I have been wanting to try this spot for months! Unfortunately it is located way in the southeast side and quite a trip! I have tried on two other occasions but to no avail as they were closed or not opened yet! This time I hit pay dirt! Or so I thought. The schedule posted on Yelp said they were opened at 11:00am. I had a couple of hours to kill so no worry! I was parked in the parking lot and was ready to pounce at 10:45 and the place showed no activity! At exactly 11:00 the staff pulled up and turned on the lights! I gave them 15 minutes to fire up the woks and by 12:00 I was eating tea leaf salad followed by lamb shank biryani! The lamb and rice were succulent and the best around! The Burmese hot tea was spicy, sweet and delicious! The tea leaf salad was tremendous! All the other diners were men and women dressed in traditional garb and speaking what I can only guess was Arabic or Burmese! Check the schedule or call before making the drive and don't be the first in line! But the place is da bomb! read more

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I've tried ordering twice from this store through DoorDash. Both times were canceled by the store for whatever generic reason.

Love this place and their butter chicken dish! Very fair pricing, great service and great food. Definitely recommend trying it out if you never have. read more

Why this place is so out of the way and receives so few reviews, I'll never know. Aladdin Food Express is a bit out of the way for most Fort Wayners (or... well, anybody, tbh), yet it's easily the best Indian AND Burmese restaurant in town. This is not hyperbole: The cantina serves two different menus, one Indian and one Burmese, each handled by a chef from their respective country. It's basically two restaurants in one. (One time, the Indian chef went on vacation while the Burmese chef was still working, so we couldn't have our fix of Butter Chicken.) The Indian chef also looks like he could be our prof. Eh, question his life decisions all you want. We have many profs, but only one Aladdin. So how does Aladdin taste? Amazing, actually. Even the fried chicken is good, and I heard a couple folks order the pizza. Y'know, just in case you brought that new friend from work along and they couldn't stand this ethnic food. This fried chicken is Indian-spiced so it's not as famous as Lee's, but you know what they say. All the bestest things can be found on the down low. So after having ventured this far across town to enjoy some American fare, you may now wonder what the Indian stuff tastes like. Y'know for dessert. Let me tell you this: The butter chicken is DIVINE, and the lamb shank dinners are about the cheapest price you'll pay for finished lamb shank anywhere, while still maintaining quality and an American portion of sides. Personally, I found the lamb shank a tad chewy and didn't have much meaty flavor, so I didn't enjoy it as much as the one at Halal Eats', but darn it is a good value. The biryanis and tandoori stuff are great as well. Only thing that would make it better is if they used a higher meat-to-rice ratio on the biryanis, but for the price they are charging in this economy, I really can't complain too much. So yeah, Indian chef's solid. You know what's not just Aladdin's, but Fort Wayne's best-kept secret though? Burmese cuisine. Fort Wayne is one of the VERY FEW places in the entirety of America where you can find Burmese food, and most of them advertise as Thai. That being said, the thokes (Burmese salads) provided at Aladdin are superb. The laphet thoke (tea leaves salad) can be used as an appetizer, dessert, side, or, since it's an American portion for $7, as a way to have your day's worth of food on a college budget. The ame ou thoke (honeycomb tripe) is normally hot as hell, but I think they toned the spicy down a notch recently. Since the biryani lacks meat and the ame-ou packs heat, I find combining the two to be a worthwhile experience. Asian Fusion, baby! Mohinga is always great and always out of stock, so I just have my friend's mom make it for me. Thanks (friend's) mom! TL;DR If there were more Aladdin Food Expresses, we could've achieved world peace. read more

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The Burmese noodle salad tasted amazing and perfectly spicy. Came with a fresh lime to squeeze over it. I saw more take-out than dine-in orders. Closed during Ramadan. Large portions. read more

visiting from out of state and came here based on the reviews.. this restaurant deserves ALL the business they receive! mashAllah the food was out of this world. shrimp pad thai was very flavorful, perfectly cooked and the spice was amazing. the lamb shank biryani was out of this world i can't believe how good it was. the meat was so tender it literally falls off the bone. never experienced that from a restaurant before. the strawberry lemonade was made from scratch, so fresh and naturally sweet. don't think twice about coming here & trust me it's worth the drive! prices were amazing too read more

Aladdin Food Express - shrimp Pad Thai - Halal Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

Restaurant Review I came to this place on a whim given a post of social media during the pandemic. We were craving something with more flavoring than salt and pepper. There are not many Indiana or middle eastern restaurants in Fort Wayne so it was nice being introduced to a new one. It is located in the south part of town. The actual restaurant is quite large, but I am not sure if it was open for dine-in seating. We had called ahead with our order and it was being prepared fresh. There is a carryout window right as you enter in so it was easy to keep a distance from other people, however it seemed slow as there was only one other customer there. We had tried to order shrimp biryani, but they were out, so we settled on chicken biryani and chicken tikka masala. The food itself was fresh and hot, however, I feel that the spices were a little off from your traditional Indian restaurant. It could be due to the asian/burmese influence on the food as I noticed they had a few Asian dishes as well which you don't typically see. The biryani was a healthy portion enough for 2 meals. There was large piece of dark meat chicken. The one thing that seemed to be missing was the saffron taste and spiciness you would often get with a biryani. It also only came with the white sauce and not the yellow sauce. The chicken tikka masala was very creamy, but once again something was different than the typical spice you get at an Indian restaurant. We did get some extra plain naan (interestingly, the price for specialty naan is exactly the same so I should have tried something else), but it was rather dry and didn't have the fluffiness you typically get with naan. Overall it was an OK meal, but for people that don't like super spicy or strong aromatics, this would be perfect for you. read more

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Amazing food! Ordered take out so no review on dine in. Ordered chicken pad Thai, seafood Tom yum soup, spicy fried rice and samosas. Everything was delicious. The food was not greasy like it is at other places and the spicy fried rice was very spicy, but I like it that way. The seasonings were spot on. They were friendly and courteous and had my order done in 20 minutes. Will definitely make this a regular place to visit. read more

I love this place. I eat here at least three times a week. Their fired rice is by far my favorite. Trust you won't be disappointed

Tonight, I ordered the Burmese Rice Noodle Soup and Chicken Curry with Garlic Naan through DoorDash. This was my first experience with this restaurant. Everything was hot and packaged neatly. I really enjoyed everything! The curry from here was thick and flavorful with high quality chicken, which tasted much better than it does from the other two main Indian places in town. I ordered it at a medium hot to be safe, but next time I may consider extra spicy. This was my first time trying Burmese and the noodle soup was excellent! It was also full of flavor and the spice came on the side so you can add as much as you'd like... start off small and work your way up as opposed to dumping it all in at once. The garlic naan was the only part that was a little underwhelming, as it was a little dry. It was still very good with the curry. Everything was very affordable, as well. I am looking forward to trying them again in the future! read more

Aladdin Food Express - Burmese Rice Noodle Soup and Chicken Curry with Garlic Naan - Halal Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

The food is delicious! Chicken biryani is large enough for 2. Rogan josh is yummy too. Can't wait to try other dishes! read more

Aladdin Food Express - Chicken Biryani - Halal Near Me - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Rude and disrespectful. There was one table, a wait to be seated sign, and two people working. One was leaning on a table chatting the whole ten minutes we stood waiting, the other came out of the kitchen a coup!e of times, looked at us and left. I figured if they were that disrespectful about seating us, they would be like that about cooking and serving our food, so we left. I guess we are too white to be served there! read more

Didn't expect it but, Aladdin Food Express was actually amazing. Very comfortable, clean, and beyond friendly. Aladdin Food Express has a wonderful Chicken Biryani, that was my first time giving it a try here, and I was surprised with how good it was. The team was very friendly and service is exceptional. Definitely recommended for a stop! read more

This is the best food I've had in fort wayne so far with really friendly staff.