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| - Full disclosure: I am from Delhi, India.
I went to this restaurant, because it seemed to be the highest Yelp-rated Indian restaurant in Cleveland area. I will start off by saying that I had a bad taste in my mouth (literally) after returning from there. Now I will explain why.
I had ordered a Mango Milkshake to start things off. My immediate reaction to my first sip was that it was not made from real mangoes. It definitely seemed from artificial mango syrup; it had a weird chemical taste to it. Bad start. Surely, it couldn't get worse; or so I thought.
Our entrees Tandoor Chicken (Full) and Seekh Kabob made a very grand entrance on sizzling plates, and actually smelled quite good coming in. They came with a single big plate of rice, a very small bowl of matar paneer (a tomato-based curry of peas and indian cottage cheese) and a very small bowl of mixed vegetables (dry dish).
- First thing, the menu doesn't accurately represent what's going to come on your table. It says 'saffron rice and vegetable curry' as accompaniment for both the dishes. Clearly, dry mixed vegetables is not a curry and is a bad accompaniment with rice.
- Next thing, rice. Indian cuisine is famous for its nice and flavorful long-grain basmati rice. Instead, what was served here was a dump of rice that was full of broken pieces, unflavorful, very lukewarm and not-so-fresh.
- As some other reviews have mentioned, the tandoor chicken was extremely dry (and overcooked) and under-seasoned (with a lot of red color though!).
- Seekh kabob was the only dish that was decent on our table (still not as succulent, as it was probably again overcooked).
- From what we saw at the table next to ours, you might want to skip the biryani as well (it looked more like a pulao).
Granted we did not try any of the curries, but from the quality of something as simple as rice and their technique for cooking meat, I wouldn't expect much. Completely over-rated on Yelp IMHO!
PS: The decor and service was decent. As others have said, it is on the ground floor of a tall office building. The restaurant itself is on the side of Northfield Rd instead of Chagrin Blvd.
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