All India Cafe - Best Indian Restaurant in Glendale — Restaurant in Glendale

Well this a pretty nice little spot nestled at the heart of Glendale. Just walking in, it's easy to be enamored by the lovely decor and intimate lighting. .

Now, when it comes to the Punjabi cuisine, they stuck with your traditional dishes, and added an interesting Gulabi Farfalle Pasta dish that saffron curry base with bell pepper, coriander, turmeric, and cumin.

To start with, the Pani puri shots made from tamarind and mint spices was a refreshing amuse bouche that helps cleanse and prepare your palate for the delicious food to come.

The potato samosa was dense, but in a good way, with more potato than breading, which you can get from some other places. The mint and tamarind chutney paired well with the samosa.

The onion pakora similarly struck a nice balance of crispness and savoriness without being too oily. Simple, but delicious!

On the drink side, the mango laasi was one of the thickest I've had and yet it wasn't too sweet, either. It was refreshing. The same can be said with the Chai which was spiced well, but not sweetened at all. It tasted like actual Chai.

As for the entree, the two best were the butter chicken and the Gulabi Farfalle Pasta, while the Saag Paneer and Tandoori were a bit underseasoned and less memorable. But the tandoori, which was not red because they don't use red food coloring, struck a nice level of tenderness and was not too dry, which I have found with some tandoori chicken.

The garlic Naan had a very nice crispy texture to it, but I would love a bit more kick with the garlic.

So the best two are the butter chicken, which you can never go wrong at any Indian restaurant, and particularly here. It was savory, filling, but not too heavy. It can be too salty if not balanced with some basmati rice, but it's not too rich, either.

The Gulabi Farfalle was the most surprising and adventurous of the dishes tonight, combining two different worlds in one dish with bow tie pasta and the saffron curry base with bell pepper, coriander,...

My bf told me so many times that he wanted to go back to this very good Indian restaurant but he just couldn't remember the name. By God's grace, we finally found it! When I saw the review of 4.3.. I was thinking it would be a regular indian restaurant.

Out of my expectation, it is more like a gourmet restaurant. They have a selection of street food as appetizers and it was very appealing to me. It is the first and the only Indian restaurant I have been to has that interesting selection of Indian Street food.

The main dishes were even better. The curry wasn't watery. They did actually used good amounts of ingredients.The naans they had were so well made. The cheese naan came with cheese in between and a pickled mango sauce. My another first experience with Indian food.

The cocktails were also phenomenal. It was very well blended. Not overly sweet and it was well a good amount of alcohol. The owner, Deep, greeted us and told us that it was a family business. She and other servers were very welcoming and friendly.

Until this point, I really don't understand why it's only 4.3 reviews. The food, decor, and atmosphere were beyond above average. It is now becoming my favorite Indian restaurant and we are going to...

My husband and I visited this place for Indian food (in September )since we were craving crisp tandoori rotis and curry. When we checked we were told that rotis would be made in a tandoor . Since we were particular we specifically requested the tandoori bread to be made crisp. Unfortunately when they brought the food, half was done and the other half was not cooked properly. When we pointed it out very politely to the staff , the lady manager / owner along with the lady who took our order got very aggressive and was quite rude. She asked us if we wanted to reorder the same. On us pointing out that all we want are cooked rotis to eat with our curry , she kept insisting we confirm that we wish to reorder. We finally did after which she replaced the rotis . To be fair she did not charge but the entire attitude was, it was a favour being done to us. We left wondering if this attitude by someone of Indian origin was because we were Indian tourists. This is the first instance in so many years of traveling within US that we faced this issue . This review is being posted late since we were traveling...