AHMED INDIAN RESTAURANT ALAFAYA – Restaurant

The Alafaya Trail room of a family-run halal Indian kitchen that has fed east Orlando for well over a decade. The draw is the midday buffet, laid out daily from late morning and holding tandoori chicken, goat biryani, vegetable pilaf and a rotating set of curries. Order off the à la carte menu and it goes deeper: mutton dum biryani, lamb curry, goat curry, chicken curry, vegetables cooked with real spine. North Indian cooking, generously spiced, priced so a full lunch stays cheap. Diners keep returning for the biryani and the sheer value of the spread. Unpretentious, consistent, reliably busy.

Cuisine: Restaurant