Roasted Lamb and Blistered Flatbread on Nostrand Avenue
Order a communal platter of spiced rice and tender roasted lamb that easily feeds a full table.
🍖 Feasts Meant for Sharing
Yemeni Socotra Restaurant sits behind a brick wall on Nostrand Avenue, its dining room lined with white clothed tables and a green SOCOTRA street sign near the door. The kitchen sends out food built for a crowd. A lamb quarter arrives over spiced rice, steaming, ringed with soft carrots and stewed vegetables. Grilled lamb chops come lined across a black platter, and a bowl of lamb in golden broth lands beside them. The showpiece is the bread, a blistered flatbread the size of a serving tray that the table tears into by hand. The portions run generous, and the rice alone stretches one order across three or four people, which makes this a table for groups rather than a quiet solo dinner. Diners have kept it at 4.8 across 169 reviews, and the room stays calm and family paced. Come hungry, order one large platter, and let the bread carry the rest.
