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    Pelicana

    4.8 (16 reviews)
    Open 11:30 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)
    Updated 2 months ago

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    A summary of our experience at Pelicana located at 149-44 14th Ave, Whitestone, NY 11357
    Alex P.

    If you are in the mood for good Korean fusion meal, check out Pelicana on 14th ave in Whitestone, NY. We randomly came across this place with family & friends. This cozy spot features several tables and a bar, with some eye catching artwork on the walls, and a laid back vibe. The service was friendly, and the food was fresh and flavorful. Our groups favorites were the spicy pork, shrimp meals, and chicken sandwiches. Two of us had an alcoholic drink which were good too. Recommend, and we will definitely be going back.

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    Kristina C.

    Great addition to the Whitestone neighborhood. The atmosphere is energetic with a diverse crowd. There's a bar on the left when you walk in with large TVs above to watch sports or other things. On the right, are tables and chairs for dining. In the back, there's a counter selling bubble tea. The restaurant just opened. The staff is getting up to speed. But I found everyone to be very attentive and friendly. The menu has a lot of options. The food was very good. You can't go wrong with the signature crispy soy garlic chicken wings.

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    Mike O.

    Food and drinks were very good. In addition, service was very friendly and ambiance was pleasant!

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    8 months ago

    Love the chicken. Drinks and bar is very nice. Glad to have a good go to place in the neighborhood.

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    1 year ago

    Great good, chicken was super crispy, avocado salad was soo good. The vibe and music A+. Food was soo good I forgot to take a picture.

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    7 months ago

    Tasty with quick fast take out service. When you want flavor and crave spice go to this place.

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    1 year ago

    Delicious!!!!! Fresh, perfectly cooked food. You won't be disappointed. I highly recommend the garlic chicken wings. Scrumptious.

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    2 years ago

    Food was delicious. The space is clean and modern. Joshua was wonderful and patient. Will be back.

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    2 years ago

    great food and speedy service. Good ambiance and clean space. Definitely recommend coming here.

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    We happened to come to this area and stumbled upon this little Korean mom/pop restaurant and are so…read moreglad we did! This place is a little of a hidden gem and not quite like other Korean restaurants. But no gatekeeping here! We also came at a weird lunch time around 2pm so it wasn't really busy and we were seated right away. Once you enter, you'd quickly notice the very detailed beautifully hand painted murals on the walls and an abundance of painted butterflies. The attention to detail is impeccable! The menu is also very cute and I'm guessing handmade. It was pretty detailed and we appreciated learning about each dish before deciding what to order. We ended up ordering the Kimchi Pancake with seafood, the spicy bulkoki udon and the jeyuk udon. The kimchi seafood pancake was super crispy and filled with squid and shrimp! It also came with a semi sweet dipping sauce that paired nicely. Both udons came out piping hot and fresh! Udon had a nice chew to it, was loaded with vegetables as well as meat for each dish. The egg was fried and did not have a runny yolk. For sides, they gave us 4 things- a tomato salad, kimchi cucumbers, braised string beans, and bean sprouts. The tomato salad came in this cute apple shaped dish but neither of us really cared for it- this is completely biased though since we're not really fans of tomato. What we really did love was the kimchi cucumbers! Also at the end, they served us 3 pieces of cantaloupe which were very sweet. Overall, yummy food, cute shop, and friendly/nice staff! I'd come back to try their other food options in the future!

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    This place is delicious. My friends and I went there early this year and then my partner and I took…read moreour family there for Mother's Day dinner. They all enjoyed it. The meat was fresh and tender. The service was great. The girl who was serving us, also cooked our meat. She was attentive to her customers at other tables. This Korean BBQ is authentic and I would love to come back again next time.

    I was at this very tasty KBBQ place a while back with one of my usual groups. The inside is casual,…read moreand our waitress, Jane, was extremely friendly and helpful from refilling banchan to cooking meats and otherwise. A couple of us shared a $13 bottle of the green grape flavor of Chum Churum, a soju. In terms of banchan, there was a bunch. Everyone got a cold and refreshing cabbage soup as well as a very tasty version of Braised Tofu/Dubu-jorim/두부조림. Once we ordered, we also got a bunch of other banchan, including cabbage, radish, and cucumber Kimchi, broccoli and cauliflower Namul, Marinated Mushrooms/Beoseot Bokkeum/버섯볶음, Anchovies With Peanuts/Myeolchi Bokkeum/멸치볶음, and Potato/Gamja Salad/감자샐러드. One of the other things brought out was a pretty tasty version of Raw Soy Sauce Marinated Crab/Ganjang-Gejang/간장게장. Most of these were refillable. The first actual thing that arrived was something that I can't eat, the $22.99 Seafood Pancake/Haemul Pajeon/해물파전. I have a cephalopod allergy, or in other words, anything with tentacles, so I avoid squid and octopus, and seafood pancakes always contain one of those two. Everyone else enjoyed it, though. The pajeon I could eat was the Kimchi Jeon/김치전 for a dollar less. It was pretty tasty, though I prefer other spots that had a bit more of a crisp. Next was one of their signatures, the grilled duck. Going from online reviews, we went with the non-spicy version, as people prefer it, as the spicier marinade overpowers the duck. This was the $29.99 Sang Ori Gui/생오리구이. The sliced duck was on a hot, sizzling plate, with there also being a lot of grilled onions and scallions. The duck had a mix of pieces, ranging from fatty to less so, and had a nice mix of textures. This was easily one of my favorites, though I liked it even more when paired with the ssamjang that arrived with the BBQ, as the sauce balanced the light fattiness. Arriving at a similar time was the last thing I couldn't eat, the Spicy Stir-Fried Baby Octopus on Iron Plate/Jjukkumi Cheolpan Bokkeu/철판쭈꾸비볶음, for $30.99. I couldn't try the octopus, but the portion was plentiful, and I had a bit of the noodles on the bottom after making sure there were no tentacles, as well as trying the sauce. The sauce was tasty, spicy, and very flavorful. We went with two of the Korean BBQ meats, one beef and one pork. My preference of the two was surprisingly the $49.99 Charcoal Grilled Marinated Beef Ribs/Yangnyeom Galbi/양념갈비. This also came with two veggies: kabocha squash and asparagus. The beef was extremely tender, had the perfect mix of fat and meat, and had only a light sweetness from the marinade. This was absolutely delicious and very much worth the price point. Also tasty was the Grilled Pork Belly/Samgyeopsal/삼겹살, for $36.95. This also came with a few things, including cabbage and a large mushroom. The pork belly was delicious, being just fatty enough and very tender as well, with a mild chew. The BBQ came with a few extra side dishes. This included a tasty steamed egg/Gyeran-jjim/계란찜, greens, an onion salad, ssamjang, salt, and a small boiling pot of soybean stew/doenjang jjigae. They were all tasty, though nothing particularly notable outside of the portions being generous. Also, at the end of the meal, they gave us some sujeonggwa. Not much for me to complain about this place. The food was very tasty overall, and the service was wonderful. I would go back and order a full beef BBQ set.

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