Why do so many Indian restaurants in NYC fail?
Over the years, we’ve watched so many Indian restaurants go out of business in Manhattan.
Not just on Lexington Ave but also in Midtown East, Midtown West, Downtown et al.
They keep failing all over NYC and in Queens and Long Island too.
In our not so humble opinion, Indian restaurants in NYC fail for a variety of reasons:
* Insufferably Bad Food. Most Indian restaurants in NYC serve lousy food and the chefs wouldn’t recognize a good curry if it bit them in the ass.
* Poor hygiene and customer distaste over the dirty establishments.
* Treating Indian customers/diners badly (most Indian restaurants we’ve been to are guilty of this sin).
* Over-priced food/Failure to provide value for money.
* Depressed economy.
* Horrible service.
* Bad management. Continue reading »

