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| - My experience with Indian food began and ended at New Indian Gate. It was the best of times and it was the mediocre, luke warmest of times and yet I regret never trying the dessert when it was offered to me. I would really give them a 3.5 but I'm rounding up to four stars because of the customer service. Anyway, the glutton in me is constantly on the lookout for buffets so when I found this gem about 15 minutes from my job I decided to take a chance. I had only had Indian food once before from a mall food court place and I barely remember anything about it. The first time I came here, about a month ago, I came on a good day. The service was really attentive and everyone was super friendly which was constant - they have great customer service. I liked that it was a serve yourself lunch buffet and I think my total bill, with tip, came to $14 or so. They offer you a choice of regular nan or garlic nan when you are first seated. I tried a little bit of everything but fell in love with the curry chicken but the tandoori chicken, chicken tikka masala, and biriyani are good too. I also tried the mango lassi and it was everything. If you like mango and you like yogurt and you like creamy drinks, order a mango lassi. I was a little pressed for time so I declined having any dessert but I didn't see where the dessert was anywhere in the buffet (it's a small buffet) so I don't even know what the options were. I came back a week later and had a totally different experience. I had been thinking about New India Gate since I left, seriously. I think I came after a large group because they were pretty much cleaned out. The buffet needed to be replenished badly, there was no chicken in the chicken curry and everything else was slim pickings and only slightly warm at that. I didn't even eat my tandoori chicken because it was only a notch above cold to the touch - completely different experience than my first time, sadly. Also, no one ever asked me what I wanted to drink; I had to flag someone down to order my mango lassi which was mostly ice this time, to my disappointment. I also wasn't asked if I wanted dessert and again, since I didn't know where the dessert was, I just left without I haven't been back since then because I quickly got over my Indian food kick after that last time. I'll definitely be back but it'll be a while, I'm sure they will redeem themselves.
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