Someone call the EPA, because there's been an oil spill in the Hackensack area and it seems like some of it seeped into Tandoori Chef's kitchen. I ordered the daal fry but one look at it made me think "daal cry". Because I was sad that I spent so much money on this ecological disaster. The yellow colored daal sat in a bowl, drowning in what looked like about a 1/4 cup of reddish cooking oil. If John D. Rockefeller ordered this, he'd be dancing in the streets because of this discovery. Pouring out the oil, in order to the get to the bottom of the greasy ocean, to dig for daal wasn't on my bingo card. And it shouldn't be on anyone else's bingo card. I can't comment on other items on the menu. But I'm hoping they were protected from the spill. You can always make daal fry at home I guess. But if you order it from the Tandoori Chef, be sure to bring your scuba gear. You're gonna need it. read more

Don't sleep on this mostly-take-out Indian joint. In fact, you should come and eat in the dining room. Goat vindaloo is particularly tasty as is the vegetable korma with a really well done garlic naan. (Ask for Indian spiciness -- not Jersey spiciness if you want the real deal). Yes, it's BYOB but the service is great, portions are sizable, and the no-nonsense dining room is still somehow cozy... read more

Love this place! I always order the chicken tikka masala and it's extremely flavorful. The owner is so kind and service is quick.

Service is slow at times, but they make up for it with delicious food and beautiful presentation. Fair pricing and homey aesthetic and ambiance reflecting Indian culture. read more

Great food - great service - great value -best Indian food in Bergen county !!!amazing read more

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It was an okay place. We initially thought they had buffet.. but they didn't. Quite expensive of what we ate. Per head we paid around 30$ !!! Not worth at all.. chicken was not cooked well. Naan was ok. Biriyani was also curry'ish. Not my style.. waiter could smile. He was always serious .. I actually went back again and the food quality was still average . Wanted to give a second chance but no good . Biryani was very average . Chicken curry was ok dokie . Average overall. No parking outside . Need to pay and park.. ambience was normal . read more

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Moved out of the area, but came to get some errands done. Stopped in for a bite tried the vegetable pakora, gobi, lamb vindaloo! All good stuff! Service was fast and friendly. Still a cute small place. Not many places in the area for Indian so for having cornered the market it's good! read more

Tandoori Chef - Gobi Manchurian dry - Indian Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Order a couple of meals from DoorDash to be delivered. I got garlic naan, vegetable samosas, Matar paneer and Mango lamb. Everything tasted really good however my issue was the instructions were completely disregarded. Under the description for the lamb, it does not specify whether it is in sauce or not so when I put in the order I specifically said if it is in sauce, please lightly sauce. What we got instead was a POOL of sauce, where you couldn't even see anything! I only ordered from this restaurant first time because all my regular spots were closed on Monday. Not sure I would go back though. read more

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This place is tiny and seems like it's been here forever. Not fancy but enough seating Staff are friendly and fast Food Paneer was 10/10 Naan- garlicky and soft 9/10 wish it was bigger Gobi pakoras 2/10 I would def try other dishes for take out again Parking is street - paid meter read more

Fantastic, homemade, super fresh, delicious Indian food! I'm not sure why there are mixed reviews on this place as I went with my family, all very picky Indian-food-lovers, and we all absolutely loved everything we tried! The chutneys that first come to the table are SO flavorful. We already knew we'd be in for a treat! Tandoori chicken was served sizzling! It was super moist and bursting with flavor. My brother in law loved his chicken curry (he's very picky on this!) and ate every bite! He loved it. Lamb samosas were awesome - they didn't skimp on the tasty meat filling and it was so hot and fresh, with a crispy delicious fried outside. Worth the calories! Cauliflower/Potato and Okra dishes had tons of flavor without being oily, as a lot of Indian food can be. Loved these, as well as the garlic naan was so good, I didn't get a good photo! (It came out as a blur I was so excited to taste it as the smell was incredible.) Others had the tomato soup and mulligatawny soup, which were both raved about. Highly recommend! read more

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Decent spot to satisfy my craving. My biggest issue was the server couldn't answer questions about the difference between food options on the menu, which makes it challenging if you're working with dietary restrictions. I'm not sure if I'd return but the food was ok. Metered street parking available. read more

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Still hands down my favorite Indian place, make sure you order my naan because there's just so much sauce with the butter chicken. I got the tandoori chicken appetizer and it's really good, and they give you so much! read more

Tandoori Chef - Indian Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

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I was really craving Indian food so I came here for dinner with a friend. Despite it being peak dinner time, the place was basically empty. Only one other table was occupied when I walked in. The food was alright. Didn't blow my mind, but also not the worst. I ordered the chicken tikka masala (mild) which was was pretty flavorful. The portion size was decent. At first our server only gave us 1 plate of rice for 2 people, and we ended up having to ask for more. The garlic naan was also just ok. I can't get chicken tikka masala without garlic naan so it was a non-negotiable for me, but I've had better. The service here is pretty much nonexistent. You get a big jug of water so you can just refill your cup yourself. The server/guy at the front doesn't stay behind the counter. He goes behind the "employees only" door into the kitchen area. if you want something from him, good luck... you might be waiting a while for him to re-emerge. The other option is to get up from your table and ring the bell at the counter. He did come by a couple times to check on us and clear our empty plates, but I think it would be better if someone stayed at front of house at all times. It just looks bad and unprofessional to have the front of house vacant, you know? A handful of customers came in to pick up to-go orders during the hour or so that I was eating there. I guess most of their customers get take-out, which might explain the below-average/low-effort service. Don't forget to check in on Yelp to claim the free dessert coupon. Our server & another guy from the back (possibly a second server?) had to come and ask us about the Yelp coupon, like they had never heard of it before. But they also didn't give us a hard time with it or refuse to honor it. Just a heads up in case you want to use the coupon. read more

Order via Uber , so the price was $14.95 . For this price, you get pretty a amazing portion. However, it's on the salty side and some pieces are burnt. I like the taste, not sure if it's for everyone. read more

Tandoori Chef - Chicken Seekh Kebab - Indian Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Let me start off by saying I have never ordered Indian food in my life. (I know, I know, where have I been, right?) anyway, last night was the night. My family had a taste for Indian cuisine and wanted to order so I jumped on the band wagon. I admit while reviewing the menu I thought to myself, what would be the safest bet? I went with the Chicken Korma. I have heard through the grapevine that Indian spicy is VERY SPICY so I went with the "mild" sauce option. The food arrived on time and it was nice and hot. I got a side of rice and a garlic naan bread which I dipped into the chicken korma sauce. One word: YUMMY! Props to the chef! It had so much flavor, all of the spices were having a party with my tastebuds! Btw: It was not spicy at all and very enjoyable. I especially liked the garlic naan bread with the sauce. I will be having my leftovers for lunch today! They also sent us rice pudding. This is not your average rice pudding, it actually reminds me of the Latino style rice pudding which is packed with flavor, just the right amount of sweet cinnamon-y goodness. It also has another spice which I can't quite pinpoint but who doesn't like a little mystery, amiright!?? Haha Next time, I will try the "medium" spice. Wish me luck! If you are in the area and want Indian, order from here! read more

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Mediocre Indian Food.. Maybe you have never had Indian food, it may taste good but definitely not for me. Veg Pakoras were decent but stuffing in Samosa barely had flavor, and the Biryani was just passable. I have had few Indian Curries from here before and they tasted better. read more

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Ordered through Yelp and got a notification that my food was ready to be picked up at 654pm. I got there and waited...and waited. Food was definitely not ready and it seemed like they hadn't even started cooking until I got there. That was pretty annoying to say the least. The workers there seemed to not care and deliberately ignored me when I asked about my food. I got the food and it was ok. Nothing was terrible but I was disappointed that they only gave 3 rice bowls even though I ordered 5 entrees. Also, the garlic naan was literally one piece for $4.50 and it was not very good. I thought the chicken tikka masala and chana masala were ok but the spinach chicken dish and the lo-mein-esque noodles were not good. I also asked for some sort of hot sauce on the side and got none. Although we asked for the dishes to be spicy, they were not. Anyways, I don't see a reason to order from here again but they were open on Christmas Eve so kudos to them for being an option when very few were open. That might have contributed to their delays and being overwhelmed since they prob did receive quite some orders, but just manage the times better and it would help a lot. read more

Food is great, service is great and friendly. Ambiance is fine. We have been going there for years. Have never been disappointed. I know they do a great takeaway trade. We always take leftovers home. And so enjoy them next day. Thanks! read more

Microwave standard food. The place is extremely run down and the food tasted disgusting. There are better options locally as I found out as I had a few mouthfuls here and went to parathas down the road. read more

Gave my husband and I stomach problems...and he has an iron stomach. Not only that, the food didn't taste like it was cooked thoroughly. Indian food takes time and when it's rushed, you can taste the rawness of the spices. I grew up in my mom's kitchen and learned to cook properly. There are so many other restaurants out there. This isn't the one. read more

Food Authenticity: 2 Service: 2 Food freshness: 1.5 Food taste: 3 Esthetic (seating, wallpapers, music) : 5 read more

Tandoori Chef - Vegetable Biryani - Indian Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

My review is based off the veggie biriyani I ordered with my Door Dash credits. It was probably one of the best biriyanis I've had in a long time. A large portion, filled with veggies and spices. It smelled as good as it tasted. I'm very eager to try out their menu. One thing that threw me off is when I arrived to pick my order up, the employees weren't too concerned about giving me my order and mostly just talking and laughing with each other. It was a little awkward, but that's not going to stop me from going back. read more

Tandoori Chef - Indian Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

This place seems more like a to-go type or place, not really dine-in, even though it does have seating. Food is fairly priced and the butter chicken is quite delicious. I wasn't a fan of the chana masala as I have had it in the past from other Indian restaurants and it seemed more soupy and a little undercooked. Also, no one sits in the front at the counter, you have to ring a bell (and wait for a bit) for pick up or even dine-in service, which is little off putting as it seems desolate or closed. read more

Tandoori Chef - Butter chicken - Indian Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Got takeout from Tandoori Chef today and I'm pleased to report that everything I got was good to very good. I ordered a garlic naan, Chicken Korma, Bhindi Masala, and Kadhai Lamb. The standouts to me were the garlic naan and Kadhai Lamb. The lamb had great heat, flavor, and the meat was moist and tender. The naan was buttery soft and the garlic just took it to another level. read more

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Terrible, incompetent people working here. Screwed up my delivery order. No way to fix it because they close at 3 PM after my order was delivered. Their food is not good either anyway. There are better indian food in other restaurants in bergen county. I only ordered from them because they were closest and fastest according to uber eats. Lesson learned and will not order from them again ever. Cannot recommend. read more

Good and service is great and this place also offers a quite cozy environment. Great for family and meetings

I was craving Indian food like "whoa" a few weeks ago, and was on a quest to find an Indian place near my job. After googling for a few minutes, I came across Tandoori's website. Placing an order as soon as they opened, and told it would be ready for pick up in 45 minutes, I was hoping the food would be worth the wait. I got my Baingan Bharta, Vegetable Samosa, and Naan. While as excited I was to get my Baingan Bharta, it didn't hold a candle to the food at Satish Palace. The Vegetable Samosa was a bit spicier than the ones I've had before. Not too mention their prices are a tad high, and the servings aren't that large. While Satish Palace holds the title of the "Best Indian Food" in Northern Jersey for me so far, Tandoori Chef will do in a pinch and holds up as a substitute. Plus they deliver within a two mile radius with a $25 minimum. read more

Tandoori Chef - Indian Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

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The food is always juicy and delicious. Expensive but worth it! Love love love this place. Always have a hard time picking between chicken tikka masala, lamb saag, and tandoori chicken. Yum! read more

The only reason this place is getting 2 stars is bc they're decently priced and the food is good. HOWEVER, receiving your order is like a game of Russian Roulette - you don't know if you'll get your whole order or if it's even right. They've messed up my order more than once, but again because their food is good and decently priced I decided to give them one last try. Recently, they forgot to include a whole dinner meal and didn't believe that it was missing, then said they'll send me the missing dish even though I requested a refund. No sir, I don't want my additional meal 20+ minutes after the original order was delivered. The person I spoke to was SO RUDE and persistent that they were going to send the dish for delivery in 5 minutes - the delivery location was 15+ minutes away. I tried to ask for a refund, but the guy said no so I told him I'd be more than happy to refute the charge with my credit card company. Hours later someone called to resolve my issue - they didn't know how to refund the one dish and had requested my credit card info to run the card again. Wouldn't recommend ordering from here. Try going a block down to Art of Spice - the food quality and service is worth the cost difference! BTW: it would be nice if they stopped honking their horn to pick up their delivery. I hear honking for pickup at least once an hour into the LATE evening. VERY disappointing! read more

This is my first time trying the lamb vindaloo it was tasty. The garlic naan was good a little expensive. The rice was okay and the salad was okay. However, my salad came with some sort of seasoning on top. In the description for the house said it didn't say it would come with light seasoning on the salad. read more

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Consistently good food. Have been visiting this place for last 10 years... the food is consistently good and never disappoints.. read more

I was craving some Indian food and this place hit the spot. I ordered over the phone and was told it would take 30 minutes. I got the butter chicken and chicken tikka masala (both dishes were $15 each). Both were full of flavorful and amazing. The chicken in the tikka masala was on the saltier side, but the meat was tender and wasn't dry. I came here mainly because the other reviews said that the portion sizes are very generous, which I agree with. There is enough meat and sauce for twice the amount of rice that they give you. You could order another side of rice and it would last you two meals. As far as I could tell, there is only metered street parking and no parking lot. During the pandemic, I would have expected the employees to be wearing masks, but they did not so I deducted one star. Other than that, the food here is great and I definitely would go back again! read more

This is the first time I have tried this restaurant, I ordered the house Biryani and a tandori chicken to go I was really looking forward to trying a new Indian restaurant. At first glance, the Biryani looked drown in color, I have tried Biryani at quite a few different restaurants, but none ever looked brown. The basmati rice was definitely overcooked from just looking at it Well, let's just say I was never more disappointed it was by far the worst Biryani I ever had... the Tandoori chicken was a bit dry. I have had better, but that is quite common with this type of dish. It was not bad, so for this reason, i give this restaurant one star .I'm so disappointed... read more

The food was awful. The condiments came out looking like they had been left out of the fridge for a couple of days. The so-called lamb saag was more like mutton. The food was probably sitting out all day since we came near closing. The waiter couldn't be bothered t hat we left everything on the.plates because it we were afraid of food poisoning. read more

There's very few Indian restaurants around here and this is one. Since the name is tandoori chef, I expected its tandoori dishes to be their specialty. I did a takeout : chicken tikka, chana masala and paneer masala. The chicken was not probably cooked, giving it a chewy texture instead of tenderness. The paneer masala had barely 5 pieces of paneer and had a very think layer of grease. The chana masala was also mediocre. read more

If you're in the area. It does the trick. It's a small place, there's not a super selection but everything is A-OK from the spinach to the tandoori chicken to the butter chicken and assorted vegetables. The deep fried vegetables are done particularly well with breading. Most buffets skimp on this one. The wait staff is a pleasant although a bit absent-minded. It's one of the old-school places in the area but definitely worth checking out as it gives you your bang for your buck. read more

Used this place multiple times but I won't be using them again. Spending $60+ on food and to get chicken vindaloo without rice isn't great. It's even less great when you call them and they don't believe you when you say that you didn't get the rice along with everything else. The guy told me that he would "include some extra rice" the next time I ordered "if it's actually as you say and that you didn't get the rice". I said that I wanted a credit for the missing rice or to have the rice delivered instead, and told him that I'm a repeat customer. He then put me on hold and then told me that they would be coming back with the rice. After about an hour later, I ended up reaching out to delivery.com. The rep contacted them and got told that because rice is "free" that they wouldn't be delivering it. Um... what? Chicken vindaloo isn't really something that you can eat without rice. They've lost a repeat customer. There are other Indian restaurants in the area that I'll be using from now on. read more

Ordered delivery from here the other day. I never really order Indian food so I was a novice in knowing what to get. We ordered the Tikki Masala, Raita, Tandoori Chicken, Mango Chutney, & Saaq Paneer. Oh and some Garlic Naan. I really enjoyed the Masala dish, so good! I thought the Tandoori Chicken was somewhat dry though. The Garlic naan and Paneer were also very very good. The price definitely adds up here, but the food was good quality. I recommend. read more

This will be my first Yelp review. I have been using yelp for at least five years, but I have never written a review... The quality of this restaurant has driven me to sign up. I travel for business at least once a month to different cities in the northeast... I know food, and I can be VERY difficult to please. I have been eating at Tandoori Chef for several years, but it seems to me the food quality has improved beyond very good to exceptional in the last year or so. I can now say with confidence that this establishment serves the best Indian food I've ever eaten in the United States at this price point (inexpensive). All three of my appetizers were outstanding and both of my main courses were just as good. Combine the quality and price with BYOB and you have a unbeatable combination. It is a small, quaint venue, and the staff are very nice. On weekends I often observe large, extended Indian families dining here, I choose to take this an an indicator of authenticity and quality. Reminder: This is Indian food, it is generally spicy (even if you order "mild"). Don't ding excellent food in your reviews because you can't tolerate a bit of heat! read more

*FREE DESSERT WHEN YOU CHECK IN * Service wasnt terrible, but SLOW. My date and i kinda just waited and sat around with our thumbs up our bums for awhile. We didnt get the memo that we pay at the registar and the food took awhile to come over. The vegetarian samosas were amazing, large and crispy but filled with amazing-ness. The Nan was cooked perfectly, not too fluffy but not burnt. The garlic Nan had th perfect amount of garlic too. My date was happy with her $10 vegeatrian platter which came with a samosa, some fritters, another veggie fried thing and some type of bread. Prices are great, food tasted okay for what i had. read more