New York City · Clay Oven Kitchen
Every dish begins
in the fire.
A clay-oven kitchen where lamb shanks hang over charcoal until the bone loosens with a whisper. Book your table or reserve the whole room.
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Every dish begins
Chapter One — The Clay
Origin
The Clay
Built by a village potter in Rajasthan
Our tandoor was shaped by Govind Kumhar in Jodhpur — the same family that has fired clay for five generations. The cracks you see inside are not flaws. They are memory.
Process
The Heat
500°C — the temperature of honesty
No shortcuts. The charcoal takes forty minutes to reach the right ash. Then the dough goes in.
People
The Hands
Flour-dusted at 5 am every morning
Chef Arjun Mehta has kneaded the same dough since he was eleven. His hands know when it is ready before the clock does.
Chapter Two — The Spice Trail
Ingredients that carry
a whole geography.
We source whole spices, not powders. Each one is ground to order, the morning it is needed.
Kashmiri Chili
Grown above 5,000 feet in the Kashmir Valley — heat that colors before it burns.
Black Cardamom
Smoked over oak fires in Sikkim. One pod perfumes a whole pot of rice.
Whole Coriander
From Rajasthan's dry plains — nutty, citrus-bright, cracked fresh for every dish.
Turmeric Root
Alleppey, Kerala. The variety that turns fingers yellow for three days.
Chapter Three — The People
Every kind of table.
Every kind of occasion.
Intimate
Anniversary & Couples
A table for two beside the open fire
The kitchen is the theater. Your chef works twelve feet away. Order the whole lamb shoulder and let the evening unfold without a clock.
Private dining available · 2–8 guests
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Group
Office & Corporate
The team meal that nobody forgets
10–40 guests · Custom menus
Celebration
Festival & Family
Diwali. Eid. A birthday that counts.
20–60 guests · Full venue hire
What our guests say
01/ 3
"We booked the whole room for our anniversary. The lamb shoulder arrived at the table still on the bone. We didn't speak for five minutes."
Priya & Daniel OkonkwoAnniversary dinner · Table for 2
Find Us
A courtyard kitchen
in the heart of Manhattan.
Address
247 Broome Street, Lower East Side, New York, NY 10002
Hours
Tuesday – Sunday · 6 pm to 11 pm Lunch: Saturday & Sunday · 12 pm to 3 pm
Reservations
+1 (212) 555-0189