Best Indian Restaurant on Curry Row in New York City: Banjara

There are several Indian restaurants on Curry Row in New York city. Only one of them is really worthy of your consideration: Banjara. Banjara is located on the corner of 6 th Ave. and 1st St. in the East Village. What makes Banjara the best Indian restaurant on Curry Row in New York city: location, unique menu items, quality of food. The other restaurants have their pluses. Though again, Banjara is considerably better than the rest of the Indian restaurants on Curry Row.

Best Indian Restaurant on Curry Row in New York City: Banjara ( Location )

Banjara happens to not only the be the best because of its menu items and the quality of its food but because of its location: a busy corner great for people watching.

With all of the bustle of New York city, one of the great pastimes is people watching. Combine that with a great lunch or dinner and you're set! Banjara provides such an opportunity to you. When being seated, just make sure to let Banjara know you want a great people-watching table out on the awning-covered sidewalk.

Best Indian Restaurant on Curry Row in New York City: Banjara ( Unique Menu Items )

It's been said you go to Banjara for the Dumpakht and you stay for the fried Poori. In fact, don't even go to Banjara if you're not ordering the Chicken or Lamb Dumpakht. It's all the rave, and why so many people go back again and again.

About Dumpakht from Banjar menu: "Dumpakhi Is a Method of Cooking by Which The Cooking Vessel Is Sealed with Pastry Resulting In a Deliciously Moist, Flavorful Dish."

Dumpakht is a buttery curry with either chicken or lamb, both very good, and sealed inside of a pastry. After poking open the pastry you may want to take all of it off if you don't want it to get too soggy, but it's not necessary.

Both the Jinga Poori and the Poori Bhaji are great starters you could eat over and over instead of moving to a main dish.

Best Indian Restaurant on Curry Row in New York City: Banjara ( Quality of Food )

While you get a glimpse into the quality of the food at Banjara in the above sub-heading, and it's the Dumpakht you don't pass up, the food served up at Banjara is great-tasting, well-presented, quality dishes, too. If you happen to visit Banjara at a time when the service is in one if its lulls, or isn't so good, again just remember, the best Indian Restaurant on Curry Row in New York city is Banjara, and the food is the reason you're there.