Hua Long Chinese Restaurant

This use to be my favorite Chinese Restaurant in Fort Greene, but not anymore. They were closed for a couple of months and I have been there a couple of times for take out — since they reopened –and each time, the food got worst, not better. I dont’ know what’s happening, this has to be the worst Chinese food I have ever eaten. I ordered Chicken with fired rice and the rice was gummy, overcooked and tasteless. I called to complain and the person who answered the phone, just told me to add Soy Sauce to the rice and it will taste better. I did and it didn’t make a difference. I am gonna miss Hua Long because it will be a long time before I go there for anything… So long, Hua Long.

This restaurant just reopened after having been closed for quite while because of a fire.
This is the best of the Chinese take out places in the neighborhood. The food is fresh, pretty well cooked and pretty inexpensive. Portions are generous. Special requests, such as less oil or salt, are usually honored.
Glad they are back.

The shrimp fried rice is amazing and add an egg to it!

Can’t complain about this Chinese take out place. Pretty standard fare. Friendly service. Mostly just take-​out. There are two small tables with four chairs each. Sometimes people sit down to eat, but most of time they’re just waiting for their food.

Good chinese food in my opinion, I’ve never been disappointed. By the way folks It is chinese fast food after all, not a true reflection of traditional chinese cuisine and it’s take out… not Cipriani, Masa, Babo… etc. With that said I like Hua Long. I personally have tried other chinese restaurants in the neighborhood and I prefer this place. I also have lived in Ft. Greene for about 8 years so I would know. They are fast, convenient and the food just taste’s better than other chinese restaurants I have tried around this neighborhood. The main reason that I will give this place 5 stars is because the people are really nice and warm. Good customer service always wins me over.

Probably the most decent Americanized Chinese takeout place in Fort Greene. It is inside, open late and the food taste ok. I had a Bean Curd Szechuan Style ($ 8.50) and it has some spice and went down easily.

As always, whenever I move into a new ‘hood (even if it’s a temporary move), I must try out the available mistresses in the area (aka: the available Chinese take-​out spots which keep me warm on those dark, lonely nights in my apartment…).
For our temporary stay in Fort Greene, Margot G. and I opted for Hua Long after an extended Unilocal search (seriously, what do you people DO for Chinese take-​out because there didn’t seem to be many options!). We opted for a full order of orange chicken, which came with white rice + an additional small order of fried rice. There’s definitely nothing spectacular about the food, and it takes a little while to arrive via delivery, but it’s definitely cheap and it does the job when you’re looking for a fried/​greasy food fix.
I’ll probably look around a little more for a regular spot, but in the likely event that I don’t find one, this will probably be it for the next month or so.

When it comes to Chinese take out places, Fort Greene is sorely lacking. Hua Long is perhaps the best (and cleanest!) option you have this side of the neighborhood.
I just had Bean Curd Szechuan style, which was cooked with carrots and peas. Was it bursting with flavor? No, but for $ 8.50 it was a very generous portion that can feed 3 people. And you know what? It wasn’t that bad considering it was tofu[1]. And it was nice and spicy the way I like it.
The fried scallops with vegetable fried rice ($ 5) exceeded my expectations. The scallops (8), although not particularly flavorful[2], were fried well (not oily at all, although the exterior could have been more crisp). The fried rice was actually delicious: the grains were perfectly separated and had a nice chewy consistency; the peas were sweet and the bok choi nice and crunchy. Definitely the best part of the dish[3].
Their hot sauce is unfortunately mild. Skip that and use the Sriracha you have at home.
They’re open until 10:45 pm Sunday through Thursday, and until 11:45 Friday and Saturday.
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[1] Not a big fan of tofu. Although stinky tofu…
[2] Which, to be honest, is to be expected at a Chinese takeout place like this one.
[3] getting all excited about fried rice… I am so hopelessly white :-(

Hua Long wins the award for Most Improved Chinese Restaurant in Fort Greene. Usually once a Chinese restaurant’s built it will stay the exact same for however long it exists, and Hua Long used to be the saddest, grimmest, grossest Chinese place in the neighborhood, at least since Best Wok closed five years ago. It was the type of place that was so bad you’d feel legitimate pity for anyone you saw eating there, or even working there. Sometimes I’d walk past it, seeing it open late at night, manned by a single severely pregnant lady squirting orange sauce into a baggie of fried chicken, thus constituting one of the more vaguely depressing sights I’ve seen in my life. I tried the food a couple times, and that was enough to make the easy decision to never eat there again.
However, at some point, Hua Long had some significant renovations done to their store, and improved the food right along with it. Whereas once it was grimy, gray, and dim, the store is now very well-​lit and possibly the cleanest Chinese takeout place I’ve ever seen (for what that’s worth). The transformation was so significant that I decided the food deserved another shot. And overall, it really is an impressive improvement – everything’s much less greasy, and is just plain better made, leaving me with only nitpicky complaints. The General Tso’s could’ve used a bit more sauce, but what was there was pretty tasty. The fried dumplings are almost comically big, but not bad, and while the chicken w/​black bean sauce was a bit too water-​chestnut-​heavy (bleah) for my tastes, it too was pretty good. Ultimately, it is still, y’know, cheap Chinese takeout, but Hua Long is now actually a legitimate option for such food in the neighborhood, instead of being that disgusting place you hurry past and kind of wish would close down and be replaced with a yet another bodega or something. It’s as if this restaurant saw the big speech at the end of Rocky IV and said to itself, you know, that sweaty Italian midget with the broken jaw mumbling about change is right.

I was headed to a meeting I was pretty sure would have food but I was too hungry so this was the first quick place I saw. I ordered a shrimp egg roll (my standby lately for a quick Chinese snack). There was no one else waiting but perhaps they had some deliveries to make because I saw they were making a lot of food.
In 5 minutes I got my order. I asked for hot sauce instead of the offered duck sauce and it was given to me.
The shrimp roll was nice and hot, lots of shrimpyy greasy deliciousness.

This restaurant is right in my neighborhood. At least once a week I stop in for the Lo Mein, fired chicken, or one of the combination platters to go after work.
They are mainly a carry out/​deliverly service. This is a small family run business and the owner is very nice. The service is friendly and the portions are very good. All the dishes I have had has been very tasty without any MSG or other artificial stuff. They make food right to order, even if is not something on the main menu.
One day I was a few cents short on my order, the owner let me make it up the next time I was in. This was kind. But I know he would only do something like this for regular customers.
So if you live in the neighborhood or even just passing through, you may want to stop by this place and give them a taste.