Mandy Kuo

Finally got to try their specialty latte. The hōjicha with espresso was pretty smooth and mild, less strong in caffeine than I had imagined which is good. I had it without the vanilla so it's sugar free and can better taste the roasted tea.
We also had the cold brew jasmine tea which was super floral and refreshing.

Lovely shop selling tofu, tofu pudding (sweet and savoury), soy milk and rice cake. I prefer to do the custom toppings for the tofu pudding. They don't overly sweeten the mung beans and red beans which is nice.

Excellent authentic Turkish food (just like what we had recently in Turkey!). Everything was good especially the freshly baked bread. The food was super flavorful and not salty. So happy they have imam bayildi which is one of my favorite eggplant dishes and so rarely offered in NYC Turkish restaurants.
Also impressed they have künefe which is also less common in NYC (although this one was not as good as künefe in Turkey).
The service could be improved. A few things were off. I ordered ayran and had to remind the waiter twice yet he gave the other table that came in after my group the ayran and told me that was the last one. Also had to remind them to fill water. But overall food wise definitely recommend this place.

Everything we had was great and felt like homemade cooking. We had the hot borscht soup (good pumpernickel bread that comes with it), potato pancakes, Moscow style baked Pelmeni (chicken/mushroom), and potato vereniki. All was great just definitely heavy food so had to get a green salad too. The restaurant is inside an aged Russian spa and the decor has a very traditional vibe. Felt like stepping into a time machine or travelled to old Russian time and hard to believe it's the financial district.

Super quality seafood restaurant! The appetizers were also outstanding with many vegetarian options. If we didn't want to try the seafood main courses, would've been also equally satisfied with ordering a variety of the appetizers. Both the eggplant chips and the moussaka were really good, not too greasy, well flavored, and portions were sizable. So was the Greek salad. By the end of three appetizers we were pretty full! For the main the king shrimp wasn't as good and in fact a bit "fishy". The lavraki whole fish was solid and very fresh and flavourful. Service was efficient and attentive. The dining setting was not as intimate like many NYC restaurants as it's a big venue. Overall recommend for seafood