UkrainianEastVillageRestaurant
New York, NY 10003-8364
Phone: (212) 614-3283
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Between 8th Street and 9th Street
- Directions:
- 6 at Astor Pl
- Hours:
- Daily 12pm-11pm
Message from UkrainianEastVillageRestaurant
Serving The Best in Ukrainian and Eastern European Cuisine
- Original Eastern European Food
- Full Bar on Site
- Free Room for All Occasions
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Editorial Description for UkrainianEastVillageRestaurant
A hidden Ukrainian restaurant that serves hearty, traditional Eastern European fare.
Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThe restaurant is located inside the Ukrainian National Home building, down the hallway.
User Reviews for UkrainianEastVillageRestaurant
11/12/2008 Posted by MisterLessons
Are we all a bit too star struck (nearly 5 stars?) over this East Village institution? I believe we may be, and yet for some reason we continue to return time and again. Perhaps it is the comfort we get from the vegetarian combo platter or a cup of mushroom barley, but let's step back from our nostalgia for a moment and list some big problems with this restaurant: 1. The french fries are always horrific - they arrive to the table cold, some overcooked from double dunking while others undercooked. The grease is also used to deep fry kielbasa and other foods, imparting undesirable flavors to the all-accepting fries. The potato product used as french fries is substandard - at or below diner quality. What would Anthony Bourdain have to say?!? Its the simple things that count and getting them right makes all the difference. 2. The service, which regulars have come to live with, is often slow, disinterested and error-prone. 3. The line cooks should eat off-line and keep colorful topics to themselves, this includes the manager who scowls and dresses down tardy workers. 4. Zapping my stuffed cabbage in the microwave results in cold spots inside and no one wants that on a chilly January afternoon.5. Pricy? - NYC diners are quite pricey, so Veselka seems in step with that, but the price of many basic items can be add up to a home-cooked twenty bucks. Will I return? I cannot help myself. It is still Veselka and it does taste home-cooked (except the fries of course). My advise - sit at the counter - that way you can always hand back a mistake or crappy fries to the cook directly. They will love you for it! -Mr. Lessons
10/27/2008 Posted by berig127
I haven't tried the food but The tango classes were full of total beginners and worse they thought they were intermediate. I learned to dance in Buenos Aires and was really quite shocked at the level here. I suppose there might be some true dancers who come because the fridany milonga goes to 2:30 just like one in BA would. I left at 11:30.
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