Bawarchi Biryani Corner

Appetizers were amazing. Well cooked and spicy like I wanted. But sadly didn’t like the biryani. No spices, no flavor, so plain, totally bland. Also the atmosphere felt dull and depressing though the service was friendly. Do try the fish and chicken lollipop. Do not recommend biryani unless you want to eat plain yellow rice.

Very disappointing, they put so much spices like even who likes spicy can’t have a spoon of biriyani. And biriyani doesn’t taste like biriyani, but like some turmeric mix rice.

Enthusiastic staff strive to provide a great service.. I ordered Hydrabadi Goat Dum Biryani- as suggested, and had a true Dum Biryani experience, surprisingly it was served with generous amount of pieces - it's a lot. If you are looking for authentic Biryani, this is the place to go. Locationwise, It's little bit off the main street, but they surely made it up with the food quality, taste and service. The other items we tried were, Spring Dosa and Gulab Jamoon. All were Awesome. A place where you see table cloths and cloth napkins - a rarity in that area. Also, this place is open very late. Five stars stars 🖐⭐️ for the wait staff and Five stars for the food.5️⃣⭐️

Ordered food at midnight around 1:30, I got the food with poor quality with different taste and smells, got improper response from restaurant

First thing we noticed was the staff and how they smiled and welcomed us gracefully. This is important for me and my friends. Sandhyq was our server and she was so excited to see us again; recommended some new dishes to Order, my friends asked lot of questions and she was very nice and accommodated all our requests. Great service by sandhya and team.👍. Can’t wait to go there.

Chicken is uncooked. Got 1 chicken piece in chicken biryani with marinating masala still on it. Plus, they give boiled colored rice with 2 chicken pieces, it is not actually a biryani.

FIRSTLY, THE MENU NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. IT IS SO STICKY AND DIRTY. PRICE OF FOOD IS BEFORE COVID. THEY NEED TO UPDATE PRICE ON THE MENU,ONLINE EVERYWHERE. Hope the restaurant owner sees this. Something was very suspicious about this place. It had good review hence wanted to try. Dining was open but there was no one in the restaurant(almost spent time around 90 minutes), all the people in the photo, video are delivery drivers waiting from 30 minutes and it was all smoky as you can see in the photo. There was only one server doing everything, online and dining. The place is not kept clean, the kitchen is very dark and dirty. The washrooms ughhh don't even think of using it, is stinking, sticky, washbasin is dirty. The restaurant did not look like a restaurant. It looked as if we were sitting at a funeral food function. They do not have anything, asked onions for the sides, they did not have, they have no raita(very watery) paneer was made like 3-4 days back and was so hard. Took 40 minutes to prepare one PANEER BIRIYANI. The lights were so bad, they are RUNNING THE RESTAURANT ON A LOOSE END. Very selfish restaurant, needs to hire more people for work. The FOOD DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO CHECK ALL CRITERIAS AND LET THE RESTAURANT OPEN AGAIN.

If you're craving an authentic taste of India, look no further than Bawarchi Biriyani Corner. My recent dining experience here was spectacular, thanks to their incredible biryani and goat curry. From the moment we stepped in, we were warmly greeted and seated promptly. The ambiance is inviting with tasteful décor that reflects the rich cultural heritage of India. The staff were exceptionally courteous and knowledgeable, offering insightful recommendations that made our meal even more delightful. The portion sizes were generous, ensuring we left fully satisfied yet already planning our next visit. Alongside the biryani, we enjoyed traditional accompaniments like raita and a variety of flavorful chutneys that complemented the dish beautifully. To top it off, the dessert selection was a delightful surprise, offering traditional Indian sweets that rounded out our meal perfectly.

I was very excited to try Bawarchi biryani. My friends absolutely rave about this place. So when I found myself in the vicinity of Jersey City I had to go check this place out. I ordered the chicken dum biryani and asked for spicy. The place was kind of empty looking. No tables or chairs laid out just a very long empty hall the end of which was a kitchen. I was greeted promptly but it was clear this is not a place where you can dine in. My biryani order was over $18 which I thought was actually kind of expensive. When I tried the biryani I was a little disappointed. The flavor was definitely on point and it was spicy and yummy which I loved. Chicken pieces were bland it was clear the masala had not penetrated the pieces. The chicken pieces were also really abnormally big for biryani. Rice was alright and well spiced but I kept biting in to pieces of ginger and green chilis which means the masala was kacha and not properly cooked before serving. The rice was mostly broken and clumped which is also not biryani is supposed to be. Overall the flavor was great but I'm not sure if I would come back here, especially at that price point. There are other biryani spots in this neighborhood that are dishing much better food.

One of the several joints in Jersey city, nothing appealing at first sight, extremely mediocre ambience. However, the food was good, specifically the chicken biryani and chettinad chicken. Good proportion for both entrees and appetizers at a good price range. Appetizers were moderate, liked the chicken pepper fry, okayish Apollo fish. But the entrees were great with authentic flavor. Slow service but quite a busy joint. Overall a good experience.

Fairly priced especially for online ordering apps. This is my second time ordering from here , and both times the butter chicken was super sweet as in sugar was added. The quantity is good and for the chicken biryani , I got two pieces of drumsticks with half boiled egg. I liked the biryani and the chicken 65 was okay. It really comes down to over the top sweetness of the butter chicken, other wise it would have been 3 stars. If it was a one time issue, I'd understand, but this is the second time and it was the same.

Horrible delivery service, when they have it. Ordered twice from this place. First time they left off all chutneys with the dosa order. They never fixed that and the dosa was tossed after a week. Today, ordered and it took nearly an hour before I was contacted by GrubHub that the restaurant has no driver to deliver. An hour. I will never order from here again.

Ordered on ubereats. No special instructions followed. Ordered chilli chicken - tastes more like chicken 65 with vinegar. Does not taste or look chinese. Chicken tikka masala has undercooked meat pieces. Garlic naan was 50c if you order any curry. Undercooked again. Will not order again

The ongoing pandemic has definitely taken a toll on a lot of businesses and public places since a consumer's mindset to buy anything outside of essentials or to visit a public place like a park or beach, has crippled down significantly. Now by living with what has become the new normal, it is commendable on how these businesses and public places continue to remain open and cater to the general public by following the safety standards. It is now all the more important that we as customers, support these heroes during these dark hours to mankind. We had craving for Biryani and since our relative was in town for Thanksgiving week, we decided to try Bawarchi at Jersey city. We made our orders through phone for Ulavuchaaru biryani, Panner biryani and Paneer Tikka Masala and were told a 20 minute prep time. The parking for this place is very tricky as the street is wicked for parking availability and you will never know when a No Parking board will appear at what place and have to be careful not be ticketed. The restaurant seems to be only serving To-Go'a currently as it was completely empty and only had the carry out bags and the person who was taking orders through phone. He acknowledged my arrival but just continued taking orders on phone and I waited and waited. As soon as he hung up the phone, I picked my bag myself, placed on the counter and asked him to check me out sooner so that I can escape a parking ticket and he seemed to show no remorse for having me waited for a simple thing. We brought the food home and everything was super delicious. Since Bawarchis are usually known for their super spice levels, we ordered a Medium spice on all of them. The food was great but I wish we had done the High spice as it lacked a bit of kick.

Needs an overall improvement. Flavors are subsidized by spice. Vijayawada spl biryani (Very Spicy ) is good Boneless biryani is also a good option. Chicken Majestic is an excellent appetizer

We ordered Chole Bhatura and it was pretty good. The Bhatura could have been softer, but the flavors were good. Value for money.

Ordered a simple sweet corn chicken soup. What I got was a mush of soup filled with pieces of tandoori chicken!!! Not cool

Again 4th time this happened, same order i gave Dosa with no Chutney and curry with no rice (where you can choose rice or roti) . last time i wrote the review when they repeated 3rd time now during Covid time . I took little leap of faith to order if they changed their management style but its same as old even worse. How can one person eat dosa with out chutney and other person can eat curry with out rice . These guys never change its not even worth of money . when you call they say again 45m to 50m wait by that time food will be cold already dosa came cold . Please don't waste your money with these guys not even worth it . THEY DID NOT REFUND THE MONEY AND AGAIN THEY DID NOT SEND THE ORDER . FOR REFUND I HAVE TO GO TO STORE AND GIVE THE ORDER FOR REFUND WHEN ITS A DELIVERY THEY HAVE TO COME AND PICK IT UP WHY WOULD YOU GO THERE AND GIVE GUYS THESE GUYS ARE BAD AND WORST PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF SOME MONEY AND TIME BY NOT ORDERING

Good biryani.They have lots of different varieties of biryanis.We love the gongura biryani,vijayawada special and avakai biryani.The portion size is decent .We tried a few appetizers as well and we like chicken majestic. The biryanis can be spicy,so let them know before hand if you don't want it to be too spicy.

They don't deserve even one star. Awful facepalm experience. Don't get cheated and waste your money, take your business to a better place.

So I ordered the food on a Thursday night and it was pretty late but I was glad that they were open until 1 AM for delivery. I ordered vegetable Manchurian, chicken lollipop- Uber app has it advertised as popular, and paneer tikka masala with 1 garlic naan. I'm going to start with the best first which was the paneer tikka masala it was a delight and I would definitely recommend you order that. Chicken lollipop was Not good and taste felt like he was bland it could've been better marinated. The vegetable Manchurian was I think the worst I've tried only because it tasted as if they put a lot of ketchup and didn't season it well. Usually when you think of Manchurian you don't really find in an order small balls of material so despite that ,the flavors could've been better. Garlic naan, didn't like it. But this place just charges .50 cents when you order a curry. I used to visit this place back when they opened and the food was great ,normally I do feel that takeouts are not as well prepared as what you would eat at the restaurant but that was my intake. Check out the pics of the food that I ordered

Awful service!! That would be the best description for this restaurant. We were in group of 5 who were the only customers present in restaurant. Ordered entree and 2 biryani . After waiting for about 40 minutes, we got to know that restaurant has not even started mAking the biryani. When we confronted the server that why this was not conveyed to us that they did not even made the biryani, their response it will take another 30 mins or more to get biryani since they will start making it now. Manager does not comes out to speak with customers indicating the lack of accountability. Then , they said to give 10% discount for the inconvenience only when asked . No apologies or any suggestion from their end for this miss. When the bill comes , the prices are already marked more than 10% and then they give 10% on top of that. When asked about discrepancy in the menu price and bill price, the guy says me that they have increased prices due to covid but not changed the menu . This can be the worst experience a restaurant can give to its customers . Unprofessional, lack of accountability and worst service . The server tells me with the attitude " that is the only thing that we missed " Guys , because of that two people were waiting on food. That is not the only thing. Improve yourself and hire better people. Service matters a lot ! We had to settle on eating less and take food from outside . Not coming back ever again !

Ridiculous delivery service, and the guy answering the phone is so casual about not being able to make it in time even after 90 minutes of placing the order, food is ok if you are ordering biryanis but rest of the menu is below average and yes beware, just like many others here have mentioned, the spice levels will be qu Laaliite opposite to what you requested, if you've asked for mild, you might end up getting something ridiculously spicy or if you have ordered for something spicy you might end up getting half cooked bland food.

The worst food I had on newark Avenue. They dint even ask for the desired spice level and splashed all there dishes with chilies. The dishes are very mediocre .we had gobi Manchuria which was okay..and the chicken 999 was not bad but we could not enjoy it because of the dominating spice level..we had vijaywada boneless chicken biryani, this was a total disaster . They added chicken 999 into biryani rice and called it vijaywada biryani. I had this dish several times at other restaurants, this is clearly the worst. Mutton biryani was okay..but more like mutton Pulav. We asked the waiter about the mutton biryani not being good, at best they were sarcastic about it. Also, ordered chicken fried rice to go, it was full of frozen green peas, carrot and corn. Double ka meetha was clearly not fresh and it was dry with semiya in it. Overall ruined Newark Avenue for me. Sad to write such a disheartening note, but I wanted to provide a fair review.

might as well given boiled paneer instead of calling it a paneer biryani. Not coming here again

This was one of the most horrible experience I have had in a while. I had ordered two simple Biryanis a day ago for a party hoping it would be ready on the time specified, not only they lied to my face about it being ready on time, but also they started making dumb excuses like 'our rice was over', it will take only 10 more mins etc etc. I was kept waiting for more than an hour even after ordering a day ago In my honest opinion I would suggest to please stay away and order from somewhere else

Terrible customer service. They lie and mislead the customers. We placed an order through Grubhub and after waiting for 2 hours they said your order is 15 minutes away and then said it's 10 minutes away. Then again after 30 minutes when we called they said " Sorry we never received your order". The guy hung up 3 times. I will not recommend this place. They have their own delivery drivers and this is the second time they did this. I will never be ordering the food from this place again.

Ordered for food delivery at 730 and it's 928 as I'm writing this review. Still no food in sight. Called 3 times in between and get the standard answer every single time - " will be delivered in 10 mins"

By far the best Indian food ive had in New Jersey. They cook every meal with good care. Their meat dishes are incredible and naan breads remind of home. Really good value fr money. More economic than rest of the restuarants on the Avenue and lots of complementary goodies like starters, naans with main dishes. If you go there often, you'll get majestic treatment. They got good business sense, nice people. Way to go guys. Thank you.

What sort of Schezwan fried rice looks white and tastes like a chicken fried rice? This restaurant kind.

I was impressed with the promptness of my delivery. It came exactly at the time they said it would come. The portions were big. I ate my food for three days. It was spicier than I expected but it was so delicious. Overall, a good value!

Ordered by seamless following two items Gobi Manchurian- way too salty. Inedible. Paneer Makhani Biryani- it cannot be called a biryani at all, the way it came. Taste was horrible.

Slow delivery through UberEats. Disappointed. Food was cold as it took 2 hours from the time of planing the order.

Do not order for delivery! The delivery woman was psychotic. My co-worker ordered food to be delivered when he statred his shift at 5pm and they sent it at 4pm. I had no knowledge of the delivery. I told the delivery woman that I can pay for him no problem and that i had to just confirm with my co-worker that he did indeed order the food. At that point she became ballistic and unhinged screaming and carrying on about she can not wait and she will now not allow me to pay for him and she wanted the food back. At this point I called the resteraunt while i was speaking to them the delivery lady was still screaming in the background. And to make matters worse was also causing a scene at my workplace. They offered no apology and when I asked who hired such a crazy person they responded she is not our employee she is just a person that delivers food for all the restaurants in the area. Lame excuse they should be screaning the people they have delivering. Also a word of advice if you do get a delivery from there make sure they staple your food bag closed. This delivery woman is a mental case! Btw in the end i paid for the food and she rippped the reciept to shreads on purpose. I needed that to show mymcoworker to get reimbursed. smh...

For takeout, its easily the best biryani in jersey city It deserves more for its taste People might feel a bit telugu bias and rudeness in the restaurant. Takeout and delivery absolutely worth it

This place gets unneccesary hate. It might not be the best, but it's really good for the price.

BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE Guys stop eating/Ordering from this place, they have lost it all together, you will regret it later, like i have been, i gave a third try to them, thinking something must have changed, but seem these people are so pathetic incompetent and unable to change, won't come out of their slumber any soon. For food you will eat SALT overdose, No any curry will have any taste of a kind, other than salt, can't even get Basic Chicken Curry right, Chicken are all stale, will not go with curry/Tandoor, you will think it must have meant for yesterday. Big Blot on indian food, (and Bawarchi brand) , they should Appologize, quit and pack up, with same people nothing new can be achieved. consistent WORST WORST WORST....FOOD ever.

Bawarchi Biryani Corner is very famous on Indian Street for Biryani and my husband loved this place. I wanted a gravy dish so we ordered Chicken Mandakini and it was amazing and spicy. I can feel the special Andhra(a place in India) flavor, the spices were all natural and taste was perfect. The dish comes with a garlic naan. Chicken was so soft and the slices of boiled eggs in the gravy worked amazingly well. Its very near to my home so I am definitely considering this place. 2nd Order - They dint put boiled eggs in Chicken Mandakini, gravy was not spicy as before and instead of 4 garlic naans they gave us just 3. next order(22nd Jan) - changing the rating to 3.5. I was craving for good chicken entree and Indian Chicken mandakini is always my fav from here so ordered it again along with Chicken Tandoori and Chicken Tikka kababs for appetizers(they gave us very less pieces as normal). Even though the quantity the food was delicious. I feel they mess with your order when you order in day time. I used yelp app to order and they delivered after 1.5 hours which was disappointing also. Order fron 10th Feb - 4/5. I used yelp app to order and they delievered in less than an hour(took around 40 mins). Quantity and quality was good this. Fully satisfied this time. I hope this houls be continued because I will keep ordering food from here(it is very near to my place and food is delicious).

This is NOT where you would want to go. The guys serving food will make rude gestures and faces when you ask them for anything. Ni manners and quality of service, whatsoever. If you want better food and service together, go to Biriyani Pot and Golconda Chimney. Food is decent but the ambience and service will NEVER allow me to come back here. If you're the owner and reading this, consider changing the client facing folks at your restaurant, or at least train.

I wish I could give it zero stars, the staff has very less knowledge about the food they selling. I don't blame them since the owner himself doesn't know what he sells and also doesn't know how to treat the customers. There was a scenario with my takeout order, after an argument they agreed to solve the issue, I was asked to wait and I patiently waited 30 minutes just for 1 appetizer. I was still given the wrong appetizer again, and that's when I had a verbal argument with a person I didn't know was the owner. He was making claims I am owner I know what I sell, don't try to teach. I said I am sure your the owner but I also know what I want, if you can't make right in 2 attempts give it up, and give me refund. I ordered the a spicy chicken biryani, which was very bland and barely as any chicken pieces in it. Customers are expect to be treated with respect and dignity.

The biryani here is the best biryani I ever ate anywhere. I love biryani and didn't even know it could be this amazing. I ordered 2: Hyderabad chicken and Hyderabad goat. Two deep tin pots heaped with delicious fluffy long-grained, perfectly cooked, aromatic, saffron basmati rice containing morsels of spiced chicken or goat with bone in (ie, tastier) and garnished with boiled egg, red onion and a lemon slice and served with a yogurt sauce and curry sauce arrived at our table. I ordered both mildly spicy which was plenty of spice but not overwhelming. The portions are massive and I enjoyed it with mango lassi. What a treat!!! I will enjoy for days!! Thank you!!!

The delivery service is extremely bad ... they take 2+ hrs to deliver basic food .... that too after calling 2-3 times .... not at all reliable Food is ok but don't order with home delivery, better go for a takeaway or eat there

Had to lower the star rating due to following reasons.. Ordered Chicken Baryani. The chicken was to tough to eat and judging by the size and color of chicken bone structure it appeared that the animal was too old and in my opinion not suitable for serving, so much so that I asked the staff if they made a mistake and gave me turkey, lamb or beef inlnstead. To my surprise I had got the comment that it is "normal" for a chicken. I am sure that after learning to butcher chicken as a culinary art and at least dressing a few hundred birds at home I though I would be able to figure out the difference :)) As a side note yougert ratia was too thin and could use at least twice the yougert to water ratio and little bit of extra cumen would not have hurt either. The rice was slightly undercooked with a bit of tougher texture then I am used to. most of the time madeterian resturants make this mistake but I am not expecting from specialists in preparing Basmati rice. Over all my trip from brooklyn to NJ and spending 50mins just to eat that was not what u was hoping to see. To resturant onwer: If you guys read this review please take this in positive light I will visit again hope fully next time it is not as dissapointing.

Consistently late delivery. Food is good but waiting a couple of hours every time for delivery, calling to check after placing the order every time etc. is simply frustrating.

If there were a option of zero stars I would give that. We waited. One hour for an awful biryani and top of that they didn't have salaan and they call themselves a biryani place. If there were an apocalypse and this was the last place left on earth, i would still not eat here

I enjoyed the ambience a lot in here and only tried some of their dishes, it was my second time here. Pretty Gooood! This time we ordered gongura chicken , butter naan , goat fry , garlic naan , it's yummy , friendly service ,,,,,,,,

Honestly even though the food was awful, a part of me respects these people for mixing canned vegetables into a sauce and charging 12 bucks for it. That's some Mr. Krabs level genius.

Pandemic or not this food is not flavorful, and I believe it is reused with not the best quality ingredients. This place is not very welcoming to say the least.

We ordered ulvacharu Veg Biryani and we got noticeable big stone in the rice ..I was lucky that I spotted it..careful!! Check the photo I like the food here but after seeing this I am scared to order ..

I should rate today's biryani -Infiniti It's not biryani / it's a chili power rice That to old rice Today I went in off peak hours - asked for biryani Front desk guy told me that it will take 30 mins Then I told him sorry I can wait for 10 mins but not for 30 mins and I'm returning back Then manager stopped me and told that serving guy you must make it in 10 mins go and tell to chef I don't know how pissed chef was about this He gave me rice is fried , taste like yesterday rice And the chicken is like rubber very hard and I got acidity because of the rice hotness I really like bawarchi but today is worst Worse than Deccan spice Better don't go in off peak hours Btw I didn't ordered him spicy It's not spicy it literally chili powder rice

I would give it a zero if it was possible, worst food experience - not one dish in the oder was close to what it should be!

We order less spicy food and got extremely spicy food. And we are all indians who can eat reasonably spicy food. When we called back to get it replaced, he was extremely rude.

Bad service. We ordered low spicy biryani. Only 1 biryani outnof the 3 were low spicy. Remaining 2 were very high spicy. Not even eatable. Whe we called the owner was in no mood to accept his mistake. His behaviour was bad.

Very bad service. Ordered least spicy and got extremely spicy food delivered. Adamant and never accepted that they delivered wrong. I will never order from here.

The food was stale. We ordered Goat briyani, Chicken pepper fry and Royal Kura (Shrimp). The chicken was stale and just smelt bad once I opened it. I tasted the chicken and it was sour and filled with foul odor. I called the restaurant and they were very defensive and wanted to send a replacement. Once I hung up, its the same story with shrimp. I cant believe how they can operate like this.

Order was 1 1/2 hours late. The entree was wrong, they forgot the rice and it was cold. When I called to let them know, the person yelled at me. The chicken (?) was suspect. Won't order from them again. I don't typically leave negative reviews because I know people have to eat and live, but this was a terrible experience.

The best biryani in Jersey City, located in the corner of Indian street in Journal Square. Their service was very quick and served us well cooked hot biryani similar to Hyderabadi taste. They checked with us for the spice levels and have served the biryani's accordingly. The quantity of the Biryani is also very good and one could definitely take some in a to-go box.

I give this place two stars because the owner or manager is highly rude. I understand that Indian food is on the spicy side, as an Indian who's lived in India for 13 years I get that. However, this briyani is however unbearable so the next time when I went there I asked him to make it mild, instead of just saying no it can't be done. He made just a big deal out of the situation. He said "you can take it if you want". The food is good I agree, but after today we will probably never go back.