★★★★★ This restaurant is under new ownership and was formerly known as Neerob. This is a completely-halal Bangladeshi restaurant located on the Starling Avenue strip in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx. Also located on this short strip are several other Bangladeshi stores (clothing and grocery), restaurants, and doctors (who prominently advertise the tests they offer, apparently à la carte). Al Aqsa maintains mostly the same menu as it's predecessor Neerob did. There is street parking on Starling Avenue, though you will have better luck at the intersection of Castle Hill Ave and Starling Ave. Parking is bumper-to-bumper, so leave the 1939 Ford Model 91A Tudor Deluxe at home. This reviewer has been to Neerob he estimates somewhere around 50 times and thanks it for saving him from hospital food. As the food and service have not changed much since the restaurant changed to Al Aqsa (to which he has been at least 10 times), the overwhelmingly positive review still applies. The food here is genuine and tastes home-cooked. As in any good South Asian restaurant, the food is arranged in a buffet style and you point to what you want. The menu changes slightly from day-to-day but the favorites never go away. Try what you will -- the menu is consistently excellent. Neerob, oops, Al Aqsa is perhaps best known for its fish (it's Bangladeshi) and bhartas (an appetizer with mashed ingredients, tastes better than it sounds). This author recommends the following, though by no means is this list exhaustive. He does not recall prices (he no longer asks) as this restaurant is impressively inexpensive and a tremendous value. For ~$10 a person, you will eat like a Nawab: haleem -- a lentil and beef stew, best eaten with naan (a personal favorite) bihari kabab -- spicy chunks of roasted chicken with a yogurt marinade tandoori kabab -- similar to bihari kabab but with a different mix, noted to be orange/red samosas -- try the chicken samosas, though the potato ones are decent too fried chicken -- hot and crispy, a gem of a surprise on this menu (a personal favorite) biryani -- chicken and rice, not the best but still a great meal on its own chai -- a sweet, cardamom-y favorite malai chai -- chai made with cream instead of milk, think of it as a dessert okra -- spicy, a tasty vegetarian dish This is a fantastic restaurant and unsurpassed for quality and value. Posted on January 9, 2017