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5 Star Thattukada - CLOSED
Category: Restaurants Indian Indian [Edit]
259-09 Hillside AveFloral Park, NY 11001
Neighborhood: Bellerose
(718) 343-4867
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
3 reviews for 5 Star Thattukada
3 reviews in English
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Review from Kelly B.
Douglaston, NY
Updated - 10/23/2011
Finally got the saag paneer the other night. It was so much cheese and the spinach was pureed to a thick oatmeal-like consistency and I loved it! It was enough for 3 but of course I ate it all in 2 meals. Well, dinner, midnight snack and breakfast, cold! The place was empty on a Friday night but a few people were waiting for take out. Sometimes the places that look like you want to avoid are the best places! The food took about 30 minutes so I know everything was being made for me and was piping hot even an hour after I got it home and decided to eat. I will go out of my way to this place from now on. I had the saag paneer at Mumbai Express-- not too far from this place, and it was okay but nothing like this one. FYI this place is called Five Star now and is a few stores in from the corner of Hillside Blvd and Jericho tpke.
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9/16/2011
Yes it's on Jericho turnpike right off the corner of Hillside Blvd. What a great meal! I was so sad… Read more »
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Review from Chris S.
Las Vegas, NV
3/12/2010 3 photos
EDIT for moderator: I used the address from their menu, which is incorrect.
The correct address is:
247 Jericho Turnpike
New Hyde Park, NY 11040-4516
Southern Indian cuisine.
Went here for lunch today. Staff is very friendly and helpful. The waiter suggested the lunch special, and I obliged. Needless to say, it was delicious. It was a sampler of different items: 2 fish--one grilled, one braised, 2 vegetable dishes, beef curry, and a soup with a huge plate of rice. And a small dessert. It was all very fresh, well spiced (I'm glad he kept my glass of water full), and dare I say, GREAT prices?
The only warning I will give is to watch for the bones in the fish and meat. But that was a small price to pay for the rest of the experience.
I will be going to this place again, and often. :) -
Review from Pole C.
Forest Hills, NY
4/7/2010
I'll echo Chris S' emphasis on the new address - please note - as well as the name change to 5 Star Indian Cuisine.
I came here on an early Sunday evening for full-service dinner, probably not the best time as the staff was just clearing the place up after the regular Sunday buffet plus a private Easter party. We were the only table of diners in the whole joint. The staff, while somewhat sluggish, was nonetheless very warm, friendly and accomodating.
Excellent meal. Not a bad dish on the table, but I'll say that the only item I wouldn't re-order are the pakoras, which struck me as okay but average. That said, everything else on the table was a heavy hitter. The baby goat biryani had nice, generous chunks of tender goat meat and was well above-average for its' type. I also liked the thoran, a yellow cabbage based dish flecked with black seeds that has a natural, unforced sweetness. Very nice. We enjoyed the spicy, fried shrimp app so much that we got another order of it. The paratha bread was soft, wonderfully chewy and a favorite at the table. Again, we ordered more. We ordered a dish of Chicken Tikka as insurance for the kid; this, too, was a consensus favorite. I've had this dish so often either microwaved or off a steam table, that it is something of a revelation as to just how good this dish can be. Cooked to order, it was especially moist, and not overly spiced (as I've found some renditions to be). As good as these other dishes were, the Mango Kingfish Curry was the shining star. The kingfish is meaty, moist and mostly free of bones. The "gravy", as it was called by the staff, was parts tangy, sweet and wonderfully spicy. Just a wonderful mix of flavors. Superb.
A $4.95 "lunch box" is offered during the week. I believe it includes the fish curry. The buffet is offered only on weekends. The staff advised us to get there before 1:30 on a Sunday to avoid the post-Church rush.
I'm already plotting multiple returns.
P.
