Honest Restaurant

Heard a lot about this place and they are very busy. So maybe my assessment is skewed. My food or experience was not mind blowing. Everything was good but not great. Service is just par as well, typical of a desi restaurant. The place looks nice, clean enough with ample amount of seats. Few broken plastic glasses.

Fast casual spot, dining or order at the counter. We sat down to order. We had to pay first because they said they are having technical issues and thus couldn't provide a paper copy of our credit card receipt. Only a text receipt. Rather odd.Ordered a plain dosa, dry Gobi Manchurian, Chana masala, kattappa sandwich, dal tadka. $47.13. The dosa was out first, not crispy much and was wilted. The one dip has some decent heat. The soup was good. The dry Gobi Manchurian is okay, the diced veggies were good for my husband. Crispy and 4 cauliflower pieces or so. The dal Tadka was okay, not spicy at all. The waiter missed the Chana masala, which was the second item we had ordered and a must for my husband. The kattappa sandwich was different, definitely had 4 slices of bread for each quarter. Veggies and lots of shredded cheese, it was okay, was too heavy on the bread and not enough veggies for me.

I really like Indian food and really wanted to like this place, but sadly, it didn't live up to my standards. Kattappa sandwich - too much bread. Sandwich itself was ok tasting, but I feel it could do with less bread. I was eating the contents of the sandwich itself, which was great (layered with cheese, chickpeas. Etc), but could use less carbs/bread.Puri- I saw some pictures of this online, so I wanted it, but what we got did not match. I think this had to do with the way this was made. On postmates, there are 2 options, but there are no descriptions as to the difference between the two. I picked one randomly and got the one that I think lacked ?potato?. If I ordered incorrectly, I don't know how I should order to get the Puri that everyone posts about. But this version was no good. Also ordered the Bhaji Pav (not pictured) - first time having this. good heat. Good flavor. Just thought the potato + added bread was a bit too much.

Another amazing meal at this restaurant. We love coming here as it is only vegetarian cuisine. We love Indian food and decided to try another two menu items. You have to ask for the Aloo Tikki chaat as it is not listed, but they are happy to prepare. The Dabang dosa was very different than traditional dosa, but I must try if you are looking to try something new. We always return to this restaurant when in the area.

Great food, recommend katappa sandvich, dosa and many delicaciesService was fairly quick

Apart of what you see in photos we also tried chinese bhel and noodles. We were just 2 of us and hogged on it like never before. Pavbhaji and vada pav are toooo good. Dosa was good too but it had little more butter then required. Chinese bhel was great. Its great restaurant with quick service. The seating space gets little clumsy if all the tables are full. But overall a good experience. Will definitely go back.

The quality and taste of food Has been degrading since the last 2 years in opened. Mango Lassi is not from real mango. It is made from can of mango juice found in Patel stores next door and mixed with yogurt. Even their gulab jamuns are not made at the restaurants. They are from ready to eat tins found in Patel stores or Indian stores and they charge you guys a pretty much the cost of a tin for 2 pieces. They put too much cheese on their Bahubali and Kattapa sandwiches. The chips they should be serving in a packet instead of a few pieces in a plate. Very stingy these guys are. Have you ever seen American restaurant serve you a few chips in your dinner plate? It usually is a full packet of chips. Being a vegetarian restaurant we go there but recently the owner and the managers have taken the food quality for granted because of the number of customers they get. Pav bhaji has too much butter and so does the bread. The samosas are so fried that oil keeps dripping when they serve you. Very unhealthy.Palak paneer taste is awful and it is inconsistent in taste. Kaju curry is the worst menu item we have had. We ordered Gobi Manchurian and other appetizers - the vegetables were stale. This is why I love going to ashoka because their food quality and taste is the same for the last 20 years I have been eating their. There are too many servers. I feel they could have one serve water instead of placing water jugs on the table. The tables are small and it's convenient small space. Wished they had more booths.Indian restaurants need to improve on their ambiance and the way they treat kids. There is no kids crayon and coloring sketch which you find in major American fast food or restaurants. It can do with cleaner toilets every 2 to 3 hours. The food is a bit expensive and I think I will stop going there because it has become saturated and the menu items are not changing. Their paneer Chilli is not that great. Their best food is paneer appetizer with green mint sauce over it. .

We made a reservation and came here for lunch. It was really great. The service was nice and they had a robot that delivered some of the food. I had the Ferraro Roacher milkshake and my brother got the special pistachio milkshake and both were very good. We ordered a large variety of foods and they were all delicious. We ordered: Pani Puri, Dahi Puri, Vada-Pav, Chinese Bhel, Triple Schezwan Fried Rice, Schezwan Noodles. I loved all of them but my favorite was the Triple fried rice and Chinese Bhel. The pani and dahi puris were good quick bites that come in 7-8 pieces per order. The Vada-pav is spicy but quite good. The Chinese Bhel was nice and crispy, the crispness is what made the dish so delicious. I really loved the Triple Schezwan - it was my favorite of all the dishes. I was too busy eating it to take a picture before it was all gone. The only change I would make is getting a different noodles. The noodles were quite good but it also used the Schezwan sauce so it was a duplicate flavor of the rice.

My waiter was very friendly & helpful. Being my first time there, I wanted to try everything on the menu. Eventually I decided on the Paneer Tufani Sandwich. It was served with some spicy potato chips and chutney. The portion size was generous and the sandwich was so delicious! I will definitely return!!!

Have been to Honest in New Jersey, and the taste of Pav bhaji there was better than Troy. This was our first visit to Honest. It was crowded at 6.30pm on Sunday. The service was very good and fast.We had Bahubali sandwich, Pavbhaji & Triple Shezwan Fried Rice. Bahubali sandwich was good; Triple shezwan was better dish of the three. We also had Irani Chai - it was good.The place is clean and has a good vibe to it. We live 40 mins away from here; we wont be visiting frequently.