3. Rosie's
8.4
29 E 2nd St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · East Village · 129 tips and reviews
Olivia Herbert: Great fish tacos and beer cocktails! So cute and great staff!
Anna R: Lives up to all the hype! Tacos were great go with pals so you can share the tacos. Watermelon Margs were great.
Rewan Parti: A vibrant Mexican restaurant great for groups. Try the steak, pork and cod taco. Try their watermelon margarita. End your meal with delicious churros and flan.
9. 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
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.
Mary Ann Dizon Rementilla: Top picks (in order of 😛👍👏): Eel Taco, Kimchi Paella, Gnocchi, Pork Belly, and Avocado. The Capri-Thursday 💥cocktail is on the sweeter side but surprisingly refreshing.
10. 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
Daniel Chvatik: Delicious, guacamole is amazing. Goat tacos were great as well!
Rana Rouhana: shrimp tacos with aioli are terrific, mole cake dessert is now a favorite; cocktails are 'speakeasy'-good!
Christian Van Der Henst S.: Very rico tasty bueno taco. Get the chorizo octopus taco, good micheladas and the nopal fries. Great service.
12. 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
Elizabeth Parasmo: Happy Hour Tequila is Herradura! Get a splash of habanero syrup with the spicy salt rim for a super tasty beverage. Salad is big and tasty and the cod tacos were great, too. Burger fills u up!
Morgan Polotan: Small and gets noisy. The pig ass al pastor tacos and guacamole is my favorite.
13. La Palapa
7.1
77 Saint Marks Pl (at 1st Ave.), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · East Village · 136 tips and reviews
Jaime Donovan: Get the tacos or quesadillas with al pastor de pork. With a side of plantains and the best frozen margaritas in the city, of course.
Juliette Dallas-Feeney: Great place for groups. I get down with the chips and guac. Fish tacos are the bomb. Really good vegetarian options too.
The Local East Village: Get the shrimp taco, says James Traub: "The delicate mixture of spices, and of hot and sweet, and of creamy and crunchy, leaves your palate feeling like it’s had a perfumed bath." Read more.
14. Eastpoint
8.0
25 Avenue B (btwn E 2nd & 3rd St), New York, NY
Sports Bar · Alphabet City · 7 tips and reviews
LaDawn Penigar-Mitchell: The grilled steak tacos were definitely the best! Don’t forget to start with some yellow queso too. A good option for casual Tex-mex in east village!
Erika Djerf: Great bar food! I highly recommend the Fried Chicken Tacos, Nachos, Wings & the Burger!
Keith Myers: Tuesday is $2 Tacate and $2 Tacos.
15. Sabor A Mexico
7.1
160 1st Ave (at E 10th St.), New York, NY
Mexican Restaurant · East Village · 32 tips and reviews
Claire S.: Get the fish tacos!
Mike Hopkins: Excellent tacos! Tamales are big, but not the GREATEST I've had. Also kind of a drag that you have to buy tacos in sets of three.
Cole Kennedy: Superb tacos in a city where superb tacos are hard to come by. The spicy chicken is legitimately spicy, not just like, Cholula spicy.