Yet another new Indian restaurant?
Downtown Urbana needs a place like this so I am excited to see Sitara opening up in the former Embassy place. The space has tons of potential. Embassy used to have live music, so maybe the new owners would be open to that. An Indian restaurant with live Jazz music? Why not -- now that's unique and different than your average Indian restaurant.
The food was ok. Nothing spectacular. I would probably go back if I have some craving and don't feel like cooking at home. We tried a lamb dish with Kashmiri naan. It was well cooked. Service can be improved a lot. They seem to be have too may servers but not enough coordination.
I think what this town needs is an Indian restaurant similar to what Maize is doing for Mexican food -- fresh, creative, interesting food that you can't find anywhere else.
I hope Sitara does something different and creative with the food and the space there rather than being just another Indian restaurant.