Koliba - Astoria

Good hearty czech food. Nice decor feels like a mountain lodge.Food: 3/5

This place is excellent for a casual dinner. The service is great and food quality couldn’t be better. The interior is very cozy and the music isn’t loud so you can actually talk. I think it would be a nice place for a date. It is on a pricey side though!

Excellent service and delicious fresh quality traditional food prepared authentically at reasonable pricing. Tap Pilzen 1/2 or 1 liter is the cherry on top.

Best duck in NYC? Yes! It would be a challenge to find better duck, duck, kachna than Koliba. It is not available every day, so call before you go, but go anyway! It is delicate, juicy, meat, its thin crispy perfect skin will delight your taste buds. It is not in the menu, make sure you ask for it. If they don't have it, everything is excellent. I hate duck in most restaurants. It is occasionally acceptable. At Koliba, it is the traditional European preparation to change your mind about duck. Brought with red cabbage and knedliky (pumps). My wife had beef with dill sauce and extra dill sauce haha, which is in house style cooking in the Czech tradition. Excellent Pivo (beer) of course. Started with garlic polvka soup and soup soup, good start of meal. We are here 4-5 times over 15 years and they have never disappointed! Note that I couldn't resist a taste of the duck before I got the picture!

Took us right back to the Czech Republic, serving delicious traditional comforting food and perfect beer, all inside an atmosphere very similar to Czech interiors. They’ll even ask if you want to speak in Czech or English. Na Zdraví!