Cafe India

Small place with limited seats but great food!

The buffet is great. The selection is very good with several vegetarian options. There are options with different spice levels. Very enjoyable.

Humm, I'm at a loss.

This location has a decent buffet with the standard Indian choices for a lunch buffet and at a reasonable price and the staff is MORE than accommodating. NOW, that being said, we have two Indian restaurants/lunch buffets here: this local and Bombay Curry & Grill in Niles and Bombay Curry BLOWS this place out of the water in the way of flavors, seasonings and even presentation to some degree.

The issue here, to us, are this:
1) the flavors are so weak, you hardly feel you are eating ethnic Indian food. Even the chutneys are weak, which is really odd. The Chicken Tikka and Curry chicken were really a let down, the flavors were so weak or not even apparent.

AND

2) the temps on the buffet are FAR too low to make the food enjoyable. Now, I know you can't have high temps at a buffet if the food isn't moving fast enough and I understand that since you don't want the food to continue cooking BUT barely warm food does not make for a good dining experience.

I'll say this, IF you have NOTHING to compare this local too, you probably won't notice what I did. A layman would surely enjoy all the different styles, presentations and flavors but someone like me that LIVES on ethnic food, this experience leaves me wanting and unsatisfied.

Go on, give em a try. See what you think THEN try Bombay Curry in Niles on 422 and then you tell me. This location is not bad mind you, just not what I'm use to in the way of FULL flavors!

Excellent service. Highly recommend the chicken tikka masala and the lentil soup! Never disappointed.

If you like your food hot, meaning spicy, then this is the place. I Just discovered Indian food recently and I really enjoy this place. Small, intimate atmosphere with good food and clean tables.