The Halal Guys Reviews Summary

Category: Halal restaurant

Address: 72 Halsey St, Newark, NJ 07102, USA

Phone: +19738773759

Rating: 4.2
based on 270 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was delicious."
  • "Food was insanely good as usual."
  • "Great food and good prices! The combo plate, gyro and chicken, was delightful!"
  • "The food taste great and I can say that if you come here your going to enjoy your meal."
  • "The food is amazing, and the customer service is even any better."
  • "The food was so AMAZING.. I was blown away!!"
  • "The food here is outstanding and our servers Monica and Jennifer were exceptional with the service of my food."

Cons:

  • "The chicken was not even hot, warm, or anything of that nature, room temp is being nice."
  • "Dry, tepid pita. Dry, flavorless chicken. Burnt, flavorless falafel."
  • "Meat was very dry and extremely small portion of meat for $8.79 plate."
  • "Their chicken is dry, tastes awful."
  • "The meat is NEVER hot or flavorful."
  • "Food doesn't taste like anything, the sauce is waaaay too spicy it makes your mouth hurt."
  • "Food with no taste."

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Both of the women behind the counter were so friendly and polite."
  • "Nice & welcoming staff, very quick service."
  • "Fateen and the staff at this location was phenomenal."
  • "Great service along with very fresh tasty food goes a long way."
  • "All the employees were awesome and friendly."
  • "Everyone here is so nice!"
  • "The staff was friendly too. Brought over the food to my table when the fries I ordered were ready."

Cons:

  • "Very unprofessional staff, extremely disappointed."
  • "The managers here will ruin this business."
  • "The driver was very rude."
  • "The employees were very rude when I asked for a manager."
  • "The staff working there were really unpleasant to talk to."
  • "The two women who were working at night had not only terrible customer service but they had attitudes."
  • "Horrible customer service. Typical arrogant person on the phone."

Portion Size & Value

Pros:

  • "So much food(not just random lettuce actual meat and chicken stacked) I couldn't finish it all for $10."
  • "Great portion size for not a lot of money."
  • "Love love love this place, the food is amazing."
  • "They also offer huge portion sizes of rice. Vegetables. And meat and for the price you pay its honestly a steal."
  • "You get quite a lot for 12 bucks."
  • "On top of it all, it's not expensive, either!"
  • "The platters are immense, even the small sized one."

Cons:

  • "They are sell outs.... no lamb with the platters.. they don't fill the container to the top anymore but jacked up the price."
  • "One of the worst experiences I have had with any of the halal guys restaurants and way over priced. For a small I was charged $9 and change and they didn't even fill it up. Just disappointed in what they have become."
  • "Portions are deceiving because they load up on lettuce rather than rice and meat."
  • "Agree with previous reviews that rice and meat portion size is horrible!"
  • "The portion is not that big, cart gives you full bowl which is more than sufficient for you but here you have to ask the server to fill more rice."
  • "Since this halal guys become franchise they charging more money and providing less food what they used to provide on there cart."
  • "This the second time he literally give very very less rice."

Cleanliness & Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Rest was clean."
  • "The place was so clean and staff was so nice that I thought it was a new restaurant."
  • "The place is always clean, and the food is great!"
  • "Restaurant very clean."
  • "The restaurant is always clean and service is always great."
  • "Setting is nice and sanitary."
  • "Overall, a nice clean facility."

Cons:

  • "The place was very filthy and aside from the fact that the staff was wearing their masks under their nose, they were rude."
  • "Rest room is not clean and full of wasted water on the ground."
  • "They served us old hard rice, very small portions."
  • "Food is super dry without the sauce and the lettuce taste old."
  • "The food has been gentrified. Lamb/chicken combo with rice and salad is supposed to taste a certain way and when you get to have a sit down version of your favorite food truck you expect the same great taste."
  • "I found bones in my platter once. And last time I found a strand of long hair in my rice."
  • "Beef was dried out, lettuce was spoiled."

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