Mahan Indian Restaurant

I was a regular at Mahan in Alhambra, but I moved away and couldn't go there as often and I was bummed out. So when I found out that they opened one in Monrovia, I was ecstatic! The buffet is very different in terms of the service than the one in Alhambra. A nice host serves the food onto a large metal plate. I mean a large platter with tiny bowls, each with a different dish that he explains to you before spooning it into the tiny bowls. This site has many more dishes to choose from than the Alhambra one. They have two different dessert choices, the rice pudding and coconut mango yogurt. They also had 5 different meat dishes, including curry goat and tandoori chicken, and 4 different vegetarian dishes, including lentil and chick peas. With the basmati rice, you also get a choice of regular or garlic naan. To top it off, you also get your choice of drinks, including mango shake! But the best part of the meal was the taste! Everything tasted so delicious. I just wished I had two stomachs to eat it all! All this for $15! You got to go try this lunch buffet!

This place has menu items not commonly seen at Indian restaurants. Order the Lamb Korma, you won't be disappointed. The chicken Tikka masala was on par with most other Indian restaurants, can't go wrong with it. We also ordered the chicken curry which had a surprisingly regional taste.

I came here with my Dad and wife who's is Mexican. We all like spicy food, and regularly order dishes spicier than normal. They have three levels of spice here, then they have two more levels (very spicy and Indian spicy). We all ordered our dishes very spicy even though two of us were Indian and I'm glad we did. The spice level was perfect and we were sweating but not panicking, just how we like it. Plain yogurt is your friend, and theirs was very fresh.

Most surprising fact was that they served wine which most Indian restaurants don't do. I was wary at first, but the owner/manager said that he personally paired the wines with his dishes so we gave it a try. Not sure which wine we chose, but it balanced well with the spicy meal and wasn't too sweet. Has to be the only indian restaurant outside of Artesia that has good wine.

Such good food. The curry was full of flavor and spice. There is this sweet red sauce, it is so good on the Vegetable Samosas.

Got my order delivered through postmates. Delicious! Great curry, amazing rice and delicious sauce!