A friend of mine referred this restaurant to us - she said that she had the best birthday meal here recently. I am so glad she told us about it as I am not sure we would have found it soon enough! (tucked into the end of a strip mall)
Family owned and derived from authentic East Indian recipes.
We arrived here on a Friday night at 6pm and got a seat no problem. Let me tell you though, a half hour makes the difference as it was packed by 630pm. The restaurant is beautifully decorated; dark wood, interesting modern lighting and comfortable seating. It also has a variety of edgy music playing. Supposedly, they switch it up and do play Indian music at times which I believe I would have loved. Tonight was a mixed Pitbull CD!
I would say in the evenings anyways, the crowd is arguably adult.
The room was quite chilly upon entry so the extra bodies that came to dine were most welcome!
That aside, the service was great as was the FOOD!
We ordered the chicken tikka masla as well as the butter chicken (extra spicy). We also ordered the OH-SO-GOOD garlic naan bread and the irresistible coconut rice. My hubby had a beer and I tried the hot chai tea which takes extra time as it is made from scratch. The tea was honestly just OK. The mains were quite good and we could not eat all of it so the portions to me, were decent. The butter chicken was sweet and luscious. How do they get the chicken cubed up so perfectly square? Extra green chiles were brought out to me so I could kick up the heat factor even more. The tikka was not quite as saucy for sopping up with the naan bread but I enjoyed the onion and peppers that were mixed into the dish. I did not find anything spicy but I am a fire breather. They will adjust seasoning for you, you just have to ask.
I wished there were more shrimp dishes and maybe a nice hot tea (other than chai) but did not see any on the menu.
We had to skip dessert but there are some sweet offerings!
All this was $46 before tip. I was pleasantly surprised to see the bill as it was a lot of food!