My top 3 budget/delish (secret) casual theatre district restaurants, for you tourists!

[bunnie3]

Welcome to my nabe.

1.  Snax Spot. 40th/9th Ave. Trust me..Greatest. Burgers. Evah!  Under 10 buckeroos.  Talk to Sammie, the owner, (super nice), and get the garlic fries!  Looks like a hole in the wall, but 100x better than shake shack.

2.  Dim Sum Palace. 46th/betw 9-8th. (Don t confuse it it w/the other crappy dim sum place on the same block) Even though it s on ****ty Restaurant Row, this is a new place, with a bangin' 1/2 price happy hour, drinks and dim sum ( betw 3-6pm) .  Open till 2 am!  Great after theatre snacks.  Nice atmosphere.  Small.

3.  Chirping Chicken.  43rd/9th.  Superb, juicy chicken, fresh salad.  Do not get the side dishes of Mac n cheese, mashed potatoes.  They suck.  Baked potato and corn on the cob are huge.  Staff and Mgr are super friendly.  Tasty BBQ sauce is in the YELLOW container!. No, it s NOT mustard.

4.  PURE Thai Cookhouse!  52nd/9th. Tiny, tiny, tiny!  It rocks!  Imho, best of the many, many 9th av. Thai joints.  The RAtCHaBURI dry noodle is to die for.  My fave dish there.  Cheap.

[Stage Door Sally]

What do you think of Sake Bar Hagi 46?

[PalJoey]

 

Thank you for these. It makes me sad that there used to be so many more, but at least there are these--and they're not chains.

 

[bunnie3]

Stagedoorsally.....Bar Hagi, OK, but nowhere as interesting or fun as the original location on west 49th st, between 7th/6th, downstairs!  I love, love, love that place!!, and go often.  

[Stage Door Sally]

Thanks, I think we'll go the one on 49th then!

[bunnie3]

Sally: It s very divey, tiny and opens at 5 pm.  no reservations, but sitting at the bar can be fun.  too. 

[Marianne2]

Thanks for these. I am staying at Yotel when I'm staying for a few days for BroadwayCon.  These are very convenient. 

[bunnie3]

Hey Marianne.  I live across the street from the YOTEL . Have fun when you 're here.  Another great obscure place is LALI.  10th ave/44/45th st.  Only open 7 am-4.  Super cheap, REAL home cookin' Dominican.  Mama s really there cooking!

[Stage Door Sally]

Hmmm... you may be swaying me towards Dim Sum Palace.

[Kinky Boy]

wow thanks for these! These are mostly take out?

[bunnie3]

Eat in, but small, except for the chicken place.

[darquegk]

I love Yotel! Theatre Row Diner is right there, and it's pretty good- best cheesesteak I ever had outside Philly.

[Stage Door Sally]

We ended up going to Dim Sum Palace after our matinee at Oh Hello yesterday. Thank you for this tip!

After being asked about half price dim sum and drinks, our server said no, not until Jan. 2.

Overall, the food was okay, nothing more. Soup arrived cold, had to send it back twice just to get it lukewarm. Dumplings were fine. Barbecue Pork Buns were super dry, bordering on stale. Beef Curry was good. Kung Po Chicken had the right flavor but zero heat. No pow. And much more peanuts than chicken in it. Sweet and Sour ribs at $19 were disappointing and way overpriced. The sweet and sour flavor was good. The meat however was cubed, not ribs, and was gristly and seemed liked it was trim to be discarded. If you want rice, it costs extra, tea costs extra too. We got a pot of green tea, it was good. Cocktails were fine. My glass of prosecco was good.