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Say, do you think Bollywood actor and restaurateur Shiva Natarajan ever takes a shower?

If Shiva maintains the same poor hygiene standards on his body that he repeatedly, shamelessly demonstrates at his NYC Indian restaurants, we’re inclined to believe the fella seldom showers.

You can say what you will but the man never tires of showing his contempt for diners visiting his crappy NYC Indian restaurant Dhaba (Lexington Ave).

Shiva, who has played bit roles in a handful of Bollywood films (Khakee, Halla Bolet al), has a seemingly vast arsenal of tricks for insulting diners to his Dhaba Indian restaurant on Lexington Ave. in NYC.

For instance, when we visited the place we encountered lousy food accompanied by poor service (like serving Tandoori Chicken and Vegetable Pakoras in the same plate).

Sure, bad food and poor service are par for the course at NYC Indian restaurants and Shiva Natarajan holds no exclusive rights here.

Dhaba NYC maintains Poor HygieneDhaba NYC – Maintains Poor Hygiene Standards

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And whether Shiva showers or not is of no account but his failure to maintain the most basic hygiene standards at Dhaba NYC is most appalling, most insulting and most worrisome to diners.

At times, we wonder whether Shiva is running a restaurant or a dumpster on Lexington Ave.

Bet even Shiva has no idea whether he’s running an Indian restaurant or a dumpster.

Again and again and again, Shiva’s Dhaba fails the NYC Health Department inspection (including a recent inspection in December 2009) or earns horrid violation points. Continue reading »

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The last time we spoke to NYC restaurateur and Dhaba NYC owner Shiva Natarajan, the fella was blabbing on and on about his Bollywood connections, his Bollywood roles in movies like Halla Bol and Khakee, his Bollywood celebrity acquaintances like Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai, blah blah blah blah.

And Shiva’s main restaurant Web site boasts of the fella’s connections to Bollywood celebrities with photos of Shiva alongside filmi personalities like Akshay Kumar, A.R.Rahman, Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha et al.

Well, after a visit to Shiva’s latest Indian restaurant in New York City Dhaba, our advice to the bloke is to stop all that Bollywood yakking and fix the crappy food and crappier service. Pronto.

Located on Lexington Ave in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan, Dhaba’s sole claim to fame is that it marks a new low even by the lowly standards of Manhattan Indian restaurants.

After an unendurably bad meal at Dhaba NYC, we strongly recommend that if you love fine Indian dining and if passion for Indian food runs through your veins, run from this dumpster. As Kollywood comedian Vivek does in some of his movies, scream escape and run for your life.

Shiva, you told us you were the second villain in Halla Bol but at Dhaba NYC you are definitely the first villain for your ignominious failure to uphold the most basic standards of food and service.

As it is, the New York City Department of Health has said your Dhaba is not vermin proof and has evidence of mice or live mice, rats or live rats and flying insects or live flying insects present in the facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

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Dhaba NYC – The Big Lie

To describe what Dhaba NYC offers as Indian cuisine is a Big Goebbelsian Lie.

Maybe, it’s Mongolian cuisine or Ethiopian cuisine or Icelandic cuisine but Continue reading »

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