Hawkers Asian Street Food

My friend and I shared four dishes for lunch: soup dumplings, Chinese BBQ pork buns, Singapore Mei Fun and five- spice green beans. The greens were the best and worth returning to have again. The soup dumplings were high on meat and low on soup. The pork buns had very little BBQ. The Mei Fun was reasonably tasty and filling, but not memorable. We will come back, but aside from the green beans, would try other options .

Very cool ambiance in this brightly decorated restaurant in the center of Ballston. The menu has a large selection of Asian cuisine. My delicious noodle dish was nicely spiced and saucy. The service was prompt, friendly and helpful. Very convenient location.

We decided to mix it and up and check out this new restaurant yesterday and it was just okay. Let’s start with the strong positives - we loved the decor, neon lights, and whole vibe of the restaurant. The music was okay. However, I hated the cement wall blocking me in the seat because I had to slide between this super close table and bump into the woman eating next to me. Again, the cement wall next to the table might look cool but being trapped and rubbing your clothes against strangers is not functional or enjoyable. Look at the picture for context. Although you feel like you are actually in a restaurant in Asia. The service was prompt and super friendly. Bathroom was even clean too. However, the food was a different story. Honestly, for the higher prices of food on the menu my boyfriend and I were expecting something a bit more such as elevated flavors and tastes. However, that wasn’t the case unfortunately. We could of went to our other local Vietnamese and Chinese food spots for less money and the same quality of food. Now to be fair we only tried the soup dumplings which many already broke inside so all that good soup left the dumplings and we had the popular Hokkien and Singapore noodle dishes. We would try this place one more time and get different dishes to fully experience the menu but we are in no rush for lackluster quality food.

The atmosphere of this place is off the charts!! Really cool spot to hang out for drinks and/or dinner. The service is quick and friendly. The food is okay; we tried the lettuce wraps, Korean wings, and coconut shrimp -- all serviceable, but not super memorable. I really enjoyed the dessert though, especially the dairy free soft serve was great (lactose intolerant friends rise up) and you can't go wrong with the choice of toppings. The drinks were tasty. Nothing really to write home about, but everyone is super nice and the food is pretty good and comes out promptly so I'd still give this a try!!

The food was decent. The Hawkers wings weren't great, horrible batter. The dumplings did not have enough soup, but the flavors were there. The coconut shrimp was the worse i ever had, please take off the menu or redo the recipe ( same for the wings). The fried rice with meat/seafood was the best thing we had. First timer. I won't be going back maybe for drinks, not food.