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Categories: Bars, Asian Fusion [Edit]
Neighborhood: East VillageAstor Place (6)
8th St-Broadway (R, W)
2nd Ave-Houston St (F, V)
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I love Cooper 35! Whenever my friends and I want somewhere to drink, but don't have any idea of new places, we usually go here. It's sort of our default spot.
Drinks are cheap, especially for nyc. This place also has a small outside sitting area, which is pretty nice during the summer time. Love it here!
After wandering around looking for a brunch place on a Sunday morning and realizing I would have to wait an hour and a half to fork out 20+ bucks for brunch, we happened upon this place, which was freakishly empty for Sunday at noon. I was skeptical but they gave us a table right away and I was staaarving.
I ordered the japanese breakfast. So it wasn't spectacular, but it was decent--nori, miso soup, rice, salmon, kimchi, and a little bit of omelet--AND it was FIVE dollars. And my cockail.. THREE dollars. That means that for 8 bucks I got a full on japanese breakfast PLUS a drink. I don't know of a better recession friendly deal in this part of town.
I really liked this place.
Why- cheap drinks Woo Hoo!
I went here during the summer which is awesome because we sat outside. I've been told it is a bit crowded on the weekends.
they serve food too, so you can grab some dinner from here as well.
menu is also very cheap
i would definetly come here again
Can't believe I am writing a review for Asian Pub, a place that was near and dear to my heart when I was still a member of the Fake ID Club.
Everyone has to show some respect for the $4 drinks that are really strong. My friends would traditionally order malibu baybreezes, mojitos, rum and cokes (i.e., drinks that shouldn't be completely see-through). Yes, it's well alcohol, but I have no clue how Asian Pub makes any money because these drinks were transparent and made the ice melt faster than anything I've ever witnessed. If you're lucky enough to snag a table, you'll also have some edamame to snack on.
The food is horrible, even if you're really drunk. And the bathrooms are really skeevy.
If you're 21+ and not an NYU student, this might not be the place for you.
Yeeeeah. Awesome place for pregaming with $4 cocktails.
The drinks aren't bad for what they are... the crowd is meh, the place is meh, but hey, this place gets the job done... and the Asian lady manager is super sweet.
They serve wine and beer too. I think. I was kinda drunk.
PROS:
-good, cheap drinks (almost always $4)
-nice staff
-kitschy decoration
-always busy, but one can almost always get a table
CONS:
-bad food
-long bathroom line
-semi-trashy vibe
Food: Nothing to write home about. Tried a few dishes already, I'll just stick to the fried calamari just because it goes with beer. Feel free to try any dish though, there all so damn cheap.
Drink: Cheap/stiff cocktails and bombs. This is where Cooper35 shines. Down a few cocktails with your friends and tab is still reasonable if not down right cheap. They are not stingy with Jagerbombs either, a party-sized cup of Red Bull and basically a double shot of Jagermeister.
Beer selection is low end and wine selection borders on non-existent (if I recall correctly it was house red or house white, lol).
Service: Can be slow on weekends, seems understaffed at times. Average service.
Crowd/Ambiance: Bunch of drunk young people. Better to sit outside (smoking allowed) during summer time. The tables inside never seem to be cleaned well resulting in a wooden table laced with stickiness along the cracks. Dark, loud place, good for groups of buzzed people, not for couples looking to lay low. Bar area is tiny so stick with table service.
Very disappointed in this place. Too crowded, too noisy for conversation, unkempt bathrooms.
Inexpensive is good as long as the quality is there.
What an odd, but lovely, and welcoming spot in this area of town. I'm struggling to nail down one final thought, but I suppose if I had it would be "great".
The scene was a pre-concert drink (well, drinks) and some apps. We didn't want to get too full, we were on a limited budget, but we absolutely wanted to get buzzed (and thankfully Yelp's search terms helped me find this rustic gem that did all of those things).
The details: Their drinks that are normally $4 were $3 for happy hour (I reconciled it in my head and figured I could then afford 3 instead of 2). A list of about 15 cocktails to choose from at this price. Now let's just shoot straight here - we need to be realistic about what one should expect from a $3 cocktail. My only expectation was that it made my feel really warm and fuzzy and that it didn't taste like complete junk. They exceeded my expectations. We stuck with mojitos.
We also shared black bean dumplings (the sauce on this one was mismatched), calamari (lightly coated and seemingly fresh), miso soup (eh, whatevs, but it was only $2), and the hummus (which came with a lovely assortment of veggies and chips and was quite yummy).
The service was great and the outside patio is quite outstanding (enjoy it now before it's too cold). Previous reviews spoke of an all-college crowd. I experienced a crowd of late 20s and early 30s professionals.
I'll be back.
This is the place to come to to get completely tanked on super cheap and stiff drinks. The value is certainly there, but you'll be in amongst a crowd of college aged kids who will most likely do/say/act in such obnoxious ways you'll find yourself trying to drink away the annoyance.
Good thing it's such a great deal for the drinks! Generally the staff are all super great except for that one waitress who always seems to be super unhappy to be working there. Seriously why don't you just get a different job if you hate it so much?
This is the place to swing by on the way to or from something else.
Come here for happy hour! The drinks are cheap, and they are strong - and a large size, too!
The pad thai was very bland, though. The veggie spring rolls were also very fried and didn't taste like much of anything. The boiled dumplings were good, though.
It took a while to get our waitress to give us our check, but at that point (6:30p) it was starting to get more crowded.
Good value overall, but go someplace else for food.
I got the chance to check this place out last Friday and overall I enjoyed it though a few things peeved me.
Cons:
- TIGHT! The closeness in there is ridiculous. Every step I took warranted an "excuse me".
- Bathroom line. I'm a frequent urinator when I drink (TMI lol) so I spent 50 % of my evening on the bathroom line. They're unisex so there's not even the opprotunity to sneak in the mens bathroom.
- Idk if they do this to everyone but the holding the my card & I.D thing? Not a fan.
PROS
- HUGE cheap drinks! Owww! :) My boyfriend and I are DRINKERS and this place got us smacked for a mere $40! He had 4 drinks (Blue Hawiaan, Something random and fruity, a vodka martini, and a Mojito) while I had 3 (Mojito, Mojito, Mojito LOL) and we left stumbling. NICE!!
- Ok food. The calamari was a little soggy but it was probably because we were outside in the rain. -shrug-
- Ok staff. They weren't overly friendly buty they were accomodating.
All in all this isn't a place I would frequent weekly (like my beloved Blockheads) but I can see the potential in it!
you have a no hat policy? what gives?
lets be honest, this is asian pub. the lettering is in celtic font. the drinks are $3. its filled with freshmen. yet, im not allowed to wear a hat?
The food isn't phenomenal, the drinks may be a little juice-heavy, and the music sucks... but literally everythign here costs $4. And that is awesome. plus they have a big garden and the service is friendly.
All in all, a great place for getting drunk with friends on "real drinks." (if you and your friends are like me and my friends, than you'll know that the guilt of spending $8 on a margarita can knaw at one's soul for days - and I'm not talking about the hang over.)
being broke sucks. thank god for places like Asian pub.
It's important to go to Cooper 35 with the right expectations. If you think you're going to get a gourmet Asian meal, then just don't come here. As people have said, they bill themselves as a pub that serves food, not a restaurant that serves alcohol. If you want to just have some cheap drinks, cheap food and a good time with friends then this is the place.
As mentioned, drinks are $4. We go our first round at the bar, and they are very strong (we watched them being made), contrary to some other reviews. Eventually we sat in the garden, which is definitely the place to sit. We ordered a number of appetizers and entrees over a long period of time, and our waitress was very friendly and accommodating.
Stay away from the pad thai, but everything else we ordered (chicken dumplings, miso soup, Korean beef, soba noodles, thai chicken) was great. Our total bill for 5 people, entrees, apps and multiple drinks, was $79.
I don't get what they're going for. Are they an asian restaurant? A pub? a crazy nightspot with dancing? a beer garden?
Either way, they are doing none of these things particularly well, though I suppose they should be lauded for trying.
The drinks here are consistently weak, the waitstaff seems to have no idea whether you should sit at a table and get your own drinks at the bar or utilize their services, and the music varies between low-key jack johnson style island fare and whatever they're playing at the loudest club. i've gone there expecting loud music and craziness to see people sitting down and quietly drinking, only to expect quiet drinking the next time around to be greeted by sticky floor and loud, drunk, underage NYU kids.
i don't get you, coopers, or asian pub, or whatever you are. i just don't get you.
This has been my spot for three years now. It's slightly sad to admit that because it has a very sticky floor, loud, college atmosphere, with minimalist asian themed decoration. Makes you feel kinda gutterish to come here, but it NEVER, EVER FAILS! Guaranteed good night, whether this is your spot for the night or just a stop through. Good times to be had here.
Sometimes there's a wait, especially on Thursdays-Saturdays, Not more than 15 mins though. The crowd is boisterous - 1) because everyone's there to have fun and 2) the drinks are stroooonnggg (I have no tolerance so this has been a problem a couple times, hehe). Tequila Sunrise, ummm hells to the yea! But, of course the best part is that this place is CHEAP!!!! My friends and I did three rounds and three appetizers amongst four of us for less than $20 with tax and tip... DIVINE!! It gets better, they have an outdoor garden in the summer, so the good times continue al fresco!
This place is perfect for a group 3+ to get together and get rowdy, talk loudly, and gossip for hours.
Why not 5, the gutterishness and the food. The food is very cheap, but is very hit or miss. Eek! I recommend sticking to the pad thai and the spicy korean beef.
A typical college hangout....Not much ambiance and a very dark setting...
Helps to remind me of how old I am getting! College seems like a distant memory...
I came here two weeks ago to grab a drink with the girls...We all each got a Lychee Martini... It tasted bad...
I mean....how can you mess up a Martini? It was only $4 each for a whole list of happy hour drinks...it was some kind of happy hour special. But I guess you get what you pay for...We got some complimentary chips and Salsa with that though. Not sure if I would return though...
Originally intending to grab a drink at McSorley's Ale House around the corner, we decided to duck in here instead since the former was packed to the gills. What luck! The drinks are very cheap (I had a vodka martini for $3 bucks!!), and the food we had was not bad at all. In fact, I ordered the stewed oriental vegetables with tofu, served with brown rice. It was delicious! This would be a great place to drop in for a healthy lunch option -- that is, if you can avoid the allure of $3 cocktails. Did I mention my entree was $5!? Great deal.
$4 drinks are my kind of thing!
+ creamsicle
+ bay breeze
+ mojito
delicious and not thaaaat strong, which is good because the drinks sound so good, i want to try them all (and not die)! heh
If you've never stumbled on this place, don't feel bad. It's like two blocks away from the Union Square K-Mart, but the area is quieter than all the craziness a few streets up. In nice weather, check out their outside seating. It's fenced in and super relaxed. Great place to grab a few appetizers and drinks.
And you will be grabbing drinks. Many of them. At $4 each, you may be expecting some watered down grossness. Not so - the times I've gone, they've been pretty strong. Makes my Inner!Drunk happy.
Food is hit or miss. Calamari was good. Pad Thai, sauce was too sweet for my tastes.
But it's a cute spot, nice atmosphere, and again...$4 drinks!
The place was packed, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, except for the people sitting inside who glared at the lucky ones sitting outside merrily drinking and taking their time. Get over it!
Our party of 8 was divided into 4 since the volume of the place was so loud you couldn't hear past a second person. you literally had to shout at the person diagonal from you.
The place is clean and neat. Tasteful designs on the wall and not too much. Kind of cramped but I had personal space and no one bumped the back of my chair the entire time.
This place isn't a bar; since I noticed a bar about 6 feet long with 3-4 chairs, which gets taken over by table ordered drinks when it gets crowded.
Our overworked waiter, who looked like Burton Bell from Fear Factory, did his best - this place is woefully understaffed. Servers bring you your food and there was only one small mixup, but otherwise there's none of that phantom dishes - when you're all eating and suddenly they're ready to plop down something no one ordered.
So, I thought to myself, as I looked around, it would be really hard to hate this place. Thankfully(?) hating it got MUCH easier as time went on.
My california roll ($3) was good -4 big pieces- but came with a 1/2 teaspoon of wasabi and 20 pieces of pickled ginger. huh?
Spring rolls were reportedly good, but greasy as hell.
Tempura veggies were good, and the cilantro sauce ok.
Hummus with veggies and chips- maybe 1/2 cup of hummus and the veggies were not raw, but cooked. Who dips cooked broccoli?
The drinks were SHIT. Someone ordered a second margarita and it came in a glass half the size of the first. I saw no reason to order a second round, as no one else reported any extra intoxication from their next rounds.
The profile pic for this place is 'complimentary edadame.' Take it down; our table of 8 didn't get it, nor did I see any other table around us with it.
They cleared our stuff off, including 3/4 empty glasses, making me think a bell went off and our time expired, even if we were drinking. See libations here are cheap enough that you won't run up the bill any more than the next bunch of suckers, and they will be ordering food too, so GTFO. Classy shit.
Half of us left after putting in our share. The menu does not state a group flat tip, so we don't know if they sneak it in.
2.5 stars rounded down. Very doubtful I would go back.
Pros:
-Any place that serves me whiskey sours at $4 a pop and gets me very tipsy for $12 is OK in my book.
-The outdoor patio is nice. Good spot for people watching when the weather is nice.
Cons:
-it's a NYU/B&T kind of hangout. If that's your thing, then by all means...
-Service can be slow. Very Slow.
-The bathrooms are somewhat less to be desired. Not as bad as, say cbgb's....but still.
-Make sure you can pronounce "Asahii" beer correctly....or else you will be served hot sake. (hahahaaa!! Sorry Dave, but it's still funny to me.)
This is no Bar None, people. It's more of a mixed bag.
For an extensive menu of $4 drinks and free chips and salsa you can be a big spender, and order a Woo Woo and a Dreamsicle (best drink ever - it's like a creamsicle and a dream) and spend less than $10 total for all of that.
The best part?
The deck-like patio seating out back. This isn't a meat market factory; it's perfect for catching up with NYU friends who won't judge you for being so NYU-tastic.
Based on previous reviews, I didn't have high hopes for the food here. Much to my amazement, there were a few dishes that I enjoyed.
To start, the complimentary nachos & salsa was a nice touch. The chips were tasty & crunchy, and the salsa was fresh & simple. If you ask nicely, they bring you refills.
As I glanced the menu, something piqued my interest, Chicken Dumplings. I've had pork dumplings, veggie dumplings, and shrimp dumplings, but never tried chicken dumplings. I was afraid that they'd be too dry. And, sure enough, they were a bit dry. However, together with the (soy vinegar?) dipping sauce they turned out to be very good, and filling.
The pan-fried dumplings were more traditional in design and taste. The fried calamari was very good, easily one of my favorite dishes there.
The fried tofu was surprisingly good. It has a nice tough, semi-crunchy exterior, and a soft melt-in-your-mouth interior. I'm rarely a fan of tofu, however, the nice texture combined with the dipping sauce kept me coming back for more and more pieces from this plate.
All wasn't dreamy though. My companions enjoyed the Beef Negimaki, but I thought the beef was very dry and tough.
The layout of this pub itself is really great. It calls itself a pub first and foremost. However, its layout is in the form of a restaurant. The bar-area can only seat 4, no 3 people max. The rest of the place is comprised of tables & seats. In addition to tables within the restaurant, there's an outside seating area as well.
I actually prefer this type of a bar/pub layout to the traditional bar/barstool layout. Here, you get to sit around the table, and enjoy food, drinks, and conversation with your friends.
I was very impressed with this pub, and I eagerly await my next chance to revisit.
Oh yeah, there's a variety of $4 cocktails on their drink menu. Amen!
Usually my first stop after cabbing a long way from JFK into the island known as Manhattan. Get together with good, long-missed friends, order more plates than there are people at the table, one drink after another... have an incredible time laughing and having a smoke in between food and drinks... then because you're so wasted afterwards you're walking through St. Marks trying to find a dark place to piss... but there are cop cars everywhere.
Story of my life, every trip to New York.
drinks here are big and stiff - nothing real fancy or exact. Great sangria, lychee martini, and yummy, low-key, unpretentious asian-inspired pub food, including spicy sichuan chicken, butternut squash ravioli, great french fries, etc.
One thing that I really don't like about this place is the tight space. I understand it's New York, but there seems to be an endless array f construction happening in the front side, and on the inside tables are jammed into one another forcing you to sit next to strangers, sometimes in their seats. And they could clean up that bathroom a bit, considering this is technically a restaurant. No one wants to take a piss in a dirty pisser mid-meal, you quickly run out of appetite. Overall I always have a good experience here. It's cheap and good.
Used to come here all the time when I first moved to NY for college. It is normally filled with NYU kids...ages are questionable.
Cheap drinks, even if you have to wait 15 minutes it's worth it, the atmosphere is great, the wait staff can get kind of nasty at times, but all those drunk college students can really weigh down their moods.
Best waitress NADIA! Food used to be better when they had things like french fries and just salad platters.
But great place.
I laugh when people complain about the quality of food at a place where practically everything is $4. Stop getting mad that this spot doesn't provide an outdoor seating area, polite service, clean bathrooms, cheap drinks, AND good food all at the same time. Be happy its 4 out of 5.
I sat here for hours with a friend, had several glasses of some cheap wine, the free chips, and some seaweed salad- which wasn't as bad as I expected- while sitting in the sun, and my bill was $30. The waitress even gave us a few free wine refills. Hellooooo I'm not going to complain! Do you people seriously expect 5 star food here?? I'm just happy places like this exist so I don't have to totally cut out my social life during this recession!
I've walked by the Asian Pub every day on my way to work for the past year. But I was never brave enough to go inside.
Until I was.
It's just how I thought it was be--packed with crazy drunk kids and displaced frat boys, sucking down huge, sugary, four-dollar drinks until the sun comes up. In a word? Great. The garden is spacious and great, when it's open, and your wallet can support a wastoid festival on what would ordinarily get you two well drinks anywhere else.
Cheap food, cheap CHEAP-ass drinks, and service and ambience as bad as you'd expect for those prices.
If you're 19 and you're looking for a place to get bombed before you head back to the dorms, then this is the spot for you. If you're, ya'know, an adult and want a little something more out of your night than a place you can, "get totally trashed man!!" then maybe the Asian Pub isn't for you...I know its not for me.
I've been three times (don't ask) and that's three times too many in my book.
Simply put, my life no longer revolves around drinking cheap drinks that'll get me drunk quickly while eating passable food and getting jostled by squawking 18-year olds.
They ask for ID's at the door.
You should ask for ID's before you hook up with anyone here.
When I was a bit younger, we used to love to go get tanked off $4 dollar drinks. And if I can remember correctly (which I probably can't) I think this was the first place I ever had a Mai Tai and later went home with a musical theater major.....in other words......my own personal "Stand by Me"
four stars! Hazzah!
I wrote a review for Gray's Papaya where I mentioned that everyone should hit up Gray's after getting hammered from a bar. That bar is the ridiculously lame pub called Asian Pub. Let's talk about this shithole of a place.
Name: Asian Pub
Oh, I get it. How bout' I open a black owned pub and called it "Black Joint".
Food: Fucktardedly terrible.
I first noticed the selections of shitty foods they offered. I have a feeling that the owner was involved in a massive accident that lead him to have brain damage. Thus explaining the indecisive set of bizarre and uncertain types of dishes such as Thai-flavored shrimp dish with kim-chi, meat gyoza (this was that ling-ling brand purchased from a store) with arm pit sauce, or even the cube of tofu served with irrelevant sauce.
Every dish I ordered was completely untrue to the origin of the country. This wasn't fusion, this wasn't Asian, this was just a careless attempt to make money by offering ultra-cheap dishes to a crowd where their taste buds are probably too numb from gettin' crunk!
Name of dish: Hawaiian coconut shrimp
What I saw: Tiny little shrimps battered and fried but served in a droopy sauce that dismisses the purpose of serving fried shrimps?
Name of dish: Some stupid shrimp dish with sweet Thai sauce and kimchi.
What I thought: You're an asshole chef.
Name of dish: Negimaki
What I tasted: Thin layer of grade-f military meat that needed to be re-used so that a pub in NY could afford to serve this delicate Japanese dish for $6 bucks.
What I thought: Someone call Homeland, this is biological warfare.
Name of dish: Fried "No way anyone could fuck this dish up" tofu
Yep. They fucked it up. The presentation was laughable. Some of them were cubes, others were pyramids, served with garlic, they ass-raped this Taiwanese-style dish I love. Oh, and this wasn't stinky tofu either, but it came with a stink. How so? They served us rotten tofu! Oh, and the piece of shit sauce was something they thought it was "cool" I guess? Have a 7 year old child locked in a basement with condiments to play with.
What I thought: Fuck you.
So this place if definitely for cheap drinks. If you want food, forget about it. If you want quality drinks, again, forget about it. If you just want booze and you wanna order all types of cocktails, no need since all selections here taste like gin. Even my plain coke tasted like booze. I guess they forgot to wash my cup from a previous order?
Bottom-line: I hate you Asian Pub you culinary racist!
I recommend:
Licking a hobo's left nut, since it'll have more flavor than this place.
PS.
If you're writing a review of this place, you'll notice a picture of one of their dish. How awesome not to have a pic of a real dish, but instead it's fucking edamame. Something that doesn't require cooking, but they'd prolly fuck it up regardless.
Still Recouping from Cooper 35
I don't have a problem when it comes to drinking... it's just sometimes I lose count or they're too strong that I just have to down them and the rest of the night is a blur... which isn't a bad thing, but I kinda want to remember the fun-ness. Cooper 35 Asian Pub has an answer for this(with many many great inexpensive drinks), and many other problems one may have when it comes to having a night out on the town.
Food Quality- is great. There's a huge variety of appetizers and main courses that are both delicious and inexpensive(cough* CHEAP cough*).
Atmosphere- Sometimes packed, sometimes not(depending on the night), but always a great place to begin a night.
Value & Service- Your money goes a long way here... especially if you're looking to have a long night out with little mulah in your pockets.
In all, a great place for those who want variety, in both food and drinks. Their drinks, like their food, are not meant to be overpowering... but rather subtle and tasteful for you to enjoy.... and being able to remember all the many(and believe me there were many) savory drinks is another plus that kept me coming back.
I used to come here in high school, because it's every 17 year old's mission to find accessible alchohol in the city. Congee Village was another go-to. Oh, man. Who reveals their own embarrassing past?
I still come here from time to time for the cheap HUGE drinks. It gets way too crowded on weekend nights, don't expect a table for a party of 5 after 10pm. The garden can be nice in the summer, you can see out to the street! People watching and shittalking over drinks? Hello, summer.
The hummus is pretty gross and calamari is underwhelming - dry and overfried. I wouldn't really come here for the food.
Funny how it's called Asian Pub and they were playing Gipsy Kings all night. With a Russian hostess and wait staff. That's what I love about NYC.
Really decent and PROFOUNDLY cheap drinks, mixed, wine and otherwise. Attentive wait staff. Very nice, large outdoor patio as well. (Ruined a bit by smokers, imho)
Interesting mixed crowd, which I like as well. Not just students (then again, it is summer...)
You get what you pay for. Came here with a friend for dinner and drinks. For the first round, I had a mojito and she a margarita. Probably one of the worst mojitos I've ever had. Second round we reversed drinks, and, having sample her drink in both rounds, found that the drinks tasted totally different this time (but still not good). On the other hand, what do you want for $4? My guess is that it has much to do with the quality of the liquor.
The food is cheap and unsurprisingly unspectacular. For $7 you can get a Chinese-style entree. People seem to like their soups as well. Yet despite the Asian theme, you get served chips and salsa when you sit down. The salsa is probably the best thing that comes out of their kitchen. But what do you expect for $7.
I'd come back here because of the prices. But if you're looking for a nice (or quiet) meal, look elsewhere.
Everyone in need of saving money should make this a regular stop for casual dinner and drinks.
This place may not win any culinary awards, but man! ... this food is pretty damn good considering the price! Due to my petite stature, I always enjoyed being a cheap drunk, but this brings me to a new level! I can get plastered for under 10 bucks! and have a meal along with it for another 10 bucks... and it is not disappointing, i promise.
this place is so worth a try... and in these tough times - I give it an A++. I would give it 5 stars, but th food is not THAT amazing (though it is good)
Went with a bunch of people didn't know and had a ball.
Its cute and cozy inside. Very casual.
Started us off with free edaname.
we ordered chicken dumplings and fried calamari. The chicken dumplings were.. uck! yuck!.. gross.. do not order that you'll throw up.
you cant go wrong with calamari... so we got 2 more orders of that lol. and sent the chicken dumplings back.
For entrees we had beef, and bok choy. sooo good. I think we also had salmon. really good too. And maybe chicken on a stick... that was good as well. Good food and good drinks, and good fun.
in the end they gave all of us a round of shots.. for free.. how sweet..
=).
Very much a NYU hangout with cheap drinks. I had a creamsicle and it was pretty tasteless, despite having a tasty name. Seating can get rough since large groups tend to get there early and stay for a long time. One evening I went and there were multiple people sitting outside reading in the dark - very annoying.
I'd probably come back simply because the drinks are cheap.
My friend took me here the week it opened, on a lark. "Asian Pub!" we said-- that is what they used to call it, anyhow. Four dollar drinks, & they ain't terrible? Yes, please. It used to be free edamame, now it is chips; I think there is an overstock thing going on.
It is what, five years later, & I'm stil going. Killer dumplings, for one. The lycheetini is my favorite of the drinks-- I mentioned $4 drinks right? $3 before seven!
One word of warning-- NYU kids have discovered it, so the weekends are kind of slammed with college kids. It isn't the worst, but it is a reality you might need to deal with.
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