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| - Seems like it's been a challenge finding decent Indian restaurants in Vegas. There's a few east of the strip, but I'm on the west side and it's been slim pickings out here. I spotted a place on Rainbow called Maharaja's, but when driving up for lunch found that it wasn't open yet. I then decided to eat at the Buffet@Asian on the corner of Rainbow & Sahara (not a bad place, BTW), and upon leaving spotted the Bollywood Grill next door and noted that it was open. So I made it over there for lunch a couple days later. Most of the patrons were Indian, as was the staff-- and it looks to be pretty authentic (I've never been to India, so I can't say with absolute certainty). The lunch buffet included more selection than most I've seen, including most of the common items (tandoori chicken, dal makhani, channa masala, aloo saag, aloo gobi, kheer, chicken makhani, etc.) and quite a few other items that are a bit less common, including aloo-ki-tikki (or something like it), and some kind of seasoned ground meat kabob and a fish korma along with several other things I don't recall (or perhaps didn't recognize). While it may not have been the absolute best Indian food I've ever had, it was quite tasty, about the best I've had in Vegas anyway, and the variety was really great. They also have a sweet-shop counter (Mithai) with a wide variety of tasty items. The atmosphere was fine-- it's not particularly huge inside, but there are a lot of booths and as you would expect given their name, there's a video screen in the main dining area running bollywood musicals (fortunately though, the sound wasn't overbearing and some even had subtitles for those like me who don't speak Hindi). Well worth checking out. It's just south of the big Harley store on Rainbow just north of Sahara, immediately to the east of Buffet@Asian.
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