Coriander Indian Restaurant Review

I'm not sure what everyone is talking about who rated Coriander so poorly. My wife and I love this place. We always go for the buffet so maybe the service and food is different then. It is pretty much self serve at buffet time so that may cut out service problems people are complaining about. We have frequented a lot of Indian restaurants this one was our favorite.

Quaint elegant atmosphere, authentic Indian cuisine that all can enjoy.

Amazing food with bold flavors mixed with delightful subtler tastes. A fantastic ambiance. Hostess is very personable and wait staff attentive. The tandoori turkey offered at Thanksgiving is a must try! All of our 20 some guests for that holiday raved about it. If you enjoy food from India, do not miss this place.

It's not really authentic as claimed for those of us who know about food. Excessive use of food color in the dish we ordered which is not good for health . Disproportionate amount of powdered spices used and the pungent taste of some of them ruined the curry. For the prices being charged it's not good value for money. I agree with the review by Arun Parsath this food is not for Desi community who know about food

Always consistently the best Indian food in Jersey amd beyond.

Sad to say... Reading the reviews... But it true...the new guy is really a pervert... My daughter's had the same experience... The tattooed guys is what they told me.. He passes some comments as putting down the food at the table.... I guess they need to work on the staff manners, you need to treat women respectfully... It's a absolute no dining at that restaurant again... Guess the management isn't bothered about whom they appointing for the job... Really sad.

Probably the best Indian food in the South Jersey area. The staff always accommodating and friendly and the food is always prepared fresh. I would highly recommend Coriander! I don t have anything negative to say about this place. Always a great dining experience.

Best Indian food i ever ate...little pricey but worth it

Always delicious. Nice atmosphere & friendly service. Many good vegetation options. btw, BYOB

Delicious, fast, skillful place, full of lovely vibes! I am a very satisfied vegan

A wonderful little Indian eatery, parked conspicuously on the outskirts of a movie theater strip mall, Coriander hits a lot of notes spot on. I've only tried a few of the dishes so far, but every one's been a hit, and I intend to keep going and try more, especially given the quality of the dessert menu (that dark chocolate cake goes amazingly well with a scoop of chai ice cream). My only real issue with the place is its size and layout; it does the best it can with the space provided as a strip mall storefront, but I feel the floorplan and lack of square footage are really holding it back. Even so, if you're a fan of the cuisine or even just curious, Coriander is a choice I will happily endorse.

Food is excellent, service was perfect. Order very organized

The food is always good. Downside is awkward 5pm open time for dinner and it usually takes a little longer than what you usually expect for it to come out. Staff is friendly and helpful.

Best Indian cuisine restaurant in south NJ, nice ambience, quality and tasty food, excellent staff, nice ambience.

Excellent choice for our lunch!! Last time we were at Coriander for lunch they had their buffet. Due to covid-19 the buffet has gone away, however their menu selections have more than compensated for that. We started with the butternut squash soup and the spicy corn soup. Both were delicious and the corn soup was definitely spicy . Main courses were salmon tandoori and vegetable thali. Again both were delicious and the thali included 4 dishes of various vegetable dishes along with rice, paneer (yogurt) and naan. We finished the meal with a shared kheer (rice pudding). A great lunch all around!!

Absolutely love coriander. The owner is the sweetest. This has been my favorite local Indian food spot for years. They are consistently good and friendly.

Great restaurant with really nice staff. At a glance, the ambiance, ingenuity in dishes, and creative, ethnic look of the restaurant makes it a great place for treating oneself and others to good Indian food. The owner of the restaurant is the chef too and it is very much evident in the quality of the ever-evolving dishes. The walnut soup and lasooni gobi were the highlights of our dinner with orders of paneer makhani, malai kofta and bread basket (all of which were really good too!).

Paneer Lababdar was great for one being ignorant to the Indian cuisine like me. Very friendly staff as well. Would recommend

Delicious food with a wide variety of choices. Staff is very friendly. We came in late after a movie and closed the place down but were never hurried thru our meal. They even offered to add more food to our take home boxes than was on our plates.

For very affordable and a delicious meal, I have been here 2 times for the lunch buffet which starts at 11:30. The food was slightly varied between the two times that I went but the staples were there (chicken tika masala, and rice pudding) and they were fantastic. The staff was courteous, the food was spectacular and the meal was very cheap especially for all you can eat. I can't wait to come back for lunch again!

I m never one to complain about price, but for the price of their dishes they should ve been the best indian dishes I ve ever had.

The Aloo Gobi Mattar was bland and dry and I asked for very spicy and it was more than mild.

The channa masala was ok and the rice was old
tasting.

Ordered off of grubhub and it took so long i needed to microwave my overpriced mediocre meal.

Won t be going here again. Blugh.

Came here for Happy Hour and dinner after with some friends who have been wanting to try this restaurant out. Happy Hour is a great deal for some good house margaritas on the rocks or some cerveza. The chips come with three different dipping sauces which are delish. The orange one is really hot! Watch out. The chips are nothing special, thin salty tortilla chips. I prefer thicker and oily chips that just came out of the oil that give a little fight when you bite them.

Such amazing food I'm only in the area every 3 months but I try to stop there every time. Hands done best Indian food I've ever had!!

We had chicken curry dish the contity was so small it wasn't even enough for two people and they charge so much it was disaster I will not recommended this resturant to nobody don't go there it is bad food don't test good at all.

I went for the lunch buffet and it was delicious. Great food and atmosphere for a great value.

The food here is amazing! The service is wonderful. Always a great place for a date night.

Had a reservation but still had to wait for them to set up even though over half the restaurant was empty!! Pushy staff...COLD FOOD!! WRONG ITEMS even though order was repeated!! Used to be great . NEVER COMING BACK.

The people working here are completely unprofessional and rude. I called with clarifying questions about their delivery services. The person who answered me kept interrupting me and not allowing me to even ask my questions properly. Then, she hung up on me before I even finished getting my questions answered. These people do not deserve my money.

Love the food there and the way they treat you like family.

They offer a large range of fresh food. I loved eating here. Staff members are always helpful, pricing is affordable and the place is always clean.

This place is my number one site. Of all restaurants I know I prefere it most. I always suggests to my friends to go to that place. everytime I feel like having a proper meal, this place comes right away to my head. excellent and all sorts of food and a rich menu.helpful crew, and great atmosphere. And very important, the cost is affordable. I suggest this restaurant with great pleasure.

This is not a restaurant for Indians!! This might be attractive for Americans who wanted to try some indian currys and can show off they tried indian cuisine. We have ordered a chicken biriyani , veg Biriyani, nan and paneer gravy. Biriyanis were bad i read the reviews after ordering the Biriyanis. Nan was good and the paneer gravy was like panner sauted in tomato pickle with tikka flavor. Ambience was good but that can not satisfy the taste bud.

Nice atmosphere, good food, though it could be spicier. I guess they dumbed it down for Americans. I asked for some Curry to help out, perfection!

Went there to taste indian cuisine & I was amazed to smell the flavor. The taste was good for goat biriyani but the mango yogurt was below the expectation.

Great Indian food served with a flair. The owners are always helpful with the menu and picking the right meal for your visit. If you want to change something there is never a problem. Plus they have a cooking class in the banquet room every 2 to 3 months.

My favorite lunch and dinner spot! Incredible food!

The lunch buffet is phenomenal. Though a small buffet (1 appetizer, 1 soup, 1 salad, 1 dessert and 3 entree) the food was great. Made fresh daily, the foods were very good and very authentic. The staff and management were super friendly and you never wanted for anything. The decor was unique and beautiful, the music just loud enough to be interesting but not impede conversation. Very highly recommended!

I go for the lunch buffet and it is delicious. The staff is very attentive and nice. Warm atmosphere with reasonable prices.

All food was very good during lunch buffet. Very clean place and friendly staff. Will be back.

Always consistently fresh ! Wonderful go to place for delish food

Truly wonderful staff and very accommodating to dietary restrictions (gluten, nut allergies, etc.)! And the lunch to-go boxes are an excellent value :D

We regularly drive past other Indian restaurants to come here. The lunch buffet is a delicious bargain, and the staff are very attentive.

Great food. Great service. The cauliflower appetizer was the best.

Decent food . Place was very cold and had a strong draft. The portions were very tiny and the flourless dessert is stuck in my throat very thick and tasteless.

We were so happy we chose this restaurant to get our Indian food fix. Our waitress and owner we're both very attentive and friendly. We had ordered an appetizer that was not what we had expected and they came out and removed it and asked us what we were looking for. They graciously replaced that appetizer. Our entrees were Dynamite. I had the curried red fish. We're very particular about are Indian food in this place met expectations.

Food was overall good, specifically their curry dishes.
However, the menu on their website doesn't reflect their actual prices for some items. I asked the owner when I picked up food why the bill was higher than what was online and they stated their prices online have been out of date for a couple years. They didn't seem to have any intention of fixing it.
Would not recommend the Tandoori chicken, not as flavorful or crispy as other restaurants.

Will not recommend this place to anyone. Visited this place on a weekend. Curries were bad tasting very oily. None of rice items were good. Naans were not soft. No good options in curries and were not fresh. Service was bad, they were not filling the buffet table as soon as the item gets completed. Desserts gulab jamuns were not good. Overall very bad experience.

Buffet style restaurant with some vegan options. I really like the onion bhaji.

This restaurant has become our Sunday night date "staple." Week after week our meals are absolutely incredible, the chef and the owner are always outdoing themselves and the fresh flavors and intense spices just boom and shout in your mouth! We have never been let down by anything on the menu and it's sure to please anyone looking for fresh and exciting recipes and flavors!!
*Thank you Coriander for always treating us so well visit after visit and going above and beyond with hospitality and fresh flavor intensity!!

The food and atmosphere are great, service is a little slow. A must try.

We went to Coriander to celebrate a friend's birthday last night. It had been about a year since I had last been there, since I have been out of the area, and I was looking very forward to the meal.
It was WONDERFUL!! THe service was exceptionally attentive, the menu had plenty of choices including a large and varied vegetarian menu. 2 of my friends were new to Indian cuisine and the waitperson explained the choices, replenished our beverages and was altogether charming.When we wee done wth our meal, another one of the staff came to us, asking how everything had been and explaining some more of the dishes we had questions about.
All in all, I would strongly recommend this lovely haven away from the mundane and "ordinary" dining choices available in our area.

Great food, quality ingredients and real indian style dishes.

Delicious Fresh Food. We ordered a nice variety of things to try. Vegetarian dishes are incredible filling and flavorful. Will continue to support their business Thank you for the dessert !

Absolutely amazing. The food was stunning and completely worth every penny. The owners and staff are awesome! Cheers.

Tasty Indian food with pleasant wait-staff & hostess.

My wife and I have been spoiled by knowing Indian food from eating at Coriander. Anytime we are out of town and try it anywhere else, it never compares to the quality and flavor of Chef Bhasin's creative cuisine at Coriander Bistro.

Delicious. Went with a friend for the lunch buffet. So delicious and reasonably priced. Nothing was too spicy, will definitely return!

The food and service was incredible and comfortable. Our server, the manager and hostest were all super friendly and they had no problems accommodating our dairy allergies. We will definitely come back!

Went for girls night out. The food, service, and atmosphere were superb.
Can't wait to go back!

Whack the food was horrible and found a bug in food

I must say the food is good in the taste department. Twice in the past I've experienced a salty paneer lababdar..Our go to dishes are paneer lababdar and malai kofta. BUT THE DISHES ARE EXPENSIVE by any indian standard restaurant! It appears they're competing with the other American fare restaurants as that do get a lot of footprint from the American folks. However, the pricing is atrocious and hits a person ordering takeaway food hard. Malai kofta is priced at 16$ in the bill and the quantity is not justified. Since we order food to go a lot( meaning really a lot) we have to look towards ammas kitchen which offers more reasonable priced tasty fare

This place is the best! Excellent service and excellent food! Everyone is very friendly and they all create such a welcoming and saturating atmosphere. I feel like I m being transported to India.

Have eaten at coriander many times, consistantly delicious.

Awesome ambience , good host and good food.Should really try the biryani and masala chai.

We have been eating here for a long time and always enjoyed it. Today however the food was just mediocre. Very disappointing and not sure we will return.

I'll agree with chaudary! Biryanis are TASTELESS. Curries taste strange. Kababs were okay. But I was starving when I ate them, and you can't go wrong with Kababs! Overall, nah, not going again or recommending it to any other indian.

De-licuous! Excellent food, flavorful food, attentive servers. Made my day. Shrimp red curry is the best!! update: I ended up getting sick next day. But food was so good!!!

Long wait, gobi was burned and paneer was pretty hard, overall very disappointed. Indiya restaurant in Collinwood, not sure if it's related to Coriander but has a very similar menu, is MUCH better than the Coriander site.

It's a really good restaurant, much better at service. Food is great. Saturday evening around 6PM, wasn't much crowded.
Ordered Veg Kofta and Naans , good taste

Took out take out today. I ordered Paneer makhani entree and it was just gravy counted 6 pieces of paneer. The lamb biryani had too much of a saffron/cardamom taste and little bit of lamb in it. Very disappointing.

Fabulous restaurant with unique selection of entrees.

The food was good the buffet was somewhat Limited for what they give you for the price. They don't have the deserts and the sides that you get at another place for the same price

Here is so good and healthy food . I love it. Good service omg

An Indian restaurant that serves various dishes from all regions of India, with the flavor of Indian spices, which give food a special flavor. There is a party hall.

Clean. Quality. Fresh. One of the best indian restaurants ive eaten. Being local in south jersey its a great asset for the area.