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15 reviews for Baluchi's Masala
The non-Vegetarian Combo which choice from Chicken Tikka Masala, Chicken Curry or Lamb Vindaloo & one vegetable. I found this place is OK for lunch. A little too much for the quality of food because of the location.
There are two lines in this place, however everybody want to use the line that next to the drinks even the other line is open.
Also, I saw few hotties at the location. I means hot hot hot, not the foods. U know
Okay, well, here I am in FiDi again, looking for a place to have lunch. Decided to go "beyond the sandwich" today and try this place, which I guess I've walked by about a million times and haven't noticed. I ate. I didn't hate it.
The sag paneer was a little weird. Runny, greasy, or something. Chicken Tikka Masala was alright. The garlic naan was a soggy mess and had enough garlic that I'm probably inoculated against vampire bites for a while.
The whole thing came to $12, plus I put a buck in the tip jar because they bus your table for you. Thats a little much to pay for this.
I have been going here whenever I work in the area for over three years and todays meal was my last here.
It used to be a simple, tasty lunch spot, even though it was a bit pricey for what you got. But today was the last straw.
I ordered the one meat-one veggie combo bowl. In the meat portion (shrimp curry) I got a ton of red and green chopped up peppers and ONE shrimp. To top it off the Alu Gobi was totally devoid of flavor, just hot pepper taste and finally the rice was wet and runny and cold.
All that for $10.20 tax included.
When I pointed out that the servings we lacking in meat the four or five people working the register just played dumb. No one cared.
I say avoid this place at all costs. There are plenty of other places to eat around that area. One star is one too many.
Chicken Tikka Masala, Chicken Tikka Masala, Chicken Tikka Masala and do not forget the Nan! I am not an expert on Indian food, but that dish is the freaking %$#&!
Seems like this is the best Indian lunch to be had in FiDi. Noticably better than A Spice Route over on Fulton, and don't even get me started on Diwan-e-Khaas
Lunch combo bowls for $8 (1 meat and 1 veg over rice). For $1 you can get Naan or 2 Papadam. The Chicken Tikka Masala is decent. Not great, but decent. That description pretty much covers everything else I've tried there too. However, I do think their Saag is better than their Channa Masala.
They also have a nice selection of Lassi drinks, bottled India soda (Thumbs Up and Limca), and bottled Indian beer.
Water Refill Meter: N/A
While they have table clean up service, they only sell bottled drinks.
Came here for a quick lunch to go since I was in the area. Like Mahua said, it's now called Baluchi's Masala, so not sure if ownership changed or not.
The combination (meat, veggie, rice, or 2 veggies & rice) was $8, and was okay... the mutter panir had almost no panir (paneer), and the chicken tikka masala had bones... I was disappointed in the rice (a mix of basmati and something else). Lamb vindaloo was spicy, but certianly not up to the standards of the normal vindaloo I've tried. Lamb itself was good, though, soft. The okra... okay, but cut up and mixed with random other peppers for spice, not really filling.
The garlic naan, for $1, wasn't bad, though. And they certainly give plenty of the sauce to dip in for your combination.
I know how real good indian food tastes like. And this place doesnt offer that kind of Indian food. However I want to say that the food is decent and fresh. Chicken Tikka Masala is okay. Saag is better. Channa Masala is not the best. A decent lunch place for a quick bite in the financial district.
During lunch time, expect it to be crowded.
Dont be surprised if you feel like going to the rest room after eating here (especially the lunch combo)
Cheap, fast indian food. It's not the best, but it is convenient and pretty good. I will go back probably.
The Financial District can be a depressing place to eat lunch; restaurants tend to place more emphasis on quick service and high volume rather than food quality, though that is happily changing for the better.
So I was *completely* delighted to find American Masala opening up on Pearl St. Apparently a joint venture between Devi (for my money the best Indian restaurant in NYC) and the Baluchi's mini-chain, American Masala serves up reasonably priced, well-cooked lunch platters for about $8 to hungry Wall Streeters who appreciate quality.
My Indian co-workers praise the (relative) authenticity of the menu offerings; while I'm not qualified to comment on that, I know good food cooked well when I taste it, and this is it.
I was looking for something to try this slow post-Christmas Friday, so thought I would give this one a go. Not too bad. I had the Chicken Biryani with some sort of spinach sauce. The lady kept asking what "gravy" I wanted, which being from the South had me saying "huh?" a few times. She finally pointed to the different choices, and all was resolved.
It was quite a large sized portion -- no matter how much I tried it looked like I'd never touched the thing. Oh well! Definitely lots of food for your money, and a nice change of pace from all of the sandwich/salad options in the Financial District.
Their Biriyani was ok but definitely aviod the Chole Bhature!!!
Wandering around looking for Cafe Doppio (which I never found...), I stumbled upon a sign for Baluchi's. I was confused, because I was pretty sure that Baluchi's wasn't so far downtown, and even more confused when I entered and saw signs for American Masala. But good thing I poked my head in, because the $8 lunch special is more belly-filling per cost paid than a lot of other lunch options nearby.
I got chicken tikka masala (so predictable, I know), spinach, rice, and a naan-- the spinach was so so, more butter flavored than spinach, but the CTM was a very generous ratio of chicken to "gravy" (another point of confusion. Why call it gravy?). I opted to sit outside instead of in the crowded seating area, and promptly dumped gravy on my jeans... there would be worse things to dump on oneself-- the CTM was actually very good-- but my jeans did not concur. The naan was a little mushy, but it did its job scooping up gravy.
Anyway, long story short, if you work in the area, this is definitely a good lunch option! Gravy gravy gravy!
this place is good for quick bite... line may be long but goes fairly fast... seems like a lot of natives come here so that means something at least.
ok for the value and the options offered here its a pretty good deal... they give u a ton of meats (paneer, lamb, chicken), 2 veggies, and rice all for 8 bucks... the lamb in curry sauce looked really good... the paneer looked ok... the chicken looked dry.
my kati roll tasted more like a burrito than paratha which was a lil disappointed
and my super sweet indian candy dessert thing was alrite but could have been crispier... starts with a j i forget wat its called.
i guess next time i would come back here for the rice dishes...
Finally a frigging good Indian restaurant for lunch in the Financial district ! I am sick of the watered down masala of Diwan-e-Khas so ate there like once in 3 months if that much! Well, I have eaten here twice this week already !!!
KILLER COMBO: Samosas and the Batata wadas( for the Mumbai ppl like myself ) ( A BUCK each !!!! OMFG) aka. Aloo bondas for the rest of India aka. Potato dumplings ( for my non-desi friends :-) are off da hook ! Evenly spiced and well cooked. Additionally the side chutneys ( green coriander/ sweet tamarind) are good too. yum yum !
What I like about this place
* The interiors are decent !
* restaurant has decent number of tables
* Staff is semi-intelligent and knows a thing or 2 about crowd control and moving the line along. I was part of a 15 person lunch line !
* they play modern lounge music ( desi)
* They have a full menu of sides and desserts so there is a CHOICE !
* The Place is nice and CLEAN ! ( its a new place but I'll take it while I get it)
* Awesome lunchbox ( i had the chicken Tikka Masala with rice and a veggie side chana masal for $ 8) The rice was actually good with some cooked onion ( biryani style ) in the rice. The chicken was suprisingly good and tender and the gravy was yummy.
Their raita is good and comes in an awesome portion ( i'm tired of watered down thimble sized portions of raita)
Downer: I tried the Chkn Kati Roll Wrap ---dont waste your time here, stick with the regular lunchbox dishes. The kati roll is not authentic; they tried to get all F*ing cute and do some fusion nonsense.
Next dish up into mah belly: I'm going to try their Chkn Biryani (looks good) with the raita ( which is deffi good)
I Completely loved this place.
AWESOME INDIAN FOOD!!!!
Fresh food! Very reasonable price!
Combo is the best deal out there- $8!!!!!
Samosas were delicious and only a buck. I had the veg. biryani and it was really really good with the raita I got!
Fast service! and AWESOME FOOD!! GOOOO!!!
