Dera Restaurant

OMG Rated, Asli desee Palistani food ! It is Not just the amazing food here but I do want to mention is the desee restaurant Mahole / pakistani style restaueant experience. The desee ambiance add a lovely value to the meal. When you eat here, the sights, the sounds, desee food aroma and the whole experience. All together it is simply amazing. I ordered goat paya and haleem. Paya was mine favorite. Simply sticky juicy and delicious with just perfect mix of spices. Highly Highly Highly Recimended !!!

No frills icon in Jackson Heights, Queens. Pulled up here on a whim and it did not disappoint. We ordered the aloo baingan (potato + eggplant), beef nihari, chicken tikka (not pictured) and plain naan. All dishes were cooked to perfection and spice level was very tolerable, didn’t light your mouth on fire. Complimentary raita (yogurt) and salad were a nice touch. For dessert we tried their falooda (ice cream + noodles + basil seeds + rose syrup). Ice cream portion was good, the rest was not. Would not get again. Chai was also pretty mediocre. Skip dessert and tea and focus on the food. Overall: 7/10

This would be my best spot just to eat food, absolutely real food served with reasonable price everything. Much larger place to dine in.

Very tasty food, ok ambience, helpful staff. It does get pretty busy during weekends/evenings but there's plenty of seating. The food was served promptly and was really delicious. I recommend you get the chicken, palak, channa masala dishes. Naans are pretty big. Raita was pretty good too. We did not like the bhindi masala and chicken kebab that much but they were ok. Most of the dishes and naan are pretty oily.

If I could give Dera more than 5 stars, I would. We first fell in love with the place when having their chicken karahi and the reshmi kebab (our kids loved them so much too). Next, I put in a large catering order with Touqeer Sahib (who is a pleasure to work with!). We ordered haleem, goat pula'o, samosas, reshimi kebab, chicken kebab, naans, mithai, etc. and the experience could not have been better. The taste (esp the haleem) was outstanding and the food was packaged so professionally. It was easy to transport. I had asked Touqeer Sahib for less spice, and the level was just perfect. Our desi and non desi friends alike were raving about the food. Thank you guys for a wonderful meal and service! We will be back again.

Great place for some Indian/Pakistani food. The staff was very hardworking & attentive. Our waitress explained the menu to us & what was or wasn't available at the time of our visit. Nice & clean atmosphere. The restaurant is pretty big & open so you're not squished to the table next to you. We got a variety of dishes & they were all delicious. We had samosa chaat, shami kabab, bhindi masala, chicken malai boti, chicken seekh kabab, chicken tikka masala, plain naan & muli paratha. Everything was hot & tasty. We also had their milk chai which was also pretty good. I highly recommend this restaurant.

The yogurt was a little tasteless and qorma was too gooey but nonetheless I really enjoyed the food. The butter chicken we got was excellent and among the best I’ve had. Biryani was also pretty good even as someone who is not a fan of biryani. The waiters and service was A1. Overall I’d definitely go again.

The lamb chop was very old, extremely crispy, and dry, so it was not good. We were disappointed with that dish. However, everything else was good, and the rest of the food and service were fine. Overall, we were not happy with the lamb chop, but everything else was okay.