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| - I love Indian food - so I'm always up to try out a restaurant, even if it's a bit out of my way (I'm in Pickering and this place is in 'Sauga...)
First impressions: very small and VERY busy. We went on a Saturday evening, so of course it would be busy, but there were people lined up to get in, and then lined up again to get a table. The parking lot is a disaster; if you can park across the street, I'd suggest you do it. We came in three cars and two of them got parked in because other customers simply thought it was OK to double-park and block us in!
This isn't a fancy restaurant, by any means. It's pretty clean (although I didn't venture into the washrooms) but the set-up is basic, and the tables are all stuffed in close to each other, so be prepared for loud conversations and families all over the place.
The Food: The winning dish at this place is definitely the kebabs: we ordered the BBQ platter that had a sampling of pretty much every kebab and it was delicious. For about 40 bucks, it fed seven of us with some left over. Some other dishes we ordered included:
-chicken biriyani (it was ok; not enough actual rice though)
-butter chicken (not greasy which is AWESOME, but way too sweet)
-chana masala (tasty!)
-and a whole load of regular and garlic naan (note: the BBQ platter comes with some naan too, which was great)
I did like that the dishes were cooked with care - but there was nothing that really made any of them stand out. The best part was probably that nothing was too greasy, or a rip-off in terms of meat-to-vegetable ratio (looking at you, Lahore Tikka House...)
They had no desserts to speak of and we were all craving kulfi, so that was a bit of a let-down. Places do run out of items, but it seemed strange that they would be out of their main dessert so early in the evening on a weekend.
Pricing was fair and all dishes are family style. The portions were decent (in comparison to other Indian places), but if you have a large crew, you'll need two rice dishes, if that is your staple.
Service: slow. We got our food fairly quickly to begin, but we had to ask for water several times. Once a server came by, he took all our pitchers and left, never to be seen again. A few of our dishes were cleared before we asked (because they wanted us to leave) although there was still plenty of food left that could have been packed up.
Overall: I'd come back here only if I was in the west end and had nowhere else to go immediately after (as another user noted; you will reek of Indian food after being in here for 10 minutes, and it will linger.) There are lots of Indian places to try, so I think I'll check out somewhere new next time.
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