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  • Warning this is going to be a long post... Maybe they dont get much non Indian customers here? My skeptical side is saying their intentions were to try to upsell and rack up the bill as much as possible. :S We made reservations for dinner and when we got here we didn't make any request or indicatation that we wanted help with ordering. Throughout dinner the manager and wait staff kept making other suggestions to what we originally wanted. So for that I found the dining experience over all was rather uncomfortable and not that relaxing. I'll begin with the starter. We try to order the appetizer meat platter to share but the waiter immediately says no you guys will like the seafood /meat platter more. Okay, how would he know? It's on the menu in clear English next to what we ordered but anyways we give his suggestion a try and order the seafood meat platter instead. Minutes later the manager comes by to tell us how he has something special for us to go on the platter. Some kind of special large prawns (does a very wide hand gesture) on a skewer instead of just the regular shrimp side that normally came with the platter. We ask him is this part of the platter or extra? He gives a very ambigious no-mix-yes head shake gesture without telling us the exact cost. Half of our table thought he said no the other half thought he said yes then no?? So, they weren't upfront about the price difference here at all. Well fine, I thought surely if it's extra it can't be outrageous. We find out at the end that the skewer with 5 shrimps 4 of which made it on the table was $25.00 AND they really weren't that good, shrimp meat actually tasted very harsh metallic flavor. He dropped one on the floor as he was serving it and walked away without saying a word. Fine, I didn't miss it but he didn't adjust the price or acknowledge it in anyway. Next, we try to place the entree order. He seemed rather reluctant and disapproving with most of our choices and made some initial effort to make suggestions for some special items not on the menu that the kitchen could make especially for us. My friend had to interrupt and say, "I really think we are really ready to order right now". Does he think we came here to NOT eat things from their menu? The tone just seemed rather presumptuous. We try to order regular naan but again the manager recommends a Afghan style naan to go with everything. Saying it will be amazing which again the price was not disclosed. It was $8 each btw we find out at the end. And it was the exact SAME size as regular naan but flattened and pulled out to one side. So at that time another waiter swipes in with perfect timing and says oh, that doesn't look like enough you'll need more right? Yes, it's quite obvious isn't it? There was one winning dish though which we had to adamently push for to be ordered. Vegetarian paneer kofta with cashew sauce. If I ever do get over this experience I would come back for this dish alone. The manager comes back to check on us mid dinner and this time grinning ear to ear. "Oh you like crab too right? We made zero indication that we liked crab to him. He goes on "next time you come back I will help make you a very good Crab curry." this is also not on the menu. This crab pitch is repeated to us again as we finish paying and get up to leave. The hustle is real here. Only come if you are ready to fend off upselling or be ready to splurge. Dinner came to $190 tip not included for 4 people with 3 non alcoholic beverages.
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