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    Shama Restaurant

    3.2 (15 reviews)
    InexpensivePakistani
    Open • 7:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    1 year ago

    Very good quality Pakistani food. We order from there almost every weekend. Would recommend.

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    8 years ago

    Food was delicious, but found a hair in my kebab along with a piece of small tissue in my salad.

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    10 years ago

    Value for money. Food tastes good. Rest room looks like its old. Good for quick lunch or dinner on a week day.

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    “I think I've tried just about everything, including the naans, samosas, chicken tikka, halwa puri, all the curries, kebabs.”

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    Lahori Kabab Restaurant - Two warmed chicken samosas - a firm favorite

    Lahori Kabab Restaurant

    3.6(116 reviews)
    11.2 mi•Flatiron
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    The chicken tikkas were khasta translated into tender and melt in your mouth. I had stopped for…read moregroceries in Little India and decided to pop in to have the tikkas, my favorite chicken samosa and a tawa roti smeared lavishly with ghee so much so that it glistened royally. I managed the chicken pieces and one samosa plus the roti. I had one more added to be packed. Sadek Khan is the major domo here combining taking orders, heating the food and serving it. He is always kind to me and has me sit at a table where no one else is going to trouble me. I must've a variety of the foods that I often see customers enjoy.

    PROs - location , price , food CONs - service , some type…read moreof food , presentation Was walking by Lexington Avenue and saw this spot . I love tasting new restaurants and wanted to stop by this place . Fantastic location . Right in the heart of Lexington Avenue . Lots of other restaurants nearby. Lots of space inside to sit and eat . Even though the ambience is not that great , it's ok for a quick lunch .. service could be better. All guys go inside the kitchen and hardly come out . Wish they had a bell or something in the counter outside for the customers to call them . Sometimes you keep waiting for many minutes before they come out . For the price , food was good . They have many food items on display and we chose some curries .. quantity was good . Naan , white rice and 2 non veg curries for 13.50$. Not bad. ... goat curry was good . Perfect Lahori taste . Chicken curry was average . Could have tasted better . My only issue is presentation. The y just mix all curries in rice and they are smashed all across the plate . Wish they give these curries in separate containers so we can enjoy the flavor of each curries . Another thing is they just reheat these curries . They are precooked . Sometimes with that , we wouldn't know if it is fresh . It tasted fresh though. Overall a good restaurant but giving them 3 stars . Will visit again and check and improve my ratings if needed

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    BK JANI

    BK JANI

    4.2(469 reviews)
    9.0 mi•Williamsburg - North Side
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    My friends and I stumbled into BK Jani on a rainy day, just seeking out shelter, but we were met…read morewith a great meal. The Jani Burger was amazing, perfectly cooked, with great pakistani flavor, and it was refreshing not to have a smash burger for once. The lamb chops were also cooked to perfection, perfect medium rare, super tender and very flavorful. The Nihari sandwich was also great, however I wish there was a little more unique flavor to it. The masala fries are alright, but I'd say you can skip those. On top of the great food, this service was even better. The staff was so friendly, checking in on us and even offering us a free mango lassi drink. The restaurant itself is comfortably casual with heat lamps inside, which is nice to have on a cold day, I imagine. i definitely recommend!

    Not sure this place is it for me. Came in on a Sunday and the house was packed so my wife and I…read moreordered takeout. Took about 15min or so to get which was fine. We at this on the sidewalk so it was still fresh when we got it. But for us the food just didn't hit. I recognize it's fusion, but maybe the way things were meant to be balanced didn't mesh. The (impossible burger patty) lahori felt quite bland. Maybe because the burger patty was so thick, but it just kind of was overwhelmed by generic beef patty taste which wasn't what I was expecting. The nihari had some really good flavor, but I found the bread was somehow both quite dry and soggy at the same time. It's hard to describe, but I felt like it was working against the actual nihari flavor. Sadly I do think something like naan or basmati rice would've been better. The fries were pretty unremarkable, too. Just tasted like fries you'd get at your local bodega. I don't expect the wheel to be reinvented when it comes to fusion restaurants, but I just felt nothing actually balanced themselves well (at least for what we ordered). For $50 pre-tip, I'm a bit disappointed. This place has been on my hit list for a while, but I can't see myself wanting to go back. Staff was friendly and the space, albeit small, can fit groups of 2-4 pretty easily. I have a few friends that really like this place, so maybe I'm just the odd one out.

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