Curry King is: - Inexpensive - Authentic (to Pakistan and north India). I could easily imagine purchasing this food on the street in Delhi. - Low brow: Think fast-food style cooking for the middle / lower middle class masses in Pakistan and north India... or for broke college students in Manhattan. Ingredients are roughly cut and minimal, with cuts of meat that include all the bone, cartilage, and gristly bits. Seasoning is very bare bones, including only the minimum of what you need to make a dish what it is. You won't find the "luxury" of a cilantro garnish for instance. - Very oily : There'a a thick layer of oily orange tane on top of every dish, which you'll find at many eateries in north India. (I think tadka / spice tempered oil is a near equivalent in south India, though we've never seen tadka in such generous quantities, even at fast food type street vendors.) In our experience, food that's served at home in middle to upper class families isn't usually this oily. - Meaty: There are a sprinkling of vegetarian dishes available (along the lines of paneer or channa dal, bit little actual vegetable matter), and meat dishes tend to be meat only, or meat and potatoes only. We ordered this food by delivery and at home, we had to chop some cilantro to sprinkle over our food, and eat substantial salads alongside, so we wouldn't feel as though we would immediately die of heart attacks + scurvy. Maybe if I still had a college-aged kid's metabolism, I'd be able to eat this kind of food -- and maybe even drink a quarter of a keg while I'm at it. But now, I worry about heart attacks and scurvy and heart burn and ulcers. I grow old ... I grow old ... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Going to leave this one to the young guns. read more

Horrid service misrepresenting prices until after you order And eat Dirty and grungy terrible overcooked food and Terrible service Should be reviewed by board of health read more

OK, the food is just getting better and better at this place now again it is not an elegant spot. It's a neighborhood dive spot but that's exactly why the food is so good. I had butter chicken delicious yesterday and as I mentioned in the first review, the customer service here was impeccable. If you live nearby, they have a lunch special. That's $10. Go check them out. read more

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I've only ordered delivery. And I can say they make some of the most authentic Pakistani dishes I've had in Manhattan. However today they delivered a different type of chicken and a different dessert without checking with me first as to whether I wanted these replacements or not. Not cool! Also - the replacement dessert was rice pudding and it's very thin and watery. read more

I went to Curry King to satisfy a late night craving. I was rather pleased with the flavors and the price. The ambiance is hole in the wall and no frills which is just what I was looking for for a late night snack. The price is right and the food is great. The service is no frills to match, but that wasn't what I went for, it was for the food. I'll definitely be back next time I'm in the area. read more

Curry King - Tikka masala, naan, samosa, rice - Indian Near Me - New York, New York

I got the apparently popular tikka masala with garlic naan. It was mid. Naan was maybe better than curry, which was not spicy or flavorful at all. Like it was made for white people who cannot tolerate complex spicy flavors. It was creamy tomato-forward, like the sort of frozen TV curry boxes u get from the grocery store. This is super surprising to me coz the store looks legit. Sadly maybe the clientele on the upper west side made their curry bland like that. Portion was average smallish but nothing unusual for curry. read more

Pretty good experience here! I got a couple of Too Good To Go orders and it was really good value for what I got. I was kind of in a hurry so I wasn't able to ask what all I had gotten, but it was a really nice variety of tasty foods. It is awesome that it is halal if that is something you are mindful of. The ambiance inside and outside is unpretentious, but that's how you know the food is going to be good! The staff was friendly the little I interacted with them. Nice little family joint, go check them out! read more

Not sure what I ate honestly but it was good. Know 1 dish had chicken. 1 was cold veggies like eggplant and potatoes and peas. The saffron rice was excellent! 2 large pieces of chicken inside. The bread was pipping hot! This is called the managers special. Wait for it $6! Yes for all this food. The staff was very friendly. They are open very early to very late. A nice neighborhood family establishment! read more

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Ordered Goat Briyani through UberEats. Food took a 40 mins to arrive. Not the best, rice over cooked and barely any meat in the portion. Mind you, this is buy one get one free. And I won't be eating the second one. read more

I like this place. Friendly service with tasty food. Grilled meats look incredible. Very fresh breads! Nicely seasoned rice. Looking forward to trying more food from here. I also appreciate the meticulously packaged food. They could benefit from having leakproof containers, but the plastic wrap really helps! I came here a second time and ordered chicken keema, which was delicious (and spicy!) (I wasn't sure about this before ordering, but the guy who came in after me ordered an entire plate of it! Now I know why!) read more

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They keep me coming back for more. The service team creates a family-appropriate atmosphere with good care. We weren't kept waiting. This place has location advantages. This restaurant entirely met my hopes. read more

I have walked by this place for many years and never patronized the restaurant. The only reason I stopped at this store was because an elderly friend was hungry and wanted to try the food. The woman at the counter was rude and more concerned with face timing than serving customers. I had to greet her more than once before she looked up from the phone. Then I was greeted with a rude "What do you want?". I ordered the food that my friend wanted and left after receiving the order. I regret that I ever stepped into this place and will never return. I'm glad that i didn't order any food for myself. After reading many of the reviews, I see that I wasn't missing much. read more

This restaurant knows how to satisfy on multiple levels. The feel here catches your attention. We experienced good service and the employee was very attentive. Thank you. The dishes I've tried show good taste. I promoted this fine place. read more

Amazing Food, probably the BEST curry food in NYC (and owners are super nice people). I am giving 5 starts for both, Food and Service

Not only I got food poisoning from this place. I also received mockery, threat from the review community who are cowards that has 0 following or minimal activities to tell me to take off my review. lol, read the public's review both Google and Yelp. It both has less than 3 out of 5. That's an issue. I'm standing up for what's right. Anyone who wants to get food poison, feel welcome to come try. For those bullies that tell me that I have soft stomach, you should be ashamed of yourself for bullying other people on cyberspace. If you have a strong stomach, Don't eat food and go eat needles read more

Terrible service - I ordered three curry dishes for delivery and waited four hours. The money came out of my account, so I called Curry King who claimed they never received it, in spite of getting an order confirmation. After calling my bank and clearing it up with them, I called them directly to make a new order and they did not pick up. read more

Curry King - I never received this - Indian Near Me - New York, New York

horrible food. I am quite convinced this is not made by Indians. there is a reason it has buy one get one "deals". Will not order again.

Ordered online through door dash for a buy one get one offer that came out to 22$. If I paid 44$ I would have went crazy. Tiny portion and no rice with curry? read more

I ordered a piece of the chicken tandori, when I got home to eat it, it was RAW. The inside meat was pink. I threw it out and I am sure that it contaminated other pieces of chicken. read more

I ordered from this place a few times thinking they were just having off days. There was a discrepancy in portion all 3 times. The food tasted horrible and was expensive for what it was. I got chicken tikka masala and it came with 5 chunks of chicken and garlic naan but no rice. It was $27 on DoorDash which didn't include fees because I picked it up. The "restaurant" if you could call it that was dirty inside with food that looked like it had been sitting around for days. Don't order from here unless you want to be disappointed. read more

Curry King - Indian Near Me - New York, New York

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Food was ok but the place is very dirty and they charged me $18 for a lunch special with an extra side of bread. I didn't realize the place I was looking for was right across the street. Don't come to this one. read more

The food here is A1!! So many flavors and options not to mention the price is low and it's halal

I have been going there multiple times for lunch the past few weeks and the food has been fresh and good

TLDR: decent food at decent prices but nothing special A few weeks ago, I ordered through UberEats and got two lamb chop combos for 20$ each. The meal took around one hour to get to my place (UES), but that's expected given the long distance from the restaurant. And best of all, they packaged the meat very well- the rice was a bit cold by the time it got here, but the saran wrapping on the lamb kept it piping hot. Now onto the food itself- the star of the show was very good. The meat definitely beat my expectations, as it was very well seasoned while being juicy and tender on the inside/charred on the outside. Furthermore, they didn't skip out on meat quantity- I got three big lamb chops that certainly filled me up. However, the rest of the meal was pretty average- the salad was pretty basic (I didn't really dig the mint/coriander chutney they included) and the rice was fairly plain. Verdict: don't go out of your way, but this isn't a bad choice if you're in the area read more

Curry King - Lamb Chop combo with rice and salad and soda - Indian Near Me - New York, New York

Woah. This is one of the best lamb dishes I have ever had. Tender, flavorful, fall off the bone deliciousness. You could suck the marrow out of the bones. Not to mention it was steaming hot. The garlic naan was also incredible, hot, airy and a strong garlic flavor. Also, I asked about this little ball shaped dish, which was a desert and she gave me one to try - which was so nice. Highly recommended and will definitely go back! read more

I'm a fan of chicken tiki masala, and I was hoping to get a good meal out of this place. I ordered food via UberEats, and waited for 30 minutes to get my food. I specifically ordered it very spicy, and emphasized this when placing the order. I was sadly disappointed. The food was not spicy at all. And the taste was off. I had some of the chicken pieces, as well as the rice. But the taste was not good, and the aftertaste was worse. I actually felt like gagging after, so I tossed the leftover rather than save them for a future meal. These folks need to up their game. If they advertise their food as spicy, or offer that option when ordering, they need to comply with that. Someone here was not paying attention to detail when putting my order together. I can't say that I'll be ordering from here again, as there are far better options when it comes to chicken tiki masala. Get it together, people! read more

The food is okay but they do not change the meat. They keep the cooked food Infront to insure everyone will buy but it's old. I currently was exposed to food poisoning because they fail to refreshing the food. I can't get Food Health department on the phone. If someone who know had the same issue please direct it to health and mental hygiene.... The guys in the back give you molded garlic naan bread they don't sanitize the counter. I wouldn't suggest it I was a customer for a few months until I realized all time I was going through servere stomach viruses. Please can some call or report this issue.. Don't take heed and find out for yourself read more

We ordered combo (Rice, beef curry & veggies) and Chicken Behari Kabab with Fresh Salad. It was no good. First, salad was not fresh. Second, chicken was uncooked, we got a stomach pain when we were eating.... I complained about chicken. And asked bill. Owner didn't remembered our order. We ordered only each 1 combo and 1 chicken kabob but I think they charged 2 of combo. Of course they didn't change chicken kabob. Just 1 star place for me read more

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I skimmed through the reviews and thought it strange that one said it "smells bad." I grew up on the aromas and smooth, creamy texture of Naan-N-Curry, so I initially interpreted it as, too strong in smell for the average non-Asian palate. I was wrong. The chicken tikka masala "sauce" was watery with scattered colloidal chunks. I could forgive it for not being spicy, as spicy food in Manhattan is hard to come by. Not only was it flavorless, it smelled like unwiped ass. NO INDIAN FOOD SHOULD SMELL LIKE UNWIPED ASS. The chicken saag was equally as flavorless, but at least it didn't smell terrible. I also found it suspicious that it was open until 4am. Was it to for clientele of overnight drivers? No, I want to think it is to get rid of the pre-cooked unsold foods, but even then, this is not a sufficient reason. I did give stars for packaging and the absence of ketchup in the curry. Many of the Indian places I've tried in Manhattan have a strong ketchup taste to their CTM, so I appreciate that. After seeing a Chicago Uber Eats worker titrate some of the food in a separate container and then re-staple for delivery, I've began to appreciate copious packaging (plastic wrap everything) of this place. How could I have taken these for granted from being from the Bay? I just can't justify the price of flavorless, un-aromatic Indian food. I wouldn't reorder from here, and I will keep hoping that proudly (not changing for the local, spice-averse palate) authentic places open in Manhattan. read more

Authentic Pakistani food on the upper west side. Great tasting food, with really good selection of different dishes. The menu changes everyday, they have trays of food ready made. Everything from Biryani, Nihari, haleem, daal, kebabs etc and even desserts like kheer, gulab jammin & ras Malai. Everything is really good. I highly recommend this place. read more

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I was on my way to Doaba Deli across the street for my favorite parathas in Manhattan, made by the store's Amritsari owners. Unfortunately, a sign indicates they are temporarily closed for a family emergency (I hope everything is OK), so I decided to come across the street to Curry King. Urdu on the facade suggests Pakistani ownership, although the woman at the counter only spoke Bengali.. In either case, the chai was good, but the aloo paratha was just vaise-vaise (mediocre). It was thickly stuffed with aloo mash that was well seasoned and flavorful, but a bit too thick, even with some potato skin still left on. I can't say I was the biggest fan. read more

I discovered this place by accident, I ordered take out and thought the chicken was fresh and delicious and that the naan that came with it was perfect. The chicken was wrapped unusually carefully and for once, a dish with sauce did not spill. I very much appreciated not opening a bag to find a mess This is a tiny restaurant , full of hard working, serious people and I think some of the reviews are really mean-spirited. Running a small neighborhood restaurant is not easy and I wish people would be reasonable when they weigh what a small place can do against big fancy restaurants and chains. Thank you Curry King for a delicious, reasonably priced dinner. I will be back. read more

Had an awful experience my food took over an hour to arrive and it was delivered to the wrong address via Uber eats. The chicken curry of my order was missing so all there is to review is the goat tikka, and if you want a review just look at what i got a nice bowl of oil and Seems I'm missing the tikka as well. Yeah I'm going to report this whole debacle to Uber and let you decide for yourself if it's worth even considering this. read more

Curry King - "Goat tikka" - Indian Near Me - New York, New York

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I just moved to neighborhood and decided to give this place a try. My first order was fine, so I gave it a second try. I ordered online as usual and showed up at the time to pick Up. The woman there began questioning me and told me that my order wasn't placed. She repeatedly asked me my name and said that I ordered from a different restaurant. I showed her my emailed receipt to prove that I was at the right place then she "found" my order. I had to wait another 20 minutes while they prepared my food. Today, I gave them another shot and ordered online again. This time I gave them an extra 5 minutes just to make sure they receive it. Sure enough the same woman made me show her my email with my name on it because they received nothing. After reading what I ordered, they BEGAN to prepare my food. I support my local businesses and would have loved to support this spot, but 2 times out of the 3 they have failed me. Unfortunately I'll have to look for Indian food elsewhere. read more

Please, if you're looking for Indian food this is NOT the place to go! This is much more halal type than it is Indian so I wished they wouldn't advertise as such! True Indian cuisine is filled with aromatic sauces and packed full of flavor. I ordered the chicken tikka masala and it was 1. bland and flavorless, 2. oily, 3. pretty sure wasn't chicken breast. The veggie samosa was definitely not fresh and was very disappointing. Again, this is not a true representation of what Indian food is, but an attempt from a Halal style restaurant trying to mimic it. I guarantee these people have no idea what Indian food is. Clearly I'm not the only one who believes this food is pure junk! read more

Not really sure why there are 3 stars because this place has fantastic Indian food. A little dingy in terms of looks but the food is GREAT. It's cheap & delicious. They are very generous with serving sizes. I've never had a problem with the food (seeing as some people who wrote reviews had stomach aches) & I've probably eaten here over 15 times. They have an A grade for sanitary inspection. If you come here, don't expect quality service. This is a type of dine out/take away place. They don't serve you & it's order from the counter deal anyway. I always get the Tikka Masala, Mango Lassi & the Squash as a side dish. It costs $13 overall. Run to this place if you want good Indian food : ) read more

Curry King - chicken tikka with the squash / egg plant side dish - Indian Near Me - New York, New York

Goat chops were seasoned and cooked to pure perfection! Best tandoori style chop I've ever had!!!

A hole in the wall Indian spot with home cooked dishes that make it easier to digest and fair prices for specials. $12 a dish. 3.75/5 stars as a lunch spot. read more

Great food , nice small business authentic and original vibe . Perfect portions , the price is very good . Perfect south Asian food . You're not going to regret it . Highly recommend. read more

Good portions and food! Ordered pickup and the food was ready on time. I got the chicken tikka masala meal with naan and it's pretty much enough for two people. I will get around to trying other items on their menu, but it seems like a solid, consistent spot! read more