Avenue Cafe in Astoria
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Astoria, Queens County, New York, US
Site: https://avenuecafeny.com/
- Monday:9AM–12AM
- Tuesday:9AM–12AM
- Wednesday:9AM–12AM
- Thursday:9AM–12AM
- Friday:9AM–1AM
- Saturday:9AM–1AM
- Sunday:9AM–12AM
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Great Place, Great Drinks, Great Food!! The menu has definitely changed in the last few years, and unfortunately crepes are no longer available :( But their sandwiches and drinks are still amazing as they always have been!
This place is pretty good and great location. More of a date spot and I can see this being a great place for a fun night out. Pretty pricey though.
Check was overpriced, more then the menu prices. Service was slow, you have to keep reminding them that you are ordering dessert, drinks etc. Food was Ok… but dry. Disappointed!
This was my second time here and It quickly turned out my favorite restaurant, the service was great although they were really busy but the food and drinks were sooo good I have no complaints, outdoor seating is well organized had a great time definitely recommend it!
The food and the venue is nice. i like the aura of the restaurant. modern/upscale but chill...the food is a good selection of choices. the staff is nice and the prices are decent. the drinks are good too...the sangria was very flavorful
We had a great time at Avenue. We always come back to this spot in Astoria! Their cocktails (especially their espresso-tini) are phenomenal. We LOVE their bartender. Andrés is awesome. 10/10 must check out!!
Place is amazing, from the ambiance to the hospitality. I always come in here for the Avenue club sandwhich I believe it is called but, the shrimp scampi recently caught me off guard. Its a great establishment and the service is always on top of everything. One of the lady server is nice and hospitable. Will make this establishment a regular for quick bites for lunch or brunch!
Amazing food & great service. Will be back next time I visit NYC. Really enjoyed the ambiance as well!
Always! It will be a pleasure to order a AVENUE PIZZA! This pizza is so delicious!
Great spot .everything was excellent , the food the service and the ambiance . Definitely recommend
I love this place, in pandemic time there were no other places where they have outside seating open till 12 am. They’re the only place with delicious dishes & drinks. They’re service was satisfactory, definitely Be there soon!
Had a great time here. Ordered the Spinach & Artichoke dip and the Chicken Skewers (photo attached of both with the dip half-eaten). Appetizers were large enough to fill up both of us and the staff was very attentive. Would go back!
This place is just ok. My friend lives in Astoria so after work we often go for early dinner and drinks and we go to Astoria. She chose the place. I had been here twice before with her it was just ok nothing too great.We ordered a few appetizers to share between the 3 of us. One was calamari. It was well seasoned, crispy, not oily and a huge portion. The second was a plate of several things haloumi (I forgot the correct spelling) grilled cheese, grilled ham, greek sausage, chicken skewers, grilled pita, tzatziki. Everything on this plate was cooked on the grill. It was good. We also ordered spinach/artichoke dip. That was pretty tasty but they didnt serve enough chips for the amount of dip and we had to ask for more. My friend and I ordered watermelon margaritas. They werent really that good. I only had one because of that. The waiter kept coming and trying to take our plates while we were still working on our food.
Service was subpar, I waited at the entrance for about 5 minutes to get a place at the bar, even tho the place wasn’t crowd and different servers were looking at me, as If I was suppose to go and grab a table by myself which would be rude of me, I think.However I waited patiently until a lady came to me when she saw more people behind me. finally I sat at the bar, the bartender wasn’t rude, but not the best. He asked me if I was an student ? what does that have to do with me as a costumer ? but okay.I ordered a glass of wine and the soup of the day;he recommended me to try something else but really I was on pasta mood.At the end I ask him the bill, he gave it to me, I paid for it, but when I was signing my bill he came to me like wait wait!!! I was like what? and he said oh no it’s okay, (I think he got confused with something on my bill) I asked for my actual receip and he gave it to me completely wrinkled.There are small things that make your visit to a restaurant pleasant or not, and this time I have to say it was unpleasant.Hope one day I come back and change my mind.
DiB-real is absolutely incredible! Makes you feel like the good old days! Thank you Avenue for a wonderful establishment.
Really nice place! Servers were so helpful and perceptive (offered me a quiet table because I was carrying my laptop and work files). Bit on the pricier side but food looks and smells amazing. My order wasn’t anything special but I kept seeing them take out amazing looking sandwiches and other stuff. My order came really quick and the waitress heated up my latte when it was cold! They were SO NICE. Did not mind paying a bit more.
I heard this place reopened recently, visited it on a Sunday evening (came around 7.30pm and sat outside).First, we didnt get our drinks order taken for about 20 min after being seated. I saw other tables leaving for the same exact reason. The female waiter had no idea what a hot toddy drink was, I had to write it down on her notepad so she could ask the bartender if he could make one. 10 min went by and our table was approached by a different male server, who took our order once again and did not apologize for any delay. At that point I suggested that our drinks should be on the house and wed like to speak with a manager. We finally were presented with the drinks by the waiter and he mentioned they were in fact on the house. We then ordered a Greek salad and a pizza. The salad was rather a lettuce salad than a Greek, with barely any cucumbers or tomatoes. The pizza was okay but since the crust and layer of dough was thick it didnt cook through in the middle.It took us another 30-40 min to receive the check (I asked the waitress twice, she reappeared again) while the table was full with dirty plates that werent cleaned up.Overall, inattentive and slacking service, so-so food and not very strong drinks. I wouldnt come back here. 3
The food here only looks good but has absolutely zero taste, only thing tasty was the ketchup, I wanted to complain but no one asked me if the food was good or not . Horrible establishment.
Came to Avenue Cafe for brunch and had a fantastic experience. Andrés was our bartender. Not only did he greet us immediately with such a warm presence , but his drinks were spectacular. Try the espresso martini, it’s to die for! I definitely recommend this restaurant.
Decent food and service. I hated having to keep asking for a refill on my bottomless but other than that the food was decent.
Great tasting food. The service was nice and quick.
The food is overpriced and it’s pretty basic. It’s not terrible but it’s not amazing either. I ordered the Avenue burger and it was pretty dry as the house sauce was not on it for some reason. My boyfriend ordered the classic breakfast and the pancakes were burnt and everything else was just bland. I’m sure we just ordered the wrong items, maybe i’ll come back another time and see if something else is better.
I’ve been here twice and it was amazing! The CALAMARI is perfectly cooked and marinara sauce is tasty. The food has a good portion. I got the shrimp scampi pasta and it was delish! Their cocktails is so good I got the strawberry lemonade because I like sweet cocktails! FYI if you are paying credit or debit there’s a card fee of 3.33% (not sure exact percentage) I paid by card and gave the server a cash tip because I know they appreciate cash tips than card tips. The cheesecake is good as well. Would highly recommend this place for food and drinks plus prices is affordable.
This is the worst place ever as a black person going there for the first time I felt so uncomfortable with the white men staring at me and my sister it’s so awkward being cat called by them and they make it so obvious that they stare too like y’all haven’t seen a black person before or what💀
My experience is the waitress are very nice and the food ☺ 100%.
Food was delicious and came out fast. But it took a while to order, they seemed to be be attentive to the indoor tables and keep forgetting about the outdoor ones.One more good thing is bottomless $20 brunch drinks
Delicious food. Attentive service. Comfy atmosphere.
Crapes are disaster, dry and feels like they been sitting in kitchen whole day, and it was warmed up prior to serve. Whole point of crapes to make them fresh, not to make them like 8 hours ago. Totally disaster, i wont recommend to otder crapes.
This restaurant definitely caters to the “single male” population. When we came in for brunch the table of men next to us clearly had trays of oysters. When we tried to order the same, we were told that they aren’t on the menu. Okay. Then the waitress proceeded to only cater to the male tables, as well as the manager, who blatantly ignored us. Before we even got an appetizer, the table who came in after us had already finished their entrees. The only reason they are getting 2 stars was because their hummus was actually very good. Many other great restaurants in the neighborhood to spend your money. Also don’t forget their “debit/credit card charge”.
Delish salmon burger, bomb fries, great honey mustard
This place is my favorite place in Astoria over the years I am upset that this is the best looking place with the highest potential but not there yet.Guys make it pop you have the best place.Today the service was above standard.
Excelent, the food, the service, the patio. Beautiful brunch.
Service was good the waitress took the order, but the kitchen didnt follow through the order. The bacon was requested soft and not crispy and overcooked. Overall the rest was very pleasant.
There were 2 twenty year old men screaming at the table next to us and the manager and waitresses did not do anything. I mean they were screaming from the top of their lungs all night long. I had to almost literally cover my ears it was so loud as the profanities were flung as I sat with my girlfriend in terror. There comes a point where the management has to do something but I guess rather than lose one customer the manager would rather terrorize 7 other customers who sat around these loud mouths. A horrible experience at this restaurant...never again. And the food did not make up for his nightmarish experience. Stay away from his place as management and wait staff dont giveva darn about you.
Great atmosphere, Sunday brunch THE BEST
Everything was excellent. Our table had quacamole and chips (the chips were seasoned so well), pizza, chicken Alfredo (the sauce was so creamy and delicious), salmon burger and regular beef burger and fries. We had zero complaints, everything tasted delicious and will definitely go back again.
Nice to the eye but food is plain awful was undercooked and pricey, was very dissapointed, steak was hard as rock, dried not flavor, salad tasted old, the services was pretty bad saw our waitress once and that was to pay the bill. Usually greek restaurants are great... I guess this place is just for a crowd that wants to listen to house music and drink.
Tried this place out recently with a friend, our server Blerta was excellent. Great customer service skills on her part. Food was good too, will be going back soon!
Great place , food and drinks was on point and service was above and beyond , I definitely recommend this place
Definitely bad service , takes them a lot of time to go to the table each time
Food is always great and when the dj is there, the music is good.
Very beautiful design- that s it. Food is terrible- mexican fire in the mouth. Young guy - curly hair ,arabic appearance- soooo annoying ,every second with water, dropped water on the table, ugle piece of close for table. Awful. And food full of jalapeno. .Same taste. Waisted of money.
I would have given this place a 5 star if I had known beforehand that if you pay with card youll be charged a service fee. So for my meal of $150 I was charged almost $7 on top of that for using my credit card.Its sad because the service, the food, and the ambiance everything was really good about this place. Idk if I would go back
Nice place, delicious food. A bit overpriced and no refill on my iced tea!! Watch out for a surcharge if you dont pay cash.
The service was horrible, we waited for more than 15 min for the server who never came. We asked 3 times the hostess to bring someone at our table for our prder but that never happened and on top of that we were with a baby and no one seemed to care to come at our table. When we left the hostess saw us and didn’t even apologize for the horrible service and on top of that she was rude and not welcoming nor professional. Im too disappointed
Good food and atmosphere. Nice redo.
Good vibes, great food and even better service
Incredibly expensive drinks that didnt taste great. They also told us that the inside had AC on a 90 degree day but because they had everything opened it was just as hot inside as out with 0 air movement
Famous for over 20 years as Queens premier food and drink social spot. Good for coffee cocktails and delicious food.
Good service,good food and good coffee…
New Menager Eddy is amazing, such a great experience 💯
I will give the 5 stars for the waitress named Blerta , she was so correct and nice to us, the order comes on time without late that happened other times i was there., me and my friend felt very comfortable with her service, so i wanted to thanks her here.Thank you Blerta 🤗.
I was drinking with my friends and I reserved a table for some other friends who came from brooklyn and manhattan to Astoria to spend a night with me at Venue, but when they arrived the table that I reserved was given to somebody else. The service sucked too
Come here for the coffee and ambiance. Food is okay
Chill, kind service and decent food at affordable prices at this Greek-influenced club / restaurant / bar / diner. The waffle plate is huge, with 4 waffles & eggs & potatoes & meat. Other items are more reasonably sized. My friends love this place. I go along because its a low-key atmosphere.No decaf drip coffee.
Our waitress was so sweet! Food was AMAZING! A definite return visit us on the schedule!
We came here on a Saturday afternoon in hopes of having savory crepes. We couldnt order them because they only had the brunch menu available, so we ordered brunch burgers instead. They were good, but not the best Ive had. The bread wasnt as soft as Id like and the meat could have used more seasoning.
The service and the food are excellent!
Stuck at home due to the pandemic and found myself dreaming about the Nutella/Fruit waffles at Avenue Cafe. So I decided to leave this review since there’s not much else I can do. Great drinks, great atmosphere, great waffles.
My first time in New York, I decided to give Avenue Cafe a try due to their excellent reviews. Their coffe and desert are exceptional. I had some personal complications but they were very helpful and the manager seemed to be more than happy to help.. Overall a great experience right in the center of Greek Astoria.
Ordered the breakfast pizza and huevos rancheros. Both were large portions. Especially the pizza. Could have easily fed me and my girlfriend on just that. Both dishes were very tasty. Great atmosphere. Nice outside area to eat when the weather is nice.
Great spot to grab some coffee/drinks and some appetizers and hang out with friends. The place is clean and service is great.At times during the night, the music is extremely loud which forces the people to scream at each other.
This place is weird. The staff tells you from the entrance that youre on your own, you buy your drinks from the bar, you buy your food from the counter. Fine. The moment you sit down other staff comes asking you over and over again what will you have. Then they guy that told us were on our own showed up and posted himself standing next to the table and staring at us. My husband had already gone to the bar to get drinks but now they are attempting to serve us. Weird!
Although the lemon risotto says its vegan on the menu, you have to ask to take out the butter and cheese to make it really vegan...
Best drinks ever!! 🍸 come see amazing mixologist Andres for you delicious drinks!! 😍😍
Amazing service and delicious food! You have to try their fresh cut fries 😍. Drinks are very tasty and very generous of the bottomless brunch drinks. Definitely recommend.
I like this cafe! Its a very nice place and it has nice staff!
Continental Breakfast is tasty. The crapes are delicious, and the Avenue Meze, if youre hungry, will feed you for a day. In fact, I dont think Ive had anything else on the menu. Musics loud, crowd goes from very young, to totally mixed. Okay place to watch a game.
Food is good but service is slow.
Great Hamburger, nice atmosphere!!
Food is great! Service is so-so.
Walked in with my wife on a packed Sunday, and the hostess said she had a table opening up. 3 guys came in, stepped in front of us, followed her to the back and took our table. She let it happen, then said we had to wait.I have no idea if the food is good there, and I guess Ill never find out.
Great coffee great outdoor seating staff was friendly and good-looking they were two girls sounded like they were Greek very beautiful and they let me do a job for them and also the treated me very well
Horrible service! Hostess skips the line for too many times and let me wait on the pavement too long. If I was the third on the line, lots of people behind me sat before me because the hostess or the owner knows them or I don’t know what and they don’t even apologize.
7/4/17 around 8:30pm. Your hostess tonight was clueless and horrible. As the customers approaching your hostess stand - Whats your soup of day? Hostess - I dont know, is that on the menu? We laugh and she comes back with thats not my job I just seat people. Sure, thats correct. Youre great at doing the bare minimum. To bad you couldnt seat us because you told us you dont know the soup of the day, if its even a menu item, and that youve never eaten at this location. We went down the street to the Shady Lady where they could answer our questions and serve us.
Great value! Im there mostly for breakfast/lunch and the food is amazing. Staff is ok..more or less friendly. Im taking my friends now for dinner there..so ill get back with more info ;) definitely recommending.
Nothing special but the outdoor seating. :-(
Good food. Nice ambiance. Very slow service and a bit higher cost for drinks and food. Though it was a Friday night, it was empty inside and took a long time to get our drinks. Bar was empty
Recently reopened. Relaxed atmosphere and good place for coffee.
Food was very good and reasonable pricing. However extremely slow and rude service.
Great neighborhood Cafe with outdoor seating. Great for a coffee, dessert or a bite to eat. Love the pizza and always enjoy the brunch.
Consistently delicious Greek-American food. Amazing coffee selection and their brunch menu is great. Very cool spot with some European flair.
Nice clean place not to expensive good food fast service
Food is very mediocre. I make better food at home. Total waste of money. I came here cause I got nervous about the reviews for grand cafe. But I remember the food and service being much better there.
Andres is the best bartender ever!! His drinks are amazing!! 🍸🍸🍸🍸
The hostes Samantha is so rude to any customer. She doesn’t even know how to handle her duty.. so bad customer service and representation. Management gotta change her position.
The in coffee house on the 30th avenue strip where you almost always have to wait if you prefer an outside table. avenue has a tv monitor facing the street so while waiting, you can view the game. the food is nothing fancy but its good as are the drinks.
Got sick from the cold shrimp soup on the 9th, just today I woke up feeling better.
I love Astoria Environment and this cafe is perfect!! People is cute and friendly. Music is good too!!!
I ate at Avenue Café last night with a friend it was my first time I had grilled chicken Caesar salad and that coffee latte and for dessert I had crapes with NewTele chocolate and banana let me tell you I had an amazing experience the food was unbelievable delicious and fresh that dessert was delicious as well I will definitely come back Service was overwhelming I would definitely recommend this place to anybody thank you for great service and great food Ronnie.
Nice place good music
Spending there 100, 150 dollars everyday and got kicked out today by the manager because I set on a empty table. Never going there again.
The best cafe in new york
The places is a 5star but suggestion to the chefs, find out what is tinga and how is made, Tinga is a mexican dish but yours dont get closer at all. I dont suggest asking for tinga omelet. But its a wonderful place
Ok for many things except my bagel. They toasted it without asking me and they put so so little spread that it was all melted. Is this a New York Bagel 🤔?
Andres makes the best espresso-tinis in Astoria
My fav place in Astoria for casual all around food so underrated
Great brunch food. Fantastic price and amazing service.
Cool vibes here with a live DJ blasting fun beats.
The best place in Astoria, people are so friendly, food delicious... and if you want good cocktails the bartenders Areti and Ilda are there for you! ❤
A taste of Greek cafeteria in New York! Freddo Espresso in the US!
Yeah its ok, service was fine, drinks were pricey even for Astoria & the beer selection was pretty naff.
Good place !!!
Delicious Appetizers and Dessert. Thet also have a beautiful, wonderful DJ Izabella
Great food and service and open late!
Beautiful place and location
Great desserts, friendly staff, fun atmosphere
Slow service, ridiculously overpriced frozen food.
My favorite spot in astoria great food great coffee great service
Terrible hostess service, definitely my last time in there.
Good food, nice environment! Definitely recommend!
Delicious food, and great service. Nice music background.
Very good good food
I liked it! Of course there is coffee but other temptations as well! Visit it!!
Good cafe, becoming too trendy and more of a night spot. Good quality food and drinks.
Great spot to hang out with friends, when the weather is nice they also have a huge sidewalk cafe.
Very good food! Enjoyed that atmosphere!
Speakers are loud Otherwise I like the place
Great food, service, and outdoor space.
Great vibe and food.
Great food, great drinks
Best spot in Astoria. Great staff and menu items
The food is awesome!!
Great place for meeting and have theGreek experience in theHeart of Astoria
Best food and customer service hands down!
Horrible service!! The hostess can not keep the line right for everybody!!
I love the music and ambiance is great! Always a great time!
I like the atmosphere there and also the food and drinks.
Music is wayyy too loud
A lot of outdoor seating. Good food and good drinks. Good for date
Good portion of Cobbs salad !!
Love there seafood salad and appetizers!
Service was terrible. Waitress needs some training in customer service.
Bustling crowd. Decent appetizers and drinks.
Super nice place, nice environment 👍
Good food. Amazing Moscow Mules
Love this place
Great vibes, decent food
Nice place to get a good cup of coffe and a bagel
I love the cocktails
Great atmosphere , love the food
Awesome place! Delishious food!
Great food, super fresh.
Very good
Excellent place for relaxation. Kalimera se olous!!
This place is Gas
One of those cafe/lounge/bar/restaurant/club hybrids filled with Albanians
Great Greek vibe, drinks are expensive tho :(
Nice restaurant and bar. Good food.
Great ambiance and service
Get the Frappe with vanilla ice cream.
European vibe with ok food
Good place for coffee and dessert
I love their men
Its a nice bar
Best crepe EVER !!!!😉🌟👍
Good American Coffee
Nice spot
Best frape in town!
Excellent service.....🥰
Love it
Nice place for realax
Very rude hostess
Delicious food.
Very rude hostess
Terribly, PAINFULLY slow service.
Super
Good service
Love it, its a vibe
Nice
Food is delicious!!
Beautiful place
Great coffee.
Nice service
TOP !!!!!!
Rude hostess 😡😡😡🤬🤬
Great place!!!
Rude hostess
Great spot
Albanian style
It is in a very well decorated place, with great pleasure.The service is very good and the food too.Very cool in summer with the windows open and listening to the music from the terrace they put on the outside .... it seems part of the place to open completely.In winter it is very cozy and warm .....In the foods that put ketchup they put the typical dwarf containers and have to be asking all the time to put more ... and mayonnaise ....
I did not like the cocktails, it did not taste like anything, the avenir pizza was good, the chicken sandwich was also good, normal calamari, I will not return to that place
The food is good but the service is terrible, they put waitresses who believe that just because of their presence they deserve to be called waitresses but they do not serve, they are not attentive, the food arrives first than the drinks and it is not that the drinks are not ready but that the waitress forgets to go for them, there are times that it is more worth leaving appearances and putting people who know how to work because the place is beautiful and the food is good but the service kills everything, they go 3 times I go and 3 times bad service of the waitresses
Good to hang out for both breakfast and evening drinks
The atmosphere is very nice and they also speak Spanish
Great Cold Cappucino!
Very good attention. Thank you.
Total reviews rating 4.3
197 Reviews for Avenue Cafe 2023:
Review №1
2022-04-29I dont know how many times Ive come to this place, more than 6 times of course. (Sometimes is my office) It is my fav spot in Astoria. The food is absolutely delicious. They are so kind, attentive, and helpful which made for a great dining experience. Highly recommend.
Review №2
2022-05-09Came to this place with my brother and sister and all I can say is that this place is amazing!!! Not only is the food really good but the energy of the staff is the gold standard for any one in the service industry! The hostess was friendly and efficient! The manager Eddie is super attentive and welcoming! I will be recommending this place to all my friends and can’t wait to come back again.
Review №3
2021-08-12This place is amazing. Great decor, great service. Lots of comfortable outside seating. Cecilia the hostess was extremely welcoming and made us feel at home. Our server, Mariana, was great. Prompt, friendly and great service all around. The steak, mussels, salad, octopus, chicken skewers and hummus were top notch. Highly recommend. The coffee and dessert was also amazing.
Review №4
2022-05-31Came for appetizers ! Not my first time here but first time reviewing it. I love the wine list specially the selection of Greek Wines and the Rosé Jean Luc Colombo. The appetizers were hummus and tzatziki from the happy hour special and the oysters. Service was ok.
Review №5
2021-08-21Easygoing, busy and chill place with good food and coffee. Sometimes the service is a bit slow. Brunch options are good. Didn’t love my chicken waffle but that’s just a matter of seasoning that I didn’t enjoy, it doesn’t mean it’s not good in general. Dessert waffles were great. The place has a good vibe to it and diverse guests.
Review №6
2022-04-23The food was absolutely wonderful.But better than the food was Peter the server. He was so nice and really took time to make sure we would like his recommendations. We loved everything. Eddy stopped by our table and we had a lovely chat. From the nice red headed hostess to the server to the management, the ambiance and food. I cant wait to come back.
Review №7
2021-08-30We tried this place for the first time, few days ago and I was pleased. The food was yummy and presentable, the drinks were pretty good too, the location is very nice, employees super attentive and on top of things! We will return! 👏🏻
Review №8
2021-08-30Great place for breakfast and brunch 😋 also the stuff very polite ... Im planning soon to visit again
Review №9
2022-02-11Nice risotto! Also had a Moscow mule, but it was just ok
Review №10
2022-06-25Great spot.. My friends and I visited for the night from Long Island and the staff was so sweet and accommodating. If you’re in the area please stop by and you won’t be disappointed! (get the gelato frappe!!), such great energy