Tiffin Wallah Restaurant

(212) 685-7301

127 E 28th St (nr. Lexington Ave.)
New York, NY 10016 40.7427 -73.9825

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Neighborhoods: Kips Bay, Midtown

TIFFINWALLAH.US

Hours:

Monday To Friday From 11:30 AM To 03:00 PM Monday To Friday From 05:00 PM To 10:00 PM Saturday To Sunday From 12:00 PM To 10:00 PM

Price:

$

Last updated 10.17.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Lunch Spot, Buffet, B.Y.O.B.

General Info:

Open 7 Days

Cuisine:

Vegetarian, Indian

Editor's Tips

What People Are Saying About Tiffin Wallah Restaurant

Featured Review

Justin Hartung

Contributor

The Scene – The entryway of this Curry Hill vegetarian restaurant displays stacks of round, metal containers used in India to transport tiffin (light meals). Further in, the ceiling pops with a bright green straight out of a Bollywood film, while a wall of raised white dots resembles graffiti written in Braille. Neighborhood residents and workers sit side-by-side trekking veggie fanatics at tables decorated with flowers in green vases. – – The Food – The vegetarian fare is as bold and clean as the restaurant's design. Cashew nuts with a fiery masala glaze prep…

Editor's Tips

BYOB:
Though mango lassis ($3) admirably quench thirst, you can always pick up your alcohol on the way.
Lunch Spot:
The buffet lunch is a steal at $6.
When to Go:
Weekends offer a few extra menu items, including rice made with ingredients such as tomato, lemon or coconut.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “The atmosphere is good, and the servers are attentive and helpful.”
  2. “The food is quite good, and ambience nice as well.”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “love a bunch of Indian restaurants in that area, but after a while I found myself going to Madras Mahal for the yummy food and going to Chennai Garden for their much better badam halwa for desert.”
  2. “When I went to Tiffin Wallah for the first time I got to have amazing food+ amazing desert under one roof!”
food quality
72.22000122070312% positive
  1. “When I went to Tiffin Wallah for the first time I got to have amazing food+ amazing desert under one roof!”
  2. “Food is not greasy yet tasty.”
  3. “however, the rudeness of the host dampened an otherwise good experience - we were asked to leave within a few short minutes of finishing our food - neither of us went up for seconds & we occupied the table for 28 minutes total (!”
  4. “No more having to go restaurant hopping to have the best Indian meal!”
  5. “Service was great, food was stellar and the price is unbeatable!”
  6. “The food is quite good, and ambience nice as well.”
  7. “Worst Indian food I've ever tasted”
  8. “Is one thing when server is rude which you probably will cope with that if you are really hungry & food is good.”
  9. “Lousy food with lousy serivce”
  10. “Their food is so yummy and healthy.”
  11. “have no doubt n saying this is the worst place i ever tried for food.”
  12. “cannot believe that the food was so good at that price.”
  13. “Cute little place with excellent food for the price”
  14. “Best of all was the cheap food that was big enough to share!”
  15. “I've had a really hard time finding good kosher Indian food, but this has been by far the best.”
  16. “The entrees came with rice, and 1 order was basically 2 rotis.”
  17. “This is the 2nd time I have eaten at Tiffin Wallah and the food has been excellent.”
  18. “For main course, I love their "Sukhi Bhaji" (stir fried potato with hot pepper onion and nuts), Alu Gobi (stir fried potato and cauliflower), Chana Masala (Chickpea Masala Curry), Bhindi Masala (Oka Masala Curry).”
  19. “Tiffin is extremely delicious and affordable!”
  20. “Straight for order since I was in rush I didnt care placed an order for Mysore Masal dosa specifically asked to make it spicy & cripy I do not like soft dos & again asked him to make it ASAp.”
  21. “The dishes were amazing and the restaurant treated us well.”
  22. “The food is absolutely delicious, the portions are very generous, and the price is super reasonable.”
  23. “You can totally tell that the food and the ingredient are very fresh.”
  24. “love a bunch of Indian restaurants in that area, but after a while I found myself going to Madras Mahal for the yummy food and going to Chennai Garden for their much better badam halwa for desert.”
  25. “The staff was very friendly and even gave me some mango lassi to sip while my food was getting ready (I had a pick-up).”
  26. “Their "Bhel Puri" (appetizer - puffed rice, crispy noodle, onion and tomato in tamarind sauce) is the best so far I have tried in NYC.”
  27. “Bluntly is very bad place food is horrible and service is just horrible also.”
service
58.33000183105469% positive
  1. “Bluntly is very bad place food is horrible and service is just horrible also.”
  2. “The atmosphere is good, and the servers are attentive and helpful.”
  3. “Is one thing when server is rude which you probably will cope with that if you are really hungry & food is good.”
  4. “The staff was very friendly and even gave me some mango lassi to sip while my food was getting ready (I had a pick-up).”
  5. “Service was professional and attentive.”
  6. “manager at the back -dark man is very rude.”
value
88.88999938964844% positive
  1. “Service was great, food was stellar and the price is unbeatable!”
  2. “Definitely worth a visit, especially on the weekends (when they have great specials).”
  3. “Best of all was the cheap food that was big enough to share!”
  4. “Tiffin is extremely delicious and affordable!”
  5. “have never been to the lunch buffet which is only $6, but the dinner entrees and appetizers are inexpensive for such great quality.”
  6. “cannot believe that the food was so good at that price.”
  7. “Cute little place with excellent food for the price”
  8. “The food is absolutely delicious, the portions are very generous, and the price is super reasonable.”
  9. “The price is very very reasonable.”
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. “however, the rudeness of the host dampened an otherwise good experience - we were asked to leave within a few short minutes of finishing our food - neither of us went up for seconds & we occupied the table for 28 minutes total (!”
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

02/08/11

authentic

by healthywealthyandwise

its actually indian... not to say non indians are not welcome, they most definitely are. everything about this vegetarian restaurant is 5 star, well its not fancy, but the food is for a great price.. indian food is complex... dosas are not something u should try at home.. ha !

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/26/10

Delicious Indian place.

by DJTonya

This place probably has one of the most flavorful chicken tikka masalas that I've had. So we usually go here and order vegetable samosas, chicken tikka masala which comes with rice and a plain naan, then we add on an onion naan. Everything about this place is awesome and it's a close distance from my office so we walk here after work for dinner a lot.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/30/09

love this place

by ShortD

Tiffin is extremely delicious and affordable! Amazing lunch buffet (I think about $7.50)

I love a bunch of Indian restaurants in that area, but after a while I found myself going to Madras Mahal for the yummy food and going to Chennai Garden for their much better badam halwa for desert. When I went to Tiffin Wallah for the first time I got to have amazing food+ amazing desert under one roof! No more having to go restaurant hopping to have the best Indian meal!

  • Pros: Delicious all the time+ cheap+ great lunch Buffet
  • Cons: the lassi's here are too sweet
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

05/15/08

Service was great, food was stellar and the price is unbeatable!

by wisebrain

I was really impressed by this place. The dishes were amazing and the restaurant treated us well. Best of all was the cheap food that was big enough to share!

  • Pros: Five Stars all around
  • Cons: I love meat
1 Star Rating: Poor

05/13/08

Worst

by igaaurav

i have no doubt n saying this is the worst place i ever tried for food.very unprofessional people.manager at the back -dark man is very rude.food is very suboptimal, place looks unhygenic(saw roches),saw waiters picking there nose.gross. would never go there again.if u guys have concern about hygeine,care about ur money,want to have decent meal--then this is not the place for u.if there was a star less than one i would choose that

  • Pros: None
  • Cons: Everything

The Details on Tiffin Wallah Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • excellent kosher indian food
  • not greasy yet tasty place food
  • professional service
  • rude servers
  • worst place
  • contemporary very
  • big cheap food
  • affordable tiffin
  • very reasonable price
  • love sukhi bhaji
  • very friendly staff
  • great specials
  • terrific suggestions
  • best indian meal
  • crispy noodle
  • very rude manager
  • good atmosphere
  • order rotis
  • best bhel puri
  • love bunch
  • not like soft dos
  • worst indian food
  • amazing desert
  • great quality
  • order came

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