Deli Boys
HULU | Release Date: March 6, 2025
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
IGNDevan SuberMar 6, 2025
Season 1 Review: Anchored by a riotously badass performance and fantastic jokes, Deli Boys emerges as a highlight of this young year, layering an engaging criminal caper on top of a comedy about the Pakistani immigrant experience. Read full review
90
ColliderTania HussainMar 3, 2025
Season 1 Review: Ultimately, it is a chaotic, irreverently funny, and refreshingly unpredictable series that will hook you in like a strong, bold cup of chai and leave you wanting more. Read full review
80
TimeJudy BermanMar 6, 2025
Season 1 Review: Concealed within these broad characters is a capacity for emotional nuance that you don’t often see in either a sub-Sopranos gangster show or a half-hour action comedy. By making us care what happens to Mir and Dar and their aunties and uncles, Deli Boys balances bloody knuckles with a tender heart. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeJazmin AguileraMar 6, 2025
Season 1 Review: With all the silly puns, comical plot twists, and unexpected Tarantino-esque violence, every prediction I had made about how this show would unfold was proven wrong — to my surprise and delight. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonMar 5, 2025
Season 1 Review: The Pakistani tilt to “Deli Boys” is refreshing. So is Mr. Saeed’s instinct for sensing the edge of acceptable comedy and then stomping all over it. Raj and Mir are more or less conventional goofballs, but the elders in their orbit are dryly hilarious. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydMar 5, 2025
Season 1 Review: It’s smartly written, festooned with quirky business, farcical situations, droll asides. Above all, it’s built on great performances, even in the smallest roles, that ground the wackiness and so make things only funnier. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubSaloni GajjarMar 3, 2025
Season 1 Review: Even if Deli Boys doesn’t deliver on thrills, it’s a humorous delight when it focuses on Raj, Mir, and Lucky as a trio. Read full review
70
DeciderJoel KellerMar 6, 2025
Season 1 Review: Because of the funny moments, and the idea that these two coddled young men are now going to have to get into hardcore criminal activity, we are feeling pretty good about the prospects that the first season of Deli Boys will be entertaining. Read full review
67
IndieWireProma KhoslaMar 6, 2025
Season 1 Review: “Deli Boys” is not too dark, too violent, or too explicit to immediately watch all the way through. It’s bizarre and hilarious and fun enough to keep a viewer hooked, and hopefully to merit a second season Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 4, 2025
Season 1 Review: The cast is universally terrific, the writing is often crisp and witty — but the blood-spattered shtick grows a bit tiresome and repetitive, and we can never quite shake that feeling that even in a dark comedy, drug dealing just isn’t funny. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanMar 5, 2025
Season 1 Review: It’s a bit of a letdown to realize that what could have been a sharp and unique take on the gangster subgenre has no apparent interest in taking on that challenge. It seems content, instead, to kick back on the couch and quote The Godfather all day. Read full review
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