China Road: 2204 Brewerton Road, Mattydale, NY 13211 – (315) 455-5888
This has been the premier Chinese place for a long time in this area, even given the often good quality of many smaller Chinese restaurants. Friendly staff, good authentic food! Having said that, we had some mixed reviews on the previous version of this blog. Let us know how you make out.
Lao Village: 208 W. Genesee Street, Syracuse, (315) 435-8151
Very tasty food from the people from whom I bought lunch many, many times at their booth at the Regional and downtown Farmer’s Market. While Laotian food can be blisteringly hot, they will adjust it to your spice tolerance level. I made the mistake once of ordering it very spicy. This momentary lapse of reason rendered me almost unable to finish my meal. My own fault. I like it quite hot, but not max hot.
AppeThaizing:727 S. Crouse Ave, Syracuse, (315) 295-2200
Nice food, modern decor, university location.
Little Thai House: 2863 Erie Blvd E, Syracuse, (315) 251-1366
This isn’t far from us, and we’ve eaten here a lot of times. The food is very good, and it’s a nice place. For an intriguing vegetarian dish, try the Tofu Duck – excellent!
Erawan: 2724 Erie Blvd E, Syracuse, (315) 445-8152
Very good food, pleasant, helpful staff, a nice room. Sometimes they are a victim of their success… it can get busy enough that you can end up with slower service at times.
Mai Lan: 505 N State St, Syracuse, (315) 471-6740
Reliably high quality food in this friendly, small place. We haven’t been there in awhile, usually opting for New Century instead. I do remember how funny it was that the loquacious proprietress would instruct us on how to eat Vietnamese food every single time we went there!
New Century: 518 Kirkpatrick St, Syracuse, (315) 410-9999
1-17-10: Ladies – If you’ve been to New Century before, I wanted to let you know that Mr. Matinee Idol is back! He was away for awhile (at school, maybe?).
This place is our favorite for Vietnamese. In fact, it’s close to being our favorite restaurant, period, along with Eva’s. I adore Vietnamese food, and they do it So Very Well. You can almost point your finger anywhere on the menu and get a killer dish. Extremely reasonably priced for this quality. And try the Vietnamese coffee… awesome!
Bonus – their crispy Shrimp Rolls are a sublime appetizer, one of the best appetizers available in this city!
