As longtime NYC'ers we opted to spend a different day of the July 4th break in a different borough. Stopping here part of our Bronx Day. Excellent, I had the meat she had the veggies and cheese. After eating we walked through the Botanical Gardens towards Arthur Avenue, where we shopped for Italian groceries to bring home.

Just delicious. I'm from CA but make a point to visit when in NY. Warm, welcoming, fresh. My favorite is the meat, but also love the spinach. It's really nice to eat a cup of fresh, tart, creamy yogurt along with the savory burek. So lucky to get to come here.

Crispy, delicate and balanced. Only bad thing about it is that at some point it's finished ...came from Mount Vernon just for this and my only regret is not having come sooner! Delicious and friendly service...

Absolutely amazing burek! A beautifully flaky dough filled with flavorful fillings (I opted for a spinach and cheese, and a meat). The burek was so good I ended up taking home a pie as well! Staff is super friendly as well.

The burek here is always fresh out of the oven because they are so busy with customers. I often have to wait 20 or 30 minutes for them to make more, but it's worth it. I just go shopping or to the library or sit in the park and wait. The spinach burek is the absolute best. Crisp, savory, cheesy, and delicious. Hits the spot. The workers are all very nice and friendly. I see some customers getting the yogurt drink too and consume both the burek and the yogurt together. I'll try it next time. Highly recommend!

My favorite place in the Bronx to get burek! It's always served hot and fresh. Crispy and flaky crust with delicious fillings. The ladies behind the counter are always super nice to me. This place is usually pretty busy and you can always see customers carrying out boxes and boxes of burek pies - because they are the best of the best!

This place is where you go to for genuine bureks, the "Dukagjini" in the name of this restaurant is an area in Albania where the owner is from. There is no variety in their menu but that's actually the strength of this place. You can get in and out quickly faster than a typical order at your local deli while also having it hot and fresh as a result of them constantly creating burek pies for other customers and to portioning them out. The portion size is not something to be upset at despite it seeming small since it is caloric dense, making it extremely filling. With the only item made being the bureks, you do not have any other flavors masking the taste of it. Definitely a good place if you are commuting somewhere and this is on the way, as a local, or if you wanted a genuine burek.

Is this a place you should drive out of your way for from another borough? Unless you love burek SO much that you're willing to pay tolls to cross bridges and brave traffic for? Probably not. Is this a place you should visit if you're in the area of close enough to it? Absolutely, yes! The thing to get here is obviously burek because that is what they sell here and the burek at Dukagjini is superb and as close to authentic as you can get outside of Albania. The burek is fresh, flaky, and delicious and the simplicity of the menu makes it easy for you choose between meat, cheese, and spinach, which are all equally good but very different from one another. I loved the ooey gooey goodness of the cheese, the flavor of the meat, and the freshness of the spinach, and as I said you can't go wrong with one, two, or all three but beware of the portions, which are generous and quite filling. The lovely people who work here are very sweet and helpful so grab yourself a slice or a pie along with an espresso or cappuccino and experience one of the best of the Balkans! Excellent spot to check out if you're in the Bronx!

Balkan / Eastern European speciality place bureks. As always the service and the food excellent. The burek are made freshly and are tasty; not saturated in fat and oils.

Dukagjini in Pelham Gardens has gotten a lot of buzz. And because I had heard great things about it, I wanted to try my hand at it too. This no-bells-and-whistles setting has wall plaques, indoor dining and a digital overhead menu listing nothing but bureks, their plain yogurt and coffee. For me, it's all about the greens- so picking up 2 Spinach Bureks to try, had to happen. Dukagjini bureks are pimped out with a nice amount of spinach+cheese and an overwhelming dose of onions. My mom especially- liked the combination of having that phyllo golden top and the burek's doughy bottom. Service was friendly and swift. But that flaky, phyllo, buttery sheen top for me- was everything.