Rasoi Restaurant & Lounge — Restaurant in Burlingame

Rasoi has been open only for few months but it's seemed that everyone was talking about it so R & I had to try it.

They are hiring now because they are obviously under staffed! about 2 waiters only for the whole place.

But the food makes up for everything, it really does! We shared the appetizer combo, 2 garlic naan (one is enough though), the tikka masala chicken, the lamb korma, the pulao rice and the Achar Pachranga.

The appetizer combo was so tasty and it's a nice way to taste a little of everything. The garlic naan was really good as a naan but you can't taste the garlic nor basil in it. But still a good naan. The chicken tikka masala is different than the usual one but the chicken was tender and the sauce even though different it was good. As for the lamb korma, oh my, oh my. It's spectacular. The tenderness of the lamb, the crunchiness of the nuts and that delicious buttery sauce makes this dish spectacular! Dip the lamb in that sauce and enjoy the heavenly taste. The rice was good and so was the achar parchranga. It was the first time both of us tried the achar parchanga, it was over salted but I think it is the way it should be (as it is pickled) we added small pieces into the food and it made it delicious!

The food here really elevates the place. It can get a little stuffy, they definitely need more ventilation in the restaurant and it can get a little overcrowded in the bar area wich makes it hard to enter to the actual restaurant.

Rasoi you will be seeing us again...

We've been huge fans of Aslam's Rasoi in the Mission and in addition to the food, Asif was a huge part of the personality of that restaurant. He has a long list of fervent friends and fans of his cooking and it's one reason I'm so excited that he's opened this sister restaurant and closer to us in the South Bay.

The indian food here is a delicious mix of Indian and Pakistani flavors, served pretty spicy (if you want it). A few of the dishes are especially great - the dum aloo is one of our regular staples here. And by regular, I do mean regular - we ended up at Rasoi three times in the first week that it was open.

The ambience is clean and gorgeous - it's a very open and well lit space - there's a skylight that really does a great job of making the whole restaurant feel airy. In a move that mirrors the original restaurant in SF, you can peer through the window into the kitchen and see the hustle and bustle as the chefs prepare the meals.

For the quality and taste you get, the food is very reasonably priced but if you're expecting "cheap indian buffet", you'll be disappointed.

The bar is also pretty good at cocktails although I think they are still finding their voice. Both the bar staff and wait staff are super friendly though and if you ask for something particular, I have no doubt they'd...

Me and a couple friends popped into Rasoi for dinner around 5:30pm. It was quite empty with only one family seated in this large restaurant. I wasn't sure if it was a red flag at first but I later learned that we were just early as more people trickled in for dinner time to the point where the restaurant was mostly full when we left.

Anyway, I was immediately acknowledged and seated which I appreciated. We then placed our orders and food came out pretty quickly! We ordered: lamb biriyani, garlic naan, saag paneer, and chicken tikki masala. All of the plates were delicious! However, I do feel like the chicken tikki masala seemed a bit watery and had such small pieces of chicken in there. But, everything else seemed great!

We all enjoyed our meal & appreciated the service to the point where my friends and I were chatting about how attentive they were. I'd love to come back here and try other dishes as they had quite a large menu of things I have yet to try.

Garlic naan bread was fire! Loved dipping it in the tikki masala sauce and...