Veselka
Prices
Average main course: $10.
AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V.
Description
When you need food to soak up the mess of drinks youve consumed in the East Village, Veselka is a dream come true: a relatively inexpensive Eastern European restaurant with plenty of seats and loads of options, open 24 hours a day. Hearty appetites can get a platter of classic Ukrainian grub: goulash, kielbasa, beef Stroganoff or bigos stew. If you just want a nosh, try the sweet stuff: Theyve got many pies, cakes, egg creams and milk shakesplus Ukrainian poppy seed cake and kutya (traditional Ukrainian pudding made with berries, raisins, walnuts, poppy seeds and honey).
Hours
Daily 24hrs.
We considered ourselves fairly regular customers at Veselka, until recently, when their service became so terrible. We were actually kicked out of the restaurant on Sunday after "we stayed too long." I've been to many restaurants in New York, Europe, and the US and so far I've never been told to leave after finishing my meal. We were appalled and plan never to go back to this place. What a way to treat customers! Their food is not nearly good enough to offset their treatment of customers.