Pommes Frites

(212) 674-1234

123 2nd Ave (St Marks Place and 7th Street)
New York, NY 10003 40.7283 -73.988

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Neighborhoods: East Village, Downtown

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Hours:

Mon-Thu

Sun 11:30am-1am

Fri-Sat 11:30am-3:30am

Price:

$

Last updated 10.17.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Cash

Restaurant Special Features:

Lunch Spot, Cheap Eats

Cuisine:

Belgian

What People Are Saying About Pommes Frites

Featured Review

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Contributor

On a good day, this tiny East Village storefront goes through more than 1,000 pounds of potatoes. Folks line up for a cone filled with fries and loaded up with one or two of the 26 toppings. Authentically Belgian, the fries here are hand-cut and twice-fried, but the dippings span the globe: roasted garlic mayonnaise, satay peanut sauce and the complimentary house-special mayonnaise, ketchup and raw onions.

Editor's Tips

The Extras:
Fan of the various mustards and sauces? All of them are on sale for you to take home.
Know Before You Go:
Give your fries a kick with raw onion.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. The real fun, though, is the sauce menu.
  2. The variety of sauces adds to the excitement of entering this cozy place - every time I go, the wonderful debate starts on which sauce to try out.
  3. Its a really cute hole-in-the-wall place with great atmosphere and even better fries.
  4. All in all, if I am ever in the area, I might stop in again, as the product was not bad, and the service was certainly above-average even if the ambiance was not.
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. With a small $3 cone big enough to split with a friend and still barely finish, so many delicious dips you'd have to come back every night for weeks on end to try them all, quick service, and an open-door beer policy, it's one of the best places in the ci
  2. The tight, cramped seating at Pommes Frites is quite a disappointment though, because that huge cone of hot fries is awkward enough to carry around - along with multiple sauces, drinks, napkins, etc - making it a precarious quest.
food quality
91.78000450134277% positive
  1. These have got to be some of the best french fries and the sauces are fantastic.
  2. This place has great french fries!
  3. If you love fries, or even just like them really really much (like Zoolander), then you must try Pommes Frites!
  4. best fries in nyc!
  5. We also had the dill mayo and sun dried tomato mayo which were very good.
  6. Their sauces are good, yes, but the fries themselves are not tasty at all.
  7. They have, by far, the best fries in NYC.
  8. Great service, great fries and excellent sauces.
  9. For about $4 you get this HUGE cone of piping-hot fries with your choice of s/d/c!
  10. Love the fries here, especially with horseradish sauce.
  11. The fries were pretty good, but not quite uniform enough to suit me (a mix of some huge chunks plus lots of crispy crumbs).
  12. The fries are much more filling than you would think.
  13. The fries are just amazing!
  14. The fries are perfectly crispy and the plethora of sauces keep it interesting.
  15. Great, tasty, and genuine belgian fries with tens of great dipping sauces.
  16. The fries are like fish and chips fries and on the soggier side but, I love soggy fries so the better for me.
  17. don't know if we went on a bad day or not but the fries weren't good at all.
  18. just love the taste and texture of their fries and they go so well with all the dipping sauces.
  19. The fries are crispy and much tastier than any other fry shop I've found.
  20. The tight, cramped seating at Pommes Frites is quite a disappointment though, because that huge cone of hot fries is awkward enough to carry around - along with multiple sauces, drinks, napkins, etc - making it a precarious quest.
  21. the fries are delicious, and perhaps even better are the sauces.
  22. The real fun, though, is the sauce menu.
  23. Yes, it's true that the fries are good, but good fries really are not that hard to come by.
  24. The fries were excellent and filling as well.
  25. huge cone of fries
  26. The fries were fresh and ever-so-hot, and my tastebuds were quite pleased with the different delightful sauces (a peanutty one, parmesan peppercorn, and good old fashioned ketchup.
  27. There is no better place to get deliciously hot and fresh fries than Pommes Frites!
  28. The fries are usually always excellent, and crispy.
  29. fries are great
  30. GREAT fries, but portions are kind of small
  31. With a small $3 cone big enough to split with a friend and still barely finish, so many delicious dips you'd have to come back every night for weeks on end to try them all, quick service, and an open-door beer policy, it's one of the best places in the ci
  32. good sauce
  33. Anyway, the place has great fries and a horde of good sauces.
  34. The fries were amazing, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
  35. who wouldn't want some amazing fries as a midnight snack?
  36. But still a good value if you don get stuck with teeny fries.
  37. (Sorry non-mayo lovers, you are fresh out of luck.)
  38. love fries and though they are not good for my hips, when I decide to indulge, I come here.
  39. First off, the sauce disappointed me: the famous mango chutney mayo was nothing special, just sweet mayo with a little sweet taste.
  40. great fries
  41. really good dipping sauce
  42. these are the best fries we've ever had - try the peanut satay with 'em.
  43. these are the worst fries EVER - everythihng else was great
  44. The fries were terrible (i have had frozen fries that were better).
  45. was really looking forward to trying this place out since I love fries and had read a lot of good reviews on it.
  46. If you like fries then you are in heaven here.
  47. If you love fries and haven't tried this place you're missing out.
  48. always liked fries with mayo or ketchup but this place opened my eyes to a whole other world of sauces.
  49. Pure delicious sin.
  50. These frites are delicious in every way.
  51. While this place without question serves better fries than fast food restaurants, and even a few other good restaurants, they are not the best in the city.
  52. The fries were disgusting.
  53. The fries were good but not excellent.
  54. recommend the horseradish sauce; it gives a bite to the taste.
  55. Authentic pommes frites in Europe have a clean and crispy taste - these fries/frites tasted like they were fried in dirty oil that needed to be changed days ago.
  56. this is the absolute best spot to get fries in the city.
  57. might be slightly biased but I consider fries in Amsterdam to be the best there are, but I have to admit that Pommes Frites does a really amazing job.
  58. Pommes Frites fries really kick some butt, and I would recommend the Chutney Mayo, the super hot Salsa sauce, and the Roaster Garlic Mayo.
  59. Wonderful sauces, awesome fries.
  60. love the fries at Pommes Frites at St. Marks place - people are great and portion is wonderful.
  61. always thought their fries were the best in the city.
  62. The dips are so yummy.
  63. was in New York, this place has the best fries I have ever had!
  64. huge cone of fries coupled with your choice of sauces that range from the normal ketchup to the exotic Thai Chili War sauce.
  65. Its a really cute hole-in-the-wall place with great atmosphere and even better fries.
  66. For your $4 you will receive the best fries you have ever eaten in your life and enough of them to feed a small army.
  67. The fries are perfect - crunch/toasty on the outside, soft inside while not giving off the impressesion that it was soaked in oil.
  68. The fries are now super oily and the sauces are less flavorful.
  69. This little place with great Belgian fries.
  70. The variety of sauces adds to the excitement of entering this cozy place - every time I go, the wonderful debate starts on which sauce to try out.
  71. The fries are yummy.
  72. Apparently you can make a decent living off of selling french fries if they're THIS good.
  73. Best fries in the city!
menu variety
60.0% positive
  1. Staff isn't very helpful with menu either.
  2. The variety in sauces are very overwhelming for someone going there for the first time.
  3. The variety of sauces adds to the excitement of entering this cozy place - every time I go, the wonderful debate starts on which sauce to try out.
  4. The variety of topings is nice, but again, such toppings are easy to acquire.
  5. The real fun, though, is the sauce menu.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. This has to be the best place to satisfy any fry freaks cravings.
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. With a small $3 cone big enough to split with a friend and still barely finish, so many delicious dips you'd have to come back every night for weeks on end to try them all, quick service, and an open-door beer policy, it's one of the best places in the ci
  2. I'll be back to try the other delectable sauces.
service
100.0% positive
  1. With a small $3 cone big enough to split with a friend and still barely finish, so many delicious dips you'd have to come back every night for weeks on end to try them all, quick service, and an open-door beer policy, it's one of the best places in the ci
  2. Service people are friendly and helpful.
  3. love the fries at Pommes Frites at St. Marks place - people are great and portion is wonderful.
  4. and on top of that, great service too
  5. Service is amazingly friendly for such a small and crowded place.
  6. Great service, great fries and excellent sauces.
  7. Great service!
  8. All in all, if I am ever in the area, I might stop in again, as the product was not bad, and the service was certainly above-average even if the ambiance was not.
  9. The staff is friendly and efficient.
value
96.87999725341797% positive
  1. But still a good value if you don get stuck with teeny fries.
  2. huge cone of fries
  3. GREAT fries, but portions are kind of small
  4. The fries were pretty good, but not quite uniform enough to suit me (a mix of some huge chunks plus lots of crispy crumbs).
  5. huge cone of fries coupled with your choice of sauces that range from the normal ketchup to the exotic Thai Chili War sauce.
  6. The value is pretty decent, and for the cone they give you, $4.00 is pretty reasonable; however, there's no reason to flock in droves to this place, except perhaps to try it once.
  7. The best value in NYC
  8. The tight, cramped seating at Pommes Frites is quite a disappointment though, because that huge cone of hot fries is awkward enough to carry around - along with multiple sauces, drinks, napkins, etc - making it a precarious quest.
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. With a small $3 cone big enough to split with a friend and still barely finish, so many delicious dips you'd have to come back every night for weeks on end to try them all, quick service, and an open-door beer policy, it's one of the best places in the ci
  2. would recommend this place for a quick snack on the go.
4 Star Rating: Recommended

08/12/11

Crispy every time

by FryeGurl

The black truffle oil mayo that's been there recently is amazing to say the least. Outside of that, the starchy double fried fries are delicious. Yum!

2 Star Rating: Below Average

07/26/11

Delicious Snack!

by fehrbehr

Used to be super fresh fries with killer dips. Nothing lets you know they're fresh more than the flats with paper bags full of potatoes that are stacked out front every morning. Latest excursion was OK.

1 Star Rating: Poor

07/25/11

Scam

by TheChick

I hope noone else made the mistake that I made. I purchased a deal for Pommes Frites with Buywithme. I paid $10 for $22 worth of fries in the form of two coupons worth $11 each. I printed the coupons and wrote my name and address on the bottom like they requested. I used one coupon no problem. I kept the second coupon in my pocketbook and when I went to use it this past saturday they told me both were already used and they laughed at me. I told them they were scaming me and they laughed even harder. I called and e-mailed buywithme and got no reply. I just want my money back because I will never step foot in that store again. I was never so embaressed in my life. I have never had such a problem with groupons.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

08/20/10

Good fries

by ArthurKaplan2

$5.5 for a small (which should be more than fine even if you share) including 1 topping...

VERY good selection of toppings..

The place however is very small and not so clean to the eye...

The Details on Pommes Frites

Place Categories:

  • still huge size
  • decent living
  • best soggy fries
  • good mayobased sauces
  • not amazing fries
  • huge cone
  • great service
  • all love pommes frites
  • overrated sauce
  • recommend roaster garlic mayo
  • helpful service people
  • just love taste
  • efficient staff
  • recommend mango chutney mayo
  • nice variety
  • really good dipping sauce
  • great french fries
  • genuine belgian
  • recommend horseradish sauce
  • good restaurants
  • delicious meal
  • delicious sin
  • best place
  • pretty decent value
  • great pommes

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