India Cafe — Restaurant in Iowa City

We arrived at the dimly lit restaurant for a late lunch at 2:15 unaware that they were closing in 15 minutes. India Cafe's hours are not posted on the window. We were told that we could go ahead and start at the buffet and were not warned that they would be closing in 15 minutes. The waiter did not ask what we wanted to drink. While we were in the middle of our first plate, we were told that they were closing the buffet and we should get any last food items from it before they took it all down. This was yet another chance that the waiter could have told us that they closed at 2:30, at this point it was probably around 2:40. At 2:51 the waiter came by and told us that we had to go because they were closed at 2:30. I will chalk the waiter's rudeness up to not having a firm grip on the English language, but the fact that he repeatedly neglected to inform us that they would be closing soon was downright insipid. Had he warned us that they were closing soon, he could have avoided later treating his paying patrons so rudely. When asked how everything was, my friend explained how rude it was to be kicked out after not being warned of their impending closing, to which the waiter responded with silence.

The spinach pakora was so dry and hard that I was afraid of breaking my teeth on it. Of the two chicken dishes I had, I found myself picking bones and bone chunks out of every other bite. The tandoori chicken was beyond dry and bland. From my sampling of the food, the recipes are uninspired and flavorless slop.

Needless to say we will never set foot in India Cafe, and I personally feel sorry for anyone who thinks their service or food is fit for dogs, let...

I really like their buffet. My favorite part is the indian carrot cake they often have on the buffet.

The selection is actually very small during their lunch buffet. It is a tiny buffet area. But the high quality makes up for the small variety. There is nothing that isn't delicious in their buffet area. Also they change their buffet selection every day, and I am not sure if they use a pattern for that or not.

For dinner you can order off of a menu. They have items on the menu that I have never seen on their buffet. I usually get the goat when I am coming for dinner, as I feel it is what they handle best. My best friend disagrees and says they do fish the best.

Don't order their chicken at dinner time. There's always some sort of chicken on the buffet line, and their dinner chicken is honestly less good than their lunch chicken....

This halal restaurant is serving buffet in Ramadan for lunch. Not really serving the Muslim community i wouldn't support such business by a Muslim.

Response to the owners comment.

Read again I said halal restaurant. You are the one who advertise that you serve halal. So my review is about the lunch buffet which doesn't serve Muslim community at all bcuz we don't eat lunch this month. My review will help many not to waste their time. And you better learn customer service instead of arguing with every negative review on Google maps. And your reviews say it's owned by a Bangladeshi Muslim. Which is why I said I wouldn't support a restaurant owned by a Muslim and is not serving the community in this month. If you're not Muslim then don't worry focus...