ginger

skip the mee krob. we have dined at ginger several times in the past. recently on a return visit we opted for oyster shooters and carrot ginger soup appetizers; both were fabulous. for our entrees we should have stuck with the always sinfully good scallops 'mac & cheese', but the mee krob delivered to table beside ours looked so good that my husband had to order it. the steaming mound of noodles surrounded by large, plump shrimp, and chunks of pork and chicken was just too tempting. unfortunately my husband's mee krob arrived as a dense, sticky, and much smaller serving of luke warm, overcooked noodles so cloyingly sweet that it should have been listed as a dessert. there were exactly 3 rubbery shrimp that had been overcooked to the size of a nickel, 2 tough bite-size pieces of pork, and not a single morsel of chicken. it reminded us of the 99cent boxed noodles that you add water and microwave for 5 minutes. because the service had taken a little longer than usual (slow even for a show night) and we had tickets to a performance, there was no time to reorder. instead we shared my mac & cheese and the embarrassed waiter, without hesitation, offered to remove the mee krob from our check.

atmosphere awesome, drinks yummy, food average and server not soo good. i love the design of this restaurant! finally a place in ak that is cool and hip! but the food was not very flavorful. i had the lettuce wraps and they were bland and small portion. the pomme frites appetizer dipping sauce was yummy though. i had a ginger mojito and champagne cocktail, we're both excellent. the server seemed very inexperienced and not very socially normal? i guess he wasn't very charismatic and friendly. if i go back to ginger it would be to have good drinks at the bar and to enjoy the nice atmosphere.

taste is everything. taste and flavor is the key to this establishment. portion sizing needs improvement. you need to buy multiple dishes if you want to get full on a non-pasta dish. great urban style restaurant with atmosphere to match.

love it! the salmon is fantastic! so is the beef and broccoli!!

nice spring evening dinner. my wife and i enjoyed a nice lite dinner in the bar. my martini was smooth and my wifes panther creek chard was light. we enjoyed the good salad and appetizers while the jazzy background music played. the service was attentive and polite. we will go again. looking forward to sharing this experience with our friends and fam.

outstanding! the team at gingers won us over. professional and friendly. order the filet, perfect dish. we will be back for that and to try items we wish we had ordered!!

ambiance/ decor- great food- fair at best and way over priced service- horrible 45 minutes after being seated we finally received our appetizers. the entire wait staff was oblivious to our presence, even when trying to flag someone down. thank god for the hostess and manager or else i would still be waiting on coffee refills. will not be dining there again.

decent food but horrible service. took an hour to get coffee. had to ask 3 times. staff had a bad attitude.

number 1 in anchorage.. i love love love ginger! i cannot imagine a better place to go for a meal at any time of the day. i've gone to ginger probably about 10 times, and have never been disappointed. the beef curry is prepared perfectly, the staff is extremely friendly, and the entire place is just gorgeous. also, the summer brunch menu is flawless. i could eat their breakfast tacos all day everyday!
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urban atmosphere; be careful what you order. after months of hemming and hawing we finally tried out ginger for dinner. i had tried dessert, which was fantastic, so i wanted to try a few more dishes to really get a feel for the place.

the ambiance of the restaurant is urban chic, which is rare in anchorage. the clientele are typically young and trendy, though there is always the person in xtra tufs thrown in. the waitstaff are semi-formal, and very attentive.

the food was good and presented very well. my duck breast chinois was perfectly seared and delicious. exactly what i wanted from a chinois. however, the shellfish mac and cheese my boyfriend had been looking forward to (for months, actually) was a let down. it tasted good, but adding a dash of truffle oil - which lent no flavor, to put the price over $30 was certainly not worth it. the donut and ice cream desserts were also delicious.

i would go back, definitely. however, i would avoid the mac and cheese.

excellent bar. great drinks, appetizers and service. i always enjoy going here. restaurant is very good. try brunch!

great ambiance. i only had an app. (lettuce wraps) which were sub-par, but i won't judge the food since i didn't have a real dish. we went there as a group of 8 for a friend's birthday, our waiter was a complete and utter dufus, but again he's just one person and i won't say that service sucks just because we had an inept server. i saw other waiters who seemed great at other nearby tables. their attached bar is really great for after dinner drinks, but it's small and can get a bit crowded. i agree with previous reviewers, when you step into ginger you don't feel like you're in anchorage, it feels like you're somewhere a lot more cosmopolitan. great sexy vibe.

nothing special. not sure what they are trying to do here but it's nothing special, it's okay. prices are high for what little food you get and it's not all that special tasting.

step off 5th avenue into a different city. oh ginger- how i love thee.... when i'm getting the anchorage blues all i have to do is sit at your bar and be transported to a more urban destination. only the fresh alaskan oysters served bloody mary style (be still my heart!) or bering sea scallops parading across a bed of just the perfect amount of cheesy mac and cheese remind me of where i really am. wine by the glass selections can be a tad over priced, and the appetizers might be a bite or two smaller than you'll find in other anchorage restaurants, but the extra fifty cents is well spent when i'm blissfully perched at their modern yet warmly tended to bar. i love that ginger can be a multi occasion go to place. i can stop in for a quick bite after work (they're open late!), be totally at ease sitting by myself at the bar trying to absorb the bartender's mixology secrets, get a table in the dining room with my family, have a sexy date night in the intimate bar booths, dressed down, dressed up, ginger is the place for me to go.

disappointing. ginger was very disappointing. i enjoy trying new dishes but nothing on the menu really amazed me. my plate seemed like classic americana and was really salty. i might be back if a group of friends suggest it, but i won't suggest it myself.