Grandma's Home 外婆家

Chinese restaurant · Flatiron District

Grandma's Home 外婆家

Chinese restaurant · Flatiron District

56 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10010

Highlights

Hangzhou-style Chinese dishes, known for soup dumplings and pork belly

56 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10010 Get directions

grandmashome.us

@grandmashomeus

$50–100 · Menu

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The Best Restaurants in Flatiron and Gramercy | Eater NY

"This is the first branch of a Chinese chain of over 200 restaurants serving the food of Hangzhou, southwest of Shanghai. The decor is sumptuous, featuring modern art and ancient pottery, and sure there are great soup dumplings in the usual permutations. But why not also try the long-simmered peppercorn beef in a lively and incendiary yellow gravy, the scallion oil noodles, or the braised pork belly served with steamed bao instead of rice." - Melissa McCart

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Best Lunar New Year Food at New York Restaurants | Eater NY

"The New York location of the China-based restaurant chain focused on the Hangzhou region is offering a bunch of Lunar New Year specials for the holiday. First, there are a la carte dishes such as the Fortune Seeker’s Pot full of prawns, dumplings, pork belly, pork skin, cabbage, winter bamboo, bean curd knots, and Chinese celtuce; the Jade Treasure Box with spinach tofu and mushrooms; and more. There’s also a coursed meal available for $68, including soy-glazed crispy fish, lobster with sticky rice, and xiao long bai. Everything is available from Saturday, January 25 through Sunday, February 2." - Nadia Chaudhury

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The Best Soup Dumplings in NYC | Eater NY

"The food at this Chinese chain originates in the provincial capital of Hangzhou, 100 miles southwest of Shanghai. The soup dumplings are very elegantly presented, and show a few differences from the ones you might be familiar with: smaller, taller, and presented with a pale vinegar laced with shredded ginger." - Robert Sietsema

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Nilima Shet

Google

Service was excellent and the mocktail options are great! We tried a few things - the pork buns (highly recommend, the crispy base is delightful), crispy stuffed tofu skin (could have been crispier), the kung pao shrimp (the peppercorn does get to you at a point), pork belly (the soy-laden tofu is great in this), scallion oil noodles (so simple, yet so good), and luffa with dried shrimp (the broth was excellent). There's so much more to the menu we didn't try and didn't even try dessert! As far as setting, the restaurant wasn't too loud and granted, we were there on a Sunday evening on the earlier side so while there was plenty of space, it did start to fill up around the time we left (8ish). Would definitely check it out if you're in the area.

Francisco Arguedas

Google

I used to live in Hangzhou, and this restaurant was one of my favorites. Not only was it affordable, but the food was delicious and the portions were generous. The New York City version has an incredible location, but the menu is quite limited, and the prices are quite high. Despite these drawbacks, I still believe it’s a good option to try while you’re in the city.

Travelicious_d

Google

Traditional hangzhou food. This was out first time having this type of food. We got the kung pao shrimp which we tried at a bunch of other type of Chinese food places but this one had a strong peppercorn kick that made our mouth go numb. I hear this is normal with the traditional type . So some may enjoy it. I tried the lotus root which my first time having that and I enjoyed it . The sesame balls and mocktail drinks were great!

Albert K

Google

Good Chinese food. Tasted very clean and aesthetically pleasing. - enjoyed the appetizers, especially the Baos that were crispy on the bottom but soft on the top. Pass on the soup dumpling XLBs as there are better - the chicken in broth was excellent and mixed very well with rice - loved the mapo tofu, green beans, and spicy fried chicken - dessert all of them were good. I enjoyed the hot sesame balls the most Overall excellent Chinese food in flat iron. Service was good although the servers seemed newer in profession.

Benjamín Oviedo

Google

Such an incredible place! It was 4 of us and we had an incredible time eating there! We spent about 110 dollars including tip for 5 plates and it was perfect to share! We recommend the seafood fried rice and the eggplant! 10000% would come back!

Natalie

Google

The BEST crispy, spicy, garlic eggplant!! Their little twist on this classic dish is delicious and so special! Pan fried pork buns are super fluffy and the you tiao shrimp (fried dough around shrimp paste) is also super tasty. Service is a little slow but the restaurant interior is gorgeous too!

Josephine Lee

Google

There are two types of Chinese restaurants: 1) Chinese restaurants for Chinese people 2) Chinese restaurants for everyone else Grandma's Home falls square in Camp 2 and apologetically so. But that's not always a bad thing. Where they lack the 500+ dishes, low prices and surly uncle cooking everything fresh in a giant wok while dangling a cigarette from his mouth, they make up for gorgeously modern decor, friendly staff with no language barrier, and an inventive menu that adds a slight Western twist to many Chinese regional favorites. The Best: - Chili Pepper Chicken: Infused with authentic mala tingliness and all the veg trappings you could want - Stir-fried String Bean: A classic done right with pickled mustard greens and minced beef. So good, we got this twice! - Hong Shao Rou: Perfectly braised pork belly with perfectly steamed buns. The prices might make my mom wince, but the flavors would make her smile - Salt & Pepper Soft Shell Crab: Crispy, crunchy, savory fun The Filler: - Crispy Eggplant & Blistered Peppers: Well cooked but a bit too sweet for me - Seafood Fried Rice - with shrimp and scallops: Not bad but drier than I'd like The Skippable: - Soy Glazed Crispy Fish: Small, bony, forgettable - Tofu Skin Rolls: An easily shareable app but rather bland - Crispy Skin Chicken: A good idea in theory, but under-seasoned and as vanilla as Taylor Swift's concert special I came with a large group of friends, so we ate our hearts out without breaking the bank. And that's how Chinese restaurants like Grandma's Home are best enjoyed: with loved ones who can share the umami--and the costs.

Google

Everything was very clean and new, and the food was pretty good. I appreciated how much seafood was in the noodles, while mapo tofu is hard to get wrong :) The cocktails are okay, not sure if they were worth getting except maybe the matcha one.