Darbar Indian Cuisine — Restaurant in Zurich

We decided to go for lunch here because the pictures on their website looks inviting. Unfortunately as an Indian food lover, my expectation was not met here. Pros: Good environment with oriental decoration and chill music. Spice and sauce are great. Cons: Waiters are not attentive. We arrived before 1pm when the whole restaurant was empty but for one table. I don’t know what the waiters are busy with but we couldn’t get attention at all when attempting to order the meal several times. (Instead of shouting at waiter, normally I prefer eye contact) I also had to get up from my seat and run to the kitchen to see if any waiters are there when attempting to pay the bill because I couldn’t find any available at the moment and they don’t really pay attention to your needs constantly enough. But I might be biased because I’m not the super patient type. The food they tout on their official website is not what they offer, which is unacceptable to me and why the 1 star. I was attracted initially by a picture showing a plate of some meat (that looks like chicken), mushroom, spinach and rice in yellow. The waiter told me what it is so I ordered the thing from the menu. What I got turned out very different from the picture. A bowl of plain white rice and a bowl of lamb with sauce that looks different in color and texture from the picture, that’s all. So I really doubt if it’s the same dish. There are also other dishes on their website that look amazing but the waiter told me they are even not on the menu. I feel deceived and not happy, obviously. Waiters don’t speak English very well. Communication might go south if you don’t speak German, unfortunately. They seem nice guys though when they finally start to notice that you have an...

This is by far the biggest disappointment I have experienced with any restaurant in Zurich. Our deliver order consisted of 8 prawn, 1/2 cut up tomato and 1/2 sliced cucumber, 1 piece of naan, sheshkabob with the same small portion, the same tomatoes and cucumber. This is not a composed dish, everything separate and the veg not cooked or seasoned, just sliced up. This cost us 72.90 fr. No rice, no sauce, not even a napkin or fork. I highly recommend you choose another spot. This dinner is so minuscule, that, this what I am going to do. I am ordering another dinner so I have something decent to eat. As someone who works in gastro and know how much hard work goes into prepping, cooking and serving food I rarely leave any reviews...this really was...

Just going to put together a short little review for Darbar. If you're looking for ok Indian food, Darbar is the place to go. The delivery is good, maybe slightly late depending on the distance, and the price for the food is a little too high. One thing that worried me the most was the bad handling of the service staff when I called to get the status of my food order. The first person I came into contact with hung up on me when I spoke to her in English. The second person, this time a man, was polite and spoke perfectly acceptable English.

All in all, it's a good place if you just want to get your belly filled, but if you want to have some exquisite tastes you should...