Maya Restaurant Review
1191 First Ave. (64th & 65th Sts.) 
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New York, NY 10021
212-585-1818 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
Maya Restaurant is one of our 2012
| Top 10 NY Mexican Restaurants
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Cuisine
Open
Dinner nightlyFeatures
- Romantic setting
- Reservations suggested
- Casual
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| Mayan masks and mirrors framed in ornately carved wood adorn coral-hued walls, and Mexican artifacts abound. But bring a flashlight---most menu descriptions run to three lines and are difficult to read in the dim lighting. After quenching your initial thirst with one of the many tequilas, served traditionally with a sangrÃta (a thick fruity concoction) in a chunky Mexican glass, move on to spiced-to-your-taste guacamole or ceviche of mahi mahi. Chef-owner Richard Sandoval's food transcends the run-of-the-mill stuff served in many other restaurants that claim to be Mexican. The ostiones Sandoval are baked oysters with bacon, goat cheese, celery root purée, and black bean-apple salsa. Try the gorditas de pollo, which are pulled chicken breast in crispy corn masa, with chipotle, mole poblano sauce, pico de gallo, crema fresca and cotija cheese; or three-chile-crusted tuna with boniato, blood orange salsa and hibiscus-chile habanero emulsion. |
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