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Best restaurants in the East Village

Every restaurant I've rated in the East Village, New York, ranked by score. 20 places, 13 with notes. Updated July 2026.

9+8+

20 places · score out of 10 · j k ↵

  1. 1AddaEast Villagegas, biriyani worse than angel biryani imo but better curry. free chaat and papaad was nice. dessert was surprisingly amazingz9.9
  2. 2SoothrEast Villagegas9.8
  3. 3Cello's PizzeriaEast Villagegas9.6
  4. 4Farook Halal FoodEast Villagegood rice and meat esp for $89.6
  5. 5uluhEast Village9.2
  6. 6Little Ruby's East VillageEast Villagefire but no spice8.7
  7. 7Joe & Pat’s NYCEast Villagefade garlic bread but others are gas8.4
  8. 8Best Damn Breakfast BurritoEast Village8.3
  9. 9Santa Halal FoodEast Villagesanta was so nice8.2
  10. 10Bánh Anh EmEast Villagegood, need to try more vietnamese food8.1
  11. 11Electric BurritoEast Village8.1
  12. 1271 NY Halal FoodEast Villagegood nothing special8.1
  13. 13RakuEast Village7.8
  14. 14Café MaudEast Village7.7
  15. 15MáLà ProjectEast Village7.6
  16. 16HalalFoodEast Villageso much fucking food, was kinda sick of halal atp but wasn’t bad and amazing value7.6
  17. 17PASTASOLEEast Villageaight6.1
  18. 18Veeray da DhabaEast Village5.9
  19. 19Sao MaiEast Villagetripe weirds me out, pho was a bit disappointing had high expectations5.8
  20. 20Tajeen Halal Food TruckEast Villagetoo pricey and not that good4.5

How I rate. Scores come from Beli's pairwise ranking, so a 10 means it beat everything else I've had in the category, not that it's perfect. Nothing here is sponsored.