The BEST authentic Pakistani food! The owner Fuad is the best and he always looks after us. If you want the real deal then you need to try Shahi Kabab!!! LOVE THE FOOD. Don't worry about the oil, that's how it's served and eaten part of this cuisine :) Chicken tikka curry is the best and I would recommend that among many other dishes that they have, the kababs are spot on with freshly baked naan and the yogurt sauce with the freshly cut veggies! Don't forget the Pink Kashmir tea at the end! read more

I planned to give this place a 3 because it seemed sketchy at first but the food WAS SO DAMN GOOD IT DESERVES A 10 STAR. This is certainly an underrated mom and pop shop. MUCH RESPECT! The food is soooooo good! The staff was very nice and accommodating and made my order special to my needs. The portions are huge, I had enough to take home for a full round 2 tomorrow. The mango lassi was soooooo good and the overall price was great. I will come here again! read more

Shahi Kabab - Halal Near Me - Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

Good economical authentic Pakistani/Indian food. The serving is full filling and yet very economical

Best Pakistani Indian food in New Jersey. Must try chicken/goat karahi. Also biryani were also delicious. read more

Shahi Kabab - Chicken karahi - Halal Near Me - Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

Well first of all, i have to say... this is my favorite place... we always come here for special occasion (birthday, anniversary, you named it...) why? because the food is great!! price is great!!! But if you are expecting something to serve you as you walk in, take your order and wait on you... then you are in the wrong place... Most of them time the front of the store is empty because they are too busy back in the kitchen... but that doesn't stop me from coming to this place... if you are adventurous... come here instead of across the street where it's always busy... give this a try... My personal favorite are: Lamb curry platter, Chicken Tikka masala, and naan... they are a little spicy, but oh man, they are so good... read more

Shahi Kabab - Goat curry platter - Halal Near Me - Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

See all

Don't let the ambience deceive you, the food is out of the world. Authentic Pakistani food. Their Briyanis are something I would die for. The owner himself cooks and serve their food with so much affection. I'd definitely go back to this place. read more

Do yourself a favor and don't go to this place. Rather go to the Mediterranean place right opposite to this one. This place has topped my list to NEVER ever go back and i don't want my fellow yelpers to suffer at this place the way i did with my family. First of all we called the place to check if they were busy, they said they were not and told us that they were closing at 10pm. We saw online that it's open until 11pm but thought that it must be an error. We told the guy that we wouldn't be able to make it until past 10pm and he said he'll keep the place open a little longer for us. We were very pleased with it at first. Since it was already 920pm, we decided to order ahead. (First timer here). At first we ordered 2 chicken karahi and 1 chicken tikka and 1 chickpeas. These came with nothing. No rice or bread so ordered naan separately. Then we asked about the portions of the dishes and we were told that they were very small and each is good for only one person. We were 6 people so decided to increase our order and got 3 chicken karahi, 2 chickpeas, 1 bihari kabab and 1 chicken tikka. Once we arrived, we saw that the store was empty. The open sign was still hanging outside with lights on. We were promptly seated of course since no one else was there. He brought out 2 chicken tikkas and 2 bihari kababs. We were in shock because it was more than what we had ordered. When we asked him he said he just made extra in case we wanted more and the kitchen was closed. We told him to take it out and we would stick to our original order. Then he brought the karahis and each karahi can be easily shared by minimum 2 people and max 3 and we were told that it was only good for 1 person. We realized that we were deceived. Then my dad didn't like the naan after 2-3turns because it had too much baking soda. Requested to have it replaced with a chapathi instead. He took the half naan back and gave a new chapathi. When we asked for a jug of water which is typically complimentary at any restaurant, we were handed with bottled water. Confused at why he did that, we kept 1 water and returned the rest. 1.5 karahi and chickpeas were left so we got them to go reluctantly as we didn't want to waste the food. When we went to checkout, that's when the drama started. WE WERE BEING CHARGED FOR THE HALF NAAN THAT WE RETURNED AND UPON REQUESTING HIM TO TAKE THAT OUT SINCE WE DIDN'T LIKE IT, HE STARTED ACTING ARROGANT AND TOLD US THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING. WE TRIED EXPLAINING THAT THIS IS NOT RIGHT BUT HE STARTED GETTING LOUD. THEN WE DECIDED TO JUST LET HIM HAVE THAT $1 WORTH OF NAAN. BUT AFTER THAT TYPE OF ATTITUDE, THERE'S NO TIP FOR HIM AND WHEN WE DIDN'T HE STARTED ASKING FOR TIP. WE TOLD HIM THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO TIP HIM BECAUSE OF HOW HE BEHAVED AND UPON HEARING THAT HE GOT EVEN MORE CRAZY. STARTED SAYING THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO GET POOR IF SOMEONE DOESN'T TIP HIM AND THAT NEXT TIME WE COME WE CAN JUST EAT FOR FREE. THERE WAS ANOTHER COUPLE THAT WALKED IN WHILE WE WERE EATING (SO MUCH FOR CLOSING AT 10PM, THAT WAS A LIE TOO) AND ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF THEM. WE JUST STEPPED OUT AFTER ALL THAT HARASSMENT FROM THE OWNER. THIS GUY MAKES MONEY BY DECEIVING, LYING AND UPCHARGING CUSTOMERS. HE DECEIVED ABOUT THE PORTIONS SO WE ORDERED MORE, LIED ABOUT CLOSING THE STORE AT 10PM AND THAT HE HAD TO PAY 20 BUCKS EXTRA TO HIS CHEF TO STAY LONGER, UPCHARGED US FOR THE BOTTLED WATER WHEN WE ONLY ASKED FOR A JUG OF REGULAR WATER AND THE BREAD THAT WE RETURNED. PLEASE AVOID THIS PLACE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HARASSED THE WAY WE WERE. read more

Shahi Kabab - Size of the pot where the chicken karahi was. you can have an idea and there's no way that's for 1 person. - Halal Near Me - Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

See all

Great food and service, tired dine in and take out they have kept the prices reasonable as well. One of the best Pakistani restaurants in the area. My favs are the Nihari, Lahori Charga and Chicken Cheese Kabab ! read more

The food is amazing and I'm talking amazing the staff there is also great I'm talking great as well. Everything is nice. The restaurant is nice clean conserved. Everything is nice and valance. The owners are great and staff is out of the world make sure on us and that we get everything we need. read more

Customer service extremely bad, the owner Mohammed Ahmad cursed me and he was very violent and aggressive. I placed an order, after 15 minutes I asked how I have wait, that triggered his bad behavior. read more

Shahi Kabab - cars parked in a parking lot - Halal Near Me - Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

See all

Absolutely delicious food and chai tea, we really liked. Owner (I think?) was accommodating and was able to make it less oily like we asked and spice level was perfect. Amazing fluffy naan too! We didn't expect much from a small place but now looking forward to coming back and he said they do catering also read more

Had the naan and chicken biryani, it was delicious and the naan was freshly made. The owner was extremely nice. I would go back again!

The first time I ever went to this place, I was really put off by the service or rather, lack of service. I left without ordering food because it felt really strange to me that I had to go into the kitchen to order my food. This time, I knew what I was getting myself into - good food in a 0 service restaurant and I was getting it to go, so I was ready. I went in and there was another man there looking lost. I just went straight to the back of the kitchen and gave the nice guy in the back my take out orders. 1 vegetable biryani, 1 chicken tikka biryani and 1 regular chicken biryani (I must have been unclear b/c he ended up giving me an order of chicken tikka tandoori) and 2 of chicken and 2 of beef kababs. There was a bit of miscommunication - but it's fine. I got to try different items. 1. vegetable biryani - amazing flavors (in a good way), a huge portion for $6.99. HOWEVER, super duper spicy. I love spicy foods and this burned my mouth and kept my tummy warm hours after my meal. 2. chicken tikka biryani $7.99 - i took a couple of bites to gauge spiciness and it was barely spicy, but my taste buds might have been too scorched to taste much after the vegetable biryani. Lots of boneless chiken in the biryani. 3. Tikka masala $5.99 - it tastes ok. chunks of chicken breast meat but nothing special. some lettuce and onions in the box. 4. kababs $1.79 each - beef - meh, not a fan. Super dry though there was a lot of juice in the bottom of my plastic bag, so maybe it all came out, but not a fan of the flavor (was there lamb meat??) Chicken - much better! juicier and no gamey flavor. each one is about 6 inches long. Total came out to be $30 and ~20 minutes wait for the whole meal (or two) and came with a tub of salad (lettuce, tomato, onions, cucumbers, etc). I got to know this place through a colleague and craves their food from time to time. Definitely good eats at an affordable price. Just don't expect service and you gotta go to the kitchen in the back if no one is in the front to get food. read more

This owner big time RUDE!!!!!!!! NEVER OR EVER GO HERE!!! THIS GUY DEFINITELY DOESN'T WORTH YOUR HARDWORKING MONEY!!! He misbehaved with my dad and my family. He was screaming and yelling at us! I will make it short. We ordered six naans. My dad's one had too much baking soda. We asked to replace and sent it back. But he was charging for both and when we said why? He started yelling and also lied that his store is closed while open sign outside. There was more . But let's just keep it upto it. He was also fighting with us for tip. But we said he didn't deserve one for yelling at a customer especially a 70 year old customer. He was creating a scene there. I should have recorded. No wonder this place was empty. And you can never make money by lying, being rude. Definitely not going back and won't even recommend. STAY AWAY EVERYONE! SAVE YOURSELF AND YOUR MONEY! The food also tasted so bad. Like everything was bad. So bad! THIS PLACE DESERVES ONLY A BIG ZERO!!! read more

See all

Please do not go here. I called to place a catering order for a tray of biryani. Guy said it was 50$. When I got there, they charged me 80$. To make it even worse, I noticed TWO $80 charges on my credit card. Guy also kept asking if I had cash. I told him three times they I didn't have cash and I asked if they were a cash only establishment. He said no and that it was okay. THESE PEOPLE ARE FRAUDS read more

Lahori Charga, apparently this is Pakistani for FRIGGIN AWESOME!!! It's a Chicken dish, a bit spicy, seems to be a dry rub, the owner says it is steamed then friend. Dunno, don't care. it is amazing. better still half chicken is like 7 or 8 bucks! The Naan is hot and fluffy with a crispy crust, the Alu Paratha is fair. Small restaurant, seems to be the owner and his wife? are the wait staff. I have eaten in and taken home and love it. Fair warning they tend to run a bit spicy so if you don't care for that let them know, or if your like me let them know they can heat it up a bit too. Vegetable and Chicken samosas were good as well. This place has good food for a great price, the people are friendly and most important they are a local business. They would be doing far more business if they were not directly across from Kebab Paradise as most westerners believe Paki & Afghan food to overlap allot. Stop in and check them out! read more

Had mixed experiences with this place. I wanna give 4 stars for value and taste (very good egg biryani). But the service here sucks balls and is absolutely horrendous. Nobody gives a damn if you just walked in and robbed the entire store because everyone is busy working back in the kitchen. DON'T come here for service or a decent dining experience, you'll get none. Come here to "pick up" decent tasting Indian/Pakistani food for a very reasonable price and you'll leave a happy person. read more

We popped in here on the Fall Festival day. We did eat there, though everyone else is kind of right about everyone being in the kitchen. We really could have finished eating, gotten up and walked out into the crowd and they probably wouldn't have noticed. That doesn't change the food. I am big on food matching the price. I don't mind high prices, as long as the food matches that. This place is AWESOME. The food is great and the prices are even better. I couldn't believe the price on the kababs, so I ordered two. I couldn't finish them. We'll definitely be frequenting this place now. read more

WORST FOOD EVER! Beyond pissed i have to even leave a 1 star review as they aren't even worthy of that 1 star. Walked into an empty restaurant as my husband and i were starving. We were greeted by a spanish guy at the counter who was all about "making sales" and even went as far as handing us TWO soda's when we only wanted one. We had to put the other one back. Placed our order and took a seat....i wanted to walk out while waiting as the place looked filthy, but my husband said it would be rude as they were making our meals. The goat biryani was bland, stale and gamey! The rice was so dry and mushy as if it had been cooked weeks ago and only now served. The goat was tender but so gamey it made me sick after. The kabab roll sandwich was terrible. 1 small unflavored kebab stuffed with lettuce onions and tomatoes. The naan and kebab tasted like they were frozen and store bought. The chicken samosas were a big disappointment. The dough was so thick and the meat inside had no spices or flavor. Everything was horrendous. Went to pull out some napkins only to reveal the inside was filthy and had food stains everywhere. I have no idea where the 2-5 star reviews came from but they are very misleading so BEWARE! I'm not ashamed to call them out as fake reviews. This restaurant is a complete utter DISGRACE to indian-pakistani food. This place needs a sanitary health inspection ASAP. If you ever have a craving please go to khan kebab on rt 46 in parsippany, it's 5min away, clean and friendly staff and very tasty food! read more

Fresh looking homemade food... Amazing Kashmiri and dhoodh pathee chai.. They do catering and soooo friendly! The older gentleman behind the counter is reason enough to come visit.. Also, definitely get the fresh poori/purhee that came with their Saturday buffet ! read more

We went on a Saturday to try their breakfast. It was absolutely delicious! The pooris/puris were authentic, the Chana and Aloo sabzi were tasty aswell. But the "halwa" took the prize- it was amazing! Going there tomorrow!! read more

Terrible experience. This place seems like a scam and reading from the reviews I'm glad I left. The prices don't reflect the ones that are online and the offers they were giving were not honored in person. Best to stay away, owner tried to "discount" the food by giving us higher prices than they were listed for. Do yourself a favor and go to the Bonchon nearby. read more

Honestly some of the best and most authentic Pakistani food you can find. Everything we ordered came out amazing. Kulcha and nihari was the best I ever had. Had to take some to go also. If you want real Pakistani food, this is the place read more

I agree that they have a grocery store next door and they are short of resources. But unfortunately, this slack reflects on their quality too. Looking at the exceptional reviews, I was planning to get catering from them, but wanted to taste the items before; and thank goodness we did. We ordered for goat biryani & kebab; but the taste was not up to the expected mark. We used to visit similar halal outlets in the same area; but wanted a change..its better we stick to put old tried & tested. Disappointed - seems overrated! read more

Its a 5 star take out place and a 3 star dine-in place so make your choice knowing that. Since this is a Punjabi food (Indian), the menu is generally bifurcated in Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian options. Again vegetarian is a 3 star and non-vegetarian a 5 star. Affordability: This is a bang for the buck as they are really affordable with most dishes under 10. Food: Food is great. Biryani is off the charts and kebabs are great. Specialty is the Chargha, highly recommended... did I say recommended. specially go for the non vegetarian options. Ambiance: Not the best here and service is not as great as you might want. They are usually focused in their catering business and short on hand as they also own a grocery store on the other side of the road. read more

the food here is good comparing the price. the owner is nice and serving size is big. read more

Shahi Kabab - a close up of a tray of fried food - Halal Near Me - Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

See all

The food is decent. But they up charge you randomly and won't tell you. I should have read the reviews before going there. The cashier also asked us for tips for take out which is ridiculous. I hope the owner takes note of this review and trains his cashiers not to scam people. Beware of this place and stay away from this place. read more

High quality home cooked style Pakistani food. Not many restaurants like this in the area and the owners work there on a daily basis. I go here often as well as get take out and have never been disappointed. The place is called "Shahi Kabab" though, not Shahi Food. read more

Tried Briyani and Kabab's. Briyani was pretty good, but the Kabab's were a bit dry. Very reasonable price and good quantity.

My friend and I went here for lunch thinking that we will get decent food. We ordered sheesh kabob rolls and samosas. The food in my opinion wasn't even decent. As a Pakistani, I felt that the food was too bland and didn't have the right touch of spices. The kabab rolls weren't put together properly and most importantly it took a while to make. I don't think I'll be going there again read more

I love Shahi Kabab. It's cheap, they're super friendly, the food is tasty (though a little oily), and the ambiance. Well, actually, while the ambiance is fun, it's also the single least hospitable eating establishment I know of. It's usually super cold, with the doors and window open, and it feels more like a catering depot (which I'm pretty positive it is), than a place to actually order or eat food. That said, the falafel is great, just hope they make it fresh. Who can argue with a delicious falafel sandwich, with Egyptian chick pea sauce and lettuce/tomato, for three dollars? read more

This place deserves five stars... awesome food and nice owner, this place has a Lahori touch in their food, reminded me of my mom's cooking, absolutely loved this place and the prices r quite reasonable with an adequate amount of food, me and my husband ate to our full and still got some food left to take home...biryani and chicken karhai was cooked really well... highly recommended place read more

I love the samosas, chicken biryani & matka gosht here!! Totally mindblowing!!

It's ok. I guess for a local joint it will do. To me, the food seems dry and portions are small for the price. Paterson is the best place to get great kebab. read more

Tried food here couple of times. Kababs were okay but didn't like the chicken curry. And by the looks of it I don't think anyone would think to dine-in here. You can give this place a shot and decide on how it goes. read more

If you want truly authentic flavorfull Pakistani food this place is it. Period. When we went the food was prepared fresh and consumed by people that eat this type of food every day around the world and in Pakistan. If you care about the taste and nothing else this is your destination. Between three diners we ordered all the must have dishes and there was total satisfaction. Go ASAP. Haters drop dead. read more

Very average food....Takes a long time for your order to come out of the kitchen.. portions are pretty small for the price they charge....very dull interiors...the veg biryani was different every time we ordered... read more

This restaurant is very unhygienic and you can just tell by the outdated interior. The skinny owner is just a fraud and will charge people based off what he feels like it. It's sad that he will try to take advantage of his own people and upcharge everything. The quality of food is not good and you can tell that he try's to cut cost by using cheap ingredients. This place has been shut down numerous times also by health inspectors read more

Great food, personalized service and probable the best Chicken Chargha in North America. Kababs are also very good. Definitely recommend. Try there Daal, won't be disappointed. read more

Chicken Jalfarazi Biryani is the best. along with Tandoori chicken Platter, and chargha. Nihari is also good. Portions are large and reasonable prices. Good food overall. We always carry out so can't really say about the service, but owner is a very nice person and would go beyond to fulfill needs. read more