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Recommended: Lamb dumplings, “dial oil” noodles, tomato and egg knife-shaved noodles, baked noodles and fish, “big tray of chicken,” spicy crispy rabbit, amber winter melon. Read more.
Recommended dishes: Beer cheese; grilled mozzarella sandwich; grilled cheddar sandwich; Asian gnocchi and beef. Read more.
Recommended: Crispy rock shrimp, fried shishito peppers, croque senora; Mi Corazon and the Improved Malecon Old Fashioned cocktails. Read more.
Recommended dishes: Hot yogurt soup, sautéed spinach, Coban salad, grilled lamb meatballs, ali nazik. Read more.
Recommended dishes: Fish dishes, pakoras (vegetable fritters), bhartas (mashed dishes), shandesh (cheese sweetened with date palm sugar). Read more.
Recommended dishes: Gyoza; Kyushu, miso, sesame, seafood, sutamina and vegetable ramen; garlic noodles. Read more.
Recommended dishes: Eggs, guacamole, chicken wings, lomo saltado, ropa vieja, arroz con pollo, roast pork, chocolate cake with dulce de leche buttercream. Read more.
Recommended: Baguette, sunflower-rye bread, sandwiches, almond-pear danish, peach-and-raspberry tart, cauliflower-and-Brie tart, croissants. Read more.
Ask to be seated in the main dining room and save the evening with an order of king-crab legs, which are reliable and sweet. Read more.
Order seafood salad or tuna tartare. Follow with Thai-spiced lobster or steak. And ask for help on the wine. Do prom right this time around. Read more.
The bottomless brunch here is great, but what makes it even better is the Lobster Mac and Cheese or the Lobster Benedict. These are must-order dishes!
Try to score a table in the outdoor area in the back and take advantage of one of the cheaper all you can drink options available. The burger here is great!
