Comments on: First Look: Lunchers Weigh in on Danku

By: jim davis

jim davis — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:31:49 +0000

I am sorry to say this place the so called dutch open is the worst place i have ever eaten at i hope no one in N.Y.C. goes to it and I promise you I love the Dutch but in this case let Americans run your food and the outcome is goe to Danku and you will understand I am sorry to say that Mcdonalds beats them and they as well have the worst food…please whatever you do don’t go there. when it first opened was nice but the food they were practicing to get it better and now its even worse like the management they have going..Wow is all I can say…
The Worst place as far as food P.S. Don’t take your kids not kid friendly either…

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:41:08 +0000

Zack, you got the location wrong. Danku is “just east” of 6th Avenue, not 7th (located in the space that used to be a McDonald’s). While Danku is in fact east of 7th ave, I think it’s more accurate – and probably what you meant to write – to say it’s “just east” of 6th ave.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:51:45 +0000

Went with a large group of work friends. The reactions were went from “cool” to “this is horrible”. It seems the 2 kroket + salad combo was a winner. The fried noodles were pretty similar to the Cup-a-Noodles you had in college, only not in a cup. The chicken satay was bland and not recommended. We agreed this might be a once a month or an every other month kind of place.

By: Cupcake

Cupcake — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:08:57 +0000

Also forgot to mention- they didn’t have the mac and cheese kroket again today on the menu!

By: Cupcake

Cupcake — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:07:22 +0000

I went back today & tried the chicken curry with rice. It was bland to me & left me feeling hungry still. As mentioned, they use “green” products- the take out box they put my order in kind of leaked as the take out box isn’t that sturdy and I only had a 5 min walk back to the office.
If anything, I’d recommend to try the kroket/salad combo. But I too felt they were over fried.

By: arp

arp — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:35:36 +0000

The krokets are not my idea of a lunch, but I do think Zach hit it right on the head in an earlier post. This could totally be a pitstop on the way home after a few happy hour drinks.

It seems like they slightly over-fry the krokets well past GBD / golden-brown-delicious, into DBT / dark-brick-(still)tasty territory, but I guess they have to do that for them to survive the trip back to one’s desk. I didn’t see Mac&Cheese on the menu, but I tried the Beef/ChickenCurry/Spinach&Artichoke/Chili, which were all very good. They could have probably made a better business selling these as barfood to the local pubs.

Adam

By: Ted Bailey

Ted Bailey — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:29:33 +0000

For someone who loves to try new food, New York is always the best. Not only do the best one-of-a-kind restaurants pop up in the City, but we tend to get the best international chains first. Dutch food, here i come! This stuff looks incredible….

By: ben

ben — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:22:29 +0000

Shilly Mc’Shillington is that you?!

By: knawk

knawk — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:40:39 +0000

Just went there and sampled a lot of the things on the menu. I have to say the rice noodles “Danku noodles” were just okay, but the krokets and green chicken curry were excellent. I’ll definitely go again.

By: Mitzy

Mitzy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:22:08 +0000

I’m from Indonesia and grew up eating krokets as well as poffertjes, so I was looking forward to this! I hope that they will improve their products quality soon.