Mirch Masala

The staff is super friendly here and the food is spot on delicious. Ambience a little crammed but it’s NYC. Food and service make up for it. Tandoori chicken was to die for and the dosa yum! Definitely a staple

Horrible service. Waitress seated my lady and I at 4:55p on Sunday June 12, 2016. She instantly told the couple next to me they have 5 minutes to order from the lunch special. Which is 12n-​5p So 3 minutes later I ordered from the lunch special. This waitress refused it claiming that the special is over in 2 minutes.
So even though the menu says «lunch special from 12noon — 5pm. It’s not the case. Her explanation was that the cook can’t prepare the meal in 2 minutes.
This made no sense what so ever. Never will come here again.
I wish i could give it –3 stars rating.

Very clean place with warm service. Good size and nice curries. I had a shrimp curry and my friend had a classic curry. Both are really good. Would also recommend the Nan.

Best of the best Indian food. I took one star away, for they serve water with a plastic mug/​jug – horrible it is!!! I have told them that they are not doing justice to the quality of the food they serve. They must change that horrible plastic mug.

Mirch Masala is my go to Indian food place in the city. Although it is a little bit pricey, the food is amazing and the portions are huge. The first time I came, I had to wait about ten minutes but the wait was worth it. It gets pretty busy during dinner time but very empty during off peak hours.
Typically if I go with one friend we would be full after one curry with rice and a naan. My personal favorite is the fish Bombay and garlic naan. I recommend this place to anyone who is craving good, savory, hearty, food.

Nothing really stood out to me besides the mango lassi.
The chicken saag was decent and the chicken curry was ok. Wish they used more spices to season the chicken because it just tastes like plain chicken in an accompanying sauce versus it being one with the sauce.
Service was good.

Came here with a group of 4, and like the unadventurous, uncultured people we are, all ordered the exact same thing: Chicken Tikka Masala (and sides of naan!)
The Chicken Tikka Masala was very generous in portion size; gladly ate it all though, as it was delicious. The overall combination of the fragrant rice, the savory chicken, and the naan was wonderful, and I didn’t waste any bit of it!
In terms of authenticity, I can’t really attest to how much this place will remind you of your mom’s cooking, but if you are craving that American-​Indian concept, then Mirch Masala is a perfect restaurant for you! Space is kinda small though, so it’s possible there are waiting times around peak hours.

We got some take out food from here, and I’m so glad we did! I fully plan on stopping by here on my way home to pick up some delicious Indian food very, very often. We ordered via Unilocal,which was also our first time doing that, and it worked easily, and had our food within twenty minutes.
My husband and I picked up several things:
–The Kashmiri Naan was so good! I’ve never had naan so delicious. Stuffed with coconut, nuts, and fruit, it’s perfect in every way possible.
–Pakoda was so crispy, and they use a chickpea flour which is cool.
–Masal dosa had great flavor, and the perfect amount of spice (I ordered it as «medium spice,» and I love spicy!). It help up well as leftovers heated up in the toaster oven.
–My husband had the lamb biryani, which lacked the cashews and raisins most other places put in it, but he swore by the flavor and had no complaints.
Portions are definitely big enough for two meals, and all of our food was like $ 40. Totally a steal for how good it was!

It was just ok. We had our Friday team lunch here. The chicken in the Chicken Tikka Masala was not cooked well; a little tough. Lamb vindaloo wasn’t as spicy as it should be for a vindaloo. Baingan Bartha was ok but not close to the best I’ve had. Dosa was just okay. Everything was just ok.
Waitress knocked over a water cup and spilled water everywhere. And it took forever to get her attention to get the check at the end.

My favorite indian restaurant in NY.
We get yummy mysore masala dosa whenever we visit this place and the taste is always the best.
They always give good portions of food and so I can say it is pocket friendly and totally worth every penny we pay for it. The staff are also very friendly and serve us according to our taste.

Got the Chicken Tikka Masala delivered to me via Postmates.
The portions are way bigger than I was expecting for both the chicken and the rice, always a bonus. The sauce is delicious, everything tastes amazing. Worth the $ 15. Would definitely order from here again!

We came on a Thursday night. No wait. No rush to finish our food either. Great service.
I almost ordered a second plate of Ginger Gobhee to-​go. Vegetables are not my thing by any means but this dish is amaaaazing. Read for yourself:
«A southern sizzler with an oriental flavor; Cauliflower florets sautéed with bell peppers, onions, soy sauce, spices, spring onions & cilantro.» My friend and I considered this to be sweet and sour cauliflower. Tender pieces, crispy on the outside with plenty of flavoring. We dipped our nan in the leftover sauce. Mmmmm.

Came here yesterday with 3 friends at around 4PM. This place is pretty tiny but not cramped. We were surprised that their lunch special was still going on (apparently until 5PM)! We didn’t order it though since it is a specific curry of the day and we were all craving other ones. The food was really tasty and they give you each a bowl of rice, which is way more generous than other ones I’ve been to. The prices are decent (~$ 15 per curry dish). I would come back again if I’m around the neighborhood!

I ordered delivery from here tonight and it was INCREDIBLE. It’s seriously my new Indian place.
I ordered the Dal Makhni with the medium spice and it was so amazing. Really flavorful, perfect amount of spice, and was a hefty portion with perfectly cooked rice on the side.
Also got the garlic naan and the veg pakodas, which were also great. The garlic naan is gigantic — one slice could easily serve 2 – 3. The veg pakodas were perfectly cooked, not greasy, and had great flavors. They were really over the top delicious with the dark sauce that came with it.
I love that the menus tell you which items are vegetarian/​vegan, and the guy who delivered my food was so sweet and double checked to make sure everything was in my bag before giving it to me. Overall a fantastic experience, and I probably won’t be looking elsewhere for Indian.

Weekday night
Seamless delivery (fast)
Order from their site (5% off)
Tasted fresh and delivers to my area (West Village).
We only tried few items: Bhendi Anardana ($ 10.95) and Chicken Zafrani ($ 13.95) with two Nans, regular and rosemary ($ 2.25/ $ 2.95).
I appreciate they were not overly cooked down, like most places. Okra in Bhendi Anardana still left with fresh crunch and the spices weren’t so apparent in this dish (authentic? sophisticated? americanized?) but we enjoyed the fresh taste, textured in vegetables, and balanced spices used in the dish.
White chicken meat in Zafrani was tender, and this dish too that it was not overcooked. Slightly sweet yellow curry sauce worked nicely. The creamy sauce was granny. It might be from yellow canary lentils (?). It’s like Dhal, creamy Indian lentil sauce, but the yellow color might be from zafrani that is Indian saffron so it might be not. But we enjoyed it.
Nan was smoky, chewy and complemented well with what we ordered: definitely rosemary elevated the flavor of Nan. We only order one each but we got full from Ghee-​ed rice that came with each dish. Usually Indian leftover goes to trash but I couldn’t do that. They were that good.

My friend and I dropped by for a late dinner Saturday night, and were lucky to snag a table for two. In spite of the hour, there was a steady stream of customers, and we soon realized why!
We shared orders of the garlic naan, chicken tikka masala, and aloo gobhee adrak masala. Along with two sides of basmati rice and a mango lassi, it was more than our fill, but so tasty that I finished everything– well, except for the rice!
Places like Mirch Masala make New York City worth tolerating.

I am not too sure about the hype about this place… While the staff is the kindest ever, for real, they are so so so sweet, this is not the best Indian food I’ve had– I’ll give it a 3 stars for food and a 5 stars for customer service, hence a 4 here.
We started off with the Indian version of the burrito (apologize for not remembering the name…). That was pretty delicious!
We then had the classic chicken tikka masala. It was okay. I’ve had tikka masala really rich and creamy in red sauce, this was lacking creaminess, the flavors once loved weren’t there, it tasted more like chicken in a marinara sauce… It’s tough when you don’t hit the classic…
We also had the grilled chicken, that was great. For $ 13 you get two roasted chicken legs previously marinated in a red sauce. Great for left overs!
Overall, the food was okay, I won’t return though, there is better Indian food out there (maybe not better staff!)

I was so happy to find Indian food and was really impressed with this place. It is a small restaurant with casual seating, that feels more like a takeaway, but has table service.
The staff were really nice. The food came out quickly and was really tasty. I had a chicken biriani, which was not like the typical biriani I’ve had, it was just the rice part with no veg curry to accompany it. It was a huge portion, I ended up boxing half of it and taking it home! My husband had a lamb curry, which was so good, lots of big pieces of lamb.
There was a constant turnover of diners and always someone waiting, which is a good sign. Prices were really reasonable.
The only negative is if you need the bathroom you have to go through the small kitchen past all of the chefs! Awkward!
Will definitely return here for my curry fix!

I was sooo not in the mood to eat indian food but my butter chicken aficianado friend dragged me here. The restaurant was crowded when I walked in and I smiled inside knowing that we won’t get a seat but since we were only two the waitress pointed us ahead of the line of a waiting group and my smile turned into a groan — so much for a chance of meatballs and spaghetti instead of butter chicken on my plate :/
The first thing I noticed was that the staff was very quick and attentive. They filled our glasses with water and asked us about our drink order. We ordered the mango lassi and told them that we were ready to order (since we know Indian food menus like the back of our hands). We ordered the butter chicken and reshami kabob along with plain and garlic naan. Our server was quick to point out to us that he will send out one naan and will refill our basket with hot and piping naans once the basket finish because he did not want our naans to get cold (gold star for the thoughtful gesture).
I barely took a few bites because I was’nt really hungry but the food was pretty good and flavorful. The rest of the food was packed up to serve as breakfast for the next day but ended up being dinner for a homeless man who struck up a conversation with us. All’s well that ends well.

I’ve always been ambivalent towards Indian food, but this place was great!
The naan and the chicken tikka was flavorful but not overwhelming. The prices were reasonable. But I thought this place deserved 5 stars, because of the service. We, as a table, were definitely taking way too long to make up our minds, but the server was completely understanding. At the end, my friends and I paid with three separate cards, and they were happy to do it.