Fu Mun Lou

I’ve been to Fu Mun Lou (or is that Lu?) many times. In fact, it is one or our go-​to places in Sunset Park. There are some incredibly tasty items on the menu, but this is definitely not a place for a novice round-​eye. The menu, as described in some of the other reviews, is almost impossible, and the wait staff’s English varies from good-​enough, to nonexistent. Even pointing to the menu item does not guarantee you’re gonna get what you wanted, and if you’re accustomed to food being brought out in a certain order, i.e. appetizers first, forget about that. It is not a concept of importance at «Lou’s» as we call the place.
All that said, their dumplings are light and delicious as are the noodles in sesame (or is that peanut) sauce. The eggplant casserole is one of the best tasting dishes you will find, although on my last visit, after pointing to it on the menu, they decided to bring us a flame-​pot of liver and intestines. Not an easy mistake as I see it, and not an experience I would embrace with enthusiasm or intention for that matter.
Bottom line is if you are not afraid of playing menu roulette, you can get some very good food for incredibly low prices at Fu Mun Lu. I kinda like the adventure and keep going back…

This late night Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn’s 8^th Avenue Chinatown was a nice surprise after returning from a short road trip from out of town. After Unilocaling late night places, Fu Mun Lou came up and gave us a new alternative to our 2 favorite Manhattan haunts. (8^th Avenue has more than a few late night restaurants so take note if you’re ever foraging for food in the wee hours and don’t want to go to Billyburg). You should know that Fu Mun Lou is a Fukianese or Fujianese restaurant, not a Cantonese restaurant if you are looking for a beloved Cantonese dish like we were. They didn’t have it but they have other interesting choices. Fuzhou cuisine is known for its soups and stews but when we were ogling the typo-​ridden menu we saw things like «duck tone», «pork life», «sautéed tortoise meat» and «dai chang» (which for those who know southern dialects, means large intestine). I chose some more familiar innocuous dishes so if they weren’t good we would blame the cook and not our prejudices with exotic organ meats. The iron plate grilled short ribs albeit tenderized with baking soda and a little on the sweet side according to my foodie friend was tasty and a sizzling sensation. The shrimps were sweet in the salt and pepper fried shrimp dish but not jumbo sized as the menu described them which made the shelling a little annoying. Be also forewarned, the shrimps have heads which I love but not good for patrons who may be concerned with potential gout attacks. The crispy salty shrimp shells though are edible and good with beer if you want to make the dish a bar snack instead of a dinner entrée. Instead of the ubiquitous white rice accompaniment, we had E-​fu noodles which were a perfect plate of stir-​fried spongy wheat noodles with vegetables. For $ 32 we were fed well. Comparably, kalbi, a Korean barbecued beef short rib favorite of ours would have cost nearly the same for just one dish. The service however, was a little lacking due to an engaging Chinese novella playing on the TV which all the staff seemed to be distracted watching but somehow the short ribs were served so quickly that I’m sure it was nothing short of witchery. It would be worth it to go back just to see if the chef can repeat this magical feat.

A bunch of friends and I came here not knowing what food they serve. We also couldn’t read the menu. We literally asked them to serve us whatever the next table was having. ¾ dishes were good so we call that a win. Everything was ridiculously cheap. Nobody really spoke English though.
Then we found out beer was $ 1.75. $ 20 of beers later, we had a great time. We definitely we’re not the only ones, great atmosphere.

Fu Mun Lou is one of the best Fuzhou food in 8 Ave. i love this place ru guo na li Mei you ren xi Yan 。

One of the best food in the neighbourhood. Ask some questions about what seems strange to you, the staff is helpful. Cheap, fresh and surprising.

I like their food, very yummy, I go there with my boyfriend alll the time for the combo for 16.99, but, somehow we found the service getting worse and one of the waitress seem to dislike my boy, which we (my friends, me and my boyfriend) can tell the way she treat us. We still like it here but stoping going very often.

Very reasonably priced Fuzhounese restaurant. ok food and clean.