Hainan

Good service and nice food with reasonable price! Try korean-style chinese food here. The portions are also huge!

I think this is the best Korean-Chinese restaurant! The food always tastes fresh, clean, and flavorful. The place is always spotless, and they have so many delicious dishes to choose from. I really love this restaurant and highly recommend it!

Jajangmyeon for only $5.99?! I’m there. Hainan is a restaurant in Flushing where you can order all the staples in the Korean Chinese cuisine. My husband and I ordered jajangmyeon (noodles in black bean sauce), tangsuyuk (fried pork with sweet and sour sauce), and jjampong (spicy noodle soup with seafood). Jajangmyeon is one of my favorite type of noodles, and whenever you order jajangmyeon, you also have to order tangsuyuk. It's crispy, crunchy, and the batter is not too thick. With the sauce, you can either dip it in or pour it all over. Inside the jjampong, there's a bunch of seafood and other ingredients. You get shrimp, mussels, octopus, squid, broccoli, peppers, and of course, the noodles. Such a savory, hearty, and comforting meal. Hainan is great for a quick and casual meal. Come here if you like good noodles and nostalgic K-pop songs. You also get free Yakult at the end! Hainan 하이난 (41-25 162nd St, Flushing, NY 11358) Open daily 11am-10pm

I do have my go to Korean Chinese place but wanted to try this place as jjajangmyen deal seemed pretty good these days ($5.99). Jjajangmyen was decent, tangsuyuk was a let down (small portion for Large, small pieces, too chewy and the sauce was not enough quantity), but jjamppong was pretty good. We had to wait for a long time to get our first food. When we were done with Tangsuyuk, we got the noodles which should usually be the opposite order. I'm going to stick to my usual spot.

My friend and I went to Hainan around 12:30pm on a Sunday. It was decently busy, but we were able to get a table without a wait. It's a bit of a walk from Main Street, so I would recommend catching a bus, especially in the cold weather! The ambiance is casual, with the menu items posted up around the restaurant. For food, it comes down to preference. We each ordered a jjajangmyeon ($11.98 - I could've sworn the menu said $9.99, but that may be a lunch special price?) and a medium tangsuyuk to split ($23.99). Pricing is fair, and it is still cheaper than Manhattan prices. I was a bit off-put by the orange-colored noodles in the jjajangmyeon, but they had a nice silky texture. The sauce was where the dish lost me. I don't know what it is, but it tasted almost like there was a tomato component in the sauce, and the sweet black-bean flavor was not coming through to me. The tangsuyuk was fried well and the coating had a nice texture. However, the meat itself was flavorless and absolutely needed the sauce. Service was mixed, though everyone was courteous. The food came quickly, and I was granted more kimchi when I asked (this kimchi was REALLY good!). However, you have to ask for most things (water, water refill, kimchi refill, etc.). I'm not super put-off by this, since that's how it is in Korea, so just be aware of it. Overall, the food is still good, but since it is not my preference, I will be checking out other places in the area before returning to Hainan.