Jin Da Lai — Restaurant in New York

Our experience was kind of awkward because we walked in and the only table of six that was there got mad quiet and turned to look at us, like walking into a classroom late hahaha...

We thought there would be a grill your own skewer experience, but we were all too awkward out to ask and gave up. So no grill your own, but it was quite nice the food itself.

Corn Pancake is a 10, crispy pork is 8. Everything got cold fast tho. The skewer of hot dog was such a childhood nostalgic throwback, bc it tasted just like those sausage snacks(火腿肠 huo tui chang)

Server was stone cold, but he did what he needed to do: bring us food, prep our table for chopsticks and napkins, and got us hot rice tea.

I think downstairs would be grill your own, maybe...

Great place for skewers. The beef is very tender and soft. Very tasty. Chicken was juicy. Love the concept of cooking it yourself. Especially for the beef. You can have it the way you want it. Also got a spicy pork dish that was very good. Everything is in chinese but the staff does speak english. It seems there's 2 entrances to this place. We went down towards the basement which seems to be where the grilling tables are. The upstairs is where they serve you only cooked food. Overall I would come back. The rice was different and perfect pairing...

You will have to specify that you want to grill your own skewers. They served pre-made skewers. Being that we came for the BBQ experience, we asked if we could do it ourselves and they said that we did not order enough skewers (needs to order 40 skewers and above). Our order got cold fast.

Being that this is in Flushing, I did not expect great service. However, their service was especially slow and no one was attentive to fill up our waters. There are other BBQ places that are much better. I would not recommend this place. Will not be...