Le Jardin de Punjab — Restaurant in Annecy

Chicken is very expensive on this side of Annecy. A few pieces floating in a tomato soup. The chicken was not tender, a bit hard, and that is a first for me in France: an Indian restaurant where they can't prepare a good chicken. And such runny sauce is also a first when it comes to Indian cuisine.

The vegetable byriani was rather dry. The 'sauce' was precisely two spoons of yogurt, with two cubes of onion, and two pieces of something else. How could they do it? Do they have a magical spoon that catches precisely one piece of each ingredient?

The plain basmati was perfect. I guess I have enjoyed this the most, but I have gotten accustomed to get the side dish included in the price of the main dish. And the rice was offered in the same manner, only to see it added as an extra item on the bill. The portion was on the smaller end of the spectrum, but judging by the bill I have bought an entire sack of rice. And that makes the few pieces of chicken in watery tomato sauce quite expensive.

Overall the portions are small the spicyness is just enough to cover the missing spices in the sauce the prices are quite high because of the above

On the positive side: there are quite many Indian...

If you are looking for authentic north Indian food in Annecy, this is the place you should end up visiting.

We had onion bhaji, two types of naan, chicken biriyani, lamb jalfrezi and finally halwa as dessert. They all were equally delicious, particularly the naan and the lamb were excellent. We were so involved in eating that we forgot to take pictures of our food, except the onion bhaji which we ordered as starter and cherished equally.

The environment and the service were also satisfactory. They know how to take care of their customers. We had our reservation but reached there quite late. We thank them for managing the situation.

Just one smalll suggestion is that the service can be more organised. It can be made a bit smoother. Maybe more people...

I highly recommend eating here when in Annecy. I come from the US and travelled all over the world, I have tried numerous Southeast Asian and Indian restaurants. However this place is a one of a kind experience. The Samosa was fully filled with meat and spiced magically good, not like one of those were you bite and get crunchy air. The Naan was out of this world. Finally, the main dish was the lamb chef's choice and rice. My friend also ordered the Briyani. Both were seasoned just enough to be very tasty, yet, not overpowering with spices. The lamb meat was so tasty and cooked just enough to be tender...