Sarangi, Nepali / Thai Cuisine — Restaurant in Charlotte

Short version: I would go back again despite staffing issues. The food was good.

Service. We were greeted with a smile from the server. The person was warm and welcoming. However, there was only one person there to take care of several tables. When we arrived there were already 5 tables (us being the 6th) and there was only 1 person to help all of us. (This was around 6pm). The service was slow because of this, but we were patient having taken notice and not wanting to overwhelm the person. More tables came in after us and someone from the kitchen came out to assist. The server was taking orders, cleaning tables, checking people out, so I'm sure they were overwhelmed.

Food: We were offered complimentary soup (a vegetable soup and a chicken soup). The vegetable tasted good, like a regular vegetable soup. The chicken tasted like a chicken and dumpling soup (no dumplings) with a ginger presence. My husband and I ordered an appetizers (Gobi Manchurian), the lamb curry, butter chicken and garlic naan. The Gobi Manchurian doesn't come mild, only medium and hot. It was good, sauced well, but I thought it was a bit overpriced ($11.99) for the portion size. We enjoyed the butter chicken ($14.99) and lamb curry ($17.99), but both had a lot of gravy compared to the amount of meat. Botj were served with rice (ample amount). The garlic naan ($3.99) was really good and there was a lot of it. The butter chicken was my favorite and it was nice and creamy. Heat Temperature of all the food was fresh and hot, not like it had been sitting.

Parking: There's lots of free parking available. I went for dinner and there were some street lights out near my car which made it dark, but that's not a reflection of the restaurant, just something to be aware of when you're...

Y'all I normally don't leave reviews but let me tell you about how I almost broke my neck at dinner! So we have gone to this restaurant a few times in the past as stand in for when my go to spot is closed. Well tonight was one of those nights. The first thing that threw us off was the amount of time we had to wait for each course. Appetizers took a roughly 30 minutes and then it was an hour before we received the first entree. My husbands meal was wrong, when we told them it was wrong.m, no server response was " no actually you did order this, if you want something else it was take some time". They put in the wrong order for my husband but because of wait time we just sucked it up and kept the meal. Then I waited an additional 30 minutes for my entree which was originally given to the wrong table so they had to remake it. Finally it was time to close the tab and wouldn't you know it as I'm reaching to hand the man my card my chair moves back into a drain pipe sending me backwards with my legs flying in the air. Thank goodness there was table of people behind me! Me crashing into them slowed me down enough to keep my head from smacking the floor. After I'm lifted back up to my feet, a man behind the counter mentions, " yeah we really need to move that table". I can only assume that I'm not the first person to fall victim to this poor chair placement. The food is pretty good but I think this will be our last time visiting this spot. We were not compensated in any way for the inconvenience or the near...

I have been to this restaurant many times and alwaus enjoyed my experience and food! However, I went to eat here a few weeks ago with my boyfriend, and, as a woman, I had an extremely sexist and misogynistic experience which really shocked me. The waiter, who I had never had before, was a man in his late 30s or 40s and was blatantly secist towards me. When ordering, he would not respond to me or respond when I said thank you. Additionally, he looked taken aback when I ordered before my partner, instead of letting him go first. When I would say thanks, no response. Okay, thats fine. But when my partner would say thanks, the waiter would respond saying "thank you sir". Maybe a bit rude but not really sexist. However, when it came time to pay, I paid with my card. I handed the waiter my card, and he turned thr machine around for my partner to add the tip, sign, and even handed MY card and receipt to my partner when it was complete! Even said "thank you, sir" to my partner when I was the one who paid with my money! I am still shocked I had this experience, because it is 2024, and I have never had such a terrible experience of such blatant sexism acted upon me. I thought these sort of things happened decades ago. After this experience, I will never return to this establishment, although I was a very loyal customer for...