Jazba
Indian restaurant · East Village ·
Iconic Indian street food with vibrant flavors & creative cocktails
Iconic Indian street food with vibrant flavors & creative cocktails
"The city’s collection of upscale regional Indian restaurants is ongoing, and Jazba is one of a new group of additions. Occupying the sainted location of the former Momofuku Ssam Bar, it boasts an interior decorated with pastel murals of street vendors, and there’s an enclosed front porch looking out on bustling Second Avenue. Highly recommended in particular is the green chili chicken." - Robert Sietsema
"An East Village regional Indian restaurant collaborating on a bi-coastal South Asian pop-up with Chef Heena Patel, a visiting chef from an essential San Francisco vegetarian Gujarati restaurant. The collaborative dinner will feature the visiting chef’s dishes, including methi gota (fenugreek fritters), malai kofta paneer croquettes, and creamy shrikhand for dessert; the event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 21 at the Manhattan restaurant with timed reservations bookable online from 5 to 10 p.m." - Nadia Chaudhury
"Chef Akshay Bhardwaj’s restaurant now offers brunch Friday to Sunday from noon to 3:30 p.m., with items like a kathi roll, fried chicken, green chile chicken, and pindi chole bhature with masala chickpeas. Look for brunch-only cocktails inspired by the menu." - Eater Staff
"The kitchen freezes measured portions of dahi vada batter prior to frying to ensure the fritters hold together in the oil, preventing them from falling apart during cooking." - Anna Hezel
"At this new spot in the East Village, you'll eat an a la carte menu of dishes that celebrate India’s food hawkers and roadside eateries, and drink cocktails made with ingredients like curry leaves and coriander purée. In the old Momofuku Ssäm Bar space, Jazba is a more casual spot from the team behind Junoon, the upscale Indian restaurant in Flatiron. We checked out Jazba. " - Will Hartman, Willa Moore