Franklin Station Cafe

(212) 274-8525

222 W Broadway
New York, NY 10013 40.7193 -74.0062

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Neighborhoods: Downtown, Tribeca

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The Scene – Couples gather at the diminutive tables over spicy bowls of curry chicken noodle soup, one of the single best interpretations of comfort food in Manhattan. It's difficult not to love the restaurant's quirks, such as the diagram-filled menus (the drawings look like the work of an eager-to-please fifth grader) and the unpredictable slide shows (during one visit, a series of verdant shots taken at French wine chateaux). – – The Food – Though the curry chicken noodles alone make Franklin Station worth it, many of the daily specials and eclectic menu items also…

4 Star Rating: Recommended

06/11/07

Good food, but where's the french?

by davidmoser7

My wife, my sister and I ate here while on vacation in NYC last Thursday. Overall it was good.

This place bills itself as a French/Malaysian restaurant, but I would say the menu is probably about 90% Malaysian and 10% French, which is fine. But I went there wanting to order French and there wasn't much of it.

I ordered the lemongrass fish (cod), and it was good. The sauce was very flavorful and complemented the fish perfectly. My wife had some sort of fried chicken dish which she said was good (I tasted it and thought it lacked flavor).

Then came my sister's order. She ordered the "Mozarella Hero" with basil and tomato. There was no description in the menu of what that actually is, but she assumed it was going to be some sort of "hero" sandwich, with some sort of meat or something. No. What arrived was a slab of mozzerella cheese with sliced tomatoes inside a hard, baguette-like bread. Needless to say, cheese and bread as an entree was not what she envisioned. It was dry, tasteless and just weird, really.

Anyway, it's at a great Tribeca location, nice little vibrant neighborhood. And literally right across the street from the Franklin St. subway stop, which is convenient. The wait staff wasn't bad, but wasn't good either.

In general, I would recommend the place. But just make sure you know what you're ordering before you order it. And don't go there expecting French.

  • Pros: food, location, prices
  • Cons: they advertise French, but don't really have it.
3 Star Rating: Average

05/15/07

Good food but rude staff

by tcon1891

This cafe is cute and the food is good, but the wait staff has too much attitude. If you intend to order a full meal, you'll probably enjoy it and you'll be treated politely enough. But if you're just going for dessert or splitting an appetizer, the staff will become incredibly rude and condescending--even if they have almost no customers at the moment and there is plenty of room for other customers who might want to spend more money. So don't bother going unless you plan to order a full meal.

  • Pros: Good food, clean place
  • Cons: Rude staff
4 Star Rating: Recommended

11/04/06

Great chicken curry!

by judibean

I had two of the dishes recommend by other reviewers- the mango squid salad and the chicken curry noodle. The mango squid salad was ok in flavor, it was also small-portioned. The chicken curry made up for it with very strong flavors. The cost of a meal here is very reasonable and makes it a good lunch spot. I will be going back to try other dishes.

  • Pros: Cheap and tasty

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