Achar

New York, United States

3.3

Closed now

8 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 212-734-2447
Address:
1365 1st Ave, New York, NY, 10021
b/t 73rd St & 74th St
Yorkville, Upper East Side
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
380 ftE 72 St / 1 Av
0.4 mi77th Street (6)
0.5 mi79th St / Lexington Ave
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Today

Today 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (New York) 4:24 AM Friday, November 29, 2024

Business hours

Monday 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Tuesday 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Wednesday 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Thursday 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Friday 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Saturday 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Sunday 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm

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8 reviews of Achar

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Place rating: 5
Brooklyn, NY
Great Indian Restaurant on the Upper East Side… My wife brought me here… It’s a lovely relaxed atmosphere with gracious staff and fresh Indian food… Definitely worth trying. FYI: They serve wine and beer.
Place rating: 4
Arlington, VA
I just fell in love with this family run restaurant. It’s charming in its own humble way. Hospitable hosts and wholesome home-​cooked style food. It’s just right for my Indian taste buds and for being right in my neighborhood far far away from home.
Place rating: 1
Manhattan, NY
I originally gave this restaurant 3 stars but kept ordering from it because the vegetable korma was good. Every time I order the quality of food goes down. The amount of food they give you has gotten smaller and smaller and also less and less tasty. The mango lassi was all foam and was not sweet. When I called to complain that they sent me almost no food, they hung up. I called back and they said they’d sent me more food. 1.5 hrs later I still have no food and they say they are closed. I will never order from here again and I suggest it to all you out there as well.
Place rating: 4
Spuyten Duyvil, NY
This is a family run restaurant with great customer service and a homely feel, which is the main reason for the 4 stars.
My favorite dish on the menu is the Tadka Daal, which has become a meal staple for me and i practically order once a week.
The food generally has a home cooked feel and is far less greasy than other Indian restaurants.
Place rating: 3
Manhattan, NY
Went the night before Sandy. Very nice owners and the food was pretty good for pick up. Got the chicken tikka masala which was very tender. Will def try again
Place rating: 2
Hoboken, NJ
Meh ! I really wanted to like this place, but it was really a mess… The Place has great looking interior very modern yet cultural… family owned as well. but the food was just all over the place… we had the achari kebab platter for appetizer (The Kebabs were soaked in some sort of light gravy. huh?) For entrees, we got the saag with Mushroom (Mushroom felt hard and just not gelling with the spinach which was still watery).The Chicken Vindaloo was spicy but just an overload of chilli and a lack or pepper and salt. The Naan was good… I really hope they fix their dishes here and focus on the seasoning… I would hate to see them go out of business :(
Place rating: 3
Manhattan, NY
In busy UES neighborhood, Achar is a new addition to the diverse food options available. It is a small family run Indian restaurant and the hosts seem very hospitable.
The menu looks fairly typical to most other Indian restaurants however the food is less greasy and more homely. The starter papadam is served with chutney and onions which had a kick to it.
Tadka Daal was by far the best thing on the menu and most delicious. It is yellow lentils cooked with onion and tomatoes. Curries and rest of the vegetables were not cooked with heavy cream and didn’t have richness to it. The food was more on the healthy side than other indian restaurant because of this. Quantities are not huge and just enough for one person. Walking out I was not overly stuffed like I usually am after Indian food.
Service was a bit of an issue but I am sure they will be improve on this in the coming weeks. The staff was limited as well but could be because of Hurricane Sandy. Credit Card machine was not working but it took the owner 15 minutes to tell us that.
Overall, this is a nice place and I would come back here again.
Place rating: 4
New York, NY
Achar is a new family run Indian restaurant that just opened on 1st avenue a week or two ago. I’ve walked past it multiple times and never seen a crowd, but nonetheless decided to give it a try the other night.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, a few friends and I stopped by and it was packed! This must have taken them by surprise because the service and food were painfully slow. The owners even had their kids helping bus the tables to speed things up.
Food was great, reminded me a lot of my mom’s home cooked recipes — not at all greasy and not too much salt. Served in classic stainless steel containers added to the homely feel.
Favorites: Bindi bhajee, veg biriyani, tarka daal and veg dhansak curry.
Sure there were some hiccups, and Achar has some kinks to fix, but I have a feeling they will work these things out over time. Give it a try!