Probably my first review on Yelp. I wasn't sure about this restaurant when I visited. I had been to the one in Edison and found it good (would say 4/5). This one is indeed 5 out of 5. Excellent spread and great taste. I am very particular about food and being a typical North Indian Punjabi I am not an easy person to please when it comes to food. You won't regret this place. Disclaimer - I had the Buffett on a Sunday. Will surely come back again. read more

Tastiest Indian restaurant in NJ! Hands down. One of my few favourite places to eat. I recommend all the way. I Love It. I love it. It is Awsomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.............. read more

Worst Indian food. As it's Sunday they had some 45 varieties of food for buffet but I can count on one hand how many are good. Instead of having those many dishes they can have limited tasty dishes. Few items were literally yesterday's. read more

The cut mirchi was tasty and all the food they make is fresh and so a bit of waiting time is there when we ask to go.

Gem on RT 1! We have tried many buffets in NC and NJ. None amazed me like what we use to experience back home. But, these guys nailed it. I was fortunate to stop by at this place for what they call Mega buffet this Sunday morning. Fish and Crab are the BEST! Special mention to chefs for their amazing dedication towards dessert stand. Wonderful experience overall. read more

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I am not a vegetarian, but I LOVE their vegetarian dishes! Mirchi's Gobi 65 is so delicious it's hard to believe that it is basically cauliflower. They have a wide variety of dishes both vegetarian and non-vegetarian. Everything we had was great! The service was great. The wait staff was friendly. Truly an experience! read more

Amazing biryani , both vegetarian and chicken tasted great. Gobi Manchurian was not great, it was soggy. I will definitely go back for their biryani. read more

Amazing food. Already went multiple times. Difference between this and the one in Edison is indo chinese. I really loved the hakka noodles and fried rice. When I ordered biryani, chicken fried rice and sesame chicken for a party I got rave reviews about the taste, quality and quantity. So glad to found a good place for entire family to enjoy a bite and have fun. I have gone here as a party of 20 and the service is always nice irrespective of how busy they are. read more

Fabulous food and fabulous service! We enjoyed the panneer butter masala and malai kofta with garlic naans & onion kulchas. The food was not oily and had the right balance of spices. The service was phenomenal with the waiters always ready to help. read more

WOW! I found this place quite by accident as I was running errands for work. Went in thinking I would get a quick bite but the young man at the door directed me to the lunch buffet. Oh my goodness! So many vegetarians items to choose from and so, so tasty. And the young man was very attentive and very helpful. He gave me a description of each of the items and i tried to eat them all! The only bad part was that my stomach wasn't big enough! I absolutely love Indian food and am so glad there are so many near my job but this one is absolutely the best by far! (They also have a separate buffet with meat items.) read more

Horrible food, I ordered goat biryani and chicken biryani. Both tasted old, dry and the food smelled. Customer service was horrible too, server was on her phone the entire time. Very disappointed first and last time o am coming here. read more

Went on Christmas Day for Sunday buffet since they advertise it as mega buffet. Had to wait a little over 30 minutes (hostess kept telling people wait time was 15 minutes), while a group that appeared to be friends were let in quickly. As promised they had many items, however the rate of refilling was very slow, and for some of the items the tag was different. And this was the situation when they still had about 45 minutes to close. The reason I give them 3 stars is for the food. Whatever I could get from the buffet tasted really good, spicy and had the authentic flavor. I feel the chefs deserve their credit for keeping up the standards while the front end management was letting them down. I would definitely recommend the place but would suggest to be there early. read more

Mirchi - Empty vessels - Indian Near Me - North Brunswick, New Jersey

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Looks like they recently had a management change. Food quality has definitely degraded. Sunday buffets have 40+ dishes and price is high as well but was not happy with the quality and taste of food (like before) when I went couple of weeks back. I'll give them another chance and see how it goes. I'll come back and update my feedback. read more

Just disappointed! I thought dining out is a complete experience ..the food, the ambiance and the service. Lets not talk about the ambiance, cos its no more than just a place to eat. The banquet hall is a tacky open room. The service is disorganized and the food is alright. Absolutely nothing to swoon over. I have gone to restaurants where the decor is OK, the service is not offending, but the food blows me away. I just don't know what to say about "Mirchi". Had the chicken tikka - very dry (I hope it was freshly made) The biryani was the only saving grace. The andhra chicken curry was too oily and seem to have the same base sauce as some other entree's my friends ordered. Same issue with the goat curry. The portion sizes are good, but lacks flavor freshness and taste read more

I have been to this place twice for buffet. Food was awesome. There are lot many items no one can eat all but we can choose our loved items. I am a fan of mango lassi and that was awesome. The owners were too good that they are talking nicely. So many sweets which is the most attracted place to me as a sweet lover. The only bad thing is little bit lack of service and I wont think that is a problem because as weekends are very busy and it is not possible for servers to take care each and every thing. Over I can highly recommend this to anyone. read more

Food has been okay so far at best. Not all the time the food is hot. Just warm. Not the wah Indian food should be. Ambiance is good. Service has been good as well. Wish food be more tasteful. read more

We had dinner today at this place. None of our items were good barring veg platter and paneer butter masala which were eatable to an extent. Chicken starter was stale so we sent it back. Chicken biryani also tasted horrible(definitely was not fresh). kulchas had too much of salt and gulab jamun was worst of all. Would avoid this one in future. read more

They had a really good weekend buffet. But as COVID hit they closed and have not reopened...May reopen

A few weeks ago I had a bad dining experience at Mirchi with my family. Mirchi had dropped their standards and we were heartbroken to see a WONDERFUL Indian restaurant in our community go bad. I complained. I complained to my server, and wrote a review on Yelp. Honestly, I didnt expect anything to happen since we had crossed Mirchi off our list. Surprisingly, the owner Vikram took the time to call me personally and expressed an  interest in making things better and genuinely listened the issues. He apologized for the bad experience and asked for another chance. We came to understand Mirchi was in search of a manager. This past Friday I took my family back to Mirchi. Happy to say that truly Mr. Vikram and his new manager Mr. Ahmed are men of their words and have turned everything around for the BEST!! The service, ambience and cleanliness stood out as soon as we walked in. The servers were attentive and courteous. Oh and the food.... !!!! The taste, quality and presentation of every dish was simply amazing. We ordered my wife's favorite goat Sukka, my son's favorite tandoori chicken, lamb chops for me, chicken Tikka Masala and goat biriyani. The goat sukka was tender, piping hot and seasoned perfectly! The tandoori and lamb were super succulent. The kulchas and garlic naans were soft and doughy!! Every dish we ordered was made with care and it was impressive to see the difference! We are very thankful to Mr. Vikram and Mr. Ahmed for caring, improving and setting things right. You have won us back forever and we know Mirchi will thrive in your care. Please don't lose the passion and pride in your food. GOOD LUCK and see you soon!!! read more

Mirchi - Indian Near Me - North Brunswick, New Jersey

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horrible waste of ten bucks. no chicken tika marsala no curry chicken no butter chicken. they did have seasame chicken dry with bones cold chicken birani and dry no dal never again i did not get naans til almost done read more

While I only started eating Indian food recently, I found this place to be excellent. The chicken tikka masala and channa masala were outstanding. I definitely recommend this restaurant. read more

This place has become extremely expensive ($15) per plate, yet the experience that comes with that price is lacking. The service is horrible and the manager is extremely rude. For such a price tag, I would expect a fine dining experience. However, the manager does not even have a modest bone in him. The way he speaks is extremely harsh and impolite. They keep interrupting dinner a million times. The restaurant has posted dinner upto 11 PM on weekends. We went in around 9:50 PM and were immediately told that the kitchen is closing at 10:15 PM (huh!?). The entire time the staff was talking extremely loudly in the hall way like it is a fish market. They took a while to bring out the food and rushed us to finish it in 15 mins. We were ushered out the door (or kicked out) at 10:40 PM. They did not even wait for us to get up from our seats to switch off the lights and music which was EXTREMELY RUDE! The manager spread out change on the main desk, not even returning it to the table and the entire staff was out the door with us at 10:40 PM. What a crappy place!? We officially hate this place! read more

The food was pretty good, although their menu is a bit small compared to other Indian restaurants we frequent. My b/f and I went here when his little brother and mother were visiting. My b/f's mother does not like spicy food, so she ordered chicken tikka masala with no spice and the little brother ordered chicken tikka masala spicy. The waiter asked our little brother, "are you sure? spicy is very spicy." To which, we all reassured the waiter, "Yes, spicy is fine." ... Now, with if Dylan were any other caucasian 12-year-old boy, I would have convinced him to hold off on the spice. However, Dylan lives in California - he eats burritos with spiciness, always orders his Thai dishes spicy, and on most regular days, eats wayyyyy more spicy food than I can ever handle. The waiter came with our food, and he mixed up the non-spicy chicken tikka masala with the spicy chicken tikka masala so our mom was pretty upset because she couldn't taste much after that first bite. At the end of our dinner, the waiter came and asked how we enjoyed the food, and we said fine. He asked Dylan, "How was your chicken tikka masala?" To which Dylan politely replied, "It was very good... Perfect." And then the waiter told us, "I knew spicy would be too spicy for you so I told them medium because I know this happens all the time." Waitering 101: When the customer orders a dish with specificities, comply with the customer's order. Don't try to "look out for them" because you end up looking like a jackass for your douchemove! We were pretty pissed that the waiter even told us what he had done. He pretty much undermined Dylan's orders because he was young and white. Wrong move, buddy.... There are plenty of Indian restaurants around here where the waitstaff respects the orders and preferences of their customers. read more

Looking for authentic Hyderabadi food,...well your search has officially ended coz this place serves up the best Dum Biryani in town. Its unlike the fancy mix you get at other places. They also have a few house specials that I would highly recommend if you have a heart for heat. Service is great and the manager is very accommodating. The ambiance and decor could use some work other than that this place is great find. read more

No constant Quality. Highly disappointed today. Food is not fresh except 1 or 2 dishes. Appetizers seems to be yesterday's. High price worst quality. read more

I was born in Hyderabad , India , and have lived there for 21 years . This place has the best chicken biryani ,chicken 65 , mango dal and gajar ka halwa. The place itself is not very expensive. All of the above cost about 60$ for 2 people. I felt the service was pretty decent . Would have given it 6 stars if possible. Good Hyderabadi food is hard to come by outside of Hyderabad , but the food at this place definitely compares with food from restaurants in Hyderabad. Aces ! read more

Great food. Sloppy Service. I am still giving four stars because I did not have big expectations on great service from a mid-range Indian restaurant in NJ to begin with. We ordered goat curry, biriyani and egg dosa and some kids's food. Food was excellent, tasted great and authentic. Especially the goat was tender and cooked exceptionally well with the right amount of spices. However our order had to trickle in one by one over the course of about 45 minutes. In the meanwhile, filling in water or clearing plates tc did not get much attention. The two folks who ordered dosa got it almost 20 minutes apart. I would still recommend and go there. Sticking to simple orders (biriyani for example - must be pre-cooked) could get you faster service. Forgot to mention - we got free movie tickets in the nearby Regal cinemas. It was a nice surprise. Apparently if you spent over $75 you would get 2 tickets. read more

Horrible.... I normally go to the other mirchi at oak tree road. This place is giving the oak tree road mirchi a bad name. Food sucked. Too oily. Tasted bad. I don't think the food here comes from the same place or has same cooks. Never coming back. read more

Went in for lunch buffet. The interior was nice, and servers were generally attentive. However, the food... perhaps it's because my tongue isn't authentic or I just don't know better, but overall it was there worst Indian I've ever had. Everything was geared toward being really hot or really salty. Isn't Indian food about harmony of all the wonderful spices, rather than "HOT! SALTY! HOT! SALTY!"? But then, I saw a lot of Indian folks coming in, so maybe I'm just a foreigner who doesn't know better. At least masala chai and gulab jamoon were pretty good. Maybe the dinner is better, but I'm not sure whether I'll give another chance. read more

Ton of delicious food for the price. I got the chicken biryani and loved it, and my date enjoyed the chicken curry. We didn't have much time before our movie started, and the wait staff was extremely attentive and helpful in getting us the food quickly, helping us box it up when we were done, and even gave us a little dessert on the way out. Overall a great experience, and looking forward to going back. read more

went to Mirchi last night for dinner, we were a group of abt 10 ppl. started of with chicken 65 for appetizer and i was a fan right there...chicken was amazing..well cooked and tasty without being too spicy. for the main course, ordered paneer khadhi, mirch masala, malai kofta along with break basket and vegetable biryani. Since this is a hyderabadi joint, i was looked forward to the biryani. the main dishes were pretty good, not too oily, and mildly spicy. The best part was the biryani though...it did not disappoint!!!! loved it so much, i bought home leftovers. all in all - a great place for good indian food. the prices were decent, for all the above came to about $16 per head. read more

Worst food ever. I ordered 3 items to go and there were only two in the bag. When I checked in the restaurant itself, after waiting for 40 minutes btw, they argued and said we only ordered two items, despite clearly being charged for 3 on the reciept. This place is filled with thieves, service is ultra slow even when they don't have customers, and they are rude on top of that. Never going here again. They are shaaaady, Seriously, the food tastes bad, the service is garbage, they are obnoxious and will rip you off. I wonder when they will go out of business. Avoid this establishment at all costs. Over priced, bad quality. No thank you read more

Worst buffet.. No refills.. If asked they remove that empty container and say its done. No neatness..

Went for Saturday buffet !! Worst service !! Food was over cooked !! Chicken manchurian was worst !! biryani just half cooked rice !! Dosa was okay though read more

Had a dosa, lamb biryani, and chicken tikka masala. All three things were cooked very well. I've never been to India before but I imagine it tastes similar. Definitely not a very "americanized" taste read more

It was some great food and very wide range of varieties. Great prices as well. All the food was very fresh, my personal favorite was the Podi idly. It is a must try. They were also very accommodating as we went in after a movie at 9:30pm over a long weekend. Great service and will definitely be going back. read more

We dined at the Mirchi tonight. The food is authentic and many dishes represent the cuisine of South India. We have eaten here a few times before including their buffet. The buffet, offers many dishes, both veg and non-veg. It was a good to be able to sample different dishes, that are not offered in general in other restaurants. Tonight, we ordered their Pomfret as an appetizer - very well prepared and tasty. I highly recommend it. Ahmed, their manager, offered us options and various levels of spiciness. The place is clean and nice.The service is good. Ambience is average. read more

Went here for a lunch buffet and enjoyed the food. They have a lot of vegetarian options. Everyone's favorite was the manchurian gobi, which had an amazing flavor and texture. I also liked the mango kulfi for dessert - it was very mangoey and fresh tasting. The galub jamun were also a hit. There was also a dish, which I don't remember the name of, that was like...yellow noodles? That was really good. I wasn't a big fan of the paneer, which tasted undercooked and thin and watery. The rest of the food was just kind of average. Service was good, food was decent and cheap. We had a nice lunch. Will definitely return. read more

Wow the food taste is still running in my mouth!!!Absolutely drop dead delicious good food!!loved every item there!!!do not miss the Mutton shorbha!Very reasonable prices too for the number of food items read more

The food was amazing! I ordered goat biryani, and others ordered chicken tikka masala and another chicken dish. We also got naan and samosas. They were all good portions of food for the price. All the food was good, the only thing that kept me from giving 5 stars was the wait time to get our check. Granted it was crowded and a Friday evening, but it was still a 20+ minute wait after we finished eating and packing up our food. If they hired one more waiter the place would probably run much smoother. But like I said, the food almost made up for the service altogether. read more