The Cottage
“Plus, free wine and an unusually pleasant eat-in environment (though delivery is fast and courteous too).”
“Sometimes they are reluctant to bring you more than one carafe, but they will refill but you may have to ask each time.”
“The service is fast and fairly friendly and this is a quiet restaurant only a block away from a Noisy touristy spot off Union Square.”
The Cottage
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 best way to describe this place is just take-out Chinese food with fancy packaging. But I've certainly had better take-out Chinese food without the icing and cherry on top. Service is neither good nor bad. Just the average service you get from the nonchalant waiters at Chinese restaurants. Also, do not get the scallion pancakes. It was literally fried dough with one or two snippets of scallion pieces. Pathetic.
All you can DRINK wine! Did not know what I was gonna get myself into…
I never knew how the name "The Cottage" related to Chinese food, but hey, they know how to deliver a pretty decently good cantonese style chinese food.
The venue is quite large with plenty of seats for a big party of 10 or you can reserved a good portion of the restaurant for a company gathering.
Service: not bad, very attentive, I don't think they asked if we were doing ok (what chinese places ever does?), but they do walk around and stare to see if you need something.
Food portions: HUGE! did not see that one coming….you can definitely share many of these dishes. The best part are the prices are cheaper then many places in Chinatown… woot woot!
1) Shrimp with lobster sauce
-This was a thick, almost soup-like texture, which was great with rice.
-The shrimps where also pretty big!
2) Beef chow fun
-Just how I imagined it back home in California….It is usually hard to find chow fun out here in NYC, let a long GOOD chow fun, and this place definitely knows how to bring the goods.
-Great proportions of meat, veggies and noodles!
3) Seafood chow mien
-I honestly felt this taste better the next day allowing the flavors to soak in, but it was delicious either way.
-Plenty of seafood and much more worth it than the seafood dish without noodles, and cheaper!
*Don't forget to ask for the spicy chilly sauce on the side.
On a side note…They do deliver! Every time I dine in, they always have a line of togo bags to deliver to customers.
This is a better than your corner spot Chinese restaurant, even though it is in fact located on a corner. It's not exactly the place you go for an authentic experience, for crying out loud it's called The Cottage and looks like spruced up saloon, but it is where you go when you want the greatest American comfort food there is – Chinese food. The Cottage is where I will readily go to get slightly better than average Chinese food on a nice plate, maybe with some tea on the side if I'm feeling frisky. Service is fast, the wine and beer list is long enough to have a little something for everyone, and the menu plays to all the standards plus a little something extra. To those who expect something more than this, if you want five star dining, go to a five star restaurant. Oh and to the guys seated next to me who called their meals underwhelming but said, "It's just that there aren't really any other decent Chinese food places around here." Well fellas, if you cared that much about Chinese food it might have helped if you hadn't ordered Thai dishes. Seriously though, it's called Pad Thai, not Pad Chinese. Think before you dine people. Think before you dine.
Little confusing that they are a combo restaurant offering both a Chinese menu and a sushi menu for the for the adjoining restaurant, Azuki Sushi. It's a nightmare for someone like me who gets overwhelmed by too many choices!
Like its adjoining restaurant, The Cottage has decent food (had the spicy prawn with veggies), there's lots of space (great for groups), and very attentive service–although not the most helpful with suggestions. A solid place when you're in the area, with a group, and/or want lots and lots of food.
I only ordered takeout from here for lunch so I can't really comment on the dining room portion. It's a decent option if you're looking for a basic lunch spot. The prices were great and options were plentiful. I ordered the lo-mein lunch special which also came with soup or salad. I got the wonton soup which was nicely flavored (not too salty) and was a large amount. There was a decent amount of lo-mein, however it was all dripping with oil. I also had an egg roll with the meal, which was so greasy it was practically see-through. However, the food itself was very flavorful. Aside from that the service was quick and friendly and the restaurant itself was a pretty good size. It's a decent option for lunch in the area, but not worth making it a habit.
OK this is an update to my 3 star review. Now down graded to one star. If I could have given them no stars I would have done that.
I took my wife and daughter to the Cottage today for a birthday lunch for my daughter. My go to lunch at this place is their roast pork noodle soup with cellophane noodles. We ordered a bowl for each of us. My daughter was half way through her bowl when she came upon a cigarette butt in her soup. We instantly stopped eating as the soup probably came from the same pot. I called the waiter over and showed him the cigarette butt he called the manager over who stood there speechless. We all got up and left leaving our contaminated bowls of soup behind. This restaurant should get a "C" rating from the board of health. The C will stand for cigarette butt.
There are plenty of other good places to eat in the Union Square area, I suggest you patronize one of them. I'm going to miss that soup, oh well. You've been warned……
Was taken here by an older colleague for an early dinner after a concert the other night, very good Chinese food and nice inner ambiance. Somewhat decent service, but nothing out of the ordinary that I remember. I would come back.
So freakin' good! I have never been disappointed with my meal here and the prices are fantastic. The food is fresh, flavorful and fast. Delivery times are usually under thirty minutes even during busy dinner hours. My favorite dishes are the scallion pancakes, chicken and broccoli with garlic sauce, sesame noodles, wonton soup, and sweet and sour chicken. The Staff is always accommodating and nice.