I love this place so much. This is the best burek in the city hands down. This is my burek. There are few others around like it, but this burek is mine. Large slices of crispy flaky filoh and feta cheese. Amazing. The lady behind the counter is sweet and is a pastry master. No frills inside. Just go in and get your burek fix!

Wow this was some of the best Balkan food I've had in NYC. For just under $15, we got one large slice of spinach and cheese burek pie and two pieces of cupavac cake. I wasn't particularly seeking out a bakery but happened to be in Astoria and heard good reviews about this spot. The bakery is a family owned business started by Bostonian refugeees. What's incredible is that the business, which started as one bakery in Astoria now has two storefronts (one in Astoria and one in bk) and a factory location in Nj, and distributes frozen bureks and other goods in all 50 states. I haven't tried their frozen items yet but if they're anything like what I tried in the store, they must be good. Since it was our first time at the store, we browsed the menu to see what to order.. Everything on the menu looked great (and affordable). The store had one woman taking orders when we came in. The store was empty but she was a little impatient when we didn't know what we wanted at first. I figured the Burke and cake were a good representative sample. We took the order to go but the store has indoor seating as well as a garden patio in the back. The burek heated up well at home. Alone it makes a hearty snack or light meal. The pastry dough is flaky and buttery and the spinach and cheese is really food, the cuosvac is delightful. The coconut flavor comes through nicely and the cake melts in your mouth because it's moist on the inside. I loved both. Can't wait to return for a different burek.

Walked by and decided to stop in, Happy I did. The Beef burek pie was delicious. Chicken Cevapi was good. Veal soup and chicken soup were satisfying. Baklava was overly syrupy and sweet. Jupi orange soda is nice, it's not too sweet. Will return again.

Craving a delicious and affordable lunch in Astoria? Look no further than this hidden Eastern European gem! The star of the show is the burek, a flaky pastry with a variety of fillings. It is made from scratch: the outside is crispy while the inside is flaky with generous filling. Don't miss their creamy yogurt, it complements the burek perfectly. This spot also offers frozen bureks to take home and enjoy anytime. For an authentic after-meal experience, top it all off with their rich Turkish coffee. The presentation is beautiful! And let's not forget dessert! Their selection is both delicious and budget-friendly - you'll want to try them all! I'd recommend the tulumba, a fried batter soaked in syrup. This restaurant offers a warm, welcoming atmosphere with fresh, authentic flavors at great prices. It's a true Eastern European gem in Astoria - definitely check it out!

So so so good. Would def come back for the savory treats! We sampled the spinach, cheese, and meat slices with 3 assorted sweets. I prefer savory over sweet, so def loved the slices. The spinach was my fav. I wanted to try the potato roll but she said all the rolls would take at least 20min to bake, so we were relegated to slices they already had made. That was a bummer. The sweets were good but just not as amazing as the slices. The mini churro thing was actually not very good, tasted almost stale? The tres leches was fine, but the chocolate layer cake thing was my fav. Again though, the savory dishes are where it's at. Def give it a try, wow. They also have a backyard of you want fresh air. Def going again!

The last time I had Balkan food (specifically Bosnian) was 2 years ago - crazy that these types of food are so underrepresented! My friend and I came here to satisfy a specific craving - the pljeskavica, one item that we reminisced enjoying when we traveled to Dubai's Global Village. This day, we ordered a bunch of food to share, some Bosnian, some Serbian, but regardless almost all of which originated from the Balkans: the spinach burek slice, teleca supa (traditional veal soup), cevapi (full order of 10pc), pljeskavica, and desserts (tulumba, cupavac, and tre lece). The spinach burek slice is a gigantic slice for $6.50 - they gave 2 plates and I was like ??? we ordered only one slice but they mentioned they cut the slice in half! The texture is pastry-like, with the spinach filling carrying most of the flavor as they don't really add butter to the pastry. The cevapi, one of the most popular dishes, is excellent. 10 pieces of beef kabobs nicely marinated, served with traditional pepper sauce (Avjar) and onions, in a pita bread. The pljeskavica is similarly served, except it is a beef patty. Both are excellent, where the cevapi carried slightly more flavor and easier to split if you want to share, while the pljeskavica was much more juicy and easier to consume. The teleca supa (traditional veal soup) is nice but did not really stand out much compared to the cevapi and pljeskavica. In terms of desserts, the price fooled us! A dessert ranges from $2 - $4, but they are gigantic. We thought they are just tiny pieces to try but we ended up having a lot of leftovers, which is a good thing. The tulumba is a fried dough soaked in syrup, and it is a light syrup so it was not too sweet, my favorite level of sweetness. The cupavac, recommended by the waitress, is excellent too. It has a little bit of liquid soaked in, with the coconut bringing forth the flavor. You can think of it as a slightly wet lamington cake. The tre lece is a variant of tres leches cake, which I am always a fan of, and they did it quite well. Service is excellent - plates were taken out and placed accordingly, and we are never short of utensils as each dish is served with its own serving utensils / eating utensils. This is despite the fact that we opted to sit in the patio, away from the hustle and bustle inside. The only downsides I can think of are the water is water bottle and so it is not free ($2.50 each, yikes) and they tack on a 20% mandatory gratuity, but that does not make this experience any less, especially since the final bill after all the food is still under $40 per person, a rough baseline of how much a nice dine-in meal in NYC costs these days.

Burek is an item that is a crowd pleaser across the board and Djerdan delivers on excellent burek and other Balkan staples. I give the burek, especially the spinach, a 10/10. Flaky, flavorful, and filling...this is as good as it gets. The meat and cheese burek are also solid A options and it's worth ordering as many varieties as you can if you're not rolling solo so bring a friend and two and get in on as much goodness as you can. The cevapi and other meat options here are good, but not great so stick to the item that is in the name of the establishment and be wowed with burek perfection! They also have several desserts and all are worth trying!