101-05 67th Road : Flushing, NY 11375 : 718-830-3335
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 The city's second Uyghur restaurantreferring to a Turkic people in the Chinese province of Xinjianghas opened just off Queens Boulevard. The menu features the usual Silk Road stuff: homemade noodles in beef soup (lagman), plump dumplings bulging with orange squash (manti), triangular... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese, Turkish |
Takeout |
$ |
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37-66 74th St. : Flushing, NY 11379 : 718-507-1111
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 Reviving a moribund restaurant scene in Jackson Heights, Delhi Heights adds a bit of glitz to a menu that features northern Indian, southern Indian, and Indian-Chinese. While the southern Indian standards of dosa and uttapam are not recommended, the northern Indian fare features plenty of dash,... More >> |
| Flushing |
Indian |
Catering, Delivery, Takeout |
$$$ |
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140-09 Cherry Ave. : Flushing, NY 11355 : 718-886-4383
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 This south Flushing Chinese restaurant doesn?t look like much from the outside, but the proprietors are from Liaoning province in the extreme northeast of the country, and the food is likely to blow your mind. Humpy corn-flour bao are the bread of choice, and you can plow your way through an... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese |
Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$ |
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41-28 Main St. : Flushing, NY 11355 : N/A
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 Go through the cluttered door on Main Street, and descend into a wonderland of regional Chinese fare. From Xian (stall 36) comes a richly flavored and textured lamb sandwich on a homemade pita garnished with pickled peppers, and a plate of broad homemade wheat noodles with a lamb sauce... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese |
Kid Friendly |
$ |
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136-31 41st Ave. : Flushing, NY 11355 : 718-762-1818
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 The menu is refreshingly short at this brightly lit, walk-down space that functions as a sort of clubhouse for Henan expats, who come from a province southeast of Peking. Needless to say, the food is amazing. And cheap. A glass display case often contains oil-slicked salads of things like... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese |
Takeout |
$$ |
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72-20 Roosevelt Ave. : Flushing, NY 11372 : 718-779-1119
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 The Yak underwent a sea change a couple of months ago, altering its name from Tibetan Yak to Himalayan Yak. It betokens the addition of Nepalese and Indian fare to the already bulging menu. The old Tibetan specialties like la phing (a wobbly cube of mung bean jelly) and shamdey (a lamb curry)... More >> |
| Flushing |
Tibetan |
Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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137-40 Northern Blvd. : Flushing, NY 11354 : 718-353-1808
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 What may be the first real Hunan restaurant in the city features hot, sour, and salty tastes, with as much spiciness as Sichuan, but lacking the peppercorns. ?Braised fish with pickled chili sauce??the first dish on the House Special menu??features an entire striped bass smothered in pickled red... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese |
Delivery, Family Style, Takeout |
$$ |
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42-47 Main St. : Flushing, NY 11355 : 718-389-8100
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 This exceedingly exciting offshoot of the Grand Sichuan chain is only the second restaurant in Flushing to offer authentic Hunanese food, said to be the spiciest in China. Main courses often involve pickled, dried, or smoked meats and vegetables, such as the wonderful smoked bamboo, a vegetarian... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese |
Takeout |
$$ |
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86-10 Justice Ave. : Flushing, NY 11373 : 718-205-2166
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 Just around the corner from the Queens Center shopping mall, Java Village is a steam table joint that could provide a convenient pit stop after shopping. There are about 15 choices immediately evident; over a big mound of rice a selection of three will set you back around $7. These choices... More >> |
| Flushing |
Indonesian |
Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$ |
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3526 Farrington St. : Flushing, NY 11354 : 718-460-0042
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 Though no English sign graces this brightly lit walk-down spot on a dark side street, a picture of a rustic hut on the awning beckons. Top among countrified culinary delights is roast pork really, thick slabs of semi-lean pork belly that the waitress cooks on a brazier (rather than,... More >> |
| Flushing |
Korean |
Takeout |
$$ |
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133-43 Roosevelt Ave. : Flushing, NY 11354 : 718-939-7788
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 Also known as Xiao La Jiao, this walk-down space is currently the city's foremost Sichuan restaurant. From a simple bowl of soft bean curd strewn with toasted peanuts and doused with chile oil and Sichuan peppercorns, to three forms of dan dan noodles, to ambitious stir-fries of bullfrog, eel,... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese |
Takeout |
$$ |
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42-87 Main St. : Flushing, NY 11355 : 718-359-2108
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 The logo of this restaurant from the city of Qingdao, China ? just across the Yellow Sea from Korea ? shows a lighthouse built by German concessionaires over a century ago, and the menu reflects their influence, among many others at one of the city?s most unusual restaurants. Shaped like crepes,... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese |
Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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44-09 Kissena Blvd. : Flushing, NY 11355 : 718-539-4100
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 The name means ?beautiful and unique,? and this south Flushing restaurant serves the cuisine of Shandong, more specifically that of Qingdao, a city directly across the Yellow Sea from Korea. You?ll find Korean influences in the food, but also German ones that date from the days when the city was... More >> |
| Flushing |
Asian, Chinese, Deli, Sandwiches |
Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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59-14A Main St. : Flushing, NY 11355 : 718-886-8788
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 This café just north of the LIE eschews Chinese banquet cuisine in favor of home-style specialties from Taiwan, sometimes showing surprising Southeast Asian and Japanese influences. For example, there?s the legendary three-cup chicken, a crock-borne delight of poultry steeped in soy sauce, sesame o... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese |
Takeout |
$$ |
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43-18 Main St. : Flushing, NY 11355 : 718-539-3061
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 Northeast Taste is one of two restaurants in South Flushing specializing in the Dongbei cuisine of China?s far northeastern provinces. The menu is offal-heavy, and you can enjoy braised calf heart, crisp fried intestines, lamb liver, and a variety of other organs. The cuisine also has its... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese |
Takeout |
$$ |
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164-17E 165th St. : Flushing, NY 11358 : 718-297-1676
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 Deposited in a picturesque stand in the 165th Street pedestrian mall that might as well be in Port of Spain, Seemas presents a vast buffet of snack items, including little fingers of dough called crummer, sweet coconut drips, and tart red mango strips. Meal-size feeds include wonderful... More >> |
| Flushing |
Trinidadian |
Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly, Wheelchair Accessible |
$ |
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1635 Hillside Ave. : New Hyde Park, NY 11040 : 516-216-5448
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 Presenting food principally from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, and eschewing the dosa-based cuisine we generally associate with southern India, Southern Spice offers a unique menu that will thrill Indian food enthusiasts?and anyone else who loves pungent food. The mutton menu is a particular... More >> |
| Flushing |
Indian, Vegetarian |
Delivery, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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64-13 39th Ave. : Woodside, NY 11377-2846 : 718-899-9599
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| Flushing |
Asian, Thai |
Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining |
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41-02 College Point Blvd. : Flushing, NY 11355 : 718-321-7309
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 The ambitious menu encompasses Yunnan, Burmese, Thai, Cantonese, and Malaysian, most of it piquant and well prepared. An edible purple orchid decorates Yunnan pork saladbig slices of rubbery meat dotted with pickled garlic and hot chiles; the Burmese tea-leaf salad is well executed but not... More >> |
| Flushing |
Burmese, Malaysian, Thai |
Takeout |
$$ |
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42-79A Main St. : Flushing, NY 11355 : 718-886-3622
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 Yi Lan Halal is the city?s first restaurant to offer the
cuisine of northern Chinese Muslims, not to be confused with the
restaurants dotting the landscape that reconfigure Cantonese food for Islamic dietary strictures. What that means is lots of cumin-scented lamb; organ meats such as tongue,... More >> |
| Flushing |
Chinese |
Takeout |
$$ |
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183-10 Horace Harding Expwy. : Flushing, NY 11365 : 718-463-7362
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 We passed Ali Bababrooding over the L.I.E. on the elevated access roadseveral times before we stopped, then were rewarded with great kebabs and Persian-leaning stews. Best of all, however, was the baba ghanoush, made from flame-roasted eggplant and enough garlic to leave your mouth... More >> |
| Flushing |
Middle Eastern |
Delivery, Takeout |
$ |
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69-28 Main St. : Flushing, NY 11367 : 718-544-7205
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 Much has been made of the sit-down restaurant named Angelo's, but here's a pitch for the pizza joint with the same name next door. One look at the display of slices &emdash; the cheese-sagging triple-thick Sicilian and, especially, the grandma pie, with a slightly thinner crust than the... More >> |
| Flushing |
Italian |
Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$ |
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81-08 37th Ave. : New York, NY 11372 : 718-651-6565
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| Flushing |
Latin American, Latin |
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37-68 79th St. : Flushing, NY 11372 : 718-205-5559
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 Yum's the word at this exemplary Thai place, denoting a series of salads that includes a tartly dressed papaya improved with snake beans that look like green beans on testosterone and will make you quiver with pleasure. Another spectacularly features dried fish and eggplant pith. Apart from... More >> |
| Flushing |
Thai |
Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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82-19 Queens Blvd. : Flushing, NY 11373 : 718-426-5822
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 This stately restaurant is not the city's best Afghan by a long shot, but the comprehensive menu does a great job of showcasing the Persian, Mughal, and Chinese roots of the cuisine. Many of the best dishes are vegetarian: Pick the wonderful scallion-stuffed dumplings called ashak, which come... More >> |
| Flushing |
Asian, Fusion |
Catering, Delivery, Private Party, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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