I have been to several Native New Yorker restaurants, and this is the least welcoming of them. The staff seems disinterested in real service, and performs the bare necessities to get by. If you bring any discount or coupon, wait staff has to take it to the wizard behind the curtain for permission to use it, which really slows down a take-out order. In the years since they opened, the quality of food and service has really gone downhill. Too bad for Maricopa with too few alternatives.
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Songkran, housed in a quirky property on the corner of India Place in Stockbridge, served me very good soup and more than decent trout. The service was smiling and friendly, and a lot more relaxed than many Thai places, which I appreciated. Overall, we said: "Songkran struck me as a rather good little Thai place. I was in desperate need of a good Thai meal to blank the horror of Chaophraya from my mind, and Songkran managed this task very nicely. I'd be delighted to come back and would happily recommend that you pay it a visit."
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Sometimes, the most enjoyable experiences in life are those where you have no expectations, no conceived ideas of what's about to come. On a lazy weeknight, my wife and I decided to go for Korean food. She proceeded to yelp for a restaurant and found Ganadara. She loved the pictures that were posted but I refused to look at them. Too often have I been disappointed in Korean restaurants in Montreal. The first thing you will notice is that the restaurant is very cheery: Kpop music blaring, cute decals and a very helpful waitress. The food is not fancy at all but oh so satisfying: We had the seafood pancake (tasty but not too much seafood), spicy Ramyun noodles with beef bulgogi (yes, the packaged ramen noodles) and a dish of fried chicken with sweet and spicy sauce (reminiscent of a Korean General Tao chicken). The ramen was served in the pot it was cooked in and was placed atop a folded paper towel (which served as a table mat). I've never seen this before and it just put a smile on my face. The total bill came to a ridiculous 18$ and also included a side of kimchi and dessert (steamed bun with red bean paste)! Again oh so satisfying! I will definitely go back! PS: Wear warm clothing. I don't think they have heating in the restaurant!
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This discovery was made on one of the notorious outings my friends and I make. On this particular trip I am happy to report I had a great time despite the fact that I was still tired and sore from being repeatedly beaten into the ground by my martial arts instructor just an hour before. Anyway, back to the restaurant. It was a very cute little place, with fantastic food. They have huge portions, and everything has a great flavor to it. I highly recommend seeing what this place is all about, even if it is a little hard to find.
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