Came here for dinner with 2 other friends. The waitress was very informative and knew which dishes on the menu were good based on what we were craving. She was very honest! Small plates: Seaweed salad- $4, nothing special, good but not amazing and relatively small portion Soup dumplings-$3, presentation was great! Not as much soup in them as I thought there would be Blistered shishito pepper- $10, very fresh! Not spicy as they said it would be, over all the dish was very satisfying if you don't expect it to be too spicy Entrees: Thai coconut bowl with ramen and chicken $14 - the ramen noodles were more like spaghetti. Had really good flavor and was as spicy as I wanted it to be Roots Ramen $15 - not much flavor, definitely had better ramen elsewhere. The pork belly was a little too hard. I would definitely not order this again Garlic eggplant with beef and shrimp $15- very flavorful and the noodles were on point. The best entree out of the three we ordered Dessert- strawberry, banana, and Nutella crepe $7.49- very simple and good, nothing amazing but hit the spot! Over all this joint was very good for its price. I saw fresh juices on the menu which I would definitely come back to try. Although I came here for dinner I think this place would be really good for lunch. The atmosphere was very cozy and modern and the service was great ( ask for Ramona ! She was so sweet) Place is also Byob and had no trouble finding parking! read more

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Prior to coming here I thought it be one of those asian restaurants catered to American taste buds; however, this place served food that tasted amazing. This place is one of those modern hipster places where they have mason jars for the drinks and wooden tables and bright lighting. I got the Taiwanese Noodles while my girlfriend ordered the Kimchi fried rice. Both were exploding with flavor and I really enjoyed the food. The prices were not that expensive but for some appetizers the prices seemed a bit excessive. Overall, I felt that this was a great experience. I hope to come back in the near future to try some new dishes! ~ Stanley read more

Roots - Asian Fusion Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

I've eaten here a few times. Honestly it's ok because it's different but I haven't been very impressed. It's a little too expensive for what they're offering. I do agree with other reviewers when they say that the Pho and Ramen have been tasteless. People who rave about these dishes have obviously never been to the gems we have in NYC! I miss the city even more because you pay a small amount for fabulous food that's worth every penny! read more

Very good and inventive Asian food. It's been many years since they've been open and even as a BYOB (think it's that -- please change if not) they are packed. Their takeout is fast and efficient too. Need to get more inventive instead of substituted vegetarian items -- your local clientele will appreciate it. read more

Excellent place I have eaten here many times Never disappointed. Their bowls meals are excellent and very vegetarian friendly. I usually prefer low sodium diet and they are able to accommodate. read more

Best Asian fusion place near Yardley PA... Short ride to Princeton on route 1. Modern decor and lovely food. Owner is a hard working person always there taking care of the guests. read more

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Tasty, fresh food in unique combinations. Love the variety of flavors and premade concoctions. This is definitely a fusion restaurant than combines Asian traditional soups and noodle mixes with numerous flavors from around the world. Great amount of food too. Little noisy. Service was ok. Bathrooms were clean. Parking lot was bad because Whole Foods is right there. Overall, very good. read more

The management at this place are so rude and shady. The food is subpar and never cooked properly. The only good thing used to be the fresh squeezed drinks and now they make them too sweet. Definitely go to Soonja's or Ricky's Thai for FAR better Asian food and service in the area. This place is horrible and unhygienic read more

I wish there is a zero star for rating. The food there is the worst fusion food ever tasted. Way over priced for rich Princeton customers who have no idea of Asian fusion food. Not recommended. read more

Food is just alright! Nice place and it's close to Whole Foods. I ordered the Taiwanese beef noodle soup it was ok.. the broth is not the best. I also tried the shoyu soup it was kinda cold when it was served. And vegetable dumplings needs more flavors. read more

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Roots is the kind of place I want to avoid at all times. Ripoff, is the word to describe this place. We went during dinner time, all of sudden this place is an "upscale" sit down dining experience (as supposed to order at the counter fast food during lunch time). The entree on the menu are at least $20 or more. We decided to give it a try by giving this place the benefit of doubt, my husband ordered filet mignone, I ordered the seared scallops, $23 and $25 respectively. The filet mignone came out to be your typical beef stir fry with rice, heavy marinated with brown sauce. The meat itself was chewy and fatty, definitely not the filet mignone cut. My scallops dish came with 3 scallops on the plate, some bok choy and some eggplant. The veggies were super salty, nothing special, it's just like your typical lunch special that you could've gotten for $10 during lunch time. The scallops were the worst, dry and tasteless, actually it tasted like bronze or iron. I could tell it was frozen scallops that were pan fried with no preparation to the taste. Normally I would be complaining about only 3 scallops for $25, this time it took me such an effort to just finish this 3 scallops cause they were barely edible. We ended up spending over $60 (taxes and tips) for 2 dishes (without drinks or appetizers) for a fast Chinese food that you could've gotten at any Chinese takeout for $20. read more

Interesting menu of Asian items and crêpes! Fast service, good tasting food, cool atmosphere, read more

This was my favorite sit-down restaurant while traveling to Princeton over the past year. They have great food from different Asian countries, including Korean, Japanese, Thai and Chinese. The pad thai, pho, and coconut curry were my favorites. Everyone I brought here loved it and wanted to come again. The only thing I would ask to change is to add a gluten free dessert option to complement the crepes that they offer. Thanks for the great service! read more

Very tasty, but not extremely authentic. The dim sum options are very good and the stir fry bowls are delicious, however, their more traditional Asian dishes, in my opinion, fall short, like their bimbimbap, Taiwanese beef noodle soup, and Japanese ramen. However, they do market themselves as Asian with a modern twist, so that may account for the authenticity. On another note, definitely get their fresh pressed juices! Soooo good! read more

Roots - Pork buns at roots. The meat is tender, but at a whopping $8 for 2 buns, it's a little too pricey. Delicious though! - Asian Fusion Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

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THE BEST! What gets better? NOTHING! This is the best byfar! I would highly recommend the pho! Very good with no mistakes! The food is fast and simple! You can get smoothies or teas. It is very good and I hope you go! read more

I rarely give 1 star rating, but this place has the most tasteless ramen. The soup, meat, and egg are all bland with perhaps the least cook efforts or techniques. Do not try. read more

Roots is one of our favorite places in town! We probably go there once a month at least. The decor is really nice and trendy -- but not so trendy that you feel uncomfortable or pretentious. The menu has a lot of options -- the prices are especially fair, given Princeton prices. Also, they change the menu fairly frequently, so you can always look forward to trying new things. In the past, some of our favorite dishes have been the pho, the char siu bao, the roots ramen, the edamame, and the pad thai. Every dish is very well seasoned, and both the pho and roots ramen have a delicious broth. The vegetables all taste very fresh, and the meats are well cooked. Service is usually very quick and efficient. The only reason we're giving Roots four stars instead of five is that sometimes the staff can be a little bit cold. If you come for dinner without a reservation - even if the place isn't too crowded - they give you a bit of an attitude. The waiters also aren't especially friendly. Despite this, though, Roots is definitely a great restaurant to visit. read more

the worst customer service I could have, the host was not friendly, I arrived at the restaurant 5:25 pm the host told me that I had to wait 30 minutes, I wait 1 hour and 25 minutes and the host never approached to me to apologize for such a delay I wait too long for anything my daughters were hungry I had to leave the place One tip for this restaurant if the restaurant is small just do not tell walk-in customers to wait 30 minutes cause is not true read more

The food and flavors are good, but they have gone downhill since they opened. Lunch takes more than 30 mins to be served. They raised their prices for food and significantly reduced the amount of tofu they put in the dishes. They have damaged the customer experience for bottom line improvements. We use to come here once a month, but most likely will go elsewhere. read more

I really enjoyed the sushi . I never had pink seaweed wrapped sushi before so when I saw the pink seaweed I was like wow how pretty. place is comfortable Marvin was a nice waiter. I will be back again My only issue is the table service is not the greatest. Theyre not attentive. They also need more seating space. read more

We love roots... California rolls are out of this world... Very fresh and tasty food.. we loved going there when we lived in Princeton NJ read more

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Note: didn't even get to eat here, did not try the food because the staff was so difficult we couldn't get seated. Story: My girlfriend and I were visiting Princeton and found this place on Yelp. She called ahead to check the seating availability and the hostess who picked up said that she wasn't sure what it would be like and the only way to know would be to come in and see. Do we drove over from downtown Princeton, which is a short drive. We walked in and no staff were present at the podium for a few minutes. A few minutes later, a flustered hostess appeared asking us how she could help us. I asked for a table for two, and she asked if we had a reservation. No. So she should okay, give me a few minutes, and turned away. Note: she didn't maintain eye contact during most of this conversation and seemed to be looking around. We then sat down and waited 20 minutes before she returned. She asked us how many people in our party again, and said okay as she turned away without even telling us how long to wait. She also grabbed the other chairs in the waiting area for some reason and we were left with only the two chairs we were sitting on. After an additional 20 minutes pass, she is nowhere to be found and a half dozen people have walked in and are unattended to. Pic attached. We noticed her in the kitchen doing who knows what as these people stood around rather lost. We promptly left and found another place to eat. read more

Roots - Asian Fusion Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

I can't help but like this place having grown up in Lawrenceville down the road from Elements Asia. It was my family's special occasion restaurant when I was a teenager and then I went there many times as an adult in my own. Roots is owned by the same people or maybe they sold EA and now have Roots. I come here strictly to get the spicy tuna, salmon and avocado roll with spicy mayo and eel sauce. I know it's not super incentive and I could get it elsewhere. I'm happy to come here when I come to visit from Charlotte. I've been here twice and both times were good. Food was fresh and delicious. read more

Roots - My favorite roll, I used to order this at Elements too - Asian Fusion Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

I'm already planning what I'll have when I go back so you can tell I really enjoyed the food here. I came during the lunch rush but we still found a place to sit which was lucky. I had a pineapple mojito and the drunken noodles with shrimp. It was a good sized portion and I ate my entire meal. I wanted it made spicy and it was. I didn't like how long it took to stand around and give our order before we were able to sit down but I got over that quickly once the food arrived. read more

Great place for some Asian fusion! Really loved the chicken lettuce wrap and the salmon. They also have crepes here which is kinda weird, but they were pretty good though... read more

Roots - Asian Fusion Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

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Phenomenal food. I have been eying roots for a while because it looked so damn interesting and the photos online was so good. I gave it a try yesterday and I did not regret it. The Sushi bowl was the best poke I've ever had in my entire life and i eat a lot of poke. It was just so nice and just felt right. The fish was nice and buttery and the rice was soft and not hard and cold. Everything was just proportional and it really worked together to make an amazing dish. I had seared duck with taro croquettes which wasn't my favorite but it was still good nonetheless. It had soba noodles and a wine reduction sauce I believe. It was alright but the presentation was really nice. The beef pot stickers was good too. Service was fine, I made sure to go during off hours to get undivided attention but sadly I got left with a dish I didn't order but they thought I didso I had to pay for that as well because I'm too shy to turn back a dish. Not their fault but it was unfortunate. read more

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Came here for sushi while in town for work. The driver also recommended it and said he takes a lot of college students here. Good sushi, fast service (grabbed takeout) and tasted very fresh! I will be back when I am back in town! read more

Roots is straight fire. Everything is delicious, can't not get the pork buns and kimchi when I go.

After reading all the positive reviews about this place I was both excited and suspicious... is it going to live up to the hype? Yes and No. The food is good! Everything we got from apps to the crepes was good. Nothing amazing but good enough that I would come back. The only thing is how large the menu is. Once a menu is so big and so diverse, I feel like its hard to actually be really good at anything you know? For apps we got the tuna avocado roll- Super fresh! We also got Pot stickers & Hargow both which were good. I really liked them both. The underwhelming portion of the night was the meals!! So underwhelmed. Nothing left me overeating, nothing left saying "OMG that was delicious" was it good? yes it was but it wasn't BANGING. Crepes, with Nutella obvi was hit! Ill be back roots! Next time ill try some of those massive noodle soups everyone had. read more

This is a trendy fusion restaurant that has friendly service and a range of dishes. We shared a tuna tartare for appetizer, served with very crisp pita chips. It was a good serving size with fresh tuna, nicely flavored. I ordered the shoyu ramen for my meal, which wasn't quite as flavorful as I was hoping. I also wish there was a larger variety of vegetables in the bowl. The noodles themselves were fantastic, and the portion size was good, but honestly I've had better ramen from Torii (Kanki's noodle bar). The waitress was super friendly and attentive, so I have no complaints about the service. read more

Lunch or or dinner Roots doesn't disappoint. Not a huge menu, but lots of flavor. Yum. Order at the counter and pay, they bring your food to you. Pretty quick. Love the fresh juices, made upon ordering. Love this place. Recommend! read more

Alright food, but not worth the price point in my opinion, especially with the variety of wonderful Asian/Asian fusion restaurants nearby. I bought a pad thai to go and the dish I received was not well seasoned, had very few bean sprouts, did not include a lime nor peanuts. It was just noodles, chicken, and some veggies. Mediocre considering it costs $14.50. read more

I always drove by Roots, but never stepped inside until a few days ago. The restaurant inside is really pretty and when we got there around 7pm on a weeknight, only 1 high table was open to sit at. Soon there was a line out the door! We ordered the Chicken pad thai, vegetarian pho, and the Taiwanese beef noodle soup. The pad thai wasn't very flavorful and was a bit dry which was unfortunate. But the pho and beef noodle soup were so tasty! The short rib beef in the noodle soup was so tender. MM MM! In general their portions are really big, so we couldn't finish it all. Aside from the pad thai, we really enjoyed our meal! read more

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The food was great, and you will see lots of people working there even in the holidays. The restaurant may not be as big as you think, but if you enjoy Asian food, try this one. read more

The food started off decent. The green salad and fresh juice was tasty as was the rock shrimp. Then came the next course..."filet mignon" over greens. This meat was definitely not filet. It was fatty and hard to chew, but I didn't make a fuss. We also tried the sushi...terrible! We sent one sushi roll back because it wasn't as described on the menu, plus it just tasted bad! I wasn't going to write a review but when the bill came and the owner refused to remove the item we sent back because "it's a popular item" I was forced to let y'all know. Definitely not going back! PS. Our waitress was very nice! read more

Fantastic mixed Asian fare at this small little restaurant. Chinese, Japanese and Korean food can be found here. All prepared with a light touch and fresh ingredients. Highly recommended! read more

What a spectacular new restaurant to have in town!! Roots is owned by the owners of Elements Asia--but goodness gracious have they come a long way. Serving traditional foods from Thailand, China, and Japan--Roots is serving up some of the finest flavors in Central New Jersey. I've already been twice (with groups, so I sampled a lot) and I'm a huge fan. You should know that it's a casual affair--a hybrid version of counter service. Order at the counter, and one of their waiters will bring your food out when it's ready (and fill your water glass). The ambience is charming, very sunny bright dining room with muted wood tones. Peaceful and restful. You can get a ton of things here that I can't find anywhere else in the area. Soup Dumplings, ramen, pho (well a few pho places have opened recently), dan dan noodles, etc. Oddly, on weekends they serve crepes for brunch (with asian flavors). I haven't tried those yet. It's TERRIFIC for vegetarians, as many of their items are customizable (so they offer one of 4 different Thai curries with any of 4 different starches with any of several different meats or tofu). They've labeled vegetarian and gluten-free items carefully, which is a big plus. So far, their sushi is some of my favorite in town. I love the Chinese, it's worlds better than almost every other place in the county (other than Szetchuan House in Hamilton). Their Thai is the real revelation though--incredibly flavorful, utterly fresh, and just delightful. This is all true comfort food, but with an elegant flair. The plating is exquisite. Be warned, they bring things out when they are ready--so you might get your main course before your appetizers, or various entrees served at different times. But that seems par for the course for a casual place like this. I can't wait for my next visit! read more

I've been here for lunch probably about 10 times now since I go to school in the area. Every single time the food was fantastic and I keep bringing my friends to try it. They have great vegetarian options for my veg friends and they are on trend with nearly every food hype- juice bar, crepes, dumplings, fusion Asian, and sushi!! Even though it's fusion, they do a good job at keeping things authentic enough, as seen in their pho which is pretty good. I usually only go for lunch though which is seat yourself, because the prices go up a few dollars for dinner time. The place is always packed and the interior is great for cute pictures of food read more

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My gf and I come here every Sunday for crepes and dimsum brunch. We love it. The crepes are excellent.. the portions are good, and the espresso drinks are well done. We also think the dumplings are perfect. We haven't really done dinner yet, so we will update again later. I honestly laughed at some of the negative reviews. This place has been open for a few weeks now and the menu is constantly changing. The owners seem very committed and I am excited to have a nice place to eat just outside of princeton. read more

Roots is one of our favorite places to come for lunch and dinner. We usually get the pho chay or sushi bowls, both are awesome read more

Roots - Asian Fusion Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey