Al Naimat Sweets & Restaurant

Our new favorite place to eat in Jackson Heights! ❤️ food is so good at an affordable price! Their drinks and sweets are so good as well! Hospitable and prompt crew! Will definitely come back to try their other dishes! Also has a vegetarian options

True gem of a place especially if you’re craving a taste of home made Pakistani food like myself. Came here last day of Ramadan for some halwa puri, muli paratha, omelette, and Kashmiri chai. Got a lb. Of mixed sweets to go. Polite customer service and short wait times with delicious and very affordable food.

The classic Pakistani dishes in Jackson Heights. The food was good, and the prices were very affordable. They also have vegetarian options.

This is my first time at this quaint restaurant. It's a halal restaurant. We ordered Halva puri, chicken Haleem and keema paratha. Keema paratha is a little dry but puri in Haleem is amazing. Plus the food and two bottles of water and a cup of tea for 25$. It's very inexpensive for good foods they offer.

Great spot for classic Pakistani dishes and wonderful mithai (sweets). Food is expertly seasoned, some of the best I've had in Jackson Heights/NYC. Vegetarian options are limited but delicious. Service is attentive and friendly. The restaurant itself is charming and clean.

Five stars for their customer service. The lady serving us was very nice and accommodating. We ordered halwa puri with chai, regular and Kashmiri. Puris were fresh and the halwa was pretty good.

Found this gem in jackson heights, the puri halwa was spot on, really good, a pur desi punjabi taste ( highly recommended). Desi omelette was also good and paratha was crisp and tasty. Lassi was damper. A real value for money. Management could look into cleanliness

Great service and definitely worth every penny you spend on the food!! Delivery is always on time and food arrive fresh and delicious. I highly recommend!!

These stars are just for the desserts.... We stepped in here to pick up few desserts after a lunch in Jackson Heights. All the sweets were good, especially liked the pink-bengali sweet. We also liked the milk sweets - katakand and the milk cake. Service was quick and easy.

0.5/1 Ambience; 2/2 Food + Beverages; 1/1 Service; 1/1 Value Al-Naimat has been a staple among my friends and family for several years now-- it's a go to for authentic Pakistani comfort foods in an unpretentious, fast casual hole in the wall. Some items are made to order while others are heated up from the counter display. It is family friendly and they can accommodate large groups as well. Consistency is important for any good restaurant, and Al-Naimat caters to just that. I've been coming for years, and the food has not decreased in quality. My favorite is the chole bhature served with accoutrements and the chicken bihari kebab. The bhature are deep fried, pillowy perfection and the chole is flavored to perfection! The naan has always been fresh and made to order on every occasion I've been here. The chicken sheekh or chapli kebabs are also a really tasty, filling, and affordable meal. The chai is always piping hot and rich, and the perfect finish to a meal. The only thing so far I have not liked is the nihari, which was a small, bland portion of little meat in a watery gravy. The service is very casual with multiple servers waiting on you at any given point, and in general they are helpful and friendly. One plus is that there is a sink in the open for patrons to wash their hands prior to eating many of the dishes that are finger foods or traditionally just eaten with hands. Overall, I would rate closer to a 4.5/5 as sometimes the tables, floor and bathroom are not the cleanest. However, if you keep in mind that it is a hole in the wall where the focus is on the food and the food alone, you'll be very pleased with the quality of the grub at very affordable prices!

I have been coming to Al-Naimat for years on end, before the renovations and the plague and everything in between that has gripped the city. So yesterday when I found myself chomping on halwa poori, I asked myself why in God's earth haven't I reviewed one of my favorite Pakistani places yet? This restaurant is a true Jackson Heights hole in the wall. The vibe is dine in and casual. There are many tables inside, service is courteous and polite, everyone is super nice, friendly and accommodating. But the food - the food is outstanding. My go-to here is the traditional breakfast Halwa Poori. The pooris are always made well here - not too oily and fried perfectly. The cholay that come with it are reminiscent of true Lahori chikkar cholay - the perfect consistency and accurately spiced w black pepper. It's like I'm taking a trip back home. Achar is always a great side touch, and the fresh onions are chefs kiss. Halwa is sweet and soft and has just the right amount of ghee. If you are looking for an amazing Lahori style halwa poori in the city - THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE!! Over the years I've ordered and tried other things too. The chicken tikka masala is my absolute favorite. The sauce to chicken ratio is just right, and the sauce is thick and dreamy and has a great methi flavor to it. Their naan is always made perfectly, crisp on the bottom, pillowy on the top, perfect to split in the middle as you make the perfect bite every single time. They never skimp on the garlic either. Mango lassi is sweet and delightful, without the insane food coloring that other places throw in. Pani puri was amazing as well - it comes with all the accompaniments that one requires for a perfect blast of flavor every time. As a perpetually homesick desi person hunting pieces of my homeland across this city - the question isn't why would you come here, but it is rather why wouldn't you?!

Ate here today by myself for lunch after work. I had tried, brought and ate the halwa puri combo that comes with hot chai. It was really good and delicious. The service there was attentive that I didn't feel rushed about what to choose a meal to try for the first time. I couldn't agree more. Finally, I would definitely eat and come back again next time! :)

Great prices, portions, and good food. Tried the chicken chapli kebab and samosa chaat which were really good. The samosa chaat was flavorful and the kebab was juicy. The chicken halim wasn't great, not enough spice and tasted like it was made from a packet and the rasmalai was too watery. All in all, food was mostly worth it and I would try out other menu items.

Soft chickpeas, fresh crispy puri and some standard halwa. The chai is thick and the chaat was fresh! Really hit home for me and I was just in two cities in Pakistan earlier this year. The servers are very sweet explaining things in Hindi and the service was fast. Best to bring some wipes to clean your hands! Someone else ordered a falooda and it looked really good, can't wait to come back. Went here years ago and it's just as good as I remembered.

Food was delicious, especially the chai. Plenty of seats inside with fast and friendly service!

My mom and I have always loved coming here. They upgraded the ambiance and seating and it looks great! The service could use some help since it took a while for our order to be taken and at the time only one server was managing more than 10 tables and I felt bad. Please hire more staff! The food is absolutely delicious and I love the Kashmiri chai, samosas and chole bature .

Reliable service and really delicious food for cheap. Don't skip it if you are in the area. I'd upload a picture of what we ordered, but we devoured it too fast!

Perhaps this is a review of favoritism but frankly speaking, this place has been incrementally doing better throughout the years. Even during the pandemic they renovated and continued to serve food and sweets. On a side note, my whole family and relatives have been buying their sweets from this joint for the past 2 decades or so, not because we're loyal but because their products are damn good ! It's a solid name that's been around for possibly over 30 years (can someone correct me because I started going here back in 1st year of college '94 O_o !). Rumor has it that there were 2 business partners of one restaurant and one did the other dirty, so he went off and opened his own joint as a big eff you...I love my people. I made my return appearance here and ordered a basic chicken biryani and channa masala. This is possibly your best litmus test as to how the rest of the menu will turn out. Channa masala is a staple and chicken biryani is the standard (not to mention chicken makhni). If you ever want to know how a Pakistani restaurant's food will turn out, start with these 3 items (chicken makhni being the 3rd) and move on to the kebabs and naan. The staff is friendly and helpful, tentative and the food came out rarely quick (10-15 minutes). I appreciated that the food was served in these copper dishes because styrofoam in the 21st century ain't gonna cut it. The rice was pretty much intact (another indicator that they are paying attention to quality) because usually if you see broken rice in your biryani, to me , the chef just didn't cook it with love. Chicken biryani on point ? Check . Channa Masala ? Check Check. And if you want a side of pickled vegetables called "achar" , just ask for it and they will serve it to you. It's a great condiment (along with raw diced onions and sliced green peppers) with such dishes. Serving size is quite generous for one person so expect to take the rest to go (if food coma is your forte , finish everything on your plate !) The icing on the cake is a piece of their sweets. I went with a small brick of pistachio barfi and tea. Barfi also comes in chocolate, almond, cashew and rainbow (maybe a couple of more variations, ask the counter for more info). All their sweets are addicting and can cause "crack-like" addiction. Tread carefully folks ! In a nutshell , this establishment started as a hole in the wall and worked its way up to massive street cred in the past 2 decades or so. Going to a family gathering and need to bring something sweet ? 2lbs of their mixed sweets will do it. Got a date who's into "exotic" food? Bring them here for the experience. Tinder match? Surprise em with Al Naimat (it's gonna be a hit or miss frankly speaking...your date that is). Feeling bored? Grab a lb of Jaleybi and have it with your choice of hot tea. If pakistani food and sweets ain't your thing but just gotta have something hot and interesting to drink, get their kashmiri chai...it's PINK! It's a solid spot. Take a crack at it.

So good!!! Their pani puri is phenomenal. Highly recommend for no frills amazing food.

Was in the neighborhood, so I dropped in for some Kashmiri chai, and picked up some naan ($1 ea. great price) & halwa puri with chana for later. Place is under construction, so it's dark and not inviting inside and there's only one person taking calls, orders & serving food. It was a wait, to get my order. However, my chai was good, warm & nutty, and the naans were good as well. I thought the halwa was too oily, no one finished it, but the chana & puri were okay.

Pretty sure this is the only place outside of Brooklyn's Little Pakistan that makes kashmiri pink chai (apparently Haandi in Manhattan used to, but when I inquired there recently, I just got a confused look). Anyway, the gulabi chai here is 5-star quality! Food is also fantastic. We had the kadhi (labelled as pakora curry), halwa poori, omelette, and aloo/paneer parathas. Parathas were a little dense for my taste (I prefer thin), but the spices were perfect. Kadhi and halwa poori were the best I've had in NY. Omelette was a solid rendition of your typical desi omelette.

I went in to try kashmiri tea. It was pink in color. Overall it tasted like milk than a traditional Indian tea. It had a lot of pistachio crumbles. Masala tea is not in their menu. But you can order it. They will add some masala to the regular tea. I think tea is better this way. I also had a halwa Puri. It had two puri which are of the size of batura. A side of chana masala and halwa was given. Shish kabab was ok. Malai kulfi was my only disappointment. It was not good at all. Prices in this place is very reasonable. Food is very good for the price point.

Got food poisoning from this restaurant. When I called to complain the manager said "ok" like nothing happened and hung up on me twice. This place should be closed.

Beat Pakistani food in Queens! I go out of my way to come to this hole in the wall. Samosas, breakfast halwa poori and ladoos are the best in NYC. There is no where else I go for ladoos.

Great menu. Very authentic food. Gola kabab is a bit spicy but I think that's a given

We got a box of assorted mithai and everyone loved it. We got to try a couple of items from the menu, I would highly recommend the naan burger if you like fusion concept foods. It was extremely delicious and flavorful and a creative concept. The other food we ordered was a kabob roll, chicken Seekh kabobs with rice, and lacha paratha. All of the items were delicious and I would love to give an extra shoutout to the lacha paratha, it was so fresh and tasty, it reminded me of parathas you get back in Pakistan.

I got food poisoning from this restaurant eating saag paneer. Food safety was so bad, they had the food sitting out there for who knows how long, and it turns out it wasn't heated! That is why they had to microwave it for me. I didn't think anything about it until I was over the toilet, then I realized what "want us to microwave that" meant from a food safety perspective. Terrible. This is people's health, and a restaurant needs to be worthy of that trust.

I visited yesterday to try some Pakistani dish for the first time but their foods are very similar with Indian foods. My friend loves Indian foods, and we give a try to this restaurant. We ordered some foods like, papri chat? which was sweets and cold (did not like it). We ordered palak panner with naan, which is too oily, like half of the bowl is full of oil(the worst food i have ever tried) but the naan is very delicious. We also order chicken tandoori, which my friend got disappointed(only 2 pieces of chicken cost $7) and finally we had a Kashmiri special tea which was not freshly made and served as warm and we had to requested for make more hot. Overall, the restaurant were newly renovating as we Customers were having food which we understood at this moment. The server is kind and friendly. I would say its our first and last visit at this restaurant. FOODS ARE NEED TO BE IMPROVE.

Super-friendly service. Really enjoyed the samosa chaat and biryani! Highly recommend!

Only got desserts here, but it was very tasty. Gulag jamun was really good. We got a few other things too, but as with all Indian sweets, I got a major sugar rush and after a bit the sweetness was a little overwhelming. Would come back for sure!

Food is good but the service is atrocious. They take forever to process orders and think nothing of leaving customers standing around unnecessarily

Ventured out to Jackson Heights, again, just to come here! As expected, the food did not disappoint but sadly, as others have complained about, the service was very poor. For our meal: -Vegetable Pakora: Though a bit soggy, it was the best Pakora I have ever had! -Chat Pani Puri: Very tasty. Accompanied sauces were delicious. -Plain & Garlic Naan: Both were awesome! -Chicken Korma: It was pretty good. Probably better options on the menu. -Chili Chicken: one of the best things i've had. I can't wait to go back and have this again! On the way out, we grabbed some more pastries and Jalebi, all were excellent and HIGHLY recommended (especially the milk cake). Overall, this place is awesome and the food is some of the best I have had. The environment is cute and clean and the prices are very reasonable. Cannot wait to come back!

I don't know much about Indian food and haven't eaten much. 3 stars: staff tries to explain each food item, decent food, variety of proteins and veggies, decent service, and sufficient seating. I ordered a combo platter of Butter Chicken, Mixed Veggies and Chicken Biryani Rice. Also comes with Naan. Glad the naan and rice were not seasoned cuz it tamed the spicy in the butter chicken sauce. Also having naan, I used it to mop-up all that yummy sauce. The rice looked like it should be flavorful, but it tasted bland. :-( Also ordered a cup of Masala Chai. Unfortunately, it tasted like tea with evaporated milk. I thought I was going to taste cardamom and clove.

Great food. Halwa puri was great. And muli paratha was above expectations, it was really good. Loved the food. Kashmiri tea is good too. Also got mithai from here after trying at couple other places in Jackson heights. Kalakand was so soft and flavorful.

I don't know if it's because of the pandemic, but we brought food from here and there was mold all over the roast chicken. My cousin also had takeout from this restaurant last week and got food poisoning. Would NOT recommend. Make sure to check your food carefully if you go.

The sweets (mishti or mithai) are delicious and they have a great variety, including all my personal favorites like motichoor laddoo and tricolor barfi.

Placed an order online 30 minutes ago via Yelp. No call from the restaurant to explain - just a text message when I was supposed to receive the delivery that the order was cancelled! I'm hangry :/ Message I received AFTER waiting 30 minutes: "Hi, Yelp here. We're sorry but something went wrong & we had to cancel your Al Naimat Restaurant & Sweets order. We've refunded your order & sent an email with additional details."

True gem of a place especially if you're craving a taste of home made Pakistani food like myself. Came here last day of Ramadan for some chole and halwa poori, muli paratha, omelette, and Kashmiri chai. Also got 1lb. Of mixed Mithai (sweets) to go. Polite customer service and short wait times with delicious and very affordable food.

I will never eat here again. Nothing was what expected, right down to the tea. The masala dosa was dry the potatoe was def not made that day. The kebab had a stone that my husband broke his back tooth off. Never. Ever. Again.

They remodeled this place and have much better customer service. Food looks better and fresh. Giving them another try!

Went there for chaat and it taste horrible and top of that it was $8. I don't mind paying $8 but still teach ur workers how to make chaat papri or samosa chaat!! Never never eating from there

Mediocre. Go to Maharajah or Rajbhog instead. Trust me. My husband made a mistake and got sweets from this shop instead of our usual spots and it was so so disappointing.

I think their taste is much better than other places nearby. They are also a bit cheaper and primarily a take-out place (though there is some seating). Due to this, I think they get a bit of a pass on service. The food is really good and the price makes it well worth it. I highly recommend the chicken kebabs!

Terrible service. Queues forming at a time when we should be social distancing because they are using two staff to attend to one customer, getting Orders wrong etc Food also very overly oily - buffet system and not sure how fresh the dishes were

While there are many tasty choices nearby, Al Naimat has the best veg samosas! The filling remains true to the ingredients, not a beige mash like other establishments. The green chutney is especially nice, small dices of saucy goodness. Had take out this time, can't wait to sit and try other dishes!

Food is nasty as hell. Completely tasteless. The only reason I come here is for their rasmalai which is probably the best I've ever had anywhere. Their kheer is also pretty good.

This place has very poor service. Came in here and waited 10 minutes. The people behind the counter never looked at my friend and I even once to ask us for our order or even apologize for the wait. After waiting so long my friend told the guy we've been waiting 10 minutes and his attitude was simply "I am busy busy" "you want to argue or order" and we just left. That IS NOT how to handle a customer who was waiting. A simply apology would have sufficed. I won't be back.

Excellent food love there chicken tandoori fish.the servings are quite reasonable the entire dishes are nicely cooked halwapuri is available for breakfast Let's talk about sweets all the sweets are fresh jalebis,chamcham,rasmalai amazing. They have large seating area in back food are reasonable not overpriced and fresh. One should not come to Jackson heights with out visit this establishment. Last you can use your credit card which is really a plus point as compare to there Neighborhood.

We stopped for drinks. It's an ok spot. Their smoothie and ice cream was only ok. Not necessarily on my need to go again list.

All the dishes are okay at best but the naan is AMAZING! Honestly could go here just for the naan! Nihari is a no go for me tho!

Went here for the first time a few weeks ago and I enjoyed samosa chaat and Kashmiri chai. Both were very delicious. Service was fast, staff were really helpful, and the place is clean. I look forward to coming back for more!

If you are about to come here don't. So many flies inside. Food is bad and smells really bad inside.

If you're looking for a great authentic Indian taste with a village like vibe, this is the place to go! I've been here a lot of times, they have never disappointed me. The manager "Jabbar" is an amazing and the humblest person I've ever seen. They have fresh naan (bread) from the clay tandoor, which is how it should be, unlike other fake restaurants. I had already heard from other people that they have good sweets. However, the actual experience was even better! Make sure you take some sweets home after your dinner, especially those cashew fudge, I like that, thats my favorite.

A well known Indian sweets place in Little India in Jackson Heights, I've been here twice in the last 5 years both times to enjoy their pastries and cakes. First time we came with a small group on a Sunday evening, were seated quickly and given a menu. Since we weren't familiar with the names of the items, we ended up going up to the display case and ordering several items. A few weeks ago I dropped by again since I was in the area and got a few items to go. Most of the individual sweets were $1 a piece. We got a piece of almond barfi, a piece of pistachio barfi and what I think was gulab jamun (fried? dough ball soaked in sugar syrup). Splitting them with a friend, I enjoyed the pistachio barfi and dough ball the best. I am no expert in Indian desserts, but in general I find them to be on the sweeter side, which is terrific if you have a sweet tooth, but for me the small portions were just ok enough to satisfy the craving, given the technique of soaking some desserts in sugar syrup (reminds me of Turkish or Greek desserts that soak in sugar syrup or honey). Any larger and they would have given me a sugar overload. I also noticed they have a some well-reviewed savory dishes that I am excited to try next time I am in the area, hopefully soon!

Really yummy sweets and chai! I had kala jamun and a kheer pastry and they were both great. Cute neighborhood spot that I'll definitely come back to next time I'm in Jackson Heights.

TERRIBLE! I swear to God I'm writing this review and my whole body is sweating with a runny nose. Either this was a bloody prank, or the Chef is a drunken idiot. I ordered 3 grilled Chicken sticks with yellow rice on the side. First of all the rice had black meat in it. I didn't order a lamb biryani or anything. I asked him for yellow rice on the side that's it. Then I found a black meat in the box and I thought it was goat. Turned out to be CHICKEN! I've never seen a black chicken in my life. NEVER! Second, the dish is rubbish. The chicken bones are mixed with the rice in small splinters I was choking on them while eating. UNBELIEVABLE! [Picture attached] Now the Chicken Kebab. It was so spicy I felt pain in my ears. Don't get me wrong. I like spicy food. But this was a dish served right from the gates of hell. Listen folks, unless you wanna get Hemorrhoids, acid reflux for weeks and a failed liver, stay away from this place! Aww and did I mention it's OVERLY EXPENSIVE? NEVER IN MY LIFE AGAIN!

Food: delicious. Unabashedly authentic. Decor: like a diner, with fewer frills Chai: amazing Service: it exists