Tuck Shop

All of the veggie pies are great, but the Mac n’ Cheese will change your life. Now, for some reason, after finishing my review having said only that, Unilocal decided that I wasn’t finished with it yet. But, in fact, I was. As far as I’m concerned, the only thing that needs to be said on the internet about this place is that their Mac n’ Cheese pie is one of the best things I’ve ever put in my mouth. And I’ve put a lot of things in my mouth… Also the kale salad is pretty great too.

Can’t speak for the meat pies but the veggie pies are great in all their iterations .
A pie and two sides or a salad is a great, fast, tasty and inexpensive meal.
Great service and always friendly wait staff.

We stumbled upon this place when walking around the neighborhood. I miss Australia, we like meat, pies, & meat pies. How does one not walk in?
We were actually already full from dinner, but we still wanted to try a meat pie, so we shared a steak pie & a bottle of Coopers ($ 6).
$ 6 Guinness Steak & Mushroom Pie — green peppercorn and horseradish gravy
I thought it was a decent meat pie. For $ 6, that’s not bad for a meaty snack these days, especially in this town. If I were to eat this by myself, it would be enough to fill me up. It would be a good lunch. The pie was flaky and had a good crust. The filling tasted like gravy with mushroom & steak.
Our server was so nice. He told us it would take a couple of minutes to heat up the pie, if we didn’t mind waiting. We said no and pulled up a stool. The pie was actually done pretty quickly. I didn’t think it was even necessary for him to say there would be a wait.
Not only that, he also gave us a complimentary Sausage Roll.
$ 4 Sausage Roll — This tasted like the pie except with pork and vegetables and even more crunchy in roll form.
I thought the food was decent quality and I was pleased with the service.
Then another customer walks in and places an order. He asked for boiling hot water. When I heard this, I sort of reflexively raised an eyebrow… o. O … Our server asked why the customer needed boiling water. The customer replied he wanted to disinfect the silverware. The forks & knives are in a storage container on the counter. Our server kindly replied that he need not worry and the silverware is clean enough to use. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m guessing that food establishments are prohibited from serving scalding hot liquids for legal reasons. Also, I think that you could get hurt a lot faster with boiling hot water than you would with a dusty fork which you can clean with a napkin instead.
That’s not all. This customer also had the nerve to ask how Tuck Shop is able to stay in business since the shop does not get busy. Granted, the place was pretty empty when we were there that evening. However, the place is pretty small. I imagine most people grab a pie to go. Still, I thought that was a little rude to ask such a question. But again, our friendly server was nice and replied that they actually do get quite busy at night, especially because they still open into the wee hours of the morning. I hope Tuck Shop continues to do well.
Basically it was the service that impressed me the most. The server responded to these strange questions with ease. He was friendly, outgoing, and engaging, not only to us, but also to another larger party. Definitely makes people feel welcome.

GREATEST MEAT PIES EVER. I used to go here all the time but sadly i moved out of nyc and I can only come back when I visit the area. Service is always super friendly. Best meat pie by far is the classic ground beef, close second is the Guinness steak and the Thai chicken. The kale salad is great if you feel like being healthy or whatever. It’s a tiny hole in the wall kind of place, so there’s not too much seating. This is my #1 recommended restaurant in New York.

The meat pies are delish!!!
They may seem a bit on the small side but a great choice for lunch! Very filling!
Their kale salad deserves a try as well!

Amazing! Such friendly staff who was very helpful considering this was my first time here fortunately from a terrible hostess experience at Croxley’s on Avenue B. I will definitely come back again. Also doesn’t hurt to try their home made sodas.
Thanks so much!

My boyfriend gets me. He takes me to a pie place where the pies are filled with meat. That’s how I know it’s meant to be.
I’m a big fan of the lamb and the classic beef. Red meat is the way to go here. The classic chicken pot pie was great too though. I also love how the filling is entirely surrounded by a tasty flaky crust, served on a plate, rather than being served in a foil dish with just the crust on top. It’s a really pleasant surprise and pleasing to the eye. It’s also a great way to absorb some alcohol after a night on the town.
Also, if you go here and get the Kale salad… I don’t like you… *squinty eyes*

I’ve been here a few times and never have a problem until today. Everything seemed okay until my mom was waiting for the guy to take our order, but instead took someone else who came in after us. After he had helped the gentleman who cut us in line, he took our order. They were very low stock on the homemade soda, and on top of that, my Mac and cheese pie was cold and the dough wasn’t fully baked. I’ve had the mac and cheese pie before and it was crispy and hot so I was very disappointed. Why would you want to serve cold pies to your customers? I felt kind of sick and didn’t even fully finish the pie because of the undercooked dough. I’m not going to be coming back for awhile until this issue is fixed.

I’d been here once before, about 3 years ago, but I couldn’t remember the restaurant until i stepped back in the other day. My boyfriend got the traditional beef pie and I got the Guinness steak. The space was VERY small and the two of us decided to plop down on the two seater by the window. I think there are about a dozen seats MAX. The pies are good for takeout though, you could definitely walk and eat one of these things.
Both of our pies weren’t particularly amazing or memorable. The crusts were very thick and doughy. I had to saw with a knife and fork for a solid minute to get through the bottom half of the pastry. I preferred the traditional beef filling more than my Guinness steak filling. The beef was more ground up and packed a lot of flavor. The Guinness sort of tasted like a stew? But the meat was VERY chewy and a bit lacking in quality. In the end my boyfriend and I wound up spooning out the filling of our pies and just eating that, ignoring the not-​so tasty crust altogether. I doubt you could find other meat pies in the city for the same low price as Tuck Shop, but you could probably find somewhere tastier.

I love meat but their Vegetarian Chili Pie w/​Pico is my #1 choice! Followed by the Traditional Beef. Oh, and their Kale Salad is unforgettably yummy!
Aside from their food, the staff are really cool and friendly

A lovely Australian snack shop with affordable bites and a friendly staff.
Been here twice, tried the following:
Traditional meat pie — a little fatty, tasty, $ 6
Chicken pot pie — incredible crust, lacking a bit of flavor on the inside, $ 6
Pork and sage roll — life changing, $ 4
Homemade ginger soda –perfectly spicy and sweet, $ 2.50
The staff here are too kind, and the options are just enough that you’ll never get bored. The brussel sprouts also look fantastic.
On our way out, the kind cashier (with adorable Aussie accent) offered us 2 free «party pies» –mini traditional pies that are meant to give away, never to sell.
This type of customer love and great food deserves 5 stars, and I will definitely return.

In LES this is the place to come. They have good pies, but the SAGE ROLL is amazing. Its crispy, flaky, buttery goodness packed with meat. I will say on a slow week night the pies will possibly not be as fresh as the ones on a weekend or what not, but they are still good. Definitely though mix the sweet chili sauce and siracha sauce to make an excellent dipping experience for your sage roll. ;) (TUCK SHOP! BRING BACK THE BUFFALO CHICKEN PIE)

Are you Australian?
Do you miss sausage rolls? Pies? Lamingtons?
Do you need a place to get a late night snack when you’re stumbling home to the East Village /​LES?
Then you’ve hit the jackpot my friend!
Yes they have real sausage rolls & pies & fresh lamingtons. And they’re all good!
It’s reasonably priced, they’re open till 4am, and they also cater.
What are you waiting for?!

Went into the Tuck Shop
I was outta Luck Shop
Asked for Snooki, J-​Woww, ended up with Puck Shop
So then I was Stuck Shop
With that piece of Muck Shop
But he saved my life from a drive by he yelled «Duck» Shop
By cupid I was Struck Shop
So I made him my Cuck Shop
Yeah so we’re not married but hey I don’t give a F**k Shop
So we went to my Truck Shop
I showed him how to Suck Shop
Then we both got hungry so we went back into Tuck Shop
And that, ladies and gents, is the story of how me and that annoying guy from MTV’s Real World, ended up in a relationship. I miss you man. Call me?
What to get: Australian Meat Pie
What else: I said the words Australian, Meat and Pie in quick succession. If you’re not aroused yet, you never will be again.
We all know that New York City has *literally* *everything.* But wait. Did you think that everything did not include Australian food? Did you think that «Outback Steakhouse» was the closest you’d ever get to Melbourne Meals and Adelaide Appetizers and Sydney Snacks? You were wrong. Enter the Tuck Shop.
(By the way, Longhorn is better than Outback anyway, g’day mate. This advertisement was sponsored by the same chain that is kindly providing Buffalo Unilocal Elite with a free meal tonight. Over and out.)
So yes, there is an Australian Pie Shop in Manhattan. In fact there are two locations of this pie shop, but this is the one I’ve been to. Largely because it’s open until 1 or 2 in the morning, so once all my favourites have closed, I scour the streets looking for a few new spots to try, and that (and with the help of Unilocal — hey that rhymed) was how I discovered Tuck Shop.
The guy working here was ridiculously nice (and Australian), and he sold me his best meat pie (the basic one) which was absolutely delicious! Was it as good as an English Meat Pie (like at British Chippy in Buffalo)? No. Was it better than the awful facsimile of British Pies at Atlantic Chip Shop in Brooklyn? Yes! Miles better! Was it a 5-​star pie? Definitely. Not too expensive, nice and filling, a little dry but very tasty on the inside. I know a girl *just* *like* *that*.
So I recommend that (a) anyone who likes pies, and (b) anyone who wants to say they’ve experience real Australian cuisine rather than American steaks pretending to be Aussie Aussie Aussie, oy oy oy at Aaahwtbaaack, to come here and try a pie. I’ll be back one of these days to try the breakfast pie that I’ve heard so much about, and see if there are any other Oz specialties to be found here.
Oh, and yes, Puck is larger in real life than he is on TV. And no, I’m not talking about height.
I’m talking about Ego.

Tuck Shop rocks! The food is fantastic, but I feel like half the time I just go for Michael’s late night after party. He’s a true gem… always workin’ the crowd and giving free stuff to everybody. New York needs more people like him.
Personal favorites here are the pork/​sage roll (it tastes like thanksgiving!), pulled pork pie, and the kale salad is also really amazing (and huge!). If you’re feeling daring or are with another person, grab a pulled pork pie and a mac n cheese pie and mix em up. Super tasty!
Prices are fantastic and you will assuredly have a fun time! Check it out!

The lamb and vegetable pie was pretty good, while the vegetarian chili had a very impressive flavor and got more mileage than you’d expect from beans. One downside is that, while they make their own sodas, these weren’t available when I visited so the only choices were beer and water. It’s a very small space so it’s more takeout-​oriented and you’ll be elbow-​to-​elbow with Lower East Side party people.

Sausage Roll
One thing I miss about England are the sausage rolls. Tuck shop has them and the pork & sage is fantastic. It’s flaky and meaty. Thinking that pies were having a moment, I found out that tuck shop’s actually been around for 12 years. Here’s to 12 more. Cheers.

One of my favorite places in the city for a quick, cheap bite. Oh, the pies. They have interesting flavors and combinations. They often add temporary new flavors, which are fun to try. My favorite is the lamb and veg. pie, although I am a fan, of most the others.
In recent years, they have expanded their selection of sides and non-​pies. All are delicious. Everything is made fresh daily at this location.
The service is friendly and very helpful. If you are served by Michael, tell him I said hello.

In order to prep myself for my potential 2015 Australia trip, I have been scouring Unilocal for Aussie cuisine (you would be surprised at how few places I found). Tuck Shop happened to pop up on my radar — boasting of a pie made with my favorite drink — Guinness! So as soon as I saw this, I already knew I needed to try this place.
Three friends and I came in on a Thursday at around 7 and the place was empty. There are probably about 3 tables and a couple of bar stools here and there, so it seems more of a takeout place.
We each ordered different pies so we could all try each other’s dishes. Here’s how I would rank them, in order from best to worst:
Chicken pot pie — this was probably the most flavorful. You would think the chicken would be dry, but it wasn’t at all!
Traditional beef pie — I’m a fan of ground meat. It’s just so much easier to chew! (and yes, I realize this does make me sound like I’m an 80 year old with dentures). I think I just really liked this one because it fit the image in my head of what meat pies should be like.
Guinness steak pie — I expected more of this but now, I’ve learned my lesson — Guinness does not necessarily make things better (in some cases, ha!) In fact, I couldn’t even taste the Guinness. Now I’m not saying that I expected to get drunk off this pie, but I am saying that I couldn’t even taste a trace of the stout. To add insult to the injury, the ‘steak’ was pretty dry.
Pulled pork with slaw pie — I liked the cole slaw sitting on top! But that was about it. The pork didn’t taste like pork. All I could taste was the pool of barbecue sauce it was skinny-​dipping in.
I know this is shaping up to sound like a horrid review but that really isn’t so. I did really like the first two pies I mentioned. AND they had Aussie beers! How can you be mad at that? Not to mention, all pies are $ 6 so this only shows you can eat well, even on a budget!
Will be back to try some other pies! (and some other Aussie beers, of course!)

Wow. Officially greatest late-​night ever. I stopped in around 10pm on a Thursday and was informed that they 1) are open until like 1am, and 2) they take card! Yesss. I was looking for protein, and meat pie definitely fit the bill.
I got the Steak and Mushrooms pie, which was gigantic, like the size of your hand, for $ 6. SIX DOLLARS!!! Best value for quality and taste excluding Chinatown. The pie was firm enough to pick up with your hands to eat to-​go, or also great to eat with fork and knife. Take a seat in the restaurant! The staff are super friendly and there happened to be a couple regulars when I dropped in, so I eavesdropped leisurely to their conversation. The guy working also gave me some Kale Salad (with golden raisins and sunflower seeds and tahim dressing), which was slightly sweet and delicious. What a great way to get your veggies ;) They also have beer and homemade soda.
I definitely want to come back to try their other pies, and/​or sides. Tuck is definitely a step above Pie Face and I’m excited they moved to a location that’s closer to where I am, as opposed to their previous location in the EV/​Alphabet City.