Pista House — Restaurant in Town of Oyster Bay

Hi Foodies! Firstly sorry this would be a bit long review but it's worth reading.

"Briefly- Please I don't suggest anyone going to this restaurant" Also just don't see name and go it's not the same taste as pistahouse everywhere.

We went to this restaurant on Friday all the way from Boston. We called the restaurant before we reach the place whether everything is available and is it OK if we order over the phone. They said us to order over the phone. Our order was 4 haleem, 2 Mutton biryani , 1 chicken biryani, panner tikka and couple of Non- veg appetizers.

Coming to the service, A lady was serving our table she got the appetizer, haleem and the biryani. Then we recognized the quantity of biryani was way too less. As the bowl was shallow. As seen in the pictures. We asked the lady the biryani quantity is too less her response with rude behavior was " we served you more quantity then what we generally get" we were like Ok thought not to argue with her.

Coming to taste, The haleem is tasteless generally we see haleem with ghee but here they have water in it you can see that in the pictures. Coming to panner Tikka there is spices nor salt just the food color. Then we called them and asked what is this they accept that panner was marinated 1 hour back so it was there mistake and said will remove from the bill. Haleem they said they would replace it. They replaced the haleem and got the same haleem which is of water instead of ghee. Coming to biryani, mutton biryani was too salty we can't even eat. Chicken biryani they are out that I guess. We got mutton meat in it and that was also salty as it was the same rice just added the chicken meat to it.

Coming to billing, Initially over bill was around 284 something after taking out the above said items. It came down to 160.

Thanks for reading. I hope this...

Overpriced food, and likely scammers. Please do not come here.

Came here with a group of 12. Ended up with a bill of roughly $360. That'd be roughly $30 of food per person, so 2 of their $15 entrees per person. We definitely did not have that much food. The prices are ridiculous, and I would not be surprised if the man and lady serving us overcharged us; other reviewers have complained about this too. So, it likely wasn't an isolated incident.

I'd be less upset about the cost if the food was good. However, the food itself was 5/10 at best, 2/10 at worst. My aunties make better at home. Naan was alright, but the biryani was absolutely tasteless. Portions are way too small. Also, my $5 order of Mango Lassi was served in a plastic cup??? There's no excuse for that. You use glasses for the water; did you happen to run out when it came to the lassi?

Now, 5/10 is pretty good if you're in the middle of nowhere and crave some Indian fare. But this is Hicksville; the whole town is overflowing with great Indian/Desi options. All it takes is seconds to find a far better choice.

Décor is meh. Poorly-lit restaurant and cheap chairs. Seemed clean enough, though. Our party was the only one eating, which says a lot about the quality of this place.

Please reconsider coming to place. Unless you love wasting A LOT of money on mediocre food. Or are just dying to get scammed. Then, this place may...

This Restaurant recently introduced a lunch box for $ 9.99 which we can fill tiny container can carry less than 200 grams of food. Myself and my friend went over there today and asked for the lunch two lunch box. We filled the boxes and went to up to the reception for making payment. A guy appeared with an aggressive face where we feel that he’s doing a big favor for us. Asked us to pay 27 dollars for two lunch boxes and a Limca. We wondered asked why 27 !! He doesn’t know what to say and after some kind of gold salesman’s calculation said the Limca is 3 dollars. We said no need Limca. Still 25 instead of 22. As I have picked up couple of times with 9.99 and taxes costing around 11 dollars. He said that if you had taken chicken that’s 11 dollars and mutton costs 12 dollars. If only veg 9.99. So it means two spoons of rice (The container have no space for 3 spoons😀) and one veg curry called basic lunch box for 9.99)

The lazy guys answer was ‘’ May be our boss increased the price “😀😀.

The food quality is below average. Very poor service. 45 minutes to get any item on dining table. Same waiter approaching twice or more to take order after he had already taken order.

Such an annoying customer service.

A buffet costs 22 dollars where no other restaurants charging in Hicksville.

Pista house manager : - Please place good staff to keep...