Last year everyone was so friendly and wonderful. I enjoyed the food the area and the items vendedread more

I was there about 10 years ago , I had a great time . The only thing was I drove around for parking…read more.

Are you spending your Saturday afternoon in Flushing Meadows Park or Citi Field and found yourself…read morecraving for more of that Queens energy, but more importantly, craving for more of that diverse food scene? Well, then head on over to the Queens Night Market! Although there seems to be some kind of food festival popping up each weekend across the city, the vibe and diverse food scene here is still unmatched! The food selection has grown exponentially since I last visited over five years ago, making it easier for visitors to sample international bites all in one place. Moreover, the prices remained reasonable with most items under $8. On this visit, we tried the egg-shaped waffles stuffed with Nutella and custard, the Burmese pancakes stuffed with meat, the Venezuelan corn pancake stuffed with beef and mozzarella, and some Hainanese chicken with rice. Most of these items were delicious and the standout were the Burmese stuffed pancakes. The portions, although small, are still good enough for sharing. If you need more reasons to visit, they are also showing World Cup games here when we visited. You can have your watch party with great food options! The service is usually quite quick despite some long lines.

I went when QNM first debuted in 2015. It was a great concept and still is. it showcased a variety…read moreof cuisines at an affordable price point ($5 at the time). The portion and value at the time was definitely there. I have returned a few times over the years, most recently in 2026 coincidently for the World cup games as well! However, I feel like the food portion has decreased drastically. I do understand prices will need to go up with inflation, but the portions are much smaller from when it first started. For example, the Romanian chutney cake (dessert cone) and the amount of Filipino lumpia they provide for the price is much smaller now. For four years, the price was at $5 max. In 2019, the stalls raised their maximum price to $6, which remains the same today in 2026. From a recent 2026 Gothamist article though, 2026 will be the last year for the $6 cap so 2027 may potentially be increased to $7 cap or be eliminated. that is in the air right now. Despite the pricing/portion value, QNM is great way to try different cuisines all in one place. its a great way for growing families to chill in an open grassy area that has music and pop-ups at times (ie: HK VITA brand lemon tea had a pop up there). Parking is crowded so its best to walk from 7 train-111th st hall of science train stop or uber if you live close by. Overall, QNM is a nice event to go with friends to share items, but im personally losing the allure of it after going a few times over the years with diminishing returns.

Hello Panda Festival runs from Dec 6, 2019 - Jan 26, 2020 daily form 5PM -10PM. Was interested to…read moresee what they came up with since it was being promoted as the largest lantern festival in North America...However, I beg to differ. It was not that big, a lot of open space and was freezing outside. Would recommend getting discount tickets. Only took me 40 mins going around and taking pictures... and didn't understand some of their themes e.g. the squirrel robot was very weird! Butterfly wings and castle were nice. The bike wall should have had instructions - peddle fast to light up the wall (unless I missed it). Wasn't that busy or packed the day I went, but very, very cold. Overall, this lantern festival was ok... This event is in the parking lot of CitiField, not inside CitiField. Best to bring a real camera -- if you have a smartphone, better bring portable charger...iPhone batteries will drain very quickly as they cannot adapt to hot or cold weather. Bathrooms are porta-potties. If you want to warm up, go inside the dome tents for food (cash only and cheap) and other things for kids to do. Good to see it once and with a discount, not worth going again.

Bye bye Panda Pandas in the wild may eat green leaves but…read morethis panda ate green 20 dollar bills right out of my wallet. And like pandas in the wild, it had an insatiable appetite. **Update** When the festival first opened, it was a lot of fun! The ticket price was discounted. Since then, the holiday spirit has clearly departed. Instead, it's been replaced by crowds and an overpriced venue. Yes - you have to pay for the food plus the ticket, parking (if you have a car), the ball room, souvenirs, and basically anything there. If you purchase a ticket on site, they even added a surcharge to credit card purchases. Remember to bring enough cash. The additional items add up quickly, and can easily reach 100$ for a family. That's a lot of green dollars - not leaves - for a Panda festival!

They street vendors offer a lot of various food stands from Spanish, Jamaican, African,…read morePhillipines, and Spain cuisine. There are a lot of fun things for kids to occupy themselves. I can't wait to see more food vendors next year.

I only found out about this street fair because Waze sent me a traffic alert about Woodside Avenue…read morebeing closed. I found a few mentions of it online but no official website, it's apparently organized by the Queens Public Library and I did spot a table giving out free books. I uploaded some photos of online mentions of it to prove to Yelp it exists! The street fair is small, maybe five blocks, and consists mostly of affordable jewelry, toys, clothing, shoes and bags. Some if was a dollar store nonsense, but other people were selling everything from rugs to pipes, incense to handmade magnets. The older woman buying a magnet made me smile, "I'm getting the STRAWBERRY, because they're in season". I mean, it's a magnet, but also, it's October. I also saw a woman selling CBD products claiming to provide instant pain relief, another offering vegan soy based candles and soaps. I bought a cute over the shoulder travel bag for just $22. There was the annoying T-Mobile truck, and an Escape to the Caribbean booth which seems a bit suspicious to me. USA Devanand Yoga Center was there. As well as Exit Realty.... But they also had bouncy castles for the kids on one of the side streets. It was cool seeing them underneath the elevated 7 line tracks. Suddenly an older woman grabbed me and started rubbing my shoulders before directing me to a bunch of massage chairs (she was definitely someone's grandma, it was cool). I'm so primed to just so no but then I instantly thought, ya know what, I DO want a massage. $15 for 15 minutes, money well spent. They put a clean paper towel over the part of the chair my face rests on without me having to ask and were very friendly. It wasn't the best massage I've had, but it was great for the setting! Food options were limited. Queen Big Candy Apples, Ecuadorian grilled corn, Cane Man (cane juice), Zeppole/funnel cake guy, Mozzarepas (mozzarella grilled in-between corn bread), cotton candy out of an adorable tiny pink truck, Panaderia Tlaxcalita - selling lemonade and fruit juices, the sausage and pepper guys, and Athens Delight doing lamb gyros, and beef and chicken kebabs. This was the place I ended up ordering a lamb gyro from, with lettuce, onions, tomato, and tzatziki sauce. For $10 this was super filling, I couldn't even finish it. It tasted a bit like sausage but sliced long and thin, really moist and flavorful. The festival was a nice walk, a fun last minute thing to do, I definitely enjoyed myself. But right now it's small enough that I wouldn't tell people to make a pilgrimage for it. I'd like to see them bring more local restaurants from the area to sell their food, or even some of the regular street vendors who work in that area. Two porta potties, pleasent surprise!

I love the vibe. The music the food was awesome I am back today to enjoy the music....read more

If you really want to know the whole story, it's all laid out on their website but reading a bunch…read moreof bullet points on a screen about some big neighborhood spectacle is about the most depressing thing you can do, so I'll explain. ​Basically, the Giglio Feast is a historic 12-day Italian-American festival that happens every July at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It's been going on since 1887 when immigrants brought it over from Nola, Italy, to honor Saint Paulinus commemorating when he returned from captivity after sacrificing himself for his people and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. That part actually sounds pretty decent, if you want to know the truth, but the way spectators in attendance make a huge circus out of it just drives me crazy. Then participants are amazing. ​The main event is this thing called the "Dancing of the Giglio," where they take a giant 70-foot tower made of wood and steel weighing four whole tons and covered in lilies, angels, and religious figures and hoist it up. They've got a live brass band and a singer literally sitting right on top of the timber frame while roughly 120 guys lift, spin, and "dance" this enormous four-ton thing down North 8th Street on their bare shoulders. ​Guys in matching outfits blowing saxophones and yelling on the platform, and crowds of people crammed together in the street taking photos and cheering. There's even a statue of a saint perched at the very top against the blue sky, looking down at all these phonies sweating and carrying on in the heat. It's supposed to be this grand, sacred tradition, but looking at a hundred guys breaking their backs to carry a four-ton tower with a band riding on it just makes you feel sort of tired and thirsty. It really does.

TASTE OF SUNNYSIDE 2023 REVIEW…read more Taste of Sunnyside for the uninitiated is like an adult trick or treat! You get your bingo card showing all the participants and a map. You walk all throughout Sunnyside picking up delicious food and adult beverages at the restaurants, bars and cafes along the way. There's a DJ and drum squad, even a New Orleans style jazz band making for a festive and exciting event. All this for your pay one price ticket. It truly is my favorite food crawl in all of NYC. This year there were two check in areas under the 7 train. I checked in at 40th Street, but the new one was at 46th St - much louder with drummers and DJ (can be a little difficult telling the volunteers your name over the din). The weather was perfect 60 degree fall day - great for clocking those steps! (There are free trolleys to move you along as well) There were 53 scheduled participants this year and we would have hit them all if it wasn't for those meddling kids! (Scooby doo reference) haha.. Actually some of the places simply quit towards the end with more than an hour to go which is disappointing. I will put them on blast, but first the good. I am grateful and appreciative of all the restaurants participating, but the stand outs for me this year are... Rincon Melania with their generous roast pork, fried plantains and ceviche "taste" (generous portion!). Cardamom Indian Cuisine was also generous with 3 different treats - Fried seasoned okra strips, Chicken 65 and panipuri - love this spot! De Mole gave delicious mole drenched chicken in a corn tortilla and drinkable (at least I did) octopus ceviche which I loved. City Tamale with their loaded tamale. La Adelita had a fantastic empanada. Tito Rad's roasted pork and chicken with refreshing cantaloupe juice. Arcobaleno had amazing and generous gelato samples Maison De Gateaux was my hands down favorite sweet treat with their incredible Napoleon! The places that disappointed by not having enough food and closing up early (before 6pm, event ended at 7pm) were: Bajeko Sekuwa Oasis Pizza and Gyros Riko Borderline: Bolivian Llama party announced they were running out of Sopa De Mani, but our group managed to get it before they ran out around 5:30pm. Consider checking it out next year. You will spend the day meeting great people, you will probably find a new favorite place to try, you will get full, you will laugh and get your steps in, you will dance a little (I did) celebrating what has become a quintessential Queens event!

This is my review for Taste of Sunnyside 2023…read more This was a great way to try a bunch of restaurants and get introduced to new spots in the area. I also was so excited to see a bunch of restaurants that did a great job catering to vegetarians. My list of places to come back to: Cardamom - One bite of that chicken 65 and I was already planninig my next dinner back here City Tamale - so wonderfully made. Fresh off the grill too! La maison de gateuax - Napoleons that were flaky as the friend that cancels on you last second and light as air. De Mole - an amazing chicken mole with a sauce so delicious I wanted to take a bath in it. Rincon Melania - ceviche was out of this world. IG: QueenOfAdventureNYC

Tonight was the last night of FNO...I was so happy that me and my friend got there in time before…read morethe music performers started their evening show. Food: Tei Nei Ya: Baked Squid ($3) with the sauce was pretty yummy Samosas: 1 for $2 or 3 for $5...the spices was a bit overpowering all the other components Curry Fish Balls 1 for $2...nothing special and it was served cold Chicken Wings 1 for $2 (2 pieces)...eh it was okay Snowdays: Who doesn't love some shaved ice in their belly =)...$6 what a great deal FNO Combo replaced the chocolate syrup with condensed milk mmmm Made In Taiwan...my friend's order Entertainment Lineup was pretty sick... https://youtu.be/gQgUasRGD3I https://youtu.be/gqPeAMqdgoQ https://youtu.be/QYQcsPr8lus https://youtu.be/Pizq0fszU1M https://youtu.be/dm3kY5JUKik I can't wait for this night market to come back next summer =P

The DJ was playing some really ghetto music. Definitely didn't fit the mood of what a night market…read moreshould be. Then we get into the food, which was a limited selection and mediocre. I tried the fried mac and cheese balls. It was decent but not worth 4 for 5 dollars. The takoyaki from Karls Balls , "Octopus Balls from Osaka to yo Blocka" was no where near the takoyaki from Japan. They were mushy and fell apart the moment we stabbed into it. The C Baos were 5 dollars for a bao which was not filled all the way with meat and wayy too much bun. Yelp had a table there too and Sierra was doin her thing, holdin it down and making sure everyone is happy. I would say visit it once and see what you think. But for me , I don't think I'd return since Flushing has a lot of cheap eat options already.

This festival was awesome, off Palisades Ave in Washington Park (right on the boarder of JC). Not…read moresure how long it was around for, but I went the night of 9/14. There were lots of people enjoying the rides and food, and a good police presence as well. Rides: Farris Wheel, bumper cars, loop roller coaster, starship spiny ride, another spiny ride, a ride where you sit in a swing and fly in the air in a circle. There was also a little kid ride section with 3-4 different rides for toddlers. And a petting zoo with ponies and lamas. Food options were an Italian and fried food station, a Spanish food station, and an Asian meet on a stick station. I did not see any alcohol sold. There was also a candy apple and cotton candy station. Carney games were cool too, there was a rifle target game that was impossible to win, a water gun game, and 4 or 5 other booths. I rocked the shuffle board game on my first shot! Had such a good time at this festival, quality of rides and entertainment was better than similar fairs I have been to in Jersey City. Will definitely be looking out for this fair's return next September!

Compliments to YELP for giving me the opportunity to experience this amazing food festival!…read more I tasted so many different foods from different restaurants and small businesses. This is definitely worth attending. I would most definitely return! I had a great time.

What an amazing event showcasing over 50 of the best food establishments in Queens, with the…read moreproceeds going towards QEDC business programs and neighborhood initiatives. So many food vendors handing out big sample sized portions. Make sure to come hungry! I left stuffed. Event space itself is cool on the water with fanatic views of Manhattan.

One of my favorite foodie events of the year is the Taste of Bayside- Bell Blvd. Food Crawl. It…read moregenerally takes place the first weekend in June. I have been going to this event the past 5 years or so. The tickets cost $40 this year which was raised from $35. It is worth the cost in my opinion. When you get to the event, there are a few places you could go to pick up your tasting ticket. The ticket is good for a taste from each of the participating restaurants. There are about 35 restaurants that participate each year. After you get your ticket, you can stroll around and grab food samples from the different participating restaurants. I was able to try a majority of the restaurants that were participating in the event and most of them offered a tasty treat. I will go back to this event as long as it continues as it is always a very chill day. I always leave stuffed and happy and enjoy spending the day with my family at this family friendly event. there are also other activities and things to do while at the event.

It was a perfect opportunity to drive out to Bayside so even if I was late, I dropped by Adria…read moreHotel to check out Taste of Bayside and respond to Jando's invitation to us. I even invited Yifang L., a Yelper from Bayside so she can meet others in the Yelp Community but although she tried to make it, the student's Regent exams finished late. When I arrived, Jando was already busy signing up guests for the Yelp newsletter, chatting them up and listening to their experience with the Yelp phone app and just attending to others who were spinning the wheel to get one of the Yelp freebies. Mike B. and I even had a chance to talk about Yelp to those who approached the table. It's just easy to talk about something you like and are already using. At one point, a grandmother approached the table and said she wanted one of those fingerless gloves. Of course, she got 'em! It was fun to meet Bayside residents, talk about Yelp and discover that the fingerless gloves are being rocked out on the street even by grannies! The party was already in full swing by the time I got there. Most of the participating restaurants have ran out of food (and alcoholic drinks) but I was able to get a taste of food from: ~~Papazzio - Medallions of veal sauteed in mushroom and marsala - Unbelievably tasty and even if the portion was tiny it was very flavorful and satisfying. ``Tequila Sunrise - Churrasco Steak - Seasoned perfectly and tender. They were also serving margarita but they ran out of it quickly. Just as I a found the Boylan drink stand, Monique and her friend increased the visibility of the Yelp table. More people approached the Yelp table and as the event concluded, the power of connecting with the community and of Yelp swag were further reinforced. Thanks, Jando!