The Fusion Café & Bar — Restaurant in Winooski

This was my first time ordering food from The Fusion Cafe & Bar. After a long day of deep cleaning my house for my son's Birthday Party tomorrow, I needed to eat and wanted to treat myself. I'll admit, I ordered later in the evening than I normally would, but it was well before their 9:00 closing. I was very glad I ordered more food than I could eat because half of the food was pretty much inedible. The Eggrolls & Pork dumplings were excellent--although I received the VERY spicy dipping sauce with both, when I requested Hoisin sauce. These appetizers were the highlight of the meal, I'm afraid. The Shrimp & Avocado summer rolls, meant to be served cold, were placed in the bag with the hot food, so by the time they were delivered, the rice paper wrappers had pretty much dissolved and come apart, so I was left with a massive pile of unseasoned vermicelli, 3 warm shrimp, 2 small slices of warm avocado and a few strips of other veggies & cabbage. The Peanut Noodles--ordered based upon several 5 star review mentions, were made with soggy vermicelli, not rice noodles as advertised & had very little flavor. The Chicken in the dish was dry & gristly, and it was also missing the mushrooms & bean sprouts mentioned in the menu description. Sadly, it was all but inedible. This was disappointing as Peanut Noodles are one of my favorite dishes. Unfortunately, with as many truly great restaurants as there are in the area, I probably wouldn't order from or eat at The Fusion Cafe & Grill again if there were other options available, unless I was just looking for a light meal of appetizers. This was an expensive...

It's 7pm on Saturday night. The sink is full, our kid is fighting sleep, and dinner is yet to be made. We had a great experience a couple months back with their ema datshi, so we decided to order from The Fusion.

For $50, we ordered a chicken tikka masala and a chicken korma. The portions appeared normal, but only contained 6-7 pieces of overcooked chicken in an overabundance of bland broth. The chicken was just tough enough that I am actually not certain that it was chicken, possibly pork. The basmati rice was perfect. The desserts, milk cake and gulab jamun, were also small but delicious - the highlights for sure.

With plenty of quality, established businesses in the area, this was the last time we will order...

I'm always down for something new, so a fusion restaurant seemed fun and quite a variety on the menu. However, everything we had was just a bit - off? Egg rolls were probably the favorite. The free guac and chips (surprise!) were good, though the guac almost tasted more like a salsa with a very intense tomato flavor more than anything. The dumplings were a bit bland. The worst crime, however, was the Tikka Masala. One of my favorite Indian dishes and I've had many times, this one tasted NOTHING like it. No hints or garam masala spice. I know it's fusion but then don't name a dish off of something so...