Namaste Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in Wichita Falls

Namaste USED to be great BUT now with 1. their original chef gone 2. the prices raised 3. the portions smaller eating in 4. the portion for take out smaller 5. the quality in the A. flavor B. appearance (plating) C. decorum of the place (untidy) our recent last three experiences take the original 5 stars down to two. Let's put it this way, a premade frozen Kernal Kebabs from International Grocers on Southwest (next to Vapor Village) or frozen entree from Natural Grocers, Market Street and even Wal-Mart, taste wise and cleanliness, is better. Eating off styrofoam, using plastic-ware is just substandard. If there is some "Covid-19" excuse, that's all it is. Jefes for example has not gone downhill; their local nor Opa's. Both examples of authentic, when you got a 'hankerin' for world cuisine (Tex-mex and German) you can get there at those two restaurants what you expect I.e. consistent despite Covid-19. However, it seems the passion Namaste had at the beginning (long before the pandemic) and now has since that awesome chef they started with left, overtime, become the two Star review it gets now. I've lived in India, myself...I'm very considerate when it comes to Indian cuisine because I love-love the nation, culture, people and cuisines. Yet, the last time my wife, mother and myself went the feel and food had gone the way Taste of India (old joint at the Motel 6, years back) did when they lost their chefs. Here it's worse. Specifics? Food was spoiled. Not all, some. Cutting corners, keeping food too long (like an episode of Kitchen Nightmares or Restaurant Impossible) with other things that while those may not be known back of house front of house comes out. Redeemable? Yes. But...the owner needs to revision or soon it will go belly up. Yes, this pandemic thing might have some effects like hours of operation but other than that I stand by...

Today, I ate 'Spinach Pakori', 'Vegetable Korma', Garlic Naan along with 'Chai' at Namaste Indian, it was a great experience for me. I was just passing by Wichita Falls, and I did not know, this restaurant exists. When I saw the restaurant, I just called to check if the restaurant exists, and the owner of the restaurant picked up the call, and took my order. When arrived, i found the restaurant atmosphere quite pleasant, probably because of the waitress being warm and welcoming. I have lived in West Texas for four years, and in these years, I have not found any indian restaurant which serve good food in the near by areas. Here, they had served me with freshly fired 'Pakore'. I have seen it in a lot of the restaurants that they reheat or refry the Samose or 'Pakore', which dose not Taste good. I was already, really impressed with the Pakore and Tea. Then brought the Vegitable Korma' along with Naan, which weee Also amazing. I found that they were very thoughtful in their service, as I had ordered two Naans (which certainly I could not have eaten, after a full plate of Pakoras), but they brought just one and said if you need the second one, just tell me, will...

Came around 5pm on a Saturday was told it would be a long wait because they need to get To-Go orders done, that's fine I'll come back. Came back and there was only one table free, the rest were filthy from customers that were there prior (About an hour before I came back and they looked mostly done when I was there) They weren't busy at the time at all but the hostess was too buy talking to her friends to take our order, and nobody was cleaning the plates that were stacked everywhere. The cook came out and got our orders. One of the best things at Indian restaurants is getting the homemade naan, skip it here, its prepackaged you get at Walmart. I got the Tikka at a 6 on heat, and got another dish with a heat of 2, and the 2 was WAY hotter than the 6 I got. They give you about 1/4 cup of rice, which is crazy rice cost next to nothing. Sad that Wichita Falls has no other option for Indian food, I would skip this place. We got a mysterious Open Food charge on our bill as well....