India Palace

Decided to try this place out recently. Ordered Chicken Biryani, Tandoori Chicken, Butter Chicken and Butter naan.
First the good, tandoori chicken was flavorful and spicy as I like it. However, it was floating in an oil based curry sauce, which is too much and not something I’m used to with tandoori chicken.
Butter chicken was good and spicy, but the tastes seemed way to concentrated too me. Like they used way too many packets of spice mixes or masala. I prefer a more cleaner and lighter taste, even if spicy.
The Chicken biryani was the worse I’ve ever had. It tasted horrible and was mixed with way too many concentrated spices that destroyed the overall taste. Plus they used boneless chicken cubes which is unheard of in a real biryani. I will stick to Shalimar for biryani.
The Butter naan was drenched in way too much butter. Usually it’s just supposed to be a light paste. I would get naan without the butter.
Overall, a little pricey, but decent food, but they use too many spices and oil, and I don’t mean spicy hot, but just too many concentrated spices which kills the overall flavor and makes everything greasy and gross. And Biryani is horrible.

Not like before just wasted money here today never again and food taste different every time I gave it another chance but didn’t work out

Excellent food literally EXCELLENT
Lamb Chops were amazing and I loved the Goat Briyani. Kebabs were spicy and good.

We read reviews on Unilocal and decided to give this place a try.
It was a sunday afternoon, 1PM. The place was mostly empty. We were asked to select a place and seat ourselves.
There was no buffet, as sat and sun there is no buffet. A bit sad but we still decided to proceed.
Tables are neat, staff is prompt, there was only one waiter but given that only 4 tables were occupied, there were no delays. They serve complementry papad, fried.
We ordered food– sham savera, veg jalfreezi, onion kulcha, paratha and butter naan. All medium spicy. They don’t serve complimentary rice. For our indian taste buds the food was rather less spicy, I guess we should have ordered more spices. The curries are a little on the oil heavy side which doesn’t go well with our pellet. Breads were good, I specially liked the butter naan which was not too soft like at the other indian joints.
The cost was $ 15 per head including tips.
We will like to give another try to this place. But the first visit was not a very rememberable one.
3 stars for service, bread and cost. Hope it is better next time.

5 Star lamb chops
2.5 star service.
But the lamb chops are so damned good who cares

The food is incredible. I usually get the Goat Curry and Vegetable Samosas. It’s the best Indian food in the area, and there is plenty of competition. Staff is always friendly. Highly recommended.

This is my favorite Indian restaurant of all time. The food is spicy and is very flavored. HUGE PORTIONS. Try the Pizza Naan as an appetizer.

One of my favorite Indian restaurants among the Edison/​Oak Tree Rd. area selection. I’ve had the lunch time buffet, dine– in dinner, and take out. Each was delicious, filling, and of high quality.
The lunch buffet is definitely the best bang for your buck, and a great way to introduce yourself to the myriad flavors of Indian cooking. A la carte items can get pricy, but if you’re with a few people willing to share you can have more varied flavors.
Lamb saag (puréed spinach style) is my favorite along with just about any biryani (rice dish). Vindaloo was also amazing. Service is prompt, and they leave a pitcher of water on the table as you eat. They didn’t trust my boyfriend when he ordered his dish «hot» on the spice scale which is probably smart of them. Caution — their «hot» is truly serious.
Rice does not come with the meals, but one order is easily enough for 2 – 3 people. Jeera rice is where it’s at — white rice cooked with aromatic herbs and spices.
Open on Mondays but closed Tuesdays!

The lunch buffet for $ 7.99 is a very good deal. The food had interesting, strong spices. The pieces of chicken in the chicken curry and chicken masala were smaller than I prefer, but the sauces were good. The restaurant is simple, but the bathroom is clean and the waiter was very nice.
BYOB and liquor store in same mall.

Try the lamb chops, biryani, lasoni chicken and achari chicken and thank me later.
The service is fantastic and the food is amazing. My cousins and I try out as many Indian places as we can and we always come back here!

India palace is my dirty little secret in the middlesex county area. I have had dinner at just about all the Indian restaurants in the edison/​Iselin area but ever since I’ve had India palace I can’t go back to any of the other places. Eating at India Palace feels like I am eating an authentic, fresh Indian meal in a small village in India. It’s simply the best. It’s a mom and pop shop and byob! Best part… the liquor store is next door. We love having our huge family birthday dinners there because they can accommodate us and they are very children friendly. My favorite dishes are the lamb chops (BEST CHOPS EVER), tawa chicken, tandoori fish, tandoori corn, chicken kebabs, grilled paneer, lasoni chicken and goat biriyani! The most disappointing thing is when I’m craving India Palace on Tuesday and it’s closed =[…but that’s me being selfish!!!

Excellent. Out of all the Indian restaurant’s I’ve eaten at in the area, this is hands down the best! Chicken 65, Bagahri Jinga, and Gost Korma are my favorites!

I recently went here with my girlfriend for the lunch buffet special. The two of us have tried nearly 30 different Indian restaurants in NJ, keeping a list of places we’ve tried, and were excited to give India Palace a go.
First off, we went on an extremely cold day, but the heat was not on inside. Besides shivering while eating, ALL the food at the buffet was room temp to nearly cold!
The food itself was extremely low quality. The paneer makhani was definitely pre packaged and not home made. The paneer cubes were all the same size and texture unlike any I’ve had before at an actual restaurant. I believe the chana masala may have also been frozen prior and from a store.
Overall, the food was extremely bland and disappointing. The naan was decent but not enough to save this. We left feeling like we’d been cheated out of an actual Indian lunch.

We were just disappointed. My husband and I have been to a whole bunch if Indian restaurants and this just wasn’t good. The naan was overcooked, the korma didn’t come with rice, the other two dishes we get we’re nothing special. Just happened to be in the area for a business trip so we won’t be back anyway.

I no longer have to wait for my neighbor to make me Chicken Biryani… Love this place

Lovely Indian eatery. The customer service was very good with the waitstaff taking time to educate my guest and I on the dishes. The food portions were quite hefty which was good for me because I didn’t have to worry about lunch the following day. Not the best, not the worst so I’m open to trying this place again.

Best indian food you will find! I have tried many, many different restaurants in NJ and NY and none can beat them. The food is very delicious but beware it is spicy as it should be, because its authentic indian. Also everything is cooked to order so no frozen food, you will notice just by the taste of the food. I’d recommend the lamb roganjosh, chicken tikka masala, chicken vindaloo, lamb chops, chicken tikka, chicken 69… those are my favs

I love this place. The food is delicious. But does anyone else feel jittery and have a pounding heart rate after eating their food? I’ve eaten there twice in the past week for dinner and both times could not sleep or slept really poorly after. I hate to bash this place, bc, like I said, the food is delicious. But the past two times i’ve eaten here, I simply felt WEIRD — hyper, keyed up, jittery. Literally almost makes me wonder if I’m reacting to some spice in their food. Anyone else experience this?

1^st impression no one is there to seat you… We waited a few minutes but eventually the staff came out and sat us. They had booth and table seating. 2^nd impression is that it had to be good if all the guests are Indian (close to getting home cooked meals). 3^rd the tables were presentable and clean presentation of food was nice.
They offered mild, medium and hot spice which I thought was good for people wanting to learn to eat Indian food.
We ordered chicken korma and chicken paneer (chicken in the Spanish style sauce) both with medium spice. The Korma was not the best I ever had it was missing something but def good the spinach meal was def delicious. The rice was fluffy and delicious. The naan was delicious. Overall we cleaned our plates of the food. It wasn’t overly oily. We will def go back I would love to try their buffet so I will have to find out when they offer it. It was byob for beer/​wine. There is a liquor store two stores down. I would say def go try it out. Affordable pricing.

Went here with a friend a few months ago and was really happy with the food and service. Would definitely go back for the buffet!