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Indian Fusion · verified Jul 18, 2026 · By Piyush Puri, MD

Best Indian Fusion in NYC

Indian-Mexican tacos, Indo-Chinese chili chicken, naan-paninis, and rasmalai lattes: the best Indian fusion in NYC, ranked.

1
Taco Mahal
West Village · 73 7th Ave S
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The viral flagship of Indian-Mexican fusion in the West Village. Tandoor curries and chana masala get wrapped in taco and burrito form.
The chicken tikka masala taco has no business working this well, and it does.
The Chicken Tikka Masala Taco is the essential order, and there are Hell's Kitchen and Upper East Side locations too.
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2

Musaafer

Tribeca · 133 Duane St

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A lavish Indian fine-dining room in Tribeca, an offshoot of the Michelin-starred Houston original. The menu deliberately crosses borders with dishes like nihari-birria tacos and lychee ceviche.

Few rooms this opulent are willing to gamble on nihari-birria tacos, and the swing is the fun.

Come for the design and the crossover dishes, and order adventurously since reviews on the standard fare are mixed.

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Omar's Indian Fine Cuisine

Prospect Heights · 568 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238

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A Prospect Heights rarity blending Indian spice into pizza and fresh-baked bagels alongside standard tandoor fare. A genuine three-cuisine mashup of Indian, Italian-American, and Jewish-American deli.

A tandoori chicken pizza that sounds like a dare and eats like a keeper.

The tandoori chicken pizza is the signature, and the Indian-spiced bagels are the sleeper hit.

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Fonty's Deli + Dukaan

West Village · 20 Christopher St

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A modern Indian bodega-cafe in the West Village known for viral naan-panini sandwiches. There is a small South Asian grocery counter in back.

The Chicken Tikka Naanini is the kind of sandwich you start planning your week around.

Get the Chicken Tikka Naanini or the Kerala beef version, and expect to order via the counter and delivery apps.

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Utsav

Times Square · 1185 6th Ave

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A 25-plus-year Times Square fixture on a skywalk, with the entrance on W 46th St. It runs Indian, Indo-Chinese, and Bengali menus side by side.

A rare Manhattan kitchen serving real Bengali dishes alongside its Indo-Chinese chili chicken.

Enter on W 46th St, and order across the menu with the chili chicken plus a Bengali special.

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6

Sagar Chinese

Jackson Heights · 74-19 37th Ave, Jackson Heights, NY 11372

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A halal Hakka Indo-Chinese kitchen in the heart of Jackson Heights. Deeply savory, spicy Indian-Chinese cooking in a dense South Asian corridor.

The lollipop chicken is the platonic ideal of Jackson Heights Indo-Chinese.

The lollipop chicken and any Hakka noodle are the moves, and it stays busy on weekends.

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7

Aanch Indian & Indo Chinese

Glen Oaks · 83-47 258th St, Queens, NY 11004

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A halal-certified Indo-Chinese and Thai spot in Glen Oaks with a full bar, open since 2010. Manchurian-style dishes range across mutton, shrimp, chicken, and soya chaap.

A three-way Indo-Chinese-Thai mashup that somehow keeps all three honest.

The Manchurian fried rice is the anchor, and there is a full bar, unusual for the genre.

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Wok in the Clouds

Kips Bay · 127 E 28th St

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An Indian-Asian fusion room in Kips Bay from the Fine Indian Dining Group. Indo-Chinese noodles, Szechwan-inflected curries, and fusion momos.

Szechwan heat meets Indian spice in a room that takes the crossover seriously.

The Szechwan chicken and the fusion momos are the highlights, and it works well for a group dinner.

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Spice Symphony

Murray Hill · 182 Lexington Ave

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One of Curry Hill's most reliable Indo-Chinese kitchens, open since 2012. Dry chili chicken and Hakka noodles share the menu with biryani.

The dry chili chicken is a consistent, addictive reason to keep coming back.

The dry chili chicken and Hakka noodles are the essentials, and it is solid for delivery in Curry Hill.

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10

IndiCo Coffee Co

Flatiron · 769 6th Ave

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A South Indian filter-coffee shop in the Flatiron turning dessert flavors into fusion lattes. Rasmalai, pistachio-saffron, and cardamom show up in the cups.

The rasmalai latte tastes like your favorite Indian sweet learned to be a coffee drink.

It is grab-and-go with limited seating, and the rasmalai latte is the one to try first.

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