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| - This place has almost no redeeming qualities. I've been here twice and both times I was underwhelmed.
On my first visit I went with one other person and we ordered some appetizers and got the buffet. It was about 6 pm on a Thursday and the place was deserted. The appetizers came out of the kitchen hot, and they were pretty yummy. Except for the paneer pakora -- that was just boring. As other reviewers have mentioned, everything on the buffet is just dull and seemed like it had been there for a while. Malai kofta was one of the buffet options and it's one of my favorites. I was very disappointed. The dumplings had raisins in them or something of similar size that was sweet and squishy. Very unappetizing. The sauce wasn't nearly creamy enough to be a proper malai kofta. By the time we left there were more people trickling in, but the place isn't very popular, for good reason.
On my second trip (I only returned because someone had a Groupon), the place was equally deserted. Again, just a party of two. Since, I'd already experienced the buffet we decided to order off the menu. Keep in mind the restaurant was empty, so when the waiter came over to take our order we were expecting awesome service. We certainly weren't expecting him to answer the phone that was attached to his hip and stand in front of our table chatting with someone in another language. I generally like listening to people speak in languages I don't understand, but standing right next to me for an uncomfortably long time while I'm trying to chat with my dining companion was just rude. We did finally get to order though. We ordered garlic naan and another kind of naan as well as tarka dal and the malai kofta (I advised against this).
Now, I didn't know what tarka dal was when I ordered it, but it was described as a bean dish with lots of ginger. Sounded like my kind of thing and I wanted to order something that I didn't think would be on the buffet. When our food arrived I was very disappointed to see that he brought us dal makhani instead. The waiter even called it tarka dal when he set it down. I might have known what tarka dal was, but I sure as hell can recognize my absolute favorite Indian dish when you put it in front of me! A simple internet search was enough to convince us that there was no way tarka dal could be some variation of dal makhani since the two dishes are generally made with completely different lentils and are therefore different colors! The kitchen just didn't want to make the damned tarka dal and brought us the stuff that was on the buffet! The malai kofta was, again, icky. No raisin-things this time, but the nuts in the dumplings were almond slivers, not cashews. The two kinds of naan we ordered were nothing but soggy, salty piles of grease. All that and the service never improved. Drink refills were slow, we didn't even bother asking for another round of drinks from the bar, and it took far too long to get the check.
In hindsight, I'm a glad they didn't actually bring me tarka dal when I ordered it. I'm sure they would have just messed it up. I've since made it myself and it's delicious. I recommend you try it, just not here. Don't eat here.
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