Four Four South Village

For dining in or take out, Four Four South Village is my go-to spot for solid homestyle Taiwanese food across NYC that is a great price. This is the review for their Hell's Kitchen location--they are a local chain that has a Flushing and lower east side location. This location is quite clean and quiet, and the food is fresh and comes out quickly! Every time I visit Four Four South Village, I HAVE to get the Pork Gua Bao, a delicious $6 bun with fatty pork, cilantro, pickled veggies, and dusted with a sweet peanut powder. It's the most amazing bite, a true Taiwanese staple! For a more filling meal, I recommend the Noodles with Beef and Braised Sauce (a flavorful dry noodle). Also recommend any of their appetizers, including the popcorn chicken. Highly recommend!

I've been to Four Four South Village once and ordered from there multiple times. The restaurant itself is very clean with comfortable seating. Additionally, the bathrooms themselves have Toto Japanese toilets which feels very luxurious. Service itself is quick and friendly. I've tried a few items from them but we often get the BEEF NOODLE SOUP which has great flavor, noodles are also perfectly well cooked with a nice smattering of veggies that it comes with. Their PORK CHOPS are also tasty and a great rice bowl. I have gotten their PORK BELLY a few times as well and feel the other items are a bit stronger, as it is a bit too salty and the pork belly could be cooked down a bit more. All in all, a great option for Taiwanese food in the area.

After reading great reviews, and as a Taiwanese popcorn chicken lover, I had to give it a try. The order was prepared quickly.- The popcorn chicken was good, but nothing particularly special.- The pork chop was incredibly tender, even after cooling down.- The sauce on the dan dan noodles was a bit too salty, so we tried to push it aside to eat the noodles. Surprisingly, our favorite dish ended up being the pork chop over rice & we were initially unsure about ordering. Might try other dishes next time.

A very solid Taiwanese-style noodle spot! I stopped by for lunch, and ordered the spicy beef noodle soup. While it is not as spicy as I would like, the broth was tasty, and the beef was tender. The noodles also were springy. It definitely hit the spot, and served to satisfy a craving for Chinese-style noodles. Definitely would recommend as a casual meal alone or with friends!

First time here loved it!! the Calamari was delicious. It's salty and crunchy with a sweet/sour dipping sauce. The sausage was perfect. Just right amount of sweetness. The entrees were all flavorful and rich!

I've gone to the Flushing location countless times and only recently learnt there was also a branch here! (Never went to the East Village one although I heard that one closed recently.) This location is a bit smaller, understandably, but the decor is as detailed as always, right up to the distinctive 北一女 green colour haha.Anyways, I got the standard beef noodle soup here and it was delicious, as expected. The broth was rich, savoury, and very authentic, the noodles were nice and chewy, and the meat was flavourful and so soft / easy to chew.Only gripe was that they only offered water, no hot tea (unlike the Flushing branch!).The location's a bit out of the way for me, so I am not sure if I'll be back to *this* branch specifically, but I expect many, many more bowls of beef noodle soup at their other place in Flushing to come.

Nice Taiwanese restaurant right next door to Deaxon Brodie's saloon. Well heated, decent service and good food. Comfortable seating, clean bathrooms. Reasonably priced. Starts getting crowded around 7pm.

This is probably one of my favorite casual Taiwanese restaurants in Manhattan, reasonable prices for the city and large portions. It's a casual establishment, yet it's well kept and feels modern inside. It's a relatively small space, so service is quick. My favorite dish to order here is the Tomato Beef Noodle soup + tendon & tripe. The broth is so beefy yet tangy from the tomato, and the beef cubes and tendon are sooo tender and packed with flavor. It's $16.95 a bowl of you opt in for the tendon + tripe. Well worth the extra $ imo!

I discovered this hole in the wall on restaurant row last week. I was seeking out a restaurant that makes good Taiwanese fried chicken and this place turned up. I had never had Taiwanese fried chicken before but I was having a craving for something outside of my usual Korean or Japanese chicken go-tos. I ordered a popcorn chicken rice bowl from here . The meal comes with a generous portion of fried chicken, rice and bok choy and a boiled egg. As far as the chicken goes, I thought it was tasty. It had a slight cinnamon taste that I wasn't expecting, but I liked it. Compared to Korean and Japanese fried chicken, this was drier. It doesnt come in a sauce. The flour coating is light and you can tell it's thoroughly spiced. I think I prefer other Asian fried chicken over this kind, since it usually has more of a crunch and it's less dry but I still enjoyed my meal.I thought the portion was great for the price. They followed my instructions and packed my rice separate from the chicken. The bok choy was good too and came with something that tasted like a garlic mince. Overall, it was a good experience and I'd definitely return.

Really liked the tomato broth soup! Really hit the spot. The spicy was good but the tomato one was on point. The apps were bad but I liked the mains more.