Fiza — Restaurant in Dushanbe

I ordered one mutton rogan josh and one chicken curry (the latter recommended by a previous reviewer). Asked for the items ordered to be hot (spicy), and they were accordingly spicy. I enjoyed that. I also wound up ordering three steamed rice portions [instead of four as I previously have done in Flavours of Masala; I found the portion size of the rice to be more generous here than at Flavours (price per bowl same at 20 somoni)]. Only issue here is that the mutton rogan josh and the chicken curry were almost indistinguishable; what I got served was not really mutton rogan josh and I was not particularly impressed with the meat; it could have been anything. Ironically, I enjoyed it slightly more than the chicken curry (where, at least, clearly chicken pieces were visible) but the curry had a slightly sour after-taste; still was good but could have been better. Gravies were thick for both dishes; I liked that. [It certainly was a lot better than the watery and tasteless rogan josh mess I was served at Flavours.] I am something of a mutton rogan josh aficianado. I have ordered it about two dozen times in the last eight months: Best have been in Fakhr-e Kashmir (Bahrain) and Bombay Biriyani House (Baku). Previously noted that gravy is good at Khushi (Tbilisi) but the dish is marred by too many bones. I first sampled mutton rogan josh in London in the mid-1990s. I would improve the items on the drinks menu. Why not sweet lassi? Isn't this standard fare? Some sparkling water would have been nice in place of still Bon Aqua [which I ordered in the end with no other choice at hand (downing, greedily, a whole liter after the spicy meal)]. As for still water, I prefer the local brand Obi Nukra. While I prefer Georgian sparkling water (lately I have been taking Bodriani), there is the inexpensive local Obi Zulol, which is okay also. Another observation: Tea with milk at 25 somoni seems expensive. Place is fine. Just a little hot at 530pm when I turned up necessitating stripping down to my tee-shirt. Might have used the aircon until 645pm when temperature dropped with the sun setting. Clientele is mostly Indian on my observation (80%) so speaks to the genuineness of the cuisine in the main. (Outside, the sign for the restaurant might be placed adjacent to the entrance instead of at the corner of the structure. That would avoid confusion.) Service might be ever so slightly more attentive if the customer has to knock on the kitchen door to get a third portion of rice but, in all other respects, service was fine. Would I go again? Maybe. I just fear that I would end up ordering two dishes that would (again) taste about the same. Apart from spiciness, the joy of Indian food (like that of Chinese in the same respect) is the variety of flavors. By the way, Fiza is more "purist" as it shuns almost entirely Indian versions of Chinese dishes (possible exception: chicken chili) -- I am okay with that. What would be nice would be if they had a tandoor so they could prepare tandoori chicken and latcha parotha (the latter on the menu but not served). I didn't see poori, another favorite of mine, on the bread menu [or the tasty (albeit messy) dish...

~ I'm not Indian, but I love curry. ~ I've had tasteless curries here in Tajikistan. This place is way better than the others here. ~ The food here is great. 👍🏼. ~ On the whole, their food is not very spicy and has a great flavor. They have a good dahl fry, in my opinion. ~ You can get spicy food here though, if you want. The dish "Curry Chicken" was was one of the spicier ones I've tried, which I prefer. ~ Most of the staff can...

It is the best indian restaurent in dushanbe and food is very tasty the flavour of paneer butter masala 🥘 is very good because of this restaurant i dont feel home sick whenever i crave for indian food i order the food at home or else i go and eat there . Even though the flavour of masala is just few steps from my house but i always...