Sangam - Indisches Restaurant Sindelfingen — Restaurant in Sindelfingen

Where do I begin!

Everything was so perfect that I couldnt find a reason to take away any stars. Let me write about each aspect, introduce the lovely team at Sangam, the owner, the naan guys, the server, everyone I met who made my dinner at Sangam memorable for reasons more than one.

Interiors - good seating plan, comfy chairs, spot-on decor, filled throughout with art pieces that remind you of India. Ambient instrumental of popular bollywood numbers keep the environment pleasant.

Hospitality - the only restaurant that could come close to the hospitality me and my wife was offered at Sangam was at a fine French restaurant in Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles (Petrossian). The entire team at Sangam made us feel more than welcome. They were short on manpower, though we never quite felt it. The server of the year award goes to Dheeraj - ask him to serve you. We asked Dheeraj for recommendation, he guided us well and with great confidence told us - you are at the best restuarant here - order anything and if it's less than spectacular, I'll get you something else asap. His confidence was not unfounded. The naan guys not just greeted me, were very friendly. I even took photos with them all. Then I met the owner, Sarkar da who was a very polite, and humble man. Every step of the meal, every order, every special request was taken care of. Even our other server Abhay was good.

Food - Mindblown. The best Indian food I've eaten outside India. Maybe in top 3 if I include India! That's the taste, the spices, the ghee, the presentation, the taste. Wow, just wow.

Masala Papad - served the right way, masala separate from papad. Accompanied with lip smacking chutneys. See pic for details and dont miss to order it.

Manchow soup - Hands down the best we've had in a long long time.

Dal Makhni - the taste of butter, well cooked dal, the real taste of Dal Makhni, see pictures for visual treat. My wife approved of the dal, which is not very often.

Paneer Dhaniya Adraki - this was a new dish we tried and was not disappointed.

Desserts - my wife says Gulab Jamun is the litmus test. And my did Sangam pass it well! Best Gulab jamin we've had outside India. Kulfi was good too, but Gulab Jamun won our hearts.

We will plan our next trip soon, with Sangam being right on top of our to do...

The experienced was different for different person in our group. We went to Sangam as my friends were visiting Sindelfingen for the first time. I have been to this restaurant quite number of times, the food has often been great. However, there were some letdowns as well.

This time our group had ordered Paneer and Fish Pakodas as starters and then for the mains we had ordered chicken vindaloo with extra paneer kulchas, jheenga kadai, chicken kadai with the complimentary rice and Tandoori Jheenga that is served with both Naan and rice. We had also ordered for some drinks like coke, lassi and tea.

So the waiter first fumbles up and I do not know how he placed the order (not to blame him much, it was his first day). So our drinks get ordered twice. The waiter brings us the first lot and the owner gets us the second. As we told the owner that we got our drinks she said out in a very feeble voice that anyway we had ordered and we can take the drinks for free. We initially said no but then again when we changed our mind she said that we needed to pay for the coke. The lassi was on the house.

The kadai dish for both chicken and jheenga had absolutely no salt in it. When we informed the owner she said that the europeans like to have it that way and the waiter did not inform the cook that we Indians had ordered it, so that the cook could have added some salt and masalas to it. However, the kadai dosh had ample masalas in it.

Fortunately the dishes that I ordered were really fabulous. The chicken vindaloo was amazing. I have never had better paneer kulchas then what I had in Sangam. The Jheenga tandoori was also really good. Then when the bill came it was again an erroneous bill which had extra items in it. When we clarified the same with the owner, she clarified everything. We were also given small share of dessert absolutely free.

My humble suggestion to the owner that sometimes it is quite okay to accept your mistakes rather than justifying what might have...

Food was alright. Not great. Way too expensive for the quality. And I don't understand why many people have reviewed the service as friendly... I had a totally opposite experience. When my wife and I entered the restaurant , it was relatively late..about 9pm and the restaurant was virtually empty. So we asked if we could get a table for 4 even if we were 2 because the table for 2 was a bit cramped. But he said it was reserved ....nobody arrived until 10 30 pm and also there were many empty 4 seater tables. Then we ordered starter dish..it was good. But then the waiter just took away the starter dish before we completely finished eating it...he didn't even bother to ask if he may do so!! But the best part was at the end...my wife and I both could not finish our main course. So i asked the waiter to pack them separately and he says "there's not much left..can I pack them together?"!! I thought he said it jokingly..but he meant it! I had to explain that mixing two dishes would ruin both of them...just unbelievable!! I definitely wouldn't...