OH MY GOSH!!! The food was so good that I almost cried tears of joy lol. From I entered the…read morerestaurant, I was greeted with smiles and all throughout my dining experience, the staff were very accommodating. I initially ordered the Goat Rogan Josh, Masala chai, and Roti. I ended up ordering heretic naan, another cup of Masala Chai & Rogan Josh to go for my mom. I am full, satisfied and glad I came here!!!

Every single thing I had was a 10/10!!!! Starting off with the soup, it was so comforting and…read morefilling, not too much chicken chunks and so full of flavor. The coconut shrimp was sweet, would probably pair nice with rice but doesn't come with. My favorite was the lamb vindaloo, I asked for extra spicy and they did not hold back!!! The food was def enjoyable and the ambiance has a nice romantic, family friendly feel to it. I'll definitely be returning here!

Peace, healthy food, kind people, fills your soul not just the stomach!…read more Food: The immunity tea served hot is delicious. Beyond burger is yummy too. The samosas are perfect. The spinach omelet is super tasty. Service was excellent. Location is easy to walk to and parking in the street is pretty good mid day Sat. Clean, beautiful decor and they sell cards, and things which is nice. Highly recommend this place for the conscious mind body and soul.

Please note - this restaurant is dedicated to the Sri Chinmoy organization. I am not part of the…read moreorganization nor am I endorsing it. This review is ONLY about the food and my experience eating here. I stumbled across this spot and stopped in because I was curious about the food since it was vegeterian and I was on a no-meat cleanse. It's a bit inconspicuous so you may not even realize it's a restaurant from the outside. That being said, it seems to be a very popular vegetarian spot in the area and has a good variety of vegetarian Indian dishes as well as Western vegetarian dishes. The spot is midsized, with a good amount of seating. The staff were very friendly and helpful with questions about the dishes. I ordered a few items - vegetables pakora, bhajia, and the Annam Brahma dinner. I also tried their chai. Overall, the food wasn't too bad and was a good portion for the price. I loved the chai and also ordered a mango lassi, which was also very tasty. The pakora and bhajia were delicious and paired well with the sauce. The Annam Brahma dinner was filling although I wish it has a bit more seasoning. Overall, this is a good spot for vegetarian food if you're in the neighborhood and looking for a good vegetarian spot.

I order take out from here a lot. I really like the chicken or paneer Tikka masala and saag paneer…read more However, sometimes the tastes are not always the same, may need more salt or something, but still good. The garlic Naan and samosas are really good too and my favorites The place is cute and they have outdoor seating, plus it's BYOB. The servers there are pretty friendly from what I've experienced. They down one star only because they are a bit expensive in my opinion for the portions they give for the entrees.

I have to say I absolutely love that they have tablets as their menus. It soo much easier to make a…read moredecision of what you want to eat since every dish has a picture which helps out a lot especially for me who's very indecisive with ordering food! To start off we got the Aloo Gobi Samosa which was good. As for the main dish I got the Chicken Saag Tikka which was very good but had very little chicken inside of it which was really disappointing. It seems like I was just eating a dish filled with sauce and few pieces of chicken inside it. We got one order of garlic and rosemary naan which was already cut up in quarter pieces. The naan came in very useful especially with all that extra sauce I had left from my chicken saag tikka dish. To finish off the night I got the Malai Kulfi ice cream for desert which was super frozen took some struggle to break off the pieces without making a mess. Overall this place is a nice quiet spot for dinner not to mention the TV above the door had plenty of Indian music videos on the whole time we were there. Also the service was good no complaints here.

Listen... when you have the flavor down you can charge higher prices. Staff are extremely…read morehospitable. I am not too big on Bangladeshi food but I would definitely come back for the Chicken Roast. Small grab and go style restaurant, It would be cool if they fixed up the place a bit. 4/5 Star

A few weeks ago, I bought Haji Biryani, Beef Tehari, and chicken samosas from Sagar. Unfortunately,…read moreI was very disappointed with the food. The biryani and tehari were mostly bones, with only 2-3 small pieces of meat. The samosas also smelled bad and were not fresh enough to eat. I am sharing this feedback because food quality should be taken seriously. Customers pay for fresh and good-quality food, and they should get what they pay for. I hope the management will look into this and improve the food quality and portions.

The Food The cooking…read morehere is the real thing -- not the flattened, one-note version of Indian food that so many places settle for, where everything arrives tasting vaguely of the same sauce. At Tikka n' Talk, the spicing has genuine architecture. Each dish has its own personality, its own balance, its own arc from first bite to last. You taste individual spices rather than a generic wall of heat, and there's a depth underneath that only comes from someone who actually knows what they're doing. The tikka is outstanding and lives up to the name -- properly charred at the edges, smoky from real high-heat cooking, and still tender inside. That combination is harder to pull off than it looks, and getting it right every time takes skill. The curries have body and complexity. Sauces that have clearly been built rather than assembled, with layers that reveal themselves as you eat. Nothing is greasy, nothing is heavy in the bad way, and nothing tastes like it came out of a can. The bread deserves its own mention. Fresh, blistered, warm -- the kind you keep tearing off pieces of long after you're full. The Room and the Service The name isn't accidental. This is a place designed for lingering, and the atmosphere delivers on it. Warm, comfortable, and genuinely welcoming without being fussy. It's the kind of room where conversation flows easily, where you settle in without noticing an hour has passed. The staff are a huge part of that. Warm, attentive without hovering, and clearly happy you came. They know the menu cold and will steer you well if you ask -- including on spice levels, which they'll actually calibrate to what you want rather than defaulting to whatever's easiest. That kind of care shows up everywhere in the experience. Food comes out hot, timed well, and exactly as ordered. Basic things, but plenty of places fail at them. The Bottom Line Tikka n' Talk is the rare restaurant that's excellent on every axis at once -- the cooking is skilled, the room is inviting, and the people running it obviously care. It's become a regular for us, and I recommend it without hesitation to anyone who asks where to eat. If you haven't been, go. Order more than you think you need. Stay a while -- the name is an instruction, and it's good advice. Highest possible recommendation.

I just wanted to update my review. We had lunch here and ordered their lunch special. Their chicken…read moreof the day was a choice of Tikka Masala, vindaloo or curry. I got the tikka masala. The plate was very filling. It was a little carb heavy but it was tasty. The waitstaff was attentive. Inside is larger than it looks. It was a good lunch special.

BEST TIKKA MASALA IN NEW YORK!!!…read more Love coming here, couldn't recommend any more. Excellent food and great service!

Delivery order This…read morewas a miss. While the order was on time and the driver was courteous the restaurant will not be getting more business from me. They got 2 parts of the order wrong. The worst was the drink. I paid EXTRA for strawberry lemonade. Not only was there no strawberry, it wasn't even lemonade. It dusty colored cold water that tasted like someone added a teaspoon of lemon concentrate. No sweetness, barely any flavor at all. Just a weak hint of fake lemon. Definitely no strawberries. The food itself was not great. Just meh. The lamb vindaloo was the only thing with any character. I think there were 4 small cubes of lamb and 3 small potato cubes. I know it's a lunch portion, but dang. They didn't skimp on the sauce though. Everything was drowning in sauce. I've never had thin tomato soup before, but the flavor was OK. I might try those ingredients myself at home with some Campbell's - and a heavier hand. At least it was piping hot. The one thing I really liked was the naan! It was soft and warm and tasted like it had just been made. This was a $20 order, I expected a lot better. I didn't think the bread would be the star of this show.

Recent renovations and set up are ok but the food is the same yummy and delicious vegetarian fare…read more I love almost everything on the menu and all was food fresh. The breads are amazing. I also got the chai as it was super cold out and that was also delicious. For non Indians, it's helpful to look things up on your phone as the descriptions on the menus are not always enough to make a decision but you really can't go wrong. Love the spice level but if you're not into spicy food then watch out.

For a meatless restaurant, everything we had was so good. Dhal, sag paneer, garlic naan, samosa,…read moremasala chai, paprichaat. And galub jamun. So yummy from beginning to end. No pictures because it was too dang good

Great food, excellent service and homely ambience. I have…read moretried a lot of things from here. I have introduced this place to a lot of friends. I have received feedback about how this is one of their go to places. My favorites: Thali, chole bhatoore, kadhi rice combo, chole rice combo, salty lassi. My ABSOLUTE favorite: Badaam Milk!!!

Very disappointing experience! The food was horrible and unfortunately caused me food poisoning. I…read morewas in a lot of pain afterward which made this experience even worse. The place does have a seating area but it's very casual. Parking is also a hassle since it's street parking only. We ordered gol gappe and vegetable Manchurian as appetizers. The Manchurian was burnt and to make matters worse had a piece of string from a tablecloth in it. I complained right away to the girl at the front desk who was taking orders and serving. She admitted that it was from a cloth and replaced it with Gobi Manchurian. For the main course we ordered shahi paneer with butter naan and Amritsari kulcha. The kulcha came with chana masala and I found a small piece of hair in it. It was very clear that hygiene is a serious issue here. Between the foreign objects in the food and the food poisoning afterward this was an unacceptable experience. I would not recommend this place especially if you're concerned about cleanliness and food safety.

The chicken tikka masala and fried chili lamb are my go to dishes here. The rice texture can often…read morebe a bit too mushy but the proteins are always spot on!

Beware the outdated star rating, inflated by positive reviews from years past. Sort reviews by…read more"Newest First" rather than "Yelp Sort" to get a more accurate picture of the current experience. Like many others, we thoroughly enjoyed our first visit years ago, but unfortunately, things have gone dramatically downhill. First, they've replaced the neat rows of seating along both walls with a seemingly random arrangement that makes the restaurant feel crowded and cluttered. Far worse, however, is the abysmal service and decline in food quality. Our waitress clearly knew the people at one table (family, perhaps?) and spent nearly our entire visit standing around chatting with them while neglecting everyone else. We were given a QR code linking to a completely different menu from the one on their website. Already knowing our favorites we ordered the Manchurian Dry and Mushroom Angare. Several dishes we'd looked forward to ordering were missing from the linked PDF, including the Chili Cauliflower. When asked about it, our waitress disappeared into the kitchen and returned five minutes later to say it wasn't available. We settled on the Chili Tofu instead and requested water, having already been seated for 15 minutes without being offered anything to drink. Instead of placing our order or bringing water, our waitress returned to chatting with her friends. After watching her socialize for another five full minutes, my girlfriend politely approached to ask for water when she had a chance. Her irritated response? "I'm the only person working." We've both worked in restaurants and have tremendous compassion for servers who are overwhelmed, but that simply wasn't the situation. Only two other tables were occupied, and the only thing keeping her busy was socializing while ignoring her customers. When the food finally arrived, the mushrooms were cold, the Manchurian Dry was soggy instead of crisp, and the Chili Tofu was dry. To their credit, the dishes were flavorful and well-seasoned, but the preparation and execution were disappointing. It's a real shame. With Royal Tangra Masala and Nanking both closed in New Hyde Park, we've been looking for a new Indo-Chinese restaurant to frequent. We won't ever be returning to this location under its current management, so the search continues.

Best paneer makhani I've ever had in my entire life, no exaggeration. This place is a hidden gem --…read moremore people need to know about it. *This is a small, family-owned restaurant and they deserve way more recognition for their phenomenal food. The owners are really great people. Top #1 Indian restaurant in all of NYC.

Having limited time and energy, my search for vegetarian food in the neighborhood near the airport…read moreled me to this hole in the wall Indian place. The seats were a bit dodgy, but there were other people eating in. They had a wide North Indian menu, but I went straight for the house specials. I asked for their house dal at a high spice level. They expressed some skepticism. The end result made my nose run a little bit, but I doubt it was the spiciest food they could make. It did have a robust herbal flavor and a mouthwatering mix of lentils. My onion and chili naan was fresh and crisp. The chili soy chunk appetizer I ordered ended up being a bit excessive, but I was able to down the leftovers later. A tea that I asked for unsweetened had a strong cardamom note. I wouldn't suggest the average New Yorker that they need to head out here for Indian, but for those near the airport, the food is of enough quality that I wasn't disappointed.