A Taste of India Restaurant — Restaurant in Fort Wayne

One star is a bit of an overstatement. This restaurant does not even deserve the one star that I am forced to give it, however, I will continue on as there is not a lower rating available.

Your first time walking into A Taste of India, you see what looks to be a well laid out, clean facility. Upon the waiter arriving at your table, you begin to feel a little iffy about the situation, as obviously, the service will not be great. If you are like us, you first order an appetizer to get a feel and a taste of what lies ahead of you. The appetizer seems to be decent, but you can tell that some, if not most, of the food is frozen.

We decided to continue on and try the buffet (bad idea). Not only was the buffet small, but it was full of frozen, barely warmed, dry, and mushy food (and not in any way I have ever wanted to try), but you could also tell that everything was made from purely frozen ingredients and may have been left sitting on the buffet for hours at a time.

The service was worse than anything I have ever experienced before. We did not receive refills unless we asked and only saw the waiter twice in our hour and half visit. It took a good 20 minutes for the waiter to even come to take our order for our drinks. The entire time we were there, he was pressing us to spend more and more money on the not-so-good frozen entrees they call a meal.

We had initially purchased a gift certificate, which looked like a great idea. It was a rip off, to say the least. With this deal, you spend $37.50 and get $25 off of your entire bill. Making your meal cost roughly $13. This was not the case. When they took our coupon to ring us up and bring the receipt, they had added an 18% gratuity fee onto the bill. Nowhere on our coupon was there anything saying they would receive an 18% tip, nor did they deserve anywhere near the $7 they got away with. When approaching them about the issue, they pulled out a crinkled old coupon that was most definitely not the one we had brought in and showed us where the "mandatory" 18% gratuity was located on the coupon. Not wanting to raise a commotion but still doubtful, we went home to check the website where we printed our coupon. There was nothing mentioned about any sort of tip, besides reminding us to tip the waiter (a small ad on the side of the coupon).

So, all in all, the food was terrible, the service was awful, and the restaurant (if you can even call it a restaurant) is a total scam, a rip off, and full of a bunch of lying scam artists. I would not advise eating here unless you want to go home to sore stomachs and the knowledge that your money was stolen straight out of your pocket, wallet, or wherever you have chosen to store the money that SHOULD have be...

Americans like it... Indians apparently not. If you take a moment to examine the reviews, you'll notice a trend where nearly all of the complaints come from Indians especially the past couple of years. I don't know how the food compares to what you would get in India, all I know is I like it, and Indian is my favorite of all cuisines. If I went to an American restaurant in India run by Americans, I can't see complaining about it... Americans and Indians have different tastes. A note to the party who complained of the 18% gratuity: that's normal (but perhaps they should print it on the menu). Now to the food... I went to Taste of India frequently "way back in the day" but I live in a different part of town so I just sort of forgot about it. I also used to prefer the buffet at Taj Mahal (used to). A couple years ago I started going back to Taste of India and have been there many times since. If it wasn't good I wouldn't be a customer. Some of my favorite dishes are: Chicken Makani (Butter Chicken), Saag Paneer (spinach), Malbar Fish Curry, Sajahani Chicken, and Malai Kofta. I also like the Karie Chicken, Lamb Rogen Jose, Chicken Tikka Masala, Channa Masala, Chicken Curry, and Chicken Kali Mirch. No matter what you order, don't...

Oh god I took a chance to eat dinner with my buddy And we both are Asian indian, I am from the land of nawabi culture...HYDEERABAD, this dude not only rushed but no eithics in Hotel management whatsoever, and people they just don’t know anything about Indian food at all, please guys read this review before going to this place, ordered full chicken tandoori, but was missing the breast, when asked this guy I guess the one man show waiter / bus boy/ host and I guess owner, said oh we only serve brown meat no breast since people don’t like white meat, he should have just told breast meat is expensive and we can only charge for than spending Money on white meat, really had so much time since I didn’t eat or like the food while writing this review, People mark my word you will be very disappoint if you visit this restaurant, this is not Indian cuisine by far at all😡😡😡, please read all the reviews before even you think going to this place. If you ever visit SoCal msg me for nice ethentic Indian cuisine...