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| - Short form: butter chicken excellent, service slow, room cold.
A group of six of us went to Nirvana for an early dinner and we even made a reservation. It was not necessary. The restaurant has very ornate surroundings and one imagines an Indian prince finding it quite comfortable. He would, however, freeze his royal backside as the room temperature resembles that of a cave.
We were seated promptly however the number of chairs set out for us did not match the number in our reservation. With only one reservation to handle one would assume it could be done to perfection vis a vis the number of diners. No worries, there were plenty of available chairs from which to borrow. We ordered a round of IPA's and waited much too long for their delivery. Sensing that it would be a long night, we were delighted to learn that a buffet would be available...in a half an hour. The IPA's kept us all occupied as we waited for the feast to be set out. At the appointed time (5:30 PM) all was ready and we grabbed our plates. The selection of samosas, fish cakes, and assorted chutneys complimented the few salad offerings. The mains consisted of a generous tub of butter chicken, a spicy beef with bones dish, some dahl, two rices,and several other Indian dishes which I am unable to identify. In addition there was a selection of Indian sweets which we did not sample due to excessive butter chicken consumption! At our request the server brought naan bread to the table. All the dishes were very tasty and the spicy beef added a real hot punch.
Additional naan and beers took a very long time to arrive given how empty the restaurant was. The buffet was $ 16.99 each and no one left hungry.
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