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Over the past few years, I've given up on Indian buffets. The food is never spicy enough, buffets are dirty and food items aren't replaced in a timely fashion, and when you scoop up any paneer dish there are usually three little cubes swimming in a pool of sauce. Disappointment has become a familiar sentiment.
Gautama was a risk that I'm happy I took. All of the items on their buffet were very good. In addition to white basmati, they had a Pulau rice dish, wonderful paneer, and each sauce was flavourful and rich. Food was replenished often and the general food quality was far above average. The naan on the buffet was EXCELLENT, which is a rarity!
Wine was super cheap. But they did not have two of the wines that were advertised on the menu (unfortunately both were the best pairings for Indian food), Our server had no idea how to open a bottle of wine, but was polite and tried his best.
The set up of the buffet was a little hectic and several times I found myself accosted by fellow diners because the plates are in the middle of two buffets, one hot one cold, so there's no real rhyme or reason as to where the line begins. If they had enough space, this would work, but it's a little cramped. I'd recommend the they begin with plates first, cold buffet, followed by hot. Everyone there seemed a bit annoyed.
We made sure to tell our server how impressed we were with all of the food. He was genuinely flattered and offered us some Kashmiri Tea. Unfortunately the tea took forever and we needed to leave. We had a quick sip, but it was very hot and we didn't have a time to wait for it to cool down.
Despite being a pale white girl, I am a person who eats a lot of Indian food and cooks it at home often, I was very pleased with this buffet dinner and wold recommend it to anyone looking for a surprisingly excellent buffet in Little India.
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