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Categories: Diners, Breakfast & Brunch, Polish, Ukrainian [Edit]
Neighborhood: East VillageAstor Place (6)
3rd Ave-14th St (L)
8th St-Broadway (R, W)
Mon-Sun. 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.
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I love this place. I generally come here for breakfast everytime I am in the area. The waffles with the raspberry sauce...incredible. Eggs, potatoes, toast and coffee are all good too. I have not tried any of the pierogis yet but they always look really good. Lots of vegetarian options, not so many vegan options. Added bonus? The last 2 times I was there I saw Jon Stewart.
When: Monday, November 16
Meal: Lunch
The restaurant: Cozy, comfortable, inviting. The waiter brought the wrong side accompaniment with our lunch, and ended up giving us the check before we had a chance to ask for coffee after we finished our lunch. But he said he was at the end of his shift, so I think he just wanted to make sure we tipped him! He was delightfully inept that we forgave him his transgressions.
The food: I had potato pancakes and my friend had pierogies. I had apple sauce with the pancakes. The pancakes by themselves were tasty, but smearing the applesauce on them made them taste so much better. They were really rich and heavy, and I was only able to eat two out of three. My friend demolished his pierogies.
Final verdict? I'd go back. The place was relaxing and casual. The service wasn't too bad. And the food was mighty tasty.
Such a shame, this restaurant looked like it had a lot of potential, but damn where do I even begin with the disappointment??
Some locals recommended this place to us for some brunch and the place had a real warm and comfy feel to it. After our party of 6 were finally seated our server came over to take our order and I asked him if they were still serving breakfast and he had explained that we could still order it except that everything in their "specials" would be charged individually and I guess when my boyfriend ordered he was still confused as to how the ordering went and simply asked him again and the server had this irritated look on his face and gave him a rude reply.
We all had ordered breakfast and the food was pretty decent. Unfortunately, I wish we could've felt the same way about the service. When our drinks finally came out he got the order wrong and brought out an extra coffee instead of orange juice.. and took the extra coffee w/ the creamer away and didn't even leave it at our table. We constanly had to ask other servers for help when our server was nowhere to be found... If this doesn't sound like bad service to me then I don't know what does..
In the end our tab came out to $88 w/ out tip.. and we tipped him according to how we felt about the service... and as we were leaving my boyfriend left his stupid umbrella inside and since I was last to leave I had to get it for him and as I was walking out, the server abruptly stopped me and here is how the conversation went:
server: was there something wrong with the service??
me: (stunned and appalled) yes, we felt that you were rude to us when we first arrived and ordered
server: i was rude to you when i when you first came in?
me: yes, do YOU have a problem with that?
server: (rudely) well, you guys left a $5 tip on a $88 tab...
me: yeah well if you gave us better service then you would've gotten a better tip!!!!!
server: mumbled something and turned his back
One last thing to the server, you're lucky to get $5 than nothing at all.. must I remind you that tipping is up to the discretion of the patrons!
I went here in 2006 on a date from someone I met from myspace, yes its true and Im woman enough to admit it.
I was impressed I liked this place very much, it reminded me of a cafe in Europe, of course I've never been to Europe but it's ok , I'm using imagination here.
Anyways I went for breakfast, sat outside andjust admired my surroundings. I had pancakes with cofffee or maybe tea. Either or I've always wanted to come back again I'm just looking for a friend who will join me, I live in Brooklyn so it is kind of hard to get people to want to go with you to Manhattan for breakfast .. until then it will be a nice memory
The Ukraine has dropped a bomb on us, and we should be grateful for the open-24-hour taste revolution.
"Traditional Ukraine Cooking in an Untraditional Setting" is the motto of this coffee shop that does oh so much more than Eastern Euro java.
It's like a Soviet-meets-Deco-meets-diner decor with accented staff from the homeland who still have a formal stiffness in their behavior even as they try to mimic Flo's classic hospitality. It's quirky if loving service. Many declarative sentences end in "OK?" followed by the server walking off.
The menu is diverse and, from what I sampled, delicious and of the most VIP quality.
Fried Pierogies were just doughy enough with fillings like cheese, potato and meat. All were near-bursting in quantity and flavor. The onion marmalade side was a thoughtful and tasty addition.
Borscht, the thick beet-based soup of the people, is a violet-red melange of cabbage, tomato, beans, potato, beets, carrots, onions and tomato - served with a dollop of sour cream on the side to thicken the stew. as desired. This was my first encounter with the lady B, and she danced a velvet revolution on my taste buds.
You don't expect Stuffed Cabbage in Tomato Broth to be a seductive looker. This little vixen of cultural heritage knows how to dress. She is bursting at the the seams in a translucent green sheen, and let me tell you the beauty is more than skin deep. Bite after delicious bite, she wooed me with her Ukrainian ways and warmed my soul.
The Potato Pancakes take spuds to new levels. Crisp outside, moist richness inside, sitting alongside her companion apple puree.
Overheard conversations ranged from out-of-my-league techno talk from what appeared to be some well-paid braniacs (maybe Google?) to out-of-my-league NYU drama students arguing over minor accent variations with notecards symbolizing soft palate positions.
Comrades, this is a gem in NY. Caringly prepared food, ruble on the dollar prices, cool Soviet-Deco-diner decor and diverse smarty pants crowd.
If I could go back in time, this is where I would have read "Everything is Illuminated" and "Absurdistan," two must-read books by great, living NY-based authors, whom I think would also truly appreciate the Ukrainian-meets-Manhattan charms of Veselka - my new European bride.
Screw Balthazar. I'm heading East for an entirely more soul-warming European experience.
So I came back here for brunch since a friend wanted to go and this really improved my impression of the food here, if not the service. I ordered the blueberry buckwheat pancakes which were quite good and the corned beef hash which was a good salty side for the pancakes. My friend had the meatballs which seemed better this time but still too dry imho. Also my friend ordered the beef borscht and what a difference! It tasted like cabbage beef which was soo much better than the nasty vegetarian one I got last time and couldn't finish. I didn't think their sweet potato fries were that great, but all of my friends seemed to enjoy their food so a definite improvement from my dinner. I would maybe come back for brunch or late night brunch if someone wanted to go but wouldn't go back on my own accord.
I ordered the orange juice not realizing it came with my meal so they charged me for the large and didn't even offer me the free one so I assumed until I got the bill, that it was just included. I thought that was wrong of the waitress not to even offer the extra juice. She wasn't mean, but there were little things that showed she wasn't very friendly. At the end she dropped some food on me and didn't even apologize. If I was with a smaller group I wouldn't have tipped as well, this place just doesn't care about service. They aren't horrendous but they don't really care.
I'm keeping it 3 stars because I was rounding up last time and this time I'm rounding down. I still think its overhyped but I would be ok with going back for brunch
Heard great things about this place and was pretty disappointed. Maybe I just don't like Ukrainian… Read more »
Oh Veselka, how you complete me. Finally I have experienced your magic, and now that I know, I will never look at you the same. I have heard good reviews of this place, and after spending the summer prancing through Poland and eastern Europe, I have patiently waited for the perfect opportunity to experience this East Village paradise. Ok, really I just always forgot it was there...but one day I went in! And I'm so very glad I did...
borscht...yummy...they even have vegetarian borcht that my vegetarian friends liked! in fact, my vegetarian friends seemed to be quite pleased with the amount and variety of vegetarian options at such a place...
i had their broccoli and cheese pierogies....hello! i also tasted their vegetarian stuffed cabbage. yum! I will totally be back here...maybe for a blitz breakfast sometime soon? Polish food sounds sort of scary to some, but seriously if you haven't tried it, this is a good place to start. And if you already have borcht in your blood, you will appreciate Veselka. Open 24 hours doesn't hurt either...
I love this placeeeeeeeee! Reasonable prices, awesome cozy atmosphere and the food is really homey Ukranian comfort food. They also have awesome pastries and such. My ultra fave is the stuffed cabbage :P.... What's awesome is that it's opened early/late so it's really a convenient hangout - esp with your buds. The Ukranian service is nothing to brag about btw... lol Oh watch out for the Tammy Faye baker lashed out broad
Lattes and cupcakes, oh my!
Mmmm try their red velvet cupcakes, no lie.
They have a sign mentioning them, listen to that sign.
you want the red velvet cupcake.
I can't believe that I haven't reviewed this place yet! Veselka has been on my list of go-to, all-occasion spots for years. 3.5 stars.
Why I keep coming back:
Pierogies with sour cream and apple sauce, huge kielbasa sausages, all day breakfast menu, the side salad with the dill dressing is yums, open 24 hours!!! Reasonably priced, perfect for any casual occasion.
Why it is not quite 4 stars:
Spacey, sometimes rude service - except that one guy who is my favorite, so cute. Sometimes plain tasting dishes, especially for breakfast.
I keep this on my list, because its the perfect unintimidating spot to introduce people to delish Ukrainian delights. I will also make note of the cupcakes next time I am here.
P.S. Random, but their chicken noodle soup with challah bread is the jams! LOVE!
Late night in the East Village and desperately in need of something to fill the void in your belly? Crawl into Veselka and rediscover the warming comfort of Eastern Europe. The service is friendly, the food is simple and delicious, the prices are a little high.
Veselka is the cure for the common diner.
Not everything at Veselka is great. The service can be lackluster. But it has a few things going for it:
1) They have the best chicken soup in the city. It's made with real chicken. Whenever I have a cold, i get a quart of soup to go from veselka and it makes me better!!! If i was just rating the chicken soup i would give it 6 stars. It definitely meets or beats my bubby's soup.
2) The raspberry blintzes are awesome.
3) Open 24/7 - 365
Otherwise, i think it is overpriced. Head across the street to B&H for some real diner action.
YUUMMMMMM! Came here with some visiting friends from Cali who heard of this place and was nothing but pleased. I may not be the best judge since I've never had Ukrainian food before, but I definitely know how to eat. Shared a whole lot of periogi's and the rasberry blintzes. Both were amazing! Blintzes were yummy, but had a little too much cheese for my taste. Periogi's were nice and tender. Absolutely yummy! Wish they'd open one of these up in Yorkville!
This is truly my go-to comfort food favorite .. The wild ukranian men in the open kitchen, looking so serious.. and the nice patio area (with wifi, ooo)... I even have weird traditions with what I order..
Get a new job: A bowl of their INCREDIBLE cabbage soup, with challah, to be enjoyed AT the counter.
Insomnia: Hot Borscht (what a luxurious potion)
Pre-Landmark Cinemas: The Vegetarian Platter (soup choice: borscht) and a Ukranian beer, Obolon lager (21 oz bottle gets your buzz on for cinema)
Break-up: Sauerkraut perogi (boiled) and a Grapefruit Fizzy Lizzy
Sick: Cup of Chicken Noodle and the Lentil Salad
Autumn: Their spiced sweet potato soup is heaven.. and I just saw hot or cold apple cider on the menu recently.
Note: The younger waitresses are so much nicer than the older grumpy ones..
I love Veselka... great ukrainian comfort food and it is open 24x7. The service is always prompt and they definitely check on you often enough to be helpful.
My standard order here consists of:
- Pierogi appetizer (4 pierogis), fried
- Meatball appetizer with a side of egg noodles
- Cup of borscht (if you like beets, this borscht is amazing)
It's a very refreshing change from diners for late-night eats.
Because I haven't found another place in NYC with good pierogies, I'm going to give this place 3 stars, otherwise this place probably deserves 2/2.5. I use to live in Pittsburgh (loooove Pittsburgh), which had many restaurants with pierogies on offer. Late one night, a bit of a 'rog was all I wanted. And then there was Veselka!
They have them boiled and fried. I tried a bit of both. It came with sour cream and apple sauce. The plate was simple and came quick. Both are quite good, but I'm partial to the traditional. I've stuck to the veggie selection, but my friend also enjoyed the meat ones. It looked like some beef of some kind.
My only complaint is that they're usually served sauteed in a bit of butter and onion. And it would've been nice to have fresh apple sauce vs. the jarred Mott's stuff. It would've been nice if they made the plate a bit more interesting (for the amount they charge, they really should). This place satisfied my craving, but didn't "wow" me in the least. 3 stars.
I'm not a New Yorker - I'm an Angelino, so I cluelessly spent a lot of my short time in Manhattan wandering around the parts that are a never ending cycle of Duane Reade, H&M, McDonald's and Starbucks. I was starting to get freaked out.
Our recent Tisch graduate friend came to the rescue and steered us toward Veselka. I love all night diners (so consider the context of my 5 stars - this is a 5 star all night diner). Our waitress was a jaw-droppingly gorgeous, pierced Ukrainian. I pretty much had to beat my husband after I saw how much he tipped her on our small order (I don't actually beat my husband).
Get the traditional Ukrainian apple crumble!
Alright, solid 4 stars. They switched up the champagne in the mimosas and it was quite quite delicious. I ordered the Grilled Ukrainian Kielbasa - two kilbasas, mashed potatoes, and an additional side order. I switched it up to have home fries and potato pancake. I had to grab a bottle of ketchup and hot sauce since the home fries weren't doing it for me, but I still ate it up. I also ordered the seasonal pirogi - arugula and goat cheese. Absolutely delicious and also just enough to share with someone, but not get too full. We had ours fried.
Really, I'd give this place a 3.5 stars, but I rounded up. Went here for brunch last weekend, and… Read more »
The food is on par with your average diner but the eastern European twist makes adds character to the food. Being open 24 hours is a big plus.
Food: Somehow this place keeps dragging me back. The food is basically diner food where I can get at any diner across America. Eggs, omelet, home fries, toasted bread, french toast, etc. Yet every once in a while I crave a weekend brunch here. To me the easiest stand out item is the kielbasa. Burst of flavor and a little crunch when first bitten then the juiciness and aroma bursts in your mouth and you realize waiting on line for an hour was well worth it.
Drink: OJ, Fizz, and water. Coffee is not that great.
Service: Here is the down side. They subtly try to kick you out after you eat cause there are like 100 more patrons waiting to be seated. This is NYC let us sit and chat.
Ambiance/Crowd: Lots of people! Busy staff running around, plates clanging, utensils striking, and a chorus of chatter. A tight diner setting, minus the usual diner frequenters.
This place serves delicious pierogies. I didn't think I liked pierogies, but Veselja made me like them. The other food is pretty good, the service is pretty fast, and I've not usually had to wait for a table.
I came here after a late night party for some post-beer/shots food.
I have to say, I've only come back here for their really REALLY tasty potato pancakes. Hmmm.... yumm..
I didn't care too much about their perogies, not really worth it in my opinion.
My friends and I went at 4:30am and the place was packed, after we got our food we looked around and wondered why all of these people were in this establishment. There are a lot better 24 hour food options in the area.
We got two orders of pierogis - and they were so bland. It just tasted like flavorless dough. We got them boiled/steamed, maybe they would have been better fried. My friend got the meatballs and from the color of them I had to wonder what kind of meat they were actually made from. My other friend got macaroni and cheese and although it looked good it was the blandest mac and cheese I've ever tasted. At one point my friend tried to get up and walk out because he was so disappointed. After a long night of drinking I'm not one to be picky about late night food, however I would rather not eat anything then food from here.
some things never change. thank god! ukrainian comfort food of pillow-light blintzes, stuffed cabbage, olas goulash, potato pierogi. and chicken soup. eat anything, anytime. and don't forget to order a slice of their classic pumpkin pie. here at veselka - serving the east village since 1954. 24/7.
Oh Veselka, Veselka. How do I love thee? Enough to make a pilgrimage to your eatery priority number one every time I visit NYC.
This place made me fall in love with borscht. If you have not had borscht at 3 in the morning after bar hopping all around the East Village, I highly recommend it. Go, get yourself a cup of borchst, sweet potato perogis (fried NOT steamed), stuffed cabbage and if you have the room (or a bunch of friends), beef stroganoff. DELISH.
The service isn't anything to write home about. In fact, they pretty much avoid eye contact and on multiple occasions you need to get up and flag them down to order/get your check/pay them/whatever. But the food is so good I don't care. Well maybe I'm too drunk and excited about my food to care, but whatever. It's part of the experience.
Veselka's food also makes me so happy that even when drunken fights erupt behind me, sending the table askew and glassware shattering right behind me... I just smile blissfully. More borscht please!
Veselka honestly saved my life.
Many, many nights were spent confused, sad, abandoned, alone, and depressed while attending college in the early 2000's. Veselka was my church. I would take a walkman - can you even believe there was a time iPod's didn't exist!! - and a book/notebook and sit in veselka drinking coffee and thinking of things that made me want to continue waking up every morning and working my ass off. Late night conversations with eccentric servers, watching the sun rise from the barstools, starting my day with a raspberry blintz... it's as real to me as my childhood. Even now when I go into the city and plans with my friends fall through, I spend the time writing or catching a few Zzzz's at Veselka.
The Bigos is my favorite dish. Their ever changing soups are great with a slice of buttered bread. And like I said the blintz is amazing.
The egg and cheese isn't the best in the city, but it's still a damned good/filling breakfast.
This place is a safehouse for all the abandoned coffee drinkers.
Definitely hit or miss.
Positives: Open 24 hours, sells pierogis and has many local patrons.
Negatives: Not always clean.
Case in Point: The last time I went there we saw Ron Silver (from Office Space) on a date. Unfortunately, there was a disgusting roll of fly paper perched precariously on a shelf right above his head. I wasn't suprised because I found some flies in my water. The pierogis were a-ok.
Our waitress was really nice and the food was yummy and relatively cheap. It doesn't match Kiev, the Ukranian masterpiece of a restaurant formerly in existence on the same corner, but it's a pretty decent substitute.
Order the beet salad with goat cheese. As a former beet naysayer, I have to say I was impressed. Be forewarned though; it is an actual salad with beets and other stuff on top.
The potato pancake was very MEH and the sausage was OK. I'd get the meat stuffed cabbage again, though it was also surprising - I expected a red sauce but it came in a white, creamy sauce. Still good though.
All in all, decent, decently cheap, and friendly service.
In one summer I came here about six or seven times; which, considering all of the food options available to one in NY, is pretty impressive. Where else can I get pierogies and blintzes done just right and at any hour? It's a combination of good warm food, atmosphere, and location that made this place so great to me. I would give it five stars if it weren't for one incident with poor service that I had (which is sad b/c every other time I went the service was fantastic).
I went there at 3am with a group of six after coming out of the bars. Obviously, not everyone in the group was hungry and when only half of us ordered food (but might I mention that we ordered a lot of food for just half), our waitress got really pissy. She kept glaring at my friends for not ordering anything and even went as far to say, "Seriously?". I found her completely unprofessional - she even went ahead and added the 18% gratuity for parties of 6 or more (which, you know, is fine if you actually SERVE six people, not seat them). I guess she knew that she blew it after being rude to my friends b/c if we had a choice we wouldn't have tipped her. I felt bad that night for even having recommended the place and then having my friends sit there awkwardly under the waitress' contemptuous stare.
That little incident aside, this place is wonderful. I would recommend the blueberry & cheese pierogies, fresh fruit blintz, and beef stroganoff.
Best bacon I ever ate. Really.
I've only been to Veselka for breakfast, but it is a TERRIFIC breakfast. Best bacon ever: big, thick, delicious. Everything I ate was perfect and the service was unbeatable. A delightful place. It's smaller than I expected and more crowded than I like, but I won't let that stop me from coming back for more of that wonderful bacon!
Who doesn't love this place? It's got so much going for it. It's awesome looking, it's 24 hours, it's yet another great place to go for coffee and endless conversation late at night and it has a great menu. Ok, I may be biased because I am an Eastern European girl who absolutely loves her pierogies, blintzes, borscht and cabbage rolls, but seriously this place is the bee's knees.
Let's talk about their pierogies. They are out of this world. In the fall, they whip out their seasonal menu and with that comes the pumpkin pierogies. Oh my...god. Their pumpkin pierogies are a wonderful experience. I always get mine boiled and they are somehow light (I know, I know, how can I be referring to pierogies as light? I don't know, it must be culinary magic they employ to get them to turn out that way. Suffice to say that these are not the heavy hockey pucks that you may envision when thinking about pierogies) and the pumpkin filling is irresistibly divine (get it with the apple sauce!). Something truly wonderful about pierogies at Veselka is you can mix and match to your heart's content so if you want to go wild and try a plethora of options, you can!
Their combination plates are also excellent. For people looking to sample their stuffed cabbage, kasha, pierogies and beet salad those plates are great introductions and very filling to boot.
Late night quality snacks apparently delicious perogies, but we had the egg and cheese on a roll, and it was fantastic.
Date Rating: 2
Pick up Scale: 2
Strong Suggestion: Don't cheer on the chefs they blush.
The rotating murals are the best part of Veselka.
When I was a wee thing I would revel in the art as I ate my sour cream with a little fried pierogi. I had my first taste of potato leek soup here as well.
Now? After succumbing to nostalgia (several times) I realize how truly on the low end of mediocre this restaurant is.
Pea Soup : Suck
Beef Stroganoff : Suck
Tuna Melt : Aiight
Pierogies: Aiight
Coffee: INEPT
Burger: DRY!!!!
Rolling Rock : Rolling Rock
No! I don't want it!
But...it is open 24 hours. So I guess it has that going for it.
I came to Veselka a year ago with my cousin from France and a few friends looking to have a big brunch. First of all, we waited forever for a table. When we finally were seated, we didn't go for any of the Ukrainian dishes, but instead we ordered typical breakfast food: eggs, home fries, toast, bacon, etc. So the waitress didn't ask us how we wanted our eggs and I even though I thought about specifying that I wanted over easy, I figured they'd bring out over easy or over medium, as that seems to be pretty standard. Well, we got served over hard eggs, yolks completely cooked through. I've never experienced something like that. I had to send my food back it was so disgusting. I have no idea how that could be the standard way to cook eggs at a restaurant. When the waitress brought back my food, the eggs were right (though the white was fairly runny) but the potatoes were cold and the bacon was soggy. All around a total disappointment. Not only did the food suck, the service was slow and the waitress was very unpleasant about the whole exchange.
Regardless, I would still give Veselka another try. If I go for breakfast, I'll be sure to specify how I want my eggs, whether I'm asked or not. I'd like to try their offerings for the other meals of the day, but I'll be very careful when ordering because Veselka seems to do things a little differently than I am used to.
Veselka... an old standby for the East Village, also a Diner which I don't go to often because I always end up eating things I regret later...
Looking over the menu, I was surprised they have veggie burgers, and quite a few veggie options. But I was in the mood for dessert. Mistake!
Yummy yummy apple crisp with vanilla ice cream ala mode. Oh and yeah they added the whipped cream. It was sooooo good. Did I mention, I'm lactose intolerant? Ok, yeah so I'm regretting it big time right about now, but the taste was heavenly.
Also surprisingly this places prices don't seem to have kept up with inflation (I was reading a book on Economics while eating my dessert!). Anyway, what I'm saying is that the prices are surprisingly cheap. Probably they have a 50 bazillion year lease on the space, so can offer prices with good quality food.
anyway, if you haven't been, check it out!
I had a bowl of their "special" three bean chili with all the toppings (including cheddar) and friend had the mac&cheese with salad and soup. The mac&cheese wasn't that great (my recipe is waaay better!) and my chili was underwhelming. But it wasn't terrible, ya kno? But overpriced for the taste. I was expecting lots of offerings of pierogies but I only saw one with some kind of strawberry filling (!) and I wasn't feeling it.
I did try a Ukranian beer for the first time and it wasn't too bad! Sorta very carbonated though with a bit of a sour taste to it.
But highlight of the meal: our super cute server who was an older lady who proceeded to take our order with a "Hello. How may I help you?" and told us to come back sometime at 5am if we were out and about....they are apparently open 24hrs. I will have to try it again in the early morn/late night.
Romanticized by Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, this East Village eatery is more than just a date spot. This was my first foray into Ukranian food and I didn't know what to expect. They have blue plate specials after 11PM Mon-Fri with something different each day. I ordered the meat perogies fried cause you can never go wrong with fried foods. I couldn't figure out the mystery meat filling so I asked the waitress and she told me it was ground beef and pork. The waitress was very nice and kept my water glass filled the entire meal.
As I walked along 2nd Ave thinking to myself, "Huh, I forgot what this street looks like in the daylight," I had an even more pressing thought: "Dang, I'm hongry!"
So where do I meet my pals? Veselka! There's just something I really like about this restaurant's atmosphere. It's almost family-style sitting because the tables are sort of close to each other, but no one is up in your bid'ness. It's a nice, open place and it just relaxes me.
Like others have said, the menu is a novel. Our waitress was ready to take our order almost as soon as we sat down, but we always need more time to browse. Well, I mean, you wouldn't buy something to eat without asking your friends first if it looks good on you, right?
For an appetizer we had to go with the pierogies of course. Give me a sweet potato pierogie ANY. DAY. OF. THE. WEEK. But they're all delicious, really, so try them all. Taste the rainbow.
All of our meals were delicious. I got some chicken, mashed potatoes (one of my only complaints is that their mashed potatoes are a little dry and lack a little flavor), and delicious sauerkraut. One of my friends ordered a bacon cheeseburger with fries, and another tried the daily special, which was soup, a sandwich, and hand-cut chips, which were delicious!
Later, when I left, the sun had set and I felt like I was home again on the darkened stretch of 2nd Avenue. Except, instead of returning home drunk, I was pleasantly full and happy. Grayt place--highly recommended!
Veselka is okay. nothing super amazing. their cheese pierogies are entirely too sweet. The Mac n Cheese is quite tasty but oily. the delivery is super fast and efficient. Also, you need to ask for ice in your lemonades or you won't get it.
Both fortunately and unfortunately, Veselka is a staple in my life. As others have said, a few… Read more »
cafe glechik is way better! if you're in the mood for diner food polish/ukrainian style then this is the place for you. but if you're looking for traditional homestyle like momma made it then stick to cafe glechik! everything was just mediocre at veselka. only plus is that they fry their perogies!
not highly recommended but ok to eat: the meatballs (ask for extra gravy cuz it's dry) and the potato pancakes
skip the arugula and goat cheese fried perogies (tasted frozen) and the beef stroganoff (absolutely bland)
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