A Bespoke reader mentioned that they were moving from the Upper West Side to West 120th Street and noticed the lack of Thai restaurants in Harlem. The only proper Thai restaurant in Harlem is located on the East Side but Morningside Heights has one also. The new arrivals also wanted to know what other asian eateries could be found uptown so here is our round up of recommended spots:East Harlem
Gong Thai, 173 East 99th Street, between Lexington and 3rd Avenue. Gong is a charming spot on a side street within East Harlem's borders but probably more difficult to get to from South Harlem: LINK
Morningside Heights
Thai Market, 960 Amsterdam, between 107th and 108th Street. Thai Market is on a bustling restaurant section of Amsterdam Avenue just south of Harlem's borders so should be an easy trip for most in Central or West Harlem: LINK
Mill Korean, 2895 Broadway at 113th Street. This cozy restaurant serves up solid Korean home cooking with quick service: LINK
South Harlem
Jado Sushi, 2118 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 114th Street. Jado on FDB is the only Japanese owned restaurant in Harlem so it is our top choice for sushi above 110th Street and is the largest out of all the eateries listed: LINK
West Harlem
Jin Ramen, 3183 Broadway, south of 125th Street. Jin in Manhattanville is not run by a Japanese staff but has some pretty impressive noodles and holds up to some of the more notable ramen shops downtown: LINK
Your forgetting the habachi spot on Amsterdam Ave and 123 I forget the name
ReplyDeleteNikko? Their interior is really pretty (nice date spot), but the food/service has been kind of variable in my experience. I've never gotten hibachi, though.
DeleteThere are a few other asian restaurants in Harlem but the above are the recommended establishments.
ReplyDeleteThai Market is great. Good recommendation!
ReplyDeleteYes I agree and they deliver !
DeleteNot up to 127th St. ! :(
DeleteNot counting Chinese grease joints, there are very few Asian restaurants in Harlem proper. Most of the ones mentioned are really in Morningside Heights and that's a different animal than Harlem. Jin Ramen is great though.
ReplyDeleteNikko 123rd & Amsterdam
ReplyDeleteColumbia Cottage 112 & amsterdam
Wondee Siam 108 Amsterdam
Doaba Deli 107 Columbus is an excellent Indian
other that there is certainly a shortage
In defense of the staple Chinese takeout, I have found Red Star at Adam Clayton Blvd and 123rd to have freshly cooked tasty dishes. It does count as Asian food but the seating is very limited. I think Red Star has other locations in Harlem.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful roundup. Thank you HarlemBespoke for such a thorough and very helpful answer to my question. Looking forward to giving each one of these restaurants a try as soon as we're moved in. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI consider most of the places mentioned above to be on the Upper West Side. They don't deliver to my block in Harlem.
ReplyDeleteI loooove Thai Market (I'm a little obsessed with the daikon cake there) but wish they delivered to where I live! There are some Thai restaurants in the UWS that do deliver further uptown, which is nice, but they're of kind of okay-ish quality and offer pan-Asian options.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, what I wouldn't give for a closer, good (vegetarian-friendly) Thai restaurant!! Definitely a market gap in West Harlem, so potential restaurant investors, think about it...