Best mithai ever in town! I will definitely get again. highly recommended! Loved so much

So I had the chance to eat here last weekend. I was sooooo surprised by how economical it was!! Everything seemed to cost half or even one-third versus what we have to pay here for pretty mediocre food in KY. Anyway, what we ordered and how it tasted is below: Papri Chaat.... 5/5, ample quantity Chicken Seekh Kebab... 4/5 Bihari Boti... 4/5 Chicken Boti.... 4/5 Beef Nihari... 3/5 .. found it bland n tasteless Naan... 5/5 Lassi... 5/5 Highly recommended!!!!! Tea... 5/5 The accompanying raita n salad were fresh and tasty too. The only thing I'd have preferred was if they'd focused a lil on presentation and at least cleaned the rims or serving dishes before serving. But that's a small thing and I guess, easily ignored coz the food was fabulous!!!!!

I've posted so many photos and checked in here way before Yelp became popular and I just realized I have not even reviewed this place! LOL. I just want to keep this place to myself and don't want others to know about it! It's our go to Indian and Pakistani food. I've ordered to go, dined in, and even got trays for my baby shower over a decade ago! Food tasted good then and is still good now (the only difference is it costs more now - same as all the pricing in NYC). They used to be open 24hours but now close at midnight. Still a good place to go to esp. for late night dining.

The food is really excellent here. Top quality, very fresh. Spices are perfect. It's really popular and the staff and service is great. Very convenient with subways. Highly recommend!

You can love Dera, you can hate Dera, or you can be indifferent to Dera. But you simply cannot deny the significance of Dera as a Jackson Heights institution for the Pakistani diaspora in and around New York City. This restaurant has been around longer than I have been alive, and I am as old as the hills (don't ask me which hills, I am geographically and geologically challenged). When I talk to the Pakistani aunties and uncles who left their homeland during the previous century in search of bigger and better opportunities in this wondrous concrete jungle that dreams are made of, they often speak fondly of Dera (including when it was operating under a different name - Shaheen - I believe). Dera is a spacious restaurant that occupies prime real estate at the corner of Broadway and 72nd St in the middle of the incredibly diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights. The food is consistently tasty, albeit a tad heavy on the use of oil. The culinary style leans towards the cuisine from the Punjab region. Service is adequate; not particularly convivial (or even very attentive), but they get the job done. I will continue to undertake the trek out to Queens to enjoy the food from the Motherland.

Food (5/5) - Fair warning, spice level is higher than usual! We got the chicken Karachi, chicken keema and the beef tandoori kebab, and were especially impressed by the quality of the chicken dishes! The chicken keema was probably our favourite, the mix between vegetables / potatoes and ground chicken was not too starchy or too greasy, and went very well with parathas. While Naan is an obvious option to eat the food with, we also really liked the parathas. We didn't love the beef kebab, it was a little on the dry side instead of the melt in your mouth texture that we would normally expect tandoori to have. Price (5/5) - very much bang for your buck. With all the food we had it was probably 15-20 per person. This is including a service charge that is appended to all dine-in orders (15%). Would be a great place to take out from if you'd prefer not to pay that!

This was my first time here. My sister heard about Dera Restaurant from a couple of friends. Since we were in the area, we decided to try this place (my regular place was closed). It was a very large space with plenty of tables, sort of like a cafeteria. We walked up to the open counter display to look at all the food that was available. I didn't know what I was looking at, but the staff here was very friendly and I asked a lot of questions they helped me understand what I was look at. Normally at other Indian restaurants in the area their staff does not speak English and its a challenge trying to order anything. There were a few rice trays different chicken, beef and goat choices, plus more. Once we decided what we wanted we ordered a few things to take home. We ordered their samosa (potato and peas), Aloo Paratha, Chicken Biryani. Everything was good, since most of the food was already cooked and in the display case everything needed to be heated up except for the Aloo Paratha that was cooked to order. I looked around to see what everyone else was eating and their Tandoori Roti and Sesame naan seemed very popular. Almost everyone had a some at their table. Next time, I am going to try their butter chicken plus definitely get a few fresh baked breads.