What to Order at Bungalow

Bungalow is Vikas Khanna's East Village Indian dining room, opened in 2024 and awarded three stars by The New York Times, and its menu rewards diners who share widely and claim the limited mango dessert before the kitchen runs out.

What should you order at Bungalow?

Order Ammi's lamb chops, the five cheese kulcha, and reserve the Dil Mango More the moment you sit down. The Infatuation lists Bungalow among NYC's toughest reservations, and the dishes below anchor nearly every credible review of the room.

1. Ammi's lamb chops. Khanna's mother's recipe, seasoned with mango powder, green papaya, poppy seed, ginger, and garlic. Reviewers consistently call them the table's tenderest bite and the menu's centerpiece.

2. Dil Mango More. The dessert made with Alfonso mangoes and served in limited quantities each evening. Ask for it at the start of the meal, because the nightly allotment runs out.

3. Five cheese kulcha. Oven-fresh flatbread stuffed with melted cheese, served with cilantro-mint sauce. The crowd-pleaser that disappears first.

4. Anarkali chicken. Built for sharing and a fixture of group orders.

5. Yogurt kebabs. Wrapped in crisp kataifi strands with purple cabbage and a spicy mango coulis, the most technique-forward starter.

6. Grilled spiced pineapple. A signature that balances sweet and tang against warm spice and a creamy sauce.

What should you skip at Bungalow?

Skipping dishes isn't the risk here. The risk is ordering like a Western restaurant, one plate per person, when the kitchen builds for the middle of the table. The other miss is timing: diners who wait until dessert to ask about the Dil Mango More regularly find it sold out.

How does ordering actually work at Bungalow?

The menu runs from starters and breads through shareable mains, and the room treats dinner as a family-style event. A table of four does well with two starters, the kulcha, two mains including the lamb chops, and a reserved mango dessert. Portions are generous and the spicing is layered rather than blistering, so order wider rather than hotter.

How do you get a reservation at Bungalow?

Bungalow books through Resy and sits on toughest-reservation lists for a reason: a three-star New York Times review, a celebrity chef, and a small East Village room compress demand brutally. Book the moment dates release or watch for cancellations, which surface daily at rooms this in-demand.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the chef behind Bungalow?

Vikas Khanna, the Michelin-starred chef and cookbook author, who opened Bungalow with restaurateur Jimmy Rizvi in 2024. Several dishes come from his family recipes, including Ammi's lamb chops.

Is Bungalow expensive?

It prices as fine dining with shareable portions: a family-style dinner for four costs meaningfully less per person than a tasting menu, as of mid-2026.

Does Bungalow have vegetarian options?

Yes, substantially. The kulcha, yogurt kebabs, grilled spiced pineapple, and a deep vegetable section make it one of the East Village's strongest vegetarian tables.

Getting the table is the harder half of the plan. DinnerElite tracks when Bungalow releases reservations and how far ahead it books, and it emails you the moment a cancellation opens up. Start from DinnerElite's Bungalow page.