#1 Garden Chinese Restaurant

Flavorful sujok sandwich with fries. Sausage was well spiced, and the pickles inside tasted homemade! The hot sauce was super delicious! Very friendly and casual on a chilly winter afternoon. Wish I had time and room to eat more! I’ll be back— Convenient to Prospect Park!

Vibes were amazing and the food was crazy good! felt very comfortable and I could tell it was a family all hands in type of place because we met so many people. Fries were crazy good - and the beef bulgogi was fab. Service was awesome! Really cool place def will try to be back

Rebekah H.

SYKO is an all around worth-it foodie experience. The food is split into 3 menus: Syrian, Fusion, Korean. I was interested in the fusion food, so the co-owner's wife recommended we try the Labandu (pork dumplings covered in crispy chili oil over labne) and the Half Falafel Half Shawarma pizza (the pizza dough is actually a scallion pancake). Amazing recommendations - that Labandu dish is making us want to relocate to Brooklyn lol. The fusion flavors work so well together. You can pinpoint the Middle Eastern flavors from the Korean flavors - the fresh labne from the spicy chili - and somehow they come together in a way that makes SO much sense. We walked in on a Saturday afternoon and were immediately immersed in what felt like a Middle Eastern and Korean grocery store. The walls are lined with items you'd only see if you were in a predominately Syrian or Korean populated area. There are 10 indoor seating spots and when it's nice out, 8 outdoor spots. Despite how busy the restaurant was, we were able to find a spot for our group with ease because a lot of people were getting take out. Can’t wait to return!

Mohamed Nour

Amazing! The food is Michelin guide level. The amount of fusionary flavor that explodes with each bite is phenomenal. You need to close your eyes while eating to truly indulge all your senses in the explosion of flavor. Different, yet familiar. Highly recommended. The staff are also very friendly and hospitable.will be back very soon.

Yelena Conaway

Unique and delicious! The place is really takeout but there are a few tables and chairs inside. The service is fast and you can watch the food being prepared. The menu is interesting, some Syrian dishes, some Korean dishes, and a fusion section, street food style. Everything is outstanding, lots of flavor, contrasting textures, and so tasty. Highly recommend this place!

Illya Tarasenko

Amazing. Super friendly. The Chicken Shawarma was great. I love the fila bread it’s wrapped in. Cool esthetic with the newspaper wrap. The lebneh is very authentic. Haven’t tased that level of lebneh since I was a kid.

Adam Giladi

Maybe one of the craziest meals I have had in Brooklyn in a while! Crazy fusion of flavors, totally unique dishes. Loved the falafel with cucumber kimchi and the famous Fat Boy sandwich. I will be back to try some more dishes!

Hanna Xue

Phenomenal!! I had the sampler and I wish my stomach was big enough to try everything on the menu. Amazing flavors, did not disappoint!! I love this place.

Paula V

The food here is delicious!! You MUST try the veggie plate, it’s got all the good stuff. Great flavor, huge portion , I got delivery and everything was packaged nice and tight, no spillage . Can’t wait to try more of their stuff.

Kevin Zeng

Alright, let's talk about this place. If you're looking for a Michelin-star, white-tablecloth, "pinkies out" dining experience, you've come to the wrong spot. Like, way wrong. This is the kind of place where your dating profile picture might accurately depict you awkwardly holding a delicious, overstuffed burrito with sauce on your cheek. And honestly? I wouldn't have it any other way. The food is great, bordering on "I'm pretty sure I just transcended" levels of tasty. And don't even get me started on the fusion – it's like a culinary Frankenstein's monster, but in the best possible way. The Korean add-ons? Shut up and take my money. Seriously, whoever thought of that deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for flavor. Plus, they're not stingy with the portions, which means you're getting a generous helping of deliciousness. No sad, lonely burritos here. Now, for the "grab and go" reality check. The service is fast, so fast you might get whiplash from the sheer speed of your order being taken and fulfilled. You can even watch them whip up your food right there at the window, which is either fascinating or slightly terrifying depending on how hungry you are. But here's the kicker: the line. It can get long. We're talking "forming a small, hungry village" long. And once you've got your delicious bounty, don't expect to sprawl out in a plush armchair. There are very few seats, so embrace the "eat standing up like a sophisticated scavenger" vibe or plan to picnic on the nearest park bench.

Snya Hrb

Amazing food! I am Syrian and haven’t had good Flafel since I left Syria. The Fusion Menu is very unique and I think they made the perfect combination of the best flavors from both cousins! In total highly recommended and very friendly and clean staff

Joel Kasparian

Just go there. Go there and experience it. It's so good and they give you so much. They obviously excel at Syrian and Korean cuisine, but the fusion!? That's what NYC is really about and these guys nail it with everything on the menu. They even had some incredible clove and cardamom tea that went perfect with the Korean pancake we had for dessert.

Elizabeth Lawrensen

Really loved everything we tried. I ordered a sampler box and my bf ordered the chicken kebab shawarma. I plan to come back to try more of the korean banchan and kimbap. It’s a little more expensive than an average shawarma, but the servings are huge, all the flavors including seasoning of meat, sauces, etc is so on point, its definitely worth the price point. Highly recommend, will be back soon. Great fusion though unexpected.

Mira Seo

Flavorful sujok sandwich with fries. Sausage was well spiced, and the pickles inside tasted homemade! The hot sauce was super delicious! Very friendly and casual on a chilly winter afternoon. Wish I had time and room to eat more! I’ll be back— Convenient to Prospect Park!

Deena A

Vibes were amazing and the food was crazy good! felt very comfortable and I could tell it was a family all hands in type of place because we met so many people. Fries were crazy good - and the beef bulgogi was fab. Service was awesome! Really cool place def will try to be back

This little place is a true blessing. After a very long day of travelling in from Philly and doing activities around crazy times sq, finally a welcoming face and a quiet place to eat! Being an anxious traveler, I was grateful. I ordered chicken shawarma hotteok at the suggestion of the kind gentleman who helped us, and it was absolutely delicious and unlike anything I've had. (Aforementioned fellow was also very helpful and patient towards a woman with diet restrictions). It's fun to shop for snacks, drinks, and ingredients while things get made - but the service was very quick, so it's not much of a "wait". They have an open kitchen that looks refreshingly clean and orderly. We sampled the home-brewed cardamom tea and kimchi soup, and if we had room we would've ordered both. Thanks SYKO! Happy holidays!

I've picked up a quick lunch and also end of day 'too good to go' meals several times over the past 6-9 months and the service is always friendly and the food fresh and delicious and always reasonably priced. I love to get 5 mini pies, assorted fillings and toppings and if you're throwing a little party or gathering, you can't go wrong with a dozen of these, warmed and cut into 3-4 pieces, it's the nicest easiest appetizer ever.

Isabella D'Amico (Bella)

This little place is a true blessing. After a very long day of travelling in from Philly and doing activities around crazy times sq, finally a welcoming face and a quiet place to eat! Being an anxious traveler, I was grateful. I ordered chicken shawarma hotteok at the suggestion of the kind gentleman who helped us, and it was absolutely delicious and unlike anything I've had. (Aforementioned fellow was also very helpful and patient towards a woman with diet restrictions). It's fun to shop for snacks, drinks, and ingredients while things get made - but the service was very quick, so it's not much of a "wait". They have an open kitchen that looks refreshingly clean and orderly. We sampled the home-brewed cardamom tea and kimchi soup, and if we had room we would've ordered both. Thanks SYKO! Happy holidays!

Really dope place! Super friendly owners helped walk me through the menu because admittedly, I was overwhelmed by the options. I don’t live near here and the vast menu made me to go a tiny bit overboard. I started with the kimchi soup, superb! I got the 3 baked goods for $9.99: sfiha, za’atar, muhammara. All great and reheated well. Probably the only thing I didn’t love was the fatboy sandwich. It’s held together by a Korean pancake that was charred in some parts and undercooked in other parts. If you just want something to stuff your belly, this is for you. I also wish it was wrapped with foil only; the paper wrapping was impossible to peel off. Leftovers were better because I was able to deconstruct it and cook the pancake more. Now my absolute favorite item was from the fusion menu. The beef shawarma hotteok was chef’s kiss! Holy hell, I can’t stop thinking about each crispy and flavor packed bite. I will definitely be back for this! Such a beautiful marriage of cuisines.

Interesting take on a fusion of both Syrian and Korean culture. The flavors of both blend well with each other and the menu design is rather thoughtful. I've gotten the falafel pizza and the flavors are so fresh and herbaceous the portion was rather large too so it was price appropriate. The vegetarian Hotteck Japchae is so flavorful as well, easily one of my favorite on the menu now.

The food looked and smelled so good we forgot to take a picture before diving in. Their fusion menu is fantastic. We recommend the Box Sampler. Note that this is definitely a take out place. While they have some seating, it is limited and we didn’t see a restroom available for customers either. That said, you must try SYKO! Very delicious and unique.

Korean-Syrian food? Never heard of it and had to try it! Note this is more of a takeout place rather than sitting and dining - there is only one 3 person table inside and outside only 3 bar chairs. Like most, when I first saw the prices I was a little shocked. Two fat boys sandwiches paid in cash was $40! But once I got the food - oh boy they are LARGE portions. One fat boy can easily feed two people - so if you're trying to save money just buy one and split it between the two of you. I am also sure their pizza and combo plates could easily feed two as well. As a vegetarian, I appreciated all the vegetarian options. I got the tofu kimchi fat boy which consisted of outside being a thick scallion pancake and filling inside being fried tofu coated in cornstarch batter, kimchi, yellow pickled radish, lettuce and rice. It was extremely flavorful! And I loved the sauces that went along with it - if you love a little spice get the habanero sauce on the side (it's not just spicy it has almost a creamy element that I enjoyed greatly). It also came with gochujang sweet sauce and a more almost Chinese based chili oil sauce. I do wish the scallion pancake was more flaky (it's a little thick for my taste) but dipped in sauce was quite yummy. My husband got the beef bulgogi fat boy and loved it. You do save about 12-13 cents per item if you pay in cash, but they do accept card. Parking metered all around.

Tan

Interesting take on a fusion of both Syrian and Korean culture. The flavors of both blend well with each other and the menu design is rather thoughtful. I've gotten the falafel pizza and the flavors are so fresh and herbaceous the portion was rather large too so it was price appropriate. The vegetarian Hotteck Japchae is so flavorful as well, easily one of my favorite on the menu now.

Rose

The food looked and smelled so good we forgot to take a picture before diving in. Their fusion menu is fantastic. We recommend the Box Sampler. Note that this is definitely a take out place. While they have some seating, it is limited and we didn’t see a restroom available for customers either. That said, you must try SYKO! Very delicious and unique.

Han Hadacek

Korean-Syrian food? Never heard of it and had to try it! Note this is more of a takeout place rather than sitting and dining - there is only one 3 person table inside and outside only 3 bar chairs. Like most, when I first saw the prices I was a little shocked. Two fat boys sandwiches paid in cash was $40! But once I got the food - oh boy they are LARGE portions. One fat boy can easily feed two people - so if you're trying to save money just buy one and split it between the two of you. I am also sure their pizza and combo plates could easily feed two as well. As a vegetarian, I appreciated all the vegetarian options. I got the tofu kimchi fat boy which consisted of outside being a thick scallion pancake and filling inside being fried tofu coated in cornstarch batter, kimchi, yellow pickled radish, lettuce and rice. It was extremely flavorful! And I loved the sauces that went along with it - if you love a little spice get the habanero sauce on the side (it's not just spicy it has almost a creamy element that I enjoyed greatly). It also came with gochujang sweet sauce and a more almost Chinese based chili oil sauce. I do wish the scallion pancake was more flaky (it's a little thick for my taste) but dipped in sauce was quite yummy. My husband got the beef bulgogi fat boy and loved it. You do save about 12-13 cents per item if you pay in cash, but they do accept card. Parking metered all around.

Madhav Shunmugam

Amazing food and great customer service, the owners would take time to explain everything that's in the menu and the idea of how Syrian-Korean food came into being. Kindly visit and support the business. The hot sauce they served was a bomb and do not try it if you have no resistance to heat toleration. My favourite was falafel pizza. Food was fresh

Ahmed H.

A much needed dry goods store with North African staples; the Eastern inventory is equally great. SYKO dining has become too expensive, though, for what it is: $9 for 8oz of hummus is just goofy and the restaurant plates now seem to average around $30, which isn't horrible for NYC except the chef has definitely changed and most items are over-salted and sopping with oil. The experiences were good while they lasted, but I'll always love and appreciate the Arab hospitality that has slowly made its way into a largely White, affluent neighborhood.

Food was okay. I think it’s cool to try but the flavors weren’t the best for me. The shawarma pizza had beef and strong spices and wasn’t something I’d get again. The falafel kind of reminded me of bean sprouts. My fav was the chicken shawarma wrap. Pretty pricey

Eunice Kim

Food was okay. I think it’s cool to try but the flavors weren’t the best for me. The shawarma pizza had beef and strong spices and wasn’t something I’d get again. The falafel kind of reminded me of bean sprouts. My fav was the chicken shawarma wrap. Pretty pricey

The food is so delicious here. Fantastic all the way but now they are just too expensive. A wrap with fries and a soda is now $30.00 on Seamless. That is just not sustainable.