Haat Bazaar
“Again, it's great if you want authentic bengali food or if yo momma doesn't wanna cook that dayy”
“Other items we had include the chicken biryani, fish curry, chicken curry.”
“The fish curry with cauliflower
and the bitter melon are my favorite.”
Haat Bazaar
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
5 reviews
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This is the best Bengali restaurant I have tried. They have a huge variety of fish curries and vegetable dishes. The fish curry with cauliflower
and the bitter melon are my favorite. They also serve free dal with every meal. Comparing to most other South Asian places in this area, this one is super clean and the staff is very friendly. The spicy level here is not extreme here so it is really a great place to start exploring this cuisine.
Being Bengali, I'm very picky when it comes to eating Bengali food at restaurants. This place lives up to expectations. Pretty decent authentic Bengali dishes. Like most Bengali restaurants this one is also joined with grocery and a meat section so there really is no decor, so don't expect to have a fancy candle light dinner. The food however is pretty good and they have a wide range of selections to choose from. My recommendations here are their Halim (a lentil stew with goat/ beef meat), Biryani (A rice dish with meat kind of like fried rice but very different flavors) and their Breakfast Paratha. They also have delicious bhortas to choose from. Also, make sure to have some "Cha" (Bengali Milk Tea) before you leave. If you're looking to try authentic Bengali Dishes, then this place should be your stop!
I just don't see the hype. The food is on display to your immediate left upon entering. NO MENU so you have to ASK what everything is unless you are familiar with the food from the culture. They really do not speak very good English or atleast they didn't understand my very good English (spoke to 3 people behind the counter) and consequently they ended up getting my order partially wrong so you want to be as clear as possible when ordering . They'll then direct you to have a seat if it's to stay so have a seat .
The gentleman that took my order brought out all the dishes I ordered plus an additional dish he thought I ordered based on the language barrier. I just ended up keeping it to avoid any further miscommunication and to further be able to fairly grade the food from the restaurant . The dishes my guest and I received were the fried veggie rice ,chicken tikka,fried tilapia,eggplant,goat curry . The food I ordered was not reflecting the grade I saw on yelp. Being that me and my guest were starving we ended eating almost all of it. The food is firstly very overly spiced and salty. Chicken tikka was kinda dry but it did come with a salad which was a good touch, goat was full of fat and not worth the price they charged, veggie rice barely had veggies,fried fish was abit dry but tasted ok and the eggplant was good but it's hard to screw that up. I will not return. The check eventually came up to more than I anticipated because you do not get a menu so be sure to have enough cash to pay for a $$ restaurant with way less than stellar food … what I tasted atleast. My assessment is ,If you are from the culture you might appreciate this food more . Just read the other reviews and see for yourself or rather just go and experience it.
The food here is delicious. Don't mind the decor and the ambiance and just focus on the food. This place is possibly open 24/7 or till incredibly late and the kitchen is constantly churning out food. They have different dishes available at different times of the day but a must-try is the Kacchi Biriyani, the Morog Polao or any fish dish. This place serves authentic Bangladeshi food and if you've never tried the cuisine then this is the best place to start 🙂
Everyone in my family keeps telling me about all the great Bangladeshi food they have in Jackson Heights but no one can name a place. What is up with that?!
After countless meals at Jackson Diner, it was time to be adventurous. Given that Aarong is across the street, Haat Bazaar seemed like a good choice. And boy was I right! I had just come back from Bangladesh and tons of home cooked meals so this place was competing with my heightened and spoiled palate. I'm proud to report that it lived up to the challenge.
Four different kinds of specialty biryanis on the weekend – shrimp, chicken, kachi and don't remember the last. Tons of other choices as far as fish (what what, us bengalis love our maach), veggies and bharthas.
We shared the Murgh Pulao, eggplant bhartha, a fish they recommended, cha and jalebis. YUM. Oh, and the servers, as shy as they are, are incredibly polite and sweet.