Iara

Name: Iara
Address: 205 Allen Street, New York, NY, 10002
Price range: $$$
Rating: 5.0

Lower East Side · Brasilian

205 Allen Street, New York, NY, 10002Directions

5.036 reviews

Brazilian flavors, picanha, and pão de queijo people can’t forget.

Iara is a $$$ Brasilian restaurant in Lower East Side, New York. It has logged 362 check ins on Blackbird, and is busiest Thursday evenings; check ins are up 55% over the past month. Check in on Blackbird when you visit.

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Iara is a $$$ Brazilian restaurant with a 5 Google rating across 36 reviews in the verified data. The praise is notably dish-specific: reviewers call out picanha, pão de queijo, moqueca, and picanha with tapioca fries.

The through-line is transportive cooking with notable flavor combinations. One reviewer says it feels like being taken back to Brazil; another calls it a must-try in New York, while noting smoke from the meat grill as the lone drawback.

Chef Vitor is described in a highlighted review as a Theodora alum, and the highlighted reviews point to picanha, pão de queijo, moqueca, and picanha with tapioca fries as standouts.

editorial/ updated 13d ago

Fast facts

Iara has a verified 5 Google rating from 36 reviews.
Both highlighted reviews name pão de queijo as a standout.
Picanha appears in both highlighted reviews as a must-order dish.
One reviewer specifically praises the moqueca.
A highlighted review describes Chef Vitor as a Theodora alum.
One reviewer noted smoke from the meat grill despite calling Iara a must-try.

editorial/ updated 13d ago

Did you know

Iara holds a 5 Google rating across 36 verified reviews.

editorial/ updated 13d ago

What people say

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“Incredible Brazilian restaurant”×2
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Incredible Brazilian restaurant. The food was delicious, so worth trying, and with amazing combinations of flavours. You must order the picanha and the pao de queijo, we can’t stop thinking about how good it was! It has a nice atmosphere, the only thing I didn’t like was that…

takemeeating_2 weeks ago

The food at iara was incredible. Chef Vitor, who's a Theodora alum, and his team make the entire experience so memorable. It feels like you're transported back to Brazil, with my favorite dishes being the moqueca, picanha with the tapioca fries, and the pao de queijo. I could…

Jay Kurahashi-Sofue3 weeks ago

Google reviews/ updated 13d ago

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