India Garden — Restaurant in Pleasanton

After moving from Fremont this has kind of become my to-go Indian restaurant for just about any craving we get be it Indo-Chinese, Biriyani, Catering etc. Met these guys catering to one of my firend's house warming party and food was amazingly done + the service was also commendable. As usual I pulled up my Yelp app and saw a pretty disappointing 3 stars, my conclusion at that point was probably they cater well but in general they may not be at par. My first to-go order was when we had this weird indo-chinese craving and this was one of the closest restuarant that had manchurian and hakka noodles on their menu. So, called them up around closing time to see the menu availability and instead of saying some crap they agreed to whatever we asked for + made it amazingly tasty. This was the start of our love affair with this place. I am big time Biriyani addict and with our regular Lotus Indian not on the way this became our to-go destination for Biriyanis and believe me they really make some awesome lip-smacking biriyanis my personal favorites being Vijaywada, Chicken Dum & the curry one called Ulvaracharu Goat Biriyani. Even their Chicken 65, mirchi bajji are good as appetizers. Special mention for their mutton curry this was when I got them catering for a B-Day party at home, all my guests simply went nuts for the mutton. It was really soft, nicely textured meat with perfect spice combination. We almost ended up having no left-overs. We are at a point where almost all of our friends are getting party catering from these people and they seldom disappoint. The only negative point I see is the restaurant buffet quality has to be improved and food has to be rotated more often. Except vegetable dum biriyani all other vegetarian options are not great and their Rotis are plain horrible. In spite of these fallbacks they are still gonna be in the top of my list for biriyanis, mutton curry and non-veg appetizers till they drop-down on quality (Which i hope never happens). **Review has been written after getting To-Gos almost 60 times / 3 in-house catering /10+ friend's...

For the lunch buffet, you will find more choices than Frontier Spice (FS) around the corner. IG feels more like home cooking at a friend's home, so the flavors tend to be stronger than what I found at FS. IG has a different style of cooking that is also worth trying.

7/19/17 Update: I'm upgrading IG to five stars. This restaurant probably has the most authentic buffet in East Bay. Great, strong flavors, without added creams which can cause food coma after a meal. At 12:30 on a WED, the place is packed so the food comes out fresh and is well heated. The only slight negatives are, cramped space, hard to find parking, and naan that's a little too thick. Otherwise, $11.98 including tax (buffets weekdays only) is a...

Awesome place for lunch Buffett , price 11.99$ plus tax is very reasonable compared to what they served , well versed with Veg and non veg options and appetizers . The kheer in desert was awesome , I typically don’t do deserts , but this was diffrent . I always had a iffy notion on Indian buffet as many places use same gravy or paste. This had plenty of items in menu and all were fresh cooked . The stuff and owner was friendly , restaurant was very busy but they took care personally . The only downside has only 4 parking spots but you can find street parking down 2 blocks . Space can be constraint within restaurant but I will give 5 star for their efforts and arrangements. I am going...