This is as close as it gets to mithai boxed and flown straight from India. I have used them for festivals and for engagement mithai boxes. The ladies have always taken care to pack everything nicely and offer suggestions on packing which mithais with which. Their store space is small inside and there is often some confusion with the line, but for the taste, I couldn't be bothered. Grab some chai and a chaat while you wait for your big orders to be prepared. Note: Recently went here and noticed it is RUSS Cafe: Real Usha Sweets & Snacks. I've heard there is a new owner. The taste is still the same. The only change I see is the addition of vegetarian American cupcakes and cakes. Have yet to try these! read more

Tried their Samosa and bread pakora with the accompanying chutneys... samosa's are not cooked properly, the skin of samosa is thick and undercooked. Bread pakora has curry leaves added in it, which is not how it's supposed to be. Chutneys are super watered down, like literal water.. no thickness. Imli chutney doesn't have imli added it seems. I wish there were good authentic Halwai's around to give these mediocre places some competition. But for now, i guess we have no choice! read more

This is a place to come in and just pick up a few or more things to go. The lady working behind the counter was very helpful. They have a bunch, say 15 different types of munchies from India sold by the pound. They also have samosas and potato balls, and other type finger foods. In the cooler they have prepackaged, home made veggie curries. Everything is reasonably priced. I prefer spicy munchies and asked for recommendations, I was allowed to taste them before I bought as well. I ended up buying more than I planned to because everything I tasted was delicious and I couldn't choose just 1. The samosas were large and filled with a slightly spicy potatoe and pea filling. The dough wasn't too thick, but substantial enough to to hold the hearty filling. The potatoe ball shell was made with chick pea flour, adding protein to this hearty snack. Also a little spicy. I will have to report later on the curry as I haven't needed to eat that yet.. read more

Thank you kitchen staff and store manager Bhaveshbhai for making simple gujrati meal for my parent and other residents at Nursing home. They all enjoyed freshly prepared gujrati meal. Food was nicely prepared,packed to take it on time to serve them for lunch. Highly recommend this place!! You have made many senior happy and brought good memories back from their yesteryears about their familiar food. If nursing home has refrigeration facility for residents we can order more food which lasts them for 2 days. THANK YOU once again!!! read more

Outrageous to give this staple 3 stars but none of the foods are authentic to their original city. read more

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Stopped in to pick up their famous $1 Samosas! Never disappoints! It's a nice flavor with a hint of spice on the potato and peas and flaky crust. Absolutely amazing and the tamarind sauce is great read more

Real Usha Sweets & Snacks - Samosa - Specialty Food Near Me - Floral Park, New York

100% avoid this store for your time, money, and mental peace. But still, if you want to buy then always try a sample of anything you buy from this store. Don't forget to take your receipts in case of food poisoning. Stale sweets, rude customer service, poor quality food items. read more

Once the young lady owner rejected my 5$ notes. Atleast they should give good reason for refusing.. It's a federal crime to refuse real money. Looks like she wants crisp money. When I told the lady owner I come to real usha for many decades 25 years around and asked if she is the daughter of the elderly lady owner who died , she said no . That's why the food and service is not good. Looks like they are encouraging digitization/ digital currency only. Since they don't charge tax on credit card. I am for both. Last time3 days back I bought yogurt dish it's called srikhand . It was fluffy. It's supposed to be thick. There is toilet but not for customers. Side non veg restaurants is also owned by them but rented to a Bangladeshi . Service and attitude specially of owners are not good. Once a lady employee told me to write what I want. I am male just for info . Initially I used to buy a lot but avoid it now. I hope they read this and do some changes. The flavor of India wanted to know where I am from probably cause I was asking some uncomfortable questions according to them related to food. When I said I am from Mumbai, he blinked. That showed him Mumbai people cannot be bullied..I really like to give business to Indian to protect the diversity of all forms and don't mind paying more so that they also hire employees who speak at least 3 Indian languages,but it takes 2 to tango or it takes 2 hands to clap. read more

Please do not eat at Flavor of India or Real Usha Sweets and Snacks in Floral Park, NY (Hillside Avenue and 259 street) They serve spoiled food and when confronted they treat the customers disrespectfully. My son went to discuss an issue with a catering order and this is how they treated him. We ordered food for an event and it was spoiled. The owner Ashok Vora cursed at him numerous times. He owns both businesses listed above. Please do not support their business. They do not have any respect for their customers and do not belong in our community if this is their idea of customer service. This is the voice of Ashok Vora speaking to my son. His attitude, language, and tone of voice are inappropriate. read more

Today, my wife and I went to by some sweets and samosa. I asked the woman working there if the food was fresh, she told me it was very fresh. But after eating their food, everything was stale and dry. My wife got very sick after eating. Please do not trust this people. read more

Depending on time and day, it can get packed very quickly and become chaotic. The two separate lines for sweets and foods re confusing and unnecessary. The samosas are huge and come with 2 side condiments. I love the variation of sweets as I always get the gullible Jamon which is placed in the best rose water syrup. All chats are delicious with chick peas and sauces. Save the best for last the mango lassi which is delicious. Even with the price increases, it's still a deal. read more

Lol just called to see if they have what I need..she started to explain something about it but I couldn't understand and asked her to repeat it..she goes just come in and you can see what we have so I go "uh okay thanks" she goes "ok fiine" ..I'm v confused at what happened there soo read more

Whenever I crave indian sweets the place to go is Real Usha Sweets & Snacks. My family and I are very particular in quality sweets that remind us of our motherland and happy to say they can ship directly to us here in Florida. read more

Went there for the first time to buy some sweets. The lady behind the counter was so inattentive and rude! The sweets were good but customer service needs to improve! read more

I make the trek to Usha Sweets because they have really great Indian sweets. I give it a two star because the customer service is a 1 star. The cashiers looked bored and annoyed when I asked to get an assortment of sweets in a box. They also got my order wrong. This is the second time I have had this experience. I won't be going anymore. read more

real usha sweets and snacks are amazing.Food is very nice.always so fresh and such a wide variety and food is tasty. They always taken care to pack everything nicely..The food is great. i really recommend this to all who are looking for great food.. - Lalitchandra Patel read more

Loved the food here . Khasta kachori was out of the world. Reasonably priced and great quality food. Highly recommended

Nice little spot to get some authentic Indian sweets and snacks. They also sell Indian fast food like chaats and samosas. Love the burfi, especially the besan burfi and the dhokla was also great. Came in today and got a pista kulfi which had great flavor! Servers are amiable and it's a small shop to walk in, get your sweets, and leave. read more

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Usha Sweets & Snacks is the place to be if you are into Indian sweets, snacks and things that you never knew existed. They also have a great catering service which we have used in the past. Get used to the lines though because on a weekend Indians from the tri-state area frequent the shop to get their fill of gathias, puri, chana chor garam, jalebi, sakar para, kaju katri and the like. Some of the snacks do not phase me anymore because I've been having this since it opened. But to newcomers it's like a vegetarian snackiing paradise. Careful if you're vegan though a lot of the sweets do use Ghee. read more

Great place for Indian sweets and snacks, their kachora's are delicious, as are the rasmulai, dhokla, and other milk cake which is to die for. Only reason they loose a star is that my Mom says when she goes in there isn't a smiling face ever! Everyone behind the counter looks miserable and downright resentful. What's up with that?! No one selling sweets should be doing it with bitterness... Thankgod I don't have to see their faces or it would ruin the sweets for me... I happily wait in the car :) read more

Real Usha Sweets & Snacks - Front - Specialty Food Near Me - Floral Park, New York

The Food is Great! Service is Awesome! I've recently caterer from here for my Engagement Party and the food was awesome, Recieved lots of compliments from our guests. Their Sweets and snacks are always fresh and mouth watery! I really recommend this to all who are looking for the Real Food... The Real Usha Food!!! read more

Amazing every time! The gulab jamun and jalebi are my absolute favorite ! I have ordered lots from dessert section as well as their regular menu and enjoy their paneer tikka sandwich and samosa also ! Their green sauce is AMAZING and probably the BEST I've ever had ANYWHERE ! read more

I've been going to Real Usha Sweets & Snacks for over 20 years with my family. In my opinion, they make the most authentic Indian snacks in New York. I especially love their jalebi! They taste just like (arguably even better than) the ones in India. The quality of the snacks is extremely high, as is the service. I love Real Usha! read more

Don't ask me how but I had the opportunity to see behind the scenes of this store. This place is soon clean that you wouldn't believe it. Fantastic salty and sweet snacks of India. If you have the chance, go next door for a veggie burger. Same owner. read more

Food might be good... BAB BAD Service .. No phone manners and dont know how to to talk to customers. Part of it is that they think they have enough customers they think they dont need you. They say we take custom order or parcel it but when u call they dont even listen to you and start saying NO NO before hanging up on you. We give about $350 business to them twice a year when we visit NY from Boston and go out of our way to buy stuff there. TOO BAD i am gonna try the one next door and see how they fare. read more

I love this place a lot! Way smaller than the other Usha down the block but the service is just as prompt and attentive. I particularly love their plantain chips! They flavor them well and add just the right amount of spices. Definitely recommend visiting this place! :) read more

My family loves Real Usha Sweets and Snacks. The quality of the Indian snacks is the best in the NY area - always so fresh and such a wide variety. Sweets are great too, but you HAVE to try the samosas! So happy that we have RUSS for our community - I heard that they were offering free meals during covid times (kudos to the owners)! read more

I was here with my family yesterday on Diwali. We ordered samosas and other snacks and were told it would be a five minute wait. 20 mins later, with our parking meter close to expiring, none of the people working gave us any update on our order though they could see us clearly waiting (this is a super tiny store). We then asked several of the ppl working how long our order would be and a woman named Rita rudely snapped at us. Her behavior was unprofessional and incredibly unnecessary. We had legitimate reasons to ask for our order. Another worker told us they'd started frying something else in between rather than taking care of our order--which was placed first. Waiting close to half an hour for samosas which other stores like this one usually have made well in advance esp on Diwali is crazy but it was the rude tone and behavior of the people working which really upset all of us. Next time I will not bother with this place and go to Apna Bazaar or Patel Brothers where samosas and other snacks are ready to be served within mins. Oh, and as far as the food, we found a hair in one of the samosas and threw everything we ordered away. $13 in the trash. I'm telling everyone I know to stay away from this dirty dump read more

A family friend bought Jalebi from their store for me, found 2 strands of hair in there. The box went straight into the garbage.

I always go here to get my indian sweets for special occasions. They also have pretty good bombay mix.

The chocolate burfi is nice. Uncle is very nice and helpful. I cater from them every year for our poojas that we have at home. I enjoy their roti and their thalis. read more

Best authentic south Indian/Gujarati food around. They have the best sweets, gathia, dokhla, samosas & puris. I can't say enough about them. They are hard working but the quality of the food is so fresh and tasty! read more

This place has the best south Asian sweets I've had in NY. The milk cake sweet and the ras malai were excellent. We also got takeout samosa chat for $2:50, which was shockingly good--I would give THAT dish 5 stars. The place was really busy, and while people behind the counter weren't that friendly, I was very pleased that the man helping us was nice, and gave my daughter a free sample of peetha--which she said was better than she had ever had in The Homeland. We will definitely go back. read more

This place is legit! I am from Mumbai, a snackers paradise, and I miss and crave my farsan fix. Usha has the best chana chor I have had in the US, the best papadi ghatia and very very decent bhel puri. And excellent khaman dhokla. Its also very inexpensive, totally comparable with farsan from an Indian grocery store but made fresh, not trucked in from Toronto or Mumbai. What other reviewers say about the ambiance is totally true. I was there on a blazing hot day, the door was wide open, the A/C over the door was leaking fluid over everyone and I swear was blowing hot air out. I felt right at home. The servers are older and hard of hearing, but they are sweet and give me free samples. Be patient when you visit, but its well worth the trip. read more

My first time here and I order rasmalai with 6 pieces the case only had 2!! I paid for 6. Bad service took forever to make my papdi chaat.

Yummy samosas and delicious chutneys. The mithai is so fresh and topper with sliced almonds and pistachios. Also the property behind the counter are so nice, no attitude like other places, and will never me you feel rushed. This is our go to for mithai and snacks. read more

i have been ordering all kind of snack and sweet from real usha for more than 15-20 + years, it is always fresh, comes on time, they pack snack very nicely so come in good condition like papdi gathia etc, some itms are so mouth watering, it is too bad that require refrigeration. price is very reasonable, i plan to order when ever i needed. my most favorite is kesar panda, jalebi, dilruba, CHANA CHOR , RATLAMI SEV. thank you and keep up the good work you guys are the best read more

Bought some snacks thinking they would be fresh.. Unfortunately they were stale. Brought it back for return .. Instead of being sorry and courteous the owners started being very disrespectful... Absolutely one of the worst customer service ever.. Will definitely never go back.. Just a few blocks down there is a place called Usha food which had great service... Amazing food I would rather go there any day .... If possible def. AVOID... read more

I've never actually been here. In honor of Diwali, a coworker presented me with a box of laddu bearing the name and address of this fine establishment. I am enjoying the laddu so much that I find it worthy of a Yelp, even if it means going to the great length of creating the entry from scratch. I've had laddu from several different bakeries including some homemade stuff fresh off the plane from India, and this stuff is up there! read more

My dads been going here for 20 years, food was great. However not anymore the last few times I went the quality and taste just wasn't the same. The samosas don't have the same feel and taste and the green chutney is completely different. The last time I went I bought 12 samosas with green chutney. I wanted to buy more chutney but the lady behind the counter refused. She even left it open so the whole entire thing spilled in the bag. Th samosas were cold and were thrown in a plastic bag. If I'm paying for it than I don't see what the problem is. Before that we waited in the front for 5 minutes while all of them were screaming in the back go get the customer. Honesty this place went from being amazing to downright ridiculous. read more