634318 Mon Jul 06 10:46:09 -0700 2009 25 19 Outer Boroughs 0 4833438 Located on 44-13 Queens Blvd (North side). 718-943-7880 It isn't open yet, but there is a new awning up. No other information regarding what style of Indian food they will be serving but I hope it is traditional dhaba style (i.e. inexpensive and yummy) North Indian. Keep this thread open to post updates regarding the opening, menu and tasting reviews. Mon Jul 06 10:46:09 -0700 2009 199804 rhydewithdis 1 4833443 Here is a picture... Mon Jul 06 10:47:32 -0700 2009 4833438 199804 rhydewithdis 1 4833816 Yes, of course it will be good since we lived right there until a couple months ago and always bemoaned the lack of Indian food in the neighborhood. Oh well... Mon Jul 06 12:23:31 -0700 2009 4833438 15720 catherine 2 4837008 @ catherine, lol doesn't life always work that way? of course it will be the Indian equivalent of Sripraphai! =) Tue Jul 07 12:44:25 -0700 2009 4833816 199804 rhydewithdis 2 5134933 Doesn't anyone like Haji's Biriyani in the neighborhood? I haven't been there in a couple of years but it used to be very decent if not solid. Tue Oct 27 11:37:03 -0700 2009 4833816 23681 jeeves 3 5135117 is that the place on 43rd just north of QB? I've never been and always forget about it. Tue Oct 27 12:32:31 -0700 2009 5134933 78039 Widmark 4 5136388 I am not sure about the street # but it's on your right when you face north (i.e., the # 7 train behind you). Tue Oct 27 21:21:42 -0700 2009 5135117 23681 jeeves 5 5136827 it is on 43rd st on the north side of queens blvd. it is right behind the korean restaurant on the corner of 43rd + QB. i never see anyone in there besides the employees, so i've always been weary of checking this place out... Wed Oct 28 06:22:42 -0700 2009 5136388 12330 Linda 6 5137528 They supposedly have a very large catering business (in NJ & LI) and the kitchen probably serves as a supply hub. I guess that's their bread and butter or more and hence they haven't invested much on the "eat-in restaurant" aspect. Wed Oct 28 10:39:35 -0700 2009 5136827 23681 jeeves 3 5135456 I happen to love Biriyani, and it's super-cheap. Not the world's best Indian, but a reliable neighborhood place and $6 can get you a huge plate of food. I prefer to do take-out since it's a little lacking on ambience, but the food is solid. Tue Oct 27 14:33:24 -0700 2009 5134933 92650 righter 1 4834469 cooool! will try and pass by today; wonder if it is affiliated with my favorite Curry Hill takeout, also called Sonali (used to be called Famous Curry) on east 31st street. Mon Jul 06 15:21:52 -0700 2009 4833438 12656 bigjeff 2 5134553 i saw that they opened this past weekend, i believe. they had what looked like friends + family in the restaurant. i was hoping for a take out menu, but i did not see one when i passed by. will have to check sometime this week again. i hope it's good, sunnyside desperately needs a good indian place! Tue Oct 27 09:45:20 -0700 2009 4834469 12330 Linda 3 5134649 please god let it be good because I've had Masala again recently and it was pretty terrible. I'd love to be able to get good indian food delivered. I'm spending too much time going over to Jackson Heights for Mehfil's buffet. Tue Oct 27 10:13:37 -0700 2009 5134553 78039 Widmark 4 5148548 I went last night with my wife. Not very impressed with what we had or the eat in atmosphere. Might be a good take out/delivery joint. Food was just ok, my dish, lamb wtih okra curry featured on the bone lamb that was very tough., my wife's dish, a spinach and chicken curry, was tastier. There was a relatively long wait for our food despite the curries coming from a steam table, I guess the bread took a while to cook. And I have to mention the large number of employees or maybe family members that were there. I presume most had some role to play but it seemed there were more people getting in the way and doing nothing than being helpful. This was obvious from the start when we sat ourselves after standing there for a while and then had to get up to for menus when no one came by with them. It improved as we figured out who was the waitress. But it was very odd and I feel noteworthy. I did take some 'chicken turnovers' home - curried chicken in a flaky turnover crust. I had one for breakfast this morning. Now that was quite tasty when heated up in a toaster oven. Regrettably I noticed if you got one there, into the radar oven it went but I would stop by for more of these to take home. All in all, we'll go back to try again but won't be rushing there. Mon Nov 02 06:29:46 -0800 2009 5134649 176294 dhs 5 5151311 Thanks for the write up. I'm hoping this is a "soft" opening, but of course it is a low-mid scale Indian restaurant in Queens and they probably know of no such thing. From the looks of it, their opening was WAY behind schedule -- probably permits and such. It really shouldn't take 4-7 months to set up a smallish Indian restaurant. I hope they have the cash reserves to make it through the first 6-12 months. It will take at least that long to get the clientele to get cash flow positive. I'll give this a try in a few weeks and write back as well. Tue Nov 03 03:34:16 -0800 2009 5148548 199804 rhydewithdis 6 5151323 I've already tried their Biriyani, shrimp and lamb; sad to say, we sunnysiders may still have to schlep to Jackson Heights. Tough lamb and the rice was rather sweet. Tue Nov 03 03:46:25 -0800 2009 5151311 225944 Paulomet 7 5154576 thanks for the reviews. sunnyside is in dire need of good indian, vietnamese and pizza. i would love a nice bowl of pho right about now. or a good slice. any word on that new sunnyside pizza place opening up on QB + 40th (northside), right next to that diner? Wed Nov 04 06:41:46 -0800 2009 5151323 12330 Linda 8 5202085 I tried that new pizza place. Not the best I've had, but definitely better than anything I've tried in Sunnyside. The owners are very nice actually...they are from Brooklyn :-) Mon Nov 23 08:00:00 -0800 2009 5154576 1083696 DrBey2003 8 5203603 you can get korean pho at natural tofu. it's passable when you're really desperate, but don't want to leave the hood..... Mon Nov 23 16:07:00 -0800 2009 5154576 10819 tracyk 8 5360464 I'm a little late here, but Marabella's Pizza on Greenpoint Ave. and 41st street might be the best pizza in the entire city. It's in the top 5 anyway. Their Grandma is spectacular. Fri Jan 29 09:50:40 -0800 2010 5154576 1144433 heathsthree 2 5162724 Famous was incredible, especially with the choice of veggie and sweet rices, potatoes, bhindi, lots of choices for dirt-cheap lunches with all the trimmings. Where did their chef go? Sonali = A(Pepto)Bysmal. Fri Nov 06 21:49:23 -0800 2009 4834469 11109 Mike R. 1 5284003 wow, totally different opinions here than Sietsema's (http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-12-29/restaurants/woo-hoo-for-ruhu-at-sunnyside-s-sonali-cuisine/) Anyone have a recent visit? Confused as to how the opinion could differ so widely. Wed Dec 30 07:42:42 -0800 2009 4833438 18288 janethepain 2 5284125 I am confused here too. That is nothing like what I experienced. Such a grand endorsement makes me think it is worth a revisit. Wed Dec 30 08:35:23 -0800 2009 5284003 176294 dhs 3 5320740 again, sietsema loves chowhound! often his reviews follow the CH trail. in the case of his last indian restaurant review for Coconut Grove: [http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-09-22/restaurants/just-in-from-the-coast-coconut-grove] it went nowhere cuz when I ate there, that restaurant blew. so, it doesn't come as a great surprise that he loves Sonali (I haven't been there yet, but I've been reading this thread). I just like him for the eastern european and latin food, not for his asian food. Wed Jan 13 19:55:29 -0800 2010 5284125 12656 bigjeff 4 5360734 He's particularly unreliable on Chinese (that he hasn't found out about on CH). Remember his review of the North Korean place someone had the bad taste to open a few years ago? -- Someone better on Asian food is/was Sylvia Carter, from Newsday, but she's not reviewing any more. Too bad. Fri Jan 29 10:53:51 -0800 2010 5320740 13709 buttertart 5 5360973 there's mention of a new indian restaurant, curry point, on Greenpoint + 41st (right across the street from marabella's pizza). hope it's good... http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/683211 in regards to pizza - i think marabella is good, but it doesn't blow me away. i feel the same about the new place, sunnyside pizza. i asked for a slice nice and hot and i got lukewarm. that isn't the fault of the pizza obviously, will have to ask for "super hot" next time. i wouldn't order the pho at BCD - i go to eat soondooboo, not pho there. :) i usually drive over to the pho bang's on b'way in elmhurst to get my pho fix. Fri Jan 29 12:07:14 -0800 2010 5360734 12330 Linda