Located right outside of Hunter College resides the Roadside grill. They offer your standard chicken/beef/lamb over rice or salad as well as shish kabobs, meatball parm sandwich, cheese fries. It's a convenient option when I'm running late for class and want a quick bite to go. Prices are reasonable. A decent option for lunch when you're in a rush.
Visited with my two kids for a few days in the city. This place would be our last lunch together before I had to fly back home. My daughter got her favorite: chicken fingers with fries. My son got a Philly Cheesesteak (with peppers and onions) while I ordered a lamb gyro.
My son was the first to receive his food and he immediately went to work putting it away. My daughter thoroughly enjoyed her fingers and fries (with lots of ketchup) but could not finish it. I really liked the gyro with all the typical fixings / toppings.
Since my son finished his Philly first, I gave him a bite of my wrap. After my wrap was gone, my son and I polished off what was left of my daughter's order (which was about half).
At first my daughter protested that said she wanted to take her leftovers home (as in to my ex mother in laws fridge) but I calmly explained that her grandmother would promptly toss it in the trash on sight. My son concurred and we went to work. My daughter helped polish off the fries.
If the weather is conducive to eating outdoors, this is one of the better food choices on the Upper East Side (with respect to quantity and quality for a relative to low price [$7 – $10]). The owner / operator is very entertaining with his affectations / schtick.
I cannot even begin to describe how badly I want a lamb over rice combo right now.. The food truck is located right outside of the hunter west building. For $7 you get a nice hot order of yellow long grain rice with shaved gyro lamb and a mixed salad with your choice of hot sauce, bbq sauce, or tahini (white sauce). The guys are so quick with everyone's orders not to mention always precise ! They're pretty friendly too and give generous portions of meat 🙂 Drinks are all $2. Will definitely try some other orders here throughout my next four years in college
They have a new location at 30 Ave Station on the N line in Astoria, and just half an hour ago I saw one of the two workers from the truck smoking right in front of the ordering counter. He is wearing a white apron and blue shirt and chatting with the cook — definitely NOT placing an order.
During the spring semester at Hunter College, I would come to this food truck at least twice a week. The chicken over rice is delicious. The guy who works there is very chill. The price is reasonable since it is on the Upper East Side.
I've only eaten the chicken over rice, lamb over rice, and Philly cheese steak. I highly recommend ordering the chicken over rice. It is $7. The food is a large portion of rice, several cuts of chicken and some salad. The chicken is quite large and tender. Very nice cuts. The salad is fresh and the rice is very good. In terms of the Philly cheese steak sandwich, the food was generally oily and the bread was hard. I would not order it again since there is much better stuff to order from the food cart.
The wait is very fast especially if you order the chicken over rice. They are at Hunter at 9 in the morning until 6:30 PM on the weekdays.
I used to go to Hunter and this was my go to place to eat. At the time I was living in Brooklyn and I would often make my way to this truck to order food even if I didn't have class that day (used to love my unlimited metro card, I definitely got my money's worth back when it was $89).
Anywho, the best thing to get from this truck is the chicken. Get it in a gyro or over rice. It's amazing. It's not the usual chicken that you get from halal carts that's mixed with onions and smothered in grease. This chicken is expertly grilled and it's the kind you'd get atop a salad if you ordered it from a fancy restaurant. I can't even count the number of times that I ordered "chicken over rice with white sauce, no salad" from this place. If I could guess it would have to be well over 100 times. And the food is consistently delicious. I now live in NJ and I've driven to the UES twice for the sole purpose of getting my beloved chicken over rice. It's that good.
This is for the Astoria location, the Greek fries are amazing!!!!! So is the cyprian sausage on a pita! Totally addicted now!
Located right outside of Hunter College resides the Roadside grill. They offer your standard chicken/beef/lamb over rice or salad as well as shish kabobs, meatball parm sandwich, cheese fries. It's a convenient option when I'm running late for class and want a quick bite to go. Prices are reasonable. A decent option for lunch when you're in a rush.
Visited with my two kids for a few days in the city. This place would be our last lunch together before I had to fly back home. My daughter got her favorite: chicken fingers with fries. My son got a Philly Cheesesteak (with peppers and onions) while I ordered a lamb gyro.
My son was the first to receive his food and he immediately went to work putting it away. My daughter thoroughly enjoyed her fingers and fries (with lots of ketchup) but could not finish it. I really liked the gyro with all the typical fixings / toppings.
Since my son finished his Philly first, I gave him a bite of my wrap. After my wrap was gone, my son and I polished off what was left of my daughter's order (which was about half).
At first my daughter protested that said she wanted to take her leftovers home (as in to my ex mother in laws fridge) but I calmly explained that her grandmother would promptly toss it in the trash on sight. My son concurred and we went to work. My daughter helped polish off the fries.
If the weather is conducive to eating outdoors, this is one of the better food choices on the Upper East Side (with respect to quantity and quality for a relative to low price [$7 – $10]). The owner / operator is very entertaining with his affectations / schtick.
I cannot even begin to describe how badly I want a lamb over rice combo right now.. The food truck is located right outside of the hunter west building. For $7 you get a nice hot order of yellow long grain rice with shaved gyro lamb and a mixed salad with your choice of hot sauce, bbq sauce, or tahini (white sauce). The guys are so quick with everyone's orders not to mention always precise ! They're pretty friendly too and give generous portions of meat 🙂 Drinks are all $2. Will definitely try some other orders here throughout my next four years in college
The best and most underrated chicken over rice in the city! Their chicken, sauces, and portion control are viscerally amazing!
I wouldn't eat here.
They have a new location at 30 Ave Station on the N line in Astoria, and just half an hour ago I saw one of the two workers from the truck smoking right in front of the ordering counter. He is wearing a white apron and blue shirt and chatting with the cook — definitely NOT placing an order.
During the spring semester at Hunter College, I would come to this food truck at least twice a week. The chicken over rice is delicious. The guy who works there is very chill. The price is reasonable since it is on the Upper East Side.
I've only eaten the chicken over rice, lamb over rice, and Philly cheese steak. I highly recommend ordering the chicken over rice. It is $7. The food is a large portion of rice, several cuts of chicken and some salad. The chicken is quite large and tender. Very nice cuts. The salad is fresh and the rice is very good. In terms of the Philly cheese steak sandwich, the food was generally oily and the bread was hard. I would not order it again since there is much better stuff to order from the food cart.
The wait is very fast especially if you order the chicken over rice. They are at Hunter at 9 in the morning until 6:30 PM on the weekdays.
I used to go to Hunter and this was my go to place to eat. At the time I was living in Brooklyn and I would often make my way to this truck to order food even if I didn't have class that day (used to love my unlimited metro card, I definitely got my money's worth back when it was $89).
Anywho, the best thing to get from this truck is the chicken. Get it in a gyro or over rice. It's amazing. It's not the usual chicken that you get from halal carts that's mixed with onions and smothered in grease. This chicken is expertly grilled and it's the kind you'd get atop a salad if you ordered it from a fancy restaurant. I can't even count the number of times that I ordered "chicken over rice with white sauce, no salad" from this place. If I could guess it would have to be well over 100 times. And the food is consistently delicious. I now live in NJ and I've driven to the UES twice for the sole purpose of getting my beloved chicken over rice. It's that good.