Mazhi Asian Bistro & Bar
Mazhi Asian Bistro & Bar
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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I was waiting to be blown away as I had read so many nice reviews (even when it was still Asian Mix or A Mix) about the place (not necessarily on Yelp) and the fact Seamless Web was promoting it as one of its discounted first-time-order only restaurants. The delivery was about as bad as I could have imagined: The delivery man was late and didn't speak English (thankfully we communicated in Chinese), the order was incorrect, the food was poorly packaged, and everything tasted like garbage. I had ordered sushi rolls, pho, and some pad thai for my party at work and they were all very disappointing. Worst one of all was the pho, which is easily the worst I've ever had in New York, which says a lot. Thankfully had it not been for the Seamless discount, I would've felt super ripped off given their items are semi-pricey.
My coworkers felt the need to come back here to justify the terrible delivery and eating in was a much better experience than the delivery. The place is a lot nicer than I expected, as it was clean, semi-spacious, and the service was very charming. The sushi rolls this time around were of very large proportions and about as pricey as other regular sushi joints. The Manhattan Roll had enough avocado on it to resemble a tree caterpillar and the Pink Tree Roll looked pretty but tasted like mayonnaise on rice. Having learned my lesson with the pho from the first time around, I decided to shoot for other Vietnamese specialties like the spring rolls (crispy) and grilled pork chop. At roughly $11 for the pork chop (which could be had in Chinatown for $6), it tasted like it should've been $1 instead. The crispy spring rolls tasted alright, but not enough to justify paying $6 for 4 pieces. We attempted to order family style with General Tso's (blech!), Curry Chicken, and Scallion Scallops only to learn that all three were super rip offs and tasted so bland that attempting to describe the taste in writing could never do it justice. Thank goodness the total bill for $70 worth of blah, was on the company dime.