Strictly NO NO NO. Very very RUDE staff. OMG I won't go even if they offer free. BAD BAD customer service. Minus star. read more

Everytime I come towards Oak Tree, I am looking forward to visit this place. This place has a nostalgic factor associated to it, the after dinner visits to the "PAN TAPRI" back home in India. I always get the "House Special Paan" and Pista Thandai read more

Not one review about the paan. The real Paan, not desert paans that some people now are used to. The Zaafrani Kimam paan and Zaafrani Zarda, both have an exotic feeling as soon as you put em in your mouth. If you have never had a paan with Zarda, try the Kimam only version, it gives you a little quick kick but fades away equally fast. I usually prefer paan with no menthol, coz that tends to overwhelm the flavor of the katha and cardamom, heck, you can go ahead and have at it. It is personal choice after all. Zarda = Tobacco. If you're trying for the first time, request to add just a little bit( one sprinkle like that of a salt shaker) for the flavor. If you're one of those who never want to try zarda, that's fine too, try a Calcutta Sada.. just don't make paan sweet by adding tonnes of sugary stuff. Paan is a digestive item a desert. What? no!! don't even think of comparing to Hajmola.. read more

I ordered mango shake here as I was very excited to enjoy fresh shake in this mango season. When I received it, after the very first sip I was so disappointed. It was not made from fresh fruit and they used pulp and juice for it and tasted so bad. I went to the counter and said that I was expecting it to be made fresh. The person said that they don't make it that way. Even the pulp they used was so less that the color of the shake was pale yellow. Maybe they should tell this to the customers when taking order and stop fooling and charging money like this. I threw it in the trash and walked out. read more

This was a fun surprise. So many options of pan. I like the various type but I should ask for a little less sweet in some. I liked their malai kulfi too. Many dessert options. read more

Cafe Royal Paan - Cafes Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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Aweful experience. Very rude staff. Especially the guy with 'mr. Singh' silver bracelet. Will not go there again ever and would suggest everyone not to go there. If you want good Paan, I am sure there are many other locations in edison to go read more

I'm here for the first time. Everything is good expect the person who is at the counter is slow in taking orders. He's taking ages to finish a single customer transaction. I thought of ordering 50$ minimum as I came with my two other friends. As you guys are very slow in just taking the order thought you'll take ages in getting the food ordered. So ended up making 10$ food and we took take away instead of sitting in restaurant. Guys improve the service speed and make money, satisfy customers. Keep extra staff at busy times atleast for the weekend . read more

Sometimes good food & sometimes bad. Very inconsistent. The thing that had me disgusted was the hygiene. No gloves, touching face/mouth and then touching food & even taking something out of the water mug with her bare hands! The Falooda used to be good but today was not a good experience. Don't be fooled, the food looks nothing like how the pictures look. The only thing I would recommend is the paan. Don't know if I'll be back. Edit 1/06/17 You would think they have their act together by now. Still terrible service. They do not deserve to be a restaurant. read more

I did a remote delivery to send my sister some paan on her birthday. These guys were so accommodating, not on my did they prepare delicious meetha paan in record time but they were happy to help facilitate delivery through DoorDash or via an Uber driver (I had to go with the latter due to distance). They even wrote a sweet birthday message on my behalf and best of all my sister was thrilled with the delicious surprise. Going the extra mile in times like these is really appreciated, I hope people in Jersey support this business and I'll definitely be coming by to thank them and order more soon! read more

This vegetarian restaurant is the perfect spot for a quick, casual lunch. I started coming here when I found out they have about 20 different kinds of paan. I usually oder the Pav Bhaji, which is a little runny than average but has awesome flavor. I definitely want to try something new next time I come here. Make sure to try their paan! read more

I walked in to get 15 paan to go. I saw no guests in the cafe. The two workers were preparing at least 25 paans in front of me. They told me I will have to wait 25 minutes for my paans. I asked why they can't give me the paans they are making. They responded - these are for other customers. !!!! I am also a customer I thought. So I said I don't see a single customer in your cafe. They said - customers have placed order and gone and we can't stop order in between. I pleaded that please pack me these and make new ones for them as I have an Uber waiting and I live very far. They didn't budge from their decision. So I walked out. I will never go back here. Terrible customer service. You have a great product but this service is so bad. read more

I showed up to this place 30 minutes before they closed and the guy working behind the counter refused to make pan for us. He said they were closed even though it says they are open till 11pm...the place had like 15 people inside an he was making pan for people already. Unnaceptable. If I was the owner of he place he'd be looking for a new job. read more

Worse place in Edison. Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else. The manager has a nasty attitude. We drove from Pennsylvania and were waiting outside in the morning when this place opens. The manager as we walked in said we are not open, didnt you read the sign. Is this the way to speak to customers? And what sign dude? If your place is not suppose to be open, shut it down. My husband and I left the place. This place needs to shut down. Seems like the dude has some serious problems. Go sort them out with ur nasty staff and nasty food. read more

Wish i could have given 0 stars. Best shopkeeper i have ever seen. So many things to make anyone disappointed. 1) very rude and arrogant 2) did not give me what I wanted 3) poorest customer service 4) no manners how to deal with new customers. I will not recommend this to anyone. read more

Very arrogant and unprofessional! Never recommended. They use all sub standard material. read more

Their food, when it is available, is good but the service is not. We went their because we wanted tea and kulfi. They were out of tea and would not let us bring tea from outside so that we could all sit inside comfortably and enjoy it with kulfi. I can understand generally not allowing outside food but if you're out of something then there should be some wiggle room to the policy. A restaurant needs both good food and good service but Cafe Royal Paan is lacking the latter IMHO. read more

Surprised with this awesome foodie place... Each and every food item here has its own taste which is really good at taste.. Pan here is just amazing... And what not everthing is good here.. I suggest this place for all foodies... read more

Royal Paan in the ass is more like it. I was dying for a bottle of water, and had no choice but to go in there. Of course, the second I whipped out the credit card, the owner had to give me a 3 minute lecture on how expensive the credit card fees were: something like 50 cents for a $1.25 bottle of water. While it is a ridiculous fee, and as a small business owner he has every right to set the rules, I think it's a little petty. From the looks of things, this place wasn't exactly booming, and by treating me the way he did, he ensured that I will never buy a thing from his business. Which is a shame, because the drinks looked interesting. My advice would be to follow the bubble tea places and run a cash only establishment, rather than setting a $15 (That's $15!) minimum on credit card purchases. That way you avoid embarrassing yourself on Yelp when you incur my wraith. read more

Pathetic place run by morons. The person on duty claimed to be the owner/manager and was extremely rude. Even though the restaurant was empty, he would not allow us to sit at a proper table. Insisted that we order a minimum before sitting down. He was really loud and angry. Maybe he had a bad day, but why take it out on customers. We also had little kids with us who literally got scared of this person and we're crying. We just left the place without eating. read more

Had an unbelievable experience. I was going to meet 2 colleagues for snacks at 5 and due to traffic they were running 10-15 mins late. I was the ONLY person in the restaurant and I told the guy I will order things as soon as they are here. When I went to order at 5:15 , the guy at the counter tells me your party only has 15 more mins to stay in the restaurant!!!! My jaw dropped. Couldn't believe he really told me that. There was NO ONE in the restaurant! Now I know why. read more

Horrible place worst customer service ever. The people in front of me complained that the drink they ordered that contained milk was sour and cashier basically told them they were full of shit. Then my mother was asking questions about some of their desserts and he got very impatient with her. And on top of that our dessert we ordered tasted completely stale. I will never ever come here again read more

I came here once with my cousin. This was my first time trying chaat and I'm hooked. We got the samosa chaat, panni ke batashe and the samosa ragda pav. Granted this was my first time trying this so I don't know how it's supposed to taste but I loved the combination of textures and flavors. I'd go here anytime for a quick snack. My only complaint is that they served the food on plastic plates even though we were eating in and that the water were in small disposable cups. The space was decent and it was quiet. read more

Great little place for paan and kulfi. I never actually tried the food but the paan and Malai kulfi are amazing.

Amazing kulfi, falooda and ice cream in general. Stopped by after a Mexican dinner and this place did my disappoint. Feels like I've landed in A ship in Delhi. Good and sweet customer service. read more

I would say the best Paan in North America. And, the most interesting part is you can customize it to your taste with 2 dozen ingredients. Give it a shot and its unlikely that you'd be disappointed :) read more

Asked for a fresh paan for parcel and but it turned to be a worst paan which is packed and stored for very long. Worst experience. Make sure to get it packed in front of you. read more

Best lassi I ever had . Pan is good as well. Will definitely visit again . Ordered choke batura which was very good .

I asked for a fresh paan they declined n insisted I take the one from fridge which obviously isn't fresh

The Calcutta meetha paan was ok, but had to much gulkand in it. The kulfi was bad. We took two flavors and one smelled so bad that we couldn't eat it. read more

All varieties of paan taste the same... Just a gimmick played by the owner with naming them fancy

Best Sweet Pan in USA.... they have good chat & street food as well.... must try pan here

WORST experience and customer service. Extremely rude, unprofessional, unhelpful employees. Took 10 mins to make 4 basic sweet paan and it was not even good. It was below average, low quality, unauthentic paans. Menu has no description of ingredients and when you ask, you get a rude response and an attitude from the people who work there. This place is run very poorly. Do not go here if you are looking for a good experience. read more

OMG this place had one of the best chats. Tastes kulfi, live pani puri where he makes it fresh, falooda, aloo tiikki. Everything was amazing.. read more

I went to have paan i used to have. They make good paan but you have to carry cash for small purchase. The guy is new i guess....doesn't know some of the names of items you put in paan. read more

One of the only places that I know in NJ, serves awesome Paan. They have awesome street food options... chat, pav bhaji, dabeli, bombay grilled sandwiches ....the list of items to eat is endless. The best part is kulfi!!! Must visit. read more

Could have given zero stars if possible. Most arrogant and rude staff. TERRIBLE. !!!

We were from Chicago, and just ate at Mithaas Indian restaurant on the other side. We were just driving around and saw this place so we stopped in. Clean place, friendly people. And full "paan" bar. They make "mitha" paan and with tobacco. Paan was pretty good and cheap -- $1. they sell other stuff to like indian snacks ("chatpat") and food items. I recommend this place! Wish we had this in Chicago. read more

This place is having zero customer service, no patience and impolite. All the pans taste the same. The falooda flavors are bad. They do not taste as per the flavor. Sometimes you forget the bad taste if the service is good, but here everything is bad. read more

We went to this restaurant for the first time today. We were a party of 6 with two toddlers and two more adults were on their way to join us. The person named Sunny claimed to be the owner and was the most rude person we have ever met! Although the whole place was empty, he wouldn't let us sit a bigger table. He finally let us sit at one and then got very upset that we placed orders for a few items as we had still not decided on everything we wanted. He asked us to vacate that table. He didn't care when we told him that was not the way to treat customers. He also didn't care that such a behavior would lead to negative reviews! At this point we left and went to Mogul express, where we treated very well and enjoyed their food. Good customer service does matter! read more

Worst place .. Don't know it was owner or some worker but he was very rude. We ordered first and still he was giving paan to others who came after us. When questioned he started sprawling rudely.. read more