My daughter and I ate our way through Chinatown and this cute spot was such a lovely treat! Felt like a speakeasy so that was cute. Watching our juice being pressed was so much fun and it was absolutely delicious! Thank you. We will return on our next day trip to Chinatown!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amy W.
Sugarcane Daddy was such a fun spot to visit in Chinatown! Located off the street, it was a little easy to miss because of how small and unassuming the shop is. Note that there is no interior for sitting but instead, you order and are served at a glass window, where you can see the employees feeding sticks of sugarcane into a machine press for the drinks. The drink itself is really refreshing and not artificially sweet, and you have the option of adding various fruits to customize your drink. I personally like the original flavor with just sugarcane juice. It is somewhat pricey, but given how rare fresh sugarcane juice is in NYC, I think it's definitely worth it. This is a lovely stop to add at the end of a Chinatown food tour in the summer.
Sophie
I went to the shop a couple months ago. Watched the staff juiced the sugarcane for me and saw the stick was red in the middle meaning it’s moldy. I requested her to change it and she refused. Then I saw the other sticks in that pile were all red in the middle. I don’t know if the staff realized that it could cause food poisoning.“The tips and cut surfaces of mouldy sugarcane have abnormal colour (red, brown or even grayish black colour), and may also have white flocculent hyphae or mycelium of the mould. Mouldy sugarcane smells like fermenting wine and should not be consumed.”
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Amy C.
This place has been on my list to check out when I'm in NY and I finally did! This is a small place in Chinatown that you order through a window. I got the pineapple sugar cane and it was sooo good!! I wanted to get another one after finishing it! You can taste how fresh the sugar cane is and it also had bits of pineapple pieces in it. I definitely will be coming back here whenever I'm in NY!
Sarah T.
best sugarcane juice ive had in a while! definitely quality taste. missing one star due to bad service one time. im not a local and i went 3 times on my short visit to nyc and 2/3 times were great! owner is very nice. employee mustve had a bad day
Mick Moolhuijsen
The worst!!!They say they open at 12, but after travelling for hours to the location at 12, they refuse to open. Tried the doorbell.. they look at you and just ignore you. I was just wondering if I maybe got the time wrong, but they don’t even answer the door. Tried calling, but they just hang up.This is just bad form!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jarrod Bouchie
Fresh, delicious sugarcane drink. You can watch it being made while you wait. Original and kumquat flavors were both
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Sugar Cane
Marina C.
Went on a Sunday afternoon, no one there but us. Someone came to help us with after L buzzed them. Order was ready pretty quickly. Anyway ordered an XL with lime for $8. it tastes too watered down with ice so obviously it would taste better without it, but it wouldn't be worth paying $12 for it. It was just okay. Not worth the $8, didn't taste that good. My brother has been here as well and he thinks it's overpriced. I'd rather get a different drink somewhere else for the same, if not more $. Or even watermelon juice would taste better but that's my preference. I only came here since I know L likes sugarcane drinks but even he said it was just okay. He also said the lime made it taste better. Glad we tried, but wouldn't come back.
Christina Chen
10000% my fav drink. Been looking for something like this since Asia and have finally found it. Plain sugarcane put through a juicer, nothing added. Venmo pay $7 for regular.
Vicki Wang
I love this drink. They always have night markets and outside events. Amazing staff. Super cute location and amazing Vietnamese food next to them. I got a half gallon and X-Large to go. ❤️
Does it look different? The one on the right looks dirty, and there are dirty things in it. When I got it, I felt something was wrong, so I wanted to change it, but they refused me. I took a sip, which was bitter and 7 dollars was thrown into the trash can.so bad
Vicki W.
I love this drink. They always have night markets and outside events. Amazing staff. Super cute location and amazing Vietnamese food next to them. I got a half gallon and X-Large to go.
Ido Simyoni
Loved the sugarcane drink with watermelon
Rachel P.
Drinks are great here but the service of some employees is BAD. Came at 7:35PM . Was the only person there waiting to order. Was approached finally at 7:37PM to order. Waited about 5 min for my order after they were finishing up another customers. Got my drink finally at 7:42PM. Was about to leave when I took a sip and it tasted really off. I realized the female (kinda heavier girl with bangs/ highlights) who took my order forgot the lime... Had to wait in line another 2 min to finally tell her "I think you forgot the lime in my drink" and she responds with "oh yeah it's just we're closing soon so.." and I stare at her waiting for her to offer to add the lime. She stares at me and says "did you want me to add the limes? Sorry but we're closing soon so that's why I didn't add them." I respond and say yes please add the lime...So confused why she kept saying she was closing soon as if I was bothering her to come back and ask for lime. Keep in mind I was staring at the steel canister that was holding a bunch of cut up limes/lemons so it's not like it would have taken much of her time.Seemed like she was just so annoyed I was there when I literally arrived there at 7:35PM.They close at 8PM . I never show up anywhere 10 min before closing out of courtesy. But she was bothered I asked her to add the limes in even though that's what I originally asked for...Have had other employees there who are kind as helpful. You're open till 8PM . There's no reason to be offended someone who came at 7:35, and you made their drink wrong, to get annoyed when they asked for it corrected . Your repeated excuse is "Sorry but we're closing soon "...?
Hot Tea
Not fresh made and lack of flavor. Kumquat juice is bitter.
My daughter and I ate our way through Chinatown and this cute spot was such a lovely treat! Felt like a speakeasy so that was cute. Watching our juice being pressed was so much fun and it was absolutely delicious! Thank you. We will return on our next day trip to Chinatown!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sugarcane Daddy was such a fun spot to visit in Chinatown! Located off the street, it was a little easy to miss because of how small and unassuming the shop is. Note that there is no interior for sitting but instead, you order and are served at a glass window, where you can see the employees feeding sticks of sugarcane into a machine press for the drinks. The drink itself is really refreshing and not artificially sweet, and you have the option of adding various fruits to customize your drink. I personally like the original flavor with just sugarcane juice. It is somewhat pricey, but given how rare fresh sugarcane juice is in NYC, I think it's definitely worth it. This is a lovely stop to add at the end of a Chinatown food tour in the summer.
I went to the shop a couple months ago. Watched the staff juiced the sugarcane for me and saw the stick was red in the middle meaning it’s moldy. I requested her to change it and she refused. Then I saw the other sticks in that pile were all red in the middle. I don’t know if the staff realized that it could cause food poisoning.“The tips and cut surfaces of mouldy sugarcane have abnormal colour (red, brown or even grayish black colour), and may also have white flocculent hyphae or mycelium of the mould. Mouldy sugarcane smells like fermenting wine and should not be consumed.”
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
This place has been on my list to check out when I'm in NY and I finally did! This is a small place in Chinatown that you order through a window. I got the pineapple sugar cane and it was sooo good!! I wanted to get another one after finishing it! You can taste how fresh the sugar cane is and it also had bits of pineapple pieces in it. I definitely will be coming back here whenever I'm in NY!
best sugarcane juice ive had in a while! definitely quality taste. missing one star due to bad service one time. im not a local and i went 3 times on my short visit to nyc and 2/3 times were great! owner is very nice. employee mustve had a bad day
The worst!!!They say they open at 12, but after travelling for hours to the location at 12, they refuse to open. Tried the doorbell.. they look at you and just ignore you. I was just wondering if I maybe got the time wrong, but they don’t even answer the door. Tried calling, but they just hang up.This is just bad form!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Fresh, delicious sugarcane drink. You can watch it being made while you wait. Original and kumquat flavors were both
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Sugar Cane
Went on a Sunday afternoon, no one there but us. Someone came to help us with after L buzzed them. Order was ready pretty quickly. Anyway ordered an XL with lime for $8. it tastes too watered down with ice so obviously it would taste better without it, but it wouldn't be worth paying $12 for it. It was just okay. Not worth the $8, didn't taste that good. My brother has been here as well and he thinks it's overpriced. I'd rather get a different drink somewhere else for the same, if not more $. Or even watermelon juice would taste better but that's my preference. I only came here since I know L likes sugarcane drinks but even he said it was just okay. He also said the lime made it taste better. Glad we tried, but wouldn't come back.
10000% my fav drink. Been looking for something like this since Asia and have finally found it. Plain sugarcane put through a juicer, nothing added. Venmo pay $7 for regular.
I love this drink. They always have night markets and outside events. Amazing staff. Super cute location and amazing Vietnamese food next to them. I got a half gallon and X-Large to go. ❤️
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Does it look different? The one on the right looks dirty, and there are dirty things in it. When I got it, I felt something was wrong, so I wanted to change it, but they refused me. I took a sip, which was bitter and 7 dollars was thrown into the trash can.so bad
I love this drink. They always have night markets and outside events. Amazing staff. Super cute location and amazing Vietnamese food next to them. I got a half gallon and X-Large to go.
Loved the sugarcane drink with watermelon
Drinks are great here but the service of some employees is BAD. Came at 7:35PM . Was the only person there waiting to order. Was approached finally at 7:37PM to order. Waited about 5 min for my order after they were finishing up another customers. Got my drink finally at 7:42PM. Was about to leave when I took a sip and it tasted really off. I realized the female (kinda heavier girl with bangs/ highlights) who took my order forgot the lime... Had to wait in line another 2 min to finally tell her "I think you forgot the lime in my drink" and she responds with "oh yeah it's just we're closing soon so.." and I stare at her waiting for her to offer to add the lime. She stares at me and says "did you want me to add the limes? Sorry but we're closing soon so that's why I didn't add them." I respond and say yes please add the lime...So confused why she kept saying she was closing soon as if I was bothering her to come back and ask for lime. Keep in mind I was staring at the steel canister that was holding a bunch of cut up limes/lemons so it's not like it would have taken much of her time.Seemed like she was just so annoyed I was there when I literally arrived there at 7:35PM.They close at 8PM . I never show up anywhere 10 min before closing out of courtesy. But she was bothered I asked her to add the limes in even though that's what I originally asked for...Have had other employees there who are kind as helpful. You're open till 8PM . There's no reason to be offended someone who came at 7:35, and you made their drink wrong, to get annoyed when they asked for it corrected . Your repeated excuse is "Sorry but we're closing soon "...?
Not fresh made and lack of flavor. Kumquat juice is bitter.