Reviews for Aladdin Restaurant in Arlington, VA
The food here is terrible. They only give you 6 fuchka for $5.00!? They were trying to charge us $8 and we had to tell them. The... costumer service is awful they barely have anyone in the front desk. They took so long to make just six fuchka even though wewere the only ones in the store. The chef needs training. If you wanna eat something delicious go to charga. The music choice isbad too lol.. Read more
We had an excellent fresh tasting lunch of chicken korma, aloo gobi, Chinese style vegetables (green papaya and other veggies),... and rice followed by kalojam as our dessert. These new owners are still learning about service etc. but the food was delicious. The new owner Sultana mixes her own spices from scratch, and the taste is like home cooking. We will order from them forcatering. Read more
Bengali street food, authentic food, misti... Under new management, this restaurant got a new lifeline. Great testing bengali... food. If you are craving chotpiti, byriani, fish or any desi food, this is a place to go. Only 4 start is because of theirventilation system in the kitchen needs to be upgraded, lots of smells in the dining room.. not acceptable. Roshmalai androshgulah is ok, can be better. Server needs to be more knowledgeable. Read more
I was visiting from NYC and my uncle wanted to show local Bengali options in the area. We ordered fuchka and moglai paratha.... First impression wasn't too bad but they were kind of cold. I don't expect the filling to be piping hot but it was too cold. Thetamarind chutney was decent. Moglai was also barely warm, the portion was a little letdown. The taste was mediocre, nothing tostand out. I myself didn't order tea but at least others enjoyed their milk tea at the end. Read more
First time trying this restaurant. First of all they should stop taking dine-in orders. Small things that can improve customer... experience were lacking. For example, serving four portions of food for four people in three plates without an extra plate. Nowater served on table. And orders take ages. They are probably understaffed and should focus mostly on take-outs. Service(2/5) We also ordered take-outs. I ordered the kacchi, and it smelled strange/old/rotten. I am also curious why I had chickenpieces in kacchi. Wasn't it supposed to be goat? Baby goat? I remember asking the person twice while paying if this is what thekacchi is supposed to be like and he was like. " yes, we are even giving you an extra egg that we generally don't provide."(0/5). I paid $17.99 and got a rotten chicken biryani like dish. The polao and roast were decent. I give them that. I wont sayit was magical, but it's a 4/5 for me. We also had daal puris, that were as crunchy and hard as papads. (2/5) Moghlai porotawas good. (4/5). Fish - 4/5 Overall, I don't recommend dining in. Both this restaurant and the one next door has seriousservice issues. They take hours for services. However, in terms of taste and quality I feel Aladdin disappointed me. Read more
This Restaurant is under new management since February, 2022. Despite seeing all the bad reviews, still I thought of trying... their Kachhi Biryani as I was really craving for it. Before I ordered the food I spoke to the person who took the order who waspraising their Kacchii Biryani, said it test just like Kacchii found in Dhaka. Both the owner and the guy who was working at theregister talked very highly about all of their food saying “food taste nothing like before”. After being impressed by theirtalk I ordered Kacchii Biryani with some chicken Samosas. They took awfully long time to give my order. Even though Biryani wasready in about 15 minutes but the chicken Samosas took another 20 minutes. Anyhow, I came home with this take out order, after Iopened it I was despicably disappointed. Biryani had a strange smell, it was covered with burned onions and burned meats. Itneither tasted nor smelled any Biryani forget about Kacchii Biryani. On the top of that, it was overly salty. Next, I tastedSomosas despite of horrible burn look I almost puke. I never tasted such a horrible tasting samosas before even in other poorreviews restaurants. Chicken samosas were not only over fried, but definitely fried in burnt or old oil as it tasted bitter.Meats inside the Somosas had no flavor of spices and tasted so dry. I wish google review had Zero before the stars. I am verydisappointed after wasting my money on these trashy food from this restaurant today! Read more
This is my second time to have food there, but this time service wasn’t good at all and food wasn’t very good, the guy who... was serving doesn’t feel like he serving customer, no smile on face. I ask nan bread or ruti but they don’t have it.Wired……. Paying money for food the service have to have a class. Read more
We tried their shingara and dal puri. Both were good. I would give 5/5 for dal puri and 4.5 for shing-gara. Chicken biryani is... good as well. Just the rice was over boiled. I would give 4/5. Beef tehari is really good, it has aroma of mustard oil. I wouldgive 5/5. Thanks God that I saw the reviews after eating from that place, I might not have gone there if I saw those reviewsbefore. And this was our first time trying there. Read more