Best Tibetan in Jackson Heights
The 9 best Tibetan spots in Jackson Heights, Queens, ranked for 2026: Michelin Bib Gourmand momos, sizzling C-momo plates, laphing carts, and crawl champs.
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- 1Jackson Heights · $ · 74 St-Broadway (7 E F M R) · 37-65 74th St, 2nd Fl, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
A second-floor Tibetan dining room above 74th Street with a menu that runs about 50 items deep, nearly all of it under ten bucks. It is the only restaurant in the neighborhood's Himalayan stretch holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
It earns the top spot because no other Tibetan kitchen in the city pairs Michelin recognition with prices this low and cooking this consistent.
Order Tsak sha momo (beef), steamed or fried, plus the tsak sha la kor beef and radish soup
Go early or at off hours because the small upstairs room fills fast, and note the newer sister location on the ground floor of the same building when the stairs have a line.
- 2Jackson Heights · $$ · 74 St-Broadway (7 E F M R) · 75-15 Roosevelt Ave, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
One of the only restaurants in the country cooking food from Tibet's eastern Kham region, run by owner Thupten Bachan on Roosevelt Avenue. The menu goes deeper than momos, into poethek and a beef broth the kitchen simmers for a full day.
It ranks this high because nobody else in Jackson Heights is doing regional Tibetan cooking with this much specificity, and it is the only spot around serving Lhasa Shaday.
Order Poethek, plus beef momo in the 24-hour broth
Order the poethek for the table since the giant meat and spinach pie eats like a centerpiece, then add the beef momo in the 24-hour broth.
- 3Jackson Heights · $$ · Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av (7 E F M R) · 78-14 Roosevelt Ave, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY 11372Map ↗verified 6w ago
A Roosevelt Avenue kitchen that took the Jackson Heights Momo Crawl title in 2022, 2023, and 2025, ending Nepali Bhanchha Ghar's four-year run. The menu sprawls across Himalayan, Indian, and Chinese cooking, but the momos are the whole point.
It earns this rank because the neighborhood itself keeps voting its momos best in show, three crawl wins in four years.
Order Steamed or fried beef momo
Stick to the steamed or fried momos on a first visit and save the Indian and Chinese pages of the menu for later.
- 4Jackson Heights · $$ · Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av (7 E F M R) · 72-20 Roosevelt Ave, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY 11372
The Roosevelt Avenue institution that opened in 2004 as the first Nepali restaurant in New York, covering Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and India under one roof. It is one of the only kitchens in the city buying real yak meat from Vermont instead of quietly swapping in beef.
It holds this spot because two decades in, it still draws deeper and more sustained crowds than nearly any Himalayan restaurant in Queens.
Order Yak meat thukpa and the Wai Wai Sandeko
Treat it as a sit-down dinner rather than a momo grab, and order the yak dishes since they are the reason to pick it over the counters nearby.
- 5Jackson Heights · $$ · Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av (7 E F M R) · 75-04 Roosevelt Ave, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY 11372Map ↗verified 6w ago
A small Tibetan storefront on Roosevelt Avenue that stays packed, often with a line out the door. Its signature move is the sizzler: beef momos landed on a bubbling hot plate with the sauce still spitting when it reaches the table.
It ranks here because the C-momo sizzler is a genuine one-of-one preparation in the neighborhood and the constant crowd backs it up.
Order C-momo Sizzler, beef momos on a bubbling hot plate
Go off-peak since the room is tiny and almost always full, and get the sizzler instead of the standard steamed order.
- 6Jackson Heights · $ · 74 St-Broadway (7 E F M R) · 37-59 74th Street, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY 11372Map ↗verified 6w ago
A momo truck parked on 74th Street, founded by a former Tibetan Buddhist monk from the Amdo region and running close to round-the-clock hours. The hand-pulled wrappers are the draw, with a chew you will not find in most of the sit-down rooms nearby.
It earns its place because those hand-pulled wrappers with chili oil remain one of the neighborhood's defining street bites, even after an ownership handoff years back.
Order Beef momo with chili oil
It keeps going late after the dining rooms close, so make it your after-hours momo stop and keep the order simple.
- 7Jackson Heights · $ · 74 St-Broadway (7 E F M R) · Broadway & 37th Rd, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY 11372Map ↗verified 6w ago
A tiny counter at Broadway and 37th Road run by Tashi D. Lama, a former monk from Kathmandu who has been folding momos here since 2017. Named for the Potala Palace, it squeezes about ten seats within sight of the 74th St-Broadway station.
It ranks here because it is the neighborhood's best stop for laphing, the cold mung bean noodle jelly that most sit-down menus skip entirely.
Order Laphing, plus beef or chicken momo
Do not confuse it with the shuttered Potala Restaurant over on 74th Street; the cart at the Broadway corner is the one still going, and laphing is the order.
- 8Jackson Heights · $ · 74 St-Broadway (7 E F M R) · 74-10 37th Rd, Jackson Heights, NY 11372Map ↗verified 6w ago
A Nepali kitchen on 37th Road where the momo wrappers come thinner and more delicate than the neighborhood standard, each one carrying a hard hit of ginger. It sits in the thick of the momo corridor a block off Roosevelt Avenue.
It earns its spot because those thin gingery wrappers stand out on a strip where most momos lean thick and doughy, even if the kitchen is Nepali rather than strictly Tibetan.
Order Chicken momo and wai wai sadheko
Get the wai wai sadheko alongside the momos; the crunchy noodle salad is the sleeper on the menu.
- 9Jackson Heights · $ · 74 St-Broadway (7 E F M R) · 74-18 37th Rd, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
A ten-seat momo specialist on 37th Road built around jhol momo, dumplings served swimming in a warm, tangy broth. The fried version comes out golden and blistered, and the whole operation fits in a room smaller than some subway cars.
It closes the list because jhol momo done this well is rare in the neighborhood, though the tiny Nepali counter admittedly stretches the Tibetan label.
Order Jhol momo
Come solo or as a pair since seats are scarce, and get the jhol momo with all three sauces: sichuan, chili, and cilantro.