Little Gujrat Deli

The name of this place is so misleading. Its staffed by a bunch of punjabi’s — either the never present owner is gujrati or the punjabi management is trying to differentiate itself from the other (albeit vej) punjabi deli across the street.
I used to frequent this place quite a bit before Shahi Biryani joined the neighborhood earlier this year. The food here was never that good, but was enough to keep me going for a little bit. the roti (bread) would always be made fresh upon order and was usually decent. The actual dishes were somewhat flavorful and usually pretty oily (more so than most fast food south asian joints). I’d give the food 2 stars.
That said, I still come back to Gujrat Deli for the chai (south asian style tea), which these fellas know how to make. I’ll sometimes even have dinner at the other pakistani place up the street (Shahi Biryani), but still make way down to Gujrat Deli for chai.

Hands down the best chai in the city, and actually the best chai I’ve had outside of India. It’s authentically made, with a small heavy cauldron condensing the creamy milk and infusing it with aromatic black tea for hours. Only upon serving is it strained into your cup, with sugar added to your taste: I recommend only one scoop of the brown sugar, to avoid turning it into syrup. It’s really to die for.
The savory food varies in quality and is generally plentiful, flavorful, greasy, and cheap: the delicate-​of-​stomach might want to stick to just the chai, though, as the food sits around at room temperature for hours, and might give you cause to regret. Their homemade Gujrati sweets are quite authentic, though their sickly-​sweetness is an acquired taste for many American palates.
The staff are incredibly friendly, kind, and accommodating: just don’t stand in the way of their steady river of taxi-​driver patrons, and please treat them with respect: if you don’t you’ll find yourself stonewalled.

Very cheap, yet edible food. I stopped by on a late night (this place is open from 8:00am to 5:30am) and ordered a combo plate. It may have been the time of night, but they stacked on the food with rice, lentils, chicken tikka, and other stuff.
The quality is okay, not spectacular. However, you’ll definitely get your money’s worth.
I really really like their samosas. Personally, I think it’s the best thing here.
Come here if you want cheap, satisfy-​your-​hunger, spicy food.

I had never tried aloo tiki until I checked out this South Asian deli.
Located on Columbus Street near 107^th, the Little Gurjat Deli is named after a town in eastern Pakistan and serves Punjabi specialties to a clientele consisting mainly of cabbies from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
The samosa ($ 1) was just OK, but the aloo tiki ($ 1) was quite tasty. Shaped the size of a medium-​sized burger, this potato fritters was stuffed with boiled aloo (potatoes) and peas; spiced with garam masala, ginger and dry-​roasted cumin; and pan fried. I’ll admit, though, that having it heated up in a microwave lessened some of its punch.
I’m not sure I’ll get back to this place, but I had to give it a try, since it’s in my neighborhood radar. Little Gurjat is really set up to service the taxi industry, with its shelves stocked with car chargers and phone cards, Tylenol and tissues.