BunNan — Restaurant in New York

My older sister and I was hunting for a good brunch meal this pass Sunday, and as always we love to try new style foods and try to support black owned to the best of our abilities. We came across this place because another Haitian cuisine recommended it. The food was very good and flavorful, great spices and presentation. There was only one server, a light skin, tall gentleman with glasses, that made our experience worth it but unfortunately due to the colorism, prejudice, and unprofessional practices from the female owner, we will not support again or would recommend this establishment. We watch the owner, who has locks with a tapper haircut on the sides, greet a party of 7/8 who was all her culture, a single dining, and 4 tables of double persons with smiles, conversations, laughter, you name it, the caucasian couple got the most hospitality and warm greetings and check on the frequently. Unfortunately, I guess when it was our turn, my sister and I was greeted with the most reluctant bitter "Y'all alright" that I ever experience. It was so fake that I was in shock of her disposition towards the so-called Black Americans that just supported her restaurant was disgusting. Before we tip our waiter we asked him, are his tips shared with the house. NO ONE deserves his reward for his excellence for how he handle the front of the house without help until the very last minute. Oh how could I forget that our order was extremely late coming out due to a mixed-up but the other 3 double tables of 2, I mentioned got there food before us although they came in quite some time after us. All we got from are server was honesty of the delay and a sincere apology. Like I said, he made up for everything‼️💐💐

Rule of thumb for the owner or owners you never know who is in the building or who's that person is connected to, your customers is the lifeline of your business, treat ALL the same way even if they're not...

Last night my partner and I walked into BunNan with insatiable hunger for Haitian cuisine not knowing what to expect.

After being warmly received and seated, it was incredibly difficult choosing from the array of deliciously sounding Haitian Caribbean fusion dishes on the menu. After a conflicting internal back and forth with ourselves, my partner and I zeroed in on our selection. I opted for the Oxtail Rice Bowl and my partner chose the Griot Pork Rice Bowl. For beverage we opted for Passion Fruit Lemonade. And for appetizer, we chose the Patties Herring.

My partner and I both agree the Patties Herring were not particularly impressing, but then again we are not herring lovers, so take this comment with a grain of salt. But good enough. For a moment it looked like we were not on a good start. But everything totally changed when are main entrees came.

First, the presentation of the dishes was mesmerizing each dish is proudly decorated with the Haitian flag 🇭🇹. Reminiscent of a Bento Box, our selection came on sturdy wooden circular bowl-like plates, beautifully displayed within an arrangement of dijon dijon rice, red cabbage slaw, caramelized onions, pickliz, plantains and of course the main attraction Oxtail cooked Haitian style (my plate), while my partner with the pork griot.

In summary, my partner and I very much enjoyed our selections. My partner raved about how flavorful and tender the pork griot was, while I thought the oxtail was equally delicious and succulent. The rest of the accompaniments were fantastic like the dijon dijon Rice, red cabbage slaw, caramelized onions, pickliz and plantains and brought everything together and elevated a delightful experience. We will be returning to this place a soon so we can try the other options...

Came here on 9/3 on a Wednesday, at 7 pm. They were closed. Guess they need to update that on Google.

UPDATE: Just ordered via delivery. I ordered the Fritay platter for 2. Turkey and Griot. 1.The plantains were cut very thin and fried crispy more like large plantain chips. (I don't like mine like that) The pikliz was the most disappointing pikliz I've ever tasted. It was more of a cabbage soaked in vinegar with a few pieces of carrot shred thrown in. Not real Haitian pikliz, not one scotch bonnet to be found in there no spice at all tasted more vinegar than anything. Marinad= Some were fluffy like I like and other were more like air fried oil. Lol that's the only way I can describe it. None had flavor it's like they just fried the flour that's it no parsley or epis added to it. The turkey tasted old with no acid to it. Turkey is a meat that needs to be well seasoned and marinated. The griot was very tender. It could pass. The Akra was OK The fried sweet potatoes were the best. Over all I think if you don't know Haitian food or what to expect or a person who doesn't know food then you will be happy otherwise this place will...