Asura Asian Bistro

I found this Asian fusion restaurant when I was looking to try new places in Manhattan and I love it here. The Asian fusion restaurant menu consists of a wide selection of Chinese, Thai, Japanese dishes so you have alot of choices to get. I ordered the Malaysian Chow Fun and my mom got hibachi chicken. The food are delicious. My Malaysian chow fun I ordered is very delicious and tasty, its flat rice noodles with beef. The place is pretty nice and love interior design. It’s a good restaurant to go with groups, too. The only thing is that they don’t have a cell service inside but it’s alright since you’re with your friends and eating together and also enjoying each other. Definitely coming back here again

Excellent! Had the spring rolls, wonton soup, General Tso, s chicken, and beef fried rice. All surpassed expectations!

Much better than your typical Asian fusion restaurants. Some great tasting new ideas too.
Reasonably priced.
Nice efficient staff.
Quick service and very flexible and accommodating with any food requests.

If you Love General Tso, this is the place to go!!! YUM. Try the Whiskey Passion Fizz (Strong) & B1G1 on Happy Hour $ 10

Love coming here for their happy hour specials. It has become our go-​to place for me and my roommates whenever we want to grab dinner/​drinks.
Asura is an Asian fusion restaurant and the menu consists of a wide selection of Chinese, Thai, Japanese dishes. Our group usually orders a couple of different things and share.
The cocktails here are great! Happy hour is 4−8pm at the bar and dine-​in — and cocktails are buy one get one free — which comes out to $ 5 per drink. I recommend the lychee martini and sangria here! The bartender can adjust the sweetness for you if you don’t like your drinks being too sweet — just tell your server!
During happy hour, they also have buy one get one 50% off on all the special and house special rolls — which is a good deal! I’ve enjoyed their sushi here every time. We’ve sampled the Manhattan Roll, Rainbow Row, Asura Roll, and all of them are delicious and beautifully presented. For food, I’ve had their Beef with Spicy Green Chili Pepper dish, Pad Thai, Tom Yum soup dishes we are all pretty good.
You can make reservations in advance, although there is not usually a wait on weekdays. Great place to catch up with friends over food and drinks!

Happy hour is 4 – 8 and it’s not just at the bar. It’s BOGO 50% off the special and house special rolls, $ 2 off beer and wine (not a very good selection), and BOGO free cocktails, which comes out to about $ 5 each.
The cocktails are great! I’m normally not a huge fan because they’re usually overly sweet but Asura makes it right — strong! Plus, they come in these huge glasses.
Onto the food. My friend and I decided to order some sushi and a noodle dish to share, since we were craving sushi but also wanted to try something else.
We ordered the Manhattan roll (shrimp tempura and cucumber, topped with spicy crunchy tuna, masago, spicy mayo, and eel sauce), the Sakana roll (yellowtail and avocado, topped with tuna and salmon), and the Malaysian Chow Fun (flat rice noodles with bean sprouts, eggs and chilli paste). The Manhattan roll was just okay but it might be because I’m not a huge fan of tempura. The Sakana roll was very good. The fish tasted fresh and there was a good amount in there. The Malaysian chow fun wasn’t the best I’ve had, but I wasn’t expecting it to be. It was actually pretty good for an «Asian fusion» place.
Asura has been on my Unilocal list for a while so I’m just sad that I didn’t try it out sooner. I’ll definitely be back for some more cocktails and sushi!

Crowded, but heh, it was a friday night with a buy one get one free happy hour. The food was delicious and the drinks were the good kind where you want to personally tip the bartender. My only issue was with the waiters. It took a while to be waited on, than when we hailed down a server, she informed us that she wasn’t our waitress, but than 10 minutes later came back and took our drink order… Than we got another waitress during the meal. It was all very confusing. They only have one restroom and it got clogged.
Yea… go for the food, go somewhere else for a restroom

Ummm, YES PLEASE! I’m deeply saddened that I’ve just discovered this place after working across the street for over a year. I’ve seen the sign outside, but thought it might be too pretentious for a leisure afternoon lunch break. Asura is perf! They have lunch specials for dirt cheap! I had the curry noodles with chicken. HUGE plate… only $ 8.95. Ummm, STEAL! The service wasn’t 100%, but the food was delicious and affordable, so I didn’t mind the waitresses with the attitude or my empty glass of water. LOL. This is going to be my new lunch spot. I didn’t get any cell service in the back and it’s the perfect escape from work madness.

the 4 stars people have rated this place is a joke. the service staff is clueless and the food is below average… even by bad (but good) chinese/​japanese standards. I came here because i figured, it’s gonna be AT LEAST «ok». Wrong!

I was looking a great Chinese food take out restaurant in my neighborhood and was fortunate enough to come across this lovely gem. I’ve tried so many other places and this one gets the prize. They don’t skimp on any broccoli in their general tsos chicken and their pork fried rice has chunks of pork in it. Yum…
This place is serious about their Chinese Food. I will be ordering here from now on!

I normally don’t base reviews on both food and service, but this place was a mess all around.
I came here with my friend for dinner on Friday night. I figured it would be busy and it was. We were seated quickly. There clearly weren’t enough people working — everyone was running around like chickens without heads.
It took a good 10 minutes before someone saw us looking around for a waiter. We got our salads quickly. Different waitresses and waiters each time. They forgot our drinks ($ 10 for 2) so I had to ask.
I got my pad Thai (chicken) about 2 minutes after they gave me the salad. So the table was packed with plates.
The drinks —
My friend and I tried each of our drinks. They were really nice looking but were disgusting. The liquor was so cheap I we had a hard time finishing them! That means a lot coming from gals who drank natty, vlad & franzia in college.
Pad Thai — tasted decent. But the noodles were all really stuck together? In huge clumps? The mini salad was fine.
They removed our plates as we continued to drink our drinks. Didn’t ask if we wanted anything else or another drink, just put the check down immediately.
It was about $ 15 each. Before we even looked at the check another waitress went to take it away again? Everyone was a mess and working every table.
We had to explain that we were splitting it and one card required one total, the other another total. The waitress just walked away after we explained… without our cards. We had to explain it to yet another waitress.
Bathroom. One bathroom for everyone in the back near some kind of drinks section? Naturally there was a line. The rude waitress hot tea from behind us and was yelling «watch out!!!» Like it was our fault that we were back there.
This place is a mess. Get a new waitstaff.
I won’t be back.

Awesome place! I brought my Denver friends here for the authentic Chinese, Japanese, and Thai food. The service is super nice! They can speak fluent English and Chinese. The day I went also had evening happy hour: buy 1 drink and the next one will be 50% off. Also buy 1 set of hand rolls will win another 8 pieces for free!
The food looks fabulous and taste extremely good. We ordered three noodles and also got three free salad. The waitress also helped take a photo for us.
Very cozy place for any type of meeting and bonding. Definitely will go there again.

I went here with my family before a show. The place is very small, so we were seated in an enclosed patio, which gets chilly. No ambiance, not very pretty.
The service got better, when we kept asking, repeatedly, for water or forks, etc. they kept asking after that if we were doing ok.
The food came out cold, so we sent everything back, only to be reheated in a microwave. I guess everything is prepared ahead of time, not freshly cooked. The sushi was good, and everything else was ok. I would never go back!

Great cute little sushi place with the best lunch prices in the area for some super delicious sushi. I recommend the eel and shrimp rolls! The chicken lo mein was also just the right amount of spices.

Excellent 2 or 3 roll lunch special which comes with a soup or salad. The prices are really good for midtown! The roll quality is ALWAYS fresh. The people are super friendly and takeout orders are handled reasonably quickly. I really want to come here and stay for lunch one day — I always get take out but am intrigued by the ambiance.
If you’re in the food abyss that is Midtown and need great sushi at a great price — this is your spot!

This is my go-​to spot for Japanese food around the Penn Station area, as all other sushi spots are garbejo. The restaurant may be difficult to spot, so widen up your eyes when searching. Squeeze yourself pass the outdoor seating and you’ll find yourself by the narrow bar area. Walk a bit further to the podium and request from the friendly staff a seat by the dining area.
I have dined in and ordered take-​out numerous times from Asura, ranging from 2 or 3 makis from their lunch specials to sashimi/​chicken/​beef bento boxes and salmon/​unagi dons. Everything’s been made to my liking and more importantly, fresh. They also offer brown rice, which I highly prefer over white.
Moreover, I witnessed Lindsay Lohan dining here with her huge sunglasses on, the same time she was doing community service in Brooklyn, allegedly. They’ve gotta serve decent Japanese food for a celebrity to dine here, no? See for yourself!

If you are looking for a great place to eat near Penn Station, yet you do not want to be amongst the big crowds of get trapped into paying tourist prices, then Asura is definitely the place to go. Though I have ordered entrees in the past, I particularly like coming to Asura for their appetizers. Prices for appetizers range between $ 5 and $ 10. My favorites are the pork belly bun, crab Rangoon, vegetable gyoza and the rock shrimp tempura.
*Tip: If you ask, instead of pork belly buns you can get them with chicken! This is not on the menu, but they will do them for you and they taste pretty good with their spicy mayo.
It does not stop at the food though! The drinks here are well thought out in that they complement the food on the menu. During happy hour, drinks are 2 for the price of 1, which is pretty good seeing as though these drinks are far from watered down. All in all, Asura is one place I definitely recommend you visit with a friend to catch up on each other’s lives and enjoy good cuisine while doing so!

I’m prefacing this review that I did a delivery order for me and coworkers, so what I review is solely based on delivery.
Ordering was easy through Unilocal’s EAT24 app, but Asura has a really, really long menu so it can be hard to find the one entrée you’re looking for because they offer Japanese, Thai and Chinese. Aside from that, I wish they’d call to confirm your order and let you know how long it would take. More so how long it would take.
Green Curry Chicken: This didn’t have much of a curry sauce to it. Like, it was as if they sauteed a few spoonfuls of green curry sauce with the vegetables and chicken. The portion for dinner was really generous, but left much to be desired with flavor.
They do a great job of packing everything. Careful with the soups, they get really hot.
I probably wouldn’t order delivery from Asura again despite its convenience. Maybe the food served in the restaurant is better, but I wouldn’t get the curry again.

Apenas para quem está com muita fome mesmo… Simples. Para quem quer comer tipo happy hour!

An awesome place to go near Penn Station and Midtown. I was in town for the weekend from San Diego, Ca and my group wanted sushi and great drinks. I found this place on Unilocal and was not let down.
Speciality cocktails were awesome! Very tasty and not too sugary. Had a great amount of alcohol in then too. My favorites were the Lychitini and Strawberry Vodka Drink (forget exact name).
Food was great. We had a few appetizers and shared a bunch of rolls. I loved The Manhattan Roll and the Peppered Spicy Tuna Roll. The pricing was perfect and not overpriced.
The service was excellent! Cindy (the owner) was so awesome and sweet! She was our server and very involved with our table. It was a friends birthday and at the end of dinner she brought over a delicious green tea dessert of some sort and had everyone sing Happy Birthday! They stayed open late for us to make sure we could enjoy our dinner and final drinks! Thank you Cindy!
This is an awesome place for groups and I would recommend checking it out if you are around the area!

Went here on a 2^nd Tinder date, and what we lacked in romantic chemistry I made up for in my selection of places with well priced and well made booze selections (her sentiments, not mine… though I do wholly concur).
It was a Friday dusk (???) after work, and libations and some bites were in order. A friend had mentioned this place, as it had a very «sloppy» happy hour… and while that particular descriptor may not ring as a positive, it had me salivating at the prospect.
After work hours equals happy hour hours, and thanks to summer Fridays, we both got out early enough to enjoy a little bit of intimacy as we began ordering. Buy one get one free drink deals and buy one get one half off sushi roll deals?! Good call on the spot.
The food was tasty, as she got a lobster roll (goddammit) and I opted for the dragon roll (not made with real dragon). The sushi went down well with the drink selection, we each got 3, with the spectrum being bookended with a raspberry gin concoction (best)… and a strawberry vodka libation (worst).
While this Tinder fling was short lived, Asura’s spot on my personal list of happy hour locations is guaranteed for the long haul (I’m loyal to those that deliver, unlike some… not talking about Tinder either).

Ein ganz gutes, günstiges asiatisches Lokal (mit Service; gibt’s nämlich oft nur in Buffet-​Form).
Die Zutaten sind frisch und die Gerichte haben nicht so einen Einheitsgeschmack.
Man kann hier sogar draußen sitzen, was in den USA selten gemütlich bedeutet (hier direkt an der Nebenstraße und des Haupteingangs des Wynham-​Hotels).
Rauchen is’ in den USA sowieso nich (auch auf Freischankflächen, so will es das Land der Unabhängigkeit und Freiheit), man muss dann von der Terrasse aufstehen und auf den benachbarten Gehweg gehen (wo übrigens auch die Hunde angeleint sein müssen, während Herrchen/​Frauchen im Lokal verweilt — absolut irre!)