Namaste Indian Cuisine & Bar — Restaurant in Elizabethtown

Learned to love Indian food from my time spent in London and my many long term friendships with persons native to India. Due to their kind tutelage, I can cook a decent curry, etc., myself. Was traveling for work in Etown and saw good reviews so wandered in to try for myself. The restaurant is located inside a small strip mall and has limited seating, several booths and a couple of adjacent small tables. It’s actually a grocery/cafe combo. The website indicates that it offers a lunch buffet but upon arrival, I was told that’s not the case. I ordered the veggie Samosa which was very tasty, crispy on the outside and with the ubiquitous if a bit more spicy than usual potato and pea mixture inside. The samosas were served w a small serving of raita, Hari and tamarind chutneys. I also ordered the chicken korma which comes w plain rice but no naan so I ordered garlic naan to go with my meal. I was surprised when I was served the chicken almost immediately; however, it was an error by the wait staff. After waiting a respective 20-30 minutes I was served the chicken korma, rice and naan. The naan had been cut into quarters. It had good garlic flavor and was nicely charred. The chicken korma was a big disappointment. I suspect they added some cardamom to their chicken curry and called it korma. Although the menu advertised their korma included raisins and cashews, which are significant flavor enhancers to a korma, both were missing from this dish. Also, sadly missing was the addition of cream or yoghurt to the sauce. It was a disappointing korma. My server was a very sweet young man; however I was offered no refills or service until I asked for my check. There were only two other tables occupied so the place was not busy. At check out the check again asks for an automatic minimal gratuity of 18%.

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It was thirty years ago my wife and I first discovered Gaylords in San Francisco and would eat there when we visited the city. This was one of our first experiences of eating Indian food and we loved it. We ate there so often they got to know us and fortunately on one such time there the owners daughter was getting married. We were invited to the upper floor to behold the wedding party. The wedding garments they wore were so full of color and beautiful I quickly realized why there food was so delicious.

Our last twenty-three years in California we spent in Hanford California where there is a very large Sikh population and we soon were eating their great Indian food . We ate at Asoka in Selma, the Brahma Bull in Fresno, and the Clay Oven there. One of our favorites was also Gateway to India in Anaheim California.

When we moved to Kentucky we soon started looking at and eating at the many Indian restaurants in our area. There are some great ones close by and we even explored ones in Tennessee that we loved. The one we have declared our home favorite is Namaste in Elizabethtown Kentucky.. This restaurant serves some of the very best Indian food we've ever eaten. I can highly recommend it . If you live there or close by and like Indian food then I would encourage you to give them a try. If your passing by then you would do well to stop in for dinner. If your up in Bardstown doing the bourbon tour then complete your visit with a trip here for dinner, its only a half hour from Bardstown. If you like Indian food this restaurant will not disappoint. It really is a little gem nestled in a...

When it was open before, it was my favorite restaurant. The food was cooked, sauced, and seasoned to perfection. The staff was friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, and willing to work around allergies. They remembered us the second time we went in and asked about someone who was in our party the first time, but wasn't able to make it the second. It was a fantastic place that I was sorely sorry to see close.

It has recently re-opened, I can only presume under new management. The staff was stuck-up, rude, and when I mentioned my allergy they told me the only thing they could bring me to eat was plain vegetables with no sauce or anything. When I asked if there was any way for them to cook something without it, they said no "because it wouldn't taste right". I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather have food that didn't taste right than no food or food that tasted like death. The previous cook managed to make dishes without it and all of them tasted amazing. We were so upset by their treatment of us that we walked out. The one person who had got their drink paid for it, and we just went to 2B Thai down the road. Not worth going to. They didn't just lose one customer with an allergy, they lost at least three and likely a few more once our coworkers and friends hear. ...