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in:Beef Pepper Fry at Dhamaka32 pts
“I wouldn't mind so much, if their food lived up to it. But it really doesn't. Their biryani was so salty that I had to take a big gulp of water after every bite and had to stop eating it all the way through. I LOVE salt, but this was just botched.”
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postBeef Pepper Fry at Dhamaka27 pts
“If you haven’t been to Dhamaka in a while, go check it out!! They updated the menu again and it’s got some incredibly bold, complex, spicy flavors (which makes sense given that “dhamaka” means “explosion” in Hindi).”
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in:Dhamaka Still Worth It?22 pts
“Food was all very spicy and expensive, but didn’t have much flavor variety. Service was slow and not attentive. Generally I walked away pretty dissatisfied and I’d never go back for what they charge.”
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in:Dhamaka Still Worth It?16 pts
“The food was good - we love and eat Indian all the time and this was among the best I’ve had. The dal and goat curry were standouts.”
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in:Worst dish you’ve had in nyc ?13 pts
“It was totally inedible. Honestly, most of their food was trash.”
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in:What has been your most overpriced and underwhelming restaurant experience? 10 pts
replying to u/goldenapple212: Dhamaka
“Dhamaka was wildly underwhelming. The food was decent, but the service was so bad as to be embarrassing.”
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in:Dhamaka5 pts
“Paneer methi. Their housemade paneer is so soft like silken tofu. I’ve never had paneer like it at other restaurants.”
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in:Fancy Indian Restaurants4 pts
“I enjoyed Dhamaka in the summer when they had the outdoor space but I have to say that the flavor profile just wasn’t for me — like the goat biryani was quite gamey and heavy.”
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in:Popular/highly rated restaurants you’ve been disappointed by?4 pts
“I just didn’t like it. It was deafeningly loud, and the service was weird. You have to order everything all at once, so you can’t order an appetizer and then assess from there how you feel.”
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in:Beef Pepper Fry at Dhamaka3 pts
replying to u/Human-Progress7526: i feel like there's a specific group of people who really love the style of food dhamaka is making and then everyone else has moved on after going once and not really liking it. for some reason that first group is intent on convincing everyone else that it's good??
“For the record, I loved Dhamaka. Particularly the biryani, which I found flavorful, rich and not at all too salty.”
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in:Spiciest food in NYC?2 pts
replying to u/superangry2: Dhamaka is spicy for the sake of being spicy and can turn into more of an ordeal than a meal. Ugly baby is similar.
“Yes. Did not like. And my entree had so much spice in it that it was gritty. Like eating gravel. Not great.”
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in:Beef Pepper Fry at Dhamaka2 pts
replying to u/QuesoDelDiablos: This really looks like a very lazy PR plant. It doesn't help that Dhamaka is noted for having an extremely active PR campaign. I wouldn't mind so much, if their food lived up to it. But it really doesn't. Their biryani was so salty that I had to take a big gulp of water after every bite and had to stop eating it all the way through. I LOVE salt, but this was just botched. As was the big chicken meatball thingy that was sitting in a curry with maybe a half inch of just grease on the top.
“I love Indian food but found dhamaka inedible because of the salt level. If you've ever bought a chili relish condiment in a jar (like patak's), every bite was as salty as that.”
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