Nice Day Chinese Takeout

Chinese restaurant · Greenwich Village

Nice Day Chinese Takeout

Chinese restaurant · Greenwich Village

190 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012

Highlights

Casual restaurant with limited seating serving a menu of Asian standards with an American twist.

190 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012 Get directions

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@eater

"Chinese-American spot Nice Day has teamed up with Flatiron's Cutlet Sandwich Co. on a new General Tso's Chicken sandwich." - Tanay Warerkar

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@bonappetit

"The folks at Nice Day—a new Chinese American pop-up by Junzi Kitchen, which has been running out of its Bleecker Street location since August—handled this conundrum expertly. In addition to my very unsubtle pleas for mapo tofu, kung pao chicken, and beef chow mein (“Ha ha, oh, truly, whatever you recommend though!”), they added a surprise to my ticket: shake shake shrimp, a.k.a. an excellent take on the Chinese American classic orange shrimp. Executive chef Lucas Sin’s goal is for the restaurant to carry on the legacies and techniques—like velveting and egg drop—developed by Chinese people living and cooking in the United States for over 150 years. In his mind, that is authentic. “It’s just authentic to a community and to a culture that isn’t in China itself,” he says. “Our job, opening a restaurant like this, is to stay faithful to our understanding of this regional cuisine.” While conceived before the pandemic, Nice Day is certainly a child of our current crisis. According to Sin, many of the Chinese takeout joints across the U.S. lost business not just because of COVID-19 closures but because of the associated anti-Asian and anti-Chinese sentiments. Combine this with a wave of Chinese restaurant owners retiring and you have another crisis on your hands—a whole cuisine in mass decline. Sin hopes to “double-down” on making and serving Chinese American food “the way it’s supposed to be.” To the chef, that means a menu full of fresh takes on old favorites, perfected for this new era of takeout and delivery." - ByAli Francis

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@eater

"Nice Day is a new pop-up restaurant by Junzi Kitchen, focusing on American-Chinese classics like General Tso’s chicken, beef and broccoli, and inventive takes on old favorites like shake shake shrimp. It is open for delivery and takeout, serving as a model for Junzi Kitchen's effort to modernize Chinese takeout restaurants." - Tanay Warerkar

Junzi Kitchen Debuts American-Chinese Restaurant Nice Day in Greenwich Village - Eater NY

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Pia de Jesus

Google

Amazing food! Everything was so good - from appetizers to dessert. We ordered A LOT for 8 people, but it still came out to just $20 per person, including a box of leftovers to take home. Initially surprised about the very few bad reviews about this place coz flavors were on point, but it figures - they're from a bunch of Karens and Kevins lol. Nice Day isn't a place to go for someone with a bland palate, but if you're adventurous on food, then go for it. Best ones I tasted were the cheeseburger rolls - quite oily and sinful but so worth it 😂, chicken teriyaki - I could eat two servings of this, and the string beans - NOT the healthiest as it's fried with pork, but still so good to balance out all the rich flavors. Of course everything should be eaten with rice! My favorite was the dessert, the peanut butter and coco jam French toast. So rich and unique, nothing I've ever tasted before. Heard it's also going to be phased out soon so go get it!!

A Google User

Google

I'm disappointed. I don't know if I ordered at a busy period or an off day but overall food is meh at best. The rice was gluey. It was legitimately mush and you couldn't make out a grain of rice. Panda Express manages to cook their rice well so I don't know why Nice Day can't. Second is the flavor. I'd say mostly meh is the overarching flavor. It's okay if you're hungry but disappointing considering how they market themselves as some sort of modern retelling of Chinese American food. Mapo tofu tasted like something you'd get out of a pre-made lee kum kee sauce pack with added peppercorn and thickened with corn starch with scallions thrown in. Is it terrible? No. But it's just okay. It has some spice and some flavor but why would you want to order a dish that has "some flavor"? The gluey rice that accompanied it certainly didn't help. Mapo tofu is supposed to be a great "xia4 fan4" dish. I don't think the one I got accomplished that. The vegetable chow mein was okay. What I got was very heavy handed on the dark soy sauce. Felt like it needed extra light soy sauce to balance it out otherwise some bites tasted under seasoned. I know dark soy is supposed to be the main flavor but it's not supposed to be the only flavor. The one saving grace is a poor employee who was trying to make the best while swamped but managed to still give decent customer service. Also a heads up on the portion sizes. The mapo tofu and the chow mein noodles both came in the black circular take out tubs. But they honestly could've been put into those small white rice containers that typically come on the side of the meals and it would've fit. I have pic that shows that. So if you're ordering to share, you might have to order more. I can't vouch for the dishes that have large sizes

Saveur Spot

Google

The lo mein with char siu pork had the ‘wok hay’, veggies were fresh and tasted less salty; a bit different from its counterparts from restaurants in Chinatown. The serving size was generous for $12.99.

Ana West

Google

Great meal and amazing service! Andrew was super helpful and friendly. Food was delicious and fresh ingredients.

Gillian Flood

Google

So good! The sesame chicken hit the spot and was just what I wanted. Super convenient and fast pickup too! Can’t wait to go back and order again.

Sasha Gzirian

Google

Cute space and new menu is fire. Still dreaming of their pb & coco jam french toast

Andrés Saldías

Google

Went with my wife on 11/5, first time visiting. After eating our order we were fascinated by how uneven was the quality of the meals. Very bland fried rice, flavors were too subtle, would be best if offered as a side, maybe not even that. Good cheeseburger egg rolls, would be better with some more cheese, but otherwise with the amount of meat they have they didn't feel too heavy which was remarkable. Extraordinary ribs and creative, flavorful, general TSO sandwich. Both of those items are an utter triumph, deserving of another visit. If I were to consider the whole experience I would score it a four because that fried rice doesn't deserve to be in the same menu as the other items, but the ribs and the sandwich are so so good that they outshine the unevenness. Stick to your own creations, chef! They are really really good!

Ryan Taggarse

Google

Nice Day is awesome!! The food was delicious, the service was efficient, and the ambiance was perfect. I went with a few friends, and we ended up spending way longer than intended, crowded around a table eating far more food than we planned to. The menu is creative, and the classic carry out items they featured were the tastiest iterations that I have tried since moving to NYC. They feature Chinese American food in its own right, with inventions on their menu that highlight the uniqueness and depth of cuisine that too often passes as a late-night afterthought. Nice Day definitely has the right chef, and I’ll 100% be chomping my way through the rest of their menu in the coming months.