Great find and fresh seafood. Pretty basic decor, and a little smallish. Staff are courteous and friendly. The food is the star. You walk in straight to the back counter where all the available seafood is presented on ice. Tell the purveyor what and how much you want (it's priced by weight), tell him how to prepare it - fried, baked, grilled... and go have a seat. The server comes by for your drink and sides requests. Done and enjoy the food. Worth a trip. (Parking does suck in that area).
🍽️ When you enter AbuQir, you’ll be seated then prompted to walk to the back to pick your seafood and how you’d like it to be cooked.
🦐 Our favorite was the grilled jumbo shrimp with a special sauce ($38 for two pieces).
🧾 There is no written menu, but you can get side dishes like Greek salad, pita bread, eggplant & tomato sauce.
💵 They accept both credit card and cash. Between the two of us, we spent around $100 in total.
Super cool experience! I’ve never been here before. They didn’t pass around any menu. But you go up to the counter where there is fresh seafood and you pick out what you want. None of my group knew a lot about seafood so we took many of their recommendations.
The food was absolutely delicious! I would definitely come here again and keep taking recommendations from the staff.
The best seafood I’ve ever had. Quite nice bread, quite nice spreads, addictive rice, good people, and above all, amazing seafood. The first time I had grilled calamari that was better than the fried was here.
An inexpensive neighthood gems for fresh seafood. Finger crossed it won't get blown up by influencers like some other astoria places. One main downside is came during winter, and the column opposite from the door is leaky AF blowing cold drafts the entire meal. The food is delicious, prawns and scallops delicately cooked. Fried fish, stew and branzino well seasoned. Stop by for a dish or 5.
Abuqir was a recommendation from a friend so I had this place on my list for a while & here is how my visit went. This is a very small restaurant with some outdoor seating on the street, the style of this seafood spot is different than what I am used to since there are no menus but instead you go up front and pick what you want to be cooked & served, they have a broad selection of seafood so you can have lots of options.
I wanted our seafood grilled with olive oil, garlic and spices & I went with the seafood soup, a leg of octopus, calamari, shrimp, a house salad, a side of Egyptian rice and bread basket which fed 2 adults & 1 child and the bill came up to $76.00 & the way the seafood is priced is by weight.
Me and our family enjoyed everything we ordered, food was fresh and tasty, however, what I did not like was how dirty the bathroom was and the lack of ambiance; yes it is a casual place but it could be and feel more welcoming, more tidiness and more clean.
Best fish I have had in New York! I can’t wait to go back. Had the fried calamari and a grilled fish and the house salad. Highly recommend
Absolutely the best seafood I've ever had in NYC. We ordered fried red snapper , grilled tiger shrimps and babaganoush. Every single thing is Delicious!!! Perfect seasoning and cooked to perfection. They serve fresh warm pita with appetizers. Server Sohail is excellent. Overall amazing experience... I'll go back again and again:)
This place is somewhat like a hole in the wall. The food is excellent and you will have access to fresh, well-flavored seafood.
You need to go up to the front to order your food. They have a selection of fish and seafood up at the front and you can basically have your pick. We got fried calamari, grilled sea bass, tahini + bread, a Greek salad and rice and it was all excellent! The seafood was amazingly tender and the flavors were excellent. Would definitely recommend trying this restaurant if you're in the mood for Egyptian seafood
Abuqir is definitely a little out of my way but I had an incredible dinner here. My group sat outside and we had a house salad, fried calamari, grilled shrimp and a blackened branzino.
Seafood here is incredibly fresh since it taken from the ice in front of you and you are charged by weight. There is no menu so the ordering experience is quite interesting. I would definitely recommend the shrimp and calamari. If you plan to get a blackened fish, it takes about 40 minutes to an hour to prepare, so allot some extra time for it.
Would definitely return to try some other items they have when I am in the area.
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