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The New York Restaurant
- Attire:
- Casual
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
5 reviews for The New York Restaurant
5 reviews in English
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Review from Tiffany N.
Calgary, AB
11/16/2010
This was another http://happycow.net recommendation. Pretty sure that happycow has no tastebuds after going to this place and the Guru. Maybe if you combined the bland blandyness of the New York Restaurant and the face sucking saltiness of the Guru, you'll have some edible food.
On the upside, the waitress was very nice. And while super salty food is tough to fix, bland food is easily soy and chili sauced. I ordered the soy satay beef. The rice was fluffy and soft, and the spring roll was decent enough. Clean tables, clean bathrooms; and I would much rather eat bland food at a place with good service, than at a place with better food but mediocre service. Would risk going back. -
Review from Christina L.
5/30/2011
OMG, horrible service and bland food.
We came in here because my mom saw that there were two other full tables of Chinese people ordering food. Although to give them credit, the other tables did order more authentic food. We were just looking for a quick, easy bite to eat with no leftovers, which meant ordering off of the lunch menu.
Service - Had to flag down the waitress to get anything - ordering, getting water, getting our check... there were a total of THREE parties eating. The waitresses were standing around in the other room.
The food - Oh gosh, we ordered the lunch special. THREE of our dishes came with the same sauce and a FOURTH was too salty.
I hope they find more attentive waitresses and change up the variety of sauces they use. Never again. There was a place across the street and for $2 more, we probably would've had a more decent meal. -
Review from tom t.
9/10/2010
This place sucked unfortunately. Noodles soggy, sauces watery, flavor bland. Nice ppl though.
Had to bring my Chinese parents to a Chinese joint because they don't really prefer much of anything else that's near by.
Was surprised to see a few tables of Indian families, at least I'm glad the Indian folks enjoy Chinese as much as our Jewish friends!
Their dishes looked tastier, fried rice, fried fish, etc. Our mistake to order what we thought would be comparable to a restraurant in Chinatown.. we shoulda known better. -
Review from ricky k.
12/20/2010
Let me just say beware of this place. For 2 entres, 1 bowl of soup, and chinese tea, our bill came out to 36 plus 6 for tip for an overall total of 42 dollars. We ordered mongolian chicken, which they said they had but wasn't on the menu. All other entres were priced 10-12, but they charged us 15. I definitely think they took advantage that we were tourists and the item wasn't priced on the menu to give themselves a hefty profit. The waiter also included her own tip on the bill and didn't mark what the charge was for. I definitely think that they just figure these dumb tourists won't even look at the bill, and she will score 2 tips because I was figuring out how much to leave her for a tip when I realized that the bill seemed high. Overall the food was good, but I don't think these are honest people, and I think they will take advantage of you if you don't watch out!
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Review from John F.
North York, ON
9/1/2009
Decent Chinese food and a good place to escape the chain restaurants of Clifton Hill. Menu lists more touristy offerings in the front and some more authentic Cantonese dishes in the back. Very tasty, non-greasy singapore noodles.
