Chinese Food on Wilson Avenue in Brooklyn

Beijing House is a counter-service Chinese food spot at 553 Wilson Ave in Brooklyn, and it earns a stop for one practical reason: generous, budget-friendly plates served without ceremony, rated 4.0 from 138 reviews. You order at the counter, then eat at a table or carry it out, so the visit fits into a weeknight rather than an occasion.

The plate to build the trip around is the beef and broccoli on fried rice, the dish that repeats in the strongest visitor notes. The same reviews are honest about the rest: quality moves around from visit to visit, and wontons have been called out for thin filling, so a first order is better spent on the beef and broccoli than on the appetisers.

Hours decide whether the plan works. Monday to Thursday the counter runs 11 AM to 11 PM, Friday and Saturday stretch to midnight, and Sunday is closed. That Sunday closure is the detail people miss, and it is worth a call to (718) 919-3888 before you cross the borough for a plate that is not being served.

Address: 553 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, New York
Borough: Brooklyn
Hours: Monday–Thursday 11 AM–11 PM · Friday–Saturday 11 AM–midnight · Sunday closed
Phone: (718) 919-3888
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 from 138 reviews
Price level: $$ — budget-friendly plates
Service: counter service in a no-frills room
Reviews praise: affordable prices, friendly and accommodating counter
Reviews flag: inconsistent plates, thin wonton filling

Start with the beef and broccoli on fried rice and treat the rest of the menu as a second visit. The plate arrives as comfort food rather than a composed dish: browned beef, soft broccoli, a gravy that soaks into the rice underneath, and a portion that reads as generous for a $$ counter. This is the order the reviews keep returning to, and it is also the one that survives the kitchen's inconsistency, which is the honest way to plan around a place where the good plate and the average plate leave the same kitchen.

Fried rice is what carries it, so do not swap the plate for a plain white rice version. Wontons are where the warnings cluster, with thin filling showing up more than once, so put the money toward a second plate instead of a soup. The menu is broad the way Brooklyn counter Chinese usually is — noodles, combination plates, vegetable dishes — but the beef and broccoli is the part of it with the clearest record behind it. Order and pay at the counter, then take a table or a bag.

Beijing House runs 11 AM to 11 PM from Monday to Thursday and stays open until midnight on Friday and Saturday. Sunday is the day it closes, which makes Saturday the last service of the week and Monday the first.

That shape suits two different visits. A weekday plate is the calm version: the counter is open through the afternoon lull, so an early dinner at 5 PM and a late one at 9:30 PM both land inside service. Friday and Saturday are the version for a film or a late walk afterwards, since the midnight close adds an hour most Brooklyn counters do not keep. Sunday is the one night the plan has to go elsewhere, and it is worth knowing before you invite someone to meet you there.

Call (718) 919-3888 before travelling more than a few blocks. That number is the counter's own contact line, and a two-minute call removes the version of this trip where you find a shuttered shutter and a wasted subway ride. The kitchen is operating, and the asset lists no seasonal closures, so the weekly schedule is the schedule to plan with.

Three Brooklyn counters in the same asset set make a fair comparison, and each trades something against Beijing House.

China Tokyo Restaurant on Avenue N is the closest match on score — 4.0 from 195 reviews, the same rating with more of them — and it keeps a shorter week, because Tuesday is closed there. Sunrise East Chinese Cuisine on Grand St rates 4.4 from 139 reviews and runs 11 AM to 10 PM Monday to Thursday, then 11 AM to 10:30 PM on Friday and Saturday, so it is the earlier night of the two. Nin Hao on Dean Street rates 4.5 from 215 reviews and splits its day into a lunch service from 11:30 AM to 3 PM and a dinner service from 5 to 10 PM, which suits a planned meal rather than a walk-in at four in the afternoon.

Beijing House sits in the middle on score and behind all three on review volume. What it keeps that they do not list is the midnight close on Friday and Saturday, so it is the late-plate option in this group rather than the best-rated one.

Where is Beijing House in Brooklyn?
553 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, New York. The counter is the whole address, and the asset lists no second entrance.

What are Beijing House's hours?
Monday to Thursday 11 AM to 11 PM, Friday and Saturday 11 AM to midnight, and Sunday closed. Sunday is the one day that breaks the pattern.

Is Beijing House open on Sunday?
No. Sunday is the closed day, so Saturday is the last service of the week and Monday is the next one.

What Chinese food should I order at Beijing House?
The beef and broccoli on fried rice is the plate the reviews return to. Wontons have been flagged for thin filling, so a first order is better spent on the beef and broccoli.

Does Beijing House have table service?
No. It is counter service: order and pay at the counter, then sit at a table or take the food out.

How much does a plate cost at Beijing House?
The asset lists a $$ price band and describes the plates as budget-friendly and generous, so plan around that level rather than a fixed menu price.

How is Beijing House rated?
4.0 out of 5 from 138 reviews. Reviewers praise the affordable prices and the friendly, accommodating counter, and some flag inconsistent food quality.

Do I need a reservation?
No reservation system is listed. The counter takes walk-in orders, and calling (718) 919-3888 is how you confirm service before travelling.

Keep planning Chinese food around Brooklyn after this Wilson Avenue plate. A family-run takeout with late weekend hours sits at the same neighbourhood scale, and a Bushwick storefront puts lo mein and fried rice behind the counter. A combination-plate shop covers a kung pao combo with a brown rice option, while a takeout run lists egg rolls, dumpling boxes, garlic chicken and crab rangoon for a group order. Crispy chicken wings anchor the last one, which takes walk-up orders and closes on Mondays, so check the day before you build an evening on it.