5 Best Indian Restaurants near Red Hook

“My family and I have been going to this restaurant for many years. My family has owned a home near Red Hook since I was little and moved there permanently after they retired. The buffet they previously had was varied, delicious and kept getting refilled except towards end of service of course. I was born , raised in Manhattan and have lived in queens for 36 years so I am extremely familiar with Indian food and the specialties according to which area the chef is from.
This restaurant makes Delicious homey food!
As for the service, the owner IS rough around the edges but not a bad guy and is hard working, especially with limited staff and high overhead. Not everyone is the same and he’s not OUTRIGHT rude nor speaks loudly. If you treat him naturally he actually has a nice sense of humor.
At the end of the day the FOOD is fresh and delicious, the place is clean, prices are standard and vibe is peaceful. People can just be SO critical and be such divas!“

“Amazing! Hit the spot for an Indian street food craving.“

“Great Staff , Excellent food ! Reasonable price being Rhinebeck . Definitely worth trying . We go there often“

“During the Plague of 2020, hungry for take-out Indian food, my partner and I walked in and out of Namaste. Big mistake. Sitting down at this same restaurant off a nondescript stretch of 9W a week ago, I knew—with its no-nonsense server, and its walls painted deep papaya orange, that the meal was going to be great. Even now my mouth waters in memory of this taste experience.

Within minutes of placing our order, the dining area’s air was filled with smells from the kitchen. Something real was happening. The sensual complexity of Indian food, whose multitudinous scents I’ll awkwardly describe as bristling, sweet, unguenty, thorny, puckery, and the like, were upon us. And once the dishes came, unlike the smell, say of peanut butter being superior to its actual taste, the flavors of our dishes were dazzling. Rich and creamy, the Shahi Lamb Korma was tender and plentiful. The Aloo Gobhi Mas, a gustatory complement. I more than once asked my partner not to talk and closed my eyes while feeling the food. The Palak Paneer, decent. The Garlic naan, perfectly chewy and sprinkled with coriander, the latter being a real sign of a caring chef. It's also worth mentioning that the server gave us options over how spicy we wanted our food prepared. We were so happy with our meal that we overate, the way sometimes at an amusement park I have—out of delight—ridden one topsy-turvy ride too many, and made myself, as a consequence, a bit sick.

Mind you, there is little that is showy about this joint. It’s not for the bougie folk who fancy themselves upper class but derive their sense of this from their phones. The bathroom could use refreshing and a carpenter’s touch. The large flat screen, which I requested be turned off, is a nuisance. But the overall experience of this establishment is non pareil. When I attempted to express my dining pleasure to a man who had emerged from the kitchen, my English was not understood. But I persisted and after passing my wish to another quite affable server to extend my compliments to the unseen chef, she was thanked with an on the house mango lassie. A bustling take-out business seems to be central to the restaurant’s success. Should we beset by another plague, I know exactly where to go.

Total outlay: 60 dollars“

“Ordered. The lamb gyro had it delivered with DoorDash, it was delicious and the white sauce had a kick to it. Prices are great, lamb gyro with fries was less than $20.“