The India Restaurant — Restaurant in Artesia

Went here today with lot of expectations seeing 4 star review by Google reviewers. But really disappointed with the food. I think most indian restaurants survive cause of lack of taste buds of the foreigners. We call goras, whites. I saw lot of Asians as well. I mean of chinese, vietnamese origins. Let's start with the food first. They have a mixed Vegy potato item with large pieces of potatoes, the pieces I had on my plate are mostly undercooked or should I say half way cooked. The Vegy rolls are ok. Samosa over fried in oil, also fillings taste terrible. Let's move on to next item what is more like the gravier version of mixed Vegy items tasted ok, but left me with a after taste, which makes me wonder the dish might not be as fresh as I thought would be. Tandoori chicken was pretty good. I didn't bother to try any more of the gravy item after the mixed Vegy medley. And now off to dessert, gulab jamun supposed to be cheese ball dipped in sugar syrup, but they were more like flour ball dipped in sugar syrup. I did not taste any cheese nor milk. Its more like mayda ka Gola what we Desi would call. The carrot halwa was more like meshed baby food with carrot and sugar, and finally the mango custard was the only thing I would like to try again. So if they offer me free buffet only then I might go back to try. Tandoori chicken, Naan and mango custard. Nothing else. Thank you. Rest you all enjoy what you are made to think indian spicy food with no spice level at all goop..... It's been few hours since I ate there. I think I have mild food poisoning. Cause my stomach is all bloated gassy, and I am going to the restroom for the second time in just few hours. Not sure if it's the blessing of your restaurant, cause since then I had...

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Yesterday was my first ever visit to the hallowed halls of The India Restaurant. I've heard great things from Indians & non-Indians alike in regards to the culinary offerings & lunch buffet offered here. One of my nuclear medicine specialists said The India Restaurant "makes food just like home." What more impetus do I need?

The decor was very nice. I found the dining area to be cramp, which might pose a problem during the busy hours, which I assume would be the lunch buffet & dinner hours. White table cloth & glassware are a nice touch.

Food selections, I found somewhat lacking. In my opinion, there weren't many options available. The food items that were available, were tasty & a melange of different flavors in exquisite union with each other. Tandoori chicken, aloo ghobi, dhaal were some of the highlights for me. Of course, naan is the perfect vehicle to sop up all the juices. Low-carb, this aint.

The dessert bar had gajar halwa (carrot dessert), rice pudding, fruit something or another and the diabetic nightmare known as gulab jamun. For those that are in not in the know, gulab jamun are deep-fried dough balls (think donut holes) drenched in syrup & I believe rose oil. My high blood sugar didn't appreciate it, but I took my glipizide-metformin so I should be good.

All in all, I liked The India Restaurant's lunch buffet but didn't love it. I would recommend it for fellow foodies, especially those that haven't dined here before. Having great company made the experience that much more...

We have been to this restaurant few times as my family members liked the vegetarian food. Yesterday, my niece took us here for her son's birthday lunch around 2 PM. Food was not that great.We were served dry & burnt nan. I requested the waiter to serve nan with butter bur in vain. Waiters were not courteous. I met the cashier and tried to give him feedback that nan can be served with butter and in the menu or the waiter can ask whether the nan to be served with with butter or without butter. But the cashier told me that only for Aaacarte nan is served with butter and during buffet customer can ask for butter and butter will be given in a dish and customer should spread on his nan. It didn't make sense to me because nan is not that very hot to melt solid butter spread on it. Whenever I went to this place, it was predominantly occupied by Indians but the cashier didn't want to give credit to us for supporting his business but told me that his major clients are non-Indians and the food is designed for their taste which is a...