Amma’s Kitchen Reviews Summary

Category: Indian restaurant Edison, New Jersey

Address: 1671 Oak Tree Rd, Edison, NJ 08820, USA

Phone: +17323541363

Rating: 3.9
based on 248 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Value for money with no compromise on food quality."
  • "If you want to eat some real good authentic South Indian food with taste, this is the place."
  • "One of the best place for family occasion, best South Indian food ever in New Jersey."
  • "Easily one of the best South Indian places."
  • "Fantastic South Indian food-maybe some of the best chicken curry and Malabar/Kerala paratha I can remember having anywhere!"
  • "Each time the food was fresh, hot and delicious."
  • "Best Indian food in the US. The taste is authentic."

Cons:

  • "Only thing idli was bad. Felt like over fermented old batter."
  • "Chicken 65 is very dry, probably because it has been overcooked or microwaved leftover."
  • "The food taste was the WORST."
  • "Most of the items were bland tasting."
  • "Very disappointed with the quality of food."
  • "Food was horrible and there is no taste."
  • "The taste of the chicken gravy or the kushka or the rasam are not good at all."

Service

Pros:

  • "The service is great and the workers are kind."
  • "Really appreciate their friendly service."
  • "The service was also amazing with very less wait time."
  • "The staff are really friendly."
  • "Hospitality is really cool and the way they interact is awesome."
  • "Servers are generous and staff behavior is good."
  • "The staff was very polite."

Cons:

  • "But there were struggles and delays as they don't have much staffs to serve and organize."
  • "Horrible service. We ordered food from here before and had no issues. But, this weekend we decided to sit and eat there. It was very unprofessional."
  • "When I was trying to give feedback about the quality, they didn’t even bother to listen."
  • "The servers especially the one with glasses have attitude of not serving food."
  • "Only 2 persons were serving food and 1 server with glasses is very rude and is just throwing food on the leaf as if he is forced to work at this place."
  • "The service was also very bad, the servers were very rude."
  • "Customer service was horrible."

Ambience

Pros:

  • "It’s a nice place to South Indian food. Not expect very good ambience but food wise it’s good."
  • "The seating is decent and outside seating is good (depending on weather)."
  • "This place is a hidden gem! It’s actually three small restaurants in one."
  • "Outdoor sitting options available."
  • "The atmosphere was comfortable. Definitely family oriented."
  • "The atmosphere is warm and inviting."
  • "The ambiance is cozy, making you feel like you’re dining with family."

Cons:

  • "The restaurant looked like your walking into a bathroom."
  • "It's so unorganized, dirty and cheap quality."
  • "The cleanliness of the place is also a typical TN style with flies everywhere."
  • "Their ambience may not be great."
  • "Not a nice place to sit and eat as the ambience sucks."
  • "The seating area is way too claustrophobic, shabby, crammed, unkempt and in general shoddy."
  • "The tables were not clean, especially during COVID-19!?"

Value

Pros:

  • "Authentic south Indian tasty food. all for $14.99."
  • "Everything is $10-$15 and comes with a big serving."
  • "Ordered a goat meal... just for 12.99 !!!!!wow amazing."
  • "Their $5 combo platters are huge enough to fill up anyone."
  • "Food tastes great. I am vegetarian and they have best Veg biryani."
  • "Good quantity of food for a very very reasonable pice."
  • "Prices here are unbeatable, when similar places are more expensive."

Cons:

  • "Very pathetic experience and disappointing...almost wasted $180."
  • "Thali meals are quite expensive during weekends."
  • "Too bad I had to pay $16 per person for that gross food."
  • "Price is too high, but quality is not up to the mark."
  • "$20 buffet is not cheap and I expect some level of hygiene and quality."
  • "Too costly compare to food quality and service."
  • "Not worth for the price we are paying. Banana Leaf Non veg - $20 + $15 gratuity."

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