Sticky Rice
New York, NY 10002
Phone: (212) 274-8208
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Between Broome Street and Grand Street
- Directions:
- F at Delancey St; J, M, Z at Essex St; B, D at Grand St
- Best of Citysearch:
- Thai Food 2007
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-12am
Editorial Review for Sticky Rice – by Justin Hartung
The Scene
The smallish space blends deconstructed design with cheeky flourishes. The room's support archways are left exposed, while the mini-chandeliers get wrapped in plastic. A brick wall painted with pink flowers makes a playful backdrop for the cool-as-a-cucumber neighborhood crowd. Service is chatty--so much so that it can be hard to round up a check.
The Food
The restaurant's namesake gets four renditions, including a surprisingly subtle brown rice, beans and mushrooms mix that perfectly complements the Thai-fusion fare. Robust prawns deep-fried in a crunchy cone-shaped wrapper make an inviting warm-up, but bland cabbage salad fussed up with pork cracklings can only be considered an off-key duet. Vibrant panang curry tosses kaffir lamb leaves with generous chunks of braised duck, while fresh ginger uplifts barbecued short ribs. Loaded with calamari, sticky rice and a lobster tail, paella more than earns its signature-dish status, and, finally, light-as-air flan finishes the meal with globe-trotting elan.
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Insider Tips
B.Y.O.B.While the restaurant waits for its liquor license, bring your own wine from Jade Liquor nearby.
The ExtrasWi-Fi is available for those who like to surf while they snack.
Know Before You GoThe restaurant shares a street address with Little Giant, but the entrance is just south of that space.
User Reviews for Sticky Rice
03/23/2008 Posted by bilingal
I recently organized a group dinner at Sticky Rice. I had made reservations for 6 originally, but had to change to 7. The reservationist was very sweet about the change, even though we ended up having just 6 people at dinner. My friends had arrived early but were seated already in the back corner table, the best seat in the house, which is almost unheard of in NY. Since this was a BYOB, we had brought 5 bottles of wine, and was pleasantly surprised to find out that there was no corkage fee. The servers were very helpful with selecting dishes, patiently going over several dishes in detail until we made our choices. Every dish we orderd was delicious, and the servers were super nice. They never rushed us, and everyone at dinner had such a great time. And the best part of it was that the total bill (we had ordered several appetizers and desserts, in addition to our entrees) came out to less than $95 for all six of us!!! We gladly left a huge tip and a huge smile. Oh, and the lolipops with three different flavors at the bar was a great way to follow up the yummy dessert. Sicky Rice, I'm sold. I will definitely be back!
02/25/2008 Posted by MvG2007
Well I should've just cancelled going there altogether after they called me within DAYS of my reservation-- to say that their receptionist screwed up and booked TWO 10ppl. appointments at 8:00 and asked if our party could be split up into two booths next to each other each seating 5ppl. Since I'd had the reservation for over a week I was really miffed but whatever-- we'd work it out, we'd made plans for places in the area, etc etc... Once we got there, though, at 8:05 it was complete MAYHEM. The place is really small and when my 9 girlfriends and I got in we had nowhere to stand, and had to convice the host to ask the other tables to close up their tabs and leave. I was instructed that we'd only have 2 hours at our table, and even though the two tables whose booths we were to inhabit had been there since 6:00 they were not given the same strict time guidelines, aparently- which left us uncomfortably waiting in the middle of the restaurant... and as time went on... 8:15, 8:20, 8:30... we FINALLY got our two booths next to each other... The food was good, though, and cheap-- and thank GOD we had lots of our own wine which was the only redeeming quality of the night. The servers/hosts were obviously over-run and although they were sweet, they weren't firm enough with the other guests to ensure we were taken care of... And (as you read below) my poor girlfriend didn't even eat because they served her food FAR too spicy. I enjoyed my meal and my duck rolls, but I would NOT recommend going here if you've got a big group or are hoping for real service. ALSO-- We were charged a 20% gratuity even though we had two tables of 5 people... I'm sorry- that's just RIDICULOUS!! Luckily it was cheap and small and cute, but I'd only go there again if it was me and one other person and we weren't that hungry when we arrived...
Pros: Cheap food. BYOB was the ONLY winner at this place
Cons: Terrible at book-keeping, Were seated 30 minutes after reservation, over-run staff, HORRIBLE for groups
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