Numidia halal food — Restaurant in New York

This new worker I think he is Spanish or something he says “bro” unlike the two other Arab or Yemeni guys that work there, gave me very little amounts of rice and chicken and burnt chicken and I found bones in it too.

I used to come here very frequently few years ago when I was younger, then I had stopped coming because I got a small portion of rice couple of times, so small that it felt like I was carrying an empty bag home, then they said they have a two spoon rice rule, so the workers would give me one spoon and half spoon and give me some rotten tomatoes and normal lettuce and I’d be on my way and be disappointed when I got home. And “just shut up and eat”

Recently I ordered lamb platter and mix, lamb platter had 45% empty space because gravity pulled all the food to one side of the box revealing the empty space in the box. And mix platter had 25% empty space which i didn’t mind because that’s near the normal amount other two guys gave.I could not take a photo the last time because nowadays I go to numidia cart after 3-4am and come home tired and sleepy. So I forgot to take a photo.

I thought he gave little amount by mistake because he was in a rush because there were more people but no, he proves me wrong it’s not his mistake it’s deliberate.

This time I encountered this new guy again and he gave me extremely small amount of rice on the first box and was about to on the second box yet again when I told him give me more rice he said “it will cost more,” he then gave 2-3 ‘teaspoons’ of rice and pretended like he gave me “extra rice” it was less rice than any other worker would give normally and he tried to charge me $17 for the other box where he gave me 2-3 teaspoons worth “more” rice. I ended up giving him $16.50 and he gave me -20% less rice & -60% chicken than the other workers would give at $16.

Chicken was like small wires and burnt and it had bone and there were only 2-3 half inch cubes of meat in there and 2 or so paper thin pieces, there was almost no meat in total as you can see in the photo.

First photo you can see the small “wires/linear pieces” between the box second photo you can see my fork and compare the height of the amount of rice he gave then on the next photo you can see I moved the food to show you how much empty space there actually is, then I took a photo of the whole box to give you an idea of the total empty space in the box at $8 and you can see how little food you get and how little chicken if there was any at all, then the last photo you can see the bone piece I found after I began eating this I also tasted some burnt chicken of course there was no chunk I could take a photo of, it was like powdered burnt chicken covered up with white sauce.

So here is the rundown, I’ll reduce my visits to this spot if not stop altogether, why would I go here if this new one will try to rip me off everytime and give me burnt powdered small quantities of meat covered up with white sauce and little rice for $16 oh wait he wants to charge extra so $18 which is more than a whole hour of my hard manual labor outside in the cold, when I can go to another cart near me? I came here which was few blocks farther than the other cart because numidia gave 80-85% filled box of food and other place gave 70-75% and this new guy at Numidia is giving 55%-60% for $16 and he wants $18 if not more money for less food at low quality. Meaning burnt, little to no meat, and some meat crumbs covered up with sauce.

From now on if I ever plan to come back here I’ll call and if this guy answers the call I’m not gonna bother ordering on that day, if I walk by and I want to buy something and I see him I won’t bother ordering.

Imagine being so stingy you give less than the due amount then you give few teaspoons of rice which is still less, and try to overcharge someone 🤦‍♂️ that’s right “teaspoons” this was so infuriating I was actually planning to tip whoever was working today because I respect those who work at cold like myself outside this new guy changed my...

Straight up, I’ve had enough. The staff at night ALWAYS manages to get something wrong, and this has been happening for a couple years now. From getting my order wrong, to CLEARLY putting the wrong sauces on what I want, to finally the tipping point tonight Sunday February 23, 2025 11:50-12:10 giving me ZERO meat (I took a couple pieces out but look at your tapes there is still literally nothing on my gyro). I mean this is ridiculous, and it’s sad to say because the regular Arab dudes running it during the day do a great job. Any regular person would say that this portion size is genuine greed/carelessness. Please I beg of the owner to get some staff that aren’t under the influence during their shift and can properly COMPREHEND what I am saying to them 🙏. This place would get flying colors if it weren’t for the abomination that is the combined night crew in the past and present years.(PRAYING...

When I go there I go there for chicken over rice lamb over rice and I'm gradually working my way to the rest of the menu but what keeps me coming back is the courteous and kindness of the owner and his cooking he seasoned me really well and he added something different that I never taste in other places that I went to to get the same food I can't put my finger in it but it is definitely a spice that he added in himself so it keeps me coming back at least two to three times a week I get off work late and it's good to have a place like that to go to that's outdoors that you can pick it up and wait a moment and leave so if he gets this message tell him to keep up the good work and I'll be there PS I will definitely see him Friday night and Sunday night look forward to eating my order at home thank you very much for allowing me to have this survey look forward to hearing good news from him...