Jackfruit Garden
“I called and had curry chicken, curry lamb, naan and basmati rice ( I shared lol, not all for me!)”
“He mentioned to the kind lady serving all the food that this restaurant serves the best Bengali food in all of Queens, even better than Jackson Heights.”
“Meals were a great price, $12 which included a discount for hospital employees!”
Jackfruit Garden
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
4 reviews
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Curry in the wee hours of the night? Yes.
Recipe for disaster come dawn? Yes.
Located on Parsons Blvd. just South of the GCP, Jackfruit Garden is a modest Bengali eatery equipped with all of the fluorescent lighting and blase decor that screams curry me home! Seriously, just reach into the fridge, grab a deliciously tart Mango Lassi, check out the spread of curries of the day, do NOT pass on the Lamb Biriyani (make damn sure you get raita too), order as many naan – they're fresh and a buck each – as you need to mop up the sweet n' spicy Chili Chicken and head back to the crib to Netflix and chill.
The owner/manager here is entirely too amiable and confident in his food as he made suggestions for my next visit which will probably [edit: has been] several spice cravings on a regular basis since we met. Also, please be nice to my sweet Bengali auntie who now serves us on our frequent visits. They're open until midnight most nights.
Just left this charming place! Great service and delicious food. Its a buffet style Indian restaurant, where all the foods are on display and you pick what you would like to eat and the owner plates it and brings it out to you. The owner/server was very nice, and even allowed my picky co worker to sample different items before deciding on her meal (which she loved and ate every last bit of it)
I had some basmati rice with goat curry, channa and a little bit of saag. It was all great and very well prepared, I liked that the food was not too salty. The Saag was my favorite, it was so creamy and rich!
This is a great little spot, looks like it has recently opened and is clean and bright! Meals were a great price, $12 which included a discount for hospital employees!
The first time I came here with my fiance we got samosas and two vegetable dishes, and were pretty happy with them, though we weren't sure if the guy calculated our bill correctly.
We took a menu, decided to order from them. The items on their paper menu and on grubhub are different, so you'll have to call and ask. Anyway, my fiance placed an order for a few vegetable dishes and vegetable samosas. He also made a point to ask if the vegetable dishes were vegan (no meat, no dairy, no eggs), but did have some difficulty understanding the guy on the phone. He was then told delivery would take 15-30 minutes. It took more than an hour for them to come, in fact they showed up about 20 minutes after my fiance called to check up on our order. When they did come, most of the food wasn't warm and the samosas were meat samosas. We called to complain and tell them we were vegetarian, they apologized and offered to send us vegetable samosas, but I would have preferred if they'd offer us a refund, because getting meat made me not want to eat anything from them. I'm never going back or ordering from them again. Clearly they aren't mindful of some of their customers being vegetarian or vegan.
While I am happy there's a new restaurant to the area with Indian cuisine I feel there is much to be improved from the dining and ordering experience here.
I ordered on Eat24 and my order was running late so I decided to call. I then noticed they had just called a minute before. I called them back and said I was returning their call. The lady on the phone said no they didn't call me and then it took about 10 minutes or so for me to get through to her that she did call and I placed an order and was waiting for someone. Once I did that she started yelling in the background with another gentlemen and then told me there was an issue with wrong address. Not sure how that could be since Eat24 had all my info beforehand. I gave her my complete address again and she told me someone would be there soon. Within 5 minutes my bell rang and the guy said he had been looking for my place for 20 minutes. The lady that answered the phone really has no business doing so. Her English is terrible and it was very frustrating trying to get her to understand why I was calling. They definitely need to get someone fluent in English picking up the phone and taking orders.
Well now that I've explained the first fiasco I can move onto the food. The chicken pakora was so overcooked. Yea it was crunchy alright but the insides were fried so hard the chicken was like jerky. I've also never had them prepared this way. At other restaurants they've made them within a thick batter. These were very thin strips of chicken in a not so thick batter. The flavors were good but the consistency was super tough and difficult to eat and chew.
The saffron chicken was good and I ordered it with medium heat. Medium heat to them means high heat. It was super hot and I can take heat pretty well. I should have ordered mild and may be it would have been an actual medium. All was going well with the saffron chicken until I bit into a huge chunk of star anise. Wow so overpowering that it completely threw off all the flavors. I spit it out and quickly moved onto the shrimp hoping it would do something to get this taste out of my mouth.
I tried some of the shrimp al tikka and it had nice spice to it without being overpowering and was laying on a bed of peppers and onions. The shrimp were probably medium to large in size and were grilled well with a touch of char. Not a bad appetizer but by the time they got to me they were already cold. The basmati rice and naan that accompanied my meal were both great. The naan was really fresh and super soft.
I might give them another try in the future but I want to wait a while and see if they are able to work out some of the issues first and really get their bearings.