Mia Tapas Bar And Restaurant

Great spot for asian bites. Went at a busy time but we were seated after a short wait. The food was excellent, particular standouts were the Kerala style shrimp, the lotus root fritters and the chicken dumplings (one of the specials when we went). Our sever, Will, was super attentive and help make it a great experience. Would definitely come back.

Likely in the top 3 restaurants in town based on the quality and variety of the menu. Some of the menu items are so tasty that it can be hard to not just repeat the same order every time you come here. Highly recommend. They are nearly always busy and have been shortstaffed recently, so get there on the early side.

My wife and I had dinner at Mia during our visit to Ithaca at the end of June 2023. We are very fussy about where we eat so the fact that we ate there on each of the three nights we were in Ithaca speaks for itself. All the food that we ate there was delicious, flavorful, and simply outstanding, much better than some of most fancy overpriced restaurants we have tried. The menu items are a masterful fusion of various Asian cuisines, so they have a trace of the original inspiration yet have their own identity, such as the duck samosas made in puff pastry. We were pleased that there were numerous small plate tapas offering, so we could try various things and eat light when we wanted to. This was also interesting since the tapas was Asian and not Spanish. The restaurant has a very pleasant and modern ambience, and the music is not too loud. The tapas offerings and the entrees are reasonably priced and definitely a great value. If you are in Ithaca, this is a great place to go if you like Asian food. What we ate: Pork shank marinated in five spice Thai yellow curry w/ fried bun Chicken satay with peanut sauce Roast duck puff pastry samosa Prawns in southern Indian Kerala curry Jasmine Rice Lamb & beef kofta kebab with mint yogurt raita & mango chutney Homemade Vegetable Spring Rolls Thai Mussamund beef curry with cashew nuts, etc. Mango Cheesecake Chocolate Lava Cake

We came to eat and the food was good, the menu was complicated and some of the dishes seemed to not have names. We ate a chocolate lava cake for dessert and the raspberry sauce was on the ice cream and ruined the flavor. The lava was almost non existent. We ate some puff pastry as well as some butter chicken and they were good. Service was fast as well.

Ordered sauteed Asian greens, lotus root fritters, prawns in southern Indian Kerala curry, cambodian style lemongrass and peanut marinated beef tenderloins, fried chicken dumplings (special of the day and an order of naan. The seasoning was on point for all the dishes. My favorite was the curry.... I recommend ordering a side of rice to sop up all that yummy curry sauce. Husband loved the lotus fritters. The greens were tasty but a little hard to chew, same with the cambodian style beef, tasty but a little tough. 6 small dishes were plenty for the two of us. I wish we could have tried more dishes and if we are ever back in Ithaca, would definitely go again. Service gets a 4 star because I wanted to order a side of rice after we had already started eating. Even though there was a waiter free near us, he said we had to wait for our waiter and that took awhile. He was busy dealing with two of this other tables... personally I think that's poor customer service.

We were in the area for four nights and our dinner at Mia was our absolute favorite. Every dish was incredibly flavorful. Our particular favorites were the wings, the bao buns and the salmon curry special. The only thing I didn't like was the guava margarita but the rest of the meal made up for it! Get dessert, trust me. The vegan chocolate torte was to die for!