Nanking — Restaurant in Town of North Hempstead

So, I’ve been ordering from this restaurant from awhile and I finally got to visit! I went here with my family on a Saturday night. It took us about two minutes to secure a spot for a table of 6. We got a great seat with a lovely view of the ambience. I liked Siddhartha Gautama statues, red lanterns, soft lighting, floating lotuses and comfortable seats. The AC is at a comfortable temperature - not too cold.

Our waiter was very quick, kind and efficient. I was embarrassed of a particular picky eater who kept sending food back and forth for being “too salty” and “not salty enough”, but he remained accommodating and insisted on getting the dish checked on and remade by the chef. He also checked in on us and offered us a bunch of food suggestions (we had a few people with dietary restriction - someone with endometriosis, someone with IBS and just a few picky folks). I’m a sucker for spicy food and I have little to no dietary restrictions, but for their sake, we ordered medium to mild food in terms of spice level. And it wasn’t tasteless! Flavorful, good stuff despite being mild as advertised.

The mocktail selection was lovely. Our table most enjoyed the pina colada and strawberry mango margarita! The strawberry mango margarita is sweet and the ice stings your tongue (I thought it was cool because it was like carbonated soda), while the pina colada has coconut milk present in it, making it creamier and more mildly flavored. We started off with a few soups; I had the Tom Yam and a few of the others had Chicken Corn Soup. The Tom Yam is meant to be a citrusy soup and you’re supposed to have the veggies with every sip so it isn’t too citrusy - if you’re not used to that or dislike that, you have a safe bet with the Chicken Corn Soup. It was up to the standards I usually have for Indo-Chinese. Very tasty! I snagged some to have for myself, haha.

For the Fried Rice and noodles, I’d recommend the Hakkah Noodles and Garlic Fried Rice with Shrimp! The regular Nanking fried rice was nice too, we had that one with chicken. Anything fish, chicken lolilop and chicken Manchurian is divine. I crave Nanking fish every time I’m reminded of it. I’ve ordered a couple other things from here before - the curry fried rice isn’t exactly the best, that one I wouldn’t recommend. The Thai food needs improvement, but their indian food is awesome (I’m south asian so I can attest). The presentation of their food is great though, like something out of a food magazine with the garnishes and the lotus stems and stuff.

I usually expect fennel seeds with sugar bits at the end of a dining experience, but Nanking had these sweet little tophies - it’s not sweetie suppati, it’s just hard candy. It was fine.

It’s a little pricey for people who aren’t used to NY prices, my party members say they wouldn’t recommend a party that’s larger than 3-4 going! Like 25-35 dollars per person (which is reasonable!). Despite that, it would be an awesome dinner date location. The dining experience was great, the pricing was okay and we stayed for a good while just because the ambience put us in a good mood! It’s a solid restaurant.

Make sure to leave a generous tip if you visit because the waiters do really go out of their way to make sure your dining experience goes smoothly!

I can’t really attest to this criticism, but a few members in our party did go use the bathrooms and made a complaint or two (again, kind of annoying people so don’t value their opinion too much lol) about the bathrooms being incredibly filthy. Someone did also point out there’s an aquarium in there, though! So that’s cool.

So, overall: good food. It’s all halal and kosher (but they do serve cocktails separately - none of the food has alcohol!). You’re paying more for the presentation, ambience, great service and the specialties they have (which is, of course, indian and chinese food - the Thai food needs work). Maybe ask about bathroom...

The worst indian restaurant i ever visited(NAAN KING). .i m indian too but i visited there on my wedding anniversary with my wife and my 4 year old kid and my parents called me in between to wish us, they are very old they have problem in listening so i was talking a bit loud so they could listen us . But nobody told as i pay my bill as i pay my bill with special $10 tip after that they reacted very rude saying Please don't visit here you are very loud. Talking to our parents is loud even if they are very aged.

Never visit this restaurant naan king resturant they are only money makers nothing else. They don't care why you are here they think you are here because you don't have any good palace to celebrate. I tell you you are in new york the best place in the world the naan king is not the best place to enjoy Yorkers .it was my mistake but don't repeat my mistake.

I tell you what if you want to celebrate some good memories of your life don't go to naan king resturant .they gona spoil ur event .even if ur birthday ,marriage anniversary, or ur family event.

Say no to naan king resturant.

Service is very slow, and the food u could experience is very tasteless. Even the cheaper resturants in richmond hill and Hicksville thay have very tasty and actual indian flavour food is available.....

Naan king resturant if you have pub or if you serve drinks please post notice that please speak at low voice even if you have very senior parents please go out you are not allowed.

This resturant is only for those who ate,drink,pay their bill with good tip with no enjoyment no fun no taste with not good service,not good food, not good behaviour, not good customer satisfaction. Even if you want to go their please zip ur mouth and you have to make a pin drop silence you have to behave like you are sitting in some college exams.

Only money makers thats it.

Say no to naan king resturant the worst resturant i ever visited. 2056 Hillside Avenue, North New Hyde Park, NY 11040.. This is my experience i was sharing with you . 01.02.2018 Naan king you opened resturant with alcohol drinks for the people who could enjoy their evening with their parents, wife, kids, .girlfriends, friends. Not to pay you without any enjoyment .

Accourding ro me say to naan king resturant. 2056 Hillside Avenue, North New Hyde Park, NY...

We went for a anniversary celebration and specifically made a reservation for it. Overall, the food was okay (i.e. the tandoori soya chaap was completely bland and seemed uncooked...it was close to unedible, which was a shame considering our in laws were excited to try it coming to US for their second time from Canada.) However, their serving time was decent.

By the time the surprise was supposed to happen, the waiter took out the cake right behind all of us calling my sister how we want this done even after we gave them all the materials 2 hours BEFOREHAND and told them what to do (in a summary, all it was just say a surprise with the staff and sparklers on a cake that we provided to them...). The couple even saw it by accident when they were picking up their son from going to another persons table. The husband smiled and didn't want to say anything considering he knew that it was a surprise. It was super unprepared and the server took an extra 10-15 minutes after discussing with my sister just to ask the manager for permission after we were "waiting" for the desert. The whole thing was super unprepared and they ended up not even using our mini candle sparklers saying that they are a fire hazard and could set off the alarms...(which honestly make no sense as these are meant to be for cakes..). The server finally just put one small candle and put the cake in front of us leaving with no excitement at all. Also, I understand that the 20% gratuity is an add on for large parties, but please try to put some effort if we are willing to plan and ensure that a big celeberation goes smoothly. We will not be coming here again for any kind of events and will ensure to let our huge connection of people know of their...