Let's take it from the beginning, shall we? So I walk in to an empty line and stand there staring at three cashier girls who blankly stare back with no greeting. Finally the one girl says she can take you and points to another one of the girls (the clever hand off). I tell her it's my first time, she recommends the usual. I order a rice and chicken bowl with tikka masala and naan. Simple, and probably the most common item they sell. I also throw in an order of the samosas. So I get my food pretty quickly, and I am off. I can't wait to eat it in the car so I smash the samosas and let me tell you THEY ARE DELICIOUS. The sauces the serve with it are truly amazing. So imagine my disappointment when I get to my meal, a few minutes later, where my rice bowl tastes like plastic and microwave. The taste is honestly inedible. I pour the masala on it, which turns out to be nothing more than watered down tomato soup with spices, in hopes it will improve the dish. Nope. So after taking a total of five bites from my bowl (which also is a ridiculously small portion for the price) I decide to eat my naan with the sauces they gave me for the samosas. I finished wishing I had more naan and sauces but angry because that's not what I came for. Word of advice, the multiple indian restaurants around Choolaah serve way better food with generous portions and the tikka masala is actually tikka masala.
Atmosphere is a 10 though. But I can't eat industrial chic.