1. Taverna Kyclades
9.0
228 1st Ave (13th and 14th St), New York, NY
Greek Restaurant · East Village · 147 tips and reviews
Bommy: Grilled calamari, salmon, Greek salad were so good! Free dessert (galaktoboureko) at the end too :D
Jamie Tsao: Amazing Greek food. Generous portions. Get the Grilled Octopus, Saganaki Graviera (fried cheese), and the Spanakopita.
Nick Andlinger: Really like this spot. Octopus and lamb were fantastic. Surprisingly solid inexpensive wine.
2. Pylos
8.4
128 E 7th St (btwn 1st Ave & Avenue A), New York, NY
Greek Restaurant · East Village · 160 tips and reviews
Angela Dumadag: Came for a birthday dinner date, everything was outstanding, especially the octopus, fish, and wine.
Nicolette Romero: Possibly one of the top meals I've had in the city. Not only is the decor beautiful, but the food and wine are top notch. I highly recommend the octopus and the lamb chops. My compliments to the chef!
Sandro Lipari: Get the grilled octopus for appetizer and then try the pistachio crusted bass. Delicious!
3. Tuome
8.9
536 E 5th St (btwn Avenue A & B), New York, NY
Asian Restaurant · Alphabet City · 101 tips and reviews
Madeleine Root: Deviled eggs! Octopus! Beets! Scallops! Yum! 👌
Harry Raymond: Intimate, creative dinner. Start with the Octopus and Deviled Eggs. Then, get the Pork Confit for 2.
f7o: Crazy good, probably the most interesting meal I had in NY so far. Octopus, tartare were great and the pork noodle stuff for 2 people was amazing
4. Huertas
8.0
107 1st Ave (btwn E 6th & E 7th St), New York, NY
Spanish Restaurant · East Village · 127 tips and reviews
Giovanni D'Palma: This place as an assortment of interesting tapas to try, the octopus is a must.
Caroline: The pintxos are great and hard to go wrong with any of them. Staff is great. Get the house-made vermouth on tap straight up. The grilled octopus was one of the best I've had in the city.
Emilie Futterman: Great for dates. Good wine list, tapas are excellent. Loved the goat crostini and the octopus.
5. Il Posto Accanto
8.7
190 E 2nd St (at Avenue B), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · Alphabet City · 55 tips and reviews
Araina Sepulveda: Grilled calamari is the best in town.
Cody-Ann 👑💫: Tapas great prices and excellent quality food. Charred octopus is to DIE for
Ranu Rajkarnikar: This place is a neighborhood gem. Lovely, casual wine bar serving incredible food. Friendly service. Don't miss the veal meatballs (if they're on special), shrimp pasta, octopus & chocolate mousse.
6. Mokyo
8.9
109 Saint Marks Pl (btw 1st & Ave A), New York, NY
Korean Restaurant · East Village · 15 tips and reviews
Michellee C: Must tries: corn dumps, oxtail spring rolls, rice w/ octopus and def the injeolmi mousse
Susan Lai: All delicious - Pork jowls, oxtail spring rolls, corn dumplings (except pinched skin is too thick & undercooked) & octopus rice. Skip the noodles.
Monica Desai: Corn dumplings, oxtail spring balls, octopus congee - yum!
10. Nai Tapas Bar
7.7
84 2nd Ave (E 5th St), New York, NY
Tapas Restaurant · East Village · 90 tips and reviews
jenn pennington: This place is fantastic! David is great...get the octopus.
Rong Nguyen: Good tapas place. Had the gambas en salsa verde sauce is good with bread too. Waiter suggested calamari cooked in its own ink maybe not for everyone but it was different. Patatas alioli was good too!
Julie Son: Petotillas queso de cambra basically goat cheese in a croquette wrapped with serrano ham and placed on toast. The skirt streak was good too! I did not enjoy the octopus. Blueberry pomegranate sangria
13. Motorino
8.4
349 E 12th St (at 1st Ave), New York, NY
Pizzeria · East Village · 318 tips and reviews
The Corcoran Group: You can’t go wrong here. We definitely recommend the Margherita, the Soppressata Piccante or the Colatura di Alici. Start with the Warm Spicy Octopus & Potato.
Olessya K: margarita pie with sopresata salame, mushrooms and onions and octopus salad! Delicious!
Red Fabbri: The best pizza in the neighborhood, and maybe even the city. Eat-in: get the octopus and any of the pizzas. Take-out: the margarita pie and brussels sprout/pancetta white pie, no sides.
15. noreetuh
7.7
128 1st Ave (at St. Marks Pl), New York, NY
Hawaiian Restaurant · East Village · 77 tips and reviews
Lauren Smith: Very friendly staff and laid back atmosphere. Try the octopus poke in tobiko, mustard leaf kimchi with fingerling potato and big-eye tuna poke withmacadamia nuts, pickled jalapeño, seaweed.
hb8: The octopus poke sorta tasted like potato salad but was very good. Mochi waffles were the clear winner.
Stephanie M: Just had by far the best Restaurant Week experience I've ever had. All nine (!) of us loved every part of our meal. Highlights: poke, pork belly, the chicken (seriously), octopus, bread pudding.