Shaan Restaurant & BUFFET

700 Old Bridge Turnpike Unit A, South River
(201) 668-9964

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Furrukh Chishti

I had my daughters Ameen here this past Saturday. We had an over 100 people and everyone liked the food. As part of the dinner we had chicken nuggets and fries, channa chaat and chicken 65 for appetizers. For the main courses we had chicken biryani, karahi chicken, goat korma, chicken noodles, and mixed grill. They provided salad, naan, and chutneys. For dessert we had kheer and gulab jamun. The chai was great. I would to say a big thanks to Mr. Abbas Rana the owner.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ravi RG

Tried this buffet and was disappointed largely with the owner, Abbas running the place. You can clearly tell that the place is struggling and so the bare minimum focus is placed on the quality, temperature and freshness of the food. Some dishes are simply cold, desserts that are meant to be served warm are also placed in disgusting cold trays, food quality is low, table cloths are dirty, etc...basically no attention to detail or quality. Additionally just as several other reviewers have reported the owner Abbas tries to add extra fees to the final amount such as credit card processing fees, mandatory gratuity and service fees, etc. None advertised or even justified as this is a buffet! The restaurant is struggling and so is the owner who continuously complains about costs, his struggling business etc. Overall not a pleasant experience with dining and also after you pay and leave as you feel you have been taken advantage of with all unnecessary fees and costs. AVOID!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Syed Iqbal

Fresh and delicious food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

uzz uzz

After having this Pakistani restaurant on my radar for some time, I finally had the opportunity to visit—and it did not disappoint. I stopped by on a Sunday afternoon and opted for the buffet, which offered an impressive variety of traditional dishes.

The food was truly outstanding. Each dish was well-prepared and flavorful, with a balanced use of spices that allowed the natural ingredients to shine. Unlike many South Asian buffets that rely heavily on heat, the spice levels here were moderate, making it accessible to a wider range of palates while still delivering authentic taste.

Overall, the experience was a delightful introduction to the restaurant’s culinary offerings. I look forward to returning and exploring more of the menu.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

md chowdhury

I won’t recommend anyone to eat in this restaurant. We went for a lunch buffet. None of the foods tasted good! The food looked stale and didn’t feel great the rest of the day after eating them!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

Pran Ty

Food was so so not okay not so good,some of the dishes are previously cooked and they just microwaved it! But be aware they charge additional fees,when you pay. They said $23 each and extra service charges for their decoration and plates! Like wow how can we eat without plates 😂! The man said the price for buffet $18 before and i said so after a month its $23!?he said yes. So there is no fixed price for buffet they charge how he wants!

Robyn Pistilli

I actually never ate the food from here so I cannot say it tastes bad. I had a horrible experience with a man who works there and I feel like people should hear it. I ordered from a service called too good too go. It is a really nice thing that this resturant participates with this program. I placed the order 15 minutes before closing. When I arrived I explained a placed the order last minute and hoped it was ok. The man went to to the kitchen and came out said the food was coming soon. He than said to me... you are really fat. How did you get this fat? Do you exercise? I was taken aback. I started to make excuses for being fat like well, ive had type 1 diabetes since im 4 and weight has been a struggle for me, and kept talking about stupid things out of embarrassment and than realized this was crazy, why am i having this conversation. He told me he is very healthy, walks every day. Doesn't have to go to doctors that I should try walking. Asked if I eat Chia seeds and do I know what they are. Basically, like i should eat healthy, etc. It was such an offensive conversation. I am overweight, but dont need to be belittled. This man has no idea of what my situation is in life. I had already paid through the app, but just had enough. I said I am so offended and I just dont want your food anymore. I walked out to my car and left. The man realized he prob went too far and did chase me into the parking lot and yelled that he was sorry and asked that I come back. I just drove away and cried the whole way home. Words like this can hurt really bad. No food or atmosphere can ever taste good enough to make his words ok. I am overweight. I look in a mirror. I am doing my best. This resturant is not.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Akanksha Bhatt (iamfab.us)

Food was just ok :(

Food: 2

Nadia Safder

This is a great small business owned by Abbas. The food is FANTASTIC, the service was amazing. I have both dined in and taken out from here. I have noticed that the place has gotten 1 star reviews. Those reviews do seem to be dishonest and seem to be based more on Geopolitics than the actual quality of the restaurant. DO NOT TRUST ALL THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS. PLEASE GO AND TRY THE FOOD YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Shruthi Nanditha

Horrible is an understatement. The food was old and nasty. I had a stomach ache after eating here. Nothing was edible, not even plain rice. How does one mess up plain rice? You would be better off skipping a meal than eating here. I wish 0 stars was an option. DO NOT GO HERE!!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Rohith Krishnamurthy

What started as a farewell dinner get together turned out to be a horrible food experience. Despite calling before hand to check out vegetarian options there was just absolutely old and questionable channa and very oily puris for pani puri which had no masala for filling and papdi chat had no papdi and dahi Vada was so tangy and the Vada was so hard to cut using the barely cleaned spoons and cutlery. When we asked for veg Biriyani which they mentioned as available in the call they gave us some very old soggy basmati rice and messed up the easiest dish, dal. We thought we could at least enjoy the gulab jamuns as dessert, but even that was so hard that we couldn't cut it to have a bite of. And to top it all off, we saw the employee having the spring roll off our plates on the table we supposedly dined at while we were waiting for the cab outside the restaurant. Unfortunately there's no option to give 0 stars, so 1 star it is.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

bhavani nandhini

If you like peace and quiet when you eat, and don’t care about getting sick later that day, then this is the place to choose. The atmosphere is extremely pleasant and private—so much so that even during peak hours, you’ll likely be the only one there, able to enjoy your meal in complete peace without any disturbances.

The romantic lights are good but unfortunately not good enough to distract anyone from the stained glasses and unclean plates.

The food—even worse. Is it sweet? Is it spicy? No one can tell, because the only thing anyone can notice is how long it’s been sitting out. Honestly it’ll be good enough to make a drinking game out of it—I doubt anyone’s guesses would be right.

Vegetarian options were extremely limited. When asked, they were kind enough to make dal, but unskilled enough to mess up the easiest dish ever—dal.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Udit Goel

Horrible food experience. The staff will ask you to remove the review as well. The staff lied of what was available in the menu. Don't go here. The food was weeks old

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Ritik Ojha

The place was so bad, the guy was offering all stale food cooked weeks ago. I don’t know how he is being able to run this business

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Nismo Naz

Rented out the restaurant for a private event. Manager and staff provided great service, food was great, no complaints!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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