I'm not sure I would recommend Panshi as one of the top tier Bengali restaurants on Hillside Avenue, as the food was extremely oily and the service left something to be desired. But on a Ramzan night when most of the other establishments were closed for private iftar parties, we found a table here and acceptable dinner offerings. For vegetarians, I would highly recommend the karela (bitter gourd) potato sabzi. Karela is controversial as far as veggies are concerned given the namesake pronounced bitter aftertaste, but Panshi's technique of generously drowning the gourd in mustard oil removed any misgivings I may have harbored. The potato was also very tender, and I appreciated the waitstaff's recommendation to pair the sabzi with white rice rather than the equally oily pulav. Their fried foods for iftar were also good, especially the aloo chop. read more

Panshi - Karela with potato and palak - Bangladeshi Near Me - Queens, New York

I'm concerned at how unsafe and unsanitary this place is. Normally I don't care if the inside of a restaurant has bad surroundings if the food is good. Because in the end we're here to eat so that's always my top priority. However, when you sit down in a restaurant and the table is sticky it gives you a bad impression from the start. Either way, we still gave it a chance. The food is very cheap. We only got snacks like samosa for appetizer. We also got a bowl of chicken,shrimp Thai soup. The samosa tasted pretty good but the soup. Oh man, did you ever bite into a chicken and you can literally taste the chicken in a bad way?? Thats how it tasted like. Like raw chicken before you cook it. It was bad. I almost threw up. For entree we got beef biriyani which was also awful. The beefs taste didnt suit with me. It was dry and had a weird taste. Overral I didnt like the experience at all. Only gave it 2 stars because of the samosas. Careful for what you order. read more

Panshi - Chicken Thai Soup - Bangladeshi Near Me - Queens, New York

Goat curry was excellent Sweets were very fresh and gorgeous No complaints on the food at all. Prices were ok This was the to go side so don't expect a great ambiance and to go is open all night The Cashiers were very friendly albeit the accent ms were a bit difficult read more

**Scam Alert: Avoid This Restaurant at All Costs** I had the misfortune of visiting this restaurant, and it was an absolute nightmare. Here's the rundown of their shady and unethical practices: I ordered two pieces of chicken roast, half an order of beef curry, two big shrimp, plain pulao rice, and white rice. When the lady finished warming everything up and rang up the order, I noticed that the left side of the order screen was conveniently broken, only showing the right digit of each item. This setup is clearly designed to rip people off. She charged me $10 for two pieces of chicken roast ($5 each), $24 for two pieces of shrimp ($12 each, though the screen showed $4), $7 for half an order of beef curry, $5 for pulao rice (which the screen showed as hilsha pulao, as she said that's how it shows), and $3 for white rice. She claimed my total was $59. I handed her a $100 bill and got $41 change back, but something felt off. The broken screen made it impossible to see the full prices. I questioned the lady about each item. She insisted the hilsha pulao was $5. Despite her reassurances, my total still felt wrong. I hurriedly left because my car was at a bus stop. When I calculated the total in my car, it came out to $49, not $59. I immediately called the store and asked for a manager. To my shock, the manager said the shrimp were $8 each and the pulao was $5. When I went back, I caught the manager and the lady mumbling to each other--clearly up to something shady. I confronted them, revealing the actual total should be $41. I made them open every container and calculate the total item by item. They printed the receipt and showed they had overcharged me $4 for each shrimp and $10 for the pulao, a total of $18 overcharge. They brazenly robbed me in broad daylight. Their excuse? The lady was new and made a mistake, despite me questioning her multiple times. She even refused to give me a receipt. They offered the food for free, but I refused and simply asked for my money back and left. They only did this because they know they got caught red-handed. This experience was truly disgusting, and I can only imagine how many other customers they've scammed. Many people are in a hurry and don't check their totals, making them easy targets for this fraudulent business. Total disgrace. Upon checking other reviews, there are many other one-star reviews on Google and Yelp showing how they scammed other people and the recurring price display issue. This is indeed a bad establishment, and if you want to avoid getting scammed, don't go there. Stay far away from this place. They're nothing but crooks. I will make sure to report this restaurant to the business association because this is absurd. read more

First time i came the customer service was very bad. We walked in and no one came to help us. The workers were very slow and took a while to come. The food wasn't that good and they didn't have any chicken the time i came. The food was cold read more

Panshi - the 77. Chana Dal was very nasty and cold - Bangladeshi Near Me - Queens, New York

One of the best destinations for Bangladeshi foods. Open 24/4 . Street parking available. Excellent customer service. Wide range of mouth watering food menus. Large deserts section. Home delivery available . Highly recommended. read more

I hate to leave negative reviews. I have been to this restaurant before but today as soon I stepped in, I smelled spoiled food from the hot food counter. As we all know bacteria multiplies every 20 minuets if protein left in room temperature. All of their proteins from fish to meats are left at room temperature. read more

Panshi - Dont come here! - Bangladeshi Near Me - Queens, New York

1st time I came this restaurant. I don't know this restaurant service is very bad. I was talking about items prices. Price is too high. She talking bad behavior. She say next time don't came here. Is not good talking about this business. Remember it for Panshi Restaurant Manager or Owner. Thanks read more

Panshi - Bangladeshi Near Me - Queens, New York

My coworkers and I came here at around 8pm (during the iftar rush). There were trays of food laid out in the front of the restaurant so we had to get plates of food from that area then take it to our tables down in the basement. The restaurant is more of a self-serve venue .. i have no problem with that. The biriyani and chicken was so good. I also had the samosa and others .. mmmmm so delicious! I'd say get take-out. The dine-in experience is a bit confusing. Overall, good food read more

Panshi - Bangladeshi Near Me - Queens, New York

I ordered Beef Tehari and Beef Tehari has no beef all fricken rice. Food taste is not that great too. read more

Panshi - Bought a Beef Tehari but no beef all fricken rice and food taste horrible. - Bangladeshi Near Me - Queens, New York

It was my worst food, I drive from The Bronx to get food from them a Behari Kebab, which is Raw. Chicken Lollipop was like a rock, roti was burn I am attaching a photo let you decided it was not worth of driving see the raw meat. The ladies was not nice at all, I had to go after the waitress who took my order. Don't take your family will not Recommend read more

Panshi - Beef Behari Kebab - Bangladeshi Near Me - Queens, New York

I don't normally leave negative reviews . I'm a very very fair person. This was my fourth try at this restaurant and I'll never go back. I understand that this is a cultural restaurant but literally nobody could speak good enough English to write my order down properly. I told them I wanted boneless kebab and they brought me out a sizzling plate with chicken with a lot of bones in it. Our food took an hour and 10 minutes to be served and they said it was because they were making it fresh. REALLY ? The goat was gross. And I am a goat lover. The bathroom had flies all over the place. Yuck . To top it all off I went to go pay the bill and they said if you're not paying cash they are going charge me tax and that's when I had enough Also the glasses and silverware were dirty read more

Horrible food. If your food is not fresh then please dont have the store open after midnight. Had the daal and it was rotten. Meat was dry and mostly bones. Nothing wrong with the employees though. read more

Thieves and Cheaters! Terrible staff!! Charges more than the menu price. Gives wrong items. Then refuses to give refund for over payment. Absolutely trash food and disgrace as Bangladeshi read more

This is one of the dirty restaurant, they made food and Kept in counter morning to all day and rest of food next day again for customers, table cloths is unbelievable dirty We order the bread and bread basket was like dustbin We showed the waitress and her attitude was so bad And she didn't feel to say sorry, after served the food Nobody will come to table , if you need something then you have to go to counter and you have request them Like you you eating there free read more

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Thieves. I came here just to get some snacks for my mother and myself as I forgot to get in Jackson heights as i usually do. But here my puri came broken and half of it missing!!! And that's unacceptable. to think I was almost okay with him charging me 6 dollars. (he took my card and told me after) In all, was charged $6.50 for ONE broken burnt half-puri and 2 roshugulla. which meant i paid 1.50 for half a puri DONT GO HERE read more

DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE. I ordered $67 worth of food and only got 1/3rd of my order. I called and they denied receiving my order in the first place, which is bullshit because obviously I had some items delivered. I called Eat24 to complain- they called the restaurant and the staff was going back and forth with the representative from Eat24. No class, no sense of courtesy, terrible service. Also- food took 2 hours to deliver! Would give 0 stars if possible. read more

Very fast delivery! The egg fried rice was super peppery, almost to excess. I love spicy food so it was not a problem, but just fyi if you don't care for spice. The texture was very good, not too soft. Vegetable singara/ samosa was very tasty! It had boiled peanuts inside which was unexpected, but absolutely delicious to me! (I want more boiled peanuts omg! Yum!) However, this should probably be labeled in case anyone has allergies. read more

Highly recommended if you are up for authentic Bangladeshi Cuisine. Run like a true Bangladeshi restaurant; you have to hustle to get attention and get food eventually. However the food is worth all the effort. We always eat here whenever we visit NYC. read more

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This place is pretty good, compare to all the other Bengali restaurants around this place. They have so many different types of rice and curry. The food looked fresh. It was a little disorganized when I ordered my food for take out. As I was ordering, a guy shouts behind me and starts ordering. There is no line. People just come, scatter all over the counter and order. But the chicken roast Palau I ordered was just amazing. The Palau was so delicious and the chicken roast was spot on. It was creamy and perfectly cooked. I loved their chicken Palau. read more

Panshi - Chicken roast Palau. $ 7.00 - Bangladeshi Near Me - Queens, New York

THEAVES & SCAMMERS!!! Gave us the wrong stuff & still overcharged us by $15. Never go here again

Typical Indian food and Bengali food. Big selection. Authentic cuisine. Local spot in Jamaica Queens, NYC. Good taste friendly folks ! It's not equipped for kids. read more

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Usually I don't leave bad reviews but literally one of the worse experiences ever in this area. I walked in just to get a Mango Lassi, and the staff saw me and just ignored me. This lasted a good 10 minutes. At first I didn't mind because they might have been fulfilling online orders. But even with no one else ordering in person, they chose to ignore me. I left without anything. I came back again about a month later and they do the same thing to me again, and other people were on line with me but they ignored me entirely. Never coming back here. read more

Being in this restaurant reminded me of being back in Asia. Good food. No nonsense. We stumbled across this restaurant because it looked like a lot of people were enjoying themselves in there, so we went in. We had a great time. The Moglai Parata was great. I'm pretty pleased. read more

Terrible food, horrible price, very dirty kitchen, customer service is really bad, food is not good. Sanitation grade pending for this restaurant long time. The most dirtiest restaurant I ever seen in Hillside Jamaica. read more

Very oily food. The soup is slimy and meat dishes taste bland. I reckon people won't be able to the tell them apart by taste since all of them are overly spiced. Flavors overwhelm and you don't pick up subtle differences that you should. The lollipop chicken is good specially with the sauce they especially make. Service is generally good but cleanliness is totally nonexistent. read more

The employees are great but the food is getting expensive with the quality is not the same as last year. read more

Panshi - Horrible food (see below) when I asked to pack it to go. I will not trust them. NEVER GO THERE! - Bangladeshi Near Me - Queens, New York

They serve stale food. I've witnessed white worms in their chicken tanduri. Absolutely disgusting !!

Went to this restaurant to eat. Ordered lamb chop its supposed to be served sizzling. They served food almost after 30 mins. Food wasnt sizzling and it came cold. When asked the staff they didnt have any answer. Terrible customer service. Staff has no sense of customer service read more

Confusing customer service! Food selections are ok. Poorly managed, too much commotion with none customers and locals hanging out inside the canvas! read more

They gave us the wrong order. We asked for Shami Kabab but they gave us vegetable samosas. They also sell tea. It is good tea. Just make sure they hear you when you order and check you get what you asked for. Other than that, I still wanted Shami Kabab man. But yeah their chai is good. read more

Poor management. The few girls that works here are very rude and nasty. They overcharge on every item. The price especially on the fish, they randomly make up and charge the customers read more

Do not order from here! I ordered from ubereats and after already having paid for my meal. The breakfast lady "Aisha" called me to tell me that two of my orders were not available, so she will substitute it with something else on the menu of "similar price". I agreed just for the convenience of it and not to give any trouble. After having received my delivery from ubereats...turns out that one of my meals was incomplete! So I called back to let them know that it was incomplete and all she could do was say she was sorry and there's nothing else she could do for me at this time (even though I was charged extra for it). Very unprofessional and rude. Never again! read more

I went with my co-workers to have their fuchka, after we got there we decided to order some other items as well, samosa, chicken tikka sizzling garlic naan and chicken lollipop. The fuchka shell was really hard, the filling wasn't that bad. The other items were tasteless and blend, the chicken lollipops tasted like fish. It was just bad, never going back read more

Terrible food. God bless them coz they seem to be open 24 hrs catering to ppl with food of this type. Gave them a try 3 times...should have understood after the 2nd visit. Service is okay...but chef needs some training. read more

Food was not delivered after 3 hours. The restaurant is not reachable by phone. Do not order from here. You have been warned!

Salty very salty, the food was cold when it came ordered at uber eats. I will not order from here again.

Never buy Beef Tehri from here!! Bought 2 full plates for take home and literally 2 bits of small chunk of beef covered with a lot of rice. Worst place to buy food, stay away from here!!! read more

Does anyone love fuchka or moghlai. This place I the best. But they are very busy. Have to wait long. But I can wait for something good.

Wide selection of food, good taste, and nice, spacious environment. Would visit again. read more

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