Since 1969, restaurant, hotel, travel & other witty reviews by a handpicked, worldwide team of discerning professionals—and your views, too.

Amma Restaurant Review

246 E. 51st St. (Second Ave.) Send to Phone
New YorkNY 10022
212-644-8330 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
Your Opinion
Add your own review
Traditional homemade Indian cuisine in a casually elegant Midtown setting.

Cuisine

Open

Lunch & Dinner daily

Features

  • Reservations suggested
  • Casual

* Click here for rating key

This Midtown Indian restaurant, the name of which means “mother” in many languages, hopes to nurture diners with its comforting subcontinental fare. It may not be a place to find the usual vindaloo dishes, but you may well begin with idly upma (rice and bean cakes, sautéed curry leaves and mustard seeds) or crispy fried spinach chaat with a sprouted mung bean salad. Of the vegetarian items, we enjoy the Bombay bhel puri (rice puffs and chickpea flour noodles with cilantro, red onions, tamarind chutneys and potatoes); the light, flaky pea-stuffed samosa; and cheese-and-chile-stuffed mushrooms. Among the non-vegetarian dishes, we recommend the Sri Lankan-style tandoori-roasted shrimp with a yogurt marinade and Parsi halibut with mint chutney and aromatic lemon-scented rice. Everything tastes freshly made, from the Indian ice cream called kulfi, set in a citrus soup, to a brilliantly colored mango cheesecake. Amma's wine list is considerably in the vanguard, with a good selection of Australian and New Zealand bottlings that go well with this food.

User Ratings & Reviews for Amma
Average rating    5
Reviews 1 - 1 of 11
One of the best Indian Restaurant
by sbirla on 01/09/2011
 
Firstly, to add some weightage to my review, let me start off by saying that I'm Indian. And I love food, all kinds of food.
I've tried various Indian restaurants in NYC and all over (including India) and Amma is surely amongst my favourite. Their food is fresh, they use their spices correctly and you don't find the same sauce in all dishes like some restaurants do.
Some of the stellar dishes I recommend are: Achari Murg, Dal Tadka, Madras Chicken and all their breads.
I'm quite surprised this isn't in the Top 10 Indian Restaturant list. It surely should be!
 
Reviews 1 - 1 of 11
New York City Top Restaurant Lists
Gramercy Tavern, one of our Top 10 Romantic Restaurants

New & Notable
FORUM!


American

Bakeries FORUM!
Barbecue
Bistros

Breakfast FORUM!
Brunch
Burgers FORUM!

Business Dining
BYOB
Cheap Eats
Chef's Tables

Chinese
Classics
Coffee Houses
Delis
Delivery
Diners

Dog-Friendly NEW!
Food Ratings

Food Trucks
French

Frozen Yogurt
Gastropubs
Happy Hours
Heart-Healthy
Ice Cream

Indian
Italian

Hot 10


Japanese
Kid-Friendly
Korean Barbecue
Late Night
Lounges

Mexican
Open 24 Hours
Open Sundays

Outdoor Dining
Pizza FORUM!

Power Breakfast
Power Lunch
Romantic
Seafood

Sexy Restaurants FORUM!
Small Plates

Special Occasion
Star Spotting
Steakhouses
Sushi FORUM!

Takeout
Thai
Value Restaurants
Vegetarian

Vietnamese
View
Wine Bars
Wine Lists




RESTAURANT AWARDS
RESTAURANT AWARDS

Subscribe to receive the 2012 edition of our annual restaurant issue, and check out our current Top 40 U.S. Restaurant selections, and more!

DINING ON A BUDGET

Best Cheap EatsSplurging at top-rated restaurants is fun for special events, but where can you go for a good quality meal that won't break the bank? Gather the change out of your piggy bank and sofa cushions and take it to one of our selections for the best cheap eats in your area. Also, check out our picks for the Top 40 Cheap Eats in the U.S.