I had a friend visit from Montreal who had her heart set on eating Indian food. So we looked at various options in the downtown area and settled on Babur. I had been there before and figured it was a safe bet.
The ambiance for this place is truly trendy and amazing. Unfortunately the food is just ok.
We ordered the spinach cheese dish Shalak Paneer which tasted really good. The tandoori chicken came with a red sauce and green peppers. When i had this dish at Cusine of India (which is now closed and only open for catering), it came on a sizzling plate with no sauce so that you could taste the chicken, the spices, and the tandoor oven grilling taste. I was disappointed by this dish. We had ordered the grilled red snapper but after taking our order, the waiter came back to inform us that there were no more red snappers. How do you run out of red snappers?!. So we settled for the Monk fish. The fish came in a creamy yellow sauced. It tasted salty and had a weird fishy taste. My friend and i both had a hard time eating it. For $18, it was the most horrible fish dish i've ever had. The house of india has this delicious tandoor grilled fish that is very tasty.
The nan bread were also mediocre.
To top it off, there were only 2 servers and so the service was slow and the food took a very long time to come out.
I don't think i would go back. If i do, I might order other menu option.
The meal came to $57 for 2 people. Add tip, it came to $65. Definitely not worth the price.