Konaseema Cuisine Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great food, nice portions, be prepared for spice."
• "Konaseema boneless chicken Biriyani is just awesome."
• "Love their food, very consistent with taste."
• "The food was good and the prices were reasonable."
• "Liked it specifically the punugulu. That's best."
• "The tandoori chicken and paneer butter masala were amazing."
• "The food was very tasty and very close to what we make at home back in India."

Cons:

• "Very unhygienic place and unprofessional staff."
• "Quality of the biryani/ food is worst."
• "MSG is used in all their food, including Indian food & Biryanis."
• "Not that great food. Appetizers are good but not amazing. Biryani isn’t like real biryani."
• "Kadai chicken was too salty and it spoiled all my mood."
• "Food was very bland and raw in some cases."
• "The most horrible food ever ate."

Service

Pros:

• "The restaurant is very clean and nicely decorated and I recommend this to others that are interested in South Indian cuisine."
• "Staff are cool and food arrived on time."
• "Great customer service."
• "Bhargav, is the go to guy he is really good at treating the customers well."
• "The person who took our order was very kind and attentive, he ensured we were all happy with the food."
• "The server staff name gopi was suspended excellent n great & gopi was giving us the best n amazing fast n good service."
• "The service was very kind and friendly."

Cons:

• "Service was not only slow but incredibly rude."
• "The service is a bit slow."
• "The customer service is lacking, and they are not apologetic and get defensive when they make an error."
• "Slightly slow service had to remind for water a couple of times."
• "Person who received order is very rude. Doesn't fit to be a front desk."
• "Service is very poor."
• "Horrible service, impolite and taking customers for granted."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Overall ambience is pretty decent."
• "This is one of the hidden gems of Indian dining in Central Jersey."
• "Really nice atmosphere."
• "Restaurant and ambience is amazing."
• "Family restaurant with great ambiance."
• "Ambience is nice. Telugu songs & movies in background."
• "Ambience and restrooms are well maintained."

Cons:

• "Interiors could be a little brighter and more ethnic looking."
• "Very small. Absolutely not for group size larger than 5."
• "Too many TVs around distracting from food and conversations."
• "We observed lot of flies around the dine in table after some time, which is disguising."
• "There is something disconcerting about three screens showing different video clips none of which seemed to be synced with the rather loud music."
• "The bathroom is so dirty and also the floor of the whole restaurant is so slippery."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "Reasonable prices and quantity is good."
• "It’s reasonable and definitely worth trying!!"
• "Prices are a little high compared to other Indian places, but for the quality of food, and the large portion sizes, I think it more than makes up for the value."
• "Overall good food with comparatively better prices."

Cons:

• "I have ordered from them numerous times. Good food. However today I was coned, I ordered an appetizer(gobi Manchurian) was charged 14.92 irrespective of their advertised price of 11.99 on the website."
• "I have ordered goat biryani family pack tray today which was the worst biryani I have ever had."
• "Literally everything we got was soooo salty!!!"
• "Nice place and ambience, but the goat biriyani was not fresh."
• "But wait time to get the order was around one hour."
• "Over priced $$$."
• "They take too much time to serve food after order."