Joy Indian Restaurant

The chicken tikka masala here is not like others that I’ve had. It’s very VERY sweet. The garlic naan also doesn’t taste like naan. All in all it wasn’t horrible, but I wouldn’t order again unless I had no other options for Indian food.

Came here with a family of four and we ordered the veggie special for two and the shrimp appetizer on top of that. Everything was delicious! We loved the poorie bread and the vegetable curry. The Saag paneer was super tasty and the whole meal was really inexpensive ($ 46).
The meal included dessert too. We had another meal to bring home after we all had our fill. Great food.
Definitely coming back.

I’ve been eating in and taking out from Joy Indian for years. The in restaurant service is always great. Very friendly staff often bring me complimentary tea while I wait for my food to be ready.
Tonight we ordered delivery. It arrived quickly and was hot! The food is always delicious. We had the shrimp saag, onion bhujia, shahi ponir, and naan. It was SO GOOD!
I totally recommend this restaurant. I’ve eaten lots of Indian food, in many different cities and countries and this is truly one of the best!
Enjoy.

Best Indian food in Brooklyn. (And I’ve tried a LOT of places!) Count yourself among the lucky few if you live in their delivery zone!

I had a great meal here last night — the perfect set up for a date night of dinner and movie (at BAM) My husband and I got the tandoori dinner — two apps, two entrees, rice, naan and tiny scoop of ice cream for dessert. We both got mango lassis and I think the whole meal was $ 56 with tip. Its a great value for a tremendous amount of food. The food was delicious and flavorful — my husband’s chicken tikka masala was so good!
The service was excellent — great waitstaff — attentive but not too much.
I will definitely return.

This place is wonderful! My boyfriend and I live in the area and have been ordering takeout from Joy over the past two years. We’ve tried other Indian places, but this is the best we’ve had. Recently we’ve been going into the restaurant on a somewhat regular basis and have really enjoyed our experiences. The staff is a delight. We like the Tandoori Dinner for Two, great portions so we always leave with leftovers! Plus, this place is BYOB!

Great food, great customer service. Food is always well seasoned, hot, and fresh. My favorite Indian restaurant in Brooklyn

There are a few Indian Restaurants around our neighborhood but this is our favorite.
They gave us the biggest shrimps we’ve even seen! While the food is good, the price is standard for Indian food, the service is not the best.
You can expect at least 40 minutes’ wait for delivery. And they often get the orders wrong.
We’ve ordered with missing dishes before (and had to wait another 20 mins for the missing dish to be delivered). When we do pick up, it’s the same. They called to let us know that «food is ready», but when we entered to pick up the food, the man behind the counter told us to wait and they are preparing our order as fast as they can — while our order is sitting on the counter getting colder and colder by the second. Long story short, it was a mixed up and the man tried to make up a very lame excuse (even the delivery boy who was there couldn’t control his laughter) and quickly threw in a mango lassi to pacify our anger (the mango lassi was really good, though).
We will be coming back here again, sadly, as my husband loves the BIG shrimps and I love the Chana Saag and Nan Bread.

I can always count on Joy to deliver fast and delicious Indian food to my apartment. I recommend their chicken biriyani, saag paneer, chicken tikka masala, samosas… the list goes on and on.
Last fall when I was looking for a place to have dinner with some friends, I decided to take everyone to Joy. I had never eaten in the restaurant before but I knew it was a bit of a hole in the wall. To no one’s surprise the place was pretty quiet with the exception of the Bollywood movies playing the background which made it the perfect setting for a large boisterous dinner. We had lots of plates to share, the service was incredible — one obvious perk of being the only people in the restaurant. And the best part is Joy is BYOB. I have yet to go to another restaurant in this neighborhood that lets you bring your own booze and uncorks it for free. The whole place, the waiters, the food was charming. It was a delicious, happy evening for everyone. Thanks Joy!

This place is SOLID. Will satisfy all of your South Asian food cravings. Butter chicken is simple and bomb.

Stopped by after a friend recommended it. Really great food, decent pricing and friendly staff.
We ordered different appetizers but the one thing I loved was the minced meat samosa. I ordered the Chicken Shaag Curry and it was so savory! I normally wouldn’t be able to finish the whole bowl but I did, along with naan and rice! I would have ordered the vindaloo but after trying one of their free apps that they offered and noticed how hot it was, I p*ssied out lol… and I normally love spicy food!
We got some ice cream after our meal which was a pleasant surprise! I would definitely come back!
PS their TV screens constantly play bollywood music videos and it’s freaking awesome.

By far my favorite Indian restaurant in the city. The food is always right on par and I’ve never had a bad meal here. One of my favorite things on the menu is the coconut poori. That with chicken tikka masala is the best hands down. It’s BYOB which makes it even better. My boyfriend and I go here whenever we want Indian and it always hits the spot.

The food was great. Went for an early dinner the owner; I am assuming, was super friendly. I would go again. I love Chicken Marsala and the Samosa. The price is very affordable.

I wish I could review the food that I ordered more than 90 minutes ago, but it hasn’t arrived. When I called to inquire, I was met not with an apology or an accommodation, but with rudeness and hostility. As a result, I am writing this review based on abysmal service and responsiveness, alone. If you’re hungry, don’t do it.
UPDATE: the food came about 2 hours after ordering. It was tasty enough, but very oily and incomplete.

Have to say customer service was just amazing.
My food came out way too spicy and they took it back without me asking and made a new one.
Food was very good too. Def coming back!
Thank you so much :)

I’ve been to Joy quite a few times. I come alone mostly, but have brought my mom here once. Every time I come, I am either the only person or there is like one other person here. I guess they probably get busier for dinner.
I like Indian food a lot, and was very familiar with it when I lived in Florida. I am West Indian (Trinidadian) so I have had my fair share of curry, but I love all types!
The people who work here are pretty darn nice and I like that, I mean who doesn’t like a friendly establishment?
When I come here I get the Mango Lassi, which is very sweet (for my taste) but I like it. They give you some type of thin cracker that has a nice distinct flavor for your appetizer. Last time my mom asked for some of it to go lol, our waiter kindly gave her more. They give you a tin plate with 3 sauces/​flavors on it and my mom liked them all, I only used their spicy sauce. We ordered vegetable curry, basmati rice, naan, and tandoori chicken. The food was enough for us both to share and there were some left overs. Flavored nicely, not bland or overly salted.
I take my mom out to eat occasionally, and I am always happy when she likes my picks. Joy was a winner for mom, she says that we need to come back again and we will!

This place is wonderful.
Came here with my boyfriend for a Sunday brunch. I ordered my new favorite Baingan Bhurta and my boyfriend had Crabmeat Pathia, both were amazingly delicious. The food came in large portion and was very fast. I usually eat everything at an Indian restaurant, but the portion was larger than average that I have to take some home.
Our server was very friendly and came to check on us often to refill our water. When we leave, we forgot our leftover food, and he came outside to find us and gave us our box! That’s so nice of him so that I can have an afternoon snack of leftover Baingan Bhurta!
Too bad we live little far from here and is out of their delivery range, but I guess we can at least come every Sunday for brunch from now on :)

I’ve been here many times and introduced many friends to Joy.
The food is *always* delicious. I recommend many orders of the naan.
The restaurant is great about accommodating groups. That’s not to say you shouldn’t make a reservation. I have seen the restaurant get full.

You know the way you get lazy and only order from places that are on Seamless. Yeah, we’re those people. When a platform changes your habits (and makes things easier) you know they’re on to something. But enough about Seamless.
I’ve lived in Carroll Gardens for almost 18 years and seen the neighborhood grow up (and blow up) around me. Mostly for the better, but not always. For what is probably the last decade we’ve grown accustomed to our favorite places for delivery. As seamless became the «way to order delivery» (and we gained a drawer in the kitchen back by saying goodbye to takeout menus) we saw most of our restaurants join on and kept us coming back even more easily. In fact, we figured if we couldn’t order online we’d try someone else that was to experiment and support our automation economy. When Joy wasn’t initially on board with Seamless we thought there had to be other Indian restaurants that were great, right?
Boy were we WRONG. Dead wrong.
We found out the hard way. We went through the list, checked some reviews, opted for some 20% off coupons and ATTEMPTED to replicate our Joy Indian quality since they weren’t on seamless. It wasn’t pretty. Even one place was so bad we had to order from a totally different restaurant and throw out what they sent.
We learned our lesson. You CAN NOT beat Joy for delivery Indian food in Carroll Gardens (or any 2 mile radius of Flatbush).
Fast forward less than a year and Joy got on seamless. This made our ordering easy again (woohoo). Then of course we decided to move half a mile away as our family grew (still in Carroll Gardens). Would you believe that this actually put us out of delivery zone! Did we need to order to our old address and then change it to try and «trick» the system (Seinfeld anyone)? How could we live without our Joy Indian?
When we called Joy (yes, with a phone) these guys were SUPER accommodating. They knew we had been long time customers and were happy to deliver to our new home. I’m pretty sure their delivery people come by bike — so it’s not always easy especially in the winter or rain, but they were pleased to keep us satisfied. We of course couldn’t have been happier.
Yes, their food is that good. Amazing in fact. We are typically creatures of habit and get Mulligatawny (2 of them at least!), Poori Bhaji (which we just stumbled up while being adventurous), Coconut samosa (if we’re deserving a treat), Chicken Curry, Chicken Byrani and a garlic naan. The spice is just perfect — giving you a slight forehead sweat. The meats are always fresh and a good amount that can easily serve as a great leftover should you eat human sized portions.
Only 1 time did we feel the food was different and not as yummy — we wondered if it were a different chef or recipe. We called them up and asked them (it hadn’t changed) but were very apologetic. Not only did they make us another order which arrived in 20 minutes, they insisted on giving us our next order on them as a way of saying sorry for the error. They just go above and beyond to make sure you are satisfied.
Bottom line is we’ve had relatives and friends that left the neighborhood for suburbia and when they come over to visit ALWAYS want to get Joy Indian. If you want reasonably priced, top quality, consistent, quickly delivered and conscientious and courteous management you’ve found your go to spot. Yes, they are one of only 2 places worth picking up the phone.

I’ve ordered delivery from this place about 4 times. So far, they’ve been able to get my order delivered in under an hour. Their food always arrives hot, delicious and filling. They give a full pint of your entrée plus about the same amount of rice. Some places give papadum for free, but this place charges $ 1.50. It’s still worth it. It’s 4 pieces. I’d give their delivery 5 stars.
Today was the first day I went into the restaurant with 2 friends. We ordered 2 appetizers, 2 sides and 3 entrées. One of my friends ordered a lassi. Everybody seriously enjoyed the food. The lassi was not so great. My friend accidentally forgot to tell them not to add salt so she ordered a second one without it. She was willing to pay for it, but they took the first one off the bill. This would’ve been great, but the second lassi was tasteless, watered down and undrinkable. We have a feeling our waiter did not understand what she wanted.
I have to admit, the service was not as good as I had hoped. Our water glasses were dry for most of the meal and 2 of our side dishes came out mid meal. We were the only people who were dining in the restaurant. Two other people came in for a pick up and they were doing a lot of delivery. There was a TV on in the back of the restaurant that played Indian music videos. Initially, the sound was low and didn’t bug us, but halfway through our meal, the volume got turned up really loud and we were basically yelling over it. Since I would rate their restaurant experience 3 stars, I decided to take my average and give them 4 in total. I’m being nice. I think next time, I’ll stay in and eat on the couch.