Edison might be the best town in America for South Asian food — and Oak Tree Road is why. This one stretch, running from Edison into Iselin, packs in Gujarati snack stalls, Punjabi dhabas, South Indian dosa counters, Nepali momo shops, and Indian bakeries, with Metuchen, Woodbridge, and South Plainfield adding their own favourites just minutes away. We pulled this list from our verified directory of Edison-area restaurants, so every pick below is a real, confirmed spot — not a rumour. Here’s where to eat, organised by craving and neighbourhood.
Oak Tree Road, Edison: snacks, sweets & the classics
Start at Dhaba Edison (1673 Oak Tree Rd, Edison; +1 732-548-6111), an Indian restaurant in the Chamkila Building that anchors the Edison end of the strip. It’s the natural first stop for a proper sit-down meal before you start grazing your way down the road.
Grazing is what Oak Tree Road does best, and Famous Samosas (1710 Oak Tree Rd, Edison; +1 732-740-7373) is the purest version of it: a samosa and snack shop where the namesake pastry is the whole point. Come hungry, order generously, and eat them while they’re still hot.
A few doors down, Surti Zaika (1700 Oak Tree Rd Suite 6, Edison; +1 848-205-0035) is a Surti snack stall inside the Desi Galaxy Express plaza — the place for the Gujarati snack side of the street, from the small bites Surat is known for to the chaat-style treats that make a good afternoon stop.
Sweet tooths get two stops of their own. Atul Bakery (1655 Oak Tree Rd Suite 255, Edison; +1 732-515-9320) is the Indian bakery on the strip, the counter to visit for fresh-baked goods and mithai-style treats to take home. And Kwality Ice Cream (1734 Oak Tree Rd, Edison; +1 732-906-1941) is the Indian ice cream shop — the flavours you grew up with, scooped on a hot New Jersey afternoon.
For a full meal, Shahnawaz Palace (159 Jackson Ave, Edison; +1 732-225-4640) is a long-standing South Asian restaurant just off the main drag, the kind of place that works equally well for a family dinner or a group gathering. If you’d rather take it home, Kabab & Curry Express (4 Brunswick Ave, Edison; +1 732-777-1786) is the kabab and curry takeaway counter — quick, hearty, and built for weeknights.
And for something the kids will actually fight over, Chicago’s Pizza With A Twist (2668 Woodbridge Ave, Edison; +1 732-405-3030) does Indian-fusion pizza, including a butter chicken pizza. It’s the Edison answer to the question of what to eat when half the table wants pizza and half wants Indian food.
Iselin: just down Oak Tree Road
Cross into Iselin and the road keeps delivering. Desi Galaxy (1396 Oak Tree Rd, Iselin; +1 732-283-1097) is a South Asian food hall — a one-stop wander where different counters cover different cravings, ideal when nobody in the group can agree on one cuisine.
At the very same address, Momo Hut (1396 Oak Tree Rd, Iselin; +1 860-938-9727) is all about momos, the steamed dumplings that have become a fast favourite across the Edison area. It’s a small, focused menu done well — exactly the kind of counter this strip rewards.
EggMania (1546 Oak Tree Rd, Iselin; +1 732-379-4959) is the wildcard: an egg-focused Indian restaurant built around dishes most menus treat as an afterthought. If you’ve never had a proper egg curry or an Indian egg dish done as the main event, this is the place to try it.
For vegetarians, Atithya Kathiyawadi Restaurant (37 Gill Ln, Iselin; +1 732-710-3194) is a vegetarian Gujarati (Kathiyawadi) restaurant serving unlimited thali — a generous, sit-down spread that makes it a natural pick for a leisurely weekend lunch. And Dosa Express (1170 Green St, Iselin; +1 732-404-0047) is the Iselin dosa stop: a South Indian restaurant where crisp dosas are the headline, just a short drive off Oak Tree Road.
Metuchen & Woodbridge: kababs and Punjabi comfort
Metuchen’s Main Street holds two very different stops. Spice Melange (419 Main St, Metuchen; +1 732-906-9050) is an Indian restaurant on the town’s main drag — a good bet when you’re already in downtown Metuchen and want a sit-down meal without driving back to Oak Tree Road. A few minutes away, Khorasan Kabab (567 Middlesex Ave, Metuchen; +1 815-591-5057) is the kabab specialist, the place for grilled meats done the way a dedicated kabab house does them.
Over in Woodbridge, Haveli Punjab Di (145 Amboy Ave, Woodbridge; +1 732-218-8880) is the Punjabi restaurant of the group — hearty, generous, and unapologetically Punjabi, the kind of place where the food arrives in portions meant for sharing.
Best South Indian in the suburbs
The suburbs around Edison hold some of the area’s strongest South Indian cooking. In South Plainfield, A2B Indian Veg Restaurant (6400 Hadley Rd, South Plainfield; +1 908-279-6247) is a pure-vegetarian South Indian restaurant known for dosas, idlis, and thalis — a reliable, family-friendly stop that covers breakfast-style tiffins all day.
North Brunswick’s Route 130 corridor is worth the short drive: Anjappar Chettinad Restaurant (2186 US-130, North Brunswick; +1 732-297-3663) is a South Indian Chettinad restaurant, bringing the bold, peppery flavours of Tamil Nadu’s Chettinad region to central New Jersey.
Back in South Plainfield, DASARAA (2105 New Brunswick Ave, South Plainfield; +1 848-392-0117) is a South Indian restaurant serving Hyderabadi biryani alongside dosas — the pick when the table is split between biryani loyalists and dosa fans. And Moksha Eats (140 Maple Ave, South Plainfield; +1 908-483-2012) rounds out the area with an Indian and Nepalese menu known for momos and thalis, a good bridge between the South Indian stops and the Himalayan flavours Edison does so well.
Where to go next
Twenty picks barely scratches the surface — our directory has dozens of verified South Asian restaurants across Edison, Iselin, Metuchen, Woodbridge, South Plainfield, North Brunswick, Piscataway, and Colonia, from Gujarati thali houses to Nepali momo counters and Punjabi dhabas. Browse the full restaurant listings on desipages.org to find every spot, with addresses, phones, and photos, and plan your next meal.
Author: Manjul
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