Restaurant Reviews for Queens, New York
GuideReviews Index
Restaurant Review: Il Toscano, A Northern Italian Restaurant in Douglaston, NY
Family-run Il Toscano is one of the best restaurants in Queens, New York. You will pay handsomely for the stellar service and absolutely top quality food, but it is worth every penny. Go for a special occasion or at the end of a regular day: Il Toscano will always feel like a celebration. Though this level of excellence demands high prices, the restaurant is a bargain compared to Manhattan restaurants of equal quality.
Sripraphai Thai Restaurant in Woodside - Restaurant Review
Sripraphai in Woodside, offers affordable Thai dishes, but the preparation is unusual for Thai restaurants in America. The tastes and textures are bolder, not for the faint of heart. This is a place for real Thai cooking.
Restaurant Review: Jackson Diner
The Jackson Diner in Jackson Heights, Queens, serves delicious Indian curries and tandooris. This well-run restaurant easily accommodates a crowd, and after more than ten years, it continues to please.
Mickey's Place Japanese Restaurant (Closed)
Mickey's Place in Forest Hills serves excellent sushi for a neighborhood restaurant. The raw fish outshines everything else on the Japanese menu. Make sure to ask about the specials and enjoy.
Restaurant Review: Nick's Pizza in Forest Hills
Restaurant Review: Nick's Pizza in Forest Hills. Nick's Pizza serves delicious bottom-toasted thin-crust pizza topped with quality fresh mozzarella, crushed tomatoes, and basil.
Restaurant Review: Acquista Trattoria
Acquista Trattoria in Fresh Meadows, Queens, is a great neighborhood restaurant. It serves Italian food — classic southern Italian dishes, pizzas, fish, and more. You will rub elbows with your neighbors in this small trattoria, but the service, taste, and inexpensive prices make this a perfect restaurant for a weekday evening.
Bakery Review: Lu Lu's Italian and American Bakery
For great-tasting Italian pastries and cookies, you can't do much better than Lu Lu's Italian and American Bakery in Fresh Meadows. Stick around at this popular neighborhood bakery and enjoy some biscotti and espresso, or be the most popular guest at your next dinner party by showing up with a box of Lu Lu's goodies.
El Coyote Mexican Restaurant
El Coyote in Jamaica, Queens, serves very tasty Mexican food, which is exceptional for central Queens. The atmosphere is usually lively, especially on the weekends, but it's not another tequila slammer bar.
Restaurant Review: Arunee Thai in Jackson Heights
Arunee Thai in Jackson Heights, serves the classic menu of a Thai eatery in America to a tee. The quality of the food and service combined with the affordable prices makes it a must for a casual weekday dinner or an introduction to Thai cuisine.
Khao Homm Thai Cuisine in Woodside - Restaurant Review
Khao Homm Thai Cuisine serves some of the best Thai food in Woodside. This restaurant stands out not just for its delicious food but also for its concern for service, decor, and presentation.
Restaurant Review: Zen Pavilion - CLOSED
CLOSED - The Zen Pavilion Restaurant in Little Neck, Queens, New York, specializes in pure vegetarian fare with "fake" meat and fish dishes of Chinese and East Asian origin. The food is delicious, healthy, and beautifully presented. The atmosphere is a bit too much, but the excellent vegetarian food and service more than compensates.
Restaurant Review: Green Papaya Thai Cuisine in Flushing
Green Papaya Thai Cuisine is a Thai restaurant in the heart of Flushing's Chinatown. Wedged between a couple Chinese restaurants, Green Papaya stands out in the neighborhood for its rich, bold curries and friendly service. The quality of the food is consistently high. This restaurant will satisfy a group with their stomachs set on Thai food.
Bona Restaurant: Polish Cuisine in Ridgewood
Bona Restaurant serves very good Polish food in Ridgewood, close to the Brooklyn border. A clean, unpretentious neighborhood joint, Bona caters to Polish immigrants who live in Ridgewood and nearby Glendale. The main courses are meat and potatoes, either fried or drenched with gravy. But this heaviness is balanced by tasty side salads, krauts, and pickles, and finally by light, fruit-filled dessert blintzes. The price is right at popular Bona, but unfortunately, service can be slow and confused.
Restaurant Review: The Dosa Hutt in Flushing, NY
Restaurant Review: Dosa Hutt in Flushing, NY, serves the most amazing South Indian snack of dosas (plus iddlys and other snacks). These fried crepes filled with curried potatoes are delicious, surprisingly light, and definitely filling. This is a snack bar. Order at the counter and wait for your number to be called. There is nothing fancy beyond the delectable tastes coming from the kitchen.
Bakery Review: Catalano Brothers Bakery in Middle Village
Catalano Brothers Bakery in Middle Village, Queens, is great for fresh Italian breads, cookies, pastries, and even Italian ice cream cakes. No matter what tempts you to stop by the bakery, make sure to pick up a loaf of semolina bread.
Buddha Bodai Vegetarian Restaurant
Vegetarian cooking hits a high at Buddha Bodai. There may be a wait, but unless you are scared of trying something new, a sea of non-meat delights awaits you at this Chinese Buddhist restaurant.
Rosa's Pizzeria & Restaurant
Rosa's Pizzeria in Middle Village surpasses other neighborhood pizzerias with its overall quality, calzones, pizzas, and especially its Sicilian slices. Dee-lish!