Galanga
149 W. 4th St.
(between Avenue Of The Americas & Mac Dougal St)
New York, NY 10012 (212) 228-4267
- Nearest Transit:
W 4th St (A, C, E, B, D, F, V)
Christopher St (1)
9th Street (PATH)
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: No
- Parking: Street
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: No
- Good for Kids: No
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Delivers: Yes
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: No
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Good for: Dinner
- Alcohol: Full Bar
15 reviews
Neighborhood: Manhattan/East Village
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39 Reviews for Galanga
Wow...food that is actually made spicy when I order it spicy. Thank you, Galanga! The drunken noodles are amazing, and the lunch special is amazingly priced. I also get a kick out of the mismatched chopsticks they use when dining in...silly, but whatever. The only thing I've been dissatisfied with here is the pad thai, but I'm very picky about my pad thai anyway, and everyone else liked it, so...
They also have this great noodle/curry/coconut broth thing whose name escapes me at the moment...it is very spicy, a little creamy, and excellent. Galanga has quick delivery but I love the atmosphere of the place, too. A little cramped but cozy. Cash only!
The chicken basil is excellent. fairly priced (~$10) and with a decent portion. I've eaten a lot of Thai and it wasn't the most Thai food you'll taste, it more closely resembles Chinese food (like the sweet and mainstream sauces of take out, but think higher quality overall). It was delicious though, and well made. Extremely quick, I don't think we waited more than 5 minutes for our food. I was unimpressed with my soup, it was heavy on the fresh vegetables, but it wasn't awesome. the broth tasted a little too much like Chinese hot sauce and not as much like Thai.
but it's a cute place, cozy and if you can get there early (think right after work around 5-6) it's empty and quiet. by the time we left (closer to 730-8) it was packed and quite noisy (on a tuesday night).
also when in Rome, do as the Romans. get the Thai beer. don't order the Stella. I know Stella's good, but don't be that guy (gal).
This is a very cute, yummy and affordable spot in the Village. We ended up here with 2 vegetarians, 1 vegan, and a meat eater, and everyone was happy.
It's a very nice atmosphere, dimly lit, swanky, but a bit loud. I could see this place being a nice spot for a date. Just don't show up with your entourage-- it's wee.
While the other couple of restaurants we checked out on a Saturday night had waits of over an hour, the 4 of us walked right into Galanga and were seated right away at the last available table. Famished, we quickly started in on one of our 2 pitchers of sangria. It was fantastic-- strong, satisfying, and filled with fruit, which I ate (being the classy broad that I am) with my chopsticks out of the glass.
Now, I like it spicy, so I ordered myself the Drunken Noodle with tofu, the spiciest (3 stars) item listed on the menu. Damn! It did not disappoint. It helped me keep others away from my plate, as they each quickly gulped their water after a small sampling of my delicious plate of rice noodley veggie spicy tofuey yumminess. Wimps.
Other hits were the Pad See Ew and the Pineapple Fried Rice, both made mild (for more sensitive palettes), and served as generous portions.
I didn't have room for dessert, but I did have room for a fourth glass of sangria. Damn, that stuff was good! And all in all, full and tipsy, we each only spent around $25, leaving us some extra cash to hit the bar later...
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Average thai-ish food. Cute location, maybe its better if you live in the neighborhood? This is sort of Japanesey thai food. More sweet and salty, not too spicy. The ingredients didn't all seem thai (each substitution changing the flavor). That being said the portions are sizeable, the staff is friendly and the place has a fun low key vibe.
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Food was danga good.
However service was way too rushanga...the kaka tanga waitress taka the platanga away when not even finanga! What the funga?
Overall... recommanga you mangia at Galanga.
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*Galanga papaya salad ...fantanga.
*Crispy Calamari presented in a rice cracker clamanga, delicanga.
*Drunken noodles with veg duckanda... fantanga..expected it to be even more spicanga. I added more, because I like it extra hotanga. The hotanga the bettanga.
*Shrimp Pad Thai... danga good, the biganga shrimp was super freshanga.
Will be Backanga, but on a weeknight...not on a weekanga.
addendumanga ... stay off of 6th ave and west 4th street...it's a funga zooanga. Don't say I didn't warnga, mofoangas!
Update...service was much better the secanga time arounga...it's a matter of luckunga at Galanga.
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I shared the spring rolls, tofu red curry and drunken noodles last night at this cute little Thai place after drinks + fries at Vol de Nuit. The food all came on nice platters, and you eat it w/multi-colored chopsticks. I liked what I ate and paid $11.50 for a decent amount of food--good portion sizes and they're generous with the veggies they put in each dish.
One weird thing--their bathroom has a sink where you wash your hands over rocks. I guess it looks kind of nice but there isn't enough room btwn the rocks and the faucet for your hands, so it ends up being awkward instead of classy.
Also, I was incredibly thirsty on the ride home. Sure, it could have been from the beer and fries I had before the meal, but I felt like it was from dinner. I chugged two huge glasses of water when I got home.
Oh yeah, they appeared to have some sort of basin of sangria and I saw a couple of people having it--their classes came garnished with an orchid. Festive!
Overall, glad to have a reasonably priced Thai restaurant I'd go back to in the W. Village.
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4 stars for veges, vegans and carnivores.
I've tried about half the menu and only been disappointed by the leek dish. Yummy noodles, rice, veges, soft tofu (not the fried kind). "This isn't proper sticky rice" said one co-muncher, so experts may have complaints. Currently $8 noodles, $9 curries and wok, $7.25 lunch special (just went up). Very reasonable.
Seating can get tight; waitresses can get brusque.
You can pick veges, tofu, chicken, beef, shrimp, vege duck etc for most dishes, giving a wide choice. 'No fish sauce' shows up on the order - they don't get confused by vegans and veges unlike many places with non-English-speaking staff.
I just wish they could make less greasy food sometimes, though they're no worse than other Thai places. Great flavors don't need to be coated in oil.
I prefer Galanga to Isle nearby on Bleecker, but Isle has a nicer restaurant, sometimes pulls off better dishes and the head waiter is kind and friendly.
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Quick seating. Large portions. Ordered several appetizers, felt they were a bit under-cooker (my friend's were under-fried) and could have been a bit tastier. It was weird the tofu dishes didn't come with vegetables (they were extra). The panang was tastier than the green curry. The beef drunken noodles were above par. Indeed they were drunken, but I felt they were a bit salty. Overall fit the bill for a late night dinner. Given the options in the area, I'd probably be a bit more adventuresome and try a new place.
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Wandered in here after a show and was very pleasantly surprised! Granted I was wasted, but it was the best Thai food I've had in the city--everything very saucy and flavorful. Nothing disappoints me more than bland or dry noodles. Carl may be right about it being Japanesey, but is that a bad thing? It was delicious and I look forward to going back.
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I would say this is the best VALUE for Thai food in the city. Great, smaller atmosphere (not much of a store front, but nice on the inside) that still fits groups. Awesome curry dishes (I would reccommend the Massaman with shrimp). A favorite of mine for dates with my boyfriend.
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Galanga makes the best crispy duck salad I've had in NYC. The duck is cooked to perfection, and is a mix of tender flesh and crispy skin. There's a healthy amount of cilantro. The spicy/tangy flavors are well balanced. Unfortunately, they use canned pineapple, which makes it a 4 star dish for me BUT the service is so excellent every time we go here that it warrants the 5th star.
Their thai iced tea & iced coffee are so thick you could practically chew them. I like that.
The interior is dark, small and well designed. It's very pleasing to look at.
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Galanga has a funny history with credit cards. We started going there in 2006 and they took cards. It was a few months between our visits, when we had a meal and handed over a credit card to the befuddled looking waitress. They had stopped accepting credit cards. Of course, we didn't have enough cash on us to cover it. I had to sit there while my partner ran to a bank half a block down. (There's a Chase on the corner.) Since then, they've started taking CC again, but I always make sure we have cash in pocket too.
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This has been my take-out/delivery goto spot for a while now, and while it's not the best Thai around, the lunch specials are definitely a good bang for your buck - good food, filling portions, great prices. Only ate in once so I can't comment on the service, but overall reliable yummy Thai food with speedy delivery.
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After failing to get a table over at Red Bamboo across the street, we opted to visit this great little Greenwich Village Thai eatery.
Like most restaurants in the area, this place is small but the space is extremely well managed. I loved the bench style seating that ran down the middle of the dining space.
They do a great job with Thai standards such as Tom Ka Gai(Coconut soup with Chicken), Krapow Gai (Basil Chicken), and Som Tom (Green Papaya Salad) and even had some surprises from the north such as Kao Soi, which I don't see too often back home in San Francisco.
Galanga is a bit dark on the inside but creates a great atmosphere for diners. Staff were attentive, but did forget to bring out a couple of items we ordered.
Top it all off with some perfectly ripened mango over sticky rice and you've just had yourself a great meal. Recommended!
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My search for good thai steamed fish in New York ended at Galanga. Get them to give you the fish whole. Its steamed to perfection and the sauce is flavorful, not too far from what you'll find in Bangkok. Almost everything I've had here has been good. The prices are very reasonable too.
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Well, the service is good. They are kids actually. They seem to be 17 years old as all asians sometimes seem to be. The food is okay. I always found the food is excellent. But then I went to "Land" on the UES. Since then I find the food here only comme ci, comme ca. When you eat chicken curry or duck curry there's always not enough chicken and duck in it. It is as if they want to save money instead to make you happy. Drink Singha beer! Singha beer make you happier.
I've been here twice. The food is good-great. I would say it is on par with Wondee Siam in HK.
They do have a specials menu which is a bit more unique than most thai restaurants. It's not as cozy as wondee siam. They can handle some large groups (~10) and still have room for patrons. Their serving size is fairly large and their presentation of food is quite nice.
The service was very good and the atmosphere was pleasant. The place wasn't full and you could carry out a conversation with ease. It is kind of dark in there, but other than that no complaints. Very decent date place.
The first time I went, I had the Larb gai. Very tasty. Tons of shredded chicken in a very flavorful lime-cilantro sauce.
The second time, I went with a friend and we got the rocket shrimp appetizer), seafood phu-ket and the cashew chicken. They were extremely tasty.
The rocket shrimp was wrapped in rice paper and fried. Very tasty. 4 per order. They really were shaped like rockets instead of being curled.
I remember the scallop (seafood phu-ket) falling apart in my mouth and slapping my taste buds with tastiness. The dish also came with calamari, shrimp and fish (can't remember the type).
The cashew chicken tasted EXACTLY like the seafood phu-ket in terms of sauce and vegetables. There may have been some nuances in flavor, but I felt I was eating the same thing with different meats. It was good, but I was hoping to try some different dishes.
Next time, I should clarify to the waitress that the dishes are going to be shared.
Will I go back? Definitely. Oh yes, the place does not take credit card, so be prepared.
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One of my favorite cheap thai places in the city. Don't let my use of the term cheap full you, because the price is cheap but the food delicious. I agree with some of the other people that the service isn't that great. You find yourself waiting sometimes, but the food is great. I recommend the Drunken noodles and the drinks (Thai Iced tea) are great also!!
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Galanga is a Thai restaurant with serviceable food and less than serviceable service. I am very picky when it comes to the kids' menu version of Thai dishes--i.e. pad thai and drunken noodle--but these two items were surprisingly good here. By that I mean that they surprised me by being good at all, not that they were so good it was surprising.
The lunch menu is cheap, but not much attention was paid to our table and if any of us had been working today we would have gotten some looks askance when we waltzed back into the office after two hours. Maybe the servers sensed our delinquency, which could also be why they hated us (no one likes a layabout!) and glared at me when I asked for soy sauce.
Obviously this place has nothing on Joya in Brooklyn, but you can't always go home for lunch. And if you eat here, I recommend pooling your change and turning it in at Grey Dog, on Carmine, for a huge chocolate chip cookie. You can get coffee there, too, and then maybe browse for "Zen and the Art of _____" at the communist/overstock bookstore and feel like a real New Yorker or a real tourist, depending on which one you are not.
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This place is a great deal! Here's what we got...
Appetizers: Summer Rolls, Sweet Corn Fritters, Chicken Satay Skewers, Golden Calamari
Entrees: Salt & Pepper Shrimp, Drunken Noodles, Basil Shrimp
The Salt & Pepper Shrimp & Drunken Noodles were both knock-outs! The golden calamari was also pretty tasty. The other dishes weren't bad, but weren't anything special, either.
Also, it says above that this place takes credit cards, but I'm pretty sure it's Cash only, or at least it was when I was there a month ago.
Highly recommend this for an inexpensive dinner out in the Village.
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We were a group of 16.. We had reservations for 9.30.... Pam and me were there the earliest at 10pm..I spoke to Patrick the manager, he was very cordial and explained that he held the table for 20 minutes but he will have the table for us by 10.30...
8 of us gathered by 10.30 ... talk about IST Indian Standard Time... U'all know indians never show up on time....oh well we were seated , we ordered assorted appetizers
the papaya salad was good, I have had better..
the fried fish cake was the frozen type.. no good....
the spring rolls were vegi and pretty good...
the seafood salad was horrible and had more onions than seafood
a lot fo folks ordered Tom Yum soup and it was horrible and kinda sweet STAY AWAY...
for entrees I ordered Chicken Basil which was goood.. I have had better but this one did not disappoint , I shared it with Pam..
The Drunken noodles were good, although no one got high..
couple of folks ordered Panang Curry and they were disappointed... the fried rice was good.... and so was the ginger chicken
The service was ok.. i guess they were overwhelmed with so many folks and all of us trinkling in....
the drinks were dent.. thai iced tea was goood, the jasmine tea was BLAh.... the mojitos were good, very reasonable our bill was only $290 with tip which included
9 appetizers
13 entrees
6 soups
13 drinks
3 alcoholic drinks
Overall a decent experience... I will have to go back here once again with Pam to see if things are any different..
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Dear Pookie SexyGal,
I love the modern personality of Galanga. It felt so New York. The lunch specials are a $1 more than I'm used to, but the food met my expectations. The Chicken Basil was a little spicy, the Pad See-iew was good, and the pineapple fried rice was standard. The portions are about right. My gf ate about half a plate, and I ate the rest. It also comes with a free soup or salad. Nothing was exceptional, but the pretty space makes up for it, even though there wasn't much of it.
Sincerely,
Teetee HappyBoy
My favorite part of the meal was the receipt. Our server's name was Pookie SexyGal (see pic above for proof). This gal may have a pookie but I'm not sure about her being sexy. She got an extra dollar tip for having a silly name.
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Great lunch deal; entree and salad for 6 bucks. Really great tai iced tea too. Quick service and cute atmosphere. Nice place to go for lunch.
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My favorite once-a-week restaurant so far. The food is simple, inexpensive and not too greasy, and there is no skimping on the spice; the Drunken Noodles taste so good you can't stop eating them, even after your eyes start to water. Added bonus: super fast delivery if you live in the 'hood.
It saddens me to write this, but if I could have omitted stars completely, I would have done so. The food is decent enough for the price, but for the service I'd rather cut my own tongue out and eat it.
My boyfriend and I ate here months ago and enjoyed the food, but as it was a Friday night, the sparing and haphazard service was forgivable. Though I'm wondering if it really should have been, as I see on this site that the restaurant does accept credit cards and on that Friday night, they told us they only took cash.
So, forgiveness aside, last Saturday my boyfriend and I returned to scarf down some more. Sadly, this time was probably the worst service I've personally ever had. I've never had a waitress ever go out of her way to be a complete bitch as I did on this occasion.
The meal started off well, the waitress was all smiles and gladly took our drink order and filled it quickly. When we decided on our meal, she took our orders (he got some beef garlic wok dish and I attempted to order the rama peanut curry wok dish) and left. A few minutes later, my boyfriend (I thought he was busting my balls at the time) claimed that the waitress misunderstood what I had ordered. I laughed it off and said I didn't want to patronize her by asking if she got my order right and that if the wrong dish came out I'd just politely ask for what I had ordered.
So, whether it had been me who mumbled or she who didn't understand when I pointed at the words "Rama Peanut" and said, "Rama Peanut", I got the wrong dish. No biggie, right?
Wrong. The busboy\lady who delivered the plate looked as if I'd killed her firstborn son when I said that wasn't what I had ordered. And yet, I still didn't think it would be such an issue.
The waitress came over and actually challenged what I had ordered. Boyfriend made a joke and the waitress latched onto him, exclaiming that he had heard the right order. That was when I began to get agitated. I felt attacked and accused by the waitress. I asked for Rama Peanut and she did not even acknowledge me, she just walked off.
She only returned to our table of her own personal choice ONCE for the rest of the meal, and that was to fill up the boyfriend's water glass. She not once came to ask us how we were doing, and before I was done with my thai iced tea, she walked by the table, and without a word, took the glass and emptied it. When my water glass was empty, she gave me a dirty look and spoke in a foreign language to another woman in the restaurant who filled my glass.
When we were done, she took literally EVERYTHING, including our napkins, off our table and left. Didn't ask if we wanted dessert, or our check, or anything. Left us sitting at the table. Another couple who had come in after us got smiles and their check from her. We waited for 10-15 minutes before I actually had to lean out into the aisle of the place and call to our waitress for our check, which she had the audacity to add an 18% gratuity onto (something I do not recall the first time we had been there).
I will never eat there again. The food's not worth it...it's only on par with decent Americanized Thai food.
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This restaurant covers all the bases: location, atmosphere, style, value, service, and delicious food. The Phad Thai is a popular favorite as is the massaman and green curry. The prices are a great consider all the food you get. The food's presentation is outstanding as is the general surroundings in this small village establishment. This place is ideal for a small, intimidate group party and expect good service with good food.
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Delicious flavorful tastiness!
Super prices ($8 for pad thai) a more creative menu than most run of the mill thai places, quick good service, and nice atmosphere. Oh the calamari - crispy spicy YUM.
Love the weird little installation window art? thing downstairs near the bathroom. A quirky personality like this makes a place great.
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Good, reasonably priced, Thai food. I'm not a vegetarian, but I do like my fair share of veggies. They offer good choices for both the carnivores and the vegetarians. I like the spring rolls, crispy calamari and the cashew nut stirfry dish with veggies. The service here is great - the people who run this place are really nice.
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Decent atmosphere but as someone who is OBSESSED with Pad Thai, (i truly consider myself a pad thai connoisseur), theirs is really bad. They add curry or something weird. its very red, which it shouldnt be, and has a strange tang. definitely not the place for pad thai.
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Oh Galanga, what has happened? Maybe I'm having just a really bad week with restaurants. Really, it's been a bad week with me and restaurants,
Galanga is my old stand by Thai restaurant, and after a week of disappointing restaurants, I felt I needed to stop by Galanga to have faith in restaurants again. It did just the opposite.
So we had our usual order: thai ice tea, crispy fried tofu, papaya salad, vegetable drunken noodle, and tofu basil.
The crispy tofu was a little on the soggy side, papaya salad over salted (though that might have been my fault, as I request sea salt in place of fish salt), and the drunken noodle was spicy (and frankly just didn't look as appetizing as usual), and the tofu basil was a disaster.
I eat tofu often, and one bite and I know the tofu wasn't fresh. Actually, worse than not fresh, it was sour. It had that sour after taste of tofu gone bad. If you don't know what it is, you don't wanna know. Think milk gone bad. Anyways, tried calling the waitress over (oh, by the way, this place is not known for its service, just its food), but couldn't get her attention, but someone else came over (owner / manager maybe?) I told him that tofu was fresh, and he insisted it was delivered daily. Well, i know my tofu, I told him, and he was free to try it. He first tried to convince me that perhaps it was the way it was cooked. Hello- bad tofu is bad tofu, don't care how you cook it.
He promised to bring another plate out. And when he did, he did agree that the tofu was bad (rather, he said, he understood what I was saying, that it had a slight sour taste). I meant, if I didn't know my tofu, I would've been eating food that had gone bad.
Overall, it wasn't a terrible experience, but I just wished Galanga had delivered last night. I really needed to believe there are still good restaurants out there.
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I'm beginning to get the feeling that every other review I write is for a lunch special at a Thai restaurant.... Galanga offers a pretty good one: for around $7 or $8 you get an appetizer (chose between salad or soup) and an entree. The green curry I had was a little watery and not quite as spicy as I like it, but it was still quite respectable. I wish there were a bigger selection of appetizers. The place isn't very big and fills up quickly at lunch time. The decor is nice and more trendy than the average Thai restaurant, and the service was also pretty good.
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Very reliable delicious thai food. The cashew nut sauce dish is spicy and tasty. Very quick service and reasonably priced. With the veggie option they put tons of different vegetables in there (broccoli, cauliflower etc) as opposed to just green peppers and onions that some other thai places do.
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Good Thai restaurant for good prices, but service can be very slow on busy nights. On a recent Friday night, there was one bartender and two waiters for the entire restaurant. The water we ordered before our food didn't arrive til after our appetizers, and only after two reminders to the overworked waitress. The food is excellent though, and atmosphere is nice.
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Good, filling, and cheap, but Galanga doesn't scrimp on atmosphere. It is a laidback place that is nice enough for a casual date.
There is plenty of good Thai iced tea and coffee here. But, wow the honeydew iced tea is like drinking 20 packets of Splenda.
The portions are large here, and the prices are just right (7-12 bucks)
I have never had trouble getting a table here, and as for service woes, I have had perfectly good service here (but perhaps not with a smile).
Galanga is a reliable bet for good and cheap food in an intimate setting.
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This place is nice. It looks pretty classy and has good, fairly standard, Thai food that doesn't break the bank. The last time I was here I had some fish with curry that was super salty but that seems to be a pretty standard Thai thing (I just need to remember that the fish will be salty before ordering it). After dinner go across the street to Vol de Nuit and drink some Belgian beer.
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I love Thai food. No, you don't understand. I obsess over my Thai food. So when I say I liked the menu, and liked the food more, I am basing my opinion on many years of Thai exploration.
So this is a hole in a the wall spot, with maybe 10 tables in the entire joint. Chairs must have been ripped from an old art class, or some industrial factory...needless to say I loved them. The atmosphere is quaint and low key, but also a bit loud for such a small place. Still not as loud (or as large) as the ever popular Spice.
The waiting staff left something to be desired, but you shouldn't be surprised by these small spots where they are mostly family run. Still nothing egregious.
Food quality was excellent, and my choices from the menu were well done. I choose the duck salad as an opener, which had slices of apple and pieces of pineapple involved for good measure. Not much duck, but the mix of spicy Thai flavors with the sweet fruit flavors actually won me over and I greatly enjoyed a dish i would normally not pick. I had a garlic broccoli wok dish with chicken (very Thai i know :rolleyes:) which was excellent.
The price was decent with most of the plates in the place being in the 7-10 dollar range and all of it pretty standard. Cash only.
Ginger Ale Rating: 7
Date Rating: 8
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Good food for great prices. The calamari appetizer is a personal favorite. They deliver but the restaurant is cute enough that you will want to eat in if you can.
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Galanga was my first Thai food experience, so it holds a special place in my heart. It quickly became an obsession. Luckily I went to NYU so I didn't have to go out of my way for it or anything. The lunch specials basically got me through a few years of school.
This place is a good solid Thai restaurant. The food is really tasty, the prices are reasonable, the service was attentive. What made this place stand out was the Atmosphere, don't get me wrong it is not the classiest, nor the cheapest joint in New York, but when I walked in there, I thought it looked like it would be much more expensive than it really is, until I saw the menu. The prices are fair, and the quite atmosphere really make it standout among similarly priced Restaurants.
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In my world, "Galanga" is synonymous with "happy." I don't think I could enjoy anything more than the super-spicy, wide rice noodle dish of Drunken Noodles, or the Rama Peanut Curry, which comes with not-over-cooked broccoli (hard to find, that not-over-cooked broccoli in a Thai restaurant) and your choice of meat or tofu, or the green curry.
On top of the totally delicious food and the good prices, it's the best decor I've ever seen in a Thai restaurant. There are no pink polyester napkins here, oh no. It's decorated like a cool, hip, small neighborhood place - pretty, and a little funky.
I'll admit that my boyfriend thinks I'm crazy for loving this place as much as I do, but I've had a hard time finding good thai food here - I moved from SF earlier this year, which has tons of great thai - and this is by far my favorite. And - he's been addicted to the drunken noodles for about three years.
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