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Best restaurants in Long Island City

My top 3: Blue Pad Thai 1992 (8.8), Fresh Pick (8.2) and Darjeeling Kitchen & Café (8.1). Ranked from 9 places I've rated, 9 with notes. Updated October 2026.

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9 places · score out of 10 · j k ↵

  1. 1Blue Pad Thai 1992Long Island Citygreat fried rice from this thai food truck. Will definitely be going back and not too expensive either. They don’t skimp on the meat portions.8.8
  2. 2Fresh PickLong Island CityMom and pop smoothie/açaí bowl health store. Smoothie itself was pretty good not amazing but good price. They have a ton of protein/wellness snacks and drinks which i thought was very cool. I would come back here for sure.8.2
  3. 3Darjeeling Kitchen & CaféLong Island Citygood momos, not sure that I am the biggest fan of momos in general but these were good and pretty decent portion size as well.8.1
  4. 4GulpLong Island Citypopcorn chicken was good but the fries were the standout, seasoning was amazing and would come back just for those.7.6
  5. 5Terry and YakiLong Island CityGot a teriyaki bowl from Terry and Yaki what a wonderful name. It was decent overall a bit heavy on the sauce but a good late night spot close to home.7.2
  6. 6Sizzling SpotLong Island CityFood truck near court square. I got a tender and a hamburger and the worker was super nice and gave me an extra tender for free. I thought the burger was decent and tender was a b it breading heavy but the sauce was good and for $12 can’t complain.7.0
  7. 7Xi'an Famous Foods 西安名吃 | Court Square LICLong Island Cityidk wasn’t that spicy lol and super oily5.8
  8. 8Plaza Express DeliLong Island CityCame here after 20mile walking day. Was so tired bought a full sugar gatorade, chopped cheese, and this $6 ice cream thing which was actually really good.5.7
  9. 9Empire HalalLong Island Cityreally good, probably top 4 halal spot i’ve tried. edit:ts gave me food poisoning like 2x after i ordered on uber eats don’t fw this spot anymore2.1

How I rate. Scores come from Beli's pairwise ranking, so a 10 means it beat everything else I've had in the category, not that it's perfect. Nothing here is sponsored. More on how I rate