Dhaba Express Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "I tried out pahadi kabab it is lipsmacking spicy 5/5, butter chicken 5/5, paneer kali mirch 5/5, goat dum biryani 5/5."
• "The chicken masala is surprisingly really good."
• "Incredibly good food at insanely reasonable prices."
• "By far the best kebabs in the area."
• "The special Samosa and the Spring rolls were delicious."
• "They serve the best Chicken Biryani you can eat."
• "The food was very flavorful, delicious and reminded me of home cooked meals back in Pakistan."

Cons:

• "It was such a waste of money. My son hated it."
• "For pickup, the biryani was very different and poor quality."
• "Never ever order from this place, you don’t know what will you get 😟"
• "We ordered paneer tikka masala which the restaurant people suggested but not up to mark."
• "Horrible !!! I ordered roti for takeout and all i got was dough rolled into thin sheets."
• "The food was not good at all."
• "The food was completely disgusting, didn’t get the feel of eating Dhaba food."

Service

Pros:

• "Great services..even when you can see the stress on their faces ..you can tell they're trying their damn best."
• "Owner and staff are extremely nice and courteous."
• "Yogendra & team are always made the service best to the customer."
• "Service was excellent and waiter was also very friendly."
• "Their service was extraordinaire! Super friendly and attentive."
• "The staff is really friendly and makes efforts to make your experience better."
• "Staff is very courteous and helpful, and the service is very fast."

Cons:

• "Well i dont have to be rude here but they dont know how to talk."
• "I called the restaurant to explain was told the Manager will call back. They didn't even have the courtesy to call back and check what was wrong with the order."
• "I had to shout to get their attention."
• "Customer service is also bad. Not going here again."
• "However the latest rude behavior of their staff has made it clear that they are not worthy of my business."
• "We got some weird vibes from the staffs."
• "The service was extremely slow."

Ambience

Pros:

• "This restaurant is an absolute hidden gem."
• "The overall atmosphere is casual, just what a dhaba should be like."
• "It is one of the authentic North indian food places to try. It has plenty of parking available."
• "Wonderful Indian restaurant, and a small nondescript hut, right off the highway."
• "Taste was very close to Authentic Indian flavor like the one we get in India."
• "Great place for family, friends and loved ones."
• "Everything is packed nicely with no chance of anything leaking."

Cons:

• "The ambience if you’re there in person: it’s very casual, not very big or fancy… so if you’re looking for a lavishly decorated place with high-end look, this is not that."
• "There is very small place for dining in with 2 row of 4 chair sitting arrangements which makes place really congested."
• "This place is in a small place. And if you have a party of 5 and more. Then I wouldn’t recommend coming here."
• "The only thing is would say is to increase the volume of the place to make it more convenient and ambience friendly."
• "Space is congested! Not a seating space you don’t have kind of privacy in dine-in options."
• "The space is small, kind of like hole in the wall restaurant."
• "There is no sitting arrangement for larger group."

Value

Pros:

• "We were provided with printed bags for our carryout which was a nice gesture."
• "Great experience got delivery. Jackfruit biryani was awesome!!"
• "It's newly opened in Parsippany. Earlier it was Mirch masala, but that place is completely renovated and opened as Dhaba express."
• "Nice clean place. Price is very reasonable. Friendly staff."
• "Prices are reasonable and portions are huge."
• "Everything is sooooo delicious."
• "The portions are great for the money and there’s tons of things for everyone on the menu."

Cons:

• "Not a very good experience, tried them 3rd time today."
• "Will not recommend this to anyone."
• "Prices I believe are a bit on high end..maybe as I'm from New York and we get desi food much cheaper here than in Jersey."
• "This place is very pricey; will not recommend specially for take-out."
• "The only gripe is that the portion sizes seem to have reduced a bit and prices have increased a tad."
• "I ordered Chicken biriyani here and guess what the biriyani is too salty and full of masalas (way too much) unable to eat it."
• "Biryani was tasteless and not fresh."