Mantra - Jersey City

I was super hungry today and wanted to try something new in my area. I was excited to finally have some authentic Indian food, rather than my usual go to- Taste of India at Newport mall. I ordered the chicken tikka, and I was expected to be blown away by flavors as I usually am when I eat Indian food. (Also, I think it is important to mention that I have had a good enough variety of Indian foods growing up, as my mom's boss is Indian and would usually treat us to food. I paid around $20 dollars which I did not mind... I came home thrilled to eat my food and my first bite was sooooo sad. Oily. Dry. Flavorless. (This sounds so dramatic but I need you to feel what I feel lol . This chicken is so under-seasoned, the cilantro sauce was alright, but the worst part about this is that half of my food was burnt. It seems as if the cooks were in a rush as closing hours were approaching when I came in. I waited for 20 minutes for some burnt chicken. No matter who your clientele is, or the hour of the day, you should give 100% into whatever you are cooking. After not eating all day I am high-key mad that I wasted 20 beans on this when I could have gotten some Taco Bell.

Wanted to have some nice Indian Indo Chinese recently I remember this place as decent food with great ambience from many years ago Now as everything is delivery pickup ordered a delivery recently Quite disappointed with the food quality w.r.t pricing Ordered Manchow soup great Fried rice not bad Hakka noodles bad with too much salt Vegetable Manchuria ok with salt Couldn't enjoy the dishes .. hope they fix things up post Covid

So happy we stumbled on this place. We were in the mood for warm and comforting Indian food and we found it here! They have a couple of tables outside where we sat. We were brought water water bottles to be exact (no charge! right away. I got the butter chicken and my boyfriend got bagara baingan. We also got naan stuffed with potatoes. The bagara baingan is an eggplant dish with rich spices and it was so good. He really enjoyed it and I actually liked it more than the Butter Chicken. My butter chicken was a bit too spicy for me and some pieces of chicken where chewy. It didn't stop me from eating it though and still dipped plenty of rice in the sauce. They also brought us more rice when they saw it was low. Customer server is 120%. The owner/manager I believe served us and he was so kind. He also brought us out the chutney my boyfriend asked about and didn't charge us extra. The naan has such a good flavor and was crispy and had a thin perfect layer of potato filling. Will definitely come back and eat outside again or order food. Come and try!

Everything we had was absolutely amazing! One of the best Indian place I've been to. Will visit again for sure! The garlic naan is to die for!

We came in for lunch at the end of their lunch shift. It was winding down inside, but we had the best Indian food we've had yet in Jersey City! Super friendly staff. Heads up: they close between lunch and dinner! Pricey, but worth it for the large portions!