Dhaba Indian Cuisine

I had heard some good things with regards to their lunch buffet and was not disappointed! Really delicious lunch buffet food options. There are waiters that walk around passing out plates of food.

I Love, Love, Love indian cuisine. This place here is to die for. I come here for bunch on sunday’s. All you can eat for $ 35 bucks. Not a bad deal as the selection is very broad. The flavor in this food is amazing. During the summer they barbecue chicken in the back and they come around with the trays to serve the guests. I highly recommend this spot. The interior looks awesome.

I think Indian buffets (particularly lunch) are great, especially if you’re not familiar with Indian food and you want to just get a sample of what’s there, what you may or may not like, etc. It’s also usually really cheap, as many of the reviews prior to mine have reiterated.
Now, can’t really say that much for the dinner portion. We came in around 7:30, so yes, around prime time and waited about 5 minutes for a table. But then, ended up waiting almost 20 minutes for food. We were offered papadum almost three times (after finishing it twice) because that’s how long it took for our food to come. Portions seem small, but are actually huge considering that the stews are typically very thick and have a good amount of protein. The food wasn’t bad, but it was just ok. Typically, most Indian restaurants I’ve frequented do not charge for rice, which really was just the cherry on top — $ 3.50 for rice, when the dishes are already $ 15. $ 18 for dinner at an Indian restaurant, really? I’d rather just take myself and buy two burrito bowl’s at Chipotle, to be honest. I’m probably not giving Dhaba enough credit, but I don’t really think I’ll be back.

Ordered curry goat. hm, it’s ok. But the lamb meat can be more tender. I know a very small African restaurant that can cook tenderer lamb meat!
But the curry taste nice. Anyway, a bit too far.

Working in Flatirion, I struggle finding spots to eat for lunch daily. Do not feed me a salad (which can be found in every block of Flatirion).
So happy I found Dhaba! Lunch is extremely reasonable, I think $ 10 – 12 for a lunch buffet.
Though the buffet options are quite limiting, 6 – 7 dishes; the waiters walk around passing other plates of food.
Lunch buffet consist of Chicken biryani, regular rice, lamb dishes, vegetarian dishes such as this delicious spiced potato dish.
Also a plate of naan, fried eggplant (so good!!), and chicken tandori, is served to your table.
The service is great too. The waiters were extremely attentive, my cup of water was never empty and constantly checked our table to see if we needed any new plates.
Try to avoid the lunch traffic jam though, usually from 12−1pm.

Very good buffet. Have been several times on the weekend, never disappointed!

It’s fine. If this is the best little india has to offer then I’m glad I live uptown. There are so many better places for lunch buffets. The chicken was tough, the naan felt like crackers. There was nothing bad about the meal but NYC is expensive, I’d rather spend my money elsewhere. Wont be returning.

The food is delicious and the service was great. Must try if you’re ever in New York!

Came here to meet a friend. We were both very excited and dying to try some yummy Indian food. We both spend time reading the reviews and we’re looking forward with it.
The ambiance of the restaurant is nice compared to other Indians restaurants I have been to. It was a little snugged when sitting down because it felt like some of the tables were to close to the others. We sat towards the back to stay away from the entrance what was cold. The wait staff was a bit pushy in that they barely give you time to review the menu before they are on you about placing your order. We had a waiter come to us at least three times before we finally ordered. The menu is very intense and this is why we took a while to order. We settled on sharing some samosas and paneer pakora as well as an entrée of chicken tikka masala and a side of naan. I was a bit disappointed in the food. Not only was it over priced but our entrée of chicken tikka masala came with no rice you had to order it separate which for the price of $ 16 I’m sure the could have soared a small bowl of rice. The food was nothing to rave about I have had better in lower Manhattan. The samosas were a bit cold in the middle and not as tasty a bit dry. The fried cheese also was missing some kind of sauce to dip it in.
For a drink I had a mango margarita which was tasty and not too sweet but lacked some alcohol. It tasted more like a mango spritzer than a mango margarita. Not sure where the tequila was. My fiend had a glass of red wine and it came in a nice big glass at least that was worth the $ 11.
We did not get dessert as we were never offered a dessert menu instead they kept coming to our table cleaning every little thing up making us feel rushed. We eventually after like the 4^th guy came by to check on us we decided to leave.
A good hint is not to rush people out I might have ordered another drink or tried one of their desserts. It was not even crowded or had people waiting for them to rush us out. I wished I could give them a 3.5 star.

After a long day filled with meetings, this was a great place to unwind with some good cocktails and great food :-)
Highway lassi was absolutely fabulous. A good mango lassi based cocktail.
Chicken biriyani was yummy too. Portion size is hugeee and good enough for 2. So be careful while ordering. Ordered the spicy version for my indian taste and it WAS spicy!
Damage — $ 29.00 plus tip
Service was very average. Nothing compared to the american restaurants.
One thing to note is — this place is LOUD! Main reason being the size of the restaurant and it popularity. Its full almost all the time! So if you are looking to meet a customer or have a leisure conversation with your girlfriend, this is not your place. Come to this place only for the food and nothing else.

Found this place through a random Unilocal search and boy, was this place packed on a Friday night.
Came in around 8pm ish and luckily, we found a table without much wait. The menu was your standard Indian cuisine and there are cute little thumb marks next to certain dishes that indicate locals favorites. For our meal, we decided to get the shrimp curry like dish called Aunt Murli Chingri Malai with a chili onion naan and lemon rice. Overall, the meal was good but not spectacular. The lemon rice lacked any real depth to it since it tasted just like plain jasmine rice without any hint of lemon to it. As for the chili onion naan, it was quite tasty and would have been better if it wasn’t as burnt on the bottom. As for the main course itself, I found it to be quite unique with its sweetness and the yummy shrimps that had a freshness bite to it. However, I love Indian food with a spicy taste and regretted not asking for this dish to be spicy.
Ambience of this place is cozy, romantic and ideal for dates and close get together a. Service is quick and attentive and your water cup is always filled to the brim without you asking for it. I do like this place and would come back to try out their other dishes. If you find this place to be super packed, do note that there are many surrounding Indian places around/​next to here :)

This is my new go to Indian buffet. I work on the 6 and this is 2 blocks away from the 28^th stop. Dhaba has all the staples — chicken tikka, saag paneer, basmati rice, lamb birani, yogurt, daal and they exchange a couple of dishes depending on the day. They have servers who bring chicken tandoori drumsticks to your table and aren’t stingy with refills. Standard naan basket too. All you can eat lunch for 13.01 excluding tip — you’ll be full for the rest of the day.
Yesterday I saw some guy sit down for lunch and ask to order off the menu. Like what are you doing with your life, guy? The buffet is a much better deal with more variety and you can get your food like immediately. C’mon man.
Wish they had samosas though. Both times I went, I didn’t see any.

This is the best curry in NY without a shadow of a doubt. I was recommended this place by a friend of mine and it was da bomb.
The naan is really good and each curry dish was done superbly. Ive hit a few curry joints in Manhattan and Dhaba is by far the best.
Ive had a lot of good curries in London and this one is on par with them. Will be my go to curry house.

Delicious Indian food, place is pretty crowded and loud. Food is authentic and there’s a huge variety on the menu. We got the creamy chicken kabob and a lamb curry, cooked perfectly.

Absolutely appalling appalling customer service. I ordered seamless yesterday, waited over 2 hours for my food to arrive cold and it was the wrong dish, after all that and I was already home. They said I could order anything I wanted tonight. I ordered something which was cheaper, been waiting an hour, phoned up yes he’s on his way, no he came back as he didn’t have your number (note I called the restaurant several times confirming the delivery guy had my number) then they said its on its way but didn’t know my address!!! And now they hung up on me and not taking my calls. Awful awful service I shall be complaining to seamless. Disgusting
I hate them. Just ordered another delivery after the total disaster last time and 2 hours later still not delivered!!! Aargh!

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Given that I work virtually around the corner from Dhaba, I was long overdue to enjoy the lunch buffet at this much reviewed «Curry Hill» restaurant and lunched here on 1÷5÷16. Indo-​Pak buffets, with their typical biryanis, masalas and curries can be as cookie cutter as Italian pizza joints since you pretty much expect to see the «usual suspects». What really counts is the freshness and deliciousness of the dishes you expect to see and little touches that distinguish the restaurant. Dhaba does exceedingly well by both criteria.
This rather small restaurant is nicely decorated. I like the look of the stainless steel buffet stations and the thin hanging lighting reminiscent of an industrial loft. The Ball Corp. mason jar water glasses, a hipster affection which I admittedly employ as my morning smoothie glass, works in this setting.
Upon arrival, my server pleasantly directed me to my seat. Waiting for me were hot, well-​spiced and delicious slivers of sweet potato fries, fresh and warm naan and water in the aforementioned Ball mason jar. The buffet consists of about six stations of fresh and hot food. With the exception of Aloo Gobi Mater, I opted for carnivore fare. I enjoyed the Chicken Tikka Masala. The chicken was tender and the tomato-​based gravy, a perfect sop for my Basmati Rice, had a deep and rich tomato flavor, reminiscent of a good Italian red sauce. Lamb Curry was flavorful, as was the Chicken Biryani. The Aloo Gobi Mater was very well cooked. The potato was cooked to a nice «toothiness». It was firm and tasty, not limp. The peas were also cooked
only criticism of the dishes mentioned above would be that I prefer a little more heat and assertive seasoning and spiciness. If you are new to Indian food, this can be seen as an asset because the food here is very accessible to those unfamiliar with Indian .
I really liked the service here too. The servers were pleasant and attentive. They removed dishes, and filled water glasses, promptly. I also like that they brought around freshly cooked Tandori Chicken which was tender, moist and tasty, a practice distinguishing the restaurant from other buffet places.
All this… for $ 13.01 after tax and before tip… a tremendous value.
Dhaba is now in my lunch rotation.

Great food! Literally delicious.
I went in the winter and was seated close to the door and hostess booth. Whenever someone entered or left, my table was blasted with frigid air. It was horrible. The place was packed, so we couldn’t move tables.
Aside from the unfortunate seating, the place was fantastic! The waiter did not really understand us, but the food is excellent! Portions were generous and a table of 4 had plenty of leftovers after 4 dishes, 2 rice, and naan.
Beers come in steins — liters and half liters for $ 8/​$ 12 respectively.
The music was Britney Spears through the ages and then transitioned to oriental music. Eclectic.
Recommend, but don’t sit near the door.

Wow!!! really so crowd this Indian restaurant. My Indian friend recommended this place. We were group of 5. Hostess asked us to wait 15−25mins so we waited at bar and got cozy table.
Though we got our food little late, foods were delicious and cocktails too. Everyone we enjoyed our meals at table. It seemed service staffs were short, Perhaps of crowds. It was a understable to adjust some lateness.
I would definitely come back this restaurant in future.

If this is the last place in NY which serves Indian I would still NOT go back to this place .
Let me start by telling how rude the servers are including the hostess. All of ‘em seemed frustrated and irritated .
About food, I ordered Veg Biryani and my friend the Chicken Biryani. Both of ‘em weren’t Biryani in any sense. They looked and tasted like curried rice. As if they just mixed the veg/​meat with the rice and stir fried it Indian style .
My biryani had cauliflower and potatoes of sizes more than normal .
This place sucks.

Up for some amazing Indian food? Diggin’ fresh tasting ingredients? Want a mouthful of authentic flavors?
Dhaba is the bomb. Ordered the fish curry, chicken curry, naan, roti and papad. The curry was jam packed with flavors and the meat, especially the chicken, was cooked to perfection — so tender. The naan was fresh and the papad for appetizer to snack on made the start of the meal a delicious journey.
We came here for dinner on a Tuesday night near 10pm. Although it was late for dinner, the food was still fresh. Nice lighting and a good feel to it too without strong smells filling up the room, which I like. I can see me taking someone here for a date if craving Indian, but never going to happen since I sweat like a pig eating anything remotely spicy (yes, I used like an entire tree for napkins, but w/​e. It was good!).
The only thing that didn’t wow me away was the roti (pretty basic compared to other places I’ve had and a little bit on the hard side for texture, but maybe because it wasn’t the roomali version). The price was a tad bit on the high side too for the naan and roti but worth it for the curry.
If you happen to be in the neighborhood or wanting to adventure with Indian cuisine for the evening, I highly recommend giving this place a try!
NOTE: The best part was the chutney — green mint chutney and brown tamarind chutney specifically.

Perhaps the best Indian buffet I’ve ever had. The buffet features a good mix of meat dishes and veggie dishes. The chicken tikka masala was flavorful and the chicken was perfectly cooked. My other favorite dishes were the pumpkin and spinach dish (has more of kick to it), the fish curry, and the tandoori chicken.
By the way, the tandoori chicken is brought out on a platter and the waiter stops at each table periodically asking if anyone at the table would like some. I’m pretty sure you could ask directly for some if that’s what you’re looking for.
I also really appreciated that they make the naan fresh and bring it to your table. I’ve been to buffets where they leave it out and it ends up drying out and tasting like cardboard. The naan here is very soft and buttery.

Yum yum! This place has awesome Indian food to say the least. Came here with friends one night and ordered the chicken tikka (I know super basic) and it was excellent! The nann was awesome too. Everyone at the table loved their meal.
This place is dimly lit, and an intimate setting. Great for a date night as well. Would love to go back!

Affordable lunch buffet (~$ 12) and you definitely get your money’s worth: rice, goat biryani, chicken tikka masala, chili chicken, kadhi, chole, aloo mattar, palak paneer, naan, bhature, chaat and gulab jamun.
A few dishes could have been better and the chaat was a bit bland, but otherwise I would definitely order some of the food for takeout again. Naan wasn’t as soft and buttery as I’ve had at other restaurants on Lex. The chili chicken, biryani and chicken tikka were the best out of the lot.

Went here for their 12.95 lunch buffet special. Got quite crowded by 12:10. Service never brought over some of their chicken tandoori but otherwise, it was OK. Naan was adequate, fried eggplant (Eggplant Pakora I guess) was not super greasy and quite hot, and the buffet dishes in general were good.
In terms of the buffet dishes.
Chicken biryani was OK, a bit less spiced than usual.
Kadai Gohst was excellent.
Mattar Paneer and Sag Paneer were both solid.
Fried potatoes were good but it is a fried spiced potato so yeah.
The chicken Tikka was adequate.
Good spice levels for the dishes, solid buffet.

The venue looks great and well decorated. The lighting is perfect. The crowd is not loud. A great place to hang out.
The service needs improvement as the food was a bit spicy and we needed to tone it down by using some yogurt. We ordered more yogurt and the waiter was trying to charge us for yogurt. Yogurt should be complimentary and free by Indian food standards, according to an Indian friend who was with us…
We were a group that could not eat too spicy. So we ordered food that did not have the pepper or spicy indication in the menu. When the food arrived, we were all suffering for its spiciness…
Personally, I think it is impossible to tone down the minimum of spiciness allowable on each item on the menu because it would ruin the balance and the food would lose its taste. Even though the food was a bit spicy for me, I was able to feel the taste in the food. They weren’t overcooked, no oil, food was fresh, and good balance in the taste of ingredients. If it wasn’t that it was a bit spicy for me, I would have enjoyed more the food.
Therefore, come at your own risk and if only you enjoy eating spicy food. Great place to hang out!

The food here was excellent — but I was surprised that the side of rice which typically comes with any main entrée typically, cost us 5.50 $ — My only reason for giving this restaurant 4 stars.
The two main dishes were absolutely the perfect spice level & the portion sizes were great — more than enough for two to share & take home leftovers. The service was pretty on point here as well. Our water glasses never reached half empty before someone was refilling for us.
This place was packed — every seat in the restaurant taken, but we barely had to wait here & noticed that the service was so quick here, that turn around was quick & so wait times were short.
Just felt that they overcharge where they can — because they know they can.

I’d recommend visiting Dhaba for lunch if you’re really, really hungry. The lunch buffet is great and only around $ 12. But I guarantee that you’ll roll out of there absolutely stuffed. What always gets me is the fresh, warm naan that they keep bringing to your table. I just can’t resist it! They also come by with platters of freshly grilled meats for you to enjoy ON TOP of their plentiful buffet. It’s a complete feast!
To-​go lunch orders are $ 10 (not buffet, but comes with naan, dal, and rice). Though it does get busy during lunch hours, I’ve never had to wait for a table.
Once I visit Dhaba for lunch I know I’m pretty much out for the count for the rest of the day because I’m so full, but it’s totally worth it :)