Decoy Bar

Except the quality and taste of food, I thought the place was a little too overrated for the ambience it offers. I'm not a huge fan of dining on a common table, the place is super small and way too crowded for the space it has. Coming to the food, oh boy!!! The Peking duck was soo good. I did order a few other dishes, but they weren't any special. But the place served justice for its name as the best Peking duck restaurant in NYC. A must try if you are a fan of roasted duck.

If you love Peking Duck this is the place for you. Made reservations to come here for a date night with my wife and from the drink to the dessert we were not disappointed. The menu is filled with great selection of items. Presentation was top class with every plate dressed nicely. The food was delicate and flavorful. The duck was the best we have had. Perfect skin with tender meat. The buns they use a super flat so the flavor is of the duck itself not a cake style bun. It is accompanied by varied sauces all were fabulous. Would go here again any time.

Best Peking Duck in the City! Decoy is a extension of Red Farm in West Village and we’ve made it a tradition to go for Peking Duck every Christmas Eve and it never disappoints. Unfortunately, as a result of the pandemic, ambiance and service have taken a hit. For an Americanized fusion restaurant like this, it’s off-putting to see takeout orders stacked on the communal table in the center of the restaurant, making it look more like a restaurant in Chinatown. Everyone was very nice, but service is a little all over the place. Besides the duck, the other dishes are just okay and not a good value for the price. Not certain if the UWS location offers the duck, but the ambiance at that location (pre-Covid, at least) is much better.

The Peking duck lived up to expectations: seriously delicious, crispy skin, and flavorful meat. Instead of the usual Peking duck crepes, they serve with baos. I did not mind this, because the duck was so delicious. The five flavor chicken dumplings and stir fry wide noodles were also delicious. My only concern is that the address of the restaurant was incorrect which made a stressful time finding the restaurant to realize we were in the wrong location. The service also was also not up to standards (maybe because they just reopened), but definitely could work on knowledge of the menu.

Best. Peking duck. Ever. It's not cheap, but oh so good! Very tiny restaurant with a communal table. We couldn't get reservations but made a point to get there before they opened so we could sit at a bar and get a duck. We highly recommend doing that. If you reserve seats, you'll sit at the communal table. If you reserve 5+ seats you're guaranteed 2 ducks, under 5 guarantees 1. If you can't get a reservation, do what we did and get there before they open so you can get a duck. If you show up later, you might be SOL! They have a sister restaurant upstairs.

I love this place! It’s a tiny little place with extremely crowded setting, and you have to book your reservation ahead of time as it is really popular. Been there three times and yesterday we went in a group of four. We ordered the pre-fixed dinner with some cocktails. As for dinner we got four sides, two mains, once rice to choose from apart from the standard Peking duck. First round of starters are some appetizers, including fried fish skin and some small-sized vegetables. The cauliflower, kimchi cucumber, curry potatoes, mangoes and peppers are good but I don’t like their Chinese broccoli. As for the small plates, we ordered noodle with uni, bbq beef, bbq duck and Lichi and the shrimp dumplings. Personally I love all but uni since I don’t like raw food. My friends like everything. Then the Peking duck is served. No complaint about the duck itself. And I like their Husain and sweet sauces. However, the portion is the same for a group of 4 or 3, and you only got 10 skins regardless of group size. This doesn’t make much sense to me as I feel that for a Peking duck prefix, if you charge each person the same amount the Peking duck itself should be served proportional to the number of people. So it doesn’t worth that much if you go in as a mid-sized or large group to order the pre-fix. For the main, we had ribs and the sea bass. We also had the scallops and crab fried rice. Their sea bass was served in a clay pot last time but was on a normal plate today, and it tasted a little bit different - Last time more saucy and juicy, which I enjoyed more. The scallops were not very fresh today, but the ribs were excellent. The three cocktails we got were good, no complaints. And the service is good as usual. It totals up to $120 each includes everything. Pricey for what you got but definitely good amount of food plus high quality dishes.

Best Peking duck in New York City! Their prix fixe portion are big and delicious over all. The fried rice and marinated beef tenderloin is awesome! Definitely worth going again. Be sure to reserve it early especially if you have a big party as there are very limited seats inside. The duck skin is crispy and the meat just as fatty as you want to be, the wheat wrap is chewy and the sauce is authentic. I would recommend takeout if you’re just into peaking duck.

One of the best Peking Duck places in the city. Definitely need to make reservations for larger groups, but there were only two of us so we got there early and got seats at the bar. If you show up later, it might be good to reserve a duck. We also got the oxtail dumplings and the truffle fried rice. The oxtail dumplings were extremely delicious and worth it. The truffle fried rice was good but probably not worth $28.