The Best Indian Restaurants In NYC - New York - The Infatuation

"There isn’t a lot of room in this casual, basement-level Hell’s Kitchen spot, but don’t let that prevent you from trying to fit as many of their fantastic biryanis on the table as you can. Hyderabadi Zaiqa makes over a dozen different varieties of the South Asian rice dish, including a fluffy, fragrant gongura chicken version and our favorite, the heavenly goat dum biryani. For a place with roughly 15 seats, the menu is surprisingly extensive and also includes Punjabi, Indo-Chinese, and coastal South Indian options. Everything costs less than $20, so bring a group for an overachieving weeknight meal." - molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, neha talreja, carina finn koeppicus, sonal shah