I ordered biryani chicken and goat curry, and oh my gosh the food was quite tasty and fresh. I have found my new Indian eatery instead of running to Somerset, NJ. My meals were take out and my experience with the gentleman I met in the front of the restaurant was quite pleasant. Telephone conversations prior to going to the restaurant were pleasant too. TWO THUMBS UP!!!!! Patricia read more

The food is amazing and excellent customer service. We always have great food and freshly prepared. Tuesdays are the best days to get your biryani quality freshness. Everything is best at this place. I will definitely be coming back. read more

The food here is great. I effen love it! The portions are fantastic and we always have leftovers to take home. The service is quick and friendly. There is always videos playing music in a foreign language which makes for a fun ambiance during our meal. I will come back again! read more

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Best Thali in the area. I always get chicken thali. Food is fresh, good quality and definitely satisfies the craving for authentic Indian cuisine. read more

This place is a pathetic waste of space and money. Dishes here are at most ok and lack consistency in quality. Each time is a surprise - sometimes good and sometimes horrible. Add to the the curmudgeonly service and you get a solidly mediocre biryani joint. read more

If you frequent the other biryani franchises like Paradise, Persis, or Bawarchi , then Biryani Pot is worth a visit. We stopped by one Thursday evening and the place seemed to be buzzing with takeouts but was understaffed so we were told that they were not taking any dine-in customers which was disappointing. Having committed to the biryani dinner though led us to ordering a takeout and we got the goat pepper fry and a couple of biryanis to go. We were glad that we did! The goat was exceptional! Juicy, moist and cooked to perfection and slathered with a lot of spices. The pieces were mostly boneless and there were no pieces with chewy fat renderings that made it stand out from Paradise who we thought did the dry pepper fry spices fairly well but falls short on the quality of goat pieces that they use. The biryanis themselves were aromatic, flavorful, and had a freshness to it that made it stand apart from the others. The portion size was generous and meat to rice ratio better than the others. Served with a salan and yogurt that were par for the course. And packed in quality containers that sealed well! (Anyone doing Indian food takeouts must know first hand the perils of sauces jostling in containers that struggle to hold them back in!) We have been back there since and can say that the quality and taste has been consistent which is again a hard thing for most other restaurants to pull off lately. And we returned another weekday afternoon to sample their version of the thali available in lieu of lunch buffets I assume - we got the goat ($15) and the chicken ($13) as our optional biryanis. The rest of the thali had a veg app (cut mirchi), a meat app (a delicious chicken dry masala) , a dal, a chicken entree, a dessert, salan, raitha, a papad and a freshly made naan/roti. And of course the pot of biryani that we struggled to finish and eventually took home! A very satisfying lunch indeed! Would recommend if you are around during week days and given how few options are left in that area. Finally the ambience - not much to write about. Bare essentials. Clean. Functional. Good. Service was friendly and adequate. BYOB. read more

Biryani Pot - Weekday lunch thali w/biryani bowl - Indian Near Me - East Windsor, New Jersey

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today me and my family went to buy thing and spent a hour there.then it started raining and flouding and we went to bryani pot.the food there was really spicy but it was really good.i ended up with a wet dress and a spicy mouth the servic was really nice every one was so kind and i would go here again read more

Food was a very authentic Hyderabad taste and the service was amazing .The prices are very reasonable compared to the other Indian restaurants in the area and the food was fresh read more

Worst food ever. Ordered Paneer tikka masala and the Paneer felt so stale. There are many other options in East Windsor, best avoid this. read more

It was one of those days when I wanted to have 'hot and sour soup' and this seemed the only restaurant available in the neighborhood serving it and unfortunately we went for it!! And, It was a mistake, a complete disaster!! We were disappointed with the food but I was compelled to put in a review as to me few things I feel is just wrong- diced peas and carrots with few chicken pieces in a thick Manchurian kinda soy sauce base gravy is not a hot and sour soup.sorry!! Better to not have something on a menu if it's no where close to the dish it's suppose to be. And to top it off it had too much of vinegar and chilli powder making it not edible. Word of advice Please don't order to disappoint your self! P.s We sure do need some good indo Chinese restaurants around in the neighborhood. I would love to explore if any suggestions! read more

The food ordered are boneless Biryani , chicken dim Biryani , chicken 65 and pepper chicken. The food is bad. It looked like yesterday's food was reheated and given it to us. We asked for spicy , even it is not made like that. The food we ate got us stomach upset. The server is very rude . Customer service is bad and rude. Overall the the whole restaurant is very pathetic and worst. My friend went to jersey city Biryani pot and recommended it and we went to the closer location Biryani pot (this one) and it is the Worst biryani pot ever ... I ate in San Antonio , Houston and austin texas. They are very good . This place is spoiling the brand value. Don't go to this place thinking of the Biryani pot image and it very low in standards , when compared to others. It's standard is lower than rock bottom. If there is chance of giving negative stars , I would have given -10 rating.. read more

Oh boy where do i start (Negative) Music to loud Bad service. Waiter on the phone all the time, did not ask if the food was good or we needed anything Food: chicken tikka masala was not good at all. Asked for spicy and it wasn't (Positive) Food:goat chettinad was good read more

BEWARE! The food was mediocre to the best. Make sure you check the receipt and the amount charged to your card. They didn't even tell me the total amount, just asked for the payment and charged me 25% more than what it should have been. It was a to go order. I trusted them and didn't think they would cheat, my fault too, I should have asked for the total and also the receipt. I tried call them back after An hour when I realized this and no one answered the call. read more

Great place!! Good food and good hospitality by the stuff at this place. I highly recommend this place!! Mohan read more

Unable to estimate the time an order takes to be ready. When they know you are waiting for your order, they forward your call to voicemail. Discovered this by calling to check on my order (as I'm still sitting outside in my car 25 minutes after the time they asked me to be there)... called on a different phone and the call was picked right up. Initially told 40 minutes for 3 dishes... Ultimately waited an hour and 10 minutes. "Just 5 more minutes" at the first call... and "just 5 minutes" after the 2nd call added a total of 30 minutes. read more

We have been waiting for a while to get authentic Hyderabadi food at a nearby place so that we can avoid the trek to Oaktree rd, Edison. Our wait was over when this place was opened. We now almost dine in on a weekly basis. I would highly recommend trying Hyderabadi Chicken biryani, Chicken pepper fry, crispy corn, Goat Kheema and Double ka mitta. If you have an issue, speak with Vishal, co-owner. He is a soft spoken individual and consistently goes above 'n' beyond in delighting customers! read more

First time here. We came in for dinner. Quiet and simple place but clean, which is something I'm always concerned about in Indian restaurants. We got the crispy pepper corns and the boneless chicken Biryani. BOTH were delicious though the spice level could be a little lower. And this place is a BYOB one. Will definitely come back. read more

Worst guys in terms of delivery and talking to customers Drivers says the community is so bad that he never finds the address Reported this on several occasions I ordered like 10 times tíll now please verify this with my name, each of the ten time same set of drivers don't find the address On calling the restaurant the guy who answered spoke so arrogantly that the driver who delivered is indeed the manager Seriously manager of the restaurant can't find leasing center of a community which is older than the managers age himself The community has at least 3 boards to guide to make you reach the leasing center but just because you are too lazy to find the address doesn't mean it's difficult or impossible to find the address You have at least lost me as a customer with this pathetic arrogant filled customer service !!! Seriously guys you people make good food but the amount of arrogance is not acceptable read more

I have been here twice two weeks ago and today and the food is average the service was good so I wrote a tip amount and the server asked cash as otherwise the owner takes all tips and never give it to the servers. This happened both times. This practice of not giving tips to servers is not acceptable and disgusting and the owner must be shameful to do this read more

Ordered Chicken Dum Biryani and Chicken 65. Nothing 2 say tasteless food. No tenderness in Chicken 65.

Went here the other night at about 9pm. The food was good. We ordered vegetable biryani-spicy hot. It was not hot. Maybe they thought we couldn't handle it but that was a bit disappointing. It was otherwise tasty according to those who ate it, I did not. We also ordered malai Kofta. They gave 3 large kofta which were larger than at other restaurants. They were very flavorful and the sauce had a nice delicate flavor. I personally don't like hot so we ordered it medium. It had no heat but I was okay with that since the sauce was very flavorful and plentiful. We also ordered plain naan so the extra sauce was perfect for eating with the Naan. The service was good and we got served a pitcher of water so we disnt have to get constant water refills; that was appreciated. We were from out of town so this turned out to be a good spot for not knowing what to expect. 4 stars because they didn't honor our spice request. read more

Been here for the first, food quality is average, doesn't have much option. Service was bad, even biriyani was tasting little stale...need to think twice before going there.... read more

I visited this restaurant on its opening day. Service was friendly and I was well-attended, and I was even offered a free beverage- a sweet and pulpy watermelon drink. I ordered Butter Chicken as well as garlic naan for takeout. While the chicken was excellent, I do have to say that by the time my meal reached home (in about 15 min), the cream and oil separated, and I opened my container to see cream and chicken drowning in a swamp of red oil- this was pretty unappealing, and I've never see that before. I am not sure what caused that. Still, after fishing out the chicken and drying it off, it was not bad, just disappointing that I had to go through all that trouble. read more

I did call them for a pickup order today at 7:45 PM. They said the order will be ready by 8:30 PM. I am here outside waiting for the order and it 9:16 PM. I did not receive the order on time. This is a very bad customer service. I will definitely not recommend this. read more

If I was allowed to give negative rating, I'd have given this place for sure, I bought Biryani, Butter Nan and three vegetarian curries(Paneer Butter Masala, Malai Kofta, Mixed vegetable kadai masala), none of them were good, the worst food I ever had, I would never go back to this place again. The service sucks too, no one knows how to take an order or talk to customers. read more

I don't even want to give this place a 1 Star. I ordered delivery and spoke to the manager on the phone to place the delivery. I was told it would reach in 1 hour. He charged me an additional $10 delivery charge. 3 hours later.... 14 calls that we're not answered later.... I finally got in touch with him. He's reply to me was. Oh the delivery guy just left. Having my guests wait for 3 hours was extremely embarrassing. I will DEFINITELY not be ordering from this DUMP ever again. And for anyone looking for a recommendation... if you want terrible service then this is the place for you. Being in NJ, there is a huge competition for Indian food... so step up ur game biryani pot. read more

I went for a lunch at Biryani Pot and I had the worst experience ever. The combo meal was brought in few minutes after ordered but Nan/Roti came literally after the food was finished. Person taking order did not even ask what we are going to choose from the options given and brought what ever she thought was good. While we were eating no one even bothered to ask if we wanted anything since it is unlimited combo deal. I wish I could rate less than 1 star read more

This is concerning delivery. I ordered at 7:37pm and was told to expect the food between 8:40-8:50pm. I was also charged a $9.99 delivery fee. It is 9:30pm and my food still hasn't arrived. I called the restaurant, was told the driver was on his way and offered an apology. This is completely unacceptable. I'd love to comment on the food but... read more

Food took 2 hours to be delivered. I kept calling and they kept lying saying the driver was 10 mins away. Eventually ended up waiting 2 and a half hours. Food was cold tasted horrible. read more

After a long time we had authentic Hyderabadi Biryani, we ordered Punjabi samosa , crispy corn( I recommend this) for appetizers,both were tasty. For entree we ordered egg dum Biryani ( really very tasty) will come again for sure read more

Ordered the vegetarian biryani. Never had anything so bland and tasteless in my life. It didn't deserve to be called biryani. It wabasically just rice with some vegetables. I'd give this place negative stars if I could. You would think a place called "Biryani Pot" would know how to make biryani properly. read more

The food was great, good service, the ambience was good too, but the music playing from the kitchen is so loud that we can't hear the the music playing in the restaurant . It was really irritating when the waiters were moving in and out of the kitchen. I didn't mind cause it was all Telugu music. Overall everything was good. read more

Crave for Hyderabadi Biryani ?! This is the go to place for egg/chicken/mutton especially on weekends! Weekdays is not great sometimes..!Also, Paneer tikka is the best in town and needs special mention read more

Today I ordered from the Biryani pot for the first time and I have to say everything was exceptional! I had to order for a large party and my guests enjoyed the food very much. The food was prepared as we requested and it was accurate as well. I would definitely come back here again. The goat Biryani was especially deliciously the meat was succulent and did not have a lot of bones. Great job! read more

Ordered goat and chicken biryani from here. Tasted good and good serving size too. Good seating space. Although a lot of them get takeout.

I ordered a chicken chettinadu but delivered a chicken curry. I even asked but replied kitchen is very busy. Except Biryani, no other items are good and tasteless food. read more

Delicious food, prompt and polite service and overall pleasant ambience. We ordered Navarathan Kurma, Butter chicken, Mango lassi, roti , naan and loved it all. And of note, the place was very clean. We will be back. read more

Great food - the lunch special is around $9 and is an incredible array of dishes to try. I've taken a few coworkers here and they've consistently been impressed. I'll be back often! read more

Total waste of money. The AC wasn't working and the staff was understaffed ( go figure). Our food came in sections. We ordered two biryanis and these cheapos only gave us one small curd bowl when each order comes with 1. We ordered three entrees and each entree comes with rice once again these cheapos gave us only 2 bowls. The water was warm and we requested ice water ( you would think with no ac they can give us cold water- na). Worst place. I asked the waiter to call the manager and he said he's no here. The other waiters were exchanging dirty looks and they were sitting there the whole time. So I requested to speak to him on the phone. Of course he wasn't answering. I am embarrassed to have gone here. These guys had such poor customer service. I literally am not recommending this to anyone infact I am telling everyone to stay away. I hope this place closes down soon. read more

The food is very good, especially the goat biryani. Beware of leaving gratuities. The owner and manager do not pass them onto the service staff. Even if tipping in cash, check with the server first. read more