The Naga kitchen — Restaurant in Assam

Smoked Pork Thali - Rs.320

The Naga Kitchen, Azara, Guwahati

Naga Thali Lotha

$$$

13.10.24

Today I'm travelling & since it's going to be a week long trip I wanted to have pork before leaving the north east. It was the last day of Pujo festival called Bijoya Dashami & there were less cabs running to the airport. I had prepared a list of likely places to eat along the way but thanks to the festival, everything was closed. It wasn't until I reached Azara, 10mins before the airport that I saw The Naga Kitchen open. I immediately stopped the car. This place was also on my list but yes it wasn't the 1st on it.

I got down & entered this small looking eatery. Inside it was bigger than I had perceived. It is run by a group of Lotha Naga ladies. The lady came up to me & informed that the place will open after 15mins since they had shut shop at 1am the previous night. I decided to wait since I had no plans of eating 500 bucks sandwiches in the airport. She also informed that some of the dishes were not ready yet. I actually wanted to try out the Smoked pork in sesame, Naga style as it would be a first but it wasn't ready. Finally I went for a normal smoked pork thali.

It came exactly 15mins later. It had a nice semi sticky rice, 5 small pcs of dry smoked pork in Bamboo shoot, 2 pcs of smoked pork in a light tomato gravy, dal, boiled squash, king chilli fish chutney, normal chutney, aloo Pitika & salad.

The rice is the kind I like with some aroma to it. The dry pork was also tasty but pcs were a little small. The gravy pork had 2 pcs, one of which was just bone. The dal was light & seasoned. The veggies & chutneys good.

Overall the food was tasty & wholesome & though it looked a little less at 1st glance for the price, it was enough.

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After a hectic day and a long journey from Kaziranga to Guwahati, I ordered two veg thalis from Naga Kitchen, hoping for a comforting meal so I wouldn’t have to cook dinner. Unfortunately, the experience was far from satisfying.

The food quality was extremely disappointing. The dishes lacked flavor. Given Naga Kitchen’s reputation, I expected something much better. A meal should feel fulfilling, not like an afterthought thrown together with minimal effort.

I ordered a veg thali from Zomato during a sale, which cost me just ₹79. While the price was great, the overall experience was far from satisfying.

Pros: • The packaging was neat, spill-free, and the food arrived warm. • The portion size was just right for one person.

Cons: • The entire thali lacked flavor. It consisted of plain rice, a watery, diluted dal (felt like they skimmed the actual dal and served just the water), and an overwhelming amount of cabbage—boiled cabbage leaves, shredded cabbage as salad, and a boiled curry that was mostly cabbage. It might as well be called a Cabbage Thali! • There was also some chutney, but nothing in the meal had any real taste or effort put into it.

Discount or not, serving such bland and unappetizing food ruins the dining experience. Indian eateries need to focus on improving food quality rather than just quantity and profit margins. This was a complete...

Honestly, this was such a disappointing experience. I was really excited at first when I saw they served Naga food being from the Northeast myself, it made me feel happy and hopeful. But everything went downhill from there. I ordered chicken fried rice, instead of Naga food as my colleague couldn’t eat pork and not only was the food served cold, but there were barely 5 tiny chunks of chicken in the entire dish. It felt like I was just eating plain rice with barely any flavor or effort.

What made it worse was the attitude of the staff. The women who was serving didn’t even care to ask if everything was okay. She was just rude, cold, and clearly only interested in taking the money. No smile, no courtesy, I didn’t even feel like to take the photo of the food. How can a place treat customers like that and still expect to grow?

If you want to charge high prices, at least offer decent food and basic respect. I really wanted to support this place, especially because of the Naga menu, but this will definitely be my first and last visit. Totally...