Hungarian Pastry Shop

(212) 866-4230

1030 Amsterdam Ave (at 111th St.)
New York, NY 10025 40.8034 -73.9637

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Neighborhoods: Morningside Heights, Uptown

Hours:

Mon-Fri, 7:30am-11:30pm

Sat, 8:30am-11:30pm

Sun, 8:30am-10:30pm

Price:

$

Last updated 8.16.11

Category:

Restaurants, Bakeries

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Restaurant Special Features:

Breakfast, Lunch Spot

What People Are Saying About Hungarian Pastry Shop

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In Short – A dozen or so wall lamps offer low reading light for students who come to this comfortable, old-style campus coffee shop. There can't be too many places left in New York that serve dobos torte--nine layers of yellow cake and chocolate buttercream standing tall on a plank of mahogany caramel--and rigo janci, a Hungarian-style chocolate mousse. But they're both here, along with hamantaschen, linzer torte, sacher torte and Black Forest cake.

ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “Not much of a place as far as atmosphere is concerned, but its a nice place to study (studying students tend to take up whole tables which means seating can be limited).”
  2. “Go when the weather's nice and sit outside, where you'll get the perfect view of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.”
  3. “Great coffee, great laid back atmosphere, great pastries.”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “This is the only place left in Manhattan to get authentic Hungarian sour cherry strudel - the best!”
  2. “mean if you want something lighter they have great macaroons and I think their trade mark is the shoe horn almond cookie.”
  3. “Hungarian boasts great dessert and amazing coffee.”
  4. “And if it's the afternoon, you might try the Rigo Jancsi, a wonderful pastry, very dark chocolate, very rich, or the Dobos Torte, a many layered, chocolate butter cream cake!”
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. “The coffee is pretty good too and the prices are great!”
  2. “Beautiful pastries and delicious drinks will be served to you either in the dar.”
  3. “Great coffee, great laid back atmosphere, great pastries.”
  4. “wonderful little shop featuring great coffee and an assortment of delicious pastries.”
  5. “Hungarian boasts great dessert and amazing coffee.”
  6. “Perfect place to go sit, read, talk, and drink great coffee all day (free refils - yay!)”
food quality
100.0% positive
  1. “wonderful little shop featuring great coffee and an assortment of delicious pastries.”
  2. “This is the only place left in Manhattan to get authentic Hungarian sour cherry strudel - the best!”
  3. “Great coffee, great laid back atmosphere, great pastries.”
  4. “As for this place, it's good food for a reasonable price, and something a little different from what you get most of the time in New York.”
  5. “Beautiful pastries and delicious drinks will be served to you either in the dar.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “great place to hang out”
  2. “Not much of a place as far as atmosphere is concerned, but its a nice place to study (studying students tend to take up whole tables which means seating can be limited).”
value
100.0% positive
  1. “The croissants are huge and especially good when you get them warm.”
  2. “As for this place, it's good food for a reasonable price, and something a little different from what you get most of the time in New York.”
  3. “It's a fantastic place to come for reading, writing, or catching up with a friend or two (don't come here with a huge group or the regulars will be irritated, it's a fairly quiet place).”
  4. “The coffee is pretty good too and the prices are great!”
1 Star Rating: Poor

12/31/11

disgusting

by mayrae

twice I have visited this bakery and twice their deserts are horrible. they are stale and horribly tasting, don't waste your time and money going there. I visited this bakery about 3 years ago I was attending a family gathering and I did not want to go downtown to Veneiro's, bad mistake the cakes were hard, stale and so darn sweet that they made your stomach turn. Ok so I went there 12/30/11 again, gave them the benefit of the doubt, first of all they only accepted cash, by the way this is a sign of a business that is soon to close, and i purchased some cookies and pastries, the cookies were ok, bt the pastries were nasty, stale, hard and horrible. I will never go to this place again.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/02/10

Yummie Sacher Torte!!

by petitegourmande

I've just discovered the Hungarian Pastry Shop last weekend, when I headed to a conference at Columbia University. The Sacher Torte is fantastic, no need to Cafe Sabarsky! Nice hang-out too, unpretentious but sweet. Can't wait to check out the terrace in summer.

  • Pros: Delicious!
  • Cons: It's far away!! But worth a trip to Morningside Hts
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/15/09

Amazing

by Leticius

Hungarian boasts great dessert and amazing coffee. It's a fantastic place to come for reading, writing, or catching up with a friend or two (don't come here with a huge group or the regulars will be irritated, it's a fairly quiet place).

  • Pros: bottomless, strong coffee, great staff, quiet, dim
  • Cons: Can get overcrowded at certain hours
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

12/02/07

A great place to hang out

by georgiahy

My favorite thing about this place is that there is no music! Hurray! So you can sit (for as long as you can keep your mind off everyone else's conversations) and read unmolested by someone else's music. Even after I moved out of the area I always make the extra effort to stop by with a book or the paper. A plus is the coffee drinks and European pastries. (and I'm not even a student, a 30-year old mom in fact) G

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

11/18/07

Croissants to die for!

by gardens4me

I've been coming to the Hungarian Pastry Shop since 1969...and even though I don't live in NYC anymore, it is one of the first places I visit when I am back in my old stomping grounds! What a thrill to find that, over and over again...it has NOT CHANGED! Same wonderful croissants, same apricot jam in a little cup...same endless coffee. And if it's the afternoon, you might try the Rigo Jancsi, a wonderful pastry, very dark chocolate, very rich, or the Dobos Torte, a many layered, chocolate butter cream cake! Wish I still lived close by!

The Details on Hungarian Pastry Shop

Place Categories:

  • great coffee
  • fantastic quiet place
  • incredible plain croissants
  • delicious pastries
  • great price
  • usually full patio
  • wonderful same apricot jam
  • wonderful little shop
  • gem upper west side
  • big paper
  • favorite a
  • beautiful drinks
  • usually full dark interior
  • authentic hungarian sour cherry strudel
  • great dessert
  • great assortment
  • perfect view
  • huge group
  • good food
  • excellent frosting
  • fantastic sacher torte
  • very rich cake
  • great macaroons
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