My husband and I eat here regularly and find their food to always be great and service efficient. They prepare the dishes to spice level. It’s a nice atmosphere and music too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Deborah M.
I can only have Indian food once in a while for stomach issues but I love it! Part of getting older lol. This place is my go to. We drive out of our way as we don't live in the area anymore. The owners are nice, the food is always fresh and amazing, they catered a work event for me as well, just wonderful. I'm a clean freak so it's very clean. I don't really care about ambiance personally, as long as the food is good, but the place is very aesthetically pleasing not just for a date, but to be causal and bring the family as well. If you're in the mood for Indian, I highly recommend! Like I said I don't even live close and drive past 2 other Indian places to come here.
C S (Cher)
Great place for Indian food. Our favorite. Everything's great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Arnold Mosesraj
Very good service ,with smile on face at all times. Very
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Malai Kofta
Akhila Pisupati
It's
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Regina De Loach
A complete vibe! And the food and service are excellent. I will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vanessa Betancourt
My husband and I went to Jyoti for dinner and we were so pleased with everything! It’s family owned and you can feel the care from the moment you walk in to the moment you leave. Friendly, attentive service. Delicious food very authentic. They even gave us free mango drinks to help us with the spice! This place deserves 5 star reviews and we will be back!! And our server Megha was lovely, ? thank you!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dom Chipolone
Best Indian restaurant experience in North Jersey for dine in, take out, or banquet style party. Authentic music, fun atmosphere, and the most wonderful people.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Naan, Chicken Tikka Masala
MC CG
I went to this place on a Saturday afternoon. The experience was just sad. The place has awesome ambience...the lunch buffet was not at all setup. The tandoori chicken only had like 4 dried pieces...the curry was not touched and the top layer was drying out...the lunch buffet was minimalist at best. The rice used was also not basmati. I will not come back here. There were only 2 tables occupied including me. So they were obviously not refilling food. But it's just sad. I hope they someone improve their business. All the best.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Butter Paneer Masala, Naan, Chicken Tikka Masala
Gursimran Singh
In terms of the food quality, the appetizers definitely hit the spot and the staff were very accommodating/welcoming! As for the venue, it’s a perfect sized space for an intimate gathering with your loved ones, and a great dance floor size.
We held a party at Jyoti. The hall was the only good thing. Our overall experience was pretty bad. My guests arrived in time, and the servers didn't bring the food till 45 minutes into the party. Buffet trays were always empty. We had to tell the server multiple times to refill the food. They were very short of staff. We got a live station of Aalu Tikki Chaat. It was a joke! The tikkis were laying on the side, with a bowl of chhole (chickpeas) in the middle. All the server did was add the yogurt and raw onion on the top. It was horrible! For Dinner, it was initially discussed that it would be out in 15 minutes after we tell them, but that day, the story was totally different. Dinner did not come out for 45 minutes to an hour. They intentionally delayed our program. We got the hall for 4 hours as per their policy, but we had to increase an hour and end up paying $300 extra!The food was cold, some of the entrees were dry and half cooked!We ordered 2 desserts- one was displayed, the other was being passed by the butler, but looks like hardly anyone got it!I would NOT recommend this place!!It was a total rip-off for us! The management was very poor!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Lou O'Caiside
100% my favorite spot and the place I bring everyone to. Never had a bad meal everything is exceptional. Family run and it shows through the service to the food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nancy Layne
Great food and great freindly service. They will accommodate anything you like. Its a must try.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
vicky multani
Food was not really good. I ordered Naan, it was half baked, everything was
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
HSSR
First of all, I would like to start with people in there. They were welcoming, accommodative, very patient, and very nice. Inside ambiance is really very good. It's not too dark or too right. Just right enough. Tables and chairs are clean. Went in with the idea of lunch buffet, but there are only 4 veg items. Way too less compared to other places. Probably, they had 2 non-veg items.Next food. The order was delivered pretty quickly. Unfortunately, the quality is not something I could boast about. The mixed veg pakoda was not even warm, and on top, it was charred. See the pic (half eaten). Rest can be seen in the other pic. Technically, it should be golden brown, but this was very dark brown to black. Ordered chili paneer and Gobi manchurian. Manchurian was kind of half baked. I could feel it to be still kind of eating batter and not Gobi. Chili paneer was OK, but a lot of big onion pieces. Chat papdi was the only one that was good.Entree, paneer masala was very good. Butter nan was soft and nice. Dal and jeera rice were also good. Veg biryani was ok. It was not great tasting, but it was not bad either. Manageable. I think we had too many appetizers, so probably biryani felt ok. But the texture was good, unlike I see in a lot of restaurants where it will be soggy and you don't like eating.Drinks were sherli Temple, which was good, and mango mint non alcoholic mohito was ok. Both had a very strong flavor of something artificial, which produced some medicine taste.But otherwise, we enjoyed the entrees. We have been to many parties in this restaurant and food was always good. If your requirement is more of an entree and not much appetizers, this would be a good place. It is a family owned business, and I have high regard to the family for serving the Indian community from such a long time.Vegetarian options: As usual in any Indian restaurant, what veg options are available? It is the same here, too. Just because you are a vegetarian, you would not return disappointed.
My husband and I eat here regularly and find their food to always be great and service efficient. They prepare the dishes to spice level. It’s a nice atmosphere and music too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I can only have Indian food once in a while for stomach issues but I love it! Part of getting older lol. This place is my go to. We drive out of our way as we don't live in the area anymore. The owners are nice, the food is always fresh and amazing, they catered a work event for me as well, just wonderful. I'm a clean freak so it's very clean. I don't really care about ambiance personally, as long as the food is good, but the place is very aesthetically pleasing not just for a date, but to be causal and bring the family as well. If you're in the mood for Indian, I highly recommend! Like I said I don't even live close and drive past 2 other Indian places to come here.
Great place for Indian food. Our favorite. Everything's great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good service ,with smile on face at all times. Very
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Malai Kofta
It's
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A complete vibe! And the food and service are excellent. I will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My husband and I went to Jyoti for dinner and we were so pleased with everything! It’s family owned and you can feel the care from the moment you walk in to the moment you leave. Friendly, attentive service. Delicious food very authentic. They even gave us free mango drinks to help us with the spice! This place deserves 5 star reviews and we will be back!! And our server Megha was lovely, ? thank you!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Indian restaurant experience in North Jersey for dine in, take out, or banquet style party. Authentic music, fun atmosphere, and the most wonderful people.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Naan, Chicken Tikka Masala
I went to this place on a Saturday afternoon. The experience was just sad. The place has awesome ambience...the lunch buffet was not at all setup. The tandoori chicken only had like 4 dried pieces...the curry was not touched and the top layer was drying out...the lunch buffet was minimalist at best. The rice used was also not basmati. I will not come back here. There were only 2 tables occupied including me. So they were obviously not refilling food. But it's just sad. I hope they someone improve their business. All the best.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Butter Paneer Masala, Naan, Chicken Tikka Masala
In terms of the food quality, the appetizers definitely hit the spot and the staff were very accommodating/welcoming! As for the venue, it’s a perfect sized space for an intimate gathering with your loved ones, and a great dance floor size.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
We held a party at Jyoti. The hall was the only good thing. Our overall experience was pretty bad. My guests arrived in time, and the servers didn't bring the food till 45 minutes into the party. Buffet trays were always empty. We had to tell the server multiple times to refill the food. They were very short of staff. We got a live station of Aalu Tikki Chaat. It was a joke! The tikkis were laying on the side, with a bowl of chhole (chickpeas) in the middle. All the server did was add the yogurt and raw onion on the top. It was horrible! For Dinner, it was initially discussed that it would be out in 15 minutes after we tell them, but that day, the story was totally different. Dinner did not come out for 45 minutes to an hour. They intentionally delayed our program. We got the hall for 4 hours as per their policy, but we had to increase an hour and end up paying $300 extra!The food was cold, some of the entrees were dry and half cooked!We ordered 2 desserts- one was displayed, the other was being passed by the butler, but looks like hardly anyone got it!I would NOT recommend this place!!It was a total rip-off for us! The management was very poor!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
100% my favorite spot and the place I bring everyone to. Never had a bad meal everything is exceptional. Family run and it shows through the service to the food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food and great freindly service. They will accommodate anything you like. Its a must try.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was not really good. I ordered Naan, it was half baked, everything was
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
First of all, I would like to start with people in there. They were welcoming, accommodative, very patient, and very nice. Inside ambiance is really very good. It's not too dark or too right. Just right enough. Tables and chairs are clean. Went in with the idea of lunch buffet, but there are only 4 veg items. Way too less compared to other places. Probably, they had 2 non-veg items.Next food. The order was delivered pretty quickly. Unfortunately, the quality is not something I could boast about. The mixed veg pakoda was not even warm, and on top, it was charred. See the pic (half eaten). Rest can be seen in the other pic. Technically, it should be golden brown, but this was very dark brown to black. Ordered chili paneer and Gobi manchurian. Manchurian was kind of half baked. I could feel it to be still kind of eating batter and not Gobi. Chili paneer was OK, but a lot of big onion pieces. Chat papdi was the only one that was good.Entree, paneer masala was very good. Butter nan was soft and nice. Dal and jeera rice were also good. Veg biryani was ok. It was not great tasting, but it was not bad either. Manageable. I think we had too many appetizers, so probably biryani felt ok. But the texture was good, unlike I see in a lot of restaurants where it will be soggy and you don't like eating.Drinks were sherli Temple, which was good, and mango mint non alcoholic mohito was ok. Both had a very strong flavor of something artificial, which produced some medicine taste.But otherwise, we enjoyed the entrees. We have been to many parties in this restaurant and food was always good. If your requirement is more of an entree and not much appetizers, this would be a good place. It is a family owned business, and I have high regard to the family for serving the Indian community from such a long time.Vegetarian options: As usual in any Indian restaurant, what veg options are available? It is the same here, too. Just because you are a vegetarian, you would not return disappointed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Samosas Appetizer, Naan