I've been eating halal food carts in NYC since the original Halal Guys in Square over 20 years ago…read more When I go to NYC, I always get some pizza, Chinese food, and combo chicken and lamb over rice. While in Flushing, I saw this spot on Yelp and it didn't let me down. This was so good and the meats were so tender and flavorful. To top it all off, it was only $9. A steal considering I've spent hundreds on individual meals this trip. Highly recommended as this place is good and cheap.

The food tastes so good. I would recommend this food chart to my friends and family to try the foodread more

We ordered Chicken Over Rice plates - the chicken was well prepared (flavorful and tender). Good…read morepricing - $7 for a plate and soda. Next time, we would ask for more white sauce.

As a native New Yorker I've tried a lot of halal places growing up. Omar's ranks up there worth the…read morebest with their combo over rice. Sometimes all you need is some calorie laden cholesterol heavy meat and carbs coated with some white bbq and hot sauce. This place also has other selections not seen in other carts such as chapli kebabs which are delicious too. In addition, the owner is one of the nicest guy I've met! Always friendly whenever I stop by and order some food.

Brother... you want that good street meat? Get your mind out…read moreof the gutter..get with this halal street cart. Now, listen, hillside avenue has long been adorned with a plethora of halal and the like, even this intersection has three or four spots alone; that being said, for years I've been coming only to Sahara halal cart by the subway... with good reason. This guy is surely the best of the three on this intersection if not all of hillside, damn straight. Tonight was the first time in 10 years since I've been going that I checked yelp, sure enough, here is my review. This cart has always been the best and with his track record I'm sure he will reign supreme for years to come. Approach this cart with an appetite! No matter what time you're hungry (tonight I got there a little after midnight) When I walked up, he of course had a couple fellas ordering food at the same time I was there. $5... that's right, $5-$7 will get you a full and delicious container of halal, be it chicken over rice, lamb gyro, or a combo; all of it comes with white sauce hot sauce and salad. Throw him a tip for sure, it's bangin' food at an awesome price. My normal order here is either chicken over rice with extra white sauce and a touch of hot sauce with pita slices (hold the salad) or I get the combo of gyro lamb and chicken over rice (still no damn salad). I always get a lot of white sauce as it's pretty much the best thing ever! I never get pepper and onion like some cats cuz... well... why ruin a good thing? I like pepper and onion, it's wonderful, but not on this, I like it as pure as possible; It's like cocaine, and just as addicting. You don't even need the hot sauce as it can take away from how amazing this thing taste (an I'm normally a hot sauce fiend!) I clearly love this cart and hit it any and every time I visit my friend or just happen to be in the area. You will too, believe me. A quick three cart comparison at this location will tell you all you need to know, the guy directly across hillside ave is okay, but way too spicy (I like spicy, but this just isn't the time for this kind of heat.) The guy diagonally across Hillside and Littleneck is the second best of the intersection and quite tasty as well, but nobody, and I mean nobody, is as good as my boy here at Sahara! I feel bad for anyone walking into subway for not experiencing this guys food cart, or hell even subway since this cart is far superior with their four options. I'd really like to try the kofta but I can't resist my long time favorite. I'm almost glad I live nowhere near hear or I'd get this way too often, it's gosh darn incredible, and superior to those famous halal brothers in manhattan. Please do yourself a favor and stop at this guys cart. Call me up, maybe I'll drive the 40-50 minutes just to grab a piece of heaven and chill.

So I usually hit up the Hamza & Madina cart located diagonally across Hillside/Little Neck (parked…read moreright in front of the CVS) but thought to give the Sahara cart a try after a few years. I have to say I was pleased with the decision! My usual order at a halal cart is the combo (chicken & lamb) over rice so I opted to stick with that. I was asked if I wanted onion chopped & mixed in so I opted to do that. Good choice, I must say. It added a nice punch of flavor but without being overpowering. I think I prefer the rice and the lamb here over what the other local carts offer. The rice was nice and moist, but without being too greasy, and the lamb was flavorful without being overly salty, as is often the case at the Hamza cart. Overall, I found the platter to be well portioned, high in quality, and satisfying but without making me feel gross afterwards. I've got to say that I will be coming back here again soon and I may even elevate them above the Hamza cart if both carts maintain their recent levels of quality.

Grew up going to this everytime I visited my grandparents. Love the flavor! Super good for…read morenostalgia as well.

This place is great. Super close to my house. Super cheap, only $6, and you get a free drink. You…read moreget a pretty big serving and the food is good. Nothing to complain about, will prolly come back.

Another excellent halal cart and the best I've sampled in deep Queens. Exceptionally high quality…read moreand well spiced lamb. Particular well assembled and plumply stuffed gyros wrapped in fluffy and delicious pitas. With the platters they practice the steadily increasing trend I've noticed of chopping the pita up into smaller pieces before topping the platter with them, which serves the process of offering some fun new textural contrasts to the mix, though they stop short of the ingenious double layering and saucing technique of my current halal GOAT Farooks of Irving Place in Manhattan (see previous review). Prices, perhaps unsparingly due to it's location in the solidly middle to working class slice of the Worlds borough, prices are a bit lower than the current city-wide average, resulting in a steady stream of loyal school age clientele. Unfortunately though surely no fault of the carts, there's a dearth of seating immediately near the cart, the closest nearest option being some outdoor seating at the McDonalds which is often occupied and/or policed by McDonalds staff warning off outside food interlopers. Luckily for me I'm always on my bike so I can grab my grub to go and quickly bike to the nearest park to wolf it down as quickly as possible..

My colleague recommended this food truck, so I decided to try them since I haven't had Halal food…read morein ages. Food was delicious and fresh. Portion was good. Got a decent amount of food for $9 which also comes with a free can of soda. Owner is also pleasant. He told me to wait in the car because it was BRICK that day, (brrrrrr) and he brought my food to me when it was ready. Awesome!

To be honest was not expecting greatness, but with such a kind and charismatic chef he has made my…read moretaste buds flourish

Usually a line at this place but max wait is probably 10 minutes. I get the combo over salad and it…read morenever disappoints. The meat is not salty, cooked well and is flavorful. The white sauce itself adds a special flavor on top. 4 stars because I've been noticing their reduction in portion. Nevertheless, The price is good for the quality.

Standard halal chicken & rice. It was good. Chicken was tender. $6 gets u entree and drink. I…read morecouldn't finish mine. The portions are huge. There was a line but it moved quickly. Not much more to say except it didn't really stand apart from the other halal trucks i've tried.

Delicious Halal. This time Lamb over rice and Chicken over rice. Great red hot, white, and green…read moresauce. Only 6 bucks but you get a drink with your meal as well. Super fresh, pipping hot meat over rice. Was worth the trek and waiting in the snow. Delicious. This would have been my staple meal while I was in college. You get so much fresh cooked food for less than take out Chinese food. One should really add veggies with the meal to make it extra healthy. My new discovery and currently my favorite take out. Shout out to Yelper Swatee for reminding me of this cart (I bookmarked it months ago!). Nnnom nom good!

This place has been at this corner for years. As far as halal food goes, it is good quality. He…read moregets a decent amount of business from all the office workers nearby, so the food is fresh. And he offers more choices than other carts. You can get the usual chicken or lamb, but he also offers kofta, fish, shrimp or shish kebab. And he has several sides to choose from that other places don't - pickles, coleslaw, olives, salad, etc. However, I've had equally good halal food at equal or lower prices with bigger portions at many other places. He charges for $10-$11 for a dish of average portion size.

I came to check out this place based on my brother's recommendation. We were having some…read moreconsistency issues at sahara which is one of our favorite halal carts. My brother had said it's good and consistent because it's the same guy here all the time so you won't get a lot of food one day and almost no food another day. Well the portion I got here was not super big probably just enough so that if I ate another 25% of an order I would be full. When I told him this he said no all I said is that it's consistent. So I laughed to myself. Anyways I came to try this cart on towards the end of the week and a bit later in the afternoon around 1pm, dropping by after I made a large return at ups. It's $9 for chicken or lamb or a combo over rice. They also have a variety of other stuff like hot dogs and kabobs. Kabobs were on the more expensive side $15. I got a combo over rice and a chicken over rice, which by the way does not come with a drink. I asked for extra white sauce and green sauce on the combo and the same on the chicken over rice but also adding in hot sauce. When I was handed the bag, well it felt pretty light. In my mind I was already thinking on man I'm going to give it to my brother, making me think this is going to be a nice filling portion. But still I had high hopes this would be delicious. Finally I get home. I open it up and yes it's not a lot of food. But that's fine it'll be delicious right? Nope it was just ok... I didn't actually get extra white sauce which was disappointing, it was actually barely any sauce. Rice was cooked nicely but not the most flavorful and the meat was just ok. The chicken was better than the lamb. Worth a try but I think this is definitely an average tasting halal cart.