Zebra Bistro Bar 斑马餐酒 — Restaurant in New York

Some goods and bads. Popped in on a Saturday night when they opened for their happy hour, empty except for us. There was the owner and a younger girl (newer employee). Food was decent with your usual bar prices, but we had a very strange experience:

Buy 1 get 1 free beer applies when you leave a review, but the girl didn't apply the deal properly so the owner had to tell us to pay...after we got a free drink. Understandable, but strange feeling

I asked for a cocktail that wasn't on the listed menu. I asked for the price and she said it's $16. Fair price. Later on the receipt I was charged additional 2x sodas $3 each, for "mixing the cocktail". $22 for a cocktail that tasted like fancy juice, no alcohol taste at all. I wouldn't mind if they were more upfront about the true cost, I just wouldn't have ordered it. Left a sour taste in my mouth

Ordered squid balls but got takoyaki instead, with no comment explaining. We asked if it was really squid balls and they said it's takoyaki bc they ran out of squid balls. ??? Just tell us you don't have it when we order? It was good though. But just very weird experience.

Probably wouldn't come back. Might be a better...

Walked in with a friend on a Tuesday night, it was empty besides us. We are English and Cantonese speaking and unfortunately we had a bit of trouble communicating (it happens). The biggest issues were service: the guy serving didn't give me a glass or ice with my coke, just a straw, and didn't give us any serving utensils initially besides toothpicks. We ordered wings, takoyaki, and the scallion oil noodles, which came pretty quickly. Wings were cooked well but the takoyaki had rubbery octopus and was probably fried in oil just a bit too hot (very brown outside, slightly gooey inside). The noodles were cooked okay but pretty devoid of flavor besides a small heap of well-carmalized onion on top (a bit sad for $12). We were given one set of chopsticks and had to ask for another. Finally, a woman who was also working there was a bit more helpful than the guy (who really just seemed like he had very little serving experience) and offered us an additional plate and forks too (we really needed the extra plate). She was friendly and tried to be helpful. Can't really judge the atmosphere since nobody else was there, but the food and...

Reviewing based off the experience I had with the owner. My girlfriend and I initially sat down for some drinks and a bite to eat. We noticed there was karaoke at the bar so we asked the bartender if we could get a mic. He’s super nice btw. After singing one song, the female owner came to us and SHAMED us for singing because we had ordered one beer during happy hour. We had originally wanted to stop by for more than a drink and some food but after being told 3 times that we didn’t deserve to sing because we just ordered one beer 5 mins in ???? Mind you, there was no one else but THE OWNERS FRIENDS THERE! lol. It’s okay, literally so many other spots in flushing than this one. Save your...