Village Taverna

Village Taverna is a greek restaurant Greenwich Village New York located in United States.

8 / 10
283
ratings
  • Phone

    (212) 982-3457

  • Website

    villagetaverna.com

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  • Type

    Greek Restaurant

Address

81 University Pl (at E 11th St) New York , NY 10003 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Wine, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 68


Keywords:

Greek food healthy food good for dates avgolemono soup wine casual great value brunch food eggplant pita beef olive oil lunch bar good for special occasions dinner vegetables lemon potatoes bread appetizers
Michael Moses

Excellent staff , owner greets you at the door, terrific dishes beyond Gyros type meals. Prices are fairly steep, but beers are actually well priced. Tip: Sit at the bar .

Eleni Evangelou

Great greek food ! The most amazing olive oil I ever had! Octopus is delicious, grilled fish is amazing! I love all the appetizers I can never make up my mind so I order plenty! Great greek wines !

Sarper Boz

This is a Turkish man commenting on a Turkish desert prepared by a Greek restaurant , i.e. ekmek. I ate the best of its kind in this restaurant - including the ones in Turkey . Great job!

Judy Cari

Really good solid Greek/Mediterranean food. Great service. Was here for lunch , Will b back to try dinner . Have the octopus , dips and souvlaki . Specials on black board is a must try.

Sarper Boz

Ekmek (I am a Turkish man commenting on a Turkish desert prepared by a Greek restaurant : It was the best of its kind that I have ever tasted - INCLUDING THE ONES IN TURKEY! - great job!)

Utku Ural

Awesome food at a very affordable price . The gyro platter is a huge serving of delicious food that comes with your choice of side (I prefer the lemon potatoes ) and fresh pita . Service is also great!

Lilah

Definitely authentic . Only Greek restaurant in NY I've been to all year with waiters that were actually Greek! Tzatziki is really garlicky. Keftethakia and fried zucchini/eggplant both awesome.

Geoffrey Haratyk

Vegetables , pita , olive oil , olives , grill, everything was good. Waiters were very nice without being pushy and music felt like we were in Greece

Erin Shea

I love this place. The pita and olive oil are fresh, the food delicious, and the waiters are all super friendly .

Ryan Nantell

The Horiatiki salad with gyro meat is great! Ask for some tatziki sauce on the side. The large salad is bigger and cheaper than two small salads - a great option for two people.

Eric Tash

Wow is this place good! saganaki , moussaka , octopus , chopped salad were all 'write home' worthy. Save room for the delicious baklava !

Vadim Semenov

True giros. Meat is a little bit different, but to have true one you need some special equipment just for giros. However, it's really tasty.

Baturalp

Get Lavraki! It’s super fresh and delicious. They have plenty of Greek wines to try. Friendly staff !

Michael Jacobson

Seriously some of the best Greek in the area. All the veggies are very fresh and the portions are large. Get the chopped salad !

Nick Douglas

Best plates to share are the eggplant and labne, or anything else you can scoop with the delicious flatbread .

Yera Ha

The grilled octopus is a great dish and definitely shareable, which I learned the hard way

Savannah Petrick

overall, the food is good but not great and a little pricey . I do enjoy the prasini salad and the chicken gyro , but there are way better & cheaper places where I can get these items.

The Empress

They are one of the few places I've found that puts meat in their grape leaves and I love their light, fluffy tarama.

Sam Winnick

Cute Greek place. I love the keftedes and prasini salad . Everything here is amazing!

Lee Dickinson

Good place for a first date. Impress her with the flaming goat cheese .

Nicole Sweat

Super fresh food ! Love the olives and seafood dishes !

Grace Ladyecua

Great cuisine, staff and ambiance! I highly recommend it!

Ernesto Gutierrez

Food was delicious! But be open to wait a long time for your food. Apparently they cannot handle the crowd at close to full capacity

Frank Rimalovski

New, moderately priced Greek. Nothing particularly novel about the menu, but food was very good, space was cool as service was great. (3 of 4 petals via Fondu) Read more

lindsay frey

This place is great at night! Stavros is the best bartender .... try the River Horse Belgian Freeze on tap ! Dark but super smooth.

Raven Dorantes

Best lamb everything!! Wait staff is stellar and attentive

Evan Xenopoulos

Great Greek food . Get the pork souvlaki platter with fries . The servers are even Greek!

Denice Martone

You will come back because there are so many things to try

Diane Emery

Everything is great and the staff is wonderful. Love it.

Yiannis

Excellent service & decent Greek food , if perhaps a little pricey for what it is. Good variety of dishes, however.

James Brilliant

New addition to University , best hummus in the area. Awesome chicken gyro , vegetables and deserts .

Justin Kalifowitz

Fantastic mid range Greek. A rare winner in this category / location. Do not skip dessert .

Anneke Jong

fresh, warm pita bread it outrageous. also, thumbs up for the baba ganoush .

MaHiRee

Amazing greek food ! Drink red wine & eat appetizers w/ pita breads ! Delicious!!

Esther Leibel

Chopped salad and spread trio. Perfect and yummy Spring brunch !

David Nguyen

Portions are HUGE! Fast service and good is delicious!

John Paterakis

Nice setting and good upscale Greek food .

deb k

The Avgolemono Soup will cure what ails ya!

Dianna H.

Food was absolutely delicious but they tried to charge me $3.50 for the "extra tzatziki " I asked for with the gyro I ordered without telling me that was the cost when I asked for it. Not cool ????

Duncan Milne

Get the loukaniko and the skordalia. Really great food - tastes very authentic

Lina Trifon

The Tzatziki is to die for!!

ms

GREAT food. Chicken souvlaki here is what dreams are made of

Laurie Brodsky

Try the phylo feta and the Greek salad !! Best olive oil ever

Pahola Julieta

How do they make their pita bread so delicious?

Lauren Killeen

Octopus is great

M. Christopher Sherm

Great space; the saganaki is very good here.

Tom ???? Cragin

Sampled many dishes... unexpectedly authentic . Won't disappoint if you're in the mood for Greek. -Zeus

Shawn F

The people are great.

Michael G.

Upscale and not insanely expensive if you don’t get seafood .

Talin Bezmen

If you are coming for pick up call and order in advance. They are very slow during lunch time

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Good bar food (especially the wings) and cheap beer specials. Good place to catch a game but can get crowded. - Oje