1. Thursday Kitchen
9.0
424 E 9th St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York, NY
Korean Restaurant · East Village · 81 tips and reviews
Amanda Miller: Incredible service, amazing reasonably priced tapas. Order the soft shell crab, truffle Mac and cheese and pork belly tacos
Chelsea Balkan: #FabuLIST #DubiDO truffle mac and cheese, avocado, angry sweet potato, and edamame dumplings. Didn't love the tuna tataki or Korean pancake
Michael Shayefar: Best Dishes: Truffle Mac and Cheese, Edamame Dumplings, Steak Avoid: Sweet potatoes (but the goat cheese part is unreal) MR: 9.1
2. Bobwhite Counter
8.8
94 Avenue C (btwn E 6th & E 7th St), New York, NY
Fried Chicken Joint · Alphabet City · 293 tips and reviews
Asim: Chicken supper was awesome! add gravy on the side, the biscuit was fantastic . Yukon fries and Mac n cheese was great too.
Gabriel Hayes: Mac & Cheese, collard greens and onion rings are all great sides.
Olivia Slutsky: Some of the best fried chicken and mac and cheese I've had in New York. Happy hour is fried chicken and a beer for $5
4. The Smith
8.5
55 3rd Ave (btwn E 10th & E 11th St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · East Village · 517 tips and reviews
Mallory Zumbach: You can't go wrong with the mac and cheese or the chicken pot pie-- great comfort food! I'm partial to their brussel sprouts as a side, and Friday's special of the day, the lobster roll.
Erica Robyn Gimbel: Truffle Cream Gnocchi and Mac n Cheese are a Must!
Bollare: Laid back atmosphere with cool décor. The mac & cheese is awesome, as are the brussels sprouts (no, really, they're amazing!) —Nicole
9. Miss Lily's 7A
8.9
109 Avenue A (at E 7th St), New York, NY
Caribbean Restaurant · East Village · 170 tips and reviews
Russell Hirschorn: Corn and pork is a must. Whole fish is bomb. Escovitch and mac n cheese needs some work. Service is excellent. Will fulfill your jerk fix for sure.
Alex: jerk chicken wings, oxtail stew, curry goat, macaroni pie.. all delish. they even have jerk chicken ramen. Frozen dark & stormy during happy hour is $7. oh, and put pepper sauce on everything tbh.
Sean: The Mac and cheese is a revelation 👌🏼👌🏼
10. Hearth
8.6
403 E 12th St (at 1st Ave), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · East Village · 208 tips and reviews
Ryan McMahon: Gnocchi, polenta, macaroni were all great!
Charlottes: It’s all about the macaroni! Veggies not as good as expected.
Gregory Fisher: The food was either boring or over-salted. Or we just picked all the wrong dishes (or an off night): macaroni, meatballs, sweet potato, and ribollita
14. Veselka
8.8
144 2nd Ave (at E 9th St), New York, NY
Ukrainian Restaurant · East Village · 650 tips and reviews
Mike Epstein: I know Borscht is king at Veselka, but I personally am a big fan of their chili. It's pretty mild, but very flavorful. Also great Pierogies and Mac and Cheese. Definitely my go-to spot after 2am.
Richard Lurie: The mac and cheese is awesomeness in a dish.
Shaya Lyon: The vegetarian borscht is incredible. Mac n cheese is just ok.
15. Tuome
8.9
536 E 5th St (btwn Avenue A & B), New York, NY
Asian Restaurant · Alphabet City · 101 tips and reviews
Kendra Borowski: Crab Mac and cheese appetizer was so good we nearly ordered a second one.
Brian Strauss: American good with Asian and European roots with a decidedly French wine list. Outstanding inventive food, enthusiastic service. Amazing to find a Michelin star in Alphabet City — get the Pig Out!
Tasting Table: A surprising new Alphabet City fine-dining restaurant. It's refined food in a place where it's okay to wear shorts and flip-flops. Get the pork confit with peanut noodles for two. Read more.