Simply Asia

Fathers day another great experience. BYOB so I don’t break the kids budget and I still get my cocktails. The adults all have wine and my brother has his six pack in their cooler. Enough about saving money the food is delicious we all order and pass the plates Shushi is the best in Frederick and Sam is chatting us up like we’re at home. Love this place give it a try.

I admit, I had low expectations, considering it’s in a small town (yes I know that’s not a nice thing to say!), but damn I was wrong! Excellent sushi, and fresh. Nothing but smiles from the staff, and the prices are reasonable. I’ll be back!

A bit pricey but their food are really good. This is my go to place for a local sushi night. Staff are very friendly.

Simply Asia was a really nice find in Thurmont. The soups were very tasty and creative, and they willingly put extra tofu in my son’s meal. The food came out quickly and it was apparent that the ingredients were fresh. Everything was well done. If you want Asian food (not just Chinese, but also Japanese and Thai, Simply Asia is worth a stop. They also had an extensive sushi selection.

This is the best Asian food in Frederick county. Every dish I’ve had is flavorful, the ingredients are fresh, and the portions are large. The restaurant itself is clean and the service is solid.

Great sushi and great service! The employees, manager, and owner are all very nice. Always a pleasant place to dine in and the delivery service is good as well. I like that they allow you to bring your own wine also.

Very good experience! Reasonable prices and many options. Our waiter was very attentive and the food was delicious! I wish more patrons would wonder in. It’s worth for it for many reasons! They have some Thai, Asian, and Indian options. I had the cashew chicken with spring rolls and mushroom and onion soup. Everything I tried was great even the jasmine tea.

This place is a gem. The food is fresh, hot and seasoned perfectly. The hot and sour soup is mouthwatering and has a nice little kick to it. I’ve had the pad thai and drunken noodles which were both very good. My friend ordered sushi and said it was excellent. I’ll give it a try on my next visit!

Im only giving 2 stars b/​c the employees were very nice & the food was delivered fast. I ordered sweet & sour chicken & I’ve never ate chicken prepared that away, it was like grilled chicken breast, the sweet & sour sauce tasted like vinegar. Also ordered crab rolls which werent very good either. Overall it was way to expensive for all the food we wasted.

Fantastic food and a very courteous staff! Décor was quaintly Asian– very nice atmosphere for a small town eatery! I asked for my Pad Thai to be a tad bit spicier than they normally prepare it, and it came out perfect! (I like a nice punch, but nothing over the top.) It had an awesome number of shrimp also… Not typical, and definitely welcomed! The Tom Yum Goong was a little different than I’m used to, but in a good way. Hard to articulate… It was just obviously cooked with slightly different ingredients than it is traditionally. Definitely worth a visit!

A shining star in a sea of mediocrity! Good food. Good service. Good prices. We return whenever we can from Baltimore.

Impressed with the quality of the food.
Plus, the atmosphere is very nice (especially for a place to go on a date).
Also, my wife and I were pleased with with the courtesy of the staff.
As we were done and leaving, I was disappointed that we weren’t thanked for our business; we were just asked to have a nice evening. Yet, I desire to be appreciated by businesses that we support financially.

Overall, the Simply Asia is great. IMO, they need to change their name to «Some of Asia» because they serve mostly Chinese, Japanese, and Thai cuisines — no Korean, Filipino, Indian cuisines — from what I recall from 1^st grade Asia is not only composed of China, Japan, and Thailand, it’s a BIIIG continent! But anyways this place is still pretty good. They have a good variety of food which include: salad, soup, Thai curry dishes, rice noodles, stir fried dishes, different meats — fish, poultry and meat– and also vegetarian. They also have a pretty extensive sushi/​sashimi menu — considering this is a fusion-​type asian restaurant. Chef’s specials are available for both the sushi and the main menu too.
Let’s go deeper with the service. Because of our server, John, my boyfriend and I had a great experience, a dynamite experience. He was on his feet ready to take our order, to refill our drinks, to ask what else we needed, to hand us the check and to take our payment. He was very friendly, amiable and very much entertaining. Great guy all around. The food, mainly the appetizer, took a little while to come however. We ordered the shumai as soon as we were seated, but it took 10 minutes for it to come out. Not sure if the server or the cook was to blame for that, but that didn’t really matter, John’s service made up for that mishap.
Now to food. When the shumai came out I was a little bit disappointed with the dish. It said on the menu that they were bite size shrimp dumplings. They weren’t kidding about it being bite size — there were 6 little pieces of shumais. They were so «bite size» that I was left hungry after I finished it. For the entrée I had the Singapore rice stick noodle. It was okay, just a little bit overcooked. Lots of flavor, spicy — probably too spicy for non-​spicy eaters — and has lots of onions, both red and green onion (roots/​end of the green onions were in my dish, I don’t think it was supposed to be there, the root has a bitter taste to it — not very delicious). They also need to work on the presentation to make them more appealing and appetizing because as of now, the look does not give justice to the taste. One good thing though, if you are not satisfied with your appetizer, the serving size for the entrées are humongous! HUMONGOUS!!!
The tea. I have to mention the tea! The teapot was user friendly. It had a little plastic covering the glass on the side where you hold the pot (side of the handle), BUT it has no proper insulation. The teapot was cute and all, but it didn’t keep the tea warm. They definitely need a ceramic teapot, a double-​walled teapot or an insulated one. Whichever one would be fantastic! Also, I had some issues with the dinner napkin. It was China silk/​silk charmeuse or some kind of fancy silk. Silk is not very absorbent and I would rather have a less fancier but more absorbent napkin. It’s a fancy looking napkin — good for decorations — but not very effective for wiping off hot sauce of your face. You just end up looking you had a hot sauce facial.

The mango iced tea was delicious and I was very pleased with the general tso’s chicken I ordered. I will definitely be back for another meal soon.

Honestly this place is a hidden gem for the location. Very good food and great service. Honestly its my favorite bistro of all time. I would eat here every day if I could afford it. The only thing keeping it from a 5 star review are the somewhat high prices.

This is a really nice place. You can tell from the décor that it’s really well taken care of. We stopped here on our way from DC to NYC and it felt like some sort of lounge /​place for a small retreat. They have quite a variety of lunch specials, ranging from the typical American Chinese dishes to Bento boxes, and the prices are very reasonable. As a Chinese person, I have to say the wonton and miso soups here are better than most. The sushi and Pad Thai were solid four-​star, and the greens felt really fresh. The chicken in the Bento box and the Szechwan bean curd tofu were too salty for my taste. I suggest that you ask for less soy sauce /​hoisin sauce or whatever black paste it is that they put on. If I’m ever back in this complex, I’d choose this place again.

Love this place! A little pricey but the variety and quality is worthwhile. We order take out every other week.

I eat here about three times a month the sushi is on point there’s always 2 chef special rolls to choose from and a lager list of ones made everyday i think the sushi is cheap compared to Frederick i would recommend this restaurant over the other two in town

We were so hungry after the two boys went snowboarding at Liberty, we could’ve eaten snow… but thank goodness we didn’t. It was pretty dirty. lol We really didn’t feel like eating Asian food since we just ate Thai yesterday, but our stomachs were having conversations of their own… So, we decided to stop at the first restaurant that had people eating in it. I know that sounds weird, but my husband has this thing about not eating at restaurants that are empty with good reason. lol ANYWAY, we are glad we stopped here.
Everything we ordered was great! The Simply Asian salad had mango, candied walnuts, chicken, and an amazing dressing. I normally do not use all my dressing, but tonight was an exception. It was a huge salad and it was just heavenly. My husband ordered General Tso’s chicken and my son ordered Crispy Sesame Beef. They were given the option of white or fried rice. The presentation was surprisingly beautiful– good portions (we had leftovers even though we were so hungry!) and they even added an orchid on the plate! They also provided steamed broccoli as a side. We all shared a spider roll and it was consistent with other restaurants we’ve tried.
The restaurant has a comfortable setting. We saw a group of college students there with cases of beer. Apparently, you can BYOB here… But they were well behaved. We saw couples and families as well. The service was great. Our server, «Henry» was very attentive and constantly refilled our drinks. Our food took a bit of time to arrive, but Henry kept us in the loop. Overall, we thought that this restaurant is worth returning to if we’re ever in the area… and if we are lucky enough not to have been force fed dirty snow from falling violently off Liberty Mountain. lol

Good Pan-​Asian cuisine: fantastic sushi options, Pad Thai as well as a number of curries, reliable Chinese standbys, even a few quality Korean options like Kimchi. WAIT… this is Thurmont, right?
Literally a stone’s throw from US 15 lies one of the best Pan-​Asian places I’ve ever been to outside of some fancy New York City restaurant. As a college student, I would often order out from this place because other Chinese places only had really greasy food. Their Chinese foods are good and pass my «Orange Chicken Test» (Is the orange chicken bad? Would you order it again? — this usually sets the bar for the other Chinese entrees).
Dining in is a surprisingly pleasant experience. The staff is friendly and service is prompt. They changed hands sometime in early 2010; they’re still dependable, and even added some Korean foods — Visiting the area on a hot Spring day, a plate of crisp, cool Kimchi hit the spot. Pad Thai is delicious and peanut-​y. I’ve gone with a few vegetarians and they’ve always been accommodated with all the options, no fussiness at all!
Seriously, this the the place for East Asian cuisine. If you’re north of Frederick or in the Emmitsburg, area, drop in (or have food delivered from!) Simply Asia.