What a great find thanks to Yelp. The Falafel was far and away the best I have ever had, it was…read morelike a different dish entirely. So light, so fresh, so delicious. I enjoyed the Koshari, though I've never had it before so I had nothing to compare it to. I ordered Baba Ghanoj and the owner suggested Hummus instead, I guess they were out of it? THe hummus was excellent also, and a large portion with pita.

We were steered to this establishment by Google Maps and it was delicious! The food was fresh and…read moremade to order; the owners were friendly and gracious.....thank you Google Maps!!

I was shocked how much food I got and for such a good price!…read more I got egg noodles with chicken and of course allllll the veggies. But even still they kept telling me I could add more veggies. Even after it cooked by bowl was FULL. I couldn't come close to eating it all and was able to have it the next day for dinner. Plenty of sauce - not dry at all. I got sriracha ginger, not very spicy just FYI. Everything was cooked well - and fast. They even bring your food to your table. I was shocked how good the food was. They also use compostable bowls/lids, which was another nice touch. I even got a soda and the total was only $13!!!!

This is my second time going to the bowl food is delicious! You can pick your choice of rice noodle…read morenoodles or egg noodle noodles and any kind of veggies and sauce you want to go in your bowl. I love the way they cook your food in in this round mini grill. And they also have homemade passionfruit and mango green tea drink drinks. They are delicious. You can eat in or take out. The people are friendly and the service was great.

Every day I'm confronted with the same dilemma, what's for lunch? What's for dinner? We were…read morein Colonie recently and stopped to visit Legends. It was a little confusing in that the had 2 menus; Legends Pizza and Legends Kabobs. I asked for a chicken gyro and got what I thought was Schwartz type sliced chicken. It may be my ignorance or expectations. Neither here nor there, what I got was delicious. A warmed pita stuffed with chicken, a yogurt sauce (did not seem to be Tzatziki, but was good) with lettuce and onions. It's location is a small strip mall around the corner from a bagel place and Hannaford. Parking was adequate. Staff were quick to fill the order. It's a place we would go back to. Go get lunch!

Food was on point. Service is good, I did a take out. Would definitely try more stuff again soon…read more Beef Kebabs were great. I like the tomato n pepper charred and put on the rice concept. Great job serving real food.

I had to get some errands done on the Wolf Road strip of chains and decided to give The Market…read moreinside the Marriott a try. The restaurant was completely empty at 12 noon when my dining companion and I arrived and only filled with one more party of three when we left. It appears to serve a decent breakfast and lunch with what they claim as "contemporary twists on American classics" as listed on the website. We had come for lunch but they offer a buffet breakfast ($17) vs. Continental breakfast ($13) vs. full American breakfast ($14) which I wouldn't know the difference just based on the menu listing. We were greeted by the hostess and seated at a booth immediately. Within a minute, our server welcomed us and offered drinks and time to look over the menu. The menu was a one page placard that divided between lunch and dinner *post 5pm* offerings. Out of curiosity I asked if we were able to order off the dinner section but we were told that it was not available as an option. In between our server grabbing us our drinks and returning for our order placements, another server came by to wait on us...but our server caught it and took over. Call us silly, but we chose the same menu item because the Corned Beef Reuben was calling our name. We were given options for the included side (fries, side salad, or kettle chips) so we opted for a side salad and the other- fries. The reuben was fantastic and definitely satisfied my craving! The rye bread was nicely crisped and buttered while the ample corned beef mingled in agreement with the Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and thousand island dressing. There was just the right amount of substance in each bite...including the necessary grease factor to make what a true Corned Beef Reuben should be! I've had ones that had so much grease that my hands were dripping of oil and bread soggy and sandwich messy. Luckily, The Market knew how I like my reubens. Unfortunately the small side salad was on the measly end and the fries were nothing spectacular, but both went hand in hand with the delicious sandwich. Albeit the non-bustling and semi-awkward dining atmosphere, the place was kept clean and welcoming. Parking was not an issue and ample in the covered lot towards the left side of the hotel. The only thing I thought would've been better was that our server should've checked in on us way earlier...not when my plate was already squeaky clean. And no, for the record, I am not a fast eater for those of you that may wonder. I'll give this place another try sometime and maybe order other items...and maybe there will be other diners or hotel guests that will find this spot for what they have to offer.

We all know that you take a big chance on a hotel lobby restaurant. Tonight I did. It didn't pay…read moreoff. First off, the front staff is very friendly. It's not their fault for what goes on in the kitchen. So I order a medium rare ribeye with a Demi glacé I was presented a flat cooktop blackened and burnt ribeye (cooked medium - don't focus on that). Accompanying this were several frozen then microwaved asparagus spears and a frozen then cooktop seared polenta. I ate about a third of the ribeye after shaking salt on it and three spears and gave up. My server questioned the pushed away plate and then offered to bring another. I politely declined, but she did remove it from my check. Super. Tipped her good. Once again, there is risk involved with a hotel lobby restaurant. Such is the life of the business traveler. Next time I'll keep it simple and order the turkey sandwich.

Delicious, relaxed lunch with my daughter. First time for her and second for me…read more The Mango Green Ice Tea was refreshing. We both ordered the Beef Sukiyaki and tossed salad. The tender moist beef slices on a roll were very good. The Ginger dressing on the salad was flavorful, and I wish I could buy it to elevate salads at home. We enjoyed the Red Bean Ice Cream which is creamy with tidbits of bean. Outstanding. Service was attentive, friendly, and efficient! Ambiance is relaxed which was welcome after shopping on Wolf Road. And the bucket chairs are so comfortable.

Came here for a light lunch, tea and dessert. Our visit started off great- we were greated warmly,…read morepromptly seated and given menus. The tea was wonderful and our lunch items came quickly and were tasty. We asked to keep a menu, explaining we would like to get dessert after. Once we we received our lunch food, it quickly went downhill. We never saw our waitress again after that. My son finished his Boba tea and wanted another, but our waitress never came over to check on us. We sat for over 40 minutes after we recieved our initial order and not one waitstaff came over to ask if we wanted anything else, nor did they come over to give us the check. After giving up hope of dessert and more tea, we eventually went to the front counter to pay since we realized no one was coming to give us the bill. Normally, I would understand if it was understaffed or busy- yet the two parties next to us had waitstaff come over numerous times. We were literally ignored. We won't be back and I do not recommend.

Remember when I said they always forget something? My significant other offered to go to Panera for…read moreme. I love their chicken and wild rice soup so I asked for a bowl of that and a baguette. I figured that would hit the spot on this cold snowy winter day. He brought it back and low and behold, there was not one piece of rice in my soup. Not one. I did call the restaurant and let them know. Did they offer me anything to compensate my ruined lunch? No. She just said she will have to go check the back. Yeah you do that lady. How do you have chicken and wild rice soup without the wild rice? It's not cheap either. It was over $10. I really need to stop going to Panera. At least the baguette was a good size.

Manager at this location is SUPER customer oriented. Issue with drink was not only remedied but…read morewent over the top to make our experience a great one. Love stopping in. Ranee and Ed Moor.

This evening was my first time trying their food, and the results were, at best, mixed…read more As I don't drive, and it was a bit too dark out to take the bus there, I got delivery. I wanted to try a representative sampling of their food, so I ordered a chicken parmigiana wedge, a large cheese pizza, and a 2 liter bottle of diet Coke. Out of the three items, the best part of the meal was - the diet Coke. (If you've tried getting Cocla Cola products from Albany restaurants and are a Coke fan, you understand this.) The pizza was pleasant, but decidedly average. The crust was not crisp, though reheating should help with that, which I shall find out with the leftovers. There was more crust than I normally like relative to the cheese, but it wasn't overly unbalanced. It was just a little too much on the crust side. The wedge, in conrast, had so much sauce I could not taste the chciken at all, and had trouble even finding the chicken on the sandwich. When I did, the chicken had minimal flavor. a good chicken parmiagiana should actually let you taste chicken with crisp breading, not soggy breding hidden in enough sauce to cause digestive distress. And yes, I did expereince digestive distress. I might buy their pizza again, but Albany's a decent size city, and there's lots of competition. But I won't be trying the wedge for quite a whle.

Don't skip this place for pizza. It's one of the better upstate NY pizza places for sure. As pizza…read moresnob from NYC, I enjoyed the standard cheese pizza far more than I expected to. Also worth trying is the lamb over rice. Next time, I'd get it with extra sauce as it was a bit dry. However, I prefer this to Aria down the street - this doesn't have that flavor I dislike in the food from that other place that I've yet to figure out. I don't know if they have other options to add toppings, but maybe it's something to explore. It was just rice and lamb with a bit of green salad. Not other than advertised so no complaints there. The mozzerella sticks were good. Melba sauce was provided (as it should be everywhere in the universe). I'm torn on the eggplant parm dinner. It seemed like the eggplant rounds were cut up and mixed into the ziti or they were tender enough that they just disintegrated into the ziti. I'm certainly into having pasta with eggplant parm but also I want to control that ratio. This made it difficult to find and fork the eggplant amidst the ziti. It was also difficult to find eggplant pieces where the eggplant and breading were still unified. The eggplant was pretty good though. The calzone is not small. It was a bit light on ricotta compared to other calzones but there was no lack of cheese overall. It was more of a folded over white pizza than a calzone. That is, I expected it to be a puffy pocket but it was a flat semi circle with big slits on top. Not bad. Maybe I'd be in the mood for that style of calzone again in the future. I'd skip the buffalo chicken wrap next time. It was relatively dry, not spicy, and not as substantial as I was expecting. Beyond that, it had a grill flavor to it that was a bit out of place and interfered with the expected flavor. They seemed to put it on the grill to seal it closed in the middle but they keep the ends open so you have to hold the end closed while eating it to prevent bits from falling out. It was more of a somewhat buffalo flavored chicken roll-up than a buffalo chicken wrap. Surprisingly good fries. Also, great peanut butter pie. Note that the pepperoni is beef. It is very appreciated that it is clearly marked as beef so people can decide if that's a thing they want more or less than traditional pepperoni. Far too few other places think it's important to note this!

A friendly little lunch cafe in the Hannaford Plaza on Sand Creek Rd in Colonie. The sandwiches are…read moregood, basic deli sandwiches. They have specials and grilled items too. What I love getting is the soup. It tastes homemade. I've recently enjoyed cream of broccoli and tomato basil. A good deal for lunch. I am glad to give this small business my patronage. It's convenient and relatively inexpensive.

Bought a Roast Beef sandwich and thought I was going to get a deli type sandwhich. By the picture…read moreyou can see what I got.

We came here a day early to celebrate Mother's Day, and I made reservations for 4PM on Saturday…read morewhen they opened. It is a good thing I did, as there was quite a long line (30 or so people) waiting to get in when we arrived. We were seated quickly and had our food ordered within about 10 minutes. The interior has an old-school look and charm to it, and it was quite nice though a bit dark. Thankfully, there wasn't loud music blaring at all. Lots of tables were crammed together but, perhaps because they weren't to full capacity while we were there, it didn't feel cramped. I ordered steak au poivre, and my wife had the prime rib. Both were prepared well and I really loved my steak. I chose rice pilaf as my side and it was decent enough but didn't taste like much beyond rice and tiny red bell peppers scattered throughout. My wife had a baked potato. Our food came out within about a half-hour, which seemed fair for such a busy time. It came with a salad bar which was good but not great. The usuals were there, though at the end were loaves of fresh made squishy bread and huge chunks of cheese. I think if you took the last two away it would have been a very average salad bar. But I enjoyed it for what it was. We each ordered dessert: I had the brownie sundae and my wife the turtle cheesecake. Mine was excellent, though it was hard to see the brownie included because they served it in a deep bowl covered with whipped cream. My wife's cheesecake looked great though it was a smallish piece on a place absolutely festooned with caramel and chocolate sauces. All desserts are priced the same, which is an interesting concept. All in all, we had a very nice meal. It wasn't cheap, but it was good. I wouldn't recommend coming here for a burger, or solely for their salad bar. But if you want a special preparation of beef then you will likely enjoy yourself. Just make reservations first!

Went there for Mother's Day with 9 people. The waiter started out good, but after awhile he would…read morejust walk by without checking in once in a while. The next issue we had two small children and almost a hour went by and we haven't received our food yet.i ask the waiter about it he came back with everyone's feed except for the kids meal and also had a attitude and after that someone else started coming around. The food came out cold and my dish was wrong. I ordered the Prime Rib and got a Strip Steak that was tough and grizzal and only part of it was edible. We have been there a few times in the past and it's satisfactory, but this was the worst and will never go back.

It looks good in photos. But is not good in practicality…read more Tonkotsu ramen: Overall preparation was great, it was hot, pork was nicely cooked. But Flavors were not good at all, poor quality ingredients. - broth flavor: 2/5, does not taste good. Not quite awful, but unpleasant. - pork char-siu: 2/5. Not good. Not much flavor. - soft boiled egg: 2/5. No flavor. Bland. Not properly prepared. And why cabbage? That's a weird choice. Gyoza: 2/5 Also prepared very nicely. Cooked perfectly. But flavor inside was devoid. Tastes like nothing, just the chewiness of chicken and slight unpleasant taste of mediocre cabbage. Service and ambiance are fine.

I ordered take out and it was ready quickly. Parking was easy and the place was clean. I got the…read moresteamed gyoza and spicy gyu ramen with enoki mushrooms. The food was incredible! I cannot wait to go back and try something different.