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| - On a hot Victoria Day Monday, Waterfalls's patio was an enticing option. Upon walking in, it became clear pretty quickly that the restaurant was understaffed -- not sure if that's because of the holiday, but other reviews suggest it may be typical. It took a long to get the attention of either of the two servers, and eventually we just grabbed our own menus and plunked ourselves at a table the staff agreed upon that hadn't yet been cleaned up. Our server was, if nothing else, friendly though, and also accommodating to my companion's food allergies.
Once ordered, the food took a long time to arrive. (Perhaps the kitchen was also understaffed.) Our onion bhaji and chicken pakoras were tasty, but the bhaji were fried slightly too long and so had an edge of burnt taste.
The main course was a two-curry special which arrived with a generous portion of both rice and naan. I have to give them points for value here ($18 for more than enough food for two people), and the curries were tasty enough, if not terribly memorable. The Chicken Chettinad is a cashew-based dish, which seems somewhat unusual for the typical tikka-masala/butter-chicken menu one finds. The other curry we chose was a Baingan Bartha, which was...serviceable. The special also came with a portion of raita, a slightly soggy papadom, and a decent lime pickle.
I've had much worse Indian and spent more money on it, so I would consider coming back and trying to order some of the other less common dishes, like the special mango fish dish that wasn't available that night.
One last note: there was a pretty egregious band that played 3 (!) sets while were there, covering all the jazz/pop songs you've heard a million times before in a style you soon hope to forget. It's nice that a restaurant such as this employs local musicians, but if you're going to hire your cousins's daughter's band, at least limit them to 2 sets and turn the volume down so as not to disturb the diners.
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