Roopa's Kitchen- Authentic Indian Cuisine — Restaurant in Temple

I love coming to Roopas, it was suggested to us by our neighbor when we first moved here. My husband and I used to make it a weekly thing but with our schedules it’s a bit hard to find a moment to go out and eat now.

The parking lot is a bit small, they share it with adjoining businesses. They usually get busy around 5:30pm just as an FYI so if you want to sit in and eat at the restaurant go a little before or a little after that 5-6 dinner rush.

I usually get the Chana Masala and I really like it. It has a robust flavor compared to the chicken dishes. My husband will bounce between butter chicken or chicken vindaloo. He usually gets his spicy or sometimes requests extra spicy. We also order garlic naan and apps will range from chicken lollipops to any of the various vegetable pakoras.

I will say I’ve never had a problem with staff or my food while eating over here for over 2 years consistently.

If you don’t have a spice palate the flavors can be really strong to you. Sometimes people will find mild too “spicy” when it basically tastes like a coconut sauce (to me). If it is too spicy tell them because they’ll bring out a cream to even out the intensity of your meal for you.

I really enjoy this restaurant. I visit Roopas more consistently than any other restaurant within the Temple/Belton area. The staff is always really nice when we come in to eat and they always remember us and will chat for a bit.

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Let me preface by saying that clearly Indian food is not pleasing to my palette. I have had multiple people tell me that good Indian food exists, but I have not liked any I have ever had.

With that said, this ends up being more about everything other than the taste of the food (which I did not like).

Service was not good - staff seemed nice enough, but not particularly friendly and everything moved at the speed of sloth. It seems like the restaurant is in a strange state between slightly upscale and a back alley hole-in-the-wall.

Our appetizer arrived - seemed like a safe dish - chicken kebabs. Not only did the chicken have a bit of an unappetizing "hairy" look, but once we cut into a couple of pieces, they were absolutely raw in the center. We, of course sent this back and there was no apology or sense of regret for having served us what could have been a health department nightmare.

The rest of the meal arrived and seemed fine - the appetizer made us a little nervous, but the rest seemed cooked and safe to eat. I have to believe the flavor was what would be expected as I overheard some conversations talking about the food being good, so that's a plus.

Again, though everything took an eternity - plates hardly got cleared, drink refills were slow as can be and even paying the check took 20 minutes. There were only 3 tables full, it's not like we hit some crazy rush.

It pains me to leave such a poor review as I really like to see locally owned business do well, but I cannot give this place anything but poor marks...

One of our Central Texas Runners Group members suggested that we go to Roppas for great Indian food, so we did and found the experience quite pricing, the service a bit cold, and the food tasted mediocre. The menu choice is clear all main course meals just meats are $18 and up and if you want sides like rice is $2 and $5 or more for nun (6” pita bread). The service on entry was nonexistent; we picked up our menus at the entrance and sat ourselves down at a combined table. About 15 minutes, later we see someone service us and we asked to get drinks first and order about 20 minutes later, not good service on a first impression. The food is catered to mild, medium, and hot curry dishes, but there did not seem to be a quality control on what was mild or medium. My wife ordered mild and I ordered the medium, they both had the same amount of heat. She had Ginger Chicken (can’t taste the ginger) and I had Chicken Biryani (Heavy on the curry no other tastes).

I am no stranger to Indian food in my area, I am also not an expert in it either; this is my experience at Roppas, so I cannot say I shared the same experience as what the others have posted. What I do know is that when I am eating good Indian food it should excite the senses, as I can taste the flavors in the spices as well as smell the sharpness of special seasonings like mint, basil, saffron, lemon, and cumin. The decorum is nice inside and the food is displayed well. I just wish there were better quality...