Big fan of their Allentown branch from my Penn State days, so while heading back from Peddler's…read moreVillage, we took a small detour to try their new outlet in New Jersey. Since it was around 5 PM, we decided to parcel our order. We ordered their famous mutton dum biryani. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a hit-or-miss experience. It felt like we were served an older batch -- the mutton pieces were dry and rubbery, and the rice lacked freshness. I know they are capable of making really good biryani, but consistency is what matters most. If the food isn't fresh, then don't pass it to us. Ambience was quite catchy -- a bright orange theme, a large restaurant space, ample parking, and clean restrooms. Overall: Disappointing this time, mainly due to lack of freshness.

Easily one of my favorite restaurants in Jersey. Have been here a few times and the food and…read moreservice has been consistently good. My most favorite dishes here: Paneer Majestic, Baby corn Majestic, Soya Chaap Tikka, Kerala Parotta, Filter Coffee This time around we ordered their weekend special - Hakka Noodles which reminded me of the street style noodles we eat back in India. For mains, we ordered Paneer Butter Masala and Kerala Parotta followed by Dal Tadka and Rice. I must say everything was super delicious. Everything came in generous portions especially the appetizers. Server: Sahiti. She was awesome. She recommended us with some of the best dishes on their menu. BYOB Plenty of parking Some vegan options available Pretty flexible with customized orders

What started as a purely supportive "I'll just keep you company" visit for a last-minute late…read moredinner with friends turned into a full-on food moment I hadn't planned for, and honestly, I regret nothing. The moment I walked in, the aromas hit first, followed swiftly by the sight of dishes making their way across the room. My resolve didn't stand a chance. I was eating. End of story. The menu spans both South and North Indian cuisine, and refreshingly - deliver exceptionally well. Everything we tried was well-crafted, but the palak paneer deserves a special mention. I have a personal rule about not ordering palak paneer outside of home, it rarely lives up. This one broke the rule entirely. It was simply superb. Then came the seasonal dessert. I wish I could tell you the name, but I was clearly too busy enjoying it to commit that detail to memory (lesson learned - notes app next time!). What I can tell you is that it arrived beautifully chilled, with just the right touch of sweetness. Absolutely worth whatever it was called [was a sort of pistachio something rice pudding] Having a South Indian restaurant this good just a two-minute drive away feels like a genuine privilege.

Visited this place for a birthday party of my daughter's friend. Really good food with customisable…read morespice levels and while most of menu is similar to any other indian restaurant, the key differentiator is the fusion of north and South Indian - and South Indian + Indo-Chinese (karivepaku gobi for eg) . Must try for a distinct palette experience. Good service and standard ambience (nothing stood out here)

Read about this restaurant and had to try it. Amazing food-…read moreI mean really delicious. Creative and tasty. Love the farm to table for Indian food. Great service, great chef. We will be back again and again...

Parthiv who is the owner and Chef at Mishta, took our order and was very forthcoming and pleasant …read more When we arrived our order was ready for pick up . Our to go order included the following Mushroom kulcha with fresh locally sourced chestnuts mushrooms from Noble Farms- I was expecting a distinct mushroom flavor but it was just an average kulcha. Garlic naan - quite good Forgotten Tandoori roti - since this was forgotten to be included will provide my feedback hopefully next time Palak paneer - tasted avenge on the day we ordered but the left overs tasted better the next day . County chicken curry - too oily but tasted good . The truth is , the oil contributes to better taste . Litti chokha- was the best of the lot . Little had good blend of spices that enhanced the flavor while the Choka had bold flavors served room temperature Complimentary Jeera rice was a perfect accompaniment to mix the Curries and the Onion side salad combination enhanced the meal . The restaurant is a small place in as strip mall but has a good ambiance. Except the forgotten Tandoori Roti that we paid for and they acknowledged , but asked us to drive back 30 minutes to pick up , the food was good & satisfying. It's a small place and the Chef personally picks the seasonal and available fresh produce and meat offering a Farm to Table experience.

My family and I recently held an event here after previously visiting for the buffet. Because of…read morethat, I have a lot to say both good and bad. Starting with the event food: it felt noticeably cheaper and lower quality, which was very disappointing. Prior to the event, we had all genuinely enjoyed the buffet food, so expectations were high. Unfortunately, the naan tasted frozen, like something from a bulk pack at Costco. It was thin, poorly made, and as someone who truly loves naan, I couldn't even finish a single piece. The meat and chicken dishes also did not taste nearly as good as they do during the buffet. The flavors were okay, but as someone familiar with South Asian cuisine, it was very underwhelming. Since this is the only Indian restaurant option in the area, that made the disappointment even greater. The staff overall was very kind and polite. The staff is truly amazing, very aware and ready to help which is wonderful!! They did an amazing job, 5/5 for the staff, no complaints there. However, my experience with the manager was not positive. He provided inconsistent and constantly changing information regarding the minimum number of people required to reserve the private room. For me, he told my partner and I that 45 people were required minimum. But later told my sister that it was 40 then 35 or 30 and it just kept changing. One change is not okay, maybe a mistake. But this? Not a mistake, definitely intentional. And if you don't know the correct answer, the right thing to do is find out before relaying any information. I found the inconsistency among the required number of guests and information extremely unprofessional, and it came across as money-driven, which was a major turn-off--especially when paired with the noticeably lower-quality food being served for a special event - aka a Wedding. Now, outside of the event, the buffet itself was excellent. The naan was fluffy and warm, and the chicken and meat dishes were flavorful and well prepared. Based on the buffet alone, I would have given this restaurant a 5 out of 5. The buffet is one I would recommend. However, due to how the event was handled, the inconsistencies, and the poor quality of food provided for what was supposed to be a wedding event, I have to rate this experience a 3 out of 5. Providing customers with inaccurate and inconsistent information, especially from a manager, is not professional and is simply not okay. ESPECIALLY because it was a private party as well in which they are making more money and taking images to promote the area.

Tried food here on multiple occasions and it has not disappointed me. I have come here for a buffet…read moretwice (once on a weekend and once on a regular day), and enjoyed it so much that we picked this place to host my sister's intimate wedding party. Service is the best I have seen around this area. All of the staff we have met were friendly, and the same with the store manager. Ambiance is lovely. You can go here for dates, family brunch, lunch with friends, and even book their private room for parties and decorate it the way you want. Buffet price is great for what you get! I believe you normally get to make your own chaats as appetizers and there are 6 additional dishes. Once, there was even a live pani puri station (delicious)! Also the Naan is fresh and comes hot. We had Dhannu(?) as one of our servers, and he was awesome - very kind and friendly. All the servers were nice but we talked to him the most. If you reserve the room for a private party, you get to make it buffet style with 2 veg app, 2 non veg app, 2 veg entrees, 2 non Veg, rice/naan, choice of 2 desserts, and soda. You can add more for additional price. I added pictures of the items we had selected. The guests also enjoyed the food. Only change we would have done would be replacing the Falooda for a diff dessert. The Falooda was lacking the vermicelli noodles. Also, the butter chicken was lacking chicken. Other than that, all else was great.

Amazing food!! We loved the food as it's really close to…read morewhat you'd find at a roadside restaurant in India. Giving it a very similar feels as this too is literally roadside. We just stumbled upon this restaurant a few years ago when we were in the area and tried the food here! We loved the food so much that we drive 45-50 minutes from home to enjoy the place and food. I highly recommend the place for good food! It's a very small homely feels food place.

Restaurant was to open at 11:30. We got there at 11:40. A few minutes later, a man who was…read moresitting in his car, take his time to get out and go to opens the restaurant. He sees us standing there. We tried to open the door, but he locked it behind him. He sees us and just disregards us. We ended up going someplace next door where they greeted us and the service was good as well as the food

What an amazing restaurant this is! A unique casual quick service fully vegetarian restaurant that…read morecombines Indian ingredients and Mexican cuisine but stays true to its identity as a tacoria.. beautifully balanced menu with great variety and each dish packs a punch. The guacamole was amazing.. tangy and flavorful.. just the way I like it, and not bland like in most chain restaurants. The salsa was truly outstanding and the corn chips too.. never have we gone through my order of chips as we did here! Special call out to the Paneer Birria Mulitas which I got based on the manager's recommendation. Very rarely, you eat food that blows your mind.. I found myself thinking about this meal for a long time after. Oh and the decor has so many pretty touches and is totally insta worthy.. lot of good photo ops here. I will be back to try more..

The creative in fusion of Indian and Mexican flavors are amazing. I'm not a typical vegetarian or…read morevegan, but the creative way of utilizing plant based options is astounding. Nothing is pretending to be something it's not. Truly authentic. The vibes are super casual and upbeat. A great way to start you night or just a quick bite for lunch. Everyone who works here is always smiling. You can feel the joy and love in the food.

We recently went here for my dads birthday with a large group. Masala Art was very accommodating…read morebeing that it was Saturday lunch time. We had provided a pre selected menu beforehand so that we wouldn't have to worry about taking orders for the group (~15 of us). The restaurant was a great spot to host my dad's birthday- they didn't rush us at all and created an environment in which everyone was able to talk to each other easily. The food itself- - paneer tikka: delicious! A favorite, although there was fewer paneer pieces and more onion pieces. It was very yummy but I wish it was more balanced. Even a better balance between the onion, pepper, and broccoli would have been better. -samosa chat: great! No notes on this one. Was very yummy. - sag paneer: wasn't my favorite, there wasn't anything wrong with it, I just liked other dishes more - dum aloo: this was great! Very tasty. However, we had to keep asking the staff to bring more out instead of them keeping an eye on what dishes needed refilling. Given that we had provided a headcount beforehand of how many people were coming, it was frustrating that not everyone got to try this dish. There was lots of gravy, but not enough aloo. - Methi malai matar: was very tasty! Overall the food was very good and I'd recommend trying as many dishes of theirs as possible. The service itself was frustrating since we had to keep an eye on what needed refilling and inform the staff, instead of them bringing more food out (we were the only group in the restaurant). But that being said, other restaurants are not nearly as accommodating as masala Art. We had initially asked Chand Palace if they would be able to accommodate us and they had told us that we would only get the table for a set amount of time and we weren't allowed to bring decorations or anything like that. We will be back for sure!

I got the goat vindaloo and my wife got something makni. Her dish was tooo salty! I was surprised…read morethat my goat dish had a lot of goat meat! Usually Indian restaurants give more potatoes over the meat. The goat is a must have! I wish it was more spicy. The inside was nice, but empty. Nice service. Will return for the goat!!

ABSOLUTELY DELICiOUS FOOD!!!! There was a bit more to be…read moredesired with the ambiance, but there was a cozy vibe for sure. The family who runs this place are absolutely adorable, they are so kind. The service here is prompt and punctual. Our waiter was so sweet! Thank you to Divine Curry for making my first day in the US happy!!!

Folks - we may have stumbled into our find of the year. The place is a hidden gem in a nondescript…read moresuburban plaza. They raised the bar in truly exceptional food and service. Let's start with the food. Done with perfection and pride. The owner personally attends and recommends items, if you do need help. They are into good food and service, with passion. Pakoras we're done to perfection - fresh, crispy, and super savory. Their Naan and Tandori breads were, once again, spot-on (with the right amount of char and crispness). Highly recommend the Kadai Paneer. That smoky flavor- O M G! In fact, even the yellow lentils had the smoky flavor and reminded me of authentic lentils made way back home, in India. Our choices were all vegetarians and I feel we couldn't have gone wrong with other vegetarian choices either. Service with smile. The owner took personal interest in ensuring we had a good time. They accommodated so many of our customization requests that it's unfair to even mention them here because other guests may feel let down if they dine when the place is super busy. Glad we found them and hope this will be our goto place to get that authentic way-back-home yummy flavor! We hope to visit them again, soon!

This is another local rt 202 hidden gem you can easily miss amongst all the other options in the…read moregeneral area. This is a tight, intimate location with seating for maybe 20 people tops, and that seems generous, but they do pretty fast takeout so I'll usually get it to go. Usually I've got my food within 20 minutes of ordering, but if it's busy you're better calling it in. The food is delicious, and whoa is it spicy, so do not be shy about asking them for the American spicy not Indian spicy or you're going to suffer, but it isn't spicy without flavor to back it up. By that I mean while you'll be crying actual tears from the spice, you'll also taste an incredible palette of flavors and non-atomic spices that are masterfully blended into all the usual classic dishes, and some unique ideas as well. Good mango lassi on the menu, and it is CLEARLY there to mitigate some of this spice, so be sure you get yourself one. The Saag Paneer is a perfect 10 in my book. The tandoori is to die for, the naan is great, it's all great, give this place a chance!

Wow. I must be here on a GOOD night, judging from some of the reviews…read more Let me just say that I'm admittedly a bit of a snob, having owned my own restaurant, and living in NYC my whole life, surrounded by some of the best restaurants in so many different styles of food. I got the Lamb Tikka Masala with a plain Naan. It took a little while to come out, but it was so very worth it. I've always had Chicken Tikka Masala, never lamb, and I'm so glad I tried it. Absolutely delish! Sorry I forgot to take the food-porn pics for you when it arrived. I was hungry and distracted by how awesome it smelled. I guess you'll just have to see a photo from the aftermath! This appears to be a mom 'n pop shop, and it may have been the wife who let me in, took my order, served the food, etc. I didn't see any other servers here, and the whole time I'm here (7pm on a Tuesday night), there was only one other table dining here. There were a couple of take-out and delivery orders. I would love to see them bring in some Iced Tea. The decor is a little kitschy, but it's an Indian restaurant, so it works pretty well. It's nothing fancy, and I want even given a knife to cut up the lamb, though she brought a bottled water to the table which appeared to mean that it's complimentary. I would like to suggest to ownership that the bathroom door be cleaned up. It wasn't bad enough to wipe a star off of the review, but it could definitely turn some diners off, and badly. This place is worth a try!

The Mango Tree is a recently opened Indian restaurant that's popped up in Belle Mead in a new strip…read moremall in the Route 206 corridor between Hillsborough and Princeton/Montgomery. The largely positive reviews and wanting to try out a new restaurant led to this being the choice of dinner spot for meeting up with a friend. While nothing fancy, the interiors are bright and modern with plenty of seating. It can get pretty loud between the high ceilings resonating customer voices and music playing from a speaker with an uncomfortably high bass level. Their website menu online seems to offer additional items that didn't make it into their print in-restaurant menu, so be sure to ask about availability if you notice any discrepancy in items you want to order. We got mango lassis (3/5) to drink, which we saw were poured out of a huge jug (probably made earlier in the day). It was pretty average in taste and we felt it didn't use any fresh mangos in the preparation. To start off, we got the chicken 65 and onion pakoras as appetizers. The chicken 65 (2.5/5) was on the bland side and some pieces of chicken were kind of game-y, so we felt it wasn't good. The onion pakoras (4.5/5) were a unique and more stringy preparation of onions with flavorful chickpea batter, but the best part was that they drained the oil well after frying, so didn't have an oily texture to them. For the main course, we went with the butter chicken masala and a naan. The butter chicken masala (3/5) was pretty average with a thicker and more ginger-based gravy preparation (their online menu pictures a lighter colored and more tomato-based gravy which is what we would have preferred). The naan (3.5/5) was an ample portion and was tasty. While nothing was particularly bad, we felt all the food was pretty average and forgettable for Indian food in central New Jersey, and the ratings you find online for the business seem vastly inflated and not reflective of the quality of the food. The service (2.5/5) was not good as they use a de-centralized service model without a dedicated waiter checking in on you. While the employees were generally friendly and a team member did check in with us once during the meal, nobody paid attention come time to pay the check, and it took several minutes to get the attention of a staff member to get the bill and boxes for leftovers. Given the average food, inattentive service, and tacky/loud bass music playing, we probably won't be back to Mango Tree or be recommending them to others given other better options for Indian food in the area.

When you walk in it's not your typical Indian restaurant. Well lit, spacious, simple but elegant…read morefurniture and decor. Food was appetizing, a treat to both eyes and nose. One of the best dosas I have had in New Jersey, well that's coming from someone who has dosas every other day! The sambar is typical Tamil Nadu style and good. Again not many restaurants get the sambar right. Pretty prompt and good service. The waiter could be more educated on the menu but was courteous. We also ordered Chicken Sukka and Andhra Chicken Curry. While they were good, had more spice than needed (not the hot spice but more garam masala). The banana leaf under the dosa is a nice touch. But the dried white water marks was a turn off. Overall a great experience and will go again. If they take care of some of these smaller issues at least a 4 star!