Indian restaurant near South Brunswick — biryani, momos and the tandoor

South Brunswick and Cranbury share a road. Route 130 runs from Dayton and Monmouth Junction straight to our door, which makes us a lunch restaurant as much as a dinner one.

Lunch, because the drive is nothing

Our lunch service runs 11:00 am to 3:00 pm every day, and the lunch box at $17.99 exists for exactly this trip: a complete plate, out in time to get back to a desk in Dayton or the office parks off Route 1. Order pickup on our website and take 10% off; call ahead if you would rather, and it will be bagged and waiting.

Evenings, the same drive turns into dinner. We are BYOB with free parking — two things that are hard to find together on this corridor.

What to order on a weeknight

For a fast lunch: one tandoori item, dal, a bread, rice. For dinner with friends: Gobi 65 to start, the Mixed Platter off the clay oven, Shaam Savera Kofta, garlic naan, and a dum biryani if the table is hungry. Indo-Chinese dishes — chilli chicken, Hakka noodles, Sichuan fried rice — are the crossover order for tables that arrive with teenagers.

The whole list is on our menu page, and our ordering guide suggests a full table for four.

Office lunches and family parties

We cater across Central New Jersey, and South Brunswick's office lunches and school events are steady work: trays for 10–12, 20–25 or 30–35 guests, appetizers from $85 and entrée trays from $90, with naan and desserts priced per piece. Corporate orders arrive punctual because the kitchen builds them around your meeting, not ours.

Book at least 48 hours ahead on (732) 466-1345, or see tray-by-tray pricing. Hosting at the restaurant instead? Our dining room takes private parties and corporate dinners.

Biryani and momos, a short drive away

Two dishes South Brunswick Township asks us about most: dum biryani, sealed and baked to order, and chicken momos — steamed with a hot tomato-chilli chutney or tossed in chilli. Read how to tell a good biryani and how we make our momos, or order either for pickup on the website and take 10% off.

Tamarind & Co., 1275 South River Road, Cranbury, NJ 08512 · (732) 466-1345