For everyone who used to love Bengali Sweet House's weekend buffet and noticed a drop off in quality, it's because the original caterers moved here! They've expanded their operation and offerings, but the food remains top notch, and I would still proclaim this the best destination near NYC for "ghar ka khana." On a recent weekend, options included a stellar bhindi kadhi, aloo bhajias, lots of other great subzis, and a so-called "Afghan paneer." The butter chapattis that come out every few minutes are still incredible. They also seemed to have swapped out the super sweet (of course for a Gujarati restaurant) veg biryani with a milder Kashmiri pulao, which I preferred. read more

Hungry - a plate of indian food on a wooden table - Indian Near Me - Jersey City, New Jersey

Just found a new resturant and wanted to try out . They have different types of pani puris and very good plus different appetizer / chat menu . But we went after 9.30 pm and that time they were just serving dinner. Then too they did make vada pav for us. Dinner was nice , we had chicken and dal . Where we asked them to have a mild spicy for baby and they did there best ! Next review would have more details .. will surely visit it . read more

Food was pretty good, took a while to come out. Nice ambience and friendly staff. It's a very competitive area. We've ordered delivery from Hungry a few times bc the food is pretty good and the price is very competitive. It's better to call them directly and place the order bc Grubhub has dropped the ball twice - both times we had to call the restaurant after a two hour wait to get things going. The restaurant took care of it. read more

Nothing great. Food was OK. Tried the following, Chicken Biryani - was average. Too oily though. Spice mix was good. Chicken was cooked well and tasted good. Chicken 65 - Was decent. Kids liked it. Samosa Chat - would not recommend Chicken Kadai - OK. read more

I was somewhat coerced by the kind owner to come in as I was looking thru their menu posted outside... I went ahead and entered and was seated. I had a small group of friends and we ordered a few different items.. chicken kadai, butter chicken ans tandoori chicken. The only saving grace in the entire order was their naans (which are super over priced for the area its in). Service wise the owner or manager was very kind. But they brought out one dish without bread and rice as we waited 25 more minutes for the other dishes.... this while we were one of only 2 other customers. My friend became so upset that they almost walked out. Other than that... their sauces in which the kadai was made was decent but the meat in all 3 dishes was super rubbery rough. Which means either it wasnt cooked long enough or over cooked or the meat was old. I will settle for the latter. Meat had no tenderness whatsoever. Spices uses seemed bery generic. Their food in the front counter ie the breas pakoras and such seemed better tasting. All in all... sadly and I hate to do this to any business but they need to fix their food quality and service speed otherwise its not a place I would recommend at all. read more

Amazing food... we have been ordering from this place for quite sometime and I am glad to say that they have never disappointed us... the butter chicken is lip smacking... we always order the butter chicken and pair it with chili or garlic naan. Also their daal tadka and Shyam saveera are amazing entrees read more

It's hard to find taste of real India food, but if you find a restaurant serving you somewhat close to it, I'd save it! Hungry has become my new spot for super tasty desi food. Must try items: Dabeli Wada Pav Indian style pav bhaji pizza (mounted with Amul Cheese) Samosa grilled sandwich (this is a 3 layered, full of veggies and sauces and samosas) **must try Chhole Bhature Panner Tikka Bowl (rice base + Panner Tikka gravy + veggies + onion pepper mix + special Mexican sauce) I'm sure other things out there on the menu will be as delicious as these! read more

Best Paani Puri ever! That have 5 different types of paani with mix of spicy and sour and sweet. We even got the plain papdi which is rare in US. In entree we had garlic naan and spicy Malai kofta which was all very good. We were so busy gorging down on the delicious food that we never took any pictures of food to post. The staff is friendly and courteous and the place is very clean. Will definitely visit again especially for the Paani Puri. read more

The live pani puri station feels like you're in India! I usually don't eat pani puri but this was so good! I ate each one! Definitely worth it! They said they have unlimited pani puri for their buffet! Definitely coming here for that! read more

Hungry - Live pani puri - Indian Near Me - Jersey City, New Jersey

If you wanna have less greasy chicken dum biriyani then this is the place to go. I felt like it's home cooked as it was less greasy. So good!! However, it would have been perfect, if it was a little more flavorful! read more

Hungry - Buy one get one dum chicken biriyani free. Worth a try! - Indian Near Me - Jersey City, New Jersey

Went there to get just the pani puri and loved it. The place is clean which I liked the most. They had 5 different types of flavors which you can mix and match too. Plus, they had a good yelp check in offer too. :p Would go back again for the Pani Puri! read more

Hungry - a buffet table with a red table cloth - Indian Near Me - Jersey City, New Jersey

We went there at 11:45 PM. We were really HUNGRY so ordered directly entree. The food was amazing and so as the place, can accommodate approx 125 people. On Newark Avenue, to find such a big place is surprising and ample amount of space to walk. It's normal operating hours are from 11:30 AM to 11:30 PM but we came for the first time and it has recently opened, can't disappoint the customers and there was a table where people were eating so they welcomed us happily. We ordered: 1. Paneer Makhani 2. Dal Tadka 3. Desi Chicken All 3 were amazing. I enjoyed every bite. I will definitely go again. It has got buffet also. read more

Having ordered from almost every Newark ave restaurant we decided to try Hungry. We ordered takeout from hungry after reading all the good reviews on Yelp. Thought I'd share our experience here as well. We ordered Paneer Jalfrezi and Vegetable Manchurian dry. The person who took our order was patient with us while we were trying to figure out what we needed. So I'd say they are service oriented. Now, the food we ordered was very good. We didn't expect it to be this good. They get what medium spicy is. It wasn't too spicy nor bland, just perfect medium! The Paneer was saucy and I bet would taste great with a garlic naan! The veg manchurian which we were greatly worried about turned out to be a pleasant surprise! It didn't taste too salty or spicy. The sauce was perfect and so was the heat level. It had enough bell peppers and onions in it to make the Manchurian a merry medley. We will definitely visit again and try their other dishes and recommend this place to our friends and family! Hope they keep this flavor for years to come.. read more

This is my favorite Indian restaurant in town and I highly recommend this restaurant for authentic Indian food. I'm impressed by the authentic taste of Butter chicken and Garlic Naan. Dining experience was great and prompt response by crew. I will try rest of items form menu and keep posted. Must try: Butter chicken and Garlic Naan read more

Ordered butter chicken through ubereats. Very less chicken pieces floating in the gravy. Asked for spicy. Taste like raw chilli powder added. One extra star for adding masala onions to the order. read more

A very good new restaurant. Their paani Puri is quite good. While my friend tried all five flavours of pani, I just had the jeera one and we concluded Pani Puri goes well with jeera water only (we all already know that). Chaat here is quite good. They have good amount of spices - something you don't get at a lot of restaurants around here Would love to come back and try more options. read more

Ordered Chicken Manchurian rice Nd Szechuan chicken noodles, very bland it was and no flavour of indo-chinese and no salt was added. Must improve taste and flavour. read more

Best Pani Puri in town! Clean! Flavorful and delicious just like in the streets of India only better.

I placed an order which was supposed to be ready in 20 mins as confirmed by the restaurant. When we reached the restaurant they took 15 mins to find the status of the order and to realize that this isn't ready. There are multiple instances of delayed and poor service. Restaurant owner should take notice of proper order management for dine-in or order out customers. Disappointed read more

I did not enjoy the food at Hungry. On a Saturday, early afternoon, I was in the mood for dal makhani. I mean, this isn't like a super sophisticated Indian dish, right? My thinking is that this is a typical, basic offering that any Indian restaurant should nail. Well, Hungry's was so not good. It seemed like the spice combo was off. It also didn't taste fresh. Neither did the rice! Smdh. I couldn't finish my meal. On the positive side, the staff were extremely nice. I only wish the food was better. 1 star for the food; 3 for the peops. read more

Trash food. I went to this place with my wife. It ruined our Saturday night. Food was served cold and the service was equally bad (Ps a lady server saw our misery and gave us a warm roti). Wish there was a way to give negative rating. Totally disappointed. read more

aweful food quality and service compared to price. mostly empty food trays and cold byob so at least you can wash the food down your throat good clean bathroom not coming again read more

Extremely bad experience. We walked in here to have a lunch buffet on a Sunday. The spread had a lot of vareity however we were disgusted to see dirty serving plates, spoons and Utensils. Half of the food was over and not replenished. Asked for fresh rolled roti, they offered tandoori roti saying the aunty who makes roti is not there. Asked for pani puri, did not get pani puri. Ridiculous. Highly do not recommend. Not willing to even give 1 star read more

One of the worst restaurant on Newark Ave, will never order any food from this restaurant. The order taker Girl was very rude, I feel like she own this place. The restaurant name is Hungry but I am still Hungry. read more

The curry fish was amazing. The crispyness of the fish was still there after being soaked in the curry sauce. We also tried the chicken korma which was delicious also. This is my new spot to come to read more

The food is ridiculously tasty and the service was surprisingly very courteous considering not many restaurants on Newark ave knows how to treat customers. But the food is amazing!! read more

Dear people please avoid this restaurant. We have visited today and it was horrible experience. There was not enough food in the buffet. The potatoes subzi was gone bad with smell. When I informed manager, they started arguing rudely with us . Please do not waste your hard earned money at this place . Avoid, Avoid, Avoid ......, read more

I live on Indian food; I live for Indian food. I've tried most of the buffets in Little India, & this was easily the worst. Everything actually tasted good, an interesting blend of identifiable spices (at first) but nothing was hot - it was hardly even warm. People were standing at the buffet line for minutes at a time, waiting for food to be added, and it was, but by single portion sizes. I was only given one piece of chapati for the hour and a half I sat there, with all of the staff walking a wide berth around me, seemingly afraid I would ask them for something to eat. I kept hoping to see some bread or curries brought out, but what they eventually gave us was tepid brown water with a handful of chickpeas. - That too, was only lukewarm, despite coming straight from the kitchen. They seem to keep the supply in the buffet dishes at a level sufficient for 3 or 4 people at a time. They had about 6 people come in after me, so there was nothing but biriyani, plain white rice, soup, and oiled potatoes for most of the time I was there which isn't something I want to pay $13 or whatever it was for, not with: cheaper, better, warmer, and tangible food, of a wider variety across the street (and next door, and 2 storefronts down...) It's also worth noting that a few of the other customers at "Hungry" gawped and stared at me periodically, as though I was some sort of stray animal that wandered onto the premises. That's unlikely to be the proprietier's fault but with very little food to be shared among not a lot of people, and with the staff avoiding basically everyone, I guess you have to point your resentment somewhere. I was made to feel like some sort of "white-devil colonizer", unwelcome in their village. The food, what little there is, isn't worth the experience unless you really are very "Hungry". read more

Found this restaurant on Grubhub, which is an ordeal itself. Grubhub aside, Hungry offers many standard Indian dishes- vegetarian, pescatarian, and regular-old meat (chicken and goat options.) I ordered an entree butter chicken/tikka masala, garlic naan, and kheer (rice pudding.) The curry was delivered hot and delicious with the typical jasmine rice on the side. It was mildly spicy and fruity, but I was disappointed b/c there were only 4-5 1-inch cubes of chicken swimming in a vast puddle of sauce. The 2 half-slices of garlic naan were barely lukewarm even though they were served in a foil-lined bag; the side of pudina (mint chutney) was instead a slice of lime and some raw chopped onions. I did request no raisins in the rice pudding, and there were no raisins, so that's a plus. But the Grubhub app pushed back the delivery time twice. Considering that one may buy an entire rotisserie chicken at any supermarket for $7, I'd expected a full dish of chicken, not just a few hunks thrown in with bell pepper and onion. Flavor was good, but delivery was slow and I didn't get the bang for my buck. read more

Terrible place to eat out. The food was decent but service was way below par. The server/ cashier/ owner or whoever he was , he was quite rude. We asked new plates for seconds and he told us "you have to use the same plates, we don't give new plates" . This was a first time someone would have said this in the US. Don't think indian restaurants are considered the best in terms of service and these kind of places are the reason why.. read more

It was navratri festival last night (10/20/2018) Saturday and the service they provided to all customers was just outstanding with same regular taste of food.....Highly recomended restaurant.....Wonderful staff and outstanding food taste. read more

Good food but poor service. You will be asked to use the same plates for another refill !

This is amazing authentic Indian restaurant with 5 flavors of paani puri. The most delicious paani puri stall they have at the restaurant. I missed the lunch buffet but their Indo chinese food was out of this world. The owner said they DON'T use ajinomoto in their indo chinese food. Hence, it's good for your health. Overall it's a nice new place to enjoy delicious Indian food. Must visit place if you are visiting Jersey City. read more

This place isn't how it used to be. All the guy's have a great personality, but the place needs a makeover. The pizza isn't as great as it was years ago either. Last time I ordered it was dry and disappointing.... it's def worth the try but as of 2019 it's not in my top 10 choices for the area. read more

Horrible place really bad food, not worth it. Up the block Vaibhav is much better! The owner has an attitude and they didn't even have napkins. There was flies near the food and is not appealing. read more

Not a good restaurant overall very bad experience the staff at reception was rude arrogant. I regret going there for my weekend lunch, food is not value for money. read more

I am reducing # of stars with this review, although I've had better experience with their food before. Out of the two items that I ordered today, I noticed that the Tandoori Salmon came with only one small piece. For $12.99, you should get at least 2 pieces. When I called about it, I was told it's one fish so one piece (whatever that means). read more

The worst chinese food I ever had. Ordered schezwan noodles, there was no schezwan just chilli powder lots and lots of it. Manchurian didnt taste like it. Will never ever again. read more

Food was really good we tried pani puri which was spicy for my taste but I was offered cold water immediately when the person serving pani puri saw my plight. Brownie points for that! We also ordered ragda patty and pav Bhaji and one who has eaten here in New Jersey how difficult it is to find authentic tic tasting chat or bhaji but the highlight was the soft fluffy Bombay like pav. Couldn't get enough of that pav it was too good to be true! One misleading point was tht they had a board for grand buffet with menu on display but when we went to check out buffet there weren't enough items on the menu. I wouldn't call that grand. But we will be back to try more dishes there as they looked very appetizing! Impeccable service by everyone but the guy serving pani puri was the highlight! We need more people like him!! read more

We ordered navratna korma and shahi paneer. Both dishes were so blend and no taste. Paneer were frozen and not even mixed properly in shahi paneer. Totally waste of money and still hungry. read more