We came here based on a recommendation from friends.

I’ll start by saying I eat Indian food all the time but probably not from Bombay region so could just be the style I’m not used to OR it could be that the seasoning and spices are toned down to accommodate European flavors/ spice levels.

Let’s start with the kids Paneer Tikka. I don’t know many kids who will eat green bell pepper the way it’s prepared here. In general because the menu didn’t explain much we went for it. It was ok, a bit sweet from the green sauce and cheese was lightly grilled and soft. But our daughter who does eat most everything didn’t care for green peppers that are slightly grilled or the cheese. So total miss and probably the least liked dish from all of us. (I also think we expected something with sauce not just paneer and bell pepper. )

The black daal was good, I was hoping for some different flavors as it sorta reminded me of BBQ beans. But it could just be the Smokey flavor that sometimes is done by having a coal sit on the daal after it’s done.

The Vegi Samosas were also a bit sweet, the crust was too thick for my liking I ended up breaking it off and focusing on the filling. I’m used to more spice and curry leaves. I didn’t see any curry leaves and as mentioned it was sweet. I used both the spicy and cilantro dips to help these go down.

The Olra fries were also good. Very greasy but good. No additional sauces needed just ate them as is. This was my wife’s favorite.

The rice was just normal rice nothing to say about it, it would be nice to have complementary rice with a meal especially if spending over 50 pounds.

The Murgh Malai was OK, it wasn’t as tender as I hoped especially for a dark chicken meat. The flavors here were on the weak side. For a dish that says it’s steeped in garlic and coriander overnight I was expecting more flavor. For this, I couldn’t actually taste it if I ate the Daal or Ruby Chicken. So we ended up starting with this but lost interest quickly. Wife liked the onions that came with it though.

The last dish was the Chicken Ruby, the best way I can explain this is that it’s not a chicken tikka masala and it’s not a Butter chicken. It’s sorta a blend in between with little to no spice(heat spicy). I mixed this and the Black Daal together with rice and ate on the garlic naan. It was probably my favorite.

Images are from today the 26 July.

I think for the quality of spice and food it’s 3 stars. It was expensive and to me not authentic to what I’m used to. But maybe that’s the Bombay style.