MARATHON CAFE

I would give this restaurant 10/5 stars!! The fried pork chops and wings. The Lava toast is a must try! Everything we ordered tasted so delicious. 🤩🤩 Best HK style food in NYC.

This cafe was very comfortable and casual. The staff was so accommodating and pleasant. The food was served really quickly too despite our large party. The food was standard HK fare. Friend does not like the Bolo burger, but that might be a personal preference of not liking the sweet and the savory. The beef stew noodle was only okay. Definitely get their scallion chicken--juicy and flavorful and the soup that comes with it is really comforting. This was a favorite with the group. The HK Milk Tea is also on point as far as HK tea flavors go. There were a lot of options for drinks, but that HK tea hit the spot. The space is a bit small, so keep that in mind when coming with a large group. Most tables are 2-4 parties which rotated pretty quickly. Our group of 9 had to wait a while for one of the 3 large tables. We came in on the later half of lunch, around 1:30 and there was still a full house. After we got started eating, the place cleared out a bit and we were not rushed after sitting and chatting for almost 3 hours 😅. Would come back again.

First time coming since we were recommended to try it out. We ordered the rice rolls, which came with 4 fish balls. The rice rolls were a bit cold, and the edges were dried, meaning it wasn't the freshest. We had their katsudon and pepper porkchops, which we substituted with spaghetti. A large portion size for the price point. Self-service so tipping not required.

Hole in the wall!! If you love Hong Kong style food, this is your next stop! Milk tea and iced lemon tea, perfect!! Seafood noodle in Tom Yum broth is delish! Causal and friendly restaurant!

This is a revisit to this cute HK cafe style restaurant. Tried their recommended iced milk tea with red bean, baked pork cutlet red sauce over rice & Thai pork knuckle rice noodles soup. The Thai style pork knuckle soup is fragrance with plenty lemon grass, ginger and tomato. The pork knuckle is tender just right without the meat falling off from bone. This can be a summer dish due to its flavors, except this was served hot. Overall, a great value dish with plenty of pork knuckles, flavor and cost $16.