Flavor Junction Food Court

Wide variety of cuisines. Indo-​Chinese, Punjabi, Gujarati, South Indian. All under one roof.

This is an excellent place for all varieties of Indian food with a whole range of choices, good preparation, decent ambiance and reasonable prices. We were told it opened about a year ago and has become very popular. It is actually half a dozen restaurants with all variety of Indian cuisine (including North Indian, South Indian, West pau bhaji, chat, etc., and Indian beverages offered at very reasonable prices, with an upscale food court style common self-​seating. So groups with varied tastes will have all people happy with the type of food they like best. In addition to all the a la cart dishes they also have some dinner combinations («thalies»). A vegetarian thali for $ 12 had ample food for a zesty eater. Groups can also order multiple types of food and share it family style, like we did. A place like this in this «India sector» was overdue and is very welcome.

This is located on the second floor of the Kumar Soni plaza. That kumar soni plaza before it changed to a complex went Thu many failed restaurants. We are all happy to see finally it has something useful and half way decent. The restaurant have come and gone, some like the Indian sub place quickly bit the dust. The current once survive due to decent price point. Yes they do have large menu on display and only have the items are available but family decent for the price. Right f o left the small drink stal has half dozen drinks compared to 40 plus advertised. The Hyderabad south indian place has decent dosa and mutton dishes made to order. The chat place is not bad. The c hineese is not bad, the owner is a great guy and will go the extra mile to get your food customized.
Its alright but nothing exiting about the food here that’s why I do not frequent it often.

The food was good Gujarati and specially egg Dhaba … Love kati rolls at egg Dhaba …:)

Egg dhaba is a spot — reminds me of all the Egg based street food in India. surati Ghotadu is a good flavorful gravy based item I would recommend.

Flavor Junction Food Court, a new addition to the Indian food scene on the Oak Tree Road in Iselin. The food court located on the second floor of Kumar Soni Plaza is a self-​serve place. They have following restaurants in this food court:
1. Calcutta Wok: Indian/​Chinese fusion food: 4 Stars — Entrees served with rice are priced at $ 6.95 (Vegetables & Chicken), Fish, Shrimp and Combos at $ 7.95 and weekday lunch specials with soup at $ 5.95.
2. Chatkaz: Comfort fast indian food: 3 Stars — the Chaats are all priced at $ 5.99 and Gujarati Thali $ 9.99.
3. Hyderabad Biryani: non-​vegetarian & vegetarian Indian food: 3 Stars — Prices for Biryani range from $ 8.99−13.99. Chicken Biryani is priced at $ 13.99 and Okra Curry is $ 7.99
4. Raavi Naan Kabab Express: non-​vegetarian food: 5 Star and highly recommended — Single order of any Vegetarian Punjabi Curry is $ 7.99. Mutton Platter is $ 14.99. Best Part: omnipresent Gulab Jamun (indian sweet) is priced at $ 3.49.
5. Egg dhaba: New restaurant that will open soon.
The place is very clean & organized overall. Restrooms are located at the far end of the food court, near Calcutta Wok and they are clean. They also have plenty of parking but you will have climb 4 stairs of steps to get to the food court.
Most Indian restaurants serve water along with the food so I was surprised that they don’t and the worst part is you do not even get a empty glass. You will have to buy water separately. Also, Flavor Junction Food Court does not allow customers to carry their own water/​drinks. There is a warning note pasted on the door stating: Outside water bottles not allowed in the food court. No Exceptions. If they are trying to sell this place as a food court, least they can do is provide plastic glasses at a designated common area along with plastic spoons, forks and napkins.
Even though I am regular here (and Duke)– I remain skeptical about the survival prospects of the Indian restaurants at the Flavor Junction food court. In last 6 months, I have seen few restaurants open & close pretty quickly. The competition is severe for the Flavor Junction Indian restaurants with what Oak Tree Road food scene has to offer but while it is open — I will continue to eat here.

This is a place that used to be promising, but as of late seems to be on the decline. In recent months, two of my favorite places — Tastee Curritos and the North Indian non-​veg. food stall next to Calcutta Wok — have closed down. Of the remaining places, the Hyderabadi Biryani and Calcutta Wok stalls are excellent, but Chatkaz and Ravi Naan Kabab are pretty average by Oak Tree Road standards. Also, definitely do not go to the drinks stand. We ordered a lassi and milkshake, and they were prepared terribly, watered-​down without any flavor.
This used to be a place where we’d frequently go because it offered a variety that suited everyone’s likes, but it’s gone downhill as of late and I don’t expect I’ll be back anytime soon.

An Indian food court. We just happened to see it and decided to give it a try. It has different options for south indian (which was packed), and indo-​chinese, gujarati, juice place etc. We ordered the dakor bhajiyas and sugar cane juice. The bhajiyas were spicy but yummy. And sugarcane juice was perfect to balance the heat.
The south indian place had a huge group of people so we din’t try anything else.

On Monday afternoon along with my friends I am here for the lunch. Without knowing much about the place, we landed in the food court. The food court is 1 year old and saw some decorations on the walls and seems to be spacious and attractive when compared to other Indian food outlets on oak Tree. They do have multiple outlets like north Indian, south Indian, chats and juices and noodles. Couple of friends ordered onion Dosa and others ordered Hyderabadi biryani and chole bhature. The food tasted pretty good and I felt that food is little expensive. And no water is served with food and somehow we managed to get water at free of cost from the place where we dined!!!