Evergreen on 38
“We ordered 3 orders of soup dumplings (2 pork and 1 with crab meat), Shanghai fried rice and dan dan noodle.”
“The Xiao Long Bao had a thin skin with some broth inside, not as much as some other places I've been to but it was still very good.”
“We split an order of dumplings, scallion pancake and chicken lo mein (so American….)”
Evergreen on 38
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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When you walked into a Chinese restaurant and it's full of non-Chinese customers with suite and tie, it says all.
Cheap and quick lunch spot. Their lunch specials are range from $8-10 and come with a soup or soda. I ordered the garlic chicken and a hot & sour soup to go. Food was ready in about 5 minutes. Everything was on the bland side, really lacked some heat. The hot & sour soup tasted and looked like soy sauce, no kick at all.
Evergreen restaurant is right downstairs of my job which of course is very convenient. Any time it's extra cold outside or raining, you can find me here for a pickup. Their service is very quick and the food never disappoints.
Yesterday was the national lantern's festival in China, so I was looking for a Chinese restaurant serving sticky rice balls in syrup – not too many have that, but Evergreen was apparently one of them.
Ordered shrimp dumpling and garlic cucumber, aside from the sticky rice ball with sesame. Super fast in speed, less than 30 min and the delivery guy was already downstairs in my building. Really love the sticky rice ball!! Best of year to enjoy it!!
The crust for shrimp dumpling was a bit too thick though…
– mediocre, nothing particularly memorable
– soup dumplings were on the small side, pork and pork/crab dumplings were indistinguishable
– fast service
– scallion pancakes were also on the small side but less oily and thinner than those offered at Joe Shanghais
– more expensive than your regular chinese fare
Schizophrenic Chinese that looks classier than it actually is. Everything is lacquered in the spacious interior, and the waiters wear suits. But the suits are ill-fitting, and the same waiters will tell you bluntly that you're ordering too much food.
A lot of the menu here is Americanized (make of that what you will), but we stuck to the soup dumplings and Peking duck and liked both. Was it the best in the world? No, I would still go downtown or to Flushing for that. But it was pretty terrific for Midtown on Christmas.
This is probably as good as it gets for non-Chinatown dim sum. Great dumplings and Shanghai-style siu mai. Noodles and Chilean sea bus were't bad, either.
Fast forward 6 hours, though, and I have dry mouth after my nap. That's a sign of too much salt and likely MSG. Plus the P2P (price to portions) ratio was in the wrong direction. With so much good AZN stuff in NYC, I'm gonna have to go with a 3.
Decor is typical ostentatious upscale Chinese (waiters in suits/vests, nice silverware, etc.)
Cheap and simple workday lunch spot in Midtown. I find this place to be a good option if someone wants a better quality Chinese meal compared to a quick take-out place.
My friend and I came here to catch up so we shared the pork soup dumplings and I got the beef rice cake. Overall, it was a fine meal. The soup dumplings were well-made that was unbroken filled with soup. The beef rice cake was plentiful and tasty from the sauce they used. They also offer lunch specials which include a lunch entrée and a side of soup. I would get here on the earlier side during lunch hours as this place does fill up fast.