100% halal Indian and Pakistani menu — daily 11 AM through 11 PM at 431 3rd St
Lal Qila Indian Pakistani Cuisine serves 100% halal food in Niagara Falls, NY. Every meat dish on our menu — chicken, lamb, and goat — comes from halal-certified suppliers. Our 431 3rd St kitchen is dedicated halal-only: no pork on the premises, no alcohol-based ingredients in cooking, and no cross-contamination with non-halal food.
We are a family-run halal restaurant in downtown Niagara Falls — three blocks from the falls and walking distance from the Pine Avenue hotel district. Our menu covers the full Pakistani and Indian halal tradition: slow-cooked biryani, hand-pounded karahi, charcoal-grilled kebabs, tandoor-baked naan, vegetarian thalis, samosa chaat, kathi rolls, and traditional desserts. Customers come in for dine-in, pickup, and local delivery within a 5-mile radius — covering Niagara Falls, Wheatfield, parts of Lewiston, and Grand Island.
Open daily 11 AM through 11 PM with no break between lunch and dinner. 4.3-star average across 111 Google reviews.
Chicken biryani, goat and lamb biryani, and vegetable biryani — long-grain basmati slow-cooked with hand-pounded masala, saffron, fried onion, and cardamom. Served with cucumber raita, salan, and lemon.
Bone-in chicken karahi, goat or lamb karahi, butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, chicken haleem, daal makhni, and matar paneer. Halal meat throughout; mild-to-extra-spicy heat levels available.
Chicken tikka, seekh kebab, lamb tikka boti, chicken malai tikka, and tandoori chicken leg — all charcoal-grilled the traditional way. Served with sliced onion, mint-yogurt chutney, lemon, and warm naan.
Chicken shawarma, lamb shawarma, chicken kathi rolls, vegetarian kathi rolls (alu, chana, mix veg, paneer), and our signature Lal Qila Special Wrap. Handheld halal options for quick lunch or pickup.
Vegetable biryani, paneer dishes, daal varieties, samosa chaat, papri chat, chana masala, mix vegetable curry, and the vegetarian thali platter. Made in the same halal-only kitchen; vegan on request.
Gulab jamun, kheer, jalebi, baklava, NY-style cheesecake, sweet and salty lassi, mango lassi, doodh soda, Karak Irani chai, and the full hot-tea range. All halal, no alcohol-based extracts.
Dedicated halal-only kitchen since opening — no pork, no non-halal meat ever handled on the premises. This is structural, not a recent policy change.
Chicken, lamb, and goat sourced from halal-certified suppliers. Supplier paperwork is on file and available for review on request.
We do not use wine, beer, or any alcohol-based ingredient in our recipes. Our sauces are built from scratch with whole spices, not pre-made commercial bases that may contain hidden alcohol.
Our spice blends are hand-pounded in-house — not store-bought masalas. Each dish is built the way Pakistani and Indian home kitchens make it, with full flavor depth and no shortcuts.
No alcohol on premises, prayer-time-aware seating, family-style sharing portions, and a welcoming environment for multi-generational gatherings and religious milestones.
Same authentic recipes that earned 4.3 stars from 111 Google reviewers. Top-mentioned dishes in customer reviews: chicken karahi, garlic naan, samosa chaat, and chicken biryani.
All chicken, lamb, and goat at Lal Qila comes from halal-certified suppliers. Their certificates of halal compliance are kept on file and renewed as required by the certifying body.
No pork or non-halal meat is ever brought into the kitchen. Cutting boards, knives, and cooking surfaces have only ever handled halal meat. This eliminates any possibility of cross-contamination.
Our gravies are built from scratch — tomato, ginger-garlic, fresh chilli, whole spices, cream, butter. No wine reductions, no beer batters, no commercial bases that may contain alcohol-derived flavoring.
Our vegetarian section — paneer dishes, daal, vegetable curries, samosa, biryani, paratha — is prepared on the same dedicated halal kitchen line. Vegan substitutions available on request.
Most halal main courses $14.99–$26.99 per person. Halal BBQ items $15.99–$23.99. Slow-cooked specialties (chicken karahi special, chicken haleem) $39.99 — generous, share-friendly portions. Vegetarian thali platter $19.99. Hand-held halal wraps and kathi rolls $13.99–$15.99.
Yes — every meat dish at Lal Qila Indian Pakistani Cuisine in Niagara Falls is 100% halal. We source halal-certified chicken, lamb, and goat from trusted halal suppliers. Our kitchen is dedicated halal-only — no pork is ever brought on the premises, no alcohol-based ingredients are used in cooking, and there is no cross-contamination with non-halal ingredients.
All our meat comes from halal-certified suppliers and the kitchen is run on halal-only principles. We do not currently claim halal certification — that is a stricter certification standard. Customers who follow the halal standards specifically should ask our staff about supplier sourcing and current certification documents on file.
Our menu spans the full Pakistani and Indian halal repertoire. Halal meat dishes include chicken biryani, goat and lamb biryani, chicken karahi, goat and lamb karahi, butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, chicken haleem, tandoori chicken, seekh kebab, lamb tikka boti, chicken shawarma, and chicken kathi rolls. Vegetarian dishes are prepared in the same halal-only kitchen and include vegetable biryani, matar paneer, daal makhni, daal tadka, and samosa chaat.
No. We do not serve pork or any pork-derived product. We do not cook with wine, beer, rum, or any alcohol-based ingredients. We do not serve alcohol on the premises. The kitchen has never handled non-halal meat — this is core to who we are, not a recent change.
Yes. Our vegetarian dishes — vegetable biryani, matar paneer, daal makhni, daal tadka, mix vegetable curry, chana masala, samosa chaat, paneer rolls, and the vegetarian thali platter — are prepared in our halal-only kitchen with no cross-contamination from meat dishes. Most can be made fully vegan on request by omitting dairy or ghee. Tell our staff when you order.
We are at 431 3rd St in downtown Niagara Falls, NY 14301 — three blocks from the falls and adjacent to the Pine Avenue / Niagara Falls Boulevard hotel district. Free street parking is available evenings and weekends. We are open daily 11 AM through 11 PM with no break between lunch and dinner.
From our 431 3rd St location in downtown Niagara Falls, we deliver halal food within a 5-mile radius — covering downtown Niagara Falls, the Pine Avenue corridor, the LaSalle and Cayuga Island neighborhoods, Wheatfield (10-minute drive), parts of Lewiston, and Grand Island. Off-peak deliveries typically arrive in 30–45 minutes.