Hawkers Alley

We hadn't heard of Hawker's Alley until we saw them participating in Cincy Taco Week. Between the description of those tacos and also reading their menu online, I knew we had to check them out.It's a small place but cute. We got seated right away but that was the only thing that went quickly. What we expected to be a quick meal was over 2 hours long! We weren't in a hurry and our server was working hard, so it was fine but definitely don't go if you're on a time crunch.We tried all three of the tacos offered for taco week, the pork dumplings and the potato tornado. The tacos were delicious and topped with lots of fresh veggies. The dumplings and potato were very good as well.The final cost was surprisingly low. Between four of us, we got 6 specialty tacos, an order of dumplings, a potato tornado, 3 cocktails and 3 desserts and it only came to $80! We will absolutely return and try some other dishes.

I am not very impressed with the food or the accuracy of the order. We should have gotten the hint when the restaurant next door was bustling but this place has a couple of tables occupied.I got the soba noodles and asked for no eggs, but ofcourse there were eggs in my food. The menu said oyster mushrooms in the noodle dish and the bahn-mi, however all the mushrooms were regular mushrooms, didn't see any oyster mushrooms in any of the dishes. The Bahn-mi was also very underwhelming.The dumplings dough was very thick and I could barely taste the filling. The dipping sauce was very delicious though. My husband got popcorn chicken and some chicken curry with rice. His food came out per expectations and he said he liked it. I don't think we will come back, nothing at this restaurant caught my attention.

We knew were in a good restaurant when our friendly server, Jamie, greeted us. I chose the restaurant because of its extensive and varied menu at Jamie was helpful in making suggestions and answering questions. The food was delicious.

We stopped in for Taco Week, we keep trying to get here and something always gets in the way. Interesting place, I would love to know the history, beautiful long bar that the bar back has been converted into the kitchen. We tried all three tacos; Karaage chicken, Bao Bun pork belly and Vietnamese chicken tacos. The Karaage chicken was the winner crisp and a little heat, I could have eaten three of these. The Vietnamese Chicken was a close second I loved the seasoning and juicy chicken. I love pork belly boa buns it was very good as well but came in third tonight. We had the pan fried dumplings which I get anywhere I see them, the first was a bit too seared but the second one I had was perfect and everyone else enjoyed them. The place was pretty full and out waiter was literally running all night getting orders out and cleaning tables. The meal did take over two hours which seems long but we enjoyed the food so much we won't stop that from coming back. Great food with interesting twists and I highly recommend it

Came here for an after drink lighter dinner and wasn't disappointed. The server was very friendly and it was a chill place to hang out. We had 3 skewers and dumplings. The dumplings were amazing. Skewers we had shrimp, beef and chicken and I would recommend all as well.

Great food and even better service! We split a bunch of things and were satisfied before even starting our entree. Our server was super attentive and walked us through his recommendations throughout the menu. There was so many things we wanted to try. For apps we got the crispy eggplant, crispy tofu and the Japanese pancake. All were great and we loved the sauces. We also got the skewers - beef lemongrass, chicken teriyaki, and pork with cilantro. Everything was hot and had a nice grilled flavor. We loved all 3 sauces. For sides we got rice and fries. Both were hot and the fries were crispy and seasoned.Throughout and after our meal, the owner and our server checked on us to make sure we had everything we needed. We asked for things like more sauce and to-go containers a few times, and they were super responsive every time. Our server also split our check how we requested - there were 3 of us and 2 of us split a bunch of stuff so he split everything accordingly. I also couldn't help watching everyone else's food as it passed by and will be coming back to try more things on the menu. This is definitely my new go-to-place in my neighborhood!

Partaking in Cincinnati Wings Week, my friend and I opted for Hawkers and ordered the Spicy Korean BBQ wings, Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake), and lychee martinis (my favorite). Everything was theeeeeee bomb!!! The wings were perfectly seasoned and cooked, and the martinis gave my favorite in the city some stiff competition. I especially loved that one of the owners visited our table to speak to us, discuss the menu, and make personal recommendations. The location is where the lobster bar was located, and the owners did a fine job with the decor. I look forward to the day when this location is bustling, similar to OTR, because small, local, family-owned businesses such as this one deserve so much shine.I'm rooting for you, Hawkers!

Hawkers has been open since May and some very nice folks are running this restaurant. The service was great I was checked on more than one time to see if I needed anything else and if the food was good. I went in here for Cincinnati Burger Week and had the burger with Korean barbecue sauce and I also ordered an okonomiyaki. For my cocktail I had the lychee cocktail and it was certainly sweet but it was delicious.The okinomiyaki may have had too much of the Japanese barbecue and the Japanese Mayo for me but I like mine with a little less sauce. Overall the okinomiyaki was delicious and I don't believe I have had one that's it any other time I have ordered it in a restaurant which I thought was pretty nice.The burger was perfectly cooked to medium and very juicy. It had Korean barbecue and mayo and all the fixins. It was very good burger.I saw several other things on the menu that I want to try and it given how great the service was and the food was good I am certainly going to make another trip back here!

I was not that impressed with the food here. Service was alright though a bit slow to get drinks, order in, etc... however the staff was super friendly and sweet to make up for it. I ordered the Coconut Matcha Latte and felt it was a bit too sweet. The matcha tasted good but could do with less of the coconut syrup sweetener. It also tasted like warm and got cold with the ice after so the milk needs to be chilled more. For dinner I ordered the Hawkers' Fried Rice and the curry chicken chino taco, as it was on the Asian Cuisine Week specials. It says comes with side of rice on the menu and didn't. Also, there was just so much chicken but barely any of the veggies. I like my tacos to have veggies so 2 pieces of potatoes just didn't cut it for me. The chicken felt overly cooked because you had to chew it a lot. The curry sauce was delicious but not a fan overall of the way it's assembled. The fried rice was just alright. Nothing that special in flavor and the chicken was again overcooked and you could barely cut or chew it. I had to add a lot of Siracha for flavor. The grilled pork was good but also had fatty pork pieces inside which I don't care for in fried rice. I would rather that all be cut away first. Portion was decent for rice and it could last you for dinner and lunch. But for the price, the taco is not worth it and the fried rice could use some work. I was not that excited for what I got and think traditional street food like the tornado potato fries or skewers could have been better. May or may not come here again to try them, but for how much I ended up spending here for dinner it would likely be for a snack/happy hour.

The service was incredible, the atmosphere was so nice. And the food was so delicious we didn't even speak to each other and just enjoyed in silence