Adel’s Famous Halal Food
“Their spicy rice gives it an additional flavor & I'm looking forward to my next trip to the big apple so I can go back there ;)”
“We got the chicken over rice, the combo chicken/lamb over rice with white and hot sauce, and a lamb gyro.”
“This is excellent and solid halal that is far better than the massively overrated 53rd and 6th stand with 200 tourists on line!”
Adel’s Famous Halal Food
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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Stopped by here after a full day at the museums. I ordered the lamb over rice. I was given the option of spicy or regular rice, I chose spicy:). Order comes in a rectangular tin with rice on bottom, lamb with some sautéed onions on top and some lettuce on the side. Lamb was flavorful along with the white sauce. Rice was not spicy in my opinion. Overall a excellent dinner for the low price of $6!
Credit where credit is due, Adel's is clearly doing it right. I'm a long-time devotee of Halal Guys, but when my coworker on the night shift wouldn't stop raving about this truck, I decided I'd give them a shot. So glad I did.
My coworker and I showed up at 2am on a Tuesday night and there was an entire middle eastern family (mom, dad, kids, some extended family) ordering food. You can't make this up. So we waited a while but not nearly as long as the typical Halal Guys line.
Per Yelp recommendations, I ordered the chicken and lamb over half yellow and half spicy rice. I was not disappointed. The gyro and spicy rice are clearly the winners. That rice definitely sets it apart from Halal Guys, but the white sauce just couldn't compete with the yellow umbrella.
It's really hard to say which truck is better because they are different. With Halal Guys, I feel like I'm getting slightly *higher caliber* street meat, but the seasoning on the chicken and the spicy rice are insanely good at Adel's. Adel's also gives you carrots in the rice and cucumbers in the salad – a nice touch. It'll depend on my mood, I suppose!
Adel's could have had it all.
What to get: Combo
What else: Just because I said it, don't mean that I meant it.
I made sure I added lots of sauce, so their gyro and chicken were "rolling in the deep" amounts of sauce.
Adel's is "just another Halal Cart" on Manhattan Island, but they have good combos. I recommend adding lots of extra sauce and enjoying it to the full. It's not as good as Sammy's Halal but it's still a 5-star rating, for sure.
A lot of people come here drunk, so after ordering their food, they fall to the sidewalk, "chasing pavements" if you will.
If we had something like this in Buffalo, NY, then people would see the true potential of food trucks. Alas.
It was pouring with rain when I came here. But the hot sauce at Adel's was so hot that it "Set Fire To The Rain."
I don't mind the rain though. I was like, "let the skyfall", at least I have my combo from Adel's.
It's nice and cheap too. Especially for Manhattan Island. It's comparably priced to the nearby Halal Guys but better. However nothing comes close to the taste of the Chicken Tikka at Biryani Cart, or to the Combo at Sammy's Halal.
Oh Sammy's Halal… how will I ever find "someone like you." I wish nothing but the best for you. Rumour has it Adel's is the one I'm leaving you for. Just kidding. I'd never leave you Sammy's Halal. Never.
Was originally going to get pizza at a wine bar, but instead chose to get something quick to take home at the last minute.
I knew this location had great reviews, so I finally decided to check it out. Got one combo plate with yellow rice and one with spicy rice. I think I prefer the one with yellow rice, even though both are great, but I can taste everything and still get a lil heat from the hot sauce. $6 each comes with a little lettuce and pita.
This is definitely better than the popular halal Cart on 53rd… The meat tasted better, it smells better! They did take some time to make two orders, but that's actually a good thing. The other Halal Guys cook large batches ahead since they have such long lines, so it just doesn't taste as fresh or as good. I'd definitely come back to Adel's… And also try their falafels. Even L who eats almost anything did not care for those other guys but really liked Adel's.
I'm pretty dedicated to the halal guys whenever I visit NYC but Yelp suggested this food cart since I was in the area. Super glad I tried it!
Get the combo chicken and lamb plate on half yellow rice half spicy rice. You will not regret it. The meats are flavorful. The mix of the rices give amazing different tastes with each bite and the spicy rice is not that spicy at all. Just a mild kick. Less than even a cajun rice from Popeye's for example.
Ask for the white sauce all over and get a side of the spicy sauce to drizzle how you like it. Unlike Halal Guys, this spicy sauce is really good, flavorful, and not so much burn your mouth that you can't even taste anything anymore sauce.
The lettuce was fresh and also came with fresh sliced cucumbers. Definitely a welcoming touch to such a staple food cart option in the city. There is also definitely less lines here than Halal Guys nearby but I will say that they can compete with the best in terms of flavor.
Let's get this out of the way. Its not Halal Guys.
Is it worth trying? I certainly think so. I found the differences to be quite subtle and a nice change of pace. Everytime I come to NYC I'm pretty sure I eat Halal Guys twice a day (mostly because my mother-in-law forces me to, and also because I like it).
For me, the chicken was a lot more tender and juicy and to be quite honest about the flavor of the chicken, I couldn't tell you with any precision what it tastes like. Let's be honest here, when we get halal cart food, we spray it down with a fire hose of that white sauce and then maybe use an eye dropper to get that red sauce. For Adel's, I found the white sauce to be good enough, but not quite up to par with the standard and the same goes for the red sauce, it just lacked that kick that makes you wish you bought a 2L bottle of ice cold soda. I did find the lettuce to be better here, romaine instead of the standard iceberg. The choice of two different types of rice is interesting, spicy or regular, but isn't that what the red sauce is for?
All in all, if you're sick of the standard fare, but not sick of shawarma and halal food, walk over 40 feet for some Adel's.
I am a pretty big fan of halal, but I haven't really tried too many different variations of the product. Recently, I decided to branch out and try some of the other halal vendors (besides Halal Guys and Sammy's). I'm glad I did.
Adel's is located right near Radio City Music Hall and there seems to be two vendors, one on 49th and 6th and another on 50th and 6th.
I tried the chicken and rice with half spicy, half yellow rice. It has a bit of a different taste to it, than the other halal vendors. The rice is a bit dry, but tasty and the chicken is flavorful without being overpowering. I enjoyed the difference and I'm happy to add this cart to my halal rounds, when I'm in the city.
The only thing that bothered me about this vendor is that I have been charged either $6 or $7, for chicken and rice. I'm guessing that this is based on the vendor's mood or whether or not I need change, as well as the more sinister reason of how much the vendor can get away with charging. I didn't see a pricing chart anywhere at all on the cart. As you can expect, I'm not a big fan of this kind of price variation, as I would assume most people aren't. I had spoken to the vendor that charged me $7, but I didn't get much of a response. From the reviews it seems like the real price is $6.
Just as a note Adel's, I would have rated your cart 5 stars instead of 4 stars, if your vendors weren't sneaky about your pricing. The unfortunate and sad thing about this situation, is that this practice is not uncommon in NYC, which is why I didn't dock you two stars instead of one.
Good lamb kebab in the center of NYC. Is IT worth 5 USD? In NYC for sure It is. I mean the size cause the quality is unquestionable. I willcome back here next time I Am in New York.