1. Rosie's
8.4
29 E 2nd St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · East Village · 129 tips and reviews
Ashley Rose: Spicy MARGS, creamy guacamole, and cool open format makes the whole restaurant feel outdoors. The cookshop family does it again!
Monti Bray: Delicious chips and guacamole! Tacos and little whims are perfect for sharing.
Michael Jacobson: Great mushroom tacos and spicy guacamole!
2. Mudspot
8.8
307 E 9th St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Café · East Village · 330 tips and reviews
Alexandra Ostrow: Best coffee in the city. If you're coming for brunch/lunch, the avocado sandwich is one of my favorites in the city
Alicia: Best chai in the city. Make sure you get it hot, iced chai just isn't the same. Great place for brunch- the avocado sandwich is a winner.
Katie Atwell: The best avocado toast and cutest coffee shop. Sit in the outdoor patio area in back!
3. Thursday Kitchen
9.0
424 E 9th St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York, NY
Korean Restaurant · East Village · 81 tips and reviews
Jess Naldo: Let's be real: You came here for the adult "Capri Sun," but food, you can't go wrong with any of the tapas. Faves are the avocado, tacos, kimchi paella, soft shell crab and the steak. So, everything.
Chelsea Balkan: #FabuLIST #DubiDO truffle mac and cheese, avocado, angry sweet potato, and edamame dumplings. Didn't love the tuna tataki or Korean pancake
Jess L: Edamame dumplings were insanely good. Avocado starter (fresh, good flavor), kimchi paella, mapo tofu (spicy for sure) were all delicious. Service was very friendly, accommodating, and compassionate
7. The Black Ant
7.1
60 2nd Ave (btwn E 3rd & E 4th St), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · East Village · 96 tips and reviews
Nikki Bogopolskaya: One of the best guacamoles in the game, but it's served with soft tortillas instead of chips--make sure to ask for the latter and they'll bring it. Don't miss the unbelievable churros for dessert!
Daniel Chvatik: Delicious, guacamole is amazing. Goat tacos were great as well!
Public House Wine: Solid Mexican, great drinks and excellent grasshopper guac. Great date spot. Good service. Go here.
8. El Camion Cantina
7.6
194 Avenue A (at E 12th St.), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · East Village · 132 tips and reviews
Kalpana G: Not the best Mexican in the village but the pastor taco is legit and guac is worth it. Don't get the the codfish taco - not a winner
Jaimee Estreller: My go to spot for thr usual: chips and guac, the bloody mary, and chicken chilaquiles. Your belly will thank you. And yes, that's bacon in your drink.
Valentin Leon-Bonnet: The margaritas looks really good, guacamole is a must have. The duck special was really tasty, but don't expect a gigantic portion for it.
9. Avant Garden
8.6
130 E 7th St (btwn Avenue A & 1st Ave), New York, NY
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · East Village · 62 tips and reviews
Lili Ramirez: Everything. Try the beets, mango, avocado, black sesame, tamari...
Peter Boyce: Vegan, romantic, eggplant, avocado, mushrooms, great staff. Stellar all-around.
Ruturaj Rana: A bottle of the Spanish rosé, hot cauliflower, the paella, and avocado
10. Empellón Al Pastor
8.1
132 Saint Marks Pl (at Avenue A), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · East Village · 121 tips and reviews
Caleb Lubarsky: Fantastic tacos and margaritas...the guac is great too...and everyone was super nice - a spot to check out for sure.
Ranu Rajkarnikar: Tasty tacos (al pastor, beef and chorizo) and chips and guac. Love the salsas they have. Michelada menu makes me happy.
New York Post: Head to Alex Stupak’s bar-cum-taqueria in the wee hours for great chips, fresh, unfussy guacamole, and, of course tacos! Read more.
11. Post
8.7
42 Avenue B (btwn E 3rd & E 4th St), New York, NY
Breakfast Spot · Alphabet City · 32 tips and reviews
Ben Mackey: This place has started getting popular! I recommend the Sausage Biscuit, but the Cuban biscuit, avocado biscuit and pancake stack are also great. Great selection of fancy teas too.
Stephen Mar: The chicken sausage biscuit with avocado is delicious.
lisa S: I can recommend the avocado biscuit. It is a small cosy place with classic music in the background!
12. La Palapa
7.1
77 Saint Marks Pl (at 1st Ave.), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · East Village · 136 tips and reviews
CC C: go for brunch and have the huevos choriqueso - they make their own chorizo and the guacamole it comes with is yummy
Stephanie Rivkin: The margaritas are large and served like smoothies. Lots of flavors. The guac and fish tacos were great!
Miguel: Delicious, authentic Mexican. Pollo tinga tacos are incredible. Great chips, pico, and guacamole. They also bring out three unique salsas that are all wonderful.
Andrew Cove: Fish and carnitas tacos were good. Guacamole had chunks of avocado. Pretty cheap.
Parul Batra: Love their vegetarian tacos. They just have a bung of steamed vegetables (asparagus, zucchini, avocado, corn) in the taco. Affordable and tasty!
Dwight: I like the tacos al pastor, carne asada burrito, and the guacamole.
Packy Loughran: Go get the Pho Real sandwich... sriracha and avocadoes cant beat it
Paull Young: My staple: 1001, with avocado, whole wheat bread
Veronique V: The Parlor is such an amazing sandwich - grilled chicken, egg, blue cheese, sprouts, avocado. Sounds strange but is excellent!