Essence Of India

Many times I have ordered. Used to be a favourite now just disappointing. Orders always missing items or with wrong meals or breads. Calling to complain does nothing to resolve problems. Lentil dish was undercooked, and this time my aloo paratha was not that. No potato stuffing besides paneer and only a tablespoon at that across the whole naan, so not enough to assume it was even a cheese naan. Meals will also change every time you order, no consistency in that kitchen at all.

I believe this Indian restauranr take away has been here for quite some time and yet we were oblivious to it. This is the second time we have had a banquet takeaway from here and both times they have been fantastic. We do have our very favourite Indian restaurant in the Northern Suburbs, but let me say, this is a very very very close second.

We went on buffet night, and unfortunately didn’t get very far. All of the plates that were stacked by the buffet were dirty. Greasy plates with fingerprints on and specks of food on the bottom.We told the lady about 3 times and she wiped them once with a questionably clean cloth. And then got us some other plates that still weren’t clean. Very disappointing.

Decided to go all out today and order a massive indian meal for my birthday. I wish I could go back and change that decision. I am so very disappointed with the food I could barely down. I would never order from this place every again after this experience. Beef Vindaloo had barely any beef and instead they filled the container with atleast 4 to 5 massive potatoes. Ordered Chicken Balti and Muglai Murgh which were completely identical even though the photos I have seen of them are completely different. Ordered a Beef Bhindi Kolhapuri dish and there was no sign of the Bhindi so I'm not sure why this dish is called that. Ordered a Dhal and received some kidney beans instead, if you look at the photos of this Dhal Dil Khush dish on their menu you can clearly spot a yellow Dhal dish whereas we got some red bean curry, absolutely not appetizing. Now lets finish this with talking about the Garlic Naan, I have never in my life eaten a worse naan, it was completely burnt all black on the top and bottom. My guests barely touched them. I still have them sitting on my counter and will possibly end up in the bin. If they didn't have some of the ingredients to make some of the dishes I ordered the least the restaurant can do is give me a call to let me know but it wasn't to be. Its really really hard to find a decent curry house these days which delivers the quality their reviews promise. I would stay away from this place in the future.