Chowpatty Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Indian restaurant Iselin, Woodbridge Township, NJ

Address: 1349 Oak Tree Rd, Iselin, NJ 08830, USA

Phone: +17322839020

Rating: 4.3
based on 115 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Jeetu ji is the star of Chowpatty! He served us like we were in India!!"
  • "Hats off to the small cap guy for his exceptional service."
  • "Great service and amazing food."
  • "They are very cordial and accommodating."
  • "Feeding 500 people is no easy task yet Chowpatty did it so seamlessly."
  • "The team expressed enthusiasm to give us the best experience we could ask for during one of the most important weekends of our lives."
  • "Staff is always friendly and humble."

Cons:

  • "Extremely rude to my wife and her friends."
  • "Unbelievably rude!"
  • "Service was slow and staff was less talkative."
  • "Very unpleasant experience! Dint serve us just tea on the table for a party of 5 because it was weekend!"
  • "They have a server who is so rude, not even trying to listen what the order is or so."
  • "The waiter wasn't very helpful when I asked questions."
  • "BAD Customer service."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Very clean."
  • "The place is clean and effort is maintained to keep it clean."
  • "Restaurant was clean."
  • "Place was clean and safe for outdoor dining during Covid era."
  • "Store is clean and appealing."
  • "Place was very clean."
  • "Not only this place is hygienic but food is consistently good compared to others."

Cons:

  • "Also, they could do better with keeping the place clean."
  • "Used their rest room, they were not hygienic."
  • "Place was not very clean, tables were sticky."
  • "People use their bare hand to make and serve food. So gross!"
  • "We even found a hair in our food, but when we told the staff, we didn't get any response."
  • "In all the food had some kind of weird smell!!!"
  • "Used their rest room, they were not hygienic."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Sweets are good and they have wide variety of sweets."
  • "The puri was great, as it was the size of a meatball and very crispy."
  • "Gujarati Thali, Lunch Special and Corn Kachoris were mouth watering."
  • "Love chowpathy thalis. Amazing taste. Punjabi thalis are too good."
  • "Their food was amazing to boot."
  • "The food was good."
  • "The food was quite tasty."

Cons:

  • "Ragda pattice is not worth the price."
  • "Felt like chole bhature is made of old used oil and not fresh."
  • "Low quality food.. Not freshly made."
  • "The stuffing for the panipuri was stale and unappetizing."
  • "The gathiyas then have a very dirty oil smell."
  • "Food was not good at all."
  • "Hakka noodles were super oily and smelly."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "The restaurant vibe was good."
  • "The ambiance is also so cute - love the feel of being in India with the cool truck style kitchen - must come see."
  • "Loved the ambiance and interior is very interesting."
  • "The ambience was welcoming, wait staff was accommodating, and the decor is beautiful inside."
  • "Colorful interiors with amazing murals."
  • "Very colorful and beautiful interiors."
  • "The interior has a casual and festive street fair vibe."

Cons:

  • "The atmosphere was very quiet. It definitely needed some soft music to liven up the vibe in the restaurant."
  • "Biggest challenge is parking spots."
  • "All of them provide only the Indian names of the dish and no description of what it contains."
  • "Finding a street parking was such a pain in the super busy Oak tree road."
  • "Parking is an issue. You have to park your car in other block as it has a street parking which is always hard to get."
  • "Says it has outdoor seating on Google... But doesn't actually have outdoor seating, none!!!"
  • "Also they don't have parking for their customers."

Value

Pros:

  • "Chowpatty had excellent service and fair pricing."
  • "Nice food, good for evening snacks. Reasonable price."
  • "Prices are also competitive."
  • "A good one among tons of options available on oak tree road... reasonable price and good quality food."
  • "Price was reasonable."
  • "Overall good place. Visible from road, they don’t have parking space."
  • "Highly recommend."

Cons:

  • "They should have a time limit on photos. We waited 20 minutes to take 3 pictures."
  • "Awful service, very small portions, and too expensive for the price."
  • "I am deeply disappointed as the sweets were not fresh and were hard and dry."
  • "The prices are ridiculously high and food quality is not up to the mark of price points."
  • "For just 2 plates of Panipuri I spent a whopping $23."
  • "Too pricey for the area."
  • "But price is high for the quantity."

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