Masala Indian House — Restaurant in Champaign

I've been here for lunch before and it was a better experience than dinner. I'll only be going for lunch and checking which staff is there. The food is already not authentic so being told that my order doesn't go together was annoying. After waiting what seemed longer than usual my food arrived wrong and had to wait about 10 minutes for the lady to come back to tell her, and she was adamant that it was correct. She finally realized it was incorrect and took it back. She left part of the food that had already been sitting there, so we had to share from a small bowl because the food would get cold if we waited to start eating for the rest of the meal to come back correct. No discount or checking in to see if we were comfortable. I paid with cash and wasn't given my change or a receipt. I was told because it was cash I couldn't be given a receipt. I was very disappointed and kept apologizing to my guest because I had originally mentioned how great it was during lunch. Dinner time is not the time to go. Mind you there were only 2 other tables and one had already been eating before...

We walked in and the lady seated us. There was only 1 other couple in there. There was already water in our cups when we sat down. We did not get asked to order a drink. She said what do you want. I said sprite, she looked confused. I said I would like a sprite to drink to start. About 10 minutes later she came back with the 2 sprites. Waited about another 10 minutes she came back to take our order. Had to run back and grab her notepad. We ordered a lamb dinner. I asked how spicy is it and she said on scale 1-5. I said I'd like mine 5 please and my date said 3. She said no. A 4 and 2. I again asked for a 5. She mumbled something i could not undertake. Different languages than english. 15 min later it came out. Neither spicy at all. We each had a couple of bites and did not like it. We asked for check. She did not give us a bill. She said the number to equal the amount. She asked if we wanted boxes to go. We politely declined. Our total was $40.09. Gave a $50 told her keep the change. Quite rude when we didn't eat much and didn't want to...

Went here from the hospital on my lunch break. The food was very tasty! We had aloo tikki chaat to start, chicken biryani for a main and pista kulfi to finish. Also had some masala tea with the naan basket they provided (lovely surprise). The food felt like I was eating in someone's home, very comforting. Everything tasted fresh. The restaurant was very clean and it had a nice, calm atmosphere. Service was excellent and everything was very affordable. We will be back for sure. :)

Edit: Went for dinner and wish I didn't. The staff working in the evening make quite a difference. The woman working there was rude to my partner who ordered and tried to correct her order (with incorrect information to top it off). She brought the wrong order out, insisted it was correct, and then later brought out the correct order but we were left sitting there for quite some time. There were only 2 other tables occupied and it was well before closing. We paid in cash and were told we couldn't have a receipt, and didn't...