Masti Indian Grill & Chaat Bar
Indian restaurant · Williamsburg ·
Anglo-Indian Balti cooking, tandoor oven, chaat & curries
Anglo-Indian Balti cooking, tandoor oven, chaat & curries
"Masti has “Chatt Bar” in the name, but really it’s a semi-casual sit-down restaurant where you can share chaat as appetizers with a group (as opposed to devouring a styrofoam bowl of chole by yourself). There are a couple of sparkly chandeliers in the dining room, and the batata sev puri is plated like it’s at a wedding party, while the amchur-heavy bhel comes in a neat, layered tower like steak tartare. But our favorite street snack on the menu isn’t as glamorous. The pao bhaji requires you to spoon the pungent onion-masala vegetable gravy into a butter roll and eat it sloppy-joe style with your hands, throwing all formality out the window. This place is a solid choice if you want your chaat and curry in the same sitting or if you don’t want to leave Williamsburg when you have a craving." - neha talreja
"Masti has “Chatt Bar” in the name, but really it’s a semi-casual sit-down restaurant in Williamsburg where you can share chaat as appetizers with your family (as opposed to devouring a styrofoam bowl of chole by yourself). Our favorite street snack on the menu is the pao bhaji, which requires you to spoon the onion-masala vegetable gravy into a butter roll before eating everything sloppy-joe style with your hands." - hannah albertine, kenny yang
"I note that Amin's 2021 Williamsburg restaurant, Masti, was an earlier attempt to feature the region's food and listed roughly six regional West Bengali dishes, most of which later disappeared from the menu." - Robert Sietsema
"Tucked in a corner of Williamsburg near the Williamsburg Bridge, Masti is a restaurant that specializes in Anglo-Indian Balti cooking, while also offering lots of northern and southern Indian fare, including a dish or two from West Bengal. Kosha mangsho is a mustard-laced goat curry from Kolkata, while the Bricklane curry, like the name suggests, is a London-style dish with a choice of main ingredients and an adjustable level of heat." - Robert Sietsema
"This relaxed restaurant tucked under the BQE has a slight Bengali bent but it generally serves food from northern India. Try the mustardy goat curry from Kolkata called kosha mangsho, or the chile-laced pumpkin panch phoron, from Jharkand. Brick Lane-style English Balti curries are also available, in a space decorated with giant agrarian color photos." - Robert Sietsema, Melissa McCart
