Very nostalgic feeling walking in here, after going to the Plainview diner a lot of my life this was a bit strange walking in knowing it won't be a diner anymore lol but nonetheless this is a great addition to the neighborhood. I made my reservation through Yelp for a Friday at 6:45 pm. We had a table for 3, we were seated right away. Now it is their first week opening so we did expect hiccups so keep that in mind for this review. We sat down and were given menus, we browsed their extensive menu offering lots of choices. We were finally greeted by our server Ellen who by the way is amazing. Her personality is awesome. We put in some drinks, they don't have their liquor license yet so we just opted in for some seltzers and waters. We all grazed the menu and decided to go a bit overboard and try a bunch of different things. We ordered, the boneless ribs, spicy kani salad, scallion pancakes, rock shrimp tempura, salmon crispy rice, Szechuan dumplings, Sambal samba and their sliced flank steak with Thai basil. The service and food took quite some time to come out, granted once again this is a Friday at their first week so we waited patiently. Everything started to come out little by little. It took a while for the busboys to clean the table so we were kinda making as much room as possible by clearing our own table. Everything was delicious, the taste was great on every dish. However, the sushi broke apart as soon as you attempted to grab it with chopsticks, so that's an area of improvement. Our crispy rice was served a bit cold because they were unsure of which table ordered it, which we noticed. Ellen did get our 2nd drink orders wrong but that's okay as we know they are overwhelmed. The steak was a bit overcooked but nothing here lacked in flavor. The appetizers are a bit on the smaller portion side for the price. But overall this was some good food, I'm glad it's here. I want them to get completely settled in until I return. I also am hoping they add some good happy hour / other specials once they do get their liquor license. The decor was okay still felt like I was at Plainview diner but they did a nice job of setting this up. I overall would think this place would be great, just need some more time and specials. I'm telling you get a happy hour there and I'm game to be here often. Oh btw, there was a small influencer there who was treated fairly great compared to everyone else, which is nice to see local influencers trying out this space but don't go forget there's other paying customers. But I'm glad this is here, it will have to compete with kashi and miko as the local neighborhood spots. So I'm excited to see what they do with that. read more