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Pariwaar means family.

Chef Afreen · Owner and head chef, Pariwaar Delights

$36Kof Pariwaar’s food deliveredSince November 2025
1,000+deliveries from Jersey City and HobokenSince November 2025
Pariwaar’s dining room, set for dinner under a gold-lit coffered ceiling
Biryani platters, a paneer tikka sizzler, curries and raita on a white table at Pariwaar

Pariwaar means family

A family restaurant on Newark Avenue, and now on Washington Street.

Pariwaar is Hindi for family, and the name is the promise: every visit should feel like being part of one. Chef Afreen learned to cook from her mother in India and cooked in a local restaurant before Pariwaar’s owners spent six months renovating a storefront on Newark Avenue, in Jersey City’s India Square. They opened in 2019. In January 2025 a second Pariwaar opened at 616 Washington Street in Hoboken. Both kitchens are certified hand zabiha halal.

“You give us biryani at any time, and we are going to eat it.”Mohammed Al Ghulam, to The Hoboken Girl, 2021
Pariwaar’s dining room with blue and gold balloons over the tables

The menu

Dum biryani, sealed with dough and cooked in its own steam.

The pot is sealed with dough and the biryani cooks in its own steam for four hours, a Hyderabadi technique passed down through generations, with eighteen spices, some shipped from India. There are more than 20 biryanis, Pariwaar’s take on Yemeni mandi in platters for two to five, Chicken 65, tandoor and Indo-Chinese.

Mandi rice and chicken, for two to four

King of Mandi’s

Chicken MandiMandi rice and chicken, for two to four
One big nalli bone with juicy meat

Biryani

Nalli Gosht BiryaniOne big nalli bone with juicy meat
Egg, chicken, wings, goat, fish and shrimp

Biryani

Pariwaar Butta BiryaniEgg, chicken, wings, goat, fish and shrimp
Boneless chicken, spiced and fried crisp

Appetizers

Chicken 65Boneless chicken, spiced and fried crisp
Paneer in chili garlic sauce with onions and peppers

Veg appetizers

Chili PaneerPaneer in chili garlic sauce with onions and peppers
Bread fried in ghee, soaked in saffron and cardamom milk

Hyderabadi dessert

Shahi Double Ka MeethaBread fried in ghee, soaked in saffron and cardamom milk
Tandoori chicken on a Pariwaar plate, beside red napkins and the logo placemat

Pinkbot at Pariwaar

Pinkbot delivers Pariwaar from both of its kitchens.

  • 1,000+ deliveriesFrom Newark Avenue and Washington Street to the door since November 2025.
  • $36K of foodOf Pariwaar’s food, delivered by Pinkbot from its two kitchens.
  • 11 months togetherSince the first delivery left Newark Avenue on November 21, 2025.

From one storefront to two kitchens on Pinkbot.

  1. 2019Pariwaar Delights opens at 827 Newark Ave in Jersey City.
  2. Jan 2025A second Pariwaar opens at 616 Washington St in Hoboken.
  3. Nov 2025Pinkbot starts delivering from Jersey City.
  4. Dec 2025Pinkbot starts delivering from Hoboken.

Visit Pariwaar

Biryani and mandi in Jersey City and Hoboken.

827 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306616 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Order at pariwaardelightsnj.comCatering@pariwaardelightsnj
The Mix Mandi: chicken, goat, shrimp and fries on a platter of mandi rice
The Mix Mandi feeds five.A weekend buffet in Jersey City, the Biryani Club, and catering from an office lunch for 20 to a wedding for 200.

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