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| - I've been hard-pressed to find a go-to Indian place in the Cleveland area, but Saffron Patch has ended up becoming the Indian restaurant I dine at most frequently (likely because it's located just a few minutes from my house.) While their entrees are on the pricey side, the lunch buffet is reasonably priced (around $10.) The buffet dishes are prepared fresh, served in small batches, and are refilled regularly, so you never have to worry about eating food that's been sitting out all day. They do a nice job of making sure that the buffet has a variety of dishes -- the dal, matar paneer, and aloo gobi are all delicious. Though the buffet is light on appetizers, the vegetable pakora are fantastic (especially with the tamarind sauce.) If you like your Indian food spicy, the buffet may disappoint -- the dishes are all very mild. If I'm ordering off the menu, my favorite dishes are the shahi paneer and the butter chicken.
The service at Saffron Patch can be a bit hit or miss -- I've had great service there, but I've also had waiters who seem to forget I exist as soon as I've been seated. I find that I have better service experiences when I'm there for dinner as opposed to the lunch buffet (maybe there's an impression among the waitstaff that buffet-goers can fend for themselves?)
I do wish that the prices at Saffron Patch were just a little lower (if their entrees were in the $12-15 range as opposed the the $15-20 range, I would likely end up dining there a little more frequently), but the presence of the buffet is generally enough to make up for the pricey entrees.
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