Desi Galaxy

Must try: live Pani puri, rose falooda, Chhole bhatoore, charts, Indian tea. Food is so awesome that I can’t stop visiting here week by week!

This review is solely for the juice bar. My friend and I had come here specifically to taste some sugarcane juice.
The sugar cane juice is freshly squeezed, which is good. The price was a bit much, though, with a medium [about the size of a cup] being 5 dollars. The sugar cane juice itself wasn’t as cold as you’d hope for from authentic sugar cane juice and that took away from the taste.

Multiple food sellers in a sort of food court. Each seller has some similar foods, but each with their own specialty. CASH ONLY! Good selection. Good food. Mostly veg, but some chicken. At least one seller had options with no onion, no garlic if requested.

Boiled egg keemo is to die for. Reminds of the street side egg dishes from India. Enjoyed it with a cup of steaming masala tea. Heavenly beginning!

This place is actually a little market with different varieties of Indian food like sweets, curries, juice shop, etc. definitely worth checking out. Me and my fiancé had mango lassi and falooda from the juice shop and it was amazing.

One of my fav places in jersey they have everything from chole bature to butter chicken Pani puri and amazing sandwiches and did I mention they have a mini dessert bar that has falooda and also sugar cane juice with ginger and lemon in it just like India whenever I goto jersey I always come here for there sugar cane juice, a definite place to come with friends and family everyone would have more then enough options to choose from

Food is good but go there only when you have lots of time in hand. Waiting time is 30 minutes minimum. It’s self service but there is so much crowd that you have to be patient before you can get food. We had pav bhaji, dal bati, sabji puri and vada pav here. Everything tasted good and real authentic Indian. No complaints on taste!

Anytime i’m in central NJ I HAVE to go to Desi Galaxy for a meal. It’s cheap and delicious indian food every single time. It’s the corner spot of the strip mall and has 6 food stalls, a drink station, and a paan place. I’m a creature of habit so I always got to Punjabi express (i think that’s what it’s called… right in the middle). You can get a whole meal + naan made in the traditional tandoori oven for just $ 8.
The drink place has the best lassi. A medium sized drink will run you $ 5. Totally worth it in my eyes.
I have never had a bad experience here. Keep in mind the weekend crowd is extremely crowded.

Never try sugarcane juice at Truti Fruti. It was just water with flavor of sugarcane! 1 star, because star was mandatory!

Extremely lame service. Acknowledging a customer’s existence is something they need to learn.

It used to be good, I went there yesterday after few months, horrible, i threw away most of the take out food, new faces, management change? HORRIBLE.

this is the awsome place for dosa and south indian food highly recommended and comfortable with the price also compare to other restaurants

Great place.
Amazing authentic eastern asian food. Each stall is a different variety with the entire place set up food court style.
I just wish that they all accepted credit cards!

Been coming here for years. It was always a food court. It changes décor once every few years. It is a desi food court. It was Punjabi, chats, Indian Chinese, snacks, juices, pan etc.
So pretty much something for everyone. The food is pretty good. Defiantly a good snack place.

The chats were okay but the food was really bad. The samosas were bland and the Hakka noodles were soggy. There was free kichu which was greasy and tasted weird. I wouldn’t go back here again.

I use to love their food and was a regular customer at oak tree road location. However past few time gad a nightmare and Worst customer service experience. They offers stale food and upon telling they just ignore and the workers there passed comments and showed arrogance as if they are doing us a favor by serving…
But their sugar tree plaza location is a bit better… May go there now on…

What do you do when you’re in a new town, most of the stores seem closed for another hour and you’re in desperate need of a bathroom break? After driving from Manhattan to Iselin to go dress shopping we realized that not only was the store we were aiming for was not open yet, most of the stores in the area were closed for another hour. Yikes. We Unilocaled for a lunch place nearby and found Desi Galaxy, a food court style place with 6 – 7 different vendors, with flavors spanning all edges of India (and beyond!)
Seating is self serve and very casual, so you can shift chairs around as needed. Since we went in the morning it was quiet with plenty of seating available. Two clean bathrooms too.
Come here for affordable and authentic food, as they cater to the huge local South Asian community. We had some chai tea (with ginger and cardamom, $ 1.25) from BLK Juice center. Dahi puri ($ 5), aloo tikki chaat ($ 5), and samosa (2 per plate, $ 2) from Bombay Spice.
Be prepared for extreme spiciness (depending on region and dish). I’m what you’d call «spice intolerant», so I specifically ask for mild or non-​spicy food. My family, on the other hand, live for the heat, so they really enjoyed this food. Even they found it spicy… Which means it was some serious stuff, no playin’ around.

Awesome food. I just loved it.
I specially liked the Vada Pav which is amazing.

Wow. What a discovery. Desi Galaxy totally blindsided me. It’s a pretty small food– court style space. There are about 5 different vendors catered to both vegetarians and non-​vegetarians.
The GOOD —
Excellent Indian food. I ordered a dosa. When it’s done right, dosas are very impressive. It’s a simple dish — a crêpe filled with potatoes and onions. Sounds boring right? But, forget what you know about «crepes.» This dosa was HUGE, just the way it should be (sitting way off of your plate on either side). The masala potato filling was perfect. The sambar was right there with some of the best I’ve had.
CHEAP food available from $ 3 to $ 15 My dosa was only $ 6. It doesn’t get better than this quality and this price.
Pani Puri — I honestly have not had pani puri in years. Major con was that for $ 5.50 you only got six puris, which is kind of a rip because they cost like 1 cent. What the heck? I wish the plate had at least 10. The pani (water) was so tasty, and it even comes with a little side of tamarind sauce. They skimp on the potatoes and beans, too.
Overall, Desi Galaxy has some REALLY great food. If you’re craving Indian from near or far. It’s definitely worth the trouble.

I love their saomsas! And only $ 1.00. Quick and easy lunch within walking distance for me!

This place gets four stars only because it’s tiny.
Otherwise, this place is amazing. I love the variety of foods. Everything is so delicious and incredible. I love that there are so many different food stands!

My dad introduced my desi galaxy and now it’s a Sunday morning ritual. I would give it more that three stars however I think over time this place has lost it’s quality. My dad used to love the fresh Gota they used to make but now they make a big batch and reheat them.
This place still has the best papdi chaat on oak tree road and love love love their warm tea!!!

One of the best Chicken Makhani I’ve ever had. Price is very reasonable for the platter (onion salad, non-​veg dish, and rice), which is around $ 8. Also, the portion was huge.
Not to mention it was nice to enjoy a Limca outside of India :-). I noticed the drink stand had a Thumbs Up, as well.

Best Indian food ever!!! Although seating is a hot commodity at this place

Yes folks, it’s opened again… after the fire, it has reemerged.
That’s all I can say about it.
They kept everything pretty much the same. The stands have changed. It only showcases what I assume is different regions. (Before they had indian-​chinese and others too)
Price is still cheap.
They still make fresh naan.
But the food isn’t as good as I remembered it from before the fire.
But I’ll probably go back cause it’s cheap Indian that’s not buffet.
(No buffets for me cause I can’t control myself… :-P)