Maikley Cafe

Very few things make me happy in life. Walking to 8^th Avenue in search of new eats is one of them. In light of the upcoming Chinese New Year, Year of the Fire Monkey, we instantly were starving once we were on 8^th Avenue. We just happened to stop in front of this place and were swayed by the menu selections on the window.
We were immediately seated.
We were immediately asked for our order.
We were immediately give our food.
I sh! t you not, this took place all in a matter of 8 minutes. I have NEVER gotten food so fast in all my life! It seems very customary here that as people are walking in, they are having their order placed. The menu was big, so my hubby and I asked the waitress for her two cents, and she agreed we try the seafood pan fried noodles, and the beef hand pulled noodles. Oh, and we had to try their dumplings because, well, why not — right?
Their dumplings were so simple and delicious, that combined with their house dumpling sauce, made these go down pretty smoothly. Stuffed with pork and leeks and other unnamed goodness, we didn’t really care. They were packed with meat, and that’s the way it should always be!
My husband only shared one shrimp with me from his dish, and one piece of beef from my soup; because that’s martial love. My soup had a well seasoned broth, and the noodles were a bit on the chewy side; not terrible that I couldn’t eat it. The seafood pan fried noodles had everything you could want — shrimps, clams, squid, mussels, and a scallop here and there; very worth it. Topped the meal off with two large ginger honey teas, and we just ate dinner for $ 22.00 flat.
See you in the not so distant future!

Stopped here with a friend for a late night snack. The hand pulled noodles were a bit chewy indicating they were not super fresh and the beef could have been more tender but the dumplings were quite good. The first server was a bit abrupt but she left and the second one, while not attentive, was very nice.

This place is not the shabbiest or the best at all .its just somewhere in the middle. Customer service is quick and friendly. They speak many different dialects of Chinese so if you are a fluent Chinese speaker its not a problem because they got you covered with English too! They speak Fuzhouense cantonese and mandarin.
SO anyways i stumbled upon this place after being rudely disrespected by the employees at «best bakery» across the street. This place, the front is a bakery and the back is more of a food place all owned by the same person. I sat down at 10:30 am ish and ordered breakfast but breakfast was over?! I guess I am not an earlybird like most people! I settled for handpulled noodles with spam instead. When the food arrived it was piping hot with fresh and plentiful ingredients on top of the noodles.
What i really like is that there is an open kitchen that you can see the chefs pulling the noodles. in most places, «hand pulled noodles» are often made off sites and arent as fresh as onsite made ones. My order was made right in front of my eyes before it was served.
Sure there are many FJ restaurants along this FJ strip but i think this one is worth coming into since their service is top notch along with very appealing prices for a meal.

Quiet good, a bit more expensive than the places around here but worth it. Rated for the fried beef hand pulled noodle. … Going back for more!

I can’t tell if there’s just no reviews for this place because it’s brand new or because most of the patrons are straight up so-Chinese-that-they-don’t-know-Yelp. Regardless of which one, I have to write a review for this spot because the lady at the bakery counter was kind enough to give me a $ 1 voucher. $ 1 you say? What can you buy with $ 1??? Well in Manhattan you can buy less than half a macaron. In the Brooklyn Chinatown, where Maikely Café is situated, you can buy two, count them, TWO pastries. Yea. That just happened.
To top it off, this place isn’t just a bakery. It’s more of a casual restaurant along the lines of most Manhattan Chinatown spots featuring noodles, chicken dishes, pork dishes, and your standard Chinatown greased up and salted up food. Sure, I’d pass on most of the menu, but there are still hidden gems here and there. A big bowl of beef daoxiaomian and a small pastry set me back $ 5. Yep. I’ll take that over two whole macarons anyday.