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I don't understand the negative reviews on this site. This restaurant is wonderful. The staff are very accommodating, and the food always comes out quickly. The lunch specials are amazing! You get an appetizer and a meal for $9.95. The chicken dumplings are to die for. If your looking for bang for your buck, and a perfect place to lunch...this is it.

So I said I would review again.. I've now tried 35 a few times. My co-workers like it (my co-workers would eat a shoe and think it was Thai food). Bottom line, not impressed. My pork fried rice had 4, tiny pieces of pork.. what am I paying for? rice and spice? People in Thailand would wonder what kind of food this is

Read the reviews and decided to give it a try for lunch. Ordered the cashew chicken - very watery, very little chicken and mostly flavorless. Do your self a favor and go somewhere else.

I hate to review after trying only once, but I was especially disappointed with what 35 called Pad Thai.. granted, Ive been to Thailand and have had the real stuff, - but this was probably the most disappointing I've had in NYC. It took 45 minutes for delivery and the whole things was overcooked - like mush. The Portion was huge, probaby to compensate for the slow delivery, but just not good enough. I'll try 35 again, but not the Pad Thai... If my experience is far better next time, I'll be sure to review again. If not better, so long 35

This place is right by my office, so some office gatherings are held here. The food is fine, but the service is very slow and the lunch specials are tiny. With so many good places with generous portions in Chinatown, I only go if other people drag me.

I just ordered green vegetable curry for lunch with green papaya salad - $9.95 (entree comes with appetizer) they wouldn't deliver for less than $15 so I ordered summer rolls too. The delivery came fast, but what surprisingly poor food!!! The papaya salad was wet. Spongy sour green papaya with cherry tomatoes. Curry - 20% curry 80% white rice. In the curry - 5 tiny pcs of bamboo shoots, 2 tiny pieces of bell pepper, 1 piece of mushroom and basil. Summer rolls came apart with dry chicken, dry piece of shrimp and greens that fall out of the rice paper. I am HIGHLY disappointed, and I would not recommend anyone to eat lunch there.

Walking down Lispenard Street to 35, named for its street address, one sees a mostly empty street old industrial lofts with shuttered storefronts mixed with newer luxury residences. However walking into 35 one is whisked away from a deserted street in Tribeca to a tranquil oasis. The soft leather banquets and sturdy dark wood tables are a compliment to the stone wall and muted purple and pink lighting; the music is present and calming but not too loud that you have to shout over it to talk with your dinner companions. The service was lovely and prompt, clarifying the differences between the curries and always filling making sure the water glasses were more than half full. Speaking of the water glasses, their oval shape was whimsical and fun. Now onto the food. The calamari was fried in a tempura batter which made it light but a little bland. A little salt could have gone a long way yet there was a nice little spice to it. The stir fry glass noodles with chicken at a spice level of 3 which was just the right amount of heat, just enough to get your mouth going but not so much that you start to cry. While the chicken looked poach and was flavorless by itself, when coated with the sauce it was flavorful with a good kick. The glass noodles soaked up the sauce and complimented the chicken well. The curry dishes were a big hit. The red curry with chicken was scrumptious and the green curry with vegetarian duck was just as delightful. Non-curry dishes satisfied also; the basil chili noodle was delish. All in all 35 is a nice little unexpected gem hidden on an empty stretch just a block from bustling Canal Street.