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I have been to this eatery many times over the years, always for dinner. Recently, I went for their buffet lunch and have to say it was a sorry offeri…
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Light of India
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Another mediocre Indo-Bangladeshi restaurant in Ottawa.This one has better-than-average decor and less-than-average buffet. The owner is a cool guy wi…
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Light of India
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I ordered online two biriyani with a nan and paid $56.29, the taste of biriyani is too bad, it does not even has taste of salt. They did not provide m…
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Light of India
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10 Reviews on “Light of India”
If you like Indian food, you’ll want to give this place a pass. I’ve visited it various times over the years hoping against hope. Instead, they offer thick, bland sauces, spice levels (presumably reduced for sensitive Western palates) that are vanishingly low, and all around a reduction of great North Indian cuisine to an uninspiring, undifferentiated set of offerings that will disappoint anyone who likes actual Indian food.
This has to be one of the worst Indian restaurants in a city full of mediocre Indian restaurants. I ordered from Light of India for delivery and was sorely disappointed. I ordered relatively simple Indian dishes and they were both awful. Matar paneer, a stew of peas and cheese in a tomato sauce lacked any and all spice that one would associate with this dish. In fact, it tasted rather sweet and even lacked salt. The cheese, which is supposed to be fresh, was rubbery. Very disappointing as this is one of my favourite Indian dishes and one that even the worst Indian restaurant usually pulls off. Even more disappointing was the tarka daal, a typical Indian lentil stew. The most fly-infested roadside stand in India pulls off this dish with more competence than this kitchen could muster. In fact, the dish didn’t even resemble Tarka Daal as I know it. It was less a stew and more of a soup and tasted nothing like the smokey and buttery tarka daal I was craving. Even more incomprehensible, was the naan, which was undercooked. Again, it seemed like the kitchen was going through the motions instead of actually trying to make good food. I don’t think I’ll ever order from this place again and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone searching for good Indian food.
Delicious food & amazingly spicey (I had chicken madras) but world’s slowwwwwest service. I was pretty sad about having only one water refill while eating something really hot. I think they were short-staffed — just two people for a busy Sunday night crowd.
03/16 @ 1230pmMe: can I order some food for pickup please.LOI: yes but it won’t be ready till 2:30-2:45pmMe: wait what? That’s in two hours! I’m hungry now… All I want is a rice and butter chicken.LOI: you can come to our restaurant and eat in.Me: do I have to wait two hours if I come in?LOI: no no we’ll serve you right away.Me: are you serious? Food right away for eat in but two hours for take out??LOI: yes, we are very busy.Me: *click*
Best indian buffet in ottawa hands down. The food is well spiced and fresh. The staff obviously take a lot of pride in their food. I went again today and was reminded of how nice it is to like every dish in a buffet, even the vegetarian dishes, which is a big deal for me 😉
We order take out, food is consistently good. The restaurant is quite full many nights so people enjoy it. I love the Lamb Sag Gosht and the Vegetable Bhaji. Only thing I dislike is they put quarter chunks of fresh tomato as a space filler in the carry out so you don’t get as much product. Kind of feel cheated.
Bland. Waiter/owner has strange ideas over what is funny, acceptable and appropriate.Had an experience there similar to the chickpea one posted earlier. Yikes!Too bad. Place came highly recomnended.The chicken was some bizarre grotesque white meat chicken mystery parts.Eeesh.Never going back!