Biryani Cart

Quality and tasty Indian food, probably the best one I’ve had so far. I believe it’s one of the oldest Indian restaurants in NY and it deserves the five stars. So many years in the restaurant business have to be acknowledged. Pure food excellence that comes for a price that not anyone can pay, but an Indian food addict like me appreciates the chef’s skills.

This place is great, the service is fast and the cooks are very polite. They give you extra stuff is you ask without being cheapos or making you feel bad for asking.
I recommend the chicken tikka masala over Briyani (got to ask them to switch it out for the regular rice, but definitely worth it)
Very tasty !

This cart is a hit and a miss depends on what Biryani cart they have during that time of the day. In general their biryani eventhough its not the traditional biryani is flavorful and has a different taste to it from the conventional biryani we eat at Pakistani/​Indian restaurant.
Overall for the price its decent and worth trying.

Sorry guys! I’ve tried the food truck twice, and, I’m not soldI and don’t get the hype. I’ve had the kati roll and the curry chicken plate. I’ve waited in line, and wound up completely unsatisfied. The Kati Roll bored me… maybe I should asked for more dressing, but, it was dry. The plate of chicken. the powdering of dried spices completely overpowered the food itself.

After a long journey on the bus from Pittsburgh, I trekked ten blocks with luggage just to see Times Square and have chicken biryani at this cart. As always, Biryani Cart did not disappoint. Fresh, spicy, and I love the white raita mixed in. After a day long slog it felt like pure heaven. I have to try the kati rolls next.

I was looking for some good Indian food on the go carts for my lunch. I stumbled on to this guy (Bangladeshi) very humble n generous. They serve Super biryani rice either veg or chicken. The best part is that the rice has a very nice flavor n aroma unlike other places which are very bland. The icing on it is the 3 types of sauces that he offers The red chilly, The green chilly&mint, the white cream. Trust me have all of them on our plate and get a bit of masala (salt, pepper, Cinnamon powder) sprinkled on top of it. The output is a very tasty n delicious Biryani. He has all the other options too like chicken over rice etc. The cost is just 6 $.

Listen, I’ve been to the Vendy’s and I know that winning the People’s Choice award is a good thing. But I’ve also eaten far better biriyani than this. (Try Bukhara Grill in Midtown East for the absolutely most amazing lamb biriyani you’ve ever had. It’s expensive but worth it). This cart’s rice was little more than some good yellow rice with barely any blandly spiced chicken. It was ok, but I wouldn’t seek it out again. I would still go back to try the Kati rolls, since every other one I’ve tried has been a disappointment and these ones seem to get goof reviews from everyone else.

First of all, best Kati Roll I’ve ever had in the city, and the 2^nd best one isn’t even close to Biryani Cart’s. They use their Chicken Tikka Masala as the meat and the white and red sauce is good, but I’m pretty sure it’s the wrap that makes this Kati Roll so damn good. The wrap just tastes really flavorful and unlike any wrap of a Kati Roll I’ve ever eaten. I could eat these rolls all day long.
I also tried their Chicken Tikka Masala over Rice. It was an interesting take because I usually get regular seasoned chicken over yellow rice when I order chicken over rice platters. Biryani Cart uses their special Biryani rice that looks white. The chicken was good and flavorful, but the platter as a whole was a bit on the salty side for my liking. Overall it was good and filling, but didn’t have the same wow factor as the Kati Roll. Weirdly enough the platter tasted better after sitting in the fridge overnight and microwaved.
This Cart overall is amazing and it’s easy to see why they won Vendy Awards. I’m looking forward to going back and trying other items on the list. Highly Recommended.

HOLY SMOKES!
THIS PLACE!
KATI ROLLS! WOW!
We had just stopped for a quick snack as we heard a lot about the street food NYC! We got 2 kati rolls and it just blew me away. If i could, I would give it more than 5 stars!
The rolls themselves are packed with chicken and «tortilla» like wrap is so fluffy and soft! The chicken had been fried in the pan, so it was nice and crispy and teh spices were a little hot but were amazing!!! The rolls flows together so well!
I would definitely recommend anyone and everyone to try the kati roll! Please do yourself a favor and try it!

Went to the Biryani Cart specifically for the vegetarian biryani, however they were out so opted for the vegetarian kati roll. The Kati roll was delish! The spice level was on point. Friend got the chicken biryani (very spicy) level and heard no complaints from her. Biryani portions are big so you can definitely share. Fantastic street food for $ 6.can’t go wrong with that!

Not sure why it’s taken me so long to try this cart considering I used to work right across the street and still work close in the area. The Kati rolls are amazing. Wonderfully spiced and the perfect price and size. Have tried the pune, the Thai chili spiced and the king lamb roll, you’ll have a hard time keeping me away from here, they were amazingly delicious. And 2 rolls for $ 6, how can you go wrong?

The buradi roll is absolutly delicious!!!
Our hotel was right around the corner. I went here ⁵⁄₆ times to get a midnight munchie
For 6 dollars you get the buradi roll. I don’t think it’s spicey, but i eat very spicey normally, maybe that’s it.
I also had one giant chicken roll, that also was good!

I have been here before as well.
Love the chicken biryani and the chicken on rice.

I popped my cherry at lunch and crossed this spot off my bookmarks. There was no line and I guess people don’t want to be in this heat wave. I always get a Lamb over rice or Lamb gyro from all the other Halal carts in Midtown.
As I waited for my order, one of the guys gave me and another customer a free Dahl Puri… pretty yummy! I walked back to the office is a fast pace to enjoy it. Nice touch with the hard boiled egg but the rice has no flavor whatsoever. I am pretty bummed about not having a WOW factor expression.
I would need to come back and try something else that’s not bedded on rice!

Someday, in 100 years, when Ms DiFranco — Buffalo’s most important musician — passes away, she will be loaded on to a hearse which will take her to her final resting place. The place where she will be buried. That hearse will be known as the «Bury-​ani Cart.»
And if the attendees of the funeral are very, very lucky, this mobile eatery will still be around, and will cater the entire event in her honour. Because Biryani Cart’s Chicken Tikka is one of the best dishes you will ever eat, anywhere.
What to get: Chicken Tikka
What else: Chicken Tikka Masala, or maybe Biryani
And: It’s occasionally inconsistent, so if it’s not as good as I say, it may just be an off day.
I don’t discriminate when it comes to boys putting their thingies in me. I enjoy all of them. You can «buryany» of them in my special places and I’ll be totally fine with that.
But let’s get back to the food. My goodness, the food. I’ve had the Biryani, which is messy, saucy, juicy, covered in an egg and odd spices, and was good but not what I was expecting, so I didn’t love it. I’ve had the Chicken Tikka Masala, which is similar to the Biryani but with the heavenly pieces of Chicken Tikka contained therein, and it’s extremely good. But in my opinion, skip those dishes, and get:
Me, from behind. Oh wait. Sorry. That’s not what I meant. Come here to get:
Chicken Tikka. Oh. Wow. It is absolutely, utterly incredible. It’s like the most heavenly aromatic sauteed marinaded bright red succulent juicy delicious pieces of chicken heaven that you’ve ever had the pleasure of tasting. Melt-​in-​your-​mouth Indian chicken over spectacular aromatic rice. It’s not too dry, it’s not too heavy, it’s exactly positively perfect. The tragedy is that it’s not always this good, but most of the time, in my experience, it has been. And when they get it right, my goodness, it’s so right.
And if it were the «BlurryAVI Cart» then it would be frequented by gamers who have no idea how to properly design an Avatar, and so use ones that aren’t in focus. Although around here, RPG stands for «Rice Portion Guy», as in the guy standing next to the chef guy at Biryani Cart, that rations out how much rice you’re going to get with your Chicken Tikka.
On its day, this cart can be even better than Sammy’s Halal in Queens which is my favourite cart, and a different type of food (Afghan, rather than Indian), but because of consistency, Sammy’s Halal inches ahead as my fave cart food (and probably meal in general) in the city. One thing is for sure though. Sammy’s Halal and Biryani Cart are two of the best meals in the entire country. They are 2 of the 5 best food trucks in the nation if not two of the top three. They may even be the top two, of the many that I have tried, anyway.
And if this were the «Bellyalley Cart» then it’d signify that the only place I’d rather be other than eating at this cart, is on my belly in an alley letting some dude have his way.
I could not be a much bigger fan than I am of Biryani Cart. It’s orgasmically good. Every single visitor to New York City should come and try it and see for yourself. It’s fairly-​priced (well under $ 10) and will fill you up, but more importantly, with the most delicious chicken and rice you may ever eat. It’s open pretty late too (sometimes close to midnight) which I appreciate. So get down here and give it a try and let me know what you think.
The homosexual references in today’s 9 reviews are dedicated to today’s wonderful and long-​overdue US Supreme Court Decision to make Gay Marriage legal in all States. I guess you have all realized by now that I’m really not into the chicks. However if by «chicks» you mean Chicken Tikka from Biryani Cart, then hell yes.
In the words of Phil Collins:
How can you just close the cart on me,
When all I can do is watch you close
For an hour I’ve just been standing here,
Hoping you’ll re-​open
You’re the only cart that makes food this good at all
So tikka look at me now
There’s just an empty plate
There’s nothing left here to remind me
How damn good your Chicken tastes
Tikka look at me now
There’s just an empty plate
But you opening up again is against the odds
And that’s what I’ve gotta face

Pretty decent cart.
This is more of an Indian food cart than a halal cart. Their meat and rice has a different taste than what you might be used to.
I got Chicken Tikka over rice for $ 6 and it was a bit average.
The rice has a different flavor which might be off putting for some people… I personal didn’t like it, and while the chicken looked delicious, it didn’t have much of a taste even if it was tender.
They have a new $ 5 giant kati roll special which comes on a 12 inch wrap.
It definitely seems like a better deal than the two tiny kati rolls for $ 6 they usually have. Way more meat inside.
The lamb here is delicious and I highly recommend it

Many reviewers for the Biryani Cart either mention they got a lot of food or only a few bits of chicken. I am of the latter as I only had a few scraps of chicken meat. Understandably the rice is the star of a biryani dish and it is really good and flavorful here. Love the saffron and cardamom pods for extra flavor. But for $ 6.00, I needed a bit more substance.
They work quick and my order took just a minute so this place definitely comes up whenever I think of ordering food cart food for lunch. But their location in midtown is like food cart capital where every street corner would have a vendor selling something similar or of better value.

i heard about this place after leaving a review for Kati Roll on MacDougal St. from another Unilocaler and after seeing the pictures online and the price, i had to go.
walked up from west 4^th street up 6^th ave to 46^th street (make sure you go to the left when you make it to 46^th street). There are so many food trucks there, but I finally found the Biryani cart :)
There wasn’t a long line and there were 3 guys inside the cart who were super nice to me. I ordered the chicken tikka masala that was light on the spice. Waiting time was around 7 – 10 minutes and my mouth was watering.
I took my food to eat at Bryant Park, only 4 blocks away and was amazed by the Chicken Tikka Masala’s beauty when I opened it. The chicken was a beautiful ruby color lightly drizzled with white sauce (like the one at Halal Guys) sitting atop a mound of yellow Biryani rice. When I first dived in, I was shocked at how heavenly $ 6 could taste and for a perfect portion.
Despite the delicious chicken, I was little weirded out by the redness of the chicken which looked artificial. The red wasnt a sauce, it was like the skin of the chicken which almost made it looked candied. It looked like cheap mall Chinese food like chicken teryaki or orange chicken. I was a little taken back by this because the chicken pictures I saw on Unilocal looked full and juicy and the Chicken Tikka Masala didnt looked candied. I knew the Biryani men had good intentions so I will overlook that.
I will go back to Biryani cart to try something else, and I have faith that the Chicken will be better next time :)

I returned to the Briyani Cart after more than two years away. In that time much of the hype seemed to have faded around the place.
When I worked around here towards the end of the last decade there was breathless coverage of each new menu item and development. The success acted as a bridge between the traditional dirty-​water dog and meat stick trucks and the traveling restaurants that have taken over the streets of the today.
Briyani Cart tried to keep up for a while. There was a wing spin-​off and a longer list of combinations and appetizers.
I eventually moved downtown to work, so my visits became more sporadic. When I did eat, I eventually noticed a retrenchment.
This was very much apparent on my most recent visit to the shop, at around 7 p.m. Dinner has always been far more pleasant here, without the lines of lunch. The cart stays much later than the typical cart, meaning that it is possible to work a full day and still enjoy a meal.
Several items on the already reduced menu weren’t available — only lamb, rice and kati rolls remained. I was thrilled to see that the slightly sweet Thai chili sauce had survived the trim, even though it wasn’t listed on the menu.
Taking my order of lamb and rice across the street, to sit on a bunch where I had eaten many times before, I was pleased to realize that this is still a quality preparation. The spice blend is top-​notch and the rice not dry or chewy.
Hype or no hype, it remains a solid choice.

Was excited to try this place. Definitely better than most of the other carts in the area, and for $ 6 you get chicken biryani, an egg and a drink which is great *they could use a bit more meat though*.
Overall, it’s worth trying this place out!