Pawan’s Indian Kitchen — Restaurant in North Vancouver

If you’re tuned in with good Indian food, you’ll be disappointed. The “tandoori” chicken didn’t look nor taste like it was cooked in a tandoor oven. The veggies served with the “tandoori” chicken were surprisingly tasty. The butter naan smelled plasticy for some odd reason and must’ve been coated with vegetable oil as there was no butter flavor. The Dal Makhani was good. Not the best I’ve ever had but not the worst either. Same with the chicken tikka masala. Butter paneer was extremely vinegary. Rice was rice. Mango lassi was good but didn’t have a natural mango taste to it. Must be a pre-mixed blend they buy. Ambiance was nothing special. When the owner asked if everything was ok I nodded in agreement because that’s all it was - just OK. Perhaps I’m spoiled with all the high quality Indian food I’ve had in Regina? Idk. I have yet to find places that surpass the quality & authenticity the Indian food in that city has to to offer. Kelowna, Toronto, Minneapolis, Florida and now Vancouver all seem to have sub par Indian food compared to Regina despite trying the most highly rated places in each city. I can’t explain why. At any rate, I won’t be coming back to this place but I...

RUDE STAFF, TASTELESS FOOD. UNBELIEVABLY RUDE STAFF. When we sat there for dining, the waiter seemed more interested in getting a date with my brother, and that in a super rude way that I feel horrible of even talk about. As we saw this, we got the food to go, and left.

TASTELESS FOOD. We go to Indian restaurants mainly because of its great taste. Unfortunately this place was the pit of all Indian restaurants we have been to, when it comes to the taste of the food as well.

NO WONDER. They are always empty while their next-door Indian restaurant always has 10-25 people lined up behind their door. Unfortunately that restaurant only has takeout.

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Update: We have been back several times and are always quite happy :) More below...

Our first visit was takeout and we were very impressed.

I walked in and ordered right there. The restaurant looked much nicer on the inside than outside and the staff was very friendly and provided information openly. I ordered a good beer on tap while waiting (I was walking, calm down) and had a nice chat with one of the guys there.

The food was mild spiced vegetarian this time, and it was delicious. The portions were generous and the flavours flowed beautifully. The textures of the cooked veggies and naan worked excellently. We are looking forward heading back soon - whether eat in our take out next time, we should be quite happy that day and the next!

Here's the update: in the last year or more we have been back several times, both eat in and take out. The staff has always been nice and friendly and the food had always been delicious. We have spiced it up a bit and tried meat dishes and appies and even a dessert, and have never been disappointed. We will definitely be going back for more - and maybe one day I'll take a picture... I just want to eat as soon as I...