Persis Indian Grill & Lounge - BYOB Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Honestly, some of the best Indian food you can find in Jersey."
• "Most amazing food I’ve had around here."
• "Food is awesome. Real South Indian home food. Fresh and tasty."
• "It's super authentic and the food was flavorful and most importantly, not heavy on your stomach."
• "Very pleased with the quality of the food from this restaurant."
• "All the dishes we had were very tasty but in particular schezwan fried rice was my favorite."
• "The food is amazing and tastes so delicious."

Cons:

• "No one should even try food there."
• "They were stale biryanis with the rice not Cooked and chicken too dry and blackened."
• "The food was tasteless and disgusting."
• "The Gobi 65 was horrible. Like cauliflower with just uncooked tandoori paste on it."
• "Food was very bad."
• "Really pathetic food and appalling service!"
• "Food was loaded with spices but did not taste good."

Service

Pros:

• "Additionally, the service was prompt and the staff was very friendly."
• "Professional, courteous and responsive staff."
• "The staff was extremely friendly & helpful!"
• "Staff was helpful in answering questions."
• "The waiter was very friendly to talk to."
• "The servers were courteous and the manager answered all of our questions about their menu with finesse."
• "Our server Rush was very nice and accommodating."

Cons:

• "If you are from Pakistan then this place will give you the worse service."
• "Worst customer service + don’t know how to take orders."
• "Everything takes forever here …!"
• "No courtesy towards customer at all."
• "The main issue was the length of time.....everything took very long to come out."
• "Service is less than average."
• "Service is very poor for the price they charge."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The ambience in and out of the restaurant is tastefully done and very importantly clean."
• "Located by itself in a nice secluded place, it has few parking space and interiors are nicely done."
• "Ambience - I was very happy to eat in a place where it was not dark but well lit and not too overpowering."
• "The actual restaurant itself had a very pleasant ambiance."
• "Awesome Ambience from entry to dinning area."
• "Peaceful ambiance. Pathway entrance is unique."
• "The restaurant also has a very nice ambiance."

Cons:

• "As soon as you enter the restaurant there is a strong smell of garlic, way more than typical Indian restaurant."
• "Decor and lighting sucked too."
• "The place is set up a little strange."
• "Stinking Place... First experience that I got when I entered the restaurant was stinking smell."
• "This place always look empty but now I see why."
• "The sauce was watery and one could easily drink as soup."
• "Food was below average quality & sizzler was barely warm let alone sizzling."

Value

Pros:

• "We are definitely coming back for more."
• "Helped us with DJ, who did a good job and kept people on the dance floor."
• "This place amazed me with delicious food, plenty of vegetarian options, and great service."
• "The portions are huge and I was full after an appetizer, Naan, and an entree."
• "You get very large portions of everything."
• "The food and ambience were definitely up to the mark."
• "The portions are pretty decent too."

Cons:

• "A complete wastage of $90.54 of my bill."
• "The food is extremely over priced."
• "We ordered family tray for 47$, but we got quality not even enough for 2 people."
• "For 12$ you get only 8 pieces. Tooooooooo expensive."
• "I couldn’t believe it when they charged me $50.53 for this (for 2 people)."
• "The only nitpicking price was in a higher range (15-18)."
• "The restaurant also charges 18% service charge without notification or mention on the menu or elsewhere, this is frankly an unacceptable way to run a business."