IVR Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Village of Harrison

Pro: Beautiful restaurants, they have great drinks and alcohol selection, Bartender was very good and same for the servers. I also really like the Mexican Indian fusion concept.

Con: We had 6 ppl, and 2 of our entries arrived at the table around 10 minutes before the rest of the table. Three of us ordered the Tikka Masala (extra mild w/lamb, medium w/goat, and spicy w/goat). The extra mild lamb had the same heat level as the medium. The person ordering it expressed they wanted a negativeheat level. If it couldn't be done, they would have ordered something else. The medium goat most likely came with lamb instead (had no bones). The spicy goat basically was all bones. I dont have a problem with bones, but it had 4 large bones. There was almost nothing on the bones to pick off, which made it more annoying they were served. On top of that, you dont get more added cause of the bones. I ended up maybe two bites of meat that were substantial enough that you could taste it. Also, how are you expected to pick meat off the bones in spicy, saucy dish at an upscale restaurant? It just doesn't seem like a great idea to chew on the bones with your fingers. I also thought the Masala was missing cream. My understanding is it's an orange colored curry cause of the cream added at the end. This had more of a tomato sauce profile, but that just might be their style. Im not an expert on that.

All that said, I know the restaurant is new and going through some growing pains. Cause of that, I was a little lenient on the score. I will probably be back to give it one more try. Hopefully, it was just an off night.

Edit: Had to lower the review. Found out we were charged an automatic gratuity of 20% on a group of 6. Ends up, our party has now way over-tipped. No clear warning...

UPDATE- I got a response from the restaurant, claims she tipped the plate onto the to go boxes for the fries to fall into the box, what they failed to mention is she put her hand on the wrap and put it in the box. Pretty sad they feel to argue with me via google instead of finding a way to contact me personally. Now I’ll never be back.

This was my second visit here and I was pretty disappointed. The food quality wasn’t as great as it was the first time. Our waitress was nice, but at the end when we needed a box, she broke a very important FDA code. The FDA prohibits bare hand contact with ready to eat food. She physically touched our food with her BARE hands. Did she wash her hands first? Doubt it. She brought out a tray and a tray stand, were those sanitized along with her hands being washed? Doubt it. She just took in someone’s dirty dishes and took care of someone’s bill. So that’s how many surfaces? When I tried to stop her, she just looked at me and I said, I probably wouldn’t actually touch someone’s food with your bare hands. She tells me it’s process. Process? Disgusting. Feel free to use our forks, so you’re not actually touching our food. I don’t mind them putting the food in the container to go, but you should NOT be touching food with your bare hands, that’s an FDA violation. I will not be rushing back to...

Chicken tikka masala is one of our favorite meals, so we were excited to try a new place in the area that serves it. However, the chicken tikka masala hardly had any flavor or spice. We ordered a medium spice level (which is typically our preference) and it was extremely mild.

The dish was $21, so we were expecting quality for the higher price you’re paying (I’ve never seen chicken tikka masala in the Fox Valley area for more than $18).

The Samosa’s didn’t have much filling on the inside (had a lot of empty space inside like it wasn’t filled all the way) and was also lacking flavor. Also, the outside pastry part had a super strong taste of fryer oil.

Our experience wasn’t completely disappointing, the workers were very friendly and it’s a very well decorated, clean, building with nice outdoor seating. They have a lot of interesting and unique...