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Kefi

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505 Columbus Ave., New York, NY 10024
nr. 84th St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-873-0200 Send to Phone

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  • Price Range: $$

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  • Reader Rating:

    7.9 out of 10

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    17 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Greek
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Photo by Melissa Hom

Hours

Mon-Thu, noon-2:30pm and 5pm-10:30pm; Fri-Sat, noon-2:30pm and 5pm-midnight; Sun, 11am-2:30pm and 5pm-10:30pm

Nearby Subway Stops

B, C at 86th St.

Prices

$10-$17

Payment Methods

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Dine at the Bar
  • Hot Spot
  • Notable Chef
  • Romantic
  • Take-Out
  • Online Ordering
  • Reservations Not Required

Alcohol

  • Full Bar

Reservations

Accepted/Not Necessary

Delivery

Profile

After two years of turning away practically pitch-fork-wielding mobs of souvlaki-starved customers they didn’t have room for, Kefi’s Michael Psilakis and Donatella Arpaia have traded up to a bigger space. Aside from 130 more seats, the new Kefi has much to offer that the old Kefi did not: namely a credit-card machine, a reservationist, brunch, lunch, and some kind of ouzo-dispensing contraption. The rustic Greek dinner menu remains intact, with the addition of several new items including a Kefi burger. And the prices remain shockingly low, with appetizers ranging from $5.95 to $9.95, and pastas and entrées from $9.95 to $16.95. There’s even a new three-course prix fixe for $16.95. Now, that’s a recession special. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Note

As good as the pastas and main courses are, it’s fun to make a meal out of several meze and sample the ouzo selection along the way.

Ideal Meal

R.P.: Spreads to share, meatball soup, pasta with braised rabbit, or pork souvlaki. R.R.: Warm Feta, crispy cod, walnut cake with walnut ice cream.

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7.9 "Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
88% Would you go back?
76% Would you take a date?
37% Would you take kids?
47% Would you go on business?
70% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 7.8
Service: 7.6
Décor: 7.8
Value: 8.4

I have nothing bad to say.

Mioz from 10025 | Posted on 9/29/09

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 10
Service: 10
Décor: 9
Value: 10

At all. Everything was terrific. The service, the wait, the value, the food (oh the food...)... everything was just fabulous!

Amazing (and Cheap) Greek Food

Knickerbocker from 10128 | Posted on 7/26/09

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 10
Service: 10
Décor: 8
Value: 10

The food here is amazing, one of the best deals on the Upper West Side. At more high-end Greek places like Milos and Avra, the fish is the centerpiece. At Kefi, the fish is good too, but their pasta is what really stands out. The flat pasta with pulled, braised rabbit, cooked with dried fruit and pearl onion, is astounding. Their sweetbread, cooked with spinach, garlic, and caper berries, is the most unusual and best sweet bread I've had in New York.

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