Soups. At least the waitress warned us off the Hot and Sour (did she say 'Made with Catsup'?) Went for the Cabbage Soup, which included long strands of pork (beware vegans), a few slivers of cabbage, and no flavor. Maybe add a bit of vinegar, if they have any.
The Mains. Kong Po Chicken's only redeeming feature was the Planters peanuts sprinkled in top. Eggplant in Garlic Sauce didn't have any garlic. Both were listed in the menu in red, and there were a few chili pods in each, but no chili flavor, so must've been a typo.
Rice. The famous Pork Fried Rice does have dice-sized pieces of overcooked pork, but no discernible egg or scallions. Stick to the Brown Rice.
Memo to Self. When checking out a Chinese restaurant, make sure at least one Asian has reviewed it favorably. -
Review from Leo B.
East Patchogue, NY
1/21/2008
Good quality Chinese takeout. Shrimp toast!!!!
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Review from Donald L.
Shirley, NY
2/21/2010 1 photo
Very good Chinese food in a pleasant atmosphere. One of the few remaining Chinese restaurants with a separate dining room. There was a slight language barrier with the wait staff, but it was not difficult to overcome.
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Review from Someone A.
Bellport, NY
7/31/2010
Completely average in every way.
