OK Ryan

Service wasn’t the greatest, though the servers were all very nice. The food was good. Not 100% sold on the stinky tofu...tofu skillet dish was yum!

This is it! It is so hard to find good Taiwanese food in NYC, and even harder to find good Taiwanese breakfast (weekends 8-11am)! This is the real deal, Shao Bing You Tiao, Fan Tuan, Dou Jiang (sweet (hot/cold) or salty hot). It is excellent. They do a lot of take out business so don't let the empty place fool you. I hope this place thrives.

I’m almost hesitant to leave a review for this place as I don’t want this place to get more packed than it already is. Having been literally eating here as my school cafeteria for the last year, I can truly attest to the quality of food here and the depth of their menu.

This small and unassuming place is literally the best Taiwanese food you can get in NYC. A lot of Taiwanese places offer small snack dishes like oyster pancake and minced-pork rice, but this is only place that also serve the “big” Taiwanese dishes involving seafood and other more exotic ingredients.

On the weekends, between the hours of 8-11A, Ryan also serves traditional Chinese/Taiwanese breakfast. Their crullers are always freshly fried along with their soybean milk in sweet/neutral/salty variations. There’s even a large variety of egg pancakes and 3 different types of rice balls. Did I mention the menu at this Ryan is extensive?

Tip: you can order from their regular menu during breakfast hours if you want something other than breakfast.

They do have a lunch bento special Monday thru Saturday. The price is really hard to beat, but you pay for it in terms of being served school cafeteria food. However, you can instead choose to order dish over rice combo before 4P or do the 3-dish family special if you’re really hungry.

They also do catering. I guess you’ll have to speak to the manager to make arrangements, but I swear, a third of their business comes from catering orders. There’s always trays of food during the weekdays when I’m picking up my food.

Service is super friendly, but this may be a biased opinion given how much I frequent the place.

Last thing, parking has improved slightly recently with the addition of space #3. You can now park at space #3, #4, and #5. However, parking still gets pretty ridiculous during the busy hours like lunch and weekend breakfast. Your best shot at parking is either at the SkyView Mall or test your luck at the surrounding small streets.

Always come here for the breakfast on the weekends. Make sure you come before 1030am because the chef usually leaves at 11am sharp. Their beef noodle soup is amazing here !

Ok food and worth a try. The salted pork chop was pretty good, but the sticky tofu was only ok (not quite as good as night market vendors, but smelled less).