Essence Restaurant

Modern Asian Fusion Cuisine in a sophisticated lounge atmosphere. Craft cocktails, hookah, live DJs, and an elevated dining experience designed for nights that turn into memories.

Essence Restaurant is a pan-asian restaurant in Long Island City, New York. It is listed at 36-21 Steinway St, Long Island City, NY 11101, which places it among the local businesses of Long Island City that residents and visitors turn to when they need this kind of service close by.

Portion sizes and pricing swing widely across this group, from a $10 lunch bowl to a multi-course tasting menu at an upscale sushi counter, so checking recent reviews and photos is more useful than the price range alone. In Long Island City, dinner reservations for popular izakaya, hot pot and Korean BBQ spots fill up on Friday and Saturday nights, so booking ahead or arriving at opening is worth it. Many restaurants across New York run daily lunch specials on weekdays that are not listed on the dinner menu, so it is worth asking. Halal, vegetarian and gluten-free options vary a lot by kitchen; call ahead if you have a dietary restriction rather than assuming the menu will note it.

Hours have not been published for this listing yet. Most businesses of this type in Long Island City keep standard business hours, but call ahead to be sure, especially on weekends and holidays. The listed phone number is (631) 790-5106. Many businesses also reply to text messages on the same number if it is a cell phone. More information is available on its website, essencelic.com.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.7 out of 5 from 369 reviews, which is a strong result for a pan-asian restaurant in Long Island City and suggests consistent service.

Long Island City is in New York, in the Northeast, where four distinct seasons shape local life: hot humid summers, snowy winters that can close businesses for a day, and a dense pattern of towns where walking, transit and street parking all matter. Traffic in Long Island City peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

See the other pan-asian restaurants in Long Island City listed below to compare ratings, hours and locations before you decide. Details on this page come from public sources and may change; confirm anything important by phone before relying on it. Business owners can claim the listing to keep it up to date.