Follow up review after 5 months,so the food is still great with plenty regular dishes and few additional dishes of puri and potato sabji,idiyappam,musccles fry and carrot halwa as dessert.new waiter and waitress seems a bit unorganised and new including spilling water,dropping utensils,assigning wrong seat etc the girl seems to be taking charge and doin ok...but bottom line food is still great... read more

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True to it's name, you can smell the aroma wafting in from outside. Went in for an authentic Indian meal and they delivered. We ordered biryani, butter chicken, coconut sauce chicken and chicken 65. Would highly recommend it. The parotta is flaky and delicious and the quantity was large (we brought home more leftovers than we ate). read more

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The weekend buffet is so good! I'm a vegetarian and had a lot of choices, it was all Kerala style of course. Their sambar and kappa curry is so delicious. Finish the lunch with ada payasam, it tasted so so so good will definitely come here again! read more

The food is alway great here. They are pricey, but Indian always is.

Have been a loyal client of Aroma Restaurant for at least 15 years through their many moves, both inhouse dining and catering. Caution when you place a catering order... First time, for my daughter's wedding they delayed delivery and would not even pick up the phone as guests were milling in. Luckily we had backup appetizers. Second time, for a party we show up to pick up food and they had nothing prepared, and had dropped the ball completely. If order is not placed at least 3 or 4 days in advance they sometimes refuse saying they have too many orders to fill. This has taught us a lesson. We place the order 3 or 4 days in advance, sometimes even a week ahead.. this time gave all the information including day of week, date and time. The person taking the order transcribed all the information including the phone number incorrectly. You guessed it. No food. Moreover, staff has a tendency to go on the offensive, after being sloppy in taking an order. They claimed they were angry at us for being a no-show on the wrong day they prepared the food and supposedly tried to contact us on the wrong phone number they took down. The person on the phone claimed the kitchen staff was so angry they refused to make up for his mistake. So be forewarned, If you have guests, always safe to have pizza as a backup. read more

Got take out with my girlfriend food was all delicious and the servings were big unlike most Indian places I go to. She got salmon tikka misala and I got the chicken tikka misala we also got the garlic naan and onion naan both delicious. My gf and I will deff be going to the buffet read more

Delicious authentic Kerala food!! Impressed with the choices available for vegetarians too. I enjoyed the adapradamman payasam the most. Will definitely come here again. read more

We went for dinner were impressed by the service provided to us. We were not rushed at all and appetizers and entrees were served with actual time in between. The taste was differently good and not your usual Indian taste. read more

I mean 3.5 stars really. First time here - in a group including vegetarians like myself. We got there a bit after 12pm on Sat for the buffet and quite a few tables were still open. It is a relatively compact place and filled up quickly. They are BYOB but won't allow wine with lunch....presumably to keep tables turning over quickly. They said they would allow BYOB for dinner. Fair enough...their rules I guess. On the face of it, the pickings for vegetarians seem slimmer but when you look through, actually there's a decent selection. However, they did a poor job with labeling. Names of items were hand written with no 'V' or any icon for vegetarian/vegan. I called the waiter twice to confirm if an item was veggie - and in both cases they turned out not to be. Even though there weren't that many patrons at that time, the waiter preferred to fiddle with his phone rather than point out the veggie dishes which I was clearly looking for. A few others from my group also struggled with that and probably missed trying some items as they just couldn't tell from the label if it was veggie or not. All that said, number of items from Kerala which you don't find in a usual buffet spread makes this interesting. You will find the usual paneer sort of stuff as well. The dessert selection also had a heavy Kerala flavor. The odd mix of China, styrofoam, steel forks, plastic spoons and plastic water cups is jarring. Clearly they don't particularly care about that aspect in a high turnover buffet scenario. The masala chai to wrap things up is a nice touch. All in all, we will be back I think. read more

Incredible lunch buffet with a huge variety of chicken, fish, mussels, duck, and mutton dishes. There were 30-40 different offerings on the many buffet tables - each one better than the next. They had the staples like chicken tikka masala, chicken biryani, poori aloo, and vada sambar, plus an amazing array of Keralite food (appam, parota, idi appam, fish fry, egg roast, duck curry, 5-6 veggies, payasam, fruit custard, sweet pongal, buttermilk, papadums, masala tea), and that's not even half of it! The flavors are spot on, the servers and owners are kind, courteous and ready to answer any questions you may have (including about allergens) - close your eyes and you'd think you're in Kerala eating homemade food! No wonder the lines are out the door on any given day of the week or weekend. You cannot go wrong! read more

The best indian food i have had in US so far!!! wide spread of dishes. all of them tasted delicious.

Buffet food served extremely cold. Can't believe the ratings on this. Strictly avoid!!

Oh my god -- the worst. I ordered food from this "business" through Grubhub at 6:30 this evening. Come 8:30, the food was still undelivered. That is a bad thing in itself, but it was compounded by the fact that the restaurant's phone number was "busy" for the duration of their tardiness. 8:51 now. I'm starving. Grubhub has finally cancelled the order -- THEY pick up the phone. I'm left hungry and waiting for my monies to be refunded to my account. This is not the first review of its kind I have seen posted of this restaurant. This is no way to run a business. If this is anything other than an aberration, I sincerely hope they don't remain in business long. They have no business hawking their wares on Grubhub, that's for sure. I wish I could tell you about their distinctive Kerala cuisine, but alas, though I paid to sample it, I was not afforded the opportunity. Either go in person or order online from someplace else: Arusuvai, for example. Aroma was less expensive. But sometimes you get what you pay for by not getting what you pay for. Lest the world spin off its axis, do not use the name of this restaurant and the phrase "customer service" in the same sentence. read more

Our first time here , One the most flavorful weekday buffet we eat , every item was prepared to perfection , unlike other buffet there were no filler items , chicken curry , mutton appams idly were too good , if you want a good non veg Indian food other than the typical Mughali / north Indian food Aroma is place to go, can't wait to go back again. read more

This is the absolute worst indian food that I ever had. I ordered Tandoori chicken. The taste was horrible and way overpriced for three little tiny pieces of chicken. The garlic naan was to hard and tasteless. If you want good food from india. Go to Iselin or Jersey City. read more

One of the worst restaurants in Warren area period. I ordered take out couple of times, I shouldn't have ordered the second time but based on the reviews I thought it was their off day & give them a chance, my bad. chicken biryani was awful, looked like they took chicken curry and mixed with rice and called it biryani. Fish curry was nothing but boiled fish in pepper water with salt. If they had negative stars I would gladly rate this a 5 negative stars. Stay away from this so called restaurant, not worth a penny. read more

One of the best authentic Indian food I have in the US! Amazing place! Worth every penny

Went for a lunch buffet on a Friday. Food was good and we really liked the taste. I would suggest this restaurant.

Amazing food and Ambience! Especially if you are from India/Pakistan, don't think twice. Just go and I'm sure you will have enjoy good food.

Such a disappointment Been eating at Pooja for years and recently been disappointed in portion size or veg choice for veg korma ( carrots and peas only) However Aroma was huge disappoint Chicken tikka masala way overcooked and medium spicy order of veggie dishes was midwest mild For local indian food in warren pooja still rules however wish stop skimping and raise price a dollar to bring back their 5 star rating read more

First try. Food very good. Shared a masala dosa as an appetizer. Delicious and would almost have been enough for an entree, certainly plenty for lunch. Then we had Malabar chicken curry and guthi vankara for our entrees. Were very happy with our choices.I find that at many Indian restaurants they spice everything the same, so nothing tastes distinct. Each item had its own character. The pricing was extremely reasonable. We also brought home a chicken entree and Naan bread and our total without tip was under 50 bucks. Service a bit slow. They need to up the staff on the weekend. I saw a couple enter while the only server was in the kitchen and after waiting two minutes without seeing any staff, they walked out. That one lost table would likely pay for a hostess/busser. read more

Aroma's Tikka Masala, Saag, and Vindaloo dishes are the best I've had. An outstanding Indian option in the DC area.

Our favorite indian buffet. Good food. Excellent selection. The weekend buffet is not much different than weekday. Not worth extra money. It is actually worse as there are much more people and potential wait. read more

We just moved to the area and ordered delivery from here! Food was excellent! We ordered lamb biryani, achari chicken, shrimp appetizer, garlic naan and paratha. They also gave us a falooda dessert. Can't wait to dine in at the restaurant. read more

Do not go there unless you want to fight off tens of fruit flies & normal flies while eating. There were more flies than people in this place! Definitely don't go by the bathrooms as it's a fruit fly mating ground over there (felt physically ill while being there). I'm sure the food is good, but maybe put more effort into cleaning! read more

The lunch buffet during the week is one of the best I've had, and for a few more dollars the weekend buffet is even better because there is a bigger selection. I highly recommend this restaurant. read more

Pretty good Kerala food. Buffet review. Tasted chili chicken, egg+eggplant roast gravy, avial, Gobi sabzi, bean sabzi, bhindi sabzi, served with dessert and masala chai read more

I will rate for following: Food, service, price and pick up time. We ordered indochinese food for the first time. It wasn't as good as the regular Indian food served. Boiled rice and fried rice had cardamom in it. Service was just okay. Price for ordering four items was 52 dollars. A little expensive as compare to surrounding eateries. Food had so much oil and salt. Pick up time was 35-45 mins which is a lot of time. read more

The only reason I ordered from here is bc I was too lazy to drive and Pooja doesn't do online orders/deliveries and I was disappointed.

We've now been to the buffet and it was great. A wide variety of dishes and spices. Definitely my new favorite Indian restaurant.

Ordered delivery through Yelp and the restaurant said they do not deliver for lunch. Placed a pre-order the next day for pick up and was told food will be ready in 45 mins. Food was not ready an hour after the order was put in. Told to wait in the restaurant while they prepared the food. Restaurant need to get their act together. read more

Awesome food very fresh. Very friendly and helpful staff. I'm Spanish and have not eaten many times at Indian restaurants but love spicy food. Definitely one of the best I've had. While I was sitting and eating I noticed owner roams kitchen making sure dishes come out to her satisfaction. Highly recommend. I will be back many times. read more

I like the buffet over here but have tried many times and it's all similar all the time there is so much cream in food with I personally don't like it. I am found of Eating vegetables but find less options over all it's good I will keep on coming read more

A restaurant with really good food. I tried - Goat pepper fry, Goat sukka masala, Palak paneer, Goat biryani. They also make some in Kerala (a south indian state) style e.g. Goat sukka masala. read more

Given the hot & new Yelp status, I was excited to try Aroma out. I ordered takeout and the restaurant is nice. Looks like they have a big lunch buffet. We ordered garlic naan, chicken tikka masala and shrimp saag. Unfortunately the food was a letdown. The chicken tikka had good flavor but we could barely find the chicken. There were a few tiny pieces in a boat load of sauce. The saag was uninspired and had 3 shrimp. If you want dishes with a lot of sauce and no meat then this is the place for you. read more

Iv had the lunch buffet twice .Really great selection of Kerala dishes for the weekend buffet . The goat curry , duck roast , chicken roast , chicken stew are my favorites . Great service and super reasonable prices .Good job , Aroma ! read more

This is unbelievable but funny as well. I'll try to make a long story short. On Saturday night, my wife and I brought wine. The waitress (who was cheerful and polite) brought the bottle to the kitchen to open it. (They did have a corkscrew but there was a problem removing the foil). After a really long time, I heard some loud discussion so I got up to see what the problem was. Looking through the kitchen door window, I saw this guy trying to bite the foil off the bottle--Yes--bite it!!! When I objected, he said he was sorry but that it wasn't going to kill me. I said: "You're going to argue with me now?" And he proceeded to argue. I guess he wanted the last word. My wife and I left, not only because we were angry but because he was angry and we feared he might spit in our food or something. So the moral of the story is if you bring wine to this place, open it yourself. Or go to Pooja down the road. I'm sorry this happened as I don't like to get angry and as I heard some good things about this place. I wish the guy I argued with well. Anyway, now I have a funny story to tell. read more

This review is for Dinner only. Please dont go hungry to this place. Service is reasonably slow, but they counterfit with free papads to munch, so thats that. we tried mild Shrimp garlic, medium spice paneer biryani , gobi manchurian and Kerala Fish curry. Shrimp garlic was okay if you pick up the only pieces. paneer biryani well it may not be our type of biryani. But Appam and Fish curry was disaster. Appam is very sour and Fish curry was sure not fresh. Service is slow but pleasant. read more

I was here for lunch buffet on weekend.The price is some what expensive not worth for the items.for veggies is very less options.biryani in the buffet was not good read more

The food is fantastic, but they take FOREVER when you order takeout. They need to expedite their process.