Ostro — Restaurant in Kazan

I was very excited to visit this place since have been following them in Instagram for a while and finally after eating Indian food all over the globe came back to my hometown to give it a try. Got butter chicken and honestly I was disappointed, since this is not how it should be cooked. To be specific, the chicken cut in pieces supposed to be marinated in yoghurt, garlic, ginger and spices, then fried until golden brown, just then mixed with the gravy and simmer together until the tastes get infused with each other. What do we have here? It clearly looks like the chicken was just boiled, then cut to pieces, then mixed with gravy and served. The gravy was good even without a distinct butter taste (more home-style than restaurant-style), but the chicken pieces obviously lacked the proper flavour. In the end the chicken pieces and gravy felt like two separate parts of a dish, as if they just spent 1 minute together before being served. Maybe good enough for Kazan but not really sufficient if you look for an authentic Butter chicken taste like I did. The feedback was asked very briefly and in a way that they didn’t really wanted to hear the answer: ‘did you like everything?’ instead of ‘how did you like the food?’, in this way sitting with a company of friends I felt just forced to nod and smile instead of giving an honest feedback. Still I sympathise the owners and their story, but just hoped for more authentic taste based on reviews and the Chef being Indian. Hope this will improve and I will have another chance to enjoy their authentic...

Вкусно 😋the best place for the Indian spicy food with the original taste of the spices .the Indian chai is typical Indian. The interior is fulfilled with the Indian paintings.place is quite good for fast meal. You can also go for coffee just . So this is the best place for the Indian hot and spicy food in kazan...

Don't be fooled by the looks, it seems like an average cafe, but food is brilliant. I had the spiciest Masala Chicken with rice and tea, it was a lot of food, unique, balanced and strong spiciness, ingredients are good and easy to digest well, despite a lot of various spices. Options without meat or allergens...