Caffe India

3 Reviews on “Caffe India”

• Itsadc

  Canned food, overcharges on check – cross check before you pay. The food was straight from CANs and bottles. They over-charge – check your check with the menu prices.Drink:1. Pina ColadaFor starter/ appetizers: 1. Tomato Soup2. Paneer Tikka (I ordered this from main course as all their appetizers are deep fried items, which are not so good for my arteries)Main course:1. Bhindi Masala2. Malai KoftaReview:*Pina Colada: It was like drinking a milk shake with shredded coconut in it, and some pineapple essence. Seriously…it wasn’t worth $3.95.*Tomato Soup: This was tomato puree straight out of can – they heated, or I must say overheated it in microwave that it almost burned my mouth. The smell of preservatives was all over the place. Tomato soup at a $$ place should have atleast some cream in it – this was just tomato puree that could not be prepared with condiments on dinner table.*Paneer Tikka: This was the best dish. At least Paneer was fresh and the marination sauce was good. 1 star in rating is for that. Ordering this was probably the best decisions I made that night.*Bhindi Masala: It was more of bell pepper than bhindi (okra). Tasted ok.*Malai Kofta: I can guarantee that Kota balls were not fresh. Their outer skin was so rubbery, it made it difficult to eat with naan/ roti. The gravy itself was tasteless. Conditments:The green chutney they served on table was tasteless, and had no flavor to it. Usually, at any Indian restaurant they will serve mint chutney, but this was straight out of bottle and watery. There was no consistency or flavor to it.Service & Decor:Service was so-so. The server over charged me and I showed him the price on his own menu, and he offered to correct it. Ah no, you are caught and you can imagine the look on his face. Decor is dark and dingy. No air flow in restaurant (may be they didn’t turn on their air-conditioning) and it felt like choking after an hour.They may be overcharging customers as who hardly remembers the price and checks against menu.A few disclaimers: 1. I am a vegetarian 2. I dared to go to a Indian restaurant on weekday for dinner3. I am Indian – so know Indian food*I believe people should go to such Indian restaurants only on weekends when they are busy and chefs are forced to prepare fresh food. This was probably the most horrible food experience of my life for a restaurant which is rated so high in Yelp’s rating. I am really surprised on how this restaurant has such a high rating.

  September 8, 2012, 5:30 pm

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• Yentruoc

  Honestly used to be my absolute favorite Indian place. I don’t know if they recently changed management or what but quality has definitely gone down. You get less food as well. The lunch buffet is also pretty boring now. Last night I got take out and it was incredibly salty which upset me a lot. Unfortunately I think there are now many better places around.

  June 25, 2012, 4:07 pm

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• TOnNYC

  DELICIOUS. Great place – if you’re looking for home food away from home :)Decently priced, large portions, good quality.Great service, too.

  April 30, 2011, 8:09 pm

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