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| - My wife purchased a Groupon for this place and decided to give it a try tonight. On the Groupon, it said we needed to call to make reservations. So we did and the female that answered (I didn't get her name) said we needed reservations and asked when we would be coming in. I told her we'd be there in about 20 minutes and she said she would be able to get us in.
We walked in the door and found the place almost empty. Only about 3 or 4 tables were occupied. A female came out from the kitchen to greet us and pointed at a table which she wished for us to sit at. After we sat, she asked my wife what she would like to drink (water) and turned around to, presumably, go get it. A few moments later, a male appeared with two waters (even though she didn't even look at me to take my drink order.) I think he heard me mention to my wife "I guess I'll drink water" because shortly afterwards, the female came back and asked me what I would like to drink. She seemed kind of irratated that she had to come back and ask for my drink order.
Another female came out to take our food order. We ordered the paneer pakora as an appetizer. My wife ordered lamb vindaloo and I ordered the chicken makhani. We also ordered two sides of rice and an order of garlic naan. The waitress warned me that their food runs a little spicy and asked both my wife and I if we would like our entrees mild, medium or hot (which I appreciated.)
Overall, the food was pretty good. My makhani sauce was a little more red than what I've had at other restaurants but was still flavorful. The gentleman that initially brought our waters out made sure our glasses never went empty which was a HUGE plus for me. With our paneer pakora, they brought three sauces to spread on the food. One was a chili sauce, one a mint sauce and one a sweet-and-sour type sauce. The chili sauce clearly had some sort of store bought buffalo sauce mixed in it. The mint sauce was extremely liquidy and the last sauce was alright. Regarding the sauces, they tasted more like they were purchased from Fry's as opposed to being an authentic Indian recipe.
Service was pretty good as well. I work in the hotel industry and am extremely critical of the delivery of customer service from places I go. Everyone (except for our drink order taker) had a smile on their face and really seemed to appreciate their customers choosing to dine with them.
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