(212) 473-0989
34 Saint Marks Pl
New York,
NY
10003
40.7286
-73.9881
Neighborhoods: East Village, Downtown
Price:
$$
Last updated 4.01.09
Category:
Payment Methods:
Visa, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
Romantic Dining, Food Delivery, Outdoor Dining, Prix Fixe Menu
General Info:
Open 7 Days
Cuisine:
What People Are Saying About Afghan Restaurant
Featured Review
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Contributor
In Short – Secreted away in a small site in the heart of the Saint Mark's Place chaos, Khyber Pass is surprisingly peaceful and romantic: a dark, smallish room walled with brick and decorated with elaborate fabrics. The menu features halal meat, and offers a selection of Afghan favorites: charcoal-grilled kebabs of filet mignon, ground beef, or Cornish game hen; sauteed pumpkin; housemade noodles in yogurt sauce; and a number of spicy meat sautes, as well as plenty of vegetarian options. –
| ambiance | 96.30000114440918% positive |
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| drinks | 100.0% positive |
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| food quality | 80.0% positive |
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| menu variety | 100.0% positive |
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| overall | 100.0% positive |
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| service | 61.66999816894531% positive |
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| value | 100.0% positive |
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| wait time | 33.3299994468689% positive |
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HOOKAAAAH
by Michelle Elizabeth
Khyber Pass is like our second home apart from college. We come here about 6/ out of the 7 days a week to smoke hookah. Sometimes we even get there before they open. The service is great except for the blonde girl (the one whose eyes are like awkward, her hair is always pulled back and is platinum blonde)whose dating one of the guys she's kinda mean only because she messed once and we called her out on it. but what ever thats not the point. Her boyfriend is nice though and the owner loves us LITERALLY. MOVING ON.
Now to explain why we put 0.0 as the food rating... we've never eaten there we go there for the sole purpose of smoking hookah. Ps: nobody can have our booth its the one on the left side..well actually both of them they're reserved. Now rating the hookah its UHmazing you can mix flavors put them in fruits and its just awesome. It takes about 4 to 6 pulls to start feeling the hookah. But then again there are some people who can't handle it and cough their lungs out. you know who you are. The hookah is cheap too 15 bucks a hookah. as for drinks we usually drink poland spring but they're coffee (cappucino) is really good too. The environment its comfortable and relaxing. if you get lucky some one might just whip it out under the table. (true story) Just don't sit outside if you're gonna smoke cuz there are people who keep asking if your hookah is weed and it clearly isn't. The music is awesome we often dance to it.. and hookah just generally liquifies your brain. Show up and have fun. HOOKAHHH
Food: 0.0
Service: 5.0
Value: 5.0
Atmosphere: 5.0
Bland and sweet food- avoid!
by roahmed
I went to Khyber Pass for a casual dinner. I love Afghani food, but this was not good Afghani food. Other than the kebabs, nothing was good. The soup was so bland, that we didn't even touch it & the waitress decided to give us house salad instead because she saw we were disgusted by the soup (plus, there's only one choice of soup). We tried two appetizers, and the lamb which came in a gravy which was unbelievably gross. The only good thing to eat was the baklava, and the chicken kebab. I think if I went again, I would only try the kebabs- stay clear of everything else unless you like bland food.
- Pros: Hookah while eating, no wait
- Cons: Terrible food, ok service
Very good
by jpatel81
a bunch of friends and i ate here and it was awsome. everything was great from food to service. i deff plan to go back again soon
- Pros: food
Nice decoration, good food, good prices
by ilikedarkplaces
I've been to Khyber Pass several times. It is inexpensive, it has great decorations and good ambiance. The food has been great most of the times, and some times a little bland. I went once for Valentine's day and their Valentine's special was really good. The service could use a little improvement but over all this is a place I will keep going back to.
- Pros: ambiance, prices, food
- Cons: service inconsistent
Pretty average
by oligray
Maybe my expectations had been raised too high from reading some other glowing reviews but although the food wasn't bad it wasn't entirely memorable either and the waitress was clearly somewhat new to the job and not attentive at all. We started with some vegetable and lamb somosas which were OK but the oil tasted a little stale. Mains were well proportioned and the kebab's were nice but again no taste distinction, everything was fairly bland and I used a lot of the sauces on the table to lend some extra flavour. Pop in if you're passing by but not worth a special trip.
- Pros: Kebabs
- Cons: Bland
The Details on Afghan Restaurant
Place Categories:
- great afghan food
- great service
- good prices
- cozy atmosphere
- love afghani food
- delightful food ambience
- nice little place
- great everything
- very nice meal
- really good coffee
- unbelievably gross gravy
- good ambiance
- great decorations
- nice good food
- cozy slightlymoreexotic
- recommended definately
- nice kebab
- romantic so
- cold winter
- great lassa
- beautiful little window seat
- delicious appetizer
- pretty average
- big portions
- decent decor


