Mitali Restaurant

12/03/11

Lost its Luster

by agoldin at Citysearch

Went back to Mitali's after many years, taking an out-of-towner to experience what we said was the best Indian food in the city. Everything was still tasty but Mitali is obviously now cutting corners. Our fried cheese dish had exactly two 1/2-inch cubes of cheese in it, so two of us got cheese and two of us went without! The crab korma tasted like crab but it was just all ground-up crab, so it was basically a bowl of gravy. No chunks of crabmeat. The order of Aloo Paratha was enough for maybe two people, but also easily eaten by just one. All in all, no longer worth the shlep into the East Village...

09/24/09

mouth watering!

by LittleMsPiggy at Citysearch

YOU MUST GO! delicious! water glasses always filled, food is always wrapped up to go, because we couldn't help ourselves, and always order more then we can eat....(always plan on coming home with left overs!!!!)

numnumnum:D

• Pros: everthing!
• Cons: nothing!

07/19/09

Revisit after a long time.

by minnie112 at Citysearch

I used to go to mitali ten years ago when I used to live in NYC, recently I visted some family members in NYC and we all went to eat their as I remembered it used to be my indian food place. I was suprised to see it is still there and the food is still reliable as it was back then. I plan on going back on my next visit.

11/02/08

A winner on 6th street - really nice

by livinggreater at Citysearch

We went for our first time last night and had a great experience. Go here. Chicken Madras, Tandori chicken, shrimp saag were incredible. We went at 9pm with a reservation for two and had no problem sitting down and spending all the time we wanted. The staff was really nice.

For your reference, we usually like to go to Tamarind - and were hard-core Masala Zone fans while in Soho, London.

If you're trolling around trying to find an Indian place that you, your date or your group will like, you won't go wrong here. This isn't pushing the boundaries of the cuisine here - but it's a great execution of solid Indian cooking.

Minor negative observation: The dishes did seem a bit oily - or just heavier than some Indian dishes can tend to be. This was a minor point though. You will avoid it entirely by getting tandori.

• Pros: tasty food, tandori!, good service, cool decor, good prices
• Cons: some dishes slightly oily (the cauliflower/potato one)

10/15/08

Mitali hits the spot everytime

by midnitmarauder at Citysearch

Mitali is located on a block full of Indian restaurant, but it really stands out. It's the only one without cheesy decor and the only one without some guy outside trying to get you to come in. Mitali is a comfortable, dimly lit place with amazing food. The curry dishes are very flavorful and the meat is tender, the samosa is the best i've had. The best part of the meal is the bread; it's baked to order is just amazingly good. The service is good, there's never too long of a wait for the food. Some of the waiters look like they really don't want to be there though! The prices are very nice too, $40-50 gets 2 people a VERY filling dinner including wine or beer (try the Taj Mahal Lager, it's pretty good!).

• Pros: Very Good Food, Great Prices
• Cons: None