Sahara Halal Food Cart
“Recommended: $6 lamb/rice platter — comes with a drink of choice
Ask for extra pita bread on top — and don't forget the red & white sauces”
“I have friends who always grab a gyro on their way home because they have never had a better cart gyro, even in Manhattan.”
“Open until like 4ish, so perfect for a late night meal after a few drinks.”
Sahara Halal Food Cart
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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This is no halal guys but it's a nice neighborhood option for when we are not in the mood to go far and want a cheap eat. $6 for chicken over rice or chicken & lamb over rice.
The rice is brown in color and white sauce is liberally put on top right before the guy closes the lid. Not too much salad (iceberg lettuce) but it's enough. The red sauce has a nice kick but don't think it's as spicy as the Halal guys. The 4-5 times I have gotten food there, I don't think I have ever gotten pita bread – not sure if it's free when asked or extra $$? Will check next time and update.
Not as oily as halal guys also which is a plus.
Great halal find. Even though it's $6 without soda, the guy gave me Pita when I asked at no extra charge! There was so much rice. He really filled it up to the top!!! Chicken is moist and shreadable so it was really good. Lamb was cut into cubes not slices and thought that was really crispy and great as well.
Great eats if you're hungry and love halal!! 🙂
Opting for the Falafel Sandwich, a term I've never heard prior to today I sat on my bike taking in some sun during the lengthy preparation process.
Sahara cart guy was in a bad way with whomever was on the calls opposite end. He was slamming down hard on the skillet and slammed harder as his voice began to modulate, I was hoping it wasn't my meal enduring the beating.
Opening the already torn aluminum foil revealed what I had hoped against. Flat, smashed up, over cooked, blackened falafel that had no redeeming taste I could point to in an effort try to salvage this review.
The pita bread turned mushy immediately permitting only two bites before I had to resort to a fork. The hot sauce and whatever the white sauce is called was wet, thin on taste and turned my meal into a swampy mess.
Falafel Sandwich — Bah Humbug.
Seriously overrated halal cart on 71st and Austin in Forest Hills. Very limited selection of just chicken, falafel or gyro over rice. Then, they'll slop excessive amounts of various sauces over each platter. Ordered the combo chicken and gyro over rice. I wanted the red sauce (not knowing what the hell it is) on it since I hate yoghurt sauce and knowing the green sauce is liquid pain. I didn't want the sauce splattered all over so I asked for it on the side, a simple request which the guy couldn't do for me and was quite rude about it. Naturally, since the meat was dry, it sucked. The rice wasn't that flavorful either. Will never come here again, they have a poor attitude and the food was bland. There are much better halal carts in Queens so I would avoid this one.
Love this place! Probably my new favorite halal food cart. I walked my lazy butt past another halal cart just outside the train station to get here.
The lamb over rice here is seriously on point. And mmm, that hot sauce and white sauce. I have a love-hate relationship with that white sauce that drenches over the platter. It is so good and makes me so happy, yet I know it is just slowly turning me extra plump. In all seriousness though, this place is definitely worth checking out if you are around the area and looking for some cheap eats. Strange and somewhat of a pain that the prices are not listed on the menu though.
Over the years, I started to move away from the 53rd & 6th cart and ventured to other carts. I've come to love the carts that serve platters with a lot more flavor and veggies. This one looked promising so we have tried it on a few occasions. It is very eye appealing, but they don't put enough spiced so it's kind of a boring platter. Sometimes they give you a lot of meat, sometimes they don't. If you're in the area and craving platters… This cart will sort of satiate your craving.
Halal cart that's hit or miss. It can be a really good dinner/midnight lifesaver on some nights, or messed up/slow on other nights. The food is great, but as other Yelpers point out the service isn't the best. What do you expect? It's the only halal cart near the busy train station and also one of the only cheap eats in an expensive hood. They can do whatever they want, like forgetting to remind you if your free drink or pita bread are included. Overall, usually a solid choice with their savory lamb and brown long grain rice.
I recently tried a chicken gyro from this halal cart. The worker who took my order and prepared my food was courteous and efficient.
The sandwich itself was just ok to me. The chicken was incredibly tender but I did not appreciate the flavor of the white sauce because it tasted too much like salad dressing to me. The food here is definitely no competition for the Halal Guys in Manhattan.