Tang Pavilion

A.U.T.H.E.N.T.I.C. I was staying at the Sheraton Times Square hotel and asked the concierge which nearby Chinese restaurant was the best. Without hesitation he said, "Tang." A few blocks later and I'm placing my takeout order of Chicken with Garlic Sauce and brown rice. In almost no time, maybe five minutes, I was handed my food. For dining in, they have a quaint bar and a narrow room with tables positioned left and right. Prices are reasonable, service is fast and friendly, and the food is delicious; mine was nice and spicy. Highly recommend.

Food: The appetizers are fabulous and delicious, it goes without saying that the soup dumpling is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and bbq styled ribs are too amazing I love particularly the Shanghai style meatball. It definitely comes at a way larger portion than I expected. Environment: The interior design is fancy, definitely has the vibe you’d see in old Hollywood movies (kinda sorta reminds of that restaurant from the Year of Dragon). There are some calligraphy pieces and other visual art pieces presented, vintage and aesthetic. Service: The waiters are incredible too. Patient and great to talk to if you are in need of suggestions when ordering. I love how I could blurrily hear them speaking in Shanghai dialect somehow lol.

Excellent Shanghainese meal near MOMA. I came here with 2 other adults and 2 kids around lunchtime on a weekend and we were greeted and seated right away. In fact, service was excellent throughout. We ordered 3 dishes which were just right with no leftovers. The Drunk Chicken is a MUST! Typically served cold, the Shaoxing wine flavor of its brine really shined through for an extremely tasty chicken. Then the Shanghai-Style Noodles (customized with tofu) are ANOTHER MUST TRY! The texture and bite of these noods was so satisfying! Then their 8-Jewel Shrimp dish off of their Shanghai Specials menu was chock full of yummy shrimp, tofu, edamame, mushrooms, and more with well-balanced spice. I would order everything again! Let's Tang!!! NOTES/TIPS: **Wheelchair-accessible space and restrooms **Plenty of tables, vast menu. Most entrees come with rice.

The food here was actually really good but the service was TERRIBLE. Our server rushed us to order to the point where I couldn’t even complete my order because he snatched the menus from us. We continued to brush off the horrible service but at the end of our meal he asked, “are you done?”and immediately proceeded to grab our plates and didn’t even ask if we wanted to take our remaining food. After we paid our bill he damn near grabbed the receipt out of my husband’s hand and almost hit him with the menu because he was in such a hurry. If you do eat here, expect for one of the servers to treat you as though he doesn’t want your business. Absolutely ridiculous, his behavior comes off as very aggressive and needs to be addressed by management.

Nice sitting, tasty fully decorated. The best: friendly, warm, excellent services! The 3 star - we went for second dinner, ordered spinach chicken soup, fry Kong Xin cai - very oily, not how it cooked in Shanghai; yan sui ya - also oily. So the food was not impressed.