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| - I have no idea who writes these reviews, but this place has been waaaay overrated. Friends, maybe? I am Indian and have been on a endless search for the best Indian food (still searching). I figure if a place can do a decent Indian lunch buffet then they atleast serious about cooking authentic Indian food during non-buffet times.
I went for the lunch buffet, which I admit must be mildly seasoned to broaden customer appeal yet can't be too costly for the restaurant to make a profit, but I expect flavorful seasoning and variety. Everything was underseasoned, not enough salt or hot spice...there really was none.
The buffet had the appearance of being bountiful because of the meat and vegetables were in the front buffet. It definitely captivate the eyes and stomach of customer. However once at the buffet I found it not logically flowing once at the buffet. It does not flow logically, which would be flowing from appetizers and papadums, to rice, noodles, and breads then veggies and meats. Here the buffet started with plates, tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, fish curry, daals, vegetable curries...all very soupy items that probably should have rice or a starch served first so the sop up the gravies. In addition, too much repetition. 5 Proteins- 1 fish curry and 4 types of chicken (tandoori, wings, tikka, and curry), 4 daals, and 2 batter fried vegetable and 2 cheap starchy filed vegetable dishes...a gobi filled with chana and a "vegetable" curry dominated by potatoes and peas. Not reflective of the delicious quality vegetables dishes Indian cuisine has been admired for. No paneer, as a vegetarian source of complete protein instead of ANOTHER chicken dish?
Furthermore, a very disjointed buffet offering, sambar without idli or dosa? mint chutney and tamarind chutney without samosa or chaat? Come on! You give the facade of bounty, but it is incomplete. You know better, but undermine true Indian Buffet fans in order to cut costs. There are a ton of Indian buffets that are better for the same price and most are around you.
While this commonly happens at most buffets, it seem to be with every gravy dish... all the "good" stuff was gone and it seemed once it was finished, it was finished. Yet coming at 1 PM and the buffet is from 11:30 to 3:00 pm...I do expect it to be replenished, but didn't see it happen in the 45 minutes I was there.
Understandably the dishes were mild, but there should be some "hot" sauce/condiment offered...I didn't see any, but I also never asked for any.
Out of all the dishes the tandoori chicken was the best, it remained juicy yet it was still underseasoned and DEFINITELY NOT cooked in a tandoori.
One of the more promising things about the restaurant was that the atmosphere was "nice" and up to date and most importantly the service was way above par of most Indian restaurants...as an Indian it is rare to get treated as well as "non-Indian" customers. Here our water glasses were never less than half full, and they appropriately checked on us from time to time without fussing or discriminating.
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