Evergreen Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in Corvallis

One of the most bizarre takeout experiences I’ve ever had. Walked into a restaurant with only one table of diners. The place had a very unpleasant dirty smell. There was nobody behind the counter except for a 6-7 year old boy playing with a hot wheel on the counter. I shortly discovered he was barefoot. In typical fashion, one of the tables had been converted into an office, and a woman was sitting there balancing the books with her children nearby. There was absolutely no acknowledgment given when I walked in. I never saw them acknowledge the person waiting in front of me. A man, the husband, came out and eventually closed out the one table of diners (they spoke the same language) and then proceeded to start bussing tables. I was still standing there unacknowledged. It was easily 6 minutes before anyone even made eye contact with me. In the meantime, door dashers are coming in, equally unacknowledged. Finally he turns to me, asks me my name, and says it’s being made. Also, the boy running around barefoot starts throwing a fit in the dining room, screaming and knocking things over, playing and slamming the front door. Eventually, the woman goes into the back with her baby, and another 5 minutes later, comes out with about 5 orders. Clearly they didn’t all come out at the same time. In all, despite my 20 minutes estimate, I ended up waiting 40 minutes. In an otherwise empty restaurant. Clearly DoorDash props this place up, and they treat them with disdain. The real kicker was when the barefoot child climbed onto the counter top, the one they were about to put the food on, and stood on it. No real urgent attempt was made to remove him. He was walking into and out of the kitchen barefoot as well. It instilled a sense of fear into me as I brought my food back to my hotel. I considered just walking into the kitchen to inspect for myself, since it seems like I was invisible anyway. The food, I will say, tasted fairly good. But it wasn’t worth worrying about the cleanliness of the place. My stomach may be sensitive, and it certainly didn’t sit well with me, but I can’t really say that’s a result of cleanliness or hygiene. I sympathize with it being very much a family restaurant, but there is absolutely no respect given to their patrons (unless, perhaps, you speak...

Unfortunately, the restaurant was in the midst of a remodeling effort and it affected our experience. This place is popular - there are about 20 tables and by the time noon arrived, most were filled with college students and the downtown lunch crowd. A negative is that at most restaurants, the lunch buffet includes little labels describing the food. Likely due to the remodel, there were no labels. So I just tried a bit of most every dish. Some highlights: the chicken mahkani was good and there was what I think was a lamb curry that was very tasty, although my wife complained of finding a couple of bones. Something I had never seen was a fried green bean dish cooked with curry and other spices. It was different in a good way - tons of flavor. I also really liked the mango fruit salad - very simply made with apples, bananas and a mango-cream sauce. Surprising to me was that the Rice Kheer (pudding) is served warm - everywhere else I've tried serves it cold. It was good, but I think I still prefer it cold. The Channa Masala (garbanzo beans with spices) was excellent as well. In short, we liked all of the entrees. One big negative - I think I had the first serving of nan for the day and I hate to say this, but I think it was old and reheated. It was hard and crunchy - the texture was just all wrong. The staff was very friendly, the young man waiting tables was especially helpful. The space itself is long and narrow, so it feels a bit cramped when busy, especially if you're sitting adjacent to where the people waiting in the buffet line are standing. But at $8.99 you get a good value and for $6.99 you can get a buffet box to go. In short, this was a good lunch. I'm anxious to return and confirm whether the few negatives we encountered were really just a product of not being on their "A-game" due to...

I’ve been to so many Indian restaurants across the states and has amazing food all across but the worst experience I had was today at this restaurant. I didn’t get food today but I wanted a mango lassi. I was legit just given a glass of mango juice (mazaa/slice) which you can buy at an Indian grocery store. My friend ordered a mango juice and I ordered a mango lassi and both were the SAME. When I asked the server who apparently was the owner of the place she said that this is lassi while it was not. She took the glass away and then never returned to the table with a proper replacement. Later when she returned to ask if there was anything else that we wanted I asked and I quote “I’m still waiting on my mango lassi” only to get a very rude answer from the owner “this is what I have and I’m not wasting another glass for you” This kind of statement is derogatory and is in complete contrast to what we call in the industry “customer is king” The remarks from the lady we’re absolutely unnecessary and uncalled for, I usually don’t write harsh reviews but when I do it’s for a strong reason and I believe that the comments made by the owner were what compelled me to write such a review. I just have one piece of advice for you, Corvallis is a small town and word gets out fast, coming from a senior reviewer and food connoisseur, please make sure you treat your customers right else it’s not long before you’d be buying a lock at ace hardware to close up shop while you fill out a job application to...