Village of India — Restaurant in Elgin

We went for a lunch buffet over several Facebook and WhatsApp advertisements. We were completely disappointed with the food's taste and texture. The vegetable biryani was completely dry and utterly tasteless. I could taste the raw smell of turmeric and red chili powder. It wasn’t cooked. It looks like it was just mixed half-cooked hoping the remaining half would cook in the buffet tray. Instead, it was dry rice. Amongst all veggie curries, the chole curry was good and the rest were not great to mention. The naan and poori were ok. In the desert section, Gulab jamun was over-sweet and rubbery. When I walked in, other fellow diners cautioned me about the horrible food taste and asked me to try it elsewhere. However, I still dined it because it was late in the afternoon and the kids were hungry and I regret the decision. I will not go to this place again. I hope they take it on a positive note. Unless they work on their dishes, I doubt staying in business for a long time.

Response to the owner: There was no waiter. It was the lady at the counter, taking away the dishes from the table. You may presume me for someone else who said, “Very good food”. I called the lady and informed her that the rice was undercooked and so dry. She did try and said, it was dry because of the heat under the buffet tray. Later she asked me to try the biryani once the tray was refiled and it was the same. You should ask her about that. Yes, I did inquire about the 15% discount you posted on a WhatsApp group, and when you showed your post about discontinuing the discount, I paid the full price of the buffet. The lady at the counter said $15 for an adult buffet and asked if we wanted to pay by cash or card. When I said ‘card’, she calculated the final price using her calculator and charged me $15.99 and never informed me about it. I understand that you are defending the food you cook, and I would do the same. When I wrote well about chole (chana masala), naan, and poori why not the other dishes? For a moment, try to reason for the fair comments from the customers and understand...

Worst food ... We ordered chicken biryani and veg biriyani both were a disaster. It was just rice without salt , mixed with chilli powder and hard chicken breasts pieces and some veggies in veg biriyani.we regret for ordering there and will never visit again. Its complete waste of money.

Edit to providing response to restaurant reply! I had spared several details previously, you are asking for it :)

We were passing by the city, we don't live in Columbia, took the food as to go for the ride. I called back just to provide feedback on the food quality, we had no intention of getting refund, I mentioned that to the owner in the call as well. Yes, I was absolutely frustrated because the food quality was so poor, but never did I make any personal remarks in the call or here, it was all about how terrible the food was. For folks reading, just know that - if you say the truth that food is bad, this is what you get back.

To the store : Please cross check your video, I never tasted the food at the store (I checked if it was the right order and it it was chicken as we don't eat other meat), if I had tried it, I would have left it just there. I have no...

I ordered a Goat Biriyani and a Goat Curry from Village of India the last time I ordered from here on UberEats. I have also had numerous other dishes from here. While I will not say that this is the best Indian restaurant in Columbia I will say that the food is a hit or miss and it’s just okay. I find their chicken pieces are a bit dry but most of all the sauces I would say are decent except for the Goat Curry I found it to lack complex flavors and it in turn just tasted oily and spicy. The meat in the Goat Curry and Goat Biriyani also tasted as if my order was confused for Lamb, it tasted exactly like lamb and I’m not a huge fan of lamb as it tastes extremely gamey. The Goat Biriyani also didn’t leave much to be desired as the rice also lacked complex flavors that Biriyani usually has. There were no additional toppings such as onion, herbs and spices. I was truly disappointed. The presentation was also lackluster. I will say the one dish I truly enjoyed from here are their Samosas they...