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| - A perfectly nice dining experience. Service is good and the decor of the restaurant is chic and warm at the same time. But the quality of the food (even though decent) just doesn't match the prices. It's the kind of place to go if you want to impress your date with ambiance, rather than dive into authentic Indian cuisine.
We had the Winterlicious menu and it was quite tasty. No complaints, just nothing really stood out as terrific. My husband had the pakoras and I had the butternut squash soup. His app was quite small (two pakoras sitting on top of some slaw) and mediocre. Nothing like the crispy, oniony, fragrant morsels I've had at other places (ahem...Banjara). My soup was quite good, though. It had a great spicy kick to it and was rich with flavour. Decent portion, too.
Our mains were also good, but oddly portioned. I ordered the butter chicken. If I wasn't pregnant and craving sugar right now, I'd probably complain that it was too sweet, but frankly I lapped it up. My husbands vegetarian Buddha meal was three times the size of my butter chicken for the same price. Chana Masala, Dahl Mahkenhi and Saag Paneer all in individual serving dishes. Each dish was good - although VERY heavy on the cream - but we thought it was odd that the portion sizes were so different.
Dessert was a total disappointment. My rice pudding was like rice-based oatmeal. Goopy and unappealing. And it's garnish was a compote made with dried cranberries, which seemed like a decision to cut costs. I ate two spoonfuls and left the rest. My husband's dessert, a haagen-dazs bar was...well...a little haagen-dazs bar on a plate. Cute. But can't give the restaurant much credit for that one.
There are so many great Indian places in this city. Keep exploring, I say.
Vegetarian score: 7/10 - fewer choices than at most Indian restaurants because the menu is smaller than most (because it's "fusion"?) But you'll have no difficulty getting a satisfying meal and some choice.
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