Banjara

Banjara Indian Restaurant is located at 97 1St Ave, New York, NY. This business specializes in Restaurants.

A fairly substantial outdoor seating section offers fine views of passersby on 6th Street. In contrast, the interior's drapes and linens let you forget about the city and focus on the food.

No Indian meal is complete without a side of bread. Skip boring, old butter naan in favor of garlic naan, roti (a flatbread cooked in the tandoor) or naan stuffed with chicken or potatoes.

The decor’s subdued maroons, golds and silvery whites, offset by the occasional flourish in glitter, belie this restaurant’s fiery specialties. Liberal use of peppercorns, coriander, cumin, mint,...

This East Village restaurant features a classic menu that diners familiar with Indian food will be comfortable with and simple, grown-up decor.

East Sixth Street offers an entire row of Indian restaurants, mostly run by Bangladeshis, none of which is especially remarkable. But around the corner on First Avenue is a marvelous and indeed authentic restaurant, Banjara, which features some of the best dishes of the subcontinent prepared far more artfully and with better-quality ingredients than you will find at the nearby competitors. When...

The Scene
In a neighborhood where Indian restaurants trade more on shimmer than subtlety, Banjara's approach seems almost daringly antithetical. The room is mostly dark, and often eerily...

Banjara Restaurant is named for the Banjara people whose Rajasthani homeland is near Jaisalmer and Jodhpur. However, the Banjara live and travel throughout twenty -two states of India, taking with them a rich culture history and distinctive individual aesthetic. They are renowned for their dramatically colorful dress, much of it featuring intricate embroidery, and magnificent jewelry. The...