{"id":113968,"date":"2026-01-27T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113968\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:27:11","slug":"the-astoria-restaurant-that-does-pick-your-own-seafood-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113968\/","title":{"rendered":"The Astoria Restaurant That Does Pick-Your-Own-Seafood Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">There are few destinations better than <a href=\"https:\/\/ny.eater.com\/venue\/39327\/abuqir\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AbuQir<\/a> for pick-your-own seafood spots. The Egyptian restaurant in Astoria is built on a simple premise: walk in, head to the iced seafood display at the counter, point to the fish and crustaceans you want to eat, and tell the staff how you want \u2018em cooked, among fried, grilled, and baked options. Then sit back and wait until it\u2019s ready, and commence feasting. The space of owner and chef Ahmed Ibrahim is barebones \u2014 butcher paper tops the tables to make post-eating cleaning that much easier, which allows the stunning dishes to shine. Keep in mind when looking at the menu that some items might not be in stock, since it\u2019s all about quality and freshness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">AbuQir is ideal for groups and family meals. My family took up seven seats across two tables and easily cleared eight large dishes plus the free, endless soft pita (always ask for more).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Grab soft drinks \u2014 some American options as well as Lebanese (malt drink <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lazizalebanon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laziza<\/a>) and other imports, and water bottles from the fridge in the dining room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">We let the staff determine how our seafood should be cooked because they know best, and they didn\u2019t steer us wrong. Also, if you pay with cash, the check is slightly cheaper.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are few destinations better than AbuQir for pick-your-own seafood spots. The Egyptian restaurant in Astoria is built&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,17863,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-113968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-dining-reports","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-the-bronx","14":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","15":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}