Urban Hawker

As a singaporean, I would said the food is quite authentic. The prawn noodle that I have is the same taste as what you have in Singapore but at a much steeper price point but given that I was given generous amount of spare ribs and 2 giant prawn and the locations. I would said it's quite value for money. The milo was sweet and taste great. It was about 80% full on a sat night with queues but there are still seats available

I’ve recently gone to Urban Hawker for the sake of trying it out, I had seen numerous positive reviews and I wanted to see if Urban Hawker was truly as good as people had said. I couldn’t have been more pleasantly surprised. If you are looking for hearty, delicious, comfort food, this is the place to go. They have a vast selection of many different food stalls you can choose from. Most items are relatively cheap usually $10 to 25$ each per dish. In Urban Hawker, you can choose from many authentic Singaporean Malaysian Indonesian, and Philippines food stalls. Below I’ve attached pictures of all the food stalls I’ve visited as well as how the venue itself looks. My favorite dish has got to be the Chicken Curry Noodles from Daisy’s Dream. This dish has a thick soup/curry base with tender chicken on top. They had also added a slice of pineapple to give it additional sweetness. After I finished my main entree I ended it off with a slice of cake from Lady Wong. Lady Wong is an absolute must-try. They sell cakes and desserts identical to those of Lady M in both taste and texture they are remarkably similar. However, Lady Wong is only a fraction of the price. If you do not know what Lady M is, they are a very expensive desert place. My experience at Urban Hawker was wonderful and i 100% believe this is a must-try for all those seeking some fantastic Asian food. My only complaint is that at around 12-2 Urban Hawker gets extremely busy just from people coming in for lunch. I recommend you either come in at about 4pm-5pm for an early dinner, or 7-8pm for a late dinner. All stores and restaurants should still be open by that time.

We were coming back into NYC after a couple days of skiing up north so we decided to go to Urban Hawker since we didn’t have reservations anywhere and had seen some good posts about the place. There are many Singaporean and Malaysian restaurants. As soon as we walked in, my husband knew what he wanted - the Hainanese Chicken from Hainan Jones. My son and I walked around several times before choosing our dishes. Most dishes were between $16-25. It was pretty crowded when we got there so almost everywhere had a line and it was pretty difficult to find a table and chairs to sit to eat. I did try to order a soft shell crab plate but was told the didn’t have crab. So I ended up getting the Nyonya Laksa from Daisy’s Dream. My son saw the sign for The Best Fish and Chips in NY so he ordered the Hainanese Fish and Chips from Smokin Joe. All 3 dishes were very good. The fish and chips was by far my favorite. If we were ever back in NY, I would definitely stop back in. The restrooms were located downstairs. They were filthy and there are not enough stalls.

Amazing food hall featuring Singapore flavors from various cuisines. I wish I remember where I got the noodle dish with curry chicken sauce but please check this place out. It has variety of seating and vendors to choose from. Each food may cost around $20 but I think it is worth it when craving this cuisine. Restrooms are also available.

My wife read about this amazing Singaporean style food hall that is, supposedly, the first of its kind in the US. My daughter wanted to go because of the Singaporean food hall that made up one of the scenes in the film Crazy Rich Asians. We enjoyed it, very clean, LOTS of great food choices, very enthusiastic owners, managers and staff at both the food court and the individual providers---and---which, is important to me, an attempt at providing full recycling and composting, separating paper, plastics, food scraps and trash. Now, a lot of New Yorkers are not patient enough to do it but it is a great start and hopefully the Urban Hawker management will figure out a way (it may take biting the bullet and having some staffers standing at the barrels) to educated the customers. Great place!

Urban Hawker is a cafeteria-style open-layout eatery with a number of different stalls selling specialized Asian cuisines. The overall theme of the center is "Singaporean / Malay", with stalls selling chicken rice, fried rice, prata, kopi, noodles, and more. I tried the white beehoon and a few nibbles of my friend's prawn noodles, both of which were great. We finished off with a few slices of Singaporean style pandan cake from Lady Wong, which were also nice. Entrée prices of most stalls seemed to be in the $16-20 range. It seemed like the seating areas were not huge so I wonder how easy finding a seat is during peak times.