NAMASTE - Indisches Restaurant — Restaurant in Nuremberg

The food was ok, and the owner takes very good care of customers. , but there are a few points I want to mention.

I didn’t like the Dal Tadka normally it should be made with toor dal or moong dal, but here they used chana dal, which I personally didn’t enjoy. The rest of the food was fine.

As an Indian, I also noticed something unusual. Authentic Indian restaurants generally do not serve beef, but this place had beef items on the menu, including beef tikka. That is more common in Pakistani or Punjabi (non-vegetarian) restaurants. In India, you will rarely find beef in restaurants because many people don’t eat it. For example, just like in Turkish or other Muslim restaurants you will not find pork, in authentic Indian restaurants you usually don’t find beef.

This is just information I want to share for those who are looking for authentic Indian food. Personally, I respect all cultures and cuisines, but I believe restaurants should be mindful of authenticity as well.

I ordered Chicken Tikka, but it came along with rice and naan, which I didn’t like. I just wanted to enjoy the chicken tikka with beer, not with rice and naan that I didn’t want to eat.

In the end, I still had to pay for everything. If it’s not really free, then don’t say it is — just be clear that the price is included.

I think the restaurant should have a proper list of specific dishes. For example, if someone orders Chicken Tikka, it should come simply with chutney or sauce, not automatically with...

Location: in a quiet street in the Old City of Nuremberg, between the Museum Tucherschloss and the Pellerhaus. The restaurant is spacious, colourful and clean, with a lovely terrace.

Service: professional, friendly, quick and attentive. The lady who served us made sure that everything was to our satisfaction and seemed honestly sad/concerned that my girlfriend didn't finish her dish, asking if everything was alright. My girlfriend (German) found it a bit pushy, I (Italian) thought that it just showed that she really cared and took pride in her food, like any lady in any true Italian trattoria would. Bonus points for making me feel at home.

Food: We had Paneer Pakora and Samosa as appetizers, Rogan Josh and Lamb Bhindi Masala as mains (they come with rice), two Naans and two Lassis. We don't eat Indian food very often, so we are no experts, but everything we ate looked good and fresh, tasted delicious, with well balanced flavours, and the spiciness of the dishes was as described on the menu. I'd say the combination appetizer + main + rice/bread that we had would be enough for most people.

Price for two people, excluding tips: 50€ was an absolutely reasonable price for a lovely evening and a tasty and filling meal that left us very satisfied.

I would definitely recommend this place to anyone who wants to try...

VIBE ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The terrace was good and nice to sit. Inside the restaurant it was too smelly.

FOOD ⭐️⭐️ I know Indian cuisine differs from state to state but I tried food in many Indian restaurants in the Middle East countries and it was not like it was in this place. If you come to eat rice and chicken tikka masala, it will work. But naan, lentil dhal, samosas and pakoras were a disappointment to me 🥺 The lentil dhal tasted like Maggi mushroom soup, the naan dough had strong yeast taste and didn’t have that layered texture, and pakoras, I guess, were cooked in old oil.

SERVICE ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Can’t tell anything bad about the staff, they did their best to be nice. Just funny that they didn’t know how their dishes look like - at first we thought they brought us something else but not the lentil dhal (because it didn’t taste like one, see above 👆) and we asked them if this one was brought to us by mistake, and they took it away but returned with the same soup again because it was the lentil dhal they make 😂 so, it was not only us who couldn’t believe it was dhal

VALUE FOR MONEY ⭐️⭐️ Average prices. But it didn’t meet our...