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Korean restaurant offering a casual take on refined Asian fusion cuisine. Franchia Decor is traditional Korean architecture that contrasts with elements of modernism. Dishes may include spicy duck salad, ramen with tonkatsu, sizzling bulgogi plate, and a large selection of sushi. Sister-restaurant to the venerable Hangawi vegan restaurant. Open Mon-Thu 12:00pm-9:00pm, Fri-Sat 12:00pm-9:30pm, Sun 12:00pm-9:00pm.
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12 Park Ave (at Midtown Manhattan), New York City, New York, USA, 10016
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Featured Review
CelianRaimbault
Points +220
Best Vegan Restaurant! - Edit
One of the best vegan restaurant I tried so far! Both the presentation and the taste were amazing. I strongly recommend
Read morePros: Taste, Presentation, Originality
INTJ_mara
I loooove Franchia. What’s the dish in the first pic?
Read moreLidekouRashikpkps
Nice dishes
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342 Reviews
First Review by Poundie
tommylane
Points +28
Tasty - Edit
Delicious Stone Bowl. A little pricy, but I'll go occasionally.
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Alysoun Mahoney
Points +931
My favorite New York City vegan restaurant - Edit
My husband and I spend a lot of time in New York City - and Franchia is our favorite vegan restaurant there. The menu is extensive, and everything we've had is at least good if not excellent or outstanding. Our favorites are the Peking Buns, Spicy Ramen Noodles in Miso Soup, and various Bibimbap dishes. They have a nice menu of wines and teas, too. Like most places in midtown Manhattan, it is medium-priced and medium-fancy. Service is reliably efficient and friendly. We eat there many times each year.
Read morePros: Excellent food, Great wines and teas, Great service
Cons: None!
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MJ001
Points +36
Great food and great service - Edit
I went to Franchia on a date night with my partner and we both loved it! We tried the mixed plate of dumplings the Peking buns and a California roll to start. The Cali roll was good but not great. The other starters were so flavourful and 100% would recommend.
Read moreI had the Bibimbap, not really knowing what it was very happy with it.
We also had cocktails and desert and both were great.
The best thing about this place was the service, we had a few different servers and they were all so warm and friendly and genuinely seemed happy to be there.
Pros: Friendly service, Flavourful food, Nice atmosphere
Cons: slightly pricey (but I would go again!)
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reneeareneea
Points +16
wonderful!! - Edit
visited here on holiday in New York, ate where when ever I could even twice in one day, my non vegan family also enjoyed it. great service, high quality food, amazing atmosphere,
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Brok O. Lee
Points +3430
Superb! - Edit
Great location in Murray Hill on Park Avenue near 34th Street shopping. Has a very dark intimate and subdued atmosphere. Nice lunch special menu with many options for $12; however, I had the Vegan Lunchbox which includes 2 appetizers. Everything was fresh and amazingly delicious. I can't wait to go back!
Read morePros: All vegan, fantastic food, great service
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InkedHippie
Points +20
best restaurant ever - Edit
I moved away from the city and Franchia is what I miss the most. Best vegan Asian fusion food EVER. It's pricey but worth every penny
Read moreCons: $$$$
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tauberl
Points +472
delicious and so many options! - Edit
Franchia was great, I'm so glad we were able to eat there! The menu is huge and has a lot of variety; we ended up going with a few tapas/appetizers, a sushi roll, and one entree to share, plus a delicious greet tea "icee" type drink with whipped cream on top- yum! Everything was great and very reasonably priced; my only regret is that we couldn't try more! This would definitely be a place I'd come back to on a return trip. The wait staff was also super nice and efficient, and it has a lovely ambiance- definitely give it a try if you're in the area!!
Read morePros: Big menu, delicious food, friendly staff
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morocco
Points +36
AWESOME - Edit
Vegan scallops and kimchi dumplings, all for about $12 in the city, no complaints. Beautiful atmosphere, absolutely delicious food, gorgeous plating and courteous staff. Would go back any chance I get!
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VeggieTeen
Points +49
Delicious! - Edit
Very good food! Ordered the Avocado Bibimbap & having never had the dish before (or even knowing exactly what it was), I was wonderfully surprised. There were a lot of options & I admire the creativity that went into thinking them up. The set-up of the place is eccentric, but works nicely nonetheless.
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Hw123
Points +23
My favorite vegan restaurant! - Edit
Of all of the amazing vegan restaurants in NYC, this is my FAVORITE! My husband and I come here once a month.
Read moreSome of my favorites:
From the tapas menu: lobster balls, caviar rolls, crab cakes
Mains: avacado bimbimbop, and ramen
Rolls: spicy tuna and spicy chicken
Desserts: blueberry cake with almond ice cream
Yum!!!
Pros: Delicious food, Reasonable prices, Nice ambience
Cons: Not enough locations, open more please
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Oscar M
Points +199
Highly recommended - Edit
Spicy kimchi dumplings and a delicious sizzling avocado stone bowl were the perfect match for a lunch break after visiting midtown. Relaxing atmosphere and great korean food in this vegan cafe. We loved it.
Read morePros: Great food, Relaxing atmosphere
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Dantich79
Points +24
Amazing!! - Edit
The food was amazing, it was so hard to narrow down the selection. The dumplings and buns are incredible! All of the bibimbap was incredible! We ate here twice in a 4 day trip it was so good!!
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Saramste
Points +327
Good Food - Edit
We really enjoyed this location! I would only note that "Cafe" gives me the impression that it is a bit more casual environment than it actually was. We went there one evening with our baby to enjoy dinner - the lights were dim, and a lot of folks were having "romantic" dinners together. Not a complaint, but again, I didn't know what to expect when we arrived. The food was great. We tried a rice dish and a noodle dish. Overall, it was a good experience.
Read morePros: Good Food, Nice Atmosphere
Cons: A bit pricey
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slo0go
Points +2476
Korean Food! - Edit
This place has lots of choices, which I love. They have Korean teas, bibimbaps and stone bowls, and lovely cocktails. I am a huge fan of the tofu avocado stone bowl, which is a hot bibimbap that makes the rice hot and crispy. The avocado makes the dish creamy. The date paste tea is lovely. If you're up for it, try the prefixes. A little pricey, but worth it.
Read moreTheir sister restaurant, Hangawi, is not far away.
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steveveg
Points +3196
Delightful dinner - Edit
We had a very nice dinner here. We had the Leek pancakes as appetizer - very good. For entrees we had a mushroom sizzler (big portion), a soy chicken sizzler, spicy noodles and a seitan chicken stone bowl. We enjoyed them all, but would have preferred mushrooms less salty. For dessert we had the black forest cake a very solid coy cheese cake. Service was excellent. The multilevel space was pleasant. Note that the gluten free items are more expensive than the regular menu.
Read morePros: fine choice, excellent service
Cons: gluten free more expensive
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Vegparty
Points +113
Can't Wait to Go Back - Edit
Delicious and relaxing from start to finish. Fun teas selection and restoratives. Great cheesecake.
Read morePros: Beautiful decor, Fresh , Great service
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HealthyRoadWarrior
Points +27
Awesome meal + celebrity sighting - Edit
This is my second time eating at Franchia, and what a treat. On Park Avenue just south of Grand Central, I love its laid back vibe and varied menu options.
Read moreI went for the kale and tofu dumplings, and spicy franchia noodles (delicate pumpkin noodles and veggies). Attentive and non-intrusive service, sublime flavors and a reasonable bill ($26) at the end.
Oh yeah...and Richard Gere was sitting at the next table. How bad could this place be?!
Pros: Sublime food, Attentive service, Laid back vibe
Cons: N/A
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kristinivarsson
Points +93
Wonderful food and ambience! - Edit
This cosy place has really nice food. I had the dumplings and they were excellent.
Read morePros: Cosy, Great food, Excellent service
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Miru
Points +194
Quite Nice - Edit
Had a very nice meal there while in NYC for business. They didn't mind seating a solo diner w/out a reservation on a busy evening. I did get there before the main rush so fortunately they still had open seats. If you're going during regular diner hours, book a reservation. They were packed on a Wednesday night. Solo diners don't always get good service and we often end up feeling like we're being hurried out in favor of giving our table to a group but the Franchia staff was very accommodating for solo diners. There were a few of us there. I wanted a quiet meal where I could relax and read after a long day and I got just what I was hoping for.
Read moreService was excellent as was the food. I went with a few different appetizers and the prix fixe menu and took a couple items from the tapas menu to go. All the items were quite tasty, particularly the tofu & kabocha squash entree, and I left stuffed and satisfied.
Pros: Lovely food, Good service, Great for solo diners as well as groups
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alebovic
Points +41
mmm, so good - Edit
This is a clean restaurant with very friendly and attentive service. The crispy eggplant was NOT crispy in any way, but it was filled with many meat substitutes and really delicious.
Read moreI'd return if I visit New York again!
Pros: service, cleanliness, tasty dishes
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fanciful bean
Points +58
Beautiful space - Edit
Wow, what a beautiful space! My husband and I ate here on our first day in Manhattan. We were initially put off by the call button on the table because no one had explained to us what it was for. After we studied the menu, we decided to push the button since no one had come by. Within seconds someone was at the table to take our order. I have now decided that I think all restaurants should have call buttons! The food was excellent! I never eat Korean because in Vancouver the Korean restaurants are very meat heavy. It was all so good, as was the tea. I highly recommend Franchia!
Read morePros: Excellent menu, Tea selection and presentation
Cons: Confusing call buttons to order
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jacqui2
Points +146
Great 'tea' and Korean food - Edit
We ate here at Xmas on a wet and cold day. We ordered the ginger tea, which was lovely, hot, spicy and sweet, perfect for the weather, some friend dumplings that were tasty and well presented, and a bimbibap and stone bowl for mains. We had never tried Korean food before, and we were really impressed with the flavours/textures. It was a little bit more expensive than we would usually spend on lunch, but for the ambiance, generous portions and quality of the meal we were very happy and would def. return if we visit NYC again.
Read morePros: Great food, Great tea
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Took
Points +180
Less than Good - Edit
My boyfriend and I were so disappointed with Franchia. Two out of three of the dishes we ordered were just BAD. The sauce on my dish was so sugary sweet, the tofu too fried and the pumpkin undercooked. My boyfriend had a veggie bowl that was super heavy and came with this cayenne paste-like sauce. So horrible. We asked for less spicy options and 30 min later, we got some. Not much better than the cayenne, taste-wise. On top of it all, the service was rushed at the wrong times and delayed at the wrong times. Such a shame, because the restaurant is actually really beautiful.
Read morePros: Summer rolls, Tea, Beautiful restaurant
Cons: Horrible service, Mostly horrible food, Cheesy music (think Titanic and Mannheim)
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BadassJB
Points +672
The starters and desserts are choice - Edit
A wonderful place for a date night. The atmosphere is right. I had my birthday dinner here and filled my belly for the third time that day with vegan yummies. We started off with 'crab' cakes as the appetizer. I wanted more after they were gobbled up. The mains were mediocre. We had sushi, a Buddha's nest sort of dish and another stir-fry and rice sort of dish. It wasn't incredible, but desert was...I had one of the best cheezecakes in my career as vegan cheezecake eater. This is before I tried a vegan treats cheezecake in PA. (dubbed the best)
Read morePros: cheezecake, 'crab'cakes
Cons: mains boring, pricey
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lebfam
Points +97
Wow! - Edit
Ate there tonight. This place is fantastic. The ambiance, service and, most of all, the food, was beyond expectation.
Read moreWe went there with kids and it was a great experience. The serene and beautiful surroundings helped calm everyone as soon as we bounced in the door. Remember to look up - the best art is on the ceiling.
The menu is truly exciting and extremely creative. Highlights were the kimchi tofu patties, crispy tofu sticks, tofu with sesame leaves stone bowl (way more exciting than the plain bibimbap), Soy 'chicken' sizzler on a hot plate. Rice noodles in Hot & Sour soup good, but not up to the subtle mingling of flavors and textures of other dishes. The Franchia Summer Rolls were tasty, but just lettuce leaves that required some assembly - great in another restaurant, but overshadowed but the high level of the rest of our meal.
The tea was some of the best I've had. The Lotus tea was sublime. It may seem strange to wax poetic about tea, but Franchia raises it to a new level. They even have a glossy, full-color pamphlet detailing the process used to make it.
Dessert: have the mochi (but give the peanut butter one to the closest kid). Delicious! Save up for this special treat and tae someone you really love -- or want to :)
Pros: Creative and varied menu, Delicious food, Service & ambiance
Cons: Price
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pradipd
Points +347
Disappointing - Edit
We went there today for dinner with much anticipation and left quite disappointed. Expectations for a place like this, that too in NYC are very high. To start with, service was slow, indifferent and inefficient. It started with getting a lunch menu instead of dinner, taking too long for any one to take our orders, for our drink order not coming, for the dishes not being cleared before the check was brought, and generally, the dishes were brought and served with an air of indifference and rush. Essentially there was no TLC in a restaurant that is a sister restaurant of Hangawi, one of the most sublime restaurants in NYC.
Read moreWe ha dteh assorted pancake platter that was very good along with the baby dumplings that were doughy and devoid of flavor. So was the spicy stirfry noodles. The sauces were all laden with salt making them almost inedible. One of the bright aspects was the wonderful and extensive tea menu and the mixed herbal tea I had was excellent. The ambience is very upscale and serene, but try and get a table upstairs, We were seated downstairs near the door, and even though there are double set of doors, the frigid draft from outside was very uncomfortable. The cold service did not do anything to warm things up.
Pros: Value, Ambience, Tea
Cons: Service, Flavor
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margypargy
Points +108
Good set lunch - Edit
My partner and I came here for our last meal in New York before flying home. We needed to be able to sit in comfort for a couple of hours and fill up on good, fresh, vegan food before the horrors of the flight home! Franchia was perfect. It is comfortable and stylishly decorated and the tiered spaces add to the atmosphere. We chose the 4-course prix fixe lunch menu which consisted of soup (a nice spicy soup with shredded tofu) or salad (unremarkable but with a nice dressing); dumplings (these were probably the highlight of the meal); a choice of mains (I had pad thai which was ok and my partner had a gorgeous tofu and pumpkin dish which was a real suprise); mango sorbet. It came with a choice of tea and we really enjoyed the unlimited hot water and having your own strainer. It made it fun. As it was a farewell meal we also had a bottle of wine. The total bill was about $80 including tip, which we thought was very reasonable for the style and quality we experienced. On balance it wouldn't make me put Korean food at the top of my list of best cuisines, but I think the freshness and unusual flavours/ingredients made it a memorable experience. 8/10.
Read morePros: Fixed price lunch was good value, Nice decor, 100% vegan
Cons: My pad thai was cold, The waiter clearly had a cold!
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