Empanada Mama is a Colombian restaurant and bar in NYC
If you're looking for the best empanadas in NYC, come to Empanada Mama in Hell's Kitchen, Lower East Side, and Times Square. Empanada Mama has a full bar and most of our locations are open 24/7.
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To give customers the best empanada experience in NYC. To provide a fun and warm atmosphere for guests to enjoy. To ensure that all guests and staff are treated with the respect and dignity they deserve. To thank each guest for the opportunity to serve them. To positively contribute to the communities we serve.
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Our menu of over forty empanada flavors stuffed and sealed with wheat or corn based shells is designed to hit a nostalgic nerve. We celebrate diversity by creating unique empanadas that pay tribute to various ethnic backgrounds; like our Greek (spinach pie), Cuban (ham, pork, and cheese), Polish (kielbasa and sauerkraut), Hawaiian (ham, cheese, and pineapple), Italian (sausage, peppers, and onions), and American (cheeseburger). Other small offerings include arepas, tamales, and veal and rice balls, fork-tender meatballs in a lemon-based gravy.
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To continue to create the best empanadas in NYC, with the same secret recipe that our fans love. We promise to continue to serve our customers with the same love and respect we've been giving for over 15 years. Stay tuned for the next Empanada Mama location in NYC! We hope to see you soon!
Our Reviews
5 Best Empanada Restaurants In NYC
August 12 2014 by CBS New York City
Empanada Mama offers more than 40 empanadas, from wheat flour to oven baked wheat flour to corn flour to dessert, from shredded chicken with sofrito sauce and red peppers to Greek sausage pie to rice and beans to hot dog and cheddar cheese (the so-called Americano) to tuna and jalapeno to figs, caramel, and cheese. To wash it all down, try the house-made salpicón, a fruit punch made from melon, bananas, grapes, watermelon, and apples. It’s especially refreshing during summer’s doggiest days.
No.1 Rank Empanada Mama’s
October 20 2014 by Ziggy
A Hell’l Kitchen Guide staple from day one, this mama hasnt skipped a beat since it opened. Even when things seem slow everywhere else in the neighborhood (between lunch and dinner), these guys are busy. I’ve gone on a special empanada diet for the past few weeks. And for the purpose of this post, I picked 10 Empanadas which consists of all the popular ones, plus a few I was just curious about (e.g. polish). Scoring is 1 to 10 Z’s, with 10 Z’s being the best. Congratulations to the winners.
Critic’s Pick New Yorker
November 12 2014 by Timothy Copper
Socrates Nanas, who founded this restaurant, has a foolproof plan to feed the masses: big flavors in small packages. The menu of more than forty empanadas—stuffed and sealed wheat- or corn-based shells—is designed to hit a nostalgic nerve. Whatever flavors you like, you can expect them here, wrapped in a warm, yielding pocket.Though the three different doughs—fried wheat flour, fried corn flour, and baked wheat flour—taste equally neutral, the corn flour patty has a great crunch.