Mavara Indian Bistro — Restaurant in Kelowna

Have been 5 times I last / 2 months New to our area. Authentic Indian flavours Friendly eager to please staff 1 st visit with friends from South Africa. No idea what was ahead ,,, we shared 3 dishes plus rice and nan bread The owner was wearing a canuks jersey Gave him a hard time. He has a god sense of humor Food came quickly A bit surprised how good it was. In fact bt end of meal we found ourselves talking about the food. More than socializing. We trued mild spice Left very content. The owner showed his appreciation

Visit 2

A week later. Same friends. Er all agreed ut was to be checked out again Thus time tried the fish a lamb and a veggie

,,,half way through we all saying it was great.true authentic flavours. We agreed the real deal. They have 2 kinds of draft beer Also had garlic Nan bread. It was abundant with fresh garlic. Setvice friendly Eager to please Left feeling like we now have a great restaurant very close by as we live in quail ridge Interaction with owner. very appreciative of our business Visit 3. We found ourselves craving it !

This time tried more dishes

Generous portions. Modest prices. Firgoth tommfntion st beginning ifvreview Even though our expectations were high they came through. Yet again In fact we all said our best Indian ever ! Near the end the owners mom stopped by to say thanks. We invited her to join Itcwas a lovely conversation they are a family team Committed to simple quality and good service It really shows we left feeling like we can now support a family get a goid meal at a good price and only 4 minutes away Had leftovers next day. Re inforcing the true authentic flavours Visit 4 with diff friends a 1 st fir them We had a great time they loved it as much as we did even texted about it next day Enjoyed the draft beer and a few drinks It’s a casual atmosphere It’s not fancy but nice Clean n tidy We left happy campers. Again owners showing appreciation 5 th visit a take out enjoyed at Home Exceeded our expectations plenty for a .ll2nd meal tge next day This time med spice. Love it ! Even having it cold lol yes lazy It’s been years since having reliable place to dine with out breaking the bank ! This is our go to place now Many thanks to the owners staff and family that make this place the real deal We will be back :) Do Go and check it out hope you enjoy as much as we do Apologize forvtypo errors my vision not so great typing...

Although we already have our favourite place in downtown we still love to give chances to new Indian restaurants. We saw that Mavara was newly opened and had good reviews so definitely wanted to give a try. Because my mom and partner were fasting we asked them kindly to bring the food when it’s the iftar time and they did (that’s why I gave 2 stars instead of 1).

When we received the food we were just shocked by the quantity of the food. You can compare it from the photo. They were ridiculously small portions and definitely not worth for the price, sorry!

We ordered Lamb Tikka Masala, Lamb Curry, Butter Chicken, Lamb Biryani, Green Salad and Raita. Because of the shock that I had I couldn’t take the photo of the green salad but it’s not hard to use your imagination. Think about, 4-5 thin slices of red onion, same amount of tomatoes, cucumbers, they were laying together and top had a slice of lemon… We immediately returned it back since it is not even close to a salad. While I found the butter chicken sauce tasty the some chicken pieces’ tastes were unpleasant (they were either undercooked or had skin on it, couldn’t understand it perfectly since I was already chewing). The lamb tikka masala; based on our previous experiences when you touch the lamb with your fork/spoon it splits right away, unfortunately we had to chew the lamb for a while, it was very tough. The lamb biryani had the same lamb issue. Unfortunately the worst one was my mom’s order! Lamb curry, it was extremely salty, like you put your tongue in a salt jar🫤 When we mentioned about our complaints to the server, they decided to wave the Raita from our bill which we ordered extra because the server didn’t mention that biryani already comes with raita while taking our order. It doesn’t mention on the menu either. We should have left when we saw the ridiculous portions but because my mom and partner were fasting all day unfortunately we had to stay and eat some food. Lastly one of the washroom didn’t have soap and the other one had sanitizer instead of soap! I wish that place could do better so we could go back again but unfortunately the experience...

Expected more from this place but unfortunately had an average experience. This restaurant is located near the airport and we went all the way to this place from Downtown as they had halwa puri mentioned on their menu as Sunday Special. When ordered, staff says it was until 2pm which is no where mentioned on the menu and was disappointing. Then we ordered Dinner Thali which comes with 3 items. They customized all the 3 for us on our request which was great. So we went for dal makhni, paneer butter masala and butter chicken. All the 3 were good but dal makhni and butter paneer lacked some seasoning. Butter Chicken on the other hand was great. We also ordered separate Paneer Naan which was nicely done but this too lacked some seasoning and salt too. We also had Tandoori Chicken on the staff's recommendation but it was a disappointment. It was wet from the inside, not thoroughly cooked as a Tandoori should be. It also had skin on it and I could not stomach it so returned it. It also lacked seasoning. Chef should consider adding more salt and seasoning to the dishes. The bill still showed the Tandoori amount as they forgot to remove it. Prices are great compared to other restaurants. Ambience is good, spacious. Staff is friendly too. Our experience wasn't as good but will give this place...