If you're looking for a fancy South Asian restaurant with good food, you should try this place. The restaurant is nicely decorated, very clean, contemporary in feel, with dishes that bear the name of the restaurant on their gleaming white dishes.
Admittedly I was like others who have made immature comments about the restaurant's name, but what the name translates to is "cooked with steam". Signature Dum Pukht dishes are served covered in a flatbread-like dome, which preserves the steam in the cooking vessel.
This was my first time trying Dum Pukht, so for comparison purposes with other Indian restaurants, hubby and I ordered vegetarian samosas, butter chicken and rice. We asked the server for recommendations regarding another vegetable dish, and he said we would not regret it if we ordered the methi mutter malai (peas and ricotta cheese with fenugreek served medium spicy). Before our food arrived, we were given complimentary papadums with tamarind sauce and mint chutney. The samosas were quite large and one order comes with 3 pieces. My relatively weak tolerance for spice was pushed towards the edge with the spice level in the samosas.
The main dishes were quite tasty. The butter chicken was pretty good (but not the best I've ever had, as I like my butter chicken sauce creamier). The methi mutter malai was tasty as well, creamy, and of tolerable spice level. However, I found it lacking in texture (which I appreciate in food), thus I'd probably sooner try another vegetable dish first before trying that particular one again.
Service is very good and the staff are helpful and friendly. I look forward to coming back again to try their signature dishes. 3.25 stars.
(73/100)