always get takeout here, 100% recommend their teriyaki chicken udon i am ADDICTED? their tempura is also amazing!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Teriyaki Chicken or Tofu Rice
Liz K.
I should have read the reviews. We had the ribs and tempura shrimp, pad thai, beef curry coconut udon noodles. Ribs ok, mostly peppery, tempura shrimp previously frozen - not inedible. The pad thai was not great - my bad expecting good from a fusion & not straight up Thai place. The curry udon was something else entirely...not much curry, looked & tasted like asian fettuccini Alfredo with pieces of deli roast beef. I shit you not. The kind you find on your chef salad.
Shoshona K.
Try the tea rolls! So good! My favorite bite during the warmer months! And that coconut based drink is my favorite summertime AF sip downtown. The ribs appetizer is better than you'd expect And the coconut soup will warm your soul on a cold day - paired with the hot ginger drink & it'll cure what ails ya
Allegra C.
I love the tea rolls here and the five spice beef. Love the tea service. Usually get takeout but sit down service is efficient.
Christena B.
The food is delicious here! I haven't been in a couple years and had to search a google map of the colleges in MA, narrowed it down to Northampton, MA & then went on Yelp to find the restaurant. I have literally been thinking about Fresh Side a couple times a week for YEARS since I moved from New England. The service was always wonderful and the location and ambiance in Spring/Summer are beautiful when you can sit outside. I'm so excited to have my favorite place for Tea Rolls again and can't wait to take a day trip from NY specifically to come back!
Kayla P.
This post is dedicated to the Five Spice Beef Noodle Soup. Never fails me, amazing on a cold day when you need something to warm you up. Cute place and friendly staff!
Ivan C
Bomb food delicious and fresh. Hot and filled to the brim and they didn’t skimpOn meat. Can’t say much about the atmosphere because I ordered delivery.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stacy Collingham
We stopped here for lunch. I had fried fish over salad and loved it. My husband had curry shrimp soup and liked it. We also shared a veggie roll. We sat outside and were pestered by a yellow jacket. It got in my dressing which slowed it down enough for me to take it out of play. Lovely server!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Jennifer N.
This was such a disappointing meal, I'm shocked that anyone would think this food is worthy to served to people. The positive: the restaurant is really cute on the inside. It was lunch time on a weekday and there weren't many people dining, so we were promptly seated. This was the only positive of the meal. The negatives: We ordered three dishes, pad Thai with chicken, rib rice and spring rolls. When the food came out I was so confused. The pad thai was literally a pile of seasoned rice noodles with a layer of boiled green beans, then a layer of tough chicken pieces followed by crushed peanuts covering the whole thing. There was nothing that resembled pad thai. The noodles were oily, and tasted like they were seasoned with fish sauce and that was all. This was not a dish where the ingredients were cooked together. This seemed like a dish where things were literally thrown together on a plate. Next was the rib rice. There was hardly any meat on the ribs. And what meat there was there was dry. The glaze on the ribs was tasty, a nice five spice flavor but that didn't really matter when the ribs were mostly bones. The rice that came with the ribs were awful. Truly the driest rice I've ever had. If you've ever left cooked rice out to dry without covering it, it was like that. Inedible for sure. The carrots and broccoli were boiled and not seasoned. It felt like an afterthought. The spring rolls were awful. The filling was very wet and just not appetizing to eat. All I could taste was ginger and mushy vegetables. The service was sub par. It was not busy when I went. We were the only ones dining inside the restaurant, yet the server was speaking so loud to her co worker on the other side of the restaurant that it was hard to enjoy a meal in peace. Definitely skip this restaurant. There's so many other restaurants in Amherst that would be worth your time and money.
Maya G.
My favorite restaurant in Amherst! Cute outdoor patio, fast and friendly service, and delicious food!! Try all the tea rolls, Vietnamese noodle salad, and the star of the show PEANUT TOFU!!
Maybe I should've gotten something else. Nice restaurant. Spring rolls as a side were amazing, but I got a main dish, tofu with veggies over brown rice. Rice was tasteless. Veggies had no taste. And there was so much clear sauce from the veggies and tofu that it made my brown rice completely soggy. This is more like soup now. Where is the seasoning? I don't like it. I was just in the area, and this was the closest place to my pick up, and I feel like I've wasted my money. I am 2 hours away from this place. I really thought I was going to have a great lunch after trying those delicious spring rolls. I couldn't eat it or enjoy it. Where I live, the Asian community knows how to season food correctly. Stop watering your food down to please those with weak taste buds. This just wasn't it. I threw a whole 30 dollars out. Unedible. I wish I could have stopped somewhere else. I want my money back. Smh
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Aura Suarez Oviedo
It's my favorite place in Amherst. Everything is so good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vietnamese Roll, Ginger Honey Tea, Pad Thai
Sandi M.
We had teriyaki chicken with udon soup, pho-- only one style and size--and rib rice, with a 22-ounce local beer and Japanese soda, for about $50 before tip. Portions were good, service was fast and friendly, street parking was easy. We sat outside. There is a size able GF and vegan list. Everything was clean. Will be back.
Laurie B.
Stopped here bringing my daughter back to school. This WAS one of her favorites. We both ordered Pad Thai. I'm not sure why they called it Pad Thai because it was nothing that you think of. Furthermore, there is no doubt that the chicken, green beans and the carrots in it were all frozen. There was no peanut flavor to it. We asked for a side of peanut sauce to try to help it out and all the peanut sauce was was processed peanut butter. Other food might be good, but stay far away from the so-call Pad Thai and don't count on it being fresh!
Khrys McDonald
Shitake fried rice with chicken was amazing. Best fried rice of my life. Awesome Thai iced tea. And the taro mochi was a fantastic way to close the meal. Very gluten-free friendly. Would give more stars if i could. Dietary restrictions: Really Gluten free friendly. It's nice to see.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tea and Coffee, Coconut Curry Rice, Great Place for Tea, Pad Thai
always get takeout here, 100% recommend their teriyaki chicken udon i am ADDICTED? their tempura is also amazing!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Teriyaki Chicken or Tofu Rice
I should have read the reviews. We had the ribs and tempura shrimp, pad thai, beef curry coconut udon noodles. Ribs ok, mostly peppery, tempura shrimp previously frozen - not inedible. The pad thai was not great - my bad expecting good from a fusion & not straight up Thai place. The curry udon was something else entirely...not much curry, looked & tasted like asian fettuccini Alfredo with pieces of deli roast beef. I shit you not. The kind you find on your chef salad.
Try the tea rolls! So good! My favorite bite during the warmer months! And that coconut based drink is my favorite summertime AF sip downtown. The ribs appetizer is better than you'd expect And the coconut soup will warm your soul on a cold day - paired with the hot ginger drink & it'll cure what ails ya
I love the tea rolls here and the five spice beef. Love the tea service. Usually get takeout but sit down service is efficient.
The food is delicious here! I haven't been in a couple years and had to search a google map of the colleges in MA, narrowed it down to Northampton, MA & then went on Yelp to find the restaurant. I have literally been thinking about Fresh Side a couple times a week for YEARS since I moved from New England. The service was always wonderful and the location and ambiance in Spring/Summer are beautiful when you can sit outside. I'm so excited to have my favorite place for Tea Rolls again and can't wait to take a day trip from NY specifically to come back!
This post is dedicated to the Five Spice Beef Noodle Soup. Never fails me, amazing on a cold day when you need something to warm you up. Cute place and friendly staff!
Bomb food delicious and fresh. Hot and filled to the brim and they didn’t skimpOn meat. Can’t say much about the atmosphere because I ordered delivery.
Food: 5
Service: 5
We stopped here for lunch. I had fried fish over salad and loved it. My husband had curry shrimp soup and liked it. We also shared a veggie roll. We sat outside and were pestered by a yellow jacket. It got in my dressing which slowed it down enough for me to take it out of play. Lovely server!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
This was such a disappointing meal, I'm shocked that anyone would think this food is worthy to served to people. The positive: the restaurant is really cute on the inside. It was lunch time on a weekday and there weren't many people dining, so we were promptly seated. This was the only positive of the meal. The negatives: We ordered three dishes, pad Thai with chicken, rib rice and spring rolls. When the food came out I was so confused. The pad thai was literally a pile of seasoned rice noodles with a layer of boiled green beans, then a layer of tough chicken pieces followed by crushed peanuts covering the whole thing. There was nothing that resembled pad thai. The noodles were oily, and tasted like they were seasoned with fish sauce and that was all. This was not a dish where the ingredients were cooked together. This seemed like a dish where things were literally thrown together on a plate. Next was the rib rice. There was hardly any meat on the ribs. And what meat there was there was dry. The glaze on the ribs was tasty, a nice five spice flavor but that didn't really matter when the ribs were mostly bones. The rice that came with the ribs were awful. Truly the driest rice I've ever had. If you've ever left cooked rice out to dry without covering it, it was like that. Inedible for sure. The carrots and broccoli were boiled and not seasoned. It felt like an afterthought. The spring rolls were awful. The filling was very wet and just not appetizing to eat. All I could taste was ginger and mushy vegetables. The service was sub par. It was not busy when I went. We were the only ones dining inside the restaurant, yet the server was speaking so loud to her co worker on the other side of the restaurant that it was hard to enjoy a meal in peace. Definitely skip this restaurant. There's so many other restaurants in Amherst that would be worth your time and money.
My favorite restaurant in Amherst! Cute outdoor patio, fast and friendly service, and delicious food!! Try all the tea rolls, Vietnamese noodle salad, and the star of the show PEANUT TOFU!!
Restaurantji Recommends
Maybe I should've gotten something else. Nice restaurant. Spring rolls as a side were amazing, but I got a main dish, tofu with veggies over brown rice. Rice was tasteless. Veggies had no taste. And there was so much clear sauce from the veggies and tofu that it made my brown rice completely soggy. This is more like soup now. Where is the seasoning? I don't like it. I was just in the area, and this was the closest place to my pick up, and I feel like I've wasted my money. I am 2 hours away from this place. I really thought I was going to have a great lunch after trying those delicious spring rolls. I couldn't eat it or enjoy it. Where I live, the Asian community knows how to season food correctly. Stop watering your food down to please those with weak taste buds. This just wasn't it. I threw a whole 30 dollars out. Unedible. I wish I could have stopped somewhere else. I want my money back. Smh
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
It's my favorite place in Amherst. Everything is so good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vietnamese Roll, Ginger Honey Tea, Pad Thai
We had teriyaki chicken with udon soup, pho-- only one style and size--and rib rice, with a 22-ounce local beer and Japanese soda, for about $50 before tip. Portions were good, service was fast and friendly, street parking was easy. We sat outside. There is a size able GF and vegan list. Everything was clean. Will be back.
Stopped here bringing my daughter back to school. This WAS one of her favorites. We both ordered Pad Thai. I'm not sure why they called it Pad Thai because it was nothing that you think of. Furthermore, there is no doubt that the chicken, green beans and the carrots in it were all frozen. There was no peanut flavor to it. We asked for a side of peanut sauce to try to help it out and all the peanut sauce was was processed peanut butter. Other food might be good, but stay far away from the so-call Pad Thai and don't count on it being fresh!
Shitake fried rice with chicken was amazing. Best fried rice of my life. Awesome Thai iced tea. And the taro mochi was a fantastic way to close the meal. Very gluten-free friendly. Would give more stars if i could. Dietary restrictions: Really Gluten free friendly. It's nice to see.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tea and Coffee, Coconut Curry Rice, Great Place for Tea, Pad Thai