Karim Halal Meat & Grill

Located in the same building as Sabzi Mandi it a tiny place with a guy serving halal meat from a counter that weird due to its contents on offer for sale such as chops with meat on the chop just the bones . This restaurant was empty at lunchtime and that should have been a clue but we gave them the benefit of the doubt. It is with deep regret having to write this because we were met with very shady service and incompetent cooking during our first visit. We ordered shinwari karahi and chicken dumb ( slowly cooked) biryani and little did these guys know that we are professional restaurant owners who ran very successful restaurants for years. Culinary Arts College educated people who can cook most authentic dishes . We were not served with any karahi dish instead these guys decided to give us bones left over from goat chops curry from the previous day and added so much thick sauce using onions and tomatoes to mask the bones so you had this dish full of overpowering tomatoes with bones sticking out to make it look there was meat in there. The chicken biryani was tasteless because it looked like they added flavorless pieces of chicken to rice afterwards, chicken made from battery hens which were smelling that “poultry smell” which comes from cheap chicken not thoroughly brined and washed . We are very civil people and realized we had been conned like never before in any restaurants ( we visit many ) so we left gracefully.
This was pure dishonesty and pretense because shinwari karahi is never cooked like a salad (curry) laden with a thick tomatoes sauce and why put bones in a dish if you have no meat when you are selling halal meat from the same place ! This type of shady behavior destroys reputation and businesses. If a customer order a dish and you don’t have just say so honesty. Extremely sad to experience such horrible service and surprised that they thought they could get away with such “ chalega” mentality .

had a fantastic experience at Karim halal. The food was absolutely delicious — every dish was full of flavor and beautifully presented. The service was top-notch; our server was attentive, friendly, and made great recommendations. I especially loved the goat kadai. Will definitely be coming back soon. Highly recommend!

The food was very good. The service was very friendly.
Very good portion size. Looking forwardto trying other dishes... A+++

Third times coming to Karims. Tried their lunch offerings. Biryani taste wise is distinctly Pakistani, also the food portion compared to what gets offered in the comparable price range, is very generous. BBQ Tikka was extremely well done. Tried their chikka tikka boti and seekh kebab. Chef Mohammed is doing a good job.
Will come again whenever we visit NJ.

This is your spot if you are looking for authentic pakistani food. Chef Muhammad is one of a kind when it comes to suggestions. We ordered Goat Karhai Family size with extra gravy.
The guy at the counter (Mir) is very well spoken and kind, full marks for customer service.