I've been to Suzie Wongs several times. Â The last time was a few weeks ago on a Friday evening. Â We had some drinks and an appetizer of edamame and we each had an entree; 5 spiced duck, Bi Bim Bap, and fried rice. Â Overall the food is good although I thought the Bi Bim Bap could have had a bit more sizzle - I didn't get the crunchy bits of rice that I really like. Â I have always been a fan of the 5 spiced duck and it was excellent again. Â The fried rice was interesting with crab and asparagus.
Service wasn't great. Â The server spilled a bit of my friends cocktail and didn't offer to wipe it up (we grabbed a napkin from a table next to us) and the food came sporadically. Â Also, the room is so dark it was kind of depressing.
I usually get carry out from Suzie Wong's and for carry out I would rate it 4 stars - but only give 3 stars for dining in.
Finally went back to this place. Â Tried the pineapple chicken again. Â The chicken wasn't overcooked but didn't taste right. Â I can't figure it out. Â Big pieces of chicken. Â My wife wanted the crab rangoons. Â Just like before - nothing special 4 for $4.95. Â I was hungry tonight so went for the Wonton soup at $7.95. It was a big bowl filled with lots of noodles and a few wontons (without pork). Â The broth was something between chicken and Beef. I don't recommend it. Â My wife got the orange been and enjoyed it. It came with lots of broccoli and cost $12.95. Â Average price. Â My daughter got the Buddha Delight vegetarian soup bowl. It was not very good. Â The side of shrimp for $3.00 and the edammae for $3.95 were good. Â
We were the only people in the restaurant on a Saturday night after 9PM. Â Food came out quickly but water refills were very slow. Â
Others rave about this place; the rest of my family does. Â They have a decent menu with choices for Vegetarians. Â Just not high on my list.
I went here with my grandfather. He goes out to eat every night and takes me to some of the fanciest, most expensive restaurants around. One night he went here. I had the Chow mein and it wasn't bad. He had the Pineapple chicken and he didn't really like it. The chicken was really too chewy for him, I tried it and I could see what he was talking about. As far as whether or not it was supposed to taste like that, I'm not really sure. I told the waiter he was a judge who goes out to eat everynight and leaves a big tip everywhere he goes, and that he didn't really like the food. The waiter acted like she had never been in a situation where somebody complained about their food. She came over and she actually taste tested the chicken. I've never been to a restaurant where when you complain about the food, they come over to your table to taste test it, just to make sure your not lying. She goes back to speak with the manager, who by the way never even bothered to come over and speak with us personally, and about 5 minutes later the waiter comes out with a free piece of cake!
I'm not saying their food was bad, but I think they need to analyze how they treat their customers. Regardless even though he didn't like the food, he was still nice about it and left the waiter a $20 tip for a $60 meal. So because they didn't want to take a $13 entree off the bill they will be losing hundreds of dollars in return business because I know he will never go there again. On the contrary he loves going to Oriental Wok on Madison Rd and albeit, is a little bit more expensive I'd say their food is higher quality and they know how to treat their customers well.
Was visiting Cincy on business and was taken here. Â It was super crowded but it was a rainy day so I wasn't like "oh, this line = food must be fantastic." Â The people I was with had told me it was the best Bibimbap but they are from Cincy, so, ya know (I kid)! Â But boy, was I impressed!
While I do like more vegetables in my hot stone pot, I was impressed with the crunchy tofu. Â It was the perfect amount of food, if not a little too much, for a big lunch to get me through the rest of my day. Â They serve it with the egg which for tofu hot stone pots is rare and that was a terrific treat. Â
If I ever have anything to do in Cincy again, I will be visiting Suzie Wong's!
Cincinnati actually has some good Asian restaurants in my opinion.  I lived out of state for 3 years in a city where it was quite hard to find a decent Asian meal.  Unfortunately, I would not consider Suzie Wong's to hold a spot on Cincinnati's best Asian cuisine list.  My husband and I went for dinner on a Wednesday evening and the restaurant maybe had 6 other patrons besides us.  Our waitress came over promptly to take our drink order but then 10 minutes passed before we received the drinks.  Someone else, not our waitress brought us the drinks and it was another 5 before she took our orders.  The food came out in order and didn't take as long as expected considering how long we waited for our drinks  Looking over the menu, I noticed that they had all different kinds of Asian dishes, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Korean, etc... It was then when I started thinking that this may not be the experience I was hoping for.  I've found that the best Asian restaurants are a single country restaurant.  A great Vietnamese place, a fantastic Korean place, etc... We started with their calamari as the description sounded delicious.  The calamari came out and looked appetizing, however the breading was so heavy.  It was not a light breading at all and additionally, it tasted like it stayed in the fryer for much longer than it should have.  The breading was so crispy it was hard to eat and the calamari was so tough, it was quite a jaw exercise to be able to chew it all.  The sauce that came with it though was quite tasty.  Moving on to our entrees, my husband ordered the honey garlic chicken with steamed rice.  The portion was plentiful but the dish itself was tasteless and barely had flavor.  Not what he was hoping for at all.  It was served with a good portion of vegetables but also came with a side of some sickly looking tomato slices.  Weird.  I had their Bi Bim Bap, a Korean dish.  This was not bad.  I enjoyed it, but overall it lacked the flavor of similar dishes at some really good Korean restaurants I've been to.  We both decided that next time we want some good Asian food, we should stick to the places we know and not go back to Suzie Wong's.
Review Source:We order catering from Suzie Wong's every few weeks. Â I have yet to order a dish with which I haven't been completely impressed. Â The meat, fruits, and veggies are always fresh and cooked to perfection. Â The texture and the flavor of the dishes is outstanding. Â Dishes are generally full of vibrant color as well. Â Our very favorite dish to order is the Chicken Thai Fried Rice. Â I am not sure how exactly it is made but it is amazing. Â This is definitely a delicious and affordable restaurant regardless of the occasion.
Review Source:My wife and I have heard great things about this place and finally had the opportunity to try it.
It didn't meet the hype.
Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad, necessarily, but it definitely wasn't as awesome as everyone said it was. I feel like the service was....awkward, which made for an experience less than desirable. The food was O.K.. My wife got the Orange beef and i got the orange chicken, and though they weren't the worst meals we'd ever had, they weren't amazing. Subpar-americanized-Asian food that was overpriced.
If our friends want to go, we'd probably go back, but it didn't blow our minds. We probably won't choose to go back.
I came here a few weeks ago for dinner and it was very good. I came on a Thursday night around 7 and I was surprised there were only a few tables full. Â I was seated immediately. Â
My server was very nice and she suggested the Crab Rangoon for an app and it was very good especially with the mustard sauce.
For my main course I ordered the Bi Bim Bap with duck and it was very good. The server mixed everything up for me including the sauce.
Total cost-$25.
So, I just recently graduated from the University of Cincinnati, and on graduation day, I wanted to go somewhere that wouldn't be overrun by graduates and their families. I had driven past Suzie Wong's on numerous occasions and had been to the tapas bar that was their prior (Seny). We had a group of 7 and got a table easily at 6PM on a Saturday. The food was great - definitely some of the most authentic asian food I've had in Cincinnati. We ordered their laub gai (lettuce wraps) and fried calamari for appetizers. For my entree, I ordered the Bi Bim Bap with duck... and oh my lordy! It is one of most expensive things you can order here, but I had just graduated so duck it was. Rice, kimchi, fried egg amazing-ness in my face. Also, the portion was huge (and served in a giant clay bowl), so I had leftovers to boot. The service was a tiny bit slow, and they didn't serve asian desserts which was kind of a bummer; these are my only minor complaints. They do serve desserts from Bon Bonerie, though, so I can't really complain about that ;) Hit this place up!
Review Source:We love Suzie Wong's! Â Everything is delicious, and I think they have some of the best Bi Bim Bap that I've ever had. Â Suzie Wong's is a dependable crowd pleaser. Â They have good prices, and always have a table available. Â Their wine selection is just right - they usually have a few selections of my favorite mid-priced bottles. Â
They deliver to our new house in North Avondale, so we are super psyched. Â Waiting on delivery right now!!! :-) :-) :-)
Great place on the corner of Madison and Woodburn. Â Park around back in the lot or out front on the street.
This is a very pleasant Asian fusion restaurant with many different food nationalities to choose from. Â I've pretty much gone with Chinese dishes when I've been here, but I'd like to try some of the other stuff in the future.
My last visit I had the Mandarin Orange Chicken with brown rice on the side. Â The chicken was stir fried very nicely, juicy and not overcooked, with a pleasant sweet and sour sauce with orange peel grated into it - the orange flavor burst forth with every bite of the grated peel. Â The vegetable side was very good - broccoli rabe, baby bok choi, carrots, and probably more veggies that I can't remember. Â
An excellent and inexpensive lunch in a place that has style and good service as well. Well worth the visit.
I'm surprised I haven't written a review for Suzie Wong's before, but hey... no time like the present.
I believe our stop at Suzie Wong's today was my third. I remember enjoying the food, but can't really comment on my past experience. Today's lunch, however, was fantastic!
The place was crowded and we were in a hurry, so I was nervous. The service was prompt so no worries. I ordered the seaweed salad, which was absolutely delicious! It was a bit chewy and I'll admit I don't have a lot of experience with seaweed salad, so I don't know if chewy is normal or not, but the bottom line is that is it was YUM!
I ordered the mushroom and crispy tofu with brown rice. The dish was absolutely delicious! Had the waiter not taken my plate away when we asked for the check, I may have resorted to licking the plate!
Price, atmosphere, service and food... all top notch. Since ZZ's pizza is no longer open for lunch (we ended up here after finding ZZ's door locked), Suzie Wong's may be our go-to luncheonette! It's not pizza, but is sure is good!!
I had been hearing so many good things about Suzie's Wong, so I had to try it.  I was going out of town so didn't want to go grocery shopping or fix anything over the weekend so I decided to get carry out from Suzie's Wong.  I got enough for several meals,  Chinese food is is always good the next day too.  I understand the praise I had been hearing.  Everything I had was excellent and reasonably priced.  The food was ready in 20 minutes and they pack it in great containers that do not leak (which is a common problem) the containers were great for storing and heating up the food the next day (removing the top).  I did order one of their more expensive entrees, the spiced duck.  I was not overly optimistic about  it any time I have had duck at a Chinese restaurant it has been way overcooked.  Here it was actually very respectable I would not have minded it a little more rare, but they did not overcook it and ruin it.  I would I would like to eat in sometime, the decor looks nice, not to overdone but still contemporary chinese.  There is parking right behind the restaurant which is very convenient, since street parking is hard to find in that area.
Review Source:After living in the neighborhood for over six months, we finally made it down the street to eat here. And, wow. Crazy-flavorful and inventive Asian food within walking distance? I'm officially a loyal fan.
Love the Mongolian vegetarian ribs and the eggplant/tofu hot pot. The veggie spring rolls were good, but not really worth the price -- $4 for two tiny rolls. There aren't a ton of vegetarian items, but the ones they have are so good, I'd order them over and over again. I'm looking forward to trying more of the salads and soups, as well as the lunch menu.
I love this restaurant. Like most Cincinnati restaurants with an Asian theme, Suzie Wong's menu features cuisine from more than one country, they have pad thai, crab rangoon, pho and bi bim bap. Everything I have eaten here has been delicious. The food isn't greasy, but full of fresh ingredients. My favorite dish is the bi bim bap, definitely get it with the beef. Suzie Wong's is a great spot to try after an art walk through the East Walnut Hills Galleries.
Review Source:been looking for a GREAT asian place since i moved here 15 years ago. Â and i found it.
the egg rolls will rock your face right off. Â believe.
the broccoli beef is outtasite. Â the soy sauce is rediculously good.
the service ain't that great, hence the 4 stars. Â but, if you know that going in, then it's 5 stars. Â fyi.
suzie's is also an excellent space located in historic walnut hills. Â support your locally-owned, best asain food spot in town. Â and don't let me catch you at p.f. chang's.
grrrrr.
This is a great hidden gem in East Walnut Hills. They have a fantastic lunch menu that has reasonable portions for not much money. The crab rangoon is delish - not greasy at all. They have great soups and the pad thai is also good. They are almost never full, so don't worry about waiting for a table. The service is great, the decor is classy, and the food is yummy!
It's nice to eat Chinese food that doesn't make you want to die twenty minutes later.
Great carry out!!! Nice atmosphere inside! My fiance and I love the food and the bar tender who took our order was very nice and offered us a drink while we waited. Â The food only took a few minutes to be prepared and we walked home and it was piping hot when we opened it! Â Huge menu selection. Â Try the Pad Thai!
Review Source:The egg drop soup...DIVINE. Â The young lady on the phone made a mistake quoting me the price, and to make up for it, they gave me TWICE as much soup. Â I happily ate it all over the course of the next two days. Â YUMMY!
I was told my food would take 30-45 minutes for delivery...more like 20! What a nice surprise!
The only thing that's keeping this from being a 5-star review was that the sauce on the duck dish I ordered was a bit thick and overpowering, but that likely has more to do with taste than anything else.
I would most DEFINITELY suggest this as a go-to delivery spot, and I'm looking forward to trying a few more things on the menu.
I put off writing a review of Suzie Wong's only because I wanted to try some more dishes before I came to a conclusion about how much I liked the food. I suspected after my first visit that I would be eating a lot of Suzie Wong's when giving into my Asian food cravings.
For a pan-Asian restaurant, Suzie Wong has done a good job of gathering good dishes from a variety of ethnic cuisines for a good price. You'll also find some tasty appetizers, like the calamari (yum!). I think what I am most in love with at Suzie Wong's is the Korean dishes- while it's not the most amazingly authentic Korean I've had, it's really much more affordable than most Korean restaurants and still quite delicious. The jap chae is good, and I recently ordered the bi bim bap as takeout and was pleasantly surprised that even though I got take out, the rice had the dol sot (hot pot) crunchiness! The husband liked it so much that he kept getting into my dish and ruined my hopes of tasty lunch leftovers. I would say that the beef in the bi bim bap was good but not cut the way real Korean restaurants would cut it- it was thicker and more Chinese fast food style sized. Regardless, it hit the spot.
The service was good at the restaurant, and the decor seemed very typical of modern Asian dining (red and black). It was comfortable and pretty spacious. I enjoyed the presentation of the dishes: the husband got his curry literally in a coconut and fellow yelper's husband got his Hong Kong rice casserole in a segment bamboo- hard to describe but it was cool.
All in all, I'm excited to add another go-to Asian restaurant to my list in Cincinnati. (And more excited that they deliver to my apartment).
I work right down the street from Suzie Wong's and my co-worker and I have always said we wanted to try it. Â Today, we finally did.
We ordered carry out and upon arrival we had a hard time explaining to them that we wanted to pay seperately for the orders. Â However, the food was ready on time. Â I ordered the Pad Thai lunch special and she ordered the Mongolian beef lunch special. Â
While my co-worker enjoyed her meal, mine was, by far, the most sub par Pad Thai I have ever had. Â There were red and green bell peppers in the dish, which I had never experienced before, and it was lacking any real flavor. Â It was also quite hard to eat because my noodles were all stuck together. Â
I would be willing to give it another try because of the good prices, but definitely wouldn't recommend the Pad Thai.
Suzie Wong's is somewhere I have gotten carry out orders from numerous times, although I have never dined in. I will review it based on that experience.
The pros?
First, I'd be amiss if I didn't mention location. While Madison Road might seem like a trek from downtown, it's actually an extremely quick drive up Gilbert to Martin Luther King Drive. Additionally, parking near their corner of Madison and Woodburn is ample, making it much less stressful to get to than other places near downtown.
More importantly, they also have great food. I've had some of the more basic starters several times-- Eggrolls, Springrolls, and Crab Rangoon. All of them were done well, and in fact, the Rangoon is my favorite in the city. I have also tried an array of rice and noodle dishes and found them each quite tasty. Many of the noodle and rice dishes come with some nicely steamed vegetables, too, though they are different varieties than one might be used to getting at other Asian restaurants (like squash).
Comparing Suzie Wong's to other Asian restaurants in the area, the pricing is actually quite comparable to a low-end, buffet-style restaurant, but the food is much, much better. Almost all main course dishes are under $10.
As far as service for carry out, my orders have always been ready in around 20 minutes, and they have some of the nicest, reusable plastic containers that I have ever seen! They always pack things up nicely in a sturdy brown paper bag (one with handles, nonetheless) with condiments, chopsticks, napkins, and fortune cookies.
The cons?
While there are few drawbacks to dining at Suzie Wong's, I have had an issue with the condition of my noodles when getting orders to go. Maybe twice, I have gotten dishes where the noodles are stuck together in an icky mass. Other times, my noodles were perfectly fine, so I question whether it is an occasional flub by the cook or something else (like how long it waited for pick up).
Overall, Suzie Wong's is a place that will stay in my regular repertoire of Asian dining options. Minus a few issues with food consistency, it is affordable, convenient, and really tasty. And some day, I'll actually eat in!
This place has great great great food. Â I am impressed by how much I enjoyed my meal. Â Crispy Calimari had a nice hint of curry the Pot Stickers were typical but still good. Â The Bi Bim Bap Rice Dish had so much flavor, I love this stuff, Fried Egg on top of beef, rice and kimchi, you can't go wrong. Â My wife had the Singapore Noodles. Â Nice curry, very fresh flavors. Â We had 2 glasses of wine, 2 apps, 2 entrees and after tip it was right around 50 bucks. Â Always have to point out the down side. Â Floors are a little dirty, the wait staff needs a little polishing, now with the service but with uniforms and grooming. Â Overall I gave a 4 rating because of the food.
Review Source:We LOVE LOVE LOVE this place. This is the kind of place where you can tell the Owner Alex your budget and he will bring you a feast of things you may not ever order on your own. This is so much fun and we have never been disappointed!
We have had a large variety of dishes by allowing Alex to order for us. Sometimes he even makes us something not on the menu for a surprise! If you are to weary or picky to try this option, there are a huge number of menu items to which to choose. We love the bulgogi, the shrimp in coconut sauce which is served in a coconut shell and the fried spring rolls. Everything is always hot and has really yummy dipping sauces. Last time we went the place was still BYOB. So, bring some sake and get your grub on!
It is our belief that if the owner is the one in the kitchen serving up the dishes the level of perfection is raised because it is his/her passion. This holds very true at Suzie Wongs.
Great ambiance - a classier BYO in cincy. I went for a friends birthday with a group of 8, service was great. Â
The location is kind of bizarre, its in Desales cornere on Madison and is just not near anything else at all.
My food was good, but very heavy on the coconut curry, which I don't really like, but i can't say the food was bad for that reason. Everyone else really enjoyed their meals.
I've done my fair share of complaining on Yelp about pan-Asian and/or Asian fusion restaurants in Cincinnati. Â All too many times these restaurants here (and elsewhere) that try to execute every East Asian cuisine in the book end up not doing any of them very well. Â
Suzie Wong's theme is unabashedly, full-on Epcot-Asian. Â Standards like Japanese seaweed salad and Korean kimchi appear in succession on the menu. Â Edamame and egg rolls. Â Chow hofun and pad thai. Â Et cetera.
Some of these items have about as much in common with each other as Neopolitan pizza and wienerschnitzel do, or bouillabaisse and moussaka. Â I have no idea why they're being served in a single restaurant, other than that the owners cynically think that us Cincinnati residents think all Asian food (and people?!) falls into one giant nebulous category. Â (Maybe some of "us" do....)
It's all a bit silly, and I ought to hate it. Â But I don't, because a lot of Suzie Wong's food, even if inauthentically presented and executed, is quite good, aesthetically pleasing, and reasonably priced given the slick, modern red-and-black surroundings. Â The food is definitely prepared with care.
I'm not well-schooled enough in Korean food to know whether Suzie Wong's janchi guksu is anything like the real deal (pretty sure it's not), but what a value for $8.95: Â good-sized bowl of steaming, robust broth with kimchi, tofu, glass noodles, onions, scallions, and perfectly fried egg to bust open so that the yolk can blend with and transform the broth. Â Delicious. Â My wife's jap chae noodles seemed sort of fake-o, too, but was also flavorful and loaded with nicely-cooked shrimp. Â A starter of kimchi was very good and appropriately fiery.
The Vietnamese pho that I tried back in the restaurant's opening weeks was way off ingredients-wise and appearance-wise, but somehow seemed to nail the bold flavors down.
Anyway, I like Suzie Wong's quite a bit in spite of my misgivings about the concept.
First of all, I have never actually visited this restaurant. BUT anytime I need delivery, this is my top pick. They are fast, fresh and accurate. My fiance and I have actually fought over leftovers from this place!
If you eat meat, try the Korean Kalbi. SO DELISH! Also, the Laub Gai is great. And the egg rolls. And the Five Spice Duck Breast.
Pretty much everything I have had there was seconds-worthy.
Since I moved here in the summer, Suzie Wong's had been my solid for when I'm looking for a reasonable quick, affordable meal. It's never spectacular, but it always approaches very, very good. The quality to price ratio is also high. Not to mention it's a couple miles from where I live. With this in mind, I figured after eating there a handful of times, I might as well review it.
Suzie Wong's is located on a recently redevloped corner on Madison, which also now happens to be a parking nightmare. Just a hint: park behind the building; it's a million times easier to find a spot than on Madison. Walking into Suzie Wong's for the first time was surprising. It is very well decorated, with a lot of reds and dim lights. There are plenty of two and four tops, but I haven't come with more than that, so I can't speak to availability to large parties.
The food is pan-Asian, with everything from bi bim bap to curries to your typical take out fare represented. I have ordered the pad thai and bi bim bap, with the former being good and the latter being very, very good (gotta love the crunchy rice). The appetizers are generally well done and the platings are very aesthetically pleasing.
Service can be slow, but all the servers have been very friendly. I've had an order mixed up before, but they were quick to correct the issue. They now have the liquor license, so they do have wine and other drinks available.
If I could, I would give it three and a half stars, but since I've gone to it so many times without being disappointed, I'll round up to four.
I got takeout; so, this is a rating of the food only - not the atmosphere or service. Â Then again, I never give points for anything but food quality. Â I ordered Orange Beef, and it was totally Americanized. Â The beef was super breaded, there was way too much sauce, and the sauce itself was far too sweet. Â It was edible, and I'll eat the leftovers, but I won't be happy about it. Â
Bottom Line: I will probably never be back.
Easy to spot, on the corner across from the church with the bright red awnings.
It is a sit down restaurant, so a quick stop-in lunch on the go might require that you sit at the small bar. Or, better yet, call ahead for carryout. Â They run lunch specials around $8 with medium sized portions (they offer the full menu as well).
They have vegetarian options. I went with the mushroom and tofu. They had a nice variety of mushrooms and the brown rice was good. The flavor was a bit lacking for me though, and it was a bit too salty for my taste.
Suzie Wong's was one of those stereotypical places that I had driven by exactly eight million times and never stopped. It was very hard to miss too, what with the bright red awnings and the scripted font. Finally, I could take it no more - it was time to eat.
I could have guessed what Suzie Wong's was going to be all about from the décor. This was Asian food done classy. None of this five-minutes pre-prepared cooked in a giant pot take-out, hell no, you're sitting down and getting a full meal with style, and I liked it.
My god, the food was good. Delicious and flavorful. I got a stir fried chicken dish that was just full of crisp vegetables and brown rice. Brown rice! Can you name another place that offers brown rice in Cincinnati? I shockingly can't and that makes me sad.
Suzie Wong's also has it's own hidden parking lot behind it's building, which was great because parking in the area is a nightmare's nightmare.
The service was a little slow an it did take forever for our food to come, but it was so good, I'm going to believe that they put each time and heart into making it. Also, and this is the big turnoff for some, it is a bit overpriced. However, I'd be the first person to admit that my ideas on the price of Asian food is probably skewed, since it's like my staple for cheap food. Paying high prices for the same meal I order off plastic menus across the city (even though it's much more delicious here, for sure) messes with my head. So maybe I'm not the best judge for prices.
I haven't gone back here since that first time (as I changed jobs and am no longer tempted by those red awnings twice daily on my commute). However, I would go back if in the area. Got to get me more of that brown rice!
The top "talk of the town" on Urbanspoon Cincinnati is Suzie Wong's on Madison, and that was enough to get us out tonight to try more of the menu. Â We'd gone the first week it was open, before it even had the "Grand Opening" sign, but that was take out and we weren't really paying close attention.
The Food: We started with 2 appetizers - crab rangoon and calamari. There's a calamari on the "Starters" menu and another on the "Garden Salads" and we're pretty sure they brought us the salad, but its hard to tell which was which (forgot to look at the receipt). The rangoon were par for the course - not much to say. Â They came with a tangy sauce that was somewhere between sweet and sour and duck, as well as some hot mustard. Â I'd never put mustard on a rangoon - not too shabby. Â I generally find that calamari can either be great or just blah. Â This was definitely elevated above blah by the basil, green chili pepper, pomegranate, onion, and scallion mixture and sweet and (not so) spicy dressing - but it wasn't great either.
For entrees, we split the Bangkok Coconut Curry and the Bi Bim Bap. Â The Bap (I'll call it that for short) was the clear highlight - it's a Korean dish made in a clay pot. Â This was a great dish - and a big one too! Â Rice gets crispy and yummy on the bottom as its cooked, while a perfect fried egg that oozed as its poked, kimchi with a nice kick, and sprouts hold down the top. Tender beef was quite tasty, and there's a sweet and spicy sauce on the side for added flavor and to bring balance to the whole dish. Â As for the curry, it's put right into a real coconut, so you can scrape off the sides if you want. It's got a good full flavor, but I would have liked it to be a bit thicker. Â The chicken was in the coconut, while the broccoli (a bit overcooked - no snap), peppers, and onions were in a small bowl on the side. Â It also comes with white or brown rice. Â If you're going out just for curry, I think there are better options in the city, but its still worth ordering and wasn't bad by any measure.
The Ingredients:A special shout out to anyone who offers brown rice! Â There are only a few places in town that do. Â Other than that, nothing notable here - no local or seasonal ingredients mentioned.
The Story & Setting: It's a bit odd eating on what is basically a pass through intersection that has no other life in the evening. I have to imagine this was the main reason that Seny, which was in the space previously, didn't make it. Â A weekend when Manifest art gallery is open would be a good time to try out Suzie's. Â On a Monday at 7:30 the place was about half full.
The service was very friendly, and except for the fact that we asked for tofu and got chicken in the curry (which we didn't care enough about to ask for a change), everything was nice and easy.
Overall - solid experience, we'll definitely be heading back. See the slideshow below for more pics.
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I've been here twice, and had excellent experiences both times. Â We decided to try it out because of the option to eat outside - one of my favorite things to do on a nice summer evening. Â Once we found out it is (for now) BYOB, the deal was sealed.
The menu is "pan-asian" and kind of reads like an all-star lineup of various East Asian cuisines: there is a ton of variety. Â The crab rangoons are the best I've ever had, but you can skip the laub gai. Â All of the entrees we tried were solid (Malaysian chicken in clay pot, bibimbap, pho, pad thai, and jap chae noodles with beef), with the Malaysian chicken edging out the others. Â Priced very reasonably.
Service was very good. Â We will be back again soon - before they get their liquor license! Â BYOB is the greatest.
Great addition to the Walnut Hills area! The food is good, the environment is stylish and comfortable, and the prices are quite fair.
Tip: Check out the lunch specials.
The pad thai and ma po tofu are among my favorites there, and the chicken spring roll is delish. (I'm not normally an egg roll/spring roll kind of person.) I also like the chicken corn chowder, when it's available.
My only warning is to always check your takeout order, because I'm not sure they've gotten it 100% right even once that we've ordered for work. Service can kind of lag/drag when they're busy, too.
Went to dinner with my friend at Suzie Wong's. Loved the decor and diverse crowd. Definitely a great place for a date. They have flat screens and music playing but it doesn't interrupt your meal.
I ate the vegetarian crispy ribs with a side of seafood fried rice. My friend had an egg roll and honey garlic chicken. The food was really good and my friend was very pleased with the amount of chicken she got. She did wish they provided more rice than the small cup on the side.
The restaurant is BYOB with a $5 corking fee. If we had known that we would have brought some wine, we were hoping to get drinks with our meal. All in all it is a good spot.
Brought a friend here for a birthday dinner. He'd been here before and found it enjoyable. Cozy restaurant, with attentive staff. Food - average. The menu had a good variety. I ordered the bibimbap, my husband ordered the malaysian curry and a noodle dish, our friend ordered bulgogi. I found the bibimbap (korean stone pot rice dish with veg and beef) to be good, but the beef in my dish and my friend's bulgogi was more akin to chinese style mongolian beef than korean marinated beef. Also, the gochuchang (red pepper sauce) served with my bibimbap was much closer to sweet and sour than I anticipated. My husband was not particularly impressed by the curry or the chowmein. I have to admit I tried them both and found them average.
The restaurant was packed and I did notice the host making a face when he came to check on the available tables. I'm not entirely sure it was directed at us, but we had already paid our bill and were still  finishing our drinks and teas.
The prices were very reasonable and I observed that the other customers seemed to be enjoying themselves.
Personally, I don't know how I feel about the theme "Suzie Wong." She's a character from The World of Suzie Wong, a 1957 novel written by Richard Mason, which has been adapted into a play, a hit film, and a ballet (<a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwikipedia.com&s=d5f6b29423af8d0c3c29d104a04894c5daf33906a56fa8faaaf448705c1353f6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://wikipedia.com</a>). Sounds interesting enough except for the asian hooker with the heart of gold stereotype.
I have to admit, if the food were kickass, I probably wouldn't care as much about the theme.
Pros: family friendly, diverse menu, great prices
Cons: average food quality, BYOB (waiting for their liquor license)
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