Nawab Grill & Halal Meat

One of my favorite ethnic take out places (I’m a white guy). Great chicken biryani special on Monday ($ 4.99 instead of $ 7.99 for an ENORMOUS portion). Everything I had is good, some excellent: chicken karahi, chicken 65, Bindi masala, mutter paneer, black channa, and dal are my choices. VERY spicy. Large portions at good prices.

The seekh kababs and tandoori chicken are pretty good. They also have naan. Try their kabab rolls. Friendly hosts.

Used to serve excellent Mutton Biryani. probably the best I have had here in NJ. It hasnt been so great the last 2 times. I know people have brought up the issue of cleanliness — they have redone the place recently and it looks much better from the outside now. What happens inside (the kitchen) — I have no idea !!
The chicken biryani is decent. Have not tried anything else. Its a goof place for a take out.

Ordered a tandoori chicken which turned out to be the worst tandoori chicken of my life. You just can’t mess up with a tandoori chicken and if you do then there is something wrong with your restaurant. It was pretty cold and tasted awful.
I am not going there again.

Pay no attention to those negative reviews. As I’ve only been patronizing this establishment for about a year, I can’t comment on the business prior to that point. My experience is of quality food at reasonable to inexpensive prices, a very clean environment and and excellent service.

The main problem with this place really is cleanliness.
Management:
–I’ve had good experiences with the management. The owner of the store is really polite and holds a conversation with me while I wait for my meat.
Cleanliness:
–I’ve seen them handle the cooked food with unclean hands (aka without washing up after cutting the meat).
–I get sick almost every time I eat their cooked food
Meat:
–That being said, it *is* a butchery and their meat is excellent. I used their beef for moussaka at Christmas (I know, odd time to prepare this dish) and it was excellent. The beef did not smell (unlike the stuff we got at Stop and Shop) and it wasn’t too fatty.
Bottomline: just know what to order when you go here. Their raw meat is always good but the cooked food, not so much. And in accordance with the review below, they could really clean up their act.

Management is extremely courteous and will add or decrease heat in the food as you like. Reasonably priced and quite delicious. Their ‘Naan’ is freshly made so please call ahead to avoid waiting. Great for catering purpose.
Their raw meat section sells fresh meat and is reasonably priced. The chicken is definitely better than the Stop N shop.
Place is clean and does not smell (as other small meat stores).
They are opening a new ‘Chaat’ and ‘Paan’ section. Waiting to taste that too !!

The management at Nawab grill seemingly thinks that making food extra extra hot and spicy that burns tongues (for a start, that is, and then works its way down painfully… umm…ALL the way…) will win them accolades and lots of customers. Unfortunately they ignore the fact that more often than not, it is the children of the household who persuade their parents into getting them biriyani, kabab and the like and it is impossible (and unsafe) for them to eat food this hot. I would encourage them to use a little more imagination and effort and think of flavors that exotic spices of the east other than loads of chilly flakes can add to food and make it more enticing and enjoyable. The place could use a bit of cleaning too, just thought I’d add. Again, as is customary of Indian sub-​continent businesses, total smugness and self-​righteous attitudes make this place belong right to the abject club.

Friendly, helpful guy worked the counter. Small selection of decently priced dry goods ($ 3 for a 2 lb bag of dried masoor dall (pink/​orange lentils). Tried the 5.99 $ ½ chicken + rice/​salad platter to go. Chicken was wonderfully moist and tender. Good amount of spice, not to hot. Biryani rice wasn’t my favorite but I think that was more a matter of I just don’t like the flavors than poor preparation.
My food was ready in under 10 minutes. It seems that the chicken was prepared to order (to some degree at least). You can call ahead to limit your wait time. There are some specials that aren’t listed on the menu (see photos).
One problem — about 50% of the chicken was raw.