Swadist

"Bring the family for a relaxed sit-down dinner at this husband-and-wife-run restaurant that specializes in North Indian food. You can’t miss their tandoor items—the tandoori chicken and paneer tikkas are a must. Head there early (or better yet, preorder in advance through their website) if you want to score their paneer ke sholay that’s made of thin paneer sheets wrapped around finely chopped, braised vegetables like cabbage, peppers, onions, and carrots. They’re incredible, but sell out often." - nisha vedi pawar

"Further west on Jersey City’s Newark Avenue, Swadist is one of the best Indian restaurants in a neighborhood filled with good restaurants. Its menu, under chef Uttam Rawat, evenly divides between vegetarian and non-, and highlights include a baby goat masala and chicken achari. And there’s even some Thai food on the menu, a growing fad in India Square." - Robert Sietsema

"The boundaries of Jersey City’s India are shifting eastward as high rise apartment buildings are springing up around the original stretch of Newark Avenue, and Swadist is one of the best of the new crop of restaurants. Unique dishes calculated to delight vegetarians and carnivores alike are offered including, in the former category, a dish of fresh paneer immersed in a striking white sauce flavored with fenugreek." - Robert Sietsema

"Bring the family for a relaxed sit-down dinner at this husband-and-wife-run restaurant that specializes in North Indian food. You can’t miss their tandoor items—the chicken and paneer tikkas are a must. Head there early (or better yet, preorder in advance through their website) if you want to score their paneer ke sholay that’s made of thin paneer sheets wrapped around finely chopped, braised vegetables like cabbage, peppers, onions, and carrots. They’re incredible, but sell out often." - matt tervooren, nisha vedi pawar, kendal nicole lambert

"Anyone who thinks a vegetable biryani would be less flavorful should visit Swadist, a Jersey City restaurant at the top of the Newark Avenue hill that partly focuses on the food of Delhi." - Robert Sietsema