Ali’s Roti Restaurant & Takeout

I go here at least once a week. If I could, I would eat here everyday. The curry beef melts in your mouth, it’s so tender. The potatoes and steamed cabbage are excellent additions. The shrimp is savory and full of flavor. Always leaves me wanting more.
Served buffet style with the help of very courteous people, there’s plenty to choose. I need a lot of food so I get the dinner plate but there are other size options.
They have specific foods for different days of the week but you can’t go wrong with the everyday choices. Convenient to get to with plenty of seating. The staff is always friendly.

Today I had the stew chicken, yellow rice, and potatoes.
Their chicken is so tender and juicy and the whole combo of the three sides were so savory and complimenting each other.
I am in love with this place no matter how run down or costly it is (only 10 dollars for a huge amount of delicious, homemade style food)
I live pretty close to here and it’s on my way to work so I order it for lunch and finish the rest at work.

This place is a bit of a hole in the wall but it is delicious. The basic concept is you get roti (which is more like paratha than roti for any South Asian carb aficionados, aka it’s yummy and greasy) that you can then fill with curries like potatoes, chicken, lamb, rice, etc. The portions are huge so bring an elastic waistband.

For all ye who have succumbed to the convenience of Bolocco or Qdoba, your excuses are nil. May I introduce to you an AUTHENTIC place that wraps meat and rice and veggies in stretchy bread items.
I have gone to Northeastern for CENTURIES and never realized that goat curry, stewed chicken, roti, and pelau were hiding out on the edge of campus. Grab a box to-​go and have a picnic in the quad.
Now, you have to play by Ali’s rules if you want the goods… It’s only open the latter-​half of the week, and the oxtail isn’t ready until Thursday, but just roll with it.

I absolutely love the original location on Blue Hill Avenue, they sell true authentic Caribbean food. But this location is no way like the original location. The food doesn’t compensate for the décor, the service is friendly but slow, and the quality of the food I wouldn’t recommend to anyone! The roti skin is thin and bland like a white flour tortilla, the chicken is dry and under seasoned, the rice was over cooked and mushy, and there was no flavor to the undercooked chic peas, and overcooked potatoes.

Don’t go!
The food was very spicy, old, and tasted horrible. The prices are not that cheap at all, but the people were friendly. My mom and I had a very bad experience with the food :/

Unfortunately, I did not get my roti fix at this restaurant. My husband and I went there at about 5:30 p.m. on a Saturday and did not have much to choose from. We really wanted beef and goat roti but they were all sold out. The only thing left to choose from was chicken or shrimp. We ended up with the chicken. It was cooked well, nice and juicy, but the roti was so small that there wasn’t enough to eat the chicken with. It was quite a disappointment. The restaurant was also a bit dirty (i.e looked like the floor hadn’t been mopped in ages). Yuck. I think if I have to get roti I’ll go to Singh’s. They have a much better selection of things and the food is a tad bit tastier.

This little place in South End is really close to Northeastern, which makes it a convenient place to stop by for lunch or dinner. The first time I went, my friend and I had the chicken stew and the chicken curry. Personally, I liked the chicken stew better, although the chicken curry was decent as well. The potatoes that came with the meal were really good, flavorful and the perfect texture. I’ve never had roti before, so I didn’t quite know what to expect, but it was a good complement to the meats it was wrapped in. I feel like the roti would taste better if it was warm, but it’s a minor complaint.
The next time I was there, there was actually goat curry. I tried that, and personally, it didn’t really live up to the hype for me. It wasn’t flavorful enough and contained too many bones. My friend got the beef, which was really flavorful and tender, so that’s what I’ll be trying next. We also tried to rice pilaf this time. It didn’t taste as good as it looked. It was strangely sweet, whereas I expected it to be salty.
This food is messy and I probably looked like a hot mess trying to eat it, but it’s good comfort food and is very filling. For under $ 10, that’s a pretty good deal. It’s in a kinda sketch area, but that’s the South End for ya. The lady at the counter is really nice as well.

Considering I live a block away, this is fantastic. I miss curry a lot, so it was nice to have some curry and roti. We had the chicken curry and chicken stew, as they were unfortunately out of beef and goat. I personally preferred the stew to the curry. The potatoes that go inside are AMAZING. Curry potatoes are a favorite of mine. I wish the roti were warm as well, but it tasted so good I didn’t really care. I will definitely be back to try more, like the rice, as well as the goat and beef. Great place with great prices.

If you want a small hole in the wall restaurant, not a hipster place trying to create that ambiance with faux hole-​in-​the-​wall décor, with excellent food at a cheap price, Ali’s is a great choice. Ali’s has an outstanding selection of savory meats and vegetables that you can have in a roti, which is a wrap somewhat like a burrito with warm fillings.
Ali’s is a bargain, especially for a pricey city like Boston. I’m a big guy, and the small platter option still seemed like a huge quantity of food.
This place mostly serves working class folks in a run-​down but safe part of town, and inside you’ll find old menu boards stained yellow with years of accumulated grease and grime and a dining table that wobbles even though a folded newspaper has been propped under a leg. In short, this isn’t the sort of place you’d probably go on a first date. Remember that if this sort of dining experience isn’t your thing, you always can get a take-​out order, but I don’t mind the authentic if worn atmosphere of this neighborhood restaurant.
Ali’s is less than a 10 minute walk from the Museum of Fine Arts if you cut through Northeastern University and cross the train tracks. With great prices, excellent food, and friendly service, Ali’s will get my return business.

This spot used to get high marks from me but due to my last visits to the Tremont spot at Ruggles and the spot in Mattapan at Blue Hill Av and Morton St. I am very disappointed in Ali’s Roti. On Thursday Feb 14^th I visited the Tremont shop and saw a sign posted stating the hours have changed during the winter season. OK. But I was there on one of the days and during a time when it should’ve been open, but it wasn’t. And the girl was just sitting at one of the booths reading a magazine. On Wednesday Feb. 20^th I went to the Mattapan spot. It closes at 9pm. I got there at 8:50pm and all the food was put away. One of the workers asked me if I had called and I said no. So I got nothing. Whoever owns Ali’s Roti needs to re-​prioritize. Business survival today depends greatly on SERVICE and Ali’s Roti doesn’t seem to care to provide any even during business hours. Sad.

Had the beef prata and I wasn’t convinced by the flavor and quality of the meat

Went to Ali”s on Sat. for lunch. Place had a line out the door. Carribean music blarring away.
The food is fresh. Goat Roti. Shrimp Roti. Chicken Roti.
Ali’s Roti the people’s choice. Worth the trip. Check it out.

I love Singhi’s roti shop, so thought I would try another Trinidadian restaurant.
I went on a Saturday afternoon and the place was empty and forlorn. All the food was kept at a steam table. I ordered a vegetable roti, which was okay, but the bread itself wasn’t made fresh. They pulled it from the sort of cooler you’d use from a picnic and it wasn’t very good. The restaurant also seemed overpriced and the menu was very limited.
If you want roti, I’d suggest going to Singh’s roti shop in Dorchester, was has a more diverse menu, fresher food, and more helpful staff. It is outstanding in every way.

Solid solid solid! Went here for a curry chicken roti (partially because they were out of a lot of other stuff, but that didn’t matter! All I needed was one good thing, and this was it.) The place is not much of a looker, but the food is really good and really cheap. And the portions are sizeable. Maybe a little bit less than a chipotle burrito.
It’s pretty much everything I need in a place to convince me that I should just go there instead of cooking. Their hours are pretty lean though — definitely check before you go, because i went there at 7:30 last Thursday and discovered closing was at 7. I substituted Sunrise chinese instead, which is too bad because I really wanted roti.

This is a great place to eat right next to Northeastern University! It’s down the street from the Coventry dorms on the corner of Coventry st and Tremont very close to Ruggles.
The food is pretty good and it’s very affordable. You can create ur own roti customized with whatever u want.
The flavors are very interesting and mild. I wouldnt recommend it for every day but it’s good once ij a while when u want some kind of fast food, go get this. it’s homemade and better
CASH ONLY!

I had my first Roti today and it was fabulous! my boss was in Boston and she picked us each up one — Curry Chicken with steamed potatoes, cabbage, onion and carrot — the bread was so delicious and it was like a smörgåsbord in my mouth. MMMMMMMMMMMMM
You open it up and the steam, aromas and flavors just burst out at you!
5 stars!!!

Cheap, delicious food you KNOW was just made by the father/​daughter duo in front of you.
Decide if you want your food wrapped up in a delicious roti or separated into compartments in a styrofoam container. Whatever your decision, you won’t go wrong with authentic Trinidadian food.
I won’t even tell you what to get here. Whatever your heart fancies. Don’t let them skimp on the hot sauce though. Nowhere near the spiciness I expected! Oh but get the cabbage. Please?
ZOMG and they take credit cards.
(And it’s down the street from my apartment. I’ll miss you.)

Loved Ali’s!
Walked from NEU to get some roti to go for lunch. Read about the Roxbury Crossing address on
so heaed over. SUPER good Trini roti. I had chicken with chick pea curry and cabbage and carrots. My daughter had the plain chicken and potato roti. Both were excellent. 19.00 USD with one soda. LOVE this place.

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