Forkelo ranking · Updated October 2026
8 butter chicken across New York City, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
Angel Indian Restaurant · Jackson Heights, Queens
12 dish-specific mentions · 100% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Grilled chicken in a flavorful gravy that nearly every diner praises, with no negative mentions found. Often paired with the restaurant's well liked naan.
Red Onion · East Village, Manhattan
14 dish-specific mentions · 93% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
A rich, dark, spicy house specialty that diners call the best butter chicken they have had. A few dislike the bone in chicken or found the sauce unusual.
Kebab Aur Sharab · Upper West Side, Manhattan
12 dish-specific mentions · 92% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
A smoky, tandoor charred butter chicken that diners call remarkable and that Reddit often names the best in the city. A minor gripe is the price and extra charge for rice.
Indian Table · Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
11 dish-specific mentions · 91% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
A creamy, tomato forward butter chicken that regulars call incredible. One reviewer found it sweet and one delivery order arrived oily.
Veeray da Dhaba · East Village, Manhattan
12 dish-specific mentions · 75% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
A tender, creamy and mildly spicy butter chicken that many call out of this world. A few found the pieces small or the dish less special than Adda.
Adda · East Village, Manhattan
8 dish-specific mentions · 75% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
A reservation only tableside show that critics call fantastic chicken and diners call fun and filling. Complaints are about booking, long waits and rushed service.
Musaafer · Tribeca, Manhattan
16 dish-specific mentions · 56% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
A showy trio of gravies that some call outstanding and the green tomatillo version is the favorite. Others found the gravies too alike, too cream heavy or low on tandoor char.
GupShup · Gramercy, Manhattan
15 dish-specific mentions · 40% positive · 1 source type · menu verified October 2026
Reddit fans name it among the city best, but Yelp diners split: some call it the star, others find it sweet, watery, ordinary or small at takeout.
Every score is built from evidence about the specific dish: how often locals recommend it, how strongly, how recently, and whether independent sources agree. A restaurant's overall star rating is never converted into a dish score.
Quality and confidence are reported separately. A dish two people loved can score high, but it is marked limited data until more evidence backs it up. The whole calculation — every constant, and three dishes worked through line by line — is written out on the methodology page.
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