Tandoori Flame Sports Bar & Indian Cuisine — Restaurant in Squamish

NOTE: The bulk of the reviews for this establishment are obviously for the previous business. This feels highly disingenuous and misleading. Given the lack of consistency in menu (and, in my opinion, quality of food), definitely keep that in mind when considering your choice on where to eat. Sort by most recent.

I try really hard to avoid giving bad reviews given how hard an industry I know this is, but I was disappointed by literally everything I ordered, so here we are. I ran for nearly six hours this morning and am a big eater. To celebrate my effort, I spent over $100 on a big feast that was barely worth half that. Indian buffet food is better by a long shot... and far better value. At best, I'd put this food on par with greasy spoon diners or drive-in burgers.

My chai was totally flavourless. I'm not even sure it was anything other than bland black tea with a splash of milk. My mango lassi tasted like it was a from-concentrate Orange Julius you'd get at the mall. My naan looked and tasted burnt like cardboard and my roti was very dry and hard to eat even after steaming and re-heating. My parantha tasted rubbery and soaked in oil... a greasy and sad theme of the entire meal to come.

The fish pakoras were undercooked and chewy, having been obviously taken out of the fryer too early or were cooked at too low of a temperature. The butter chicken tasted like it was cooked in spicy Campbell's tomato soup and lacked real depth to the flavour substance.

I ordered two dishes consisted mainly of chickpeas, but both were huge fails because the chickpeas were undercooked / hard. That tells me they're cooking them from dry... and doing a very simple cooking process completely wrong. In both cases, the dishes were too oily and any attempt at real flavour was just drowned in hot sauce.

I would not trust any review claiming this is authentic or high quality Indian food. I'd bet every review that claims as such comes from someone who doesn't know what they're talking about. I had my order delivered, so I can't speak to the restaurant's service or atmosphere... but even if my order were credited or refunded, I wouldn't even think about going back.

All in all, most of my dishes were undercooked, overly greasy, and/or doused in hot sauce in lieu of actual spices. My drinks sucked, and my bread was even worse. I didn't taste any cumin, tumeric, or legitimate Indian spices in any of my items. I really lament throwing out food out of principle with the environment and poverty in mind, but I composted much of what I paid for because nobody should eat food this bad. I can count the number of times I've composted a restaurant meal on one hand.

I wish I had anything good to say other than how well packaged and sealed everything was... but for the price I paid, you've just gotta be better than this. With how abysmal this meal was, I simply didn't see a point in calling the restaurant to complain because nothing they could do would excuse cooking this bad or make the...

Honestly, was pretty let down by this place. Their cocktail list was pretty awful, they had a few margaritas, their “classics” menu literally consisted of just spins of old fashioned’s and Manhattan’s, and when a Manhattan was received it was served in a glass full of tiny ice cubes with nothing but a freeze dried orange slice as garnish, absolutely nothing special about it, not to mention it was not even a Manhattan done well. The burger was decent, but way too expensive with the add on’s, $3.00 each for mushrooms, avocado and bacon is ridiculous, I can understand the $3.00 for the avocado, but not mushrooms or bacon. The meatballs that were a whopping $10 add on for the spaghetti were bland, and again nothing special, and there was only 3 of them.

The absolute only saving grace for this experience was the fact that our server Hanna was attentive and super friendly.

Would only recommend this place for a casual drink, don’t bother with the food or the cocktail list, just get a beer or wine and catch up with a friend and then go somewhere...

Great selection of wine and friendly staff.

However can only give 2 stars as this is the second time I’ve eaten here and been very disappointed for everything they’re claiming to do and have throughout their menu. Now I had chicken tenders as it’s a simple meal that can hardly go wrong. I’m was not expecting gourmet or anything but what I got was rubbery and watery chicken that certainly was over cooked and not fresh at all, not what you would expect for locally source meat. The chicken was covered in their “signature” sesame crunch breading which actually was not crunchy at all and was quite burnt. The fries were warm, not hot and were barely cooked they looked anemic. Nothing had any seasoning and when we asked for salt and pepper it took 15 mins to arrive at the table after our food was served. I think for a restaurant to base their menu on all local sourced ingredients they need to really find a chef that can cook them to their best quality. Otherwise it’s a wasted effort on all...