The Roti Royalty of Queens | Sandwich City | NYT Cooking
On any given day, loyal customers pack this no-frills shop in the South Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens for Trinidadian specialities. Opened in 2005, Trinciti Roti Shop is known for doubles, roti wraps, sandwiches, curries, oxtail and more.
The current owner, Amit Maheepat, 36, took over after his father passed away in 2019. He runs the shop with his mother, who oversees the cooking and helps in the kitchen. Many of the recipes came from her mom.
Trinciti Roti Shop was included in our list of the 100 best restaurants in New York City in 2025. See the full list here: https://nyti.ms/4ct7Ii7
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18 Comments
hey nyt cooking please help me
I prefer dhal puri
Proper representation of our food outside of Trinidad and Tobago. Love Trinciti!
This food looks better than a lot of 3-star restaurants food.
Proper representation of our food outside of Trinidad and Tobago. Love Trinciti!
These video insights are great. I just wish they had more depth like ask the staff are they happy , what do they get paid , hours, etc .. not that they earn a pittance for all that work. Work atmosphere etc .. i would like to know these facts personally.
curry chix no bone deh so …. ya hear we
well, mi no want any ketchup nor tomato paste near mi bloodclat oxtail zeen
boss lady get that chin flap together rapido .. treadmill exercise hear dat ! no pork boss lady
me no want no bleached white sucrose in mi doubles dough ya hear we my body is more valuable than yer restaraunt ya hear we ya dunno !
no shark pon we tongue zeen ya dunno n definitely no white sauce mi hate it so zeeeen
ya fadda pass but u step up respect zeen nuff respect n honor pon dat n di bronx is trash cockroach setting
Greatness here 🫢🔥🔥
My mouth is watering! But I’m way too far away in NC. Come open a restaurant here!!!
I really enjoyed watching all these proud beautiful people making that delicious food and sharing it with their community. A lot of heartfelt and good work goes into it by the looks of it. I’d love to go there one day. Keep up the great work team!
Lmao, guy mentioned every country that has representation in Trinidad except India, the one where he's from and the one which most Trinidad and Tobegans have ancestry from. LOL
We use ketchup in our stews here in Trinidad. I don't care what the Jamaican man who having an episode above me or below me is saying.
Our food bangs every day of the week.
Eating this food will have me curry shits and women will never hangout for the sake of curry farts