Ginger’s
“I had intentionally went in to get some fried rice but then saw the spicy beef stew with noodles in broth..yummmy!!!!”
“Ginger's is a classy, but reasonably priced, establishment just steps away from Penn Station and Times Square.”
“They of course use bottom (way way way bottom) of the shelf liquor, but the drinks are strong and they get the job done.”
Ginger’s
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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The twice cooked pork here is legit (C7 $13). It's super tender and spicy. I was pleasantly surprised. More trips to come.
Place lunch special order over phone. Pick it up 10 minutes later. Pay 8 bucks. Notice the clean white tablecloth atmosphere. Make a mental note that you'll try a sit-down lunch one day. Eat your chicken and broccoli at your desk. Eat the salad, rice, and spring rolls it comes with. Be so stuffed you can't move.
Mmm, Ginger's. Love cheap Chinese food with an upscale feel so you don't feel like you're in a dirty hole in the wall? Well Ginger welcomes you with its warm Chinese food and fortune cookies.
The restaurant is very clean and has a super seafoam color to it, it almost reminded me of being in a forest… haha. I haven't eaten here, although the portions seem smaller than if you get take-out, so get take-out. I believe they have a card minimum as many Chinese places do, but if you have like eight dollars, you can get yourself a very nice lunch.
Absolutely love the lunch special – they prepared it in about 15 minutes, which was quick. Although I wanted sesame chicken, they said they didn't have that on their menu, but General Tso's is pretty much the same thing. Opted for the chicken in garlic sauce, which came with broccoli. Gosh, it was like heaven on earth. It came with a small box of rice, an egg roll, and a salad with fish sauce. Like can you say, fanciest Chinese take-out ever?! I can't complain.
Be sure to grab fortune cookies on your way out, they're in a huge basket!
Definitely one of the busiest place around here during lunch time. I ordered online at 12:02pm, arrived at 12:20pm and the food was already pack and ready to go! Once I entered the restaurant at 12:20pm, everyone was standing around waiting to be seated however the host/boss(?) was very attentive and asked me what I wanted. She didn't have the nicest manner but she was very attentive even though it was packed with people. I asked for my order and she gave it to me. On my way out the door, there were a whole batch of fortune cookies! I asked the lady and waitresses if I could take one but they were too busy taking orders and doing their thing that they didn't hear me. Regardless I took one haha.
The food was great! I had the ten ingredients pan fried noodles and the cold noodles on the side. Definitely worth the cost for just $9.95 the noodles were crunchy, the ingredients were packed with flavor. Everything was great! Some of the ingredients include carrots, mushrooms, shrimps, chicken strips and peas etc. I only poured the soup base half way into the noodles because I didn't want my noodles to be drenched in sauce. I finished the noodles and I still got half a container of ingredients! I was too full to finish it.
I guess for convenience, they would pack a fork, napkins and spoon into a zip lock bag which is pretty cool. I would recommend putting fortune cookie into there!
I've been ordering lunch from Ginger's for more than dozen times. The delivery is fast, and they have really awesome lunch special. If you order lunch special they will give you salad and fried spring roll for free. However, I found out that sometimes I didn't get them so I assumed that yo probably need to place order earlier. I noticed if I placed order after 1PM, I often didn't get salad.
My favorite is Tofu Szechuan Style ( aka Mapo tofu), it is just right amount of spicy and not greasy at all. Sometimes if I really want something spicy, I will order Braised Beef Filet w. Chili Sauce ( 水煮牛) , it is not in the lunch special menu and slightly pricier, but it is really good! The beef noodle soup is also really good, if you like a bowl of soup in the cold winter, you must try it !
I fought returning to this place. I have been there and to order take out is nuts. There is no manners. All a rush. So I wasn't thrilled about that. I have also ordered food and although it was tasty it wasn't really what I expected. But I see I have been ordering the wrong things. Today I ordered wonton soup and Shrimp dumplings. WOW on both. Fresh and tasty. The wonton is super soft and you can tell it was freshly made. The dumplings were in a peanut sauce… I wish I had bread to eat the left over sauce! so good! 🙂 So I may not be a fan of all it's menu or maybe I am not brave enough to get out of my usual orders but this is a place that is clean, close to subway system, better choice than the fast food stuff around 7th avenue. Price at lunch are $9. That is a great deal for this area.
Been here a handful of times in the 7 years I've worked up the block from here. The food isn't bad at all. It's actually like any normal Chinese takeout place…but it's an actual restaurant. This place gets PACKED for lunch everyday. This is the reason why I don't come so often.
When you actually get a seat, you're squished in so much that you can have a conversation with the strangers on the next table. Your tables are literally inches apart. I know they just want to accommodate as many people as possible…but sitting on top of each other isn't cool. This is why I'm only giving 3 stars.
The food comes out quickly, but the servers don't ask you if you need anything. They stealthily place your food in front of you and bounce lol.
I ordered the chicken with broccoli and white rice. It tasted like any ordinary Chinese take-out. My co-worker ordered a lunch special as well. Our bill came out to a little over $20. So that was great. Can't really complain much.
I'd recommend coming here if you don't mind sitting closely to other people, the crowd and the loudness. :/
Standard midtown Chinese food. Not bad, but not amazing. I've had lunch and take out from here several times. Had lunch with coworkers today at 12pm. Restaurant was fairly empty; most tables were occupied by 12:15pm.
In my experience, they automatically bring over a teapot and cups if your group is Chinese; cold water if your group is mostly non Chinese.
Pork dumplings with hot oil and peanut sauce – was okay. The dumplings were actually wontons, and they were super tiny. Not enough peanut butter sauce.
Beef chow fun – I was craving this and had set my standards low. (I order this all the time in Chinatown). Surprisingly it was good. Wasn't drenched in oil. Beef was tender. I'm glad the cook didn't pour too much soy sauce.
Chicken with string beans – good. The string beans were crunchy, not overcooked. Decent size chicken pieces.
Shredded beef with bean curd and chili pepper – not too spicy. I like bean curd aka super firm tofu. Decent amount of beef. A little too much oil.
Overall it was a decent meal north of Chinatown. We requested no MSG, but I felt that there was a little bit of MSG, probably from the way they marinated the meat. Must of the dishes didn't have an exuberant amount of oil. They use a lot of corn starch for the sauce. About $14 per person, 4 people total.