Haat Bazaar

Their chot puti with tamarind sauce and chai (milk tea) is amazing! Best spot in the area and the waiters are friendly.
This spot has become a regular for me!

Drove from CT to get a fix of real Bangladeshi food, this place did not disappoint!

Along with Neerob in the Bronx, Haat Bazaar remains the best option for Bangladeshi food within a reasonable distance of Midtown. Having lived away from home for over 15 years, this is one of the places that makes me feel at home: so much so that I even brought my father here once.

This place is just nasty. The people are very rude. It is filthy. Everyone stares at you as if you are from a different planet. The food is way over priced! Would never come back!

Not bad if you want authentic home made bengali food. Their prices were decent, $ 14 for a huge plate of kacchi biryani for 3, maybe 2 depending on how much you eat.
They had a wide range of food. I got the round kebabs, wasn’t too fond of that.
The staff was very kind and attentive. One of the best services on jackson heights, usually they’re a little neglectful in other places.
Tbh, for me it was like eating at home so that’s why I wasn’t too fond of it but my mom loved it. Again, it’s great if you want authentic bengali food or if yo momma doesn’t wanna cook that dayy

I keep coming here from Boston for good Bangladeshi food.

Oh My My!!! The food is delicious!!! Had the goat biryani, goat curry, ilish (Hilsa fry) and shrimp curry (chingri malaikari) …everything was insanely good! The rajbhog at the end compliments the majestic meal.
Don’t go there if you are a hygiene freak… the atmosphere will scare you… But if your genuine love for good food overpowers other trivial emotions– This Is The Place For You!!! GO GO!

Honestly, I thought my first Unilocal review would be more focused on food, but I was so pleasantly taken by the service I felt compelled to write one now.
I expected I would have a rather awkward experience here because of a language barrier, but that didn’t happen at all!
Walking in, I saw that there wasn’t a menu and only the food displayed so I figured I might as well wing it and try something new. After staring at all the different selections trying to make up my mind, one of the workers approached me asking if I needed any help, asked what I was in the mood for, and was really accommodating. I was feeling curry, either goat (bc who doesnt love goat curry!?) or something I haven’t tried before like seafood curry. He was careful to tell me that the fish curry contained lots of bones, but when I told him that I was fine with bones, he recommended the fish. There were different kinds of fish curry too and he explained them all in detail. I ended up opting for the one that had less bones (and had cauliflower) bc I wasn’t ready to accidentally choke in public. The bones for this dish is large so there’s no need to worry about choking. Maybe I’ll try the one with more (little-​sized) bones next time– according to him, this one is the more popular traditional Bengali dish. Curry comes a side of salad, and soup (dal). Rice is an additional $ 2 and the curry was $ 6. I also ordered this chicken patty (chicken fritter?) that was basically fried mashed up chicken mixed in with onion, egg, and batter for $ 1.50.
The waiter who served me also made suggestions on ways I could eat it (e.g. mixing dal in with rice, which I would recommend bc the dal was a bit salty for me to eat straight) and was generally quite nice. I’m actually not used to service beyond someone just putting food on the table so this was a pleasant surprise.
Overall, the food was good and reasonably priced. It’s a cozy space and the service was more than great. I’ve never been to a restaurant so ethnic where there’s not even an English menu and would accommodate/​teach people about the food they have. In my experience, you’d usually have to bring a translator friend or you wouldn’t be eating/​know what youd be eating/you’d wing it like what I was going to do initially. Hoping to go back soon and try out some of their other food bc they looked really appetizing.
Cheers!

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.

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 Unilocal.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.

Visiting Jackson Heights from midwest, we were looking for Bangladeshi authentic food. This is it. Absolutely knock out. We had four types of vorta, kochur loti with hilsha head, ayar fish, dal, etc. Very delicious. Strongly recommend for Bengals taste

This place was good and welcoming. The fish curry was good, but it was a light stew that was a bit too tangy for me. Chicken biryani came with a chopped chicken thigh. I’d come back to try the Halim — everyone seemed to have it at their table. Portions are filling and HUGE. The gentleman working there was very hospitable and nice. Made ordering a lot less overwhelming especially since it was my first time there.

Anyone who loves fish (a taste for spicy fish dishes and curries is a must) should stop here and taste from the array of fish dishes they offer. The menu keeps changing based on the fishes cooked but you are sure to be able to taste a mixed variety of fishes from Bangladesh at any given day. Big fish pieces, tiny whole fish — fried, dry gravy, curry or bhortha, fish head prepared whole or cut up with vegetables. All simply delicious.
They have meat and different kinds of biryani too daily but I could never get past the fish dishes, there are always so many to try !

Hat bazaar please open shop somewhere on the west coast. I promise to buy your morog polau atleast once a week.
Other items we had include the chicken biryani, fish curry, chicken curry.
The only disappointing part was the rajbhog. It was made of milk powder and tasted awful.
The restaurant seems cheap, but you would eat so much that ur would put a dent in your pocket.

The food here is delicious. Don’t mind the décor 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 :)

The best place to shop and eat.
1) The food is tasty and cheap. Very good Bangladeshi/​Indian food.
2) Service is quick.
3) They have most Eastern Indian/​Bangladeshi grocery needs.
Highly recommended.

Came here all the way from Brooklyn just to buy balachong. The grocery store smells like a meat market and it was narrow and small. Also saw a type of banana just like the ones we ate in Myanmar. But then there was another pile of bananas that was green but also rotting. Only the sweets tasted good and were fresh ! Right next door was a restaurant like store where my mom bought some samosas for $ 1.50 each compared to brooklyn where it’s 75 cents each. I guess these were more pricey because they contain all meat with some strings of onion instead of just potato.

I only come here every few months with my family after mid night to pick up groceries. The food is good and tasty. The servers are nice. It’s not your typical restaurant. You order up and front and sit yourself, then they bring your food.
I don’t come here during the day time because it’s packed with bengali men. They tend to be rude and the service is horrible during the day. However the food is still really good and fresh during the day than at midnight.
Also pay with cash bc they don’t charge tax on it.

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 décor, 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!

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.