Grand Indian Kitchen — Restaurant in Town of Amsterdam

We are lucky to have this restaurant in Amsterdam. This is absolutely a destination restaurant for this part of the 518. It compares favorably to what has previously been my favorite Indian restaurant, one in New Hartford. It soars far above all of the ones I have tried in Schenectady and the more immediate surrounding areas. Today we got a standard Chicken Tikka Masala and WOW. The sauce was perfectly creamy, but also light on the palate, not overpoweringly heavy and greasy. There was an unidentifiable umami flavor to it that added depth to the dish that isn’t typical in my experience, and it was wonderful. The vegetable samosas were crisp and crunchy on the outside and flavorful and fresh inside. The sauces accompanying were not afterthoughts, but a refreshing and light mint sauce and a tamarind sauce that surprised me in its well balanced flavor. Normally I hate tamarind sauce for being a sticky syrupy mess of an afterthought, but this was refreshing and I kept it to try with other elements of my dinner. The mango lassi was perfectly refreshing and well balanced, not powdery or too thick like I’ve had, nice and dark with mango purée. The meat sampler dish that I got was an amazing assortment that is compatible with a keto diet: multiple flavors of flavorful, well seasoned chicken, shrimp, lamb shish kebab, and lamb chops that were very tender and perfectly cooked in my opinion. As soon as I saw this restaurant opened, I was eager to try it since I love Indian food, but didn’t have very high expectations given what my experiences with 518 Indian food have taught me. I am definitely going to be back and bringing friends. Very keen to...

I can not stress enough Grand Indian Kitchen is amazing! The restaurant is nicely renovated (was an old Pizza Hut) and the food was delicious. We started with Vegetable Samoas which I forgot to take a picture of because we dug right in, they were great with the brown sweet sauce (idk the name) with a slight bit of heat. I ordered Goat Curry, the peices of goat were big and considering it is a “boned” meat there weren’t a lot of bones and just a lot of meat. The curry was savory with the smallest hint of heat, I’m sure you can get it spicier if you ask. My boyfriend got Fish Moliee which was a Mahi Mahi in this ginger, garlic, coconut sauce. 4 big pieces of Mahi Mahi and the sauce tasted great, I can’t really describe it, I only had a small taste. They bring you out a bowl with basmati rice to share and than come back and ask if you want more, we got two bowls, and when we packed up our left overs they asked if we wanted more rice to take home! We also got the garlic naan, I definitely recommend it. To end the night we shared the homemade mango ice cream, next time we will be getting one each, you don’t get a whole lot and it’s far to good to share 😂 We will be 100% returning soon and probably often. Pictures are of my Goat curry and naan with the Mahi Mahi in the background. The mango ice cream and our bill which was definitely reasonable as we took home an entire meals worth of food.

Also the staff was so kind...

This restaurant is simply incredible! I went there for the first time and I am thoroughly impressed with the food and service especially.

I cannot believe the level of service this restaurant provides. I never had an empty glass of water, let alone had to ask for one. The plates that are used for entree’s come out piping hot and kept our food warm while eating. Food service was perfectly timed. Exceptionally clean dishware. Even down to the moist towels, they were given to us and warm. Who even thinks to do something like that? True attentiveness of upscale dining. With the pricing that of a family restaurant.

The food came out piping hot and extremely fresh. Vindaloo chicken was extremely flavorful and at the proper level of spiciness. Garlic naan was flavorful, airy, and overall well done.

The fact that an ethnic restaurant of this quality, in Amsterdam, of all places is really something I’m thankful to now have. To finally not have to drive an hour for something other than Italian, pub, or casual fast food is incredible.

Needless to say we will be back for as long as this restaurant can keep up with the exceptional level of both food...