Bengali home cooking in Park Slope from the Unapologetic Foods group — the Kolkata menu New York was missing
Must-try: Kosha mangsho, Shorshe bata fish, Luchi
📍 365 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
The best Indian restaurants in Park Slope, New York City — 3 ranked picks with ratings and must-try dishes.
3 picksPark Slope has 3 Indian restaurants we would send anyone to, ranked here by rating and review depth. Masalawala & Sons sits at the top with 4.5 stars. If you only order one thing, make it the kosha mangsho at Masalawala & Sons. Most of this list stays under $40 a head. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
Park Slope eats like a neighborhood rather than a destination — Fifth and Seventh Avenues are lined with places locals go weekly, not once.
Bengali home cooking in Park Slope from the Unapologetic Foods group — the Kolkata menu New York was missing
Must-try: Kosha mangsho, Shorshe bata fish, Luchi
📍 365 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
A Park Slope Indian room with the ambition of a Manhattan opening
Must-try: Crispy spinach chaat, Amritsari fish with housemade tartar, Lamb shank nihari
📍 212 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
made-from-scratch Maharashtrian home cooking on Fifth Avenue
Must-try: Misal pao, Ghati chicken, Sunday thali
📍 369 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Masalawala & Sons — 4.5 stars across 1,100 reviews, the highest on this list. Bengali home cooking in Park Slope from the Unapologetic Foods group — the Kolkata menu New York was missing.
Badshah Social at $$ — 4.2 stars without the $$$$ bill. 2 of the 3 restaurants on this page are $$ or under.
None of the 3 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The kosha mangsho at Masalawala & Sons, the crispy spinach chaat at Badshah Social and the misal pao at Pangat. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 1 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.