One of my go-to Indian restaurants . The Chicken Dum Biryani is my favorite and always hits the…read morespot ‍. Great food, generous portions, and friendly service. Definitely recommend if you're craving Indian!!

Quality ingredients prompt service everything was correct and fairly priced for my pickup orderread more

food was terrible. Biryani had raw vegetables. Appetizers was wasted. Entire tray. Avoid this…read moreplace. Management doesn't care about customers. When we gave feedback he said our taste expectations aren't realistic

Picked up food from her and it was terrible. Overfried old and nothing but hot. No other flavor. We…read morehad to toss it out.

This place is a whole vibe! Drinks Main course Desserts…read more Everything was amazing, but and soup totally stole the show--so delicious! and what truly stood out was the staff--so kind, attentive, and they made us feel so welcomed. Service like this makes all the difference! Definitely adding this spot to my favorites !

There are 2 very good South Asian restaurants in Monroe Township/Jamesburg. Both have excellent…read morefood and locations. This one has an edge with its Palak Chat which is outstanding and goat curry. And of course a full Bar. So when we want that food we visit. Thumkaa however has better service. Their employees have a superb benefit living package and stay longer. Mrs. Kumar used to have great service but many of its staff have left. So you have 3-4 I assume management standing around and even with a bar when you order anything it takes 5+ minutes and re-ordering to be served. Thumkaa management makes a point to come around, especially Sunil. We have met Mrs. Kumar a few times but there is no recognition to guests that come frequently as with Sunil at Thumkaa. Chefs are both good but Ifran at Thumkaa visits with folks. The kheer which was great has changed into something terrible. No rice . No live music and buffet (fine dining). A in food and B in service. B+ atmosphere.

We had a great experience at Ganga restaurant. We stopped here on our way to Patel. Service was…read morepretty quick and good. We ordered Thalis, kids cone dosa and haldi sabji to go. Thali is unlimited and food comes out pretty quickly. The owner is really nice and happy to feed kids. It's a smaller restaurant and they seemed to have more takeout orders. Previous reviewed mention free pan shots which we did not get so I think it might not be offered anymore.

We were here on a weekend for lunch. When we came the place was empty and we were seated…read moreimmediately. The place did start to fill in as we were leaving. Cute decor with Indian touch. We ordered dosa for our kids and lunch thali for ourselves. The food came out promptly and tasted good. The portion was nice and filling. They had unique flavors such as haldi ki subzi as part of their winter menu. We took that as take out. The food was a bit oily to our liking. But tasted very well. For thali, some of subzi felt refrigerated and not properly reheated and hence one star less. But over all I do recommend this place for some nice Indian food.

Now: Pawan. Our server was the real deal. Warm without being performative, attentive without…read morehovering, and his menu recommendations were genuinely perfect. But here's the moment that sealed it: we'd had a long morning and asked, somewhat sheepishly, if they could make us chai, which isn't even on the menu. Without missing a beat, they made it. Hot, proper chai, just because we needed it. That's not service. That's hospitality. He made a full, buzzing restaurant feel intimate and that's rare. Essence of Kesar is the kind of place Englewood should be very proud of. Go. Ask for Pawan.

Unfortunately everything needs to be improve in that place. We had the worse experience ever…read more starting making reservation they were so rude on the phone and told us to make it online instead of dealing just on the phone quickly. Walk in not even a nicely welcoming for customers instead we felt bad vibes and extremely rude as well. we waited to be seated couple minutes they were looking confused or lost something in that moment we couldn't figure it out. We asked nicely for a bright table since we have reservation and the guy told us is all reserved but place was empty meantime. We seated and I have to asked for the light to be turned on so we can see the menu because the other side has lights on. It took sometime until they put it on. meanwhile our wine was getting warmer no wine glasses no water either and they kept walking front and back like they were accomplished something but nothing was going on. we were still waiting looking at them just waiting to order. 15minutes waiting finally they come and asked if we needed wine glass? Oh boy Meanwhile no lights so I use my phone because the table lamp didn't have batteries or not charge. So we say yes please respectfully but still waiting for it. Couple more minutes pass by and water and glasses still nothing. The table next to us was waiting as well for something else I can feel and see them how frustrating they were as well I hear them talking and not happy as well. So we just get up upset and left but of course we make sure we let them know how poorly their services were on top making people waiting so long when the place is literally empty. Careless Not sure how they have 4.7 rating reviews they definitely bought ratings or some tricky stuff here because honestly was awful to me. The place looks pretty good decorating with cute chandeliers that's all. Very disappointed

Mauka is a total gem in Eatontown! If you are looking for Indian food that actually delivers on…read morebold, authentic flavors, this is the place to go. We started with the palak chaat and it was incredible--the perfect mix of crunch and tang that you want in a great starter. For the main course, the Kadhi chicken was the absolute standout. The chicken was so tender and the sauce was rich, velvety, and layered with spices. I will say that the prices are on the higher side, but the portions are massive and the quality is top-tier, so it feels like a fair trade-off. You definitely get your money's worth here and will likely have plenty of leftovers. The atmosphere is great and the service was spot on. I'm already looking forward to my next visit!

Came for the buffet on a Saturday afternoon. Service was super nice, most of it is self service but…read morethe somoas are assembled for you. Flavor on everything was perfect and the naan is complimentary for the buffet, you just have to ask for it. They asked if we had gotten a chance to try the dessert, and when we said no, they went and made a plate for us, which was super nice.

Amazing service. The food was very fresh. The mango lassi was refreshing. The garlic naan well…read morebuttered. The shrimp was humongous. Would go again . Fancier inside than it looks on outside. Beautiful for date night. I'm glad the area has decent Indian

I ordered takeout and it was very good food! I ordered Chicken Tikka Masala which came with Basmati…read moreRice. The chicken was tender and the sauce was flavorful. I also ordered garlic naan on the side and it was delicious. I am certainly not an expert in Indian food and have only had Pani Puri at one other restaurant but this one was a little sweeter and had a different flavor profile. Not bad, but I wasn't expecting it. The potato filling was very tasty though and I could have eaten that on its own. All in all, I ate all of it and was happy to have ordered from here. My order was prepared on time and from what I could tell, the service and ambiance was good.

BEWARE! This restaurant has another Yelp account with bad reviews, so don't be fooled by the clean…read moreslate here. https://yelp.to/kmAhZPep74 The new name and "management" seem more focused on making money than building loyal customers. They're sneaky with charges -- we were hit with a 20% gratuity for a buffet where you serve yourself. Our group was just 5 people, yet they categorized us as a "large party." The gratuity made it feel like we were paying for fine dining and full service -- but that's not what we got.

Horrible experience.. we reserved a booking for 4 on 31st. We specifically called and asked if they…read morehave a bar or it's BYOB. They said that they have bar. But we can bring our own bottle and they will charge a fee. When we arrived, surprised to find out that bar is not open. And we didn't even bring our alcohol. On top of that manager declined to meet us and keep on insisting that they will charge bottle fee even when their bar was not open. So unprofessional. Never ever going there. Imagine calling themselves professional and not even bothering to come to meet customers. And lying to customers and trying to grab money when they are not selling alcohol. We would have gladly paid for bar