No space tiny tables. Constantly asking if you’re done. Terrible mutton curry and cocktail.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Kiran Sanjeevan Cabeza
Best Sri Lankan food in Manhattan!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anjum Farook
food is great; service is a little slow and sometimes that impacts quality of food (arrived cold a couple of times). not a huge fan of the lights / ambiance inside, feels very sterile and wish it could be more warm and inviting. the patio is nice, and food is still really good!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Elan
I’ve lived in NYC for a while, and Lungi is one of my favorite restaurants in the city. I have brought numerous friends and family here and each time, they are blown away by the unique flavors, great ambiance and the delightful staff. The Kerala beef chukka is my favorite thing on the menu. Also love the Short Rib Cari and dosa.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Santosh Peddi
The prawns appetizer was delicious. Kotthu could have been better. It lacked seasoning. Watalappam desert was great. Hoppers were light and well made. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anish Patel
The food here is absolutely top notch - I’d 100% come back just for that. But what really threw me off was how pushy our server was. I get it, it’s NYC and there’s a 90 min table limit (which, honestly, is already pretty ridiculous), but the moment we sat down - at a table we got 10 minutes late because they were still “getting it ready” - the server started hovering. Every three minutes: “Ready to order?”
Let me breathe! Let me enjoy the vibe, have a conversation, and sip on the (very good) cocktails before diving into the food menu. Once we finally ordered, everything came out in under 10 minutes. So what’s the rush? When you’re spending good money at a place like this, the least you expect is to not feel rushed through your meal. Great food, but the experience lost some points because of that service pressure.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Sheryline Ingersoll
Loved the foid and the atmosphere. Great service too. Loved the tiger prawns.
Absolutely delicious. This is next level food. We ordered delivery while in the hospital after my daughters birth - not your typical Indian food, and worth higher price
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anish Wilson
Recommended for Authentic south Indian food which is hard to find. Loved the appam and biryani
Brunch banana leaf spread was sooo amazing and filling!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ragavan Baladurai
Not sure if they lobbied to get the Michelin star 2024.
The server was kind of pushy to order more food without understanding our appetite level and also she was not able to explain the food well(even after asking particular question) . We ended up packing most of the food for homeless people.
I recommend the fish fry ( forget the Kanyakumari part)
The goat curry stew was pretty bad ( was not on the menu but the server recommended)
Kothu was dry but Salna helped.
Chicken Biryani was served with laziness as the chicken skin was not even removed and had way better Biryani from entry level restaurants.
I would still recommend this place to those who never tried South Indian or Sri Lankan food as you would not know the difference of good or authentic food.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Rushil Mehta
The best dosa I have had in NYC (i have not been to Semma), the Kerala Beef Chukka & the Deafman Shop Tawa Fish Fry were amazing as well. Really really good food and ambience BUT all of this was HAMPERED at the end with the service. Two incidents; 1) coming over to our table and asking us to pay the bill 2 minutes after serving us dessert and seeing that we are still working on it and conversing and 2) when they bring the CC machine, placing it on the table and standing right there over my head as I make my payment. Adding unnecessary pressure to choose from 20%, 22% and 25% tip amount - killed the vibe & a great food experience completely!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Kent Young
A hidden gem! Tucked in the middle of the block is a gem for Kerala cuisine! Modern urban Indian vibe with friendly service and amazing food. I had Kerala beef, a hopper (a Sri Lankan bream that was new to me), a duck curry, great coffee and a fantastic dessert - Semiya Payasam. The flavors of Kerala shone through and are such a great change from the normal Indian restaurants. Definitely worth a trip to the upper east side for this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Azhar Supariwala
We ordered mutton roll, and ambur biryani and chicken kothu. We enjoyed the mutton roll, the biryani was ok. The chicken kothu was ok as well. Food was very spicy and peppery. It had sriracha lankan spices etc. but we had better srilankan food. We still had a good time. If we visit again, we might try the fish and Madurai goat chukka.
No space tiny tables. Constantly asking if you’re done. Terrible mutton curry and cocktail.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Best Sri Lankan food in Manhattan!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
food is great; service is a little slow and sometimes that impacts quality of food (arrived cold a couple of times). not a huge fan of the lights / ambiance inside, feels very sterile and wish it could be more warm and inviting. the patio is nice, and food is still really good!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
I’ve lived in NYC for a while, and Lungi is one of my favorite restaurants in the city. I have brought numerous friends and family here and each time, they are blown away by the unique flavors, great ambiance and the delightful staff. The Kerala beef chukka is my favorite thing on the menu. Also love the Short Rib Cari and dosa.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The prawns appetizer was delicious. Kotthu could have been better. It lacked seasoning. Watalappam desert was great. Hoppers were light and well made. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food here is absolutely top notch - I’d 100% come back just for that. But what really threw me off was how pushy our server was. I get it, it’s NYC and there’s a 90 min table limit (which, honestly, is already pretty ridiculous), but the moment we sat down - at a table we got 10 minutes late because they were still “getting it ready” - the server started hovering. Every three minutes: “Ready to order?”
Let me breathe! Let me enjoy the vibe, have a conversation, and sip on the (very good) cocktails before diving into the food menu. Once we finally ordered, everything came out in under 10 minutes. So what’s the rush? When you’re spending good money at a place like this, the least you expect is to not feel rushed through your meal. Great food, but the experience lost some points because of that service pressure.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Loved the foid and the atmosphere. Great service too. Loved the tiger prawns.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Excellent food an service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Banana Leaf Special Meal, Goat Curry, Poricha Kozhi, Ambur Biryani
Absolutely delicious. This is next level food. We ordered delivery while in the hospital after my daughters birth - not your typical Indian food, and worth higher price
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended for Authentic south Indian food which is hard to find. Loved the appam and biryani
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Brunch banana leaf spread was sooo amazing and filling!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not sure if they lobbied to get the Michelin star 2024.
The server was kind of pushy to order more food without understanding our appetite level and also she was not able to explain the food well(even after asking particular question) . We ended up packing most of the food for homeless people.
I recommend the fish fry ( forget the Kanyakumari part)
The goat curry stew was pretty bad ( was not on the menu but the server recommended)
Kothu was dry but Salna helped.
Chicken Biryani was served with laziness as the chicken skin was not even removed and had way better Biryani from entry level restaurants.
I would still recommend this place to those who never tried South Indian or Sri Lankan food as you would not know the difference of good or authentic food.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
The best dosa I have had in NYC (i have not been to Semma), the Kerala Beef Chukka & the Deafman Shop Tawa Fish Fry were amazing as well. Really really good food and ambience BUT all of this was HAMPERED at the end with the service. Two incidents; 1) coming over to our table and asking us to pay the bill 2 minutes after serving us dessert and seeing that we are still working on it and conversing and 2) when they bring the CC machine, placing it on the table and standing right there over my head as I make my payment. Adding unnecessary pressure to choose from 20%, 22% and 25% tip amount - killed the vibe & a great food experience completely!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
A hidden gem! Tucked in the middle of the block is a gem for Kerala cuisine! Modern urban Indian vibe with friendly service and amazing food. I had Kerala beef, a hopper (a Sri Lankan bream that was new to me), a duck curry, great coffee and a fantastic dessert - Semiya Payasam. The flavors of Kerala shone through and are such a great change from the normal Indian restaurants. Definitely worth a trip to the upper east side for this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We ordered mutton roll, and ambur biryani and chicken kothu.
We enjoyed the mutton roll, the biryani was ok. The chicken kothu was ok as well. Food was very spicy and peppery. It had sriracha lankan spices etc. but we had better srilankan food.
We still had a good time. If we visit again, we might try the fish and Madurai goat chukka.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
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