Madhuban Modern Indian
Finding it
Madhuban Modern Indian is in Food Court in Terminal 1 near Food Court at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It sits landside, so you can reach it without a boarding pass — and you still have to clear security afterwards.
- Nearest gates
- Food Court
- Level
- 4
Terminal 1 has 30 places to eat and 34 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 5am.
Hours against the security queue
Across the week, JFK security runs longest around 8am at a median of 33 minutes, and lightest around 2am at 10 minutes.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's JFK wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Madhuban shares Terminal 1's fourth-level food court with Flying Tacos, McDonald's and NY Fresh Subs, a lineup of counter-service options that a sit-down Indian menu stands apart from. It's the only Indian kitchen in that court, and Terminal 1 has no second branch to weigh it against elsewhere in the building. Sitting on the food-court level rather than tucked past a checkpoint means it's reachable before boarding passes get checked, not after, which matters for anyone still working through check-in.
Other options in Terminal 1
All landside, so you can reach any of these before security.
Sources
- Madhuban Modern Indian, Terminal 1 - JFK Airport — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, checked 2026-09-10
- Where To Eat - JFK Airport — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, checked 2026-09-10
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.