City Kitchen
“There are several different restaurants inside, but we all had ramen from Kuro Obi.”
“I bought a cinnamon sugar donut at Dough,and a plain pretzel at Sigmund pretzel.each cost $3.”
“Recommend, the Illi Box chicken sandwich with the sumac garlic whip, Gabriela's chicken taco and Whitman's bacon, blue cheese burger.”
City Kitchen
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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My expectations were pretty high based n the reviews but this definitely fell short. The ambiance is great, no question: comfy seating, a great view of Times Square, and a variety of seating options from benches to cafe tables to bars. The food is where it fell short. Whitman's kale salad was tiny and pretty bland with just kale, a few raisins, some croutons. and a few shavings of Parmesan – all for $7, which is a pretty steep price for a side salad, in essence. The Shoyu ramen was very salty and also tiny at $12 with a very sparse amount of toppings; the pork was decent but the broth was overpowering with the salt level. The sushi was just okay: your basic rolls and with a $11-12 lunch combo option on weekdays. They do have a Luke's Lobster, which was the highlight for me as it is a tried-and-true chain with a guaranteed food quality level.
Overall, it's a good stop to grab a quick, pricey bite (for fast food, at least) in Times Square. Definitely a step up from Dave & Buster's and Villa Fresh but go for the unique ambiance rather than food quality.
a nice food court, surprisingly not crowded on a Saturday afternoon given the fact it's located close to time square! Quality food and nice ambiance (clean, bright and modern). Nothing is more soul-and-stomach filling than a bowl of good ramen after 45miles cycling! I ordered the Kuro-Obi (creamy chicken soup ramen) with umami egg. The light yellow marinated running egg yolk is absolutely delicious!!! The ramen soup is super rich (I like it better than some of the ippudo ones.) and the ramen is chewy.
There also sushi, Mediterranean food, lobster rolls and Mexican food available as well. Worth a visit if you want a quick bite.
Walking around Times Square we had enough Pizza and Street Food. We accidentally came across the City Kitchen and we are very glad we did. The prices were a little high, but the location and relaxing environment made it worth it. We tried the Box and the Taco Shop, both were good. The donuts looked great, but they were getting ready to shut down. I believe they close earlier than most places, it was 10pm. I wish they had a few more options for kids, the few options that they did have were sold out by 9pm. Great little place if you want to relax during your exploration.
There are not a lot of great choices to eat around Times Square but I was lured here by the Dough Donuts sign. I grabbed a Hibiscus donut ($3) which was good but nowhere near as fresh as their larger locations. I also grabbed a breakfast burrito from Gabrielle's. It was a decent size and fairly good though I was a little disappointed to see it was just eggs, bacon, and cheese. The cheese still being cold. The fried potatoes and avocado sauce it came with were pretty tasty. At $7.50 its not an amazing deal but it's not bad either.
We stumbled upon this food court after trying to go to Shake Shack across the street and finding a huge line there. This food court was clean and generally better than your average fast food food court since the vendors are associated with actual restaurants. Yes, the prices are expensive – a small burger at Whitman's is $8 and a small bowl of ramen at Kuro-Obi is $12 – but the location is right off of Times Square where you can expect everything to be more expensive. I still think it's a cool concept that should be more common in cities.
As for the food, we tried Whitman's, Luke's Lobster, and Kuro-Obi and all enjoyed what we got. It took a while to get the food after ordering, but that's because they were making it fresh. Would recommend if you're in the area and want a casual meal with different options.
Finally, a food hall in times square that tourists don't know about (yet). Yes, go to Shake Shack, go to Bubba Gump. Stay away. This collection of ramen and doughnuts and sushi and lobster rolls, located on the 2nd floor of a random building, is all mine.
Sure, there are some stools for people to sit. Those are mine too.
Yo, what happen to my City Kitchen review, you can't say I been here over 20 times and never did a review, no way, I watching you YELP!!! Well I guess I have to do a do over.
The City Kitchen open up like 18 months ago just when I started Yelping and what I like about the place most is I can go here in the mornings and afternoons when I commute to and from the PABT and get something like Dough dougnuts, Luke's Lobster Rolls and Kuro Obi Ramen, all at the same time. just like I just like I just did for takeout.
Wow my BFF is eating good and putting on some baby fat, but nothing that a good body massage can't rub away. :-)'
Now the City Kitchen is on the 2nd floor of the Row Hotel and has it's own entrances in addition to one ones from inside the hotel. They have the better name vendors like Azuki, Box, Luke's Lobster, Sigmund's Pretzels, Dough, Kuro Obi, Whitmans, Gabriela's Taqueria, sushi from Azuki, and Woolys. This should be a good option for both local pencil pushers, cube dwellers, Hell's Kitchen residents and lazy tourists who don't want to try too hard to make a meal happen and or don't want to venture out from the hotel into Times Squares and get abducted my Elmo.
Now the place is not that big but you have places to sit at tables, and along the long window counter where you can see the crazies, pedestrians and lost tourist on 8th Avenue and on the hotel side which has a few more vendors and a bar. Expect the place to be real loud if it's lunch or dinner time. Also remember to line up on the left side of the vendors to order and pick up on the right side. This is always a bit of confusion going on with lining up on the wrongs spots.
The the elevator to the 2nd floor, you wouldn't know it was here just walking down the street. Several Asian food providers. Seating on both sides of the elevator. They don't keep the tables cleaned off during peak times.