Bakhtar Halal Kabab

standard post workout order
3 chicken koftas and brown rice.
the spiciest tastiest chicken

I would order for take out here. The food is delicious, however the service sucks. Oh yeah, don’t forget it’s cash only! We waited for 15 minutes before someone finally brought us a god damn menu. The food took long to come and we finally were able to flag down a waiter for the bill after like 20 attempts.
Food: Chicken Kabob and Chicken Kofta were good. The Chicken Gyro was really good and had my attention.
Overall the experience was okay. The food was good though, so that saved the day.

Its meat heaven! The family platters are the ones that are the best value but be warned, they are huge! Its a great place for your Kofta, lamb chops and chicken tikka.

Stumbled upon this place by chance. Was looking for another restaurant but was closed at the time. Spacious place. Feels homey. Huge portions could’ve shared the 8.99 $ platter. Tea was on the house. Service was pretty okay.
Will come back! Nxt time will be sure to try the white sauce. Darn for it being 2 $ extra though!

This food makes my heart happy ! And my mouth ! And everything ! It’s delicious !!! The white sauce is AMAZING ! I’ve been coming here for years and can honestly say that they consistently serve delicious food. The restaurant always appears very clean as well. I highly recommend their food!!! Enjoy ! Oh! How could I forget? A special shout out to their wonderful kabuli rice — it has raisins and carrots in it and you could eat it FOREVER it’s soooo good! Enjoy !!!

Came in for the first time, the food was excellent and the service was amazing and plentiful .They make their homemade cheeseburger which was absolutely marvelous. They gave us delicious appetizers. The box of baklava and the tea was awesome. For service I rate them 5 stars, the food deserves 5 stars and the cleaness deserves 4 stars. I hope to see them soon!

Cheap low quality food filthy rest rooms. This would sum up this place. I was invited for dinner to this place and had horrible experience. First the food especially the chicken was dry and tasteless and restroom was filthy with urine and feces everywhere. We complained to Mr Zubair at the front desk and he said if you find it filthy don’t use it. Excuse me. We complained to the owner/​manager instead of getting the place cleaned he says you are just making a big deal and then says our customers don’t know how to use the bathroom that’s why it’s dirty.
With this kind of attitude and management God knows what goes on in the kitchen.

Amazing food. Checked out this place while I was in New York. Reasonable prices with a great dinning area. Big restaurant. Food was delicious and we did not have to wait long for it to arrive either.

This place is not fancy but it’s soooo good! They are a dine in/​take out spot. The staff is friendly and the service is good. I had the chicken and beef Tikka with brown basmati rice. I also had the Afghan bolaani as an appetizer. Both were so amazing. The seasoning on the meats were delish and the rice was yummy. Their white sauce is also very good. This is definitely going to be by new to go spot!

I was a little iffy about this place because it was my first time. But I was wrong it’s actually really good I had the combo over rice and my friend had their fish fillet sandwich both came out to be really good. Best thing of all unlimited white sauce! Prices are reasonable

Amazing food, in gigantic proportions.
My best friend and I came out here to have dinner. She had been raving about this place and so naturally I had to see for myself what the fuss was about. We trekked our way to the restaurant on a snowy day (yes, we’re determined for our afghan food).
The location was great because it was fairly easy to find parking (or maybe it was because of the snow storm?). The inside of the restaurant is nothing fancy. But definitely clean.
We placed our order with a gentlemen, who was not very attentive the rest of our time there. But, what was comical was his response to us when we ordered the family platter (enough to feed 4 – 5 people).
I explained that I was going to order a separate dish for my husband to take home, but then thought it would be better to order a combo pack, so we can try different meats and then take the rest home.
He still shook his head and stared in astonishment. My friend and I laughed it off, thinking he doesn’t understand how much we are capable of eating…
Now, when the actually platter came out. It was a sight to see! Several other tables even looked over to stare in disbelief.
But wait. Where was our bolani?! He again took a moment to comprehend and asked «you still want bolani?!». Yes please :)
Haha, needless to say EVERYTHING we ordered was fantastic. And the leftovers… Oh boy, the leftovers fed my husband and 3 other people generously!

What can I say? I go here WAY too many times, and every time I come here it makes me wanna come again. Their food is just too dang delicious. I love afgan food, hands down. I’ve been to every afgan place in NY, and this place is the best out of all of them. Their white sauce is on point, their meat is perfect, and their rice is great. At other afgan places, their lamb isn’t tender, but this bakhtars lamb is tender and cuts perfectly, and their chicken is cooked just right. I can never get sick of this place

Although I’ve only eaten here once, I can already say for certain that this is a place to order take-​out from. Don’t dine in here; just don’t.
The interior is very drab with fluorescent lighting that reminds me of an unfinished basement. We were also there at the same time a freaking HUGE party of about 30 people (including a large handful of kids) was dining. It was some sort of party. It was extremely loud and the parents had no concept of keeping an eye on their children as they ran and screamed around the entire restaurant. Many times, they used our table as a kind of base in their game of tag.
So, I will order delivery in the future because I don’t ever want to risk competing with such a large crowd.
Otherwise, the place was empty at first. We were allowed to choose where we sat, but because we sat near a table for six when a party of at least eight came in, we were asked to move our seats, which was annoying. Restaurants with actual respect for their paying customers wouldn’t pull a switcheroo like that, in my opinion.
The place could be a lot cleaner. The bottles of sauces (ketchup, yogurt, and something green — jalapeño, maybe?) all felt really greasy. I also saw a sizable beetle walking across the floor prior to ordering, which needless to say put me off.
The potato wedges were wonderful. They were very large and nicely seasoned.
I don’t remember exactly what I ordered for my dinner, but i know it was beef something with chicken tikka over rice. The menu is so large, and yet so many of the plates are very nearly the same. The chicken was good. The beef was fatty and pretty forgettable. The yogurt sauce, though room temperature, is addictive. That said, I wish the dish came with its own sauce so I didn’t have to keep reaching for the condiment bottles. I suppose I was expecting something really saucy, like the stuff from Halal trucks. But I now know that just because a place has «Halal» in the title, doesn’t mean it will be like cart food…
The place is also weirdly between wait service and self-​service, kind of like a pizzeria. In my opinion, if you are going to have wait service at all, you may as well have the servers provide drinks as well. Having to get our own drinks from the fridge seemed a bit silly.
So, if (IF) I ever want to eat this place’s food again, which I probably won’t, I am getting takeout! I suggest you do the same. Crappy or not, it’s cool to have a seemingly authentic source of Afghan food in a sea of, well, non-​Afghan food.

Great Afghan food in Flushing!

The owner is very helpful and nice. The dishes were a little pricey for the area. The bread is not as good as other places and the lamb is not as tender even though it was a suggestion from them.

Good kebabs, legendary asshole curt service.

Since Ive tried several of the Afghan restaurants in the area I am fairly knowledgeable about what each of them have to offer. This Bahktar serves a larger portion of chicken that the other one located on Fresh Meadow Lane and but the flavor is better at the other Bahktar however Aria Kebab’s flavor is even more intense than both of these. Aria’s is also 50 cents less for the same chicken tikka meal and their container of salad is larger and fresher. The rice is pretty much the same at all of these places but thats not what really makes the meal. This Bahktar has the tangiest white sauce of all. They probably add extra vinegar. They also sell their white sauce in larger containers. Small is 2 $ and large is $ 4.

Our friends had raved about this place for their delicious Afghan food and I am so thankful they introduced this to us! They ordered the combo platter that comes with lamb, chicken, rice, salad, bread and a type of sausage. We ordered a side of curry too. The food was so fresh considering we did take out! The meat was tender and super flavorful. The rice was slamming — not hard and not too soft. The bread was okay. The best was the white sauce that came with the order — you can never get enough of that! The curry was different but in a good way, smoky and semi sweet. The chicken was amazingly tender and soft. If we’re ever craving Afghan food, we’re coming here!

As a fixture here for many years and a fellow afghan this place has rapidly declined. The food quality has especially suffered. The meat is sometimes undercooked and they pile on extremely greasy rice. The food barely has any flavor and has to be drowned in white sauce to even be edible.
God forbid you dine in here, the service is terrible. The cashier is also the waitress so be prepared to wait a long time before you get served or get your undercooked meat filled with 2 gallons of oil on the rice. Also enjoy the grease and food remnants on your table, menu, and seats.
On the bright side its relatively cheap and you get what you pay for I guess.

This place certainly hits the spot if you’re looking for a chicken and rice with white sauce craving. Their menu is pretty extensive, so you can also get anything from hamburgers to gyros too.
We ordered take out on Friday night. We got the number 12 — 3 skewers of chicken kufta over rice, with salad and bread, and a Chicken Gyro on pita for just under $ 12. Not bad! Both were delicious. The chicken is tender and flavorful. The gyro is packed with meat, which is nice, but I would’ve liked for there to be a bit more lettuce? haha :) A nice even distribution at least!
We would definitely return and try their other menu offerings.