I am a Bangladeshi American and here is my review of Khalil Biriyani House, Bronx.

I would give Khalil biriyani house Bronx NYC 0 star if I can. It is an embarrassment to Bangladeshi food.

Reading about Mr. Khalil and his opening of the Biriyani house, I visited his restaurant in Bronx NYC where we personally met him. We had ordered the restaurant's signature dish which is "Beef tehari", "Biden Biryani" among other items. The food was terrible. Tehari was floating in mustard oil and was very overwhelming. The "Biden Biriyani" which Mr. Khalil named after President Biden was bland and tasteless. Mr. Khalil wants to draw the attention of celebrities from the Indian subcontinent and politicians from NYC and I deem it to be good. I like the attention he is drawing toward the Bangladeshi community. All the hype about great fusion Bengali food is deceptive and false in my opinion. There are many good restaurants in NYC that are much older in business and serve great food and have great service but, the only difference is, other restaurants are probably not drawing the attention of celebrities or politicians and that is fine with us diners since we want good service and food. To name a few, Alauddin sweets of Astoria Queens, premium sweets, Shahjalal restaurants and there are few more.

I had also ordered food (catering) for my house for a house party. I had spoken to Mr. Khalil and ordered food. I had called him several times to remind him about the order up until the day prior to the pickup of the food and I also had gotten the pricing. He personally confirmed that all was ready. I informed Mr. Khalil that I would be traveling from another state for the food. The day I went to get the food I met with Mr. Khalil in the restaurant and told him and he inquired inside the kitchen. Waited a while. Then found out from someone else that except for a few of the trays, none of the other trays for the order was not prepared. There was no apology from Mr. Khalil. I had guests in the house and I was dependent on this pre-ordered food. I found Mr. Khalil and his services to be irresponsible, not caring, and lacking customer support skills.

I will be changing my review on Google and other platforms and will never visit this restaurant.

I advise for Mr. Khalil, to stop worrying about getting awards from the politicians! You are not doing any service to the Bangladeshi community by it. Give us great food and service. We the diners could care less if you are friends with the senator of New York or not. Quality of the restaurant's services, a great Bangladeshi food that reminds us of our beloved country (Bangladesh). What is the point of opening a Bangladeshi restaurant? Did you envision great Bangladeshi food or do you want to market bad food and ruin our country's name? Quality of food and customer services should not be reserved for politicians and celebrities, rather it should be for every paying customer. May Allaah guide you!