Taste of Awadh By Chef Anand — Restaurant in Columbus

This restaurant recently got new ownership, but the food remains Excellent!

My dad really enjoys trying many different dishes, so we typically go to their buffet, which is now served (including at lunch) Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The menu has many different things, so while you may see a few favorites (like chicken/paneer tikka masala) on a fairly regular basis, they regularly rotate out different dishes so that you are always trying new things!

Their food is quality, with Everything (including sauces) being made fresh (regularly) on site, and the staff are helpful with telling you what is in everything. Spices in the buffet range from no spice to medium-hot spice (for Americans), but there are ways to add spice to those items, as well as ways to list spice preference for dishes ordered off the menu.

The staff is very friendly and good at suggesting...

Absolutely incredible food. I got the Chicken Anand Curry and it was unlike anything I've ever tasted before. There was so much flavor, so much taste to analyze, and just extremely pleasant. I loved the blend of more savory spices like curry and the more faint and floral spices. There was one specific spice I really liked but I don't know what it was.

We also had the rice pudding which was such a fascinating dish! It was perfectly sweet and had an extremely unique cold taste to it, imagine tasting peppermint and feeling the coolness, but without an overpowering taste, that's exactly what the Rice Pudding was like.

Service was phonemonal, the staff were always there ready to help us! Frequent water refills were also offered and everyone...

Went here for lunch and had the lamb vindaloo, chicken tikka masala, and biryani. The food was unfortunately middling. The "extra spicy" vindaloo I ordered was not that spicy (as in spicy like a chili), and it lacked many savory flavors and strong spices (spice as in cardamom, star anise, etc.). The tikka masala was overwhelmingly ghee flavored, and the biryani was bland by biryani standards.

The staff here is definitely very kind and provides good service. I was hoping that the food would be a step up compared to the restaurant that was in the same location before, but unfortunately it seems like it retained about the same quality. I hope they can do some fine tuning and get the...