Restaurant in New York City, United States

Ho Foods

Name: Ho Foods
Address: 110 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009, New York City, US
Telephone: (347) 788-0682

385Pearl Points

Two-year OAD ranking. Order everything.

About Ho Foods

Ho Foods is a focused Taiwanese spot in the East Village, ranked on Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats list two years running (#419 in 2025). The menu is short — beef noodle soup, radish cakes, fan tuan, housemade soy milk — and that discipline is exactly what makes it worth returning to. Easy to book, open for daytime and evening service Thursday through Sunday.

Verdict

Ho Foods has ranked on Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats in North America list two years running — #419 in 2025 and #409 in 2024 — which tells you most of what you need to know. This is a short-menu Taiwanese spot on East 7th Street in the East Village that earns its reputation through a focused, well-executed lineup rather than ambition for ambition's sake. If you want Taiwanese comfort food done with care in a neighbourhood that has no shortage of options, book it. If you want a long tasting menu or a splashy occasion restaurant, look elsewhere.

About Ho Foods

The menu at Ho Foods is deliberately tight. That restraint is the point. A short menu at a Taiwanese spot in this price tier signals confidence in sourcing and preparation rather than a lack of ambition. The dishes OAD calls out specifically, radish cakes with crisp edges, fan tuan, housemade soy milk, beef noodle soup, are the kind of preparations where the quality of the base ingredients is immediately apparent. Radish cakes that hold their shape and develop a proper crust at the edge require good daikon and careful technique. Housemade soy milk is a sourcing statement in itself: most spots in this category pour from cartons. The fact that Ho Foods makes it in-house signals a kitchen that cares about what goes into the food, not just what comes out on the plate.

Beef noodle soup is one of Taiwan's most scrutinised comfort dishes, doing it well in New York means sourcing beef that can hold a long braise without turning chalky. OAD's characterisation, "soul-warming" and worthy of bathing in, is the kind of language that only lands when the broth is genuinely deep. That kind of depth comes from ingredients, time, not cutting corners on either.

The hours split into daytime and evening service on most days, with Tuesday closed entirely. Thursday through Sunday offer both a morning-to-afternoon window and an evening sitting, making Ho Foods one of the more accessible Taiwanese options in Manhattan for either a weekend brunch or a weeknight dinner. The East Village address puts it within easy reach of the L and 6 trains.

For someone who has visited once, the practical advice is to work through the full menu on your next visit. The lineup is short enough that ordering broadly is both feasible and the right call. If you came for beef noodle soup the first time, add the radish cake and the soy milk. They are not sides that prop up a main event, they are separate reasons to return.

Ho Foods sits in a strong peer group for Taiwanese food in New York City. 886 in Midtown East runs a longer, more contemporary Taiwanese-American menu at a higher price point. Taiwanese Gourmet skews toward the older, family-style format and covers more regional breadth. Wenwen in Brooklyn brings a bar-forward, modern take on the cuisine. Ho Foods is none of those things: it is a focused, neighbourhood-anchored spot where the sourcing discipline shows up directly in the food. That is a different kind of value proposition, for the right visit, it is the better one.

For context on how Taiwanese cooking at its most formal operates, Fujin Tree Taiwanese Cuisine & Champagne (Songshan) and Golden Formosa in Taipei represent the high-end reference point. Ho Foods is operating in an entirely different tier and register, but knowing what the cuisine looks like at full stretch helps calibrate what makes the East Village version worth seeking out.

Ratings at a Glance

Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats, North America: Ranked #419 (2025), #409 (2024)

Booking

Booking difficulty at Ho Foods is easy. No reservation system data is available in our records, so check directly at the restaurant or walk in, particularly for the daytime service windows. Evening sittings on weekends are more likely to fill, so arriving early or checking ahead is sensible for Friday and Saturday dinner. Tuesday is closed.

Hours

Monday: 5–10 pm
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 5–10 pm
Thursday: 9 am–3 pm, 5–10 pm
Friday: 9 am–3 pm, 5–10 pm
Saturday: 10:30 am–3:30 pm, 5–10 pm
Sunday: 10:30 am–3:30 pm, 5–9 pm

Practical Details

Detail	Ho Foods	886	Wenwen
Cuisine	Taiwanese	Taiwanese-American	Taiwanese
Price tier	Budget-friendly	Mid-range	Mid-range
Booking difficulty	Easy	Easy–Moderate	Easy–Moderate
OAD Cheap Eats ranked	Yes (#419, 2025)
Daytime service	Thu–Sun	No	No
Location	East Village, Manhattan	Midtown East, Manhattan	Greenpoint, Brooklyn

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ho Foods good for a special occasion?

Not in the traditional sense. Ho Foods is a short-menu Taiwanese spot ranked on Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats list, not a destination for milestone dinners. That said, if your idea of a special occasion is a genuinely good bowl of beef noodle soup with someone you like, it delivers. For a formal celebration, look elsewhere in the East Village.

What should I wear to Ho Foods?

Wear whatever you showed up in. Ho Foods is a casual East Village Taiwanese spot — jeans, sneakers, a jacket if it's cold. No dress code applies at a place ranked for cheap eats.

What are alternatives to Ho Foods in New York City?

For Taiwanese specifically, the East Village and Flushing both have options worth comparing — Flushing in particular runs deeper on regional variety. If you want a step up in formality without leaving the neighbourhood, the East Village has no shortage of chef-driven spots. Ho Foods holds its own for value and consistency, backed by two consecutive OAD Cheap Eats rankings.

What should a first-timer know about Ho Foods?

The menu is short by design — that is not a limitation, it is the format. Ho Foods is closed Tuesdays, opens for dinner most nights from 5 pm, adds a morning service Thursday through Sunday. No reservation data is available, so walk-in is your best approach, particularly for lunch on weekends. It is at 110 E 7th St in the East Village.

What should I order at Ho Foods?

Opinionated About Dining specifically calls out the radish cakes, fan tuan, housemade soy milk, beef noodle soup as the reasons to be here. The menu is short enough that ordering broadly is a reasonable strategy. If you are coming for brunch, the morning service Thursday through Sunday is when the soy milk and fan tuan make the most sense.

Location

110 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009

New York City, United States

Compare Ho Foods

Comparing Ho Foods to Alternatives

Venue	Cuisine	Price	Awards	Booking Difficulty
Ho Foods	Taiwanese			Easy
Le Bernardin	French, Seafood	$$$$	Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best	Unknown
Atomix	Modern Korean, Korean	$$$$	Michelin 2 Star, World's 50 Best	Unknown
Per Se	French, Contemporary	$$$$	Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best	Unknown
Masa	Sushi, Japanese	$$$$	Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best	Unknown
Eleven Madison Park	French, Vegan	$$$$	Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best	Unknown

Comparing your options in New York City for this tier.

Also Consider

Le Bernardin, French, Seafood, $$$$
Atomix, Modern Korean, Korean, $$$$
Per Se, French, Contemporary, $$$$
Masa, Sushi, Japanese, $$$$
Eleven Madison Park, French, Vegan, $$$$

Ho Foods and New York City's $$$$ fine dining landmarks are not competing for the same occasion. Le Bernardin, Atomix, Per Se, Masa, and Eleven Madison Park are all four-price-tier commitments with advance booking requirements and occasion-dinner expectations. Ho Foods operates at the other end of the spectrum: budget-friendly, easy to book, built around a handful of Taiwanese dishes done with sourcing discipline. The comparison is useful precisely because it clarifies when each is the right call.

If you are spending the night at a Manhattan hotel and want one genuinely great meal that justifies the trip, the $$$$ tier is where to look. Atomix delivers the most technically refined experience in that set for a tasting-menu format. Le Bernardin is the call if seafood is the priority and you want the most consistent kitchen in that price bracket. But if your evening is lower-stakes, a weeknight dinner in the East Village, a solo lunch, or a first introduction to Taiwanese comfort food in New York, Ho Foods delivers more value per dollar than anything in the $$$$ group, you do not need to plan weeks ahead to get a table.

Within the Taiwanese category specifically, Ho Foods is the most accessible and most affordable option with an OAD credential behind it. 886 is the right choice if you want a longer, more contemporary menu and a livelier room. Wenwen in Brooklyn suits a drinks-led evening with Taiwanese food as the backbone. Ho Foods is the one to pick when the food itself is the point and you want to spend as little time planning as possible.