Hell's Kitchen Has 'Best' $20 Restaurant: Report

HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — If you have $20 and you want something to eat, your best bet is to head to West 52nd Street for some Indian food.

Eater just released their 2023 Eater Award Winners for New York City, and a local hit Indian newcomer made the list for the best place to grab a meal with your old pal, Andrew Jackson.

According to the food critics at Eater, Hyderabadi Zaiqa was where they spent their "Best" $20 of the whole year.

The Hyderabadi-style biryani spot opened in August to rave reviews and Eater writes glowingly of the "modest walk-down space" at West 52nd Street and Ninth Avenue.

Critic Robert Sietsema praised the restaurant's biryani — a dish of fragrant rice with layers of meat and a spiced sauce — calling their goat dum biryani their "most important dish."

"Marvelous bone-in chunks of goat tossed with saffron-laced rice and sealed in a pan as they are slow-cooked, lending the rice maximum flavor," Eater writes.

Also recommended by the popular foodie website are the appetizers, including the tomato pepper shorba, served with "a thin and strikingly orange broth laced with chiles."

Eater's not alone in their praise of Hyderabadi Zaiqa.

Just weeks ago, Hell Gate's intrepid $20 Dinner food column dipped in for a taste, and deemed it "some of the best [biryani] you'll ever eat."

"You can order with confidence here," wrote Hell Gate, "no matter where your cravings guide you."

You can find Hyderabadi Zaiqa at 366 West 52nd St., near Ninth Avenue.

To check out the rest of the spots on Eater's list, click here