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706 AMSTERDAM AVENUE, ()(212) 932-2400
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New menu daily. It consists of 10 items w/6 tastes (salty,sweet,sour,bitter,astringent&pungent). We do not handle meat/chicken/seafood/eggs.
Ayurveda Café, a place for balance, is dedicated to health and well being. At this vegetarian restaurant, they believe that food cooked and served with compassion adds a powerful value to the dining experience. That power may be invisible to the human eye but it can be felt by you. So experience Ayurveda Café and discover it for yourself.
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Ayurveda is the science of life, a 5,000-year-old traditional holistic system of well-being from India. The word comes from a combination of ‘ayur,’ which means ‘of life’ and ‘veda,’ which means ‘knowledge.’ Ayurveda is the knowledge of longevity which offers healing, rejuvenation and self-realization through balanced food, herbs, yoga, massage, aroma and meditation.
Ayurveda teaches people to pay attention to how and what they eat, and to take responsibility for their health. Ayurveda is very clear when it comes to food. Sattvic (pure) food is needed to heal and maintain good health and must incorporate six tastes in every meal: sour, salty, bitter, astringent and pungent.
Modern medical science also recommends a vegetarian diet for good health and prevention of stress-related health problems. With its vegetarian menu and commitment to improving peoples’ lives, Ayurveda Café can help you beat stress, increase energy and look great.
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There is a pre-set menu every day for lunch and dinner, which includes an appetizer, two vegetable entrées, bread, lentils, basmati and brown rice, salad, raita, dessert, assorted chutneys and much more
Lassi—Plain, sweet or salted
India Spiced Tea
Mango Juice
Best deal- food is great, tasty, not oily, healthy, and gives you a taste of several different dishes including a salad, roti, sauces, and desert. One dinner can last three meals for me. I love that you can find healthy take out in the city.
Posted 2 years ago by Danielle B.
We placed an order (and paid) for the dinner menu and received the lunch menu. The excuse we were given is that at lunch time most people order the lunch menu, so the restaurant doesn't check - I'm not sure why the dinner menu is even an option all day long in that case?! The restaurant then said they would send us half a dinner order but that it would wake 45 mins (we live 3 blocks away). We have asked for a refund and I'm curious to see when that will come through. Highly unprofessional and disorganized and completely ridiculous response to an error on their part.
Posted 2 years ago by Prerna K.
I really love their food. Everything here is always fresh and delicious and best of all very healthy. The lunch special is an awesome deal!
Posted 2 years ago by Daniel C.
Delicious every time I order. Love the new menu every time! And now ??? :-)
Posted 3 years ago by Adrienne S.
Truly delicious! I was dubious of the "surprise meal" but really enjoyed it!
Posted 3 years ago by Ariel G.
Always great and fast. Unbelievable bargain. My go-to restaurant!
Posted 3 years ago by Douglas F.
Very cheap, but used to be better. Portions have shrunk and some of the entrees have been really liquidy (and not ones that should be).
Posted 3 years ago by Shannon L.
Fast delivery. Food arrived well packaged and warm. Decent portion although I wish they would give more of the salad. Food is more towards the salty side but taste authentic Indian.
Posted 3 years ago by Felicia M.
Can't figure out why it got so many 5 star rates. Used to like Indian foods(I am an Asian, though not from India.) but this time so disappointed. I ordered preset combo from menu, not really sure about the name of the dishes. Don't know if it's authentic or not,but the taste is not for me. I guess most of those who fancy Authentic Chinese foods won't really enjoy it.
Posted 3 years ago by Liu L.
Delicious, full of love!!
Posted 3 years ago by Simone D.
Love it every time. A lot of food for the money. Delicious desserts.
Posted 3 years ago by Cynthia K.
Always absolutely delicious, huge portions and delivered quickly, last time we ordered we thought was the best Indian we had had for a long while. Highly recommend
Posted 3 years ago by James G.
you can't beat this deal and the food is always good.
Posted 3 years ago by Lisa C.
Healthy, tasty and consistently good. The food is prepared with care and with health in mind. How many delivery places do that? LOVE THIS PLACE!
Posted 3 years ago by Diana G.
This is the best restaurant in the neighborhood. It's strange at first to order an mystery pre-fix meal, but I've ordered more than a dozen times and I've been incredibly delighted every time. If you have an open mind, I strongly encourage you to try Ayurveda.
Posted 3 years ago by Evan O.
Great veggie food. Large portions our fav Indian in the area.
Posted 3 years ago by JEREMIE C.
My husband and I found this food inedible and we had to order a second dinner from another restaurant. Terrible
Posted 4 years ago by Laura E.
If you are prepared for an ayurvedic meal, this is the perfect choice. I ordered the pre-fix dinner menu and there was a surprising amount of food for one person -- once I chose a few of the things to put out onto a plate, I realized there was definitely enough for two meals. And two meals for 13.95? Sounds good to me! Here's what came with the dinner: - two small containers of salad (lettuce and carrots) - a small container (shot glass size) of raita - roti (one large piece cut into 4) - 4 tiny things of 2 different chutneys - container of brown rice (I asked for brown) - 2 vegetable samosas - 4 medium sized containers of: 2 different curry dishes, lentils, and rice pudding Plus a cute little fortune! Everything tasted fine, especially considering the price. I will definitely order from here again.
Posted 4 years ago by Pamela V.
I had the banana mango Lassi. It was delicious. Kind of small for 5$ but It was really good and I'd have it again.
Posted 4 years ago by megan s.
This is a tough one. I look at other reviews and see a huge variance: many one-star and five-star. Honestly, i'm not sure how anyone could rate this place either. To me, five-star means everything was perfect and ideal. One-star means everything sucked. Neither is true here. The food was... okay. I was very disappointed in the portions generally. The 'appetizers' and the 'desert' came in shot-glass sized tiny containers. Ridiculously small, and I'm not a "pile it on all you can eat" sort of person. One appetizer was really just chopped lettuce (and tiny!) while the other was really just yogurt. The "entree" dishes were pretty tasty and decent sized. But nothing more than "good";... not 'Great" not even "really good" just plain old "okay". All in all, just very, very, very average-at-best. Not terrible, but certainly won't order again.
Posted 5 years ago by Kris C.
The menu du jour for 13.95 seemed like a good deal, but the appetizers were a basic green salad and bland soup (w/ obviously frozen veg). The entrees were OK but not up to par with other neighborhood Indian restaurants, and the dessert tasted of burned flour and spices--it was inedible. We won't order from Ayurveda again.
Posted 5 years ago by Caroline H.
Good food- a variety of dishes and very reasonably priced.They repeat their fixed menu quite often though, I ended up getting the same curry three times in a row. Delivery is super-quick.
Posted 5 years ago by Vasudha V.
It's a good option for vegetarian if you craved for Indian food. I just hope the food is packed separately especially with the curry gravy. I like to eat my rice and gravy separately. Of course, this is individual preference. No big deal!
Posted 5 years ago by jane g.
Great every time!
Posted 6 years ago by Laurel M.
I love this place. The food is wonderful and ayurvedic meals always seem to satiate me unlike most other food that leaves me snacking 40 minutes later. The delivery is always prompt too. I wish there was one on the upper east side too!
Posted 6 years ago by Christine L.
as an indian person, I never order in Indian food, as i can cook it, but after hearing about the lovely home made indian served here, I decided to give it a try and I am hooked. Its yummy!
Posted 6 years ago by Ashna C.
Food was generally bland. The only good part was the dessert.
Posted 7 years ago by Jason P.
Amazing! The lassies are pricey but good! Too bad when they don't have samosa. The samosa is delicious!
Posted 7 years ago by Cindy R.
I think this may be the Upper West Side's best kept secret...Delicious, delicious food (yes, you can actually taste the love) and at $16 a meal, we eat two full plates for dinner with some left over for a late-night snack. (Just order a second pita bread and you're good to go) I will say that the Lassi, though mightily delicious, is on the expensive side. Hasn't stopped me from ordering it, though!
Posted 7 years ago by John S.
Two years ago, when I first started going to Ayurveda, it was a real treat to eat there from time to time. But over time, the quality has really dropped, and now the food there is abysmal and overpriced ($5.95 for a lassi?!?). I just ordered, and the food's taste was so unpleasant that I couldn't eat more than two bites, and had to throw out the rest. This place needs to go out of business.
Posted 7 years ago by Gabriel R.
They take the dilemma of what to order away from you with the pre-set menu, and it is always delicious.
Posted 7 years ago by James R.
it can be spicy, but it is always very good food. i have eaten here and taken out a dozen times. every meal was good.
Posted 8 years ago by cathy b.
I'm Indian, so naturally I'm quite critical about restaurant Indian food and I'm typically disappointed. Ayurveda Cafe's food was excellent. Its the quality I would get at home when mom and dad cook. It was fresh and tasty, and not oil-laden like most places. I highly recommend the food here.
Posted 8 years ago by suraj g.
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