BBQ Nite in Elmont
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Elmont, Nassau County, New York, US
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- Monday:11AM–10PM
- Tuesday:11AM–10PM
- Wednesday:11AM–10PM
- Thursday:11AM–10PM
- Friday:11AM–10PM
- Saturday:11AM–10PM
- Sunday:11AM–10PM
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Cant believe this, I ordered Chicken Karahi to go for lunch, in restaurant business maintaining quality is key to your success. Please train your employees how to prepare orders with proper ratio of meat/bones etc. otherwise you will lose loyal customers like me, there are other good restaurants in the neighborhood.
I actually gave them one star for dirty store and than i tasted their food, complete contrast, food is delicious and mouth watering, for once cheese steak on desi restuarant was exactly how it was suppose to be, its not just burgers but a complete desi halal restaurant, i will definately be stopping by here again, but they need to clean the store frequently and wipe tables.I stayed here for almost half an hour, the wait is long and worst customer service ever, the store was not clean and left over dishes stayed on tables all the time i was here, other tables were greesy seats were dirty like no one had cleaned,Store is very clean this time,Edit ::: food is good but the service is worst they brought food one by one and by time i got my sandwich my whole group was done eating and waiting for my sandwich to come... The WORST service
Really poor service cashier the girl and employees are so rude . Yesterday night we went to eat our dinner with our guests and before we place the order we ask her we going to eat inside is that ok ? They said yes they never mention that they going to close 10pm and there menu book said 11pm Friday to Sunday. So we order the food around 8:50pm there food came to our table 9:20pm. We even didn’t finished our food the girl cashier around 9:40 turn off the light without telling us anything and we still eating . What kind of restaurant is that and what kind of owner belongs to this restaurant? When my husband ask why you guys turn off the light they said they close at 10. So it’s not even 10 and atlist when your customer eat you should say something nicely before you turn off the light..I ll never ever go this restaurant and there food quality now no more good as before the nan I order they burn and it was so hard not even soft food was cold not even hot.
I ordered from Uber Eats and the food was is great. The butter naan was fluffy, the chana and butter chicken was tasty, not too spicy. Also, the price was decent. They were out of biryani and they let me know right away and swapped it for something else. Overall, my experience was good. Would probably order again if it is consistent.
Went in family at 915pm on a FRIDAY night. their store hour is supposedly 10:30pm on their takeout menu. By the time we placed the order was 930pm. Food came in at 950pm and by 10 oclock , we were harassed to leave while my family and i were in middle of eating. Very unprofessional staff. Food was a bust. Money down the drain. Never coming back to this location again.
We are customers since day-1 of opening. It was good but not any more. Since new employees are there, girl and other staff attitude is terrible. No gloves, head net & masks usually used in kitchen. Prices gone up but quality & services went down. Kept Kabab ready and giving to customers using oven. Nans order refused by girl to a regular customer who comes to buy food 2-3 times a week. Disappointing service and attitude and now going to other near by options available.
Ordered zinger burger with fries and chicken bihari and the girl told me it will take 20 min my kids was in the car so i said ok, and waited for more then 25 min. And still they were saying its not done yet. Worst customer service ever don’t go with the saying. The old owner was excellent this new girl taking orders are worst be careful before you place your order. Beware i wish i can give them less then 1 star if i can. Finaly after order at 7:50 got my order at 8:30 and guess what when we came hime to see there was no fries and it was cold as the burger was ready in 10 min and bihari was done after 30 min. Wow no words regarding their customer service.
I ordered the zinger burger and chicken gyro from this location through Uber Eats. The zinger burger was stale, rubbery and it did not taste fresh. Same issues with the chicken gyro which had cut up pieces of chicken kebab in it, who puts cut up pieces of chicken kebab into a chicken gyro?! I wouldnt recommend eating from here at all, terrible place.
Food is good but will take you a very long time to get. Even if you call ahead. I have been here a few time when you sit in and eat it will take you a very long time. And when you ask what’s going on you will be treated like you are back in Pakistan. Best thing to do go straight up to the counter and stand on top of them to make them your food.
When I 1st found this place about 3 years ago, the food was good if a bit uninspired; I usually got wings, or a dbl cheeseburger and some “masala” fries; flash forward to today and, quite frankly I have never had a worst meal. The wings were stale, flavorless, with the meat tough; the double cheeseburger was soggy and, again the meat was as tough. The “masala” fries were bland and soggy. Everything was over salted. Probably the last time I will get from here!
5 stars for food, minus one stars for lack of cleanliness. (Albeit, I was there on a busy Friday evening)They have an excellent Zinger burger, excellent food. If youre a foodie, youll love this place.The staff is very helpful and accommodating. Parking may be a little tricky. But well worth it.
The place has Phenomenal food. The zinger burger and Masala fries is a good combo. The only thing I am concerned about is the table service. The tables and seats are always greasy when you sit down. The guy came rushing and started spraying Clorox everywhere and wiping the table getting some spray on our clothes. We were laughing but we were not pleased.
The absolute longest wait times. Theyll tell you the food will be ready in 35 mins. Then when you get there in 35mins they expect you to wait another hour and a half for your order. Then if youre tired of waiting and you just want whatever is ready, they expect you to still pay for the food youre tired of waiting for and no longer want, just because you ordered it. No apologies, no consideration for your time, nothing. Then you still get ice cold food. Skip this location and go to the East Meadows one. They can actually tell time! Horrible customer service.
Great food and service! Everything we ordered was delicious. We were first timers and told them we came in based on Yelp reviews. The man at the counter gave us a complimentary Zinger burger for free. As soon as we took our first bite of the burger, we were glad to see that all the workers started laughing and giving each other high fives. Theyve definitely made me 1 happy customer that will be coming back for more!
I would give this a 0 star if I could..used to be really good with food and customer service...now it’s probably one of the worst halal restaurants around....ordered 6 naans and THATS ALL...the person who took my order told me 15 mins...I waited 30 mins just for a simple order AFTER getting there 20 mins after giving my order....and to top that off, not a single employee was remorseful or even offered a simple apology..if you are looking for good food or good customer service, THIS isn’t the place to go.
I had ordered mixed grill, chicken makhni, achari chicken, chana, and naan. It was a busy day, almost during iftaar time when I had ordered my food. The amount of naan was missed when I brought the food home. I also thought I was over charged because the menus there apparently are old menus but the waitress did not let me know that while I was there. I called them later to let the owner know that naans were missed (6 were ordered and received 2) and menus need to be changed or customers need to be told that all the menus around the restaurant are old.Aside from business complaints here are my ratings for food.Achari chicken: 3/5Chicken makhni: 3/5Mixed grill: 5/5Chana: 3/5
Have placed order several times at least 20-25 min before arriving to location and still staff manages to have a wait time which is unbearable. If you are in rush, Togo order, right away or at least with a 15-20 min wait time, this spot is not for you. Expect to wait 35-45 min on regular rush hours. Food brings us all back, so cant rate any lower.🌟 🌟 for Wait time!!🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 For Zinger Burger!!!!
The best halal restaurant in town. Yes, service can be a bit slow at times, but its because theyre usually busy (take out is very popular.) Its not meant to be a fancy sit down place so if youre expecting waiters with proper plates and cutlery- you will be disappointed. People are complaining about asking for plates and ketchup, everything is available at the counter/fridge and youre supposed to help yourself. Prices are reasonable and food is delicious! Our usual order includes a mixed grill, zinger burger and makhni chicken, all yum. Naans are okay. I took some relatives visiting from Lahore here and they were impressed and loved the food! Also catered from here 2 years ago and their portions were very generous. (Just a tip- parking lot is very small and usually packed. Avoid peak times on weekend if youre like me and get nervous parking in tight spots.)
We love going out. Last night we went to this delicious place which we didn’t know before. We spent a beautiful time there with delicious food and a nice stuff and an impressive cuisine. We put this place in our list and we shall surely come back soon. We deeply recommend.
The zinger burger is the bomb here! Although they lack in the housekeeping department. They need to look at their arrangements and also have a separate bathroom for males and females to use as they only have one at the moment.Friendly staff and quick service.Halal Pakistani food is served here.
Got food from this place yesterday and it was terrible, zinger burgers were half uncooked, the haleem was terrible had so much masala and salt, Naan was also uncooked. What’s going on with your service ? Won’t be ordering anymore from you guys, this isn’t the first time this happened!
If you are looking to have a nice dinner and do not want to get sick . Do not ever go to this place . First of all they have only 5 kinds of food everyday so no one can realize how old which food is . And secondly the cook is so stubborn to keep putting so much salt in each and every single food . One I was there and one family was eating behari kabab there and the salt was too much in it . And a lady did complaint about it to the guy works on the counter. Instead of accepting the truth that yes you are right he said to the lady mam you do not know the taste of behari Kabab. It’s taste is like this all the time . You go there they will remind you that you are somewhere in Pakistani village restaurant. Sofas are broken place is dirty like you are in kamoookeee restaurant. These guys are not in New York USA they are still in rural areas of Pakistan. But want to get paid in dollars. Worst place ever never go there specially with your kids .
Very bad service. Guys behind desk should be home and not in service industry. Very rude and not very hospitable. Most of the time they are either out of food items or back ordered to like 30-45 minutes. They love talking about politics with everyone walking in. As I approached the counter, I was asked how much Imran Khan will bring dollar price up in Pakistan? Im here for food and not discuss dollar future in Pakistan. I asked for seekh kabab, chicken kabab, in fact any type of kabab and they were out of all the things. I dont know why were they even open that day. All their tray counter food looked old and seemed like they were sitting their for days. I was offered that with naan as their suggestion. I will never go back and do not recommend them at all
The place can’t get one order correct In a slow time. They do not have the half the stuff that’s on the menu and no idea what belongs on the menu. Ordered behari kebab and was given seekh kebab. Pathetic customer service stating that the order was given wrong by the person who called. All of them have attitude problems as if the person Is ordering free food. The place is in shambles from cleanliness to poor customer service.
Hight potential to be much better. There were few items on menu which were not available. Some of the food tastes amazing and other was ok. Cleanliness is an issue but I think it is expected with this kind of establishment. Service was good. My only recommendation is to ensure that you have the items available oon the menu; otherwise you will lose out on business.
Not sure if its because I was an obvious non regular customer but I purchased 2 beef curries. There were 3 pieces of beef in one and 2 pieces of beef in the other. For a total of $27.00. I thought I was being pranked. Keep in mind its just beef curry not with rice or bread or naan nothing came with it. The flavor was wack as far as real curry goes. Sent me to the bathroom. Just my experience.
Awesome food good fast quick service i eat almost everyday recommended to all friends and family as compared to a lot of desi restaurant much better taste and quality. Completely satisfied i would disagree with the above review as. First of all sometimes for cleaning purposes certain grilled item could be unavailable temporarily it happened to me too as i went kind of early but i ordered something else and its a small restaurant not a 5 star hotel those desis who wanna spend pennies and want vvip service should look else where where they could satisfy their standards but if u r there for food definately will love it.
Food is good but the wait kills it. Takes literally 40 mins to 1 hours to make 5 nans that were ordered on the phone ... theyre ridiculous. The owner of the store is never there so theres no one to complain to. Take care of your business otherwise the competitiors will take over
Im assuming my comments was removed but I will post it again. Several times Ive ordered ahead of time and my food was prepared after I arrived a half hour later. If you are not paki, speak Urdu, or are a GUY be prepared for attitude, for you order to be pushed behind others and for men to skip in front of you in line without consequence. Unfortunately my kids loved their chicken tikka masala but we dont go here anymore because of the terrible customer service. Very sad since there arent many halal places around here.
Another Great Halal food joint in the area. Im giving it 5 stars for now as its always better to go and see for yourself how a place is and how good the food is. In my opinion BBQ nite has some great food to offer and Ill update my review with future visits.Picture this, we were having our iftar here and 5 out of 6 tables had their Masala fries and Wings. Tells you alot about what you have to try here.Foods we tried :1. Chicken Bihari Kebabs - 3.5/52.Chicken Tikka Boti - 4/53.Masala Fries - 10/5 :)4. Hot Wings - 10 pieces - 5/55. Naans - 3.5/5Pros1. Great place to go with family. A regular table can house 4-5 people comfortably2. Decent mix of Desi dishes and mouth watering fast food place.3. There is a masjid right next to it.4. There was ALOT OF CHUTNI :) why am I excited about this? Because most desi places you go to they either dont give you chutni on the side or you have to ask them and even after that they give you 1 chutni for 5 samosas... On the contrary BBQ Nite had lots of bottles for everyone to enjoy. Great Job5. The person behind the counter was friendly and professional.Cons1. This was not a con for me but I am sure it would be a con for some people. Most Desi joints pack your food but here we had to pack our own food. This makes me realize this place is more of a fast food place.2.Parking might be an issue as there is not enough room, probably 4-5 cars and also depends what time of day you go.Over all a great mix of desi gourmet and fast food.I am looking forward to going there again!Thanks for reading my review and yeah, plz give me a thumbs up if you enjoyed and found this review helpful.
Disorganized- incomplete and mixed up orders, incompetent and unprofessional staff, lack of service, food thats under cooked (Lamb Chops), Kababs filled with onions and under cooked as well, dirty tables, unsanitary, and cheap plastic utesils that are supposedly meant to cut meat. Cant wait for my next visit!
We drove 30 miles on eid just 2 have some good food with the in-laws. We heard so much abt their food but once we got there we were soooo disappointed. Called the in-laws 2 come here as well cuz thought this place was good, they didnt have majority of the things they have written on their menu. We wanted cheese burgers, charga, garlic naan... but they didnt have it. Their service was the worse ever. We had to repeat ourselves so many times, we had keep asking 4 plates, napkin, straws. They didnt give us ketchup or chutney or any sauces.We called soooo many times b4 coming but their number was going bz for so long. Once b4 we ordered qeema naan n they were the worst ever.Highly dont recommend this place!!!!
This is one of the few Pakistani places that has great grilled food cooked to juicy perfection unlike other Pakistani or Indian places in Jackson Heights which are all horrible. Grill mix dish and chicken zinger burger are the best around. Didnt like the Haleem at the elmont location stay away from that.
This is your typical Pakistani restaurant where the curry dishes is microwaved, paper plates and quality is inconsistent. The only good thing is the chicken BBQ (I believe its freshly BBQed), but the chicken itself is usually old. There raita is 70% water and 30% actual raita. Weve been there a few times, and the BBQ is always inconsistent. The people behind the counter are nice, but the food is just okay, nothing special, not authentic.
Decent prices large portions. zinger burger and curry fries are my favorite things on the menu. convenient. theres one in Hicksville and elmont and I want moreeee. I love this place. halal. the elmont one is right next to a masjid so thats how you know its legit lol. the Hicksville one is near a brown clothes store XD
BBQ NITE Elmont is the best known for their food being cheap, quick and fresh they never disappoint ( maybe when you ask for extra white sauce then they act like you asked for their life ) but besides that everything else is amazing & dont go on friday afternoon is crazy busy.
Great food! Their food and zinger burger is so much better than their hicksville location also! I ordered zinger burgers, naan, butter chicken, chicken biryani, and chicken tikka. Everything was delicious especially the butter chicken! Friendly service and very reasonable prices as well!
Horrible service. Ordered on the phone for a simple order of 5 naan. They said 30 minutes... 30 MINUTES for 5 naan? How slow could you be? And when I get to the restaurant and ask for my order after 30 minutes, THEY SAID 20 MINUTES LEFT. Never eating here or ordering from here again.
The food here is De Lish. But man could the service and housekeeping use some improvement, and please take the menus off the tables, you are in new york city not in a small town in Pakistan. it will be nice to have a physical copy in your hand. The condiment containers are oily and greasy looks like they dont wipe them the end of the day. I will only come for lamb chops and zinger burger and have it to go, cannot stand sitting in such a dump.
Good food I always take it to go, the atmosphere is not all that, and parking is hard to get in that area because its only about 7 parking slots available you need to go with someone so that they can run into the store get the food will the driver Circle the block or something
Honestly.... I dont even wanna give this 1 star.... I ordered the food 1 hour ago.... and when I went there.... I said I ordered my food 1 hour ago is it ready. It wast even ready....Can you believe that. They didnt even start making the food....and I had to wait 1 more hour. And there food was HORRIBLE. DONT EVER GO HERE....IM TELLING YOU GUYS. THIS HAVE HAPPENED TO ME TWICE AND I WENT THERE THE SECOND THINKING I ORDERED THE FOOD 1 HOHR AGO... ITLL BE READY...BUT IT WASNT. I WANTED TO LEAVE THE STORE. EVEN THE STORE IS DIRTY....AFTER SOMEONE EATS THEY DONT EVEN CLEAN THE TABLES.
Total reviews rating 4.1
199 Reviews for BBQ Nite 2023:
Review №1
2022-03-07My gosh this spot is amazing….travelled all the way from Connecticut...the food was delicious and authentic in taste…so fresh…we ordered their specialty zinger burger it was so juicy …white karahi, nihari,qeema, garlic naans, seekh kabab and chicken Bihari was so tender…qeema naans were soft like candy floss…never had such delicious naans…the staff was very diligent and courteous…we packed some more to go too…will love to visit this place again highly recommended
Review №2
2021-10-01Very Affordable...So much food for a little bit of money... We couldnt finish it all...My personal Favorite is the Ginger Burger, Mixed Grill, Achari Chicken & butter nun...It was so delicious that I forgot to take pictures of it and dug into it..
Review №3
2021-10-12Been coming here for a long long time. The food is really good. Service is good too.
Review №4
2022-04-12This is the one of the best foods places in New York. 100% recommend this. The zinger burger and masala fries are the best things from here in my choice. Other food is good too but you have to try this.
Review №5
2022-03-15Honestly, these guys specially in elmont were really good few years ago and kinda known for their zinger burgers but this time man it was the worst, serving poor quality not well cooked and was not served hot either. Looks like the management is changed and did not find the earlier folks behind the counter that used to be there before. Please guys dont waste your money here 🙏 and for the management please get back to your basics. Its just not about customer volume but quality as well.
Review №6
2022-03-07Came with my husband. Cashier is so rude and cheap. Gave us small white sauce, extra white sauce they charge. Terrible service. With an attitude she gave us a big container. Shes probably the owners daughter, guess thats why shes nasty.
Review №7
2022-03-07Zinger burger was good. My friend bought food for us home. Kebabs were terrible. Naan was dry, maybe not enough butter. Spent about $70 worth of food, definitely not worth it.
Review №8
2022-02-18Best desi food at affordable prices. Whenever I’m craving Chicken over rice or butter chicken this is the best choice nearby. I recommend their mix roll as well
Review №9
2018-04-27PAKISTAN 🇵🇰Eat the World NYC review:While all the rage of summer will be on the coasts of Long Island, the interior is where the good food is located, with expat communities from the edge of Queens to the middle of the fork. BBQ Nite serves three locations in this corridor, with the closest being this spot in Elmont, just past the county line.
Review №10
2019-08-04Home of the famous Zinger Burger! Cheap but very good food for its price. The chicken maakni/butter chicken is one of the better ones Ive ever had. Make sure to try it with the cheese naan, which is also quite good. Additionally, the Zinger Burger is famous for a reason - fried in a tasty batter, served with lettuce, cheese, and tomato on a sesame bun. Always a great experience here!