Potluck Club 佰樂: A Trendy Cantonese Asian Fusion Experience in NYC

I came here for dinner on a Wednesday night. It can be tough to get a reservation as they only open a limited number of tables and only offer dates two weeks in advance. The restaurant has distinctive decor. It's a mix between a traditional dim sum restaurant, a diner, and a trendy hot spot. To drink, I had the ribena spritz. It arrived beautifully at the table with a warm pink color melting into deep purple. It was fruity, fizzy, and perfectly sweet. To start, we shared the woodear and oyster mushroom potstickers. These were delicious. A crunchy shell was topped with a savory chili crisp. It was quite flavorful, especially with the scallions and sweet soy sauce. For my main, I had the vegetarian xo fried rice. This was tasty and a generous portion size, but not particularly noteworthy. I also tried the oyster mushroom rice roll noodles. I loved the tender, savory mushrooms. The rice rolls were decently firm, but could've had a bit more flavor. The scallion biscuits and chili plum jam that accompanied the salt and pepper chicken were an unexpected treat. The jam was rich and thick, and paired well with all of the dishes. Service was fast and even though the restaurant was crowded, it was easy to carry a conversation.

I was finally able to get a reservation at Potluck Club! Everything was yummy - the Endive Salad and Fried Chicken were my favorite items.

Good throwback interior with amazing service. Portion sizes are huge, but I HIGHLY recommend the Oyster Mushroom Rice Rolls as the marinate & texture = perfect and the Berkshire Pork & Chive Potstickers. The Salt & Pepper Chicken with Scallion Biscuits is also huge portion size but make sure to use the sauce with it as that's what makes the huge difference! The curry tofu was good but I didn't find anything too special about this. Once again, huge portion size. I recommend getting couple dishes and sharing with your table! I will definitely come back for the oyster mushroom rice rolls.

I love the design and decorations here! We came for brunch with a large group so I got to try several items. The Hong Kong French test with salted egg was excellent - id recommend this as a shared plate as it may be too sweet for one person to eat. A few bites are perfect though! Get the taro shrimp fritters!! They are fried perfectly crisp and the taro is subtle yet unmistakeable. The aioli was a refreshing sauce to balance out the fritter. The endive salad was fresh but did not particularly stand out to me. Still, it was a light, refreshing shareable. I ordered the salt and pepper fried chicken sandwich. My only gripe was that I wish there was more sauce!! Overall had a lovely brunch with excellent service, and I am intrigued to try their dinner menu!

I came back to dinner and my review still holds but had to update anyway. Usually, Americanized/modernized Asian food gets a bad rep but Potluck club does it SO well. We came with a big group so I think we tried 90% of the entire dinner menu. My favorite dishes for dinner were the pork potstickers, spicy eggplant, salt & pepper chicken and the rice rolls with mushrooms and add the steak. Their service is also great, the servers are so friendly and chill. So worth the hype, highly recommend trying both dinner & weekend brunch!!!

Vibe: 8/10 Service: 6.5/10 Value: 4.5/10 potluck chow mein: 9/10 pork belly cha siu & egg sandwich w. french fries: 8/10 Overall: 7.2/10 (3.6/5) [To clarify our review system: 10 = we'll never have anything else as good as this in our lives (we use 10 very sparingly!) 9 = extraordinary 8 = great 7 = above average 6 = average Anything below 6 is being critical]

Sorry, grandma, but next time I need fried chicken Pot luck Club is where I am going. It was jumping, it was bustling, and the open kitchen was churning out heat under the pressure. A beautiful space with memorable eats. I started with some veggie potstickers. Amazing. Simple as that. Coated with some chili oil and the edges crisped to perfection. The inside stuffed full of mushroom and veggies sending waves of umami packed flavor to your taste buds. I was solo and ate every single one. I would do it again, too. Now, the chicken, biscuit, and sauce. Sometimes you just look at a piece of fried chicken and know it is special. This salt and pepper chicken aces the eye test. It is beautiful. Stunning. But, it gets even better' you can eat it, too! Let me tell you, remember that first crunch when you bite it. Savor it. It is euphoric. The crunch from the skin could be heard by the deaf. The flavor is so rich. Salty, peppery, and the chicken is not dry. Add a little bit of that sweet and savory jam... boom, magic. And the biscuits are the perfect accompaniment. Flaky, salty, and the scallion is so amazing. Let me tell you, go to pot luck club. Eat the chicken. Do not stop. Enjoy it. Savor every bite of that salty skin. Scoop every drip of that jam onto your biscuit or chicken. Order an extra biscuit. Enjoy your company. This place is ELITE. Like, real deal.

This is my second time here and I wasn't blown away the first time but this time around I thought every dish was amazing. Highly recommend the oyster mushroom rice rolls and the chicken and biscuits.

Thought this was going to be an ordinary Asian restaurant but it exceeded my expectations! We try walk in right when they opened on a Saturday and thankfully they had spots. We were seated in the tall top seats towards the back of the restaurant where you get to watch the chefs cook. What we ordered: -jellyfish tiger salad: this has to be my favorite jellyfish dish! I love the aroma of the cilantro and how refreshing the whole dish is. Also I've only had jellyfish in small pieces but they have the jellyfish in the form of noodles and it was really fun to eat -oyster mushroom rice roll noodles: I've only had rice rolls from the food carts that are in plain form and they add some sort of sauce to it. But this stored fried rice roll dish is so good! The rice rolls are perfectly textured and taste so good with the mushroom and other veggies -salt and pepper chicken with scallion biscuits: this plate is huge! Chicken pieces were perfectly fried, juicy, and tender. Biscuits tasted like regular biscuits. Definitely a very filling dish -jade scorpion beer: "green peppercorn Pilsner" and you really do taste the peppercorn which is so interesting Highly recommend everyone to check this place out! Amazing food, great service, and insane interior design.