Food was good but charged for not letting us know before for water bottles. Did not actually gave…read moreus bill, brought his phone with total bill without itemized food we ordered, so we were surprised to see the more bill. And asked for explanation then found out about water bottle charges. Lots of things on menu was not available. Example dosa, thumbs up Etc

Dinner for 6-eating in. We ordered 6 starters and 6 dinners and shared. Everything was great. Loves…read morethe Cauliflower starters both Gobi 65 and Manchurian. Enjoyed the Shrimp Masala and the Goan Curry. People and service were great. Definitely try it!

Good quality food, good ambiance, and good service; highly recommended decent and reliable…read morerestaurant

The food here is absolutely amazing! My family and I have come here for various occasions and the…read morefood never disappoints! The service is wonderful and everyone that works there is very nice and helpful. We love to order so much food here, because everything is just so good! The restaurant itself is super cute and there's ample space for large parties and guests to eat together.

I stopped in for the first time on January 8, 2025, and was really pleased! The menu is extensive,…read moreoffering a wide variety of dishes, and the decor is warm and inviting. There's plenty of seating if you want to dine in, but I opted for takeout this time. I placed my order and had my food in less than 10 minutes. I got the paneer biryanis, samosas, and garlic naan. Food was delicious. I'm already looking forward to coming back to try more of their menu, especially the kebabs. I highly recommend!

Excellent new Indian place In Montgomeryville that I would highly recommend for an authentic South…read moreIndian place. This is not American Indian food. It's the real deal with full flavor and authentic Desai taste to fulfill that craving of goat verified or chicken sukka. Maybe a delicious biryani or tawa fish fry. We had the gongura chicken and chicken tikka masala. If you're American and used to order chicken tikka masala please note the medium spice level may be a touch spicy and it comes with bell peppers and onions. I thought it tasted fantastic. Gongura chicken had the tamarind tang with a gongura curry gravy that felt like I'm eating in south India. Naan and roti were piping hot and thin. Great to soak up all that curry. Also tried the chili gobi that had plenty of chili sauce to put on some naan. Can't wait to go back and try some other fun dishes. Lunch time thali looked good as well.

Food was delicious and customer service was great. Got the masala Salmon platter and samosas…read more Everything came out fast and tasted awesome. Will definitely come back!

Oh no. I gave this place 3 tries in recent weeks after I had a worse experience than in the past. I…read morethought my first bad experience could have been a fluke, so give it a couple more tries to be fair. And sadly experience has only got worse. And now I see they have changed their name slightly so I guess it's under new management. Before I knew it as "Jyoti Indian bistro" but they've replaced bistro with "kitchen" and added the "Nav". Unfortunately in these last three visits, the food hasn't been as good. This last time has been the worst so far. It looks about the same, but when I ordered saag paneer, I received maybe 30% of the amount of cheese cubes that I used to get (they used to have all of the cubes in a separate cup and would cook them per order and the dumped soooo many in.) this time however, I watched him fish out a few floating in the spinach sauce but then just went for spoonfuls of the sauce only. Upon tasting, most of that warm seasoned flavor with the tanginess is all but gone. It's like there are no Indian spices to make it hot anymore, it tastes like spoonfuls of black pepper only. Really disappointing! None of the drinks on display were cold. They used to have tons of drinks in the refrigerator with the closed door and the open refrigerator shelf on the customer side. Now there are hardly any drinks in either, and none of the refrigerators are running. They had several Plastic 20 ounce bottles of Pepsi. At the time of ordering I thought the refrigerator in the back was working, just without a light. So I ordered one of those Pepsi's. Apparently the man working there didn't hear because when he rang me up he did not include any drink. So I had to order a second time for just a drink, and he said they only have Coke that was cold in the back. Why don't they put the Coke out in the front to let people know they have it? Why do they have so many Pepsi's but none of them are being refrigerated in the same place the Coke was? And the 20 ounce bottle was $3.25... Outrageous. As I started to mention, the service has gone downhill just like the food. I don't want to say anything bad about the individuals as individual people. I have nothing bad to say about them personally, but their customer service is poor. The woman who used to work there was so friendly, remembered me, asked how things were. She was easy to understand and she clearly understood me. Now however, these guys didn't really say much, they were very hard to understand, and clearly couldn't understand or hear me since they totally ignored my order for the Pepsi. I ordered the Pepsi twice, to both men. But clearly neither heard the first time. The restaurant was completely empty, there was no music or televisions playing. No loud machinery, and I ordered at the same volume, speed and clarity as I did the food. So why didn't they pay attention to the drink? Expanding on the interior of the restaurant. As I said there was no music, no television on. There wasn't much lighting. Walking by from outside you would be forgiven for thinking they were closed. And it was really hot inside. I understand it's a buffet style Set up, with all the food being cooked in pans in front of you, but it was never this hot before. It's early March - it's not as cold anymore. Certainly not cold enough for the place to run that hot. I AM still happy to have a fairly decently priced quick Indian restaurant in the area. Chestnut Hill and Germantown Avenue have a debilitating lack of fast and easy food. I'm so sick of Wawa and their terrible parking and people asking for money and taking up parking by eating in their cars and the guy from Temple Hospital who comes in and walks around the place around 1pm blasting funk from a Bluetooth speaker. So I don't want people to NOT go to Jyoti. I hope this review helps swing things back to how they were and to offer customers updated expectations of the place. So long story short my negatives from my last 3 visits: - Food tastes worse (tastes like mostly if not all pepper rather than Indian spices) - Employees can't seem to understand English as well and they're also hard to understand - They have no cold drinks on display. And the drinks that are cold are hidden. - Place is too hot. Dark. No atmosphere

Chaat Wala is a new local Indian snack, drink & ice cream place in Ambler that never ceases to…read moresurprise! The staff are kind and attentive. The tables are clean and the décor is at once nostalgically attractive and unpretentious. The shop's uniqueness in terms of menu variety is its biggest strength. There's really nowhere else you can find puris and rose lassi and a dozen other niche Indian street food & drink menu items unless you find yourself all the way in NYC. The portions are great and the quality is always better than you would expect: especially the goat curry! I would especially recommend the pistachio ice cream which is absolutely chock-full of nuts! Though my absolute favorite is the Kheer (rice milk pudding) that is unlike any I've ever had before: dramatically deeper in flavor than anywhere else I've tried. Simmered for hours and with a caramel unctuousness that really fills your whole soul with sweetness. You can really tell there is a lot of love and care put into this wonderful little place.

Owner seemed nice but the chaat had no flavor (they used tortilla chips instead of papri). The ice…read morecream selection is decent though!

We ordered biryani, and what we got was nothing close to biryani. We still ate it, but decided to…read moregive honest feedback to the chef. Instead of listening, he told us that we don't know how biryani tastes. That alone shows a complete lack of professionalism. I've been in the restaurant business for many years, and I know exactly how customers should be treated when a mistake happens. This response was rude, dismissive, and unacceptable. We spent a good amount of money here, and if this is how the business replies to customers who simply give feedback, it's not worth going back.

Biryani Bowl is my go-to Indian takeout every time. I…read moreusually order the Paneer Biryani and it's a decently sized order. It's very good. I also order the Paneer 65, Vegetable Samosas, Paneer Tikka Masala and other items. The food arrives fresh and hot each time. They also follow any special instructions I have. Good and consistent!

It's hit or miss with this place. If you're local and are familiar with South Indian cuisine,…read moreyou'll know what I mean. They're typically there for you when you're in a pinch and don't need a lot.

Mallu's latest health inspection report shows multiple violations, including for insects and…read morerodents (click the photo or look up Mallu at Philadelphia's Office of Food Protection, Safety Inspection Reports). This report proves that Mallu's hygiene leaves a lot to be desired. Mallu's food itself was obviously previously cooked and then reheated, including the rice, beef, chicken, and mutton. The food tasted terrible as a result. My family and I were very disappointed. The restaurant was bare bones, tiny, dark, unclean, and smelly. The employees were very polite and prices reasonable for the amount of food received. But the positives did not come close to offsetting the awful tasting food. There is no private parking, so you will need to park on busy, crowded Veree Road. There are several excellent Indian restaurants in Philadelphia but Mallu ain't one of them. I am a REAL consumer trying to help other real consumers. This is a 100% truthful review, so please do not delete it!

This is our go to for take out Indian food. We love the garlic naan, chicken tikka mascara &…read moreespecially the lamb korma. Highly recommend!

Excellent food, great service and very friendly environment. The restaurant has a large variety of…read moreIndian foods to select from. The shrimp korma or lamb karma are excellent as is the Tika masala's.