Had the dinner buffet this past tuesday night. We searched reviews for indian food on Gerrard East and could not find a great review for a restaurant setting (not fast food), non vegetarian (hello butter chicken!), non greasy, and nice ambiance indian food resto.
So we just went there and walked around. We found that this one was the only one that was not empty (we were there around 730pm) and appeared new-ish.
So the stars are for :
fairly new looking
cleanliness of the resto/ decor and layout (really can make a difference - quite a few other places looked so cheap and dirty)
size of the resto
****great customer service!!! (apparently hard to come by lately) attentiveness of the host/waiter (yes he did come around with freshly made hot garlic naan and served us at our table - this was buffet so it was a nice touch! and kept filling up our water glasses and always took away our dirty dishes and was very aware when you needed to catch his attention for the bill etc).
the selection was alright
the naan was delicious
even though it was "standard" icecream ..... I loooooooved the mango icecream - usually I dislike that - especially at chinese resturants (usually get the green tea instead) but this mango tasted like passionfruit!!I wanted to take the tub home! (sadly this made up for most of my disappointment in the butter chicken.. its sad cause this is an indian resto and here I am raving about the icecream!)
the lack of stars:
im sorry but butter chicken shouldnt taste so sweet!! (can we say - ketchup?) :-( This is actually the second resto that served sweet butter chicken... maybe Im missing something here and maybe there are different kinds of butter chicken?
This was such a let down cause that is my staple for assessing the indian food. I usually love butter chicken! The chicken masala made up for it. Though at one point, I think the chicken was undercooked.
So this resto has potential - the look, the friendliness, but they gotta work on the quality of the food. Hopefully someone will tell them or they will read the reviews. Once they get that the place will be great - considering the surrounding dives.