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    Shahi Kabab

    3.4 (46 reviews)
    InexpensiveHalal, Pakistani
    Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Chicken karahi
    Vish R.

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

    Goat curry platter
    Dorothy L.

    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...

    Size of the pot where the chicken karahi was. you can have an idea and there's no way that's for 1 person.
    Affy A.

    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.

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    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.

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

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    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!

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    9 years ago

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

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

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