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February 2024 by irina ruiz lopez
Beautiful architecture!!
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February 2024 by Raquel Reis
Interesting.
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February 2024 by Viktoriia Vasyliuk
Amazing museum! Terrific place! Recommend! We took a tour with docent - do this if you want to know details of history of the building and street, and people! Was happy to visit it he museum!
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February 2024 by Roni Harel
Great synegague
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January 2024 by Jennifer Weinstein
Absolutely beautiful!!!
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January 2024 by Damien Bassman
Absolutely GORGEOUS historical landmark, museum, cultural center, and synagogue. A fascinating and beautifully preserved landmark from old New York which hosts concerts, neighborhood events, and tours year round. We love attending the “Eggrolls, Egg creams, and Empanadas” festival every summer where they delve into the ethnic make up of the LES by exploring the Chinese, Jewish, and Hispanic cultures that have made up the neighborhood. They also always have a fantastic concert on Christmas Day: this year (2023) they had a Klezmer Trio and a traditional Chinese instrument trio which each played separately and then together. A MUST for tourists and locals alike!
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December 2023 by Queen’s B
Beautiful synagogue with exquisite attention to detail during the restoration. The museum shows the history of the building and the work done to restore it to what you see today. Guided tours are offered. Plan to spend about an hour if you’re going to look at / read the history and details of restoration. There’s also a small gift shop with well thought out purchase options.
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December 2023 by Danielle Comeau
This was an astounding tour, completely unexpected because we knew nothing about the history of this synagog. We went because we'd done a waking food tour of the Lower East Side the day before that met in front of the Eldridge Street Museum, and we were intrigued that it was a museum. What an architectural marvel, lovingly restored from a ruin, and an even more compelling story of the immigrants who collectively built it. The tour guide was amazing - I could have listened to him for hours. It was one of the highlights of our trip to NYC.
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December 2023 by Benjamin Mellin
Beautiful! And fantastic, friendly and knowledgeable tour guide. Thanks Michael!
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December 2023 by Paula FA
We visited this place thinking it would be a more immersive experience, since we had read in other comments that they used to have a small guided tour included.Visiting the synagogue is 15 dollars per person. The truth is that the synagogue itself is beautiful and the staff is very friendly, but I missed that it was something more explanatory, that they brought us closer to the Jewish roots and history, but they did not explain anything to us.In conclusion, it is a "museum" and in 15 minutes it is seen. If you are in the area you can stop by, but going deliberately is too much.It is also in the heart of Chinatown, which from my experience was the one where I felt the least safe in Manhattan.
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December 2023 by Guille AP
Very nice, the receptionist was very friendly.
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December 2023 by Michelle Segal
This is a beautiful building, reminiscent of all of the synagogues in Europe that were destroyed during Kristallnacht. My grandparents were married in a synagogue in Vienna that no longer exists, and this synagogue is as close a replica that I could have possibly found. So lucky that I found it.
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August 2023 by Baya Walls
Visiting this beautifully restored synagogue was the highlight of my recent trip to NYC. I took the docent led tour and can highly recommend it. Our docent was very knowledgeable and responsive to questions. I had seen pictures of the synagogue before, but it took my breath away when the main doors opened up and we went inside this amazing space. I originally come from a town in Germany that had a gorgeous synagogue in the same style but it was destroyed. Seeing the Eldridge Street Synagogue in all of her glory was a wonderful experience, but also showed what was lost in those terrible times. Yet the Jewish people and their rich culture is surviving and thriving, and this gives hope for the future.
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August 2023 by Caitlin Wasilewsky
An absolutely stunning synagogue. Full of so much history, a must see if want to be taken back in time and see some amazing artefacts and hear some incredible facts about Eastern European jews who lived in that area many many years ago. Such a beautiful place. The tour we went on was so great too and the guide was insanely knowledgeable and friendly.
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August 2023 by Sophie Hannah
pretty cool, kind of short but a nice slice of history. I wish there was more about restoration and how the temple worked, but it was very interesting. It was a little difficult to access internet so for the self-guided tour I missed one “stop”, but they were all cool websites. And I liked the menorah exhibit thing.
