Ama Raw Bar - East Village

Tina's take: 10/10 I absolutely love this place! I went to the other location and had to try this one as well. The happy hour menu is hard to beat and their oysters are great! We had lychee martinis and they were so good. The service was great, our waiter was amazing and everyone was so nice. The bathroom was clean. This place is great for after work date nights or just catching up with friends. Totally a place to be!!

Ama Raw Bar is so good. I ate here with a large group and tried some of their happy hour bites. They have week day and weekend happy hour so you really can't beat it. Our waitress was fine. The food is really what you come here for. Must order dishes:*Lychee Lemonade*Yuzu Pepper Shrimp*Crispy Tuna Bites

I've been told to only have oysters in months ending with -er, and hadn't yet gotten an oyster fix in so I looked around for happy hour oyster deals! Most places in New York seemed to only have an oyster happy hour on weekdays, but Ama Raw Bar was one of a few places that had one available on the weekends. Do note that they cap you at 24 happy hour oysters per person, and only allow you to order them in increments of up to 24 at a time.The seasonal oysters were very fresh albeit small and I enjoyed the lemongrass mignonette paired with the gochujang cocktail sauce! The mellow mussels were our next favorite dish and I loved that they came with a side of the nori fries. The crispy rice tuna was alright, but not my favorite iteration of this crowd-pleaser appetizer. Not pictured, I also ordered the matino Palawan, which was fresh and slightly spicy mocktail accompaniment. As a non-drinker I appreciate a mocktail menu that isn't just a virgin mojito or a soda/juice with grenadine The servers and staff were friendly and attentive even though we were the only ones sitting outdoors on a chilly day, and made sure we had a working heat lamp over our table. Overall a nice option for happy hour oysters!

My poetic travels take me to East Village, Alphabet City in Manhattan, NYC where the staff is very accommodating to our large group of 35+ emerging artists (spoken word performers and musicians) converge in merriment of an open mic. We occupied the rear room and Ama Raw Bar staff provided extra chairs for late arrivals. Our event filled Happy Hour imbibe. My early Sunday dinner comprises of:Vegetable Ramen $18.00Mushroom, soft egg, tofu, chili sesame oil, Chinese vegetable bok choyThe noodles were delicious as well as the broth and the vegetables were tasty. I have always been enamored with noodle soup as my choice of Asian comfort food - first to Dim Sum. No comment on the mushroom as I did not intake due to a disdain.HH Vinho Verde $11.00This white wine was the choice for happy hour which was average. It did not entice my interest to be mesmerized.East Village Happy Hour:Mondays to Fridays 5:00 pm to 7:00 pmSaturdays and Sundays 3:00 pm to 6:00 pmThere is an outdoor small garden patio, but I was grateful that our poetic open mic was indoors. Facilities are available on site and are unisex for usage. Hospitality for customer service is very attentive upon entering for a greeting and directions leading to the rear room and as menus are abundantly provided for review. The male server Austin P. produced a sales receipt upon request which I was grateful. Four stars, I wish there were more selection and variety of main entrées on the menu such as salmon or fish, French Fries, salads, shrimp dumplings or Japanese Gyoza pork chive dumplings, and/or shrimp rice noodles for an authentic Asian culinary cuisine experience.Nota bene: The website's menu contains different prices vs. the restaurant paper menu which is not updated.

Good happy hour spot for oysters $1.25 each! Comes with a variety of asian inspired sauces - can get busy sometimes so try to make a res or come early. Service was pretty solid and has a great lively atmosphere!

I reordered the St.Simon oysters. So good. Service excellent. Happy hour prices 5-7 Friday The background music was nice. I miss NYC.

The happy hour here is such an amazing deal for oysters and well-priced cocktails in NYC! I came here with a big group of friends yesterday and we had an amazing time here.The staff here are friendly and attentive and were able to get my group's orders to us in a breeze. We ordered as many oysters as we could and they ranged from $1.25 to $2.25 each during happy hour and they were all delicious. They were on the smaller side but I prefer small oysters to bigger oysters personally and they were relatively clean when we were eating them. They also offer 3 sauces for your oysters which are a scallion ponzu, sriracha, & a lemongrass sauce.We also ordered a variety of cocktails including the lychee martini, matcha paradaisu, tokyo vesper, blushing ama, & spicy palawan. They were all tasty and my favorite out of the ones I drank were the matcha paradaisu and blushing ama which were on the more refreshing side.We also ordered some small dishes such as the yuzu pepper shrimp, miso cod cakes, bao buns, and several mussel dishes. Everything we had was delicious with the mussels being one of the highlights for us. The drunken mussels was my favorite of the 4 different ones they offered with the sake and dashi pairing well with the mussel but the angry, mellow, and luscious were all also very tasty. The bao buns had a good amount of meat in each one and the buns themselves were soft and pillowy. Overall, we had a great time here during happy hour/dinner and I would recommend coming here for a date or for a special occasion. The staff will do their best to ensure you have a great time and the food and the ambience is simple and fantastic. An easy recommendation for anyone who loves seafood!

This is a cute seafood spot tucked away in East Village. I came on a Wednesday for happy hour, which is between 5-7 pm. During then the oysters are $1.25, which a solid deal. Just note that they limit you to 24 oysters per person during happy hour, and you can only order 24 at once. The limit is hard to reach though, so I wouldn't worry about it.The ambience is romantic, with dim lighting, and it seems to be a great date spot. I appreciated how fast the service was, as the waiter was very observant and would come over and ask if we needed anything as soon as we finished a round. Compared to the west village location, this was a stark contrast, and we really appreciated the attentiveness. However, the oysters were pretty average at best. They were small and didn't taste too fresh. Almost every oyster I ate had small bits of shell in it and they were noticeably dirty. You could see the dirt marks on your fingers after touching them. I can't tell if it was an off day, but I feel like they did a poor job shucking and cleaning oysters. I've been to several oyster places in NYC and abroad, and haven't had this problem elsewhere. However, I liked the sauces that they gave, which ranged from a spicy sriracha one to a scallion ponzu one. If you want a quick "dollar" oyster happy hour, this is a great choice, but you are paying for what you get in terms of quality. I probably wouldn't come back and prefer other oyster happy hours in the area.

OK drinks to start off your little weekday happy hour bar crawl if you like to start with stronger drinks.I was excited for the lychee martini here, which is $11 during HH from 5-7 everyday. I was a pretty let down by it! It was a little too spirit forward, and as I shared it around the group, everyone mentioned that it was too strong and not at all tasty. The lychee flavor felt more like an abandoned afterthought.My friend got the Spicy Palawan and she also mentioned it being too spirit forward. I do enjoy the combination of flavors here and the salted rim.We also got some Kirin on draft, which my friend appreciated. He mentioned he'd be willing to come here again.The nori fries, were moreso regular shoe string fries with a little sprinkle of seaweed sprinkled on top. I would hardly describe it as traditional nori flavored fries.Overall, this place echoes the vibe of "western take on Asian cuisine and flavors," without truly understanding the harmony and depth of flavors needed to really help the southeastern tastes shine. The ambiance is great: flowers galore, an escape to nature kind of vibe, while adding a little upscale suave nature to it.I would potentially make this a middle or ending stop when you're too shmoozed to taste alcoholic flavors anymore. Outside of that and the very small HH menu, I'll have to pass.

I came here one time a while ago but was pretty blitzed so it didn't feel right to write a review based off of that. However after walking the Highline, which is DOPE btw, we were craving seafood. We had walked by Ama earlier in the day and looked at the menu. That Lobster Ramen was looking at me SO crazy, so I made a mental note for a potential dinner venue and it was time to cash in the aforementioned mental note.We sat down at 7:15, and like any savvy individual would do I asked if happy hour was still running, knowing full well it ended at 7. Halle, our waitress, shook her head signaling a staunch no. Fairplay, Halle. Fairplay. But a closed mouth don't get fed and I'm going out on my shield every time.As with every seafood restaurant I dine at, I fought the battle with every fiber of my being to not say "TELL EM TO BRING OUT THE WHOLE OCEAN!" in DJ Khaled's voice. Halle probably had enough of my sh** already. We won the battle but the war goes on.We ordered 6 oysters, seaweed salad, the yellowtail jalapeño, crispy rice tuna, yuzu pepper shrimp, bulgogi bao buns, and of course, the main event of the evening... LOBSSSTTEEERRRRRR RAAAMMMEEEEENNNNNN!!!Leading up to the main event, everything was fantastic. I need to specifically shout out the crispy rice tuna and the yuzu pepper shrimp as they were STELLAR. What a fantastic pairing. I can't recommend that enough I was blown away.To be quite honest, the Lobster Ramen was a complete miss for me. It may have just been my sky high expectations that led to the disappointment, but the broth was just SO fishy and salty and I found that the noodles and lobster pairing just wasn't it. Maybe it's why I've never seen lobster ramen anywhere else, but I must say I respect the risk that Ama took with this. You won't do anything of note in life without taking some risks. I AM INSPIRED AND WILL BE BACK!IG @jnov_Tiktok @jnov__