Coriander

I came here with two coworkers for their lunch buffet on a weekday, and it was overall a pretty delicious and reasonably priced experience.The food item that is most memorable from the buffet was actually the samosas! They were crunchy on the outside and had good softer texture inside, plus the sauce provided to be used with them was delicious. The other common parts of indian buffet like the chicken tikka masala, paneer, etc were also very tasty with the rice and naan.

Great menu offerings and amazing flavor!BUT... many many bones present in the Tikka Masala, as in huge pieces AND small sharp ones. Additionally, as I've never eaten there before, I went with the least spicy option as a test...pretty sure they ignored that note.Gobi Manchurian was PERFECT though.

Great Indian is not hard to come across in Austin, but this place delivers on quality, portion and reasonable pricing. It offers a buffett and excellent dosas. Their dosas are huge and only come out to about $10! They are quite friendly and accommodating as well, making this place is in my top three Indian for Atx!

Came here for the lunch buffet. I thought the food was pretty good (samosas were tasty). I tried not to get too full too fast, but that was a losing battle. Can't say that any of the dishes really stood out, but like I said - I got full and that's good.May have to come back for dinner - I heard dosa's were on the menu . . .

I ordered the chicken vindaloo which was great! I just wish it was a little bit spicier. The service was ok. With an almost empty restaurant when I went on a weekday, it took a while for our waitress to come by to ask for the check. At least the person refilling out water was on point!

Fantastic Indian food and service! The servers were courteous and very attentive. Nice ambience, overall an enjoyable experience and definitely a must-visit for I dian food in Austin.

Coriander:I am generally not a fan of buffets, unless someone else is paying of course. I have stopped by here in the long past, when it was a Brazilian restaurant and later another Indian restaurant. I was not really too impressed until it transformed into a new Indian style restaurant. They have a daily and a weekend buffet. So I have given it a few tries. I have had just about everything they have and it is good and this means a big positive from a non-buffet person. The food was under spiced for me, but would appeal to a broader customer base. The Butter Chicken was excellent as was the Saag Paneer while the Tandoori Chicken was a bit dry (in all fairness, unless eaten immediately after preparation this dish tends to dry fast). The buffet has a lot of typical dishes that you would expect in an Indian restaurant and not too spicy for someone who is not used to Indian type food that can really bring the heat. Next time I will order a specific dish on or off the regular menu so I can see what is prepared spicy from the start when I order spicy so as to make sure it is not akin to those places who just add some hot sauce after the fact. The restaurant and bathroom were very clean and the staff performed their tasks plesently and were quite friendly. I recommend giving it a try and also see what they can prepare individually. It is a bit tricky to get to on the access road, but is in plain view just as you go past. You may have to do a go around. Once you know where it is, zero difficulties in getting to the location.

A fellow patron and I were chatting in the buffet line and he says, "how could anyone not like Indian food?" Well, my own journey to appreciating Indian food was halted because I thought all Indian food tasted like Clay Pit. I had to fall in love with Ethiopian food and have a friend convince me to give Indian food a try again before I found my way back.If you may in in the midst of such an Indian food crisis, a buffet is always the best way to figure out what you like and don't, and the lunch buffet at Coriander would be especially helpful, since it is fantastic, very long, and is available in the weekends too! Plus they almost always have samosa and biriyani on the buffet. Score! And always two deserts.While I may the prefer the saag at another place or think the dessert is better someplace else, Coriander delivers overall in ways other places fail. I like that it is relatively quiet, the staff is very friendly, great location, interesting items on the buffet and can't discount the inclusion of samosa on the buffet, that's probably my favorite part!

Ate at Royal India twice, both having a LivingSocial voucher. I tried the north and the south Austin location and both restaurants presented me with delicious and authentic food.Started with the Garlic Naan. Heard it was pretty good and I definitely agree. Not only was the bread hot with crispy edges, the flavor of the garlic wasn't too strong but definitely evident and tasty. The Garlic Naan at the south location tasted a tad strange and wasn't as flavorful as the one in the north location, but that may just be an anomaly.My entree was the Dhaba Mutton Curry. You can't say no to bone-in goat. I try to eat different things at restaurants, but after loving it the first time, I had to get it again. The bone-in goat meat is truly tender with occasional pieces of fat. You can really separate the pieces with a spoon. The curry sauce is delicious with just the right consistency to bind with the rice. This dish opened my eyes to the world of goat meat. Seriously. So good.The entree also came with saag paneer (similar to creamed spinach). I don't often rant about vegetables, but this stuff is super delicious. Mix it in with the rice or just eat it by itself, I just can't have enough of it. Can we get endless refills on this? I wanted to ask our waiter, but wimped out.There is an issue with their service though. In the south Austin location, there were only 4 tables with customers, including mine. However, the service was especially slow, specifically after the meal. After showing the waiter our voucher, he put it back down on the table and left. 15 minutes would then go by until they took our voucher again and returned with our check. That's 15 minutes of my party and me aimlessly chatting and glancing around the restaurant. In a near-empty restaurant, speed of service was the last thing I expected to encounter. Other than that, the staff was very friendly and our water glasses were always full.

Ordered delivery from this restaurant, even though they confirmed my order and said they started preparing it, they never did! After the fourth drive, tried to pick it up, and an hour past the expected delivery time, the delivery service canceled the order completely because the restaurant failed to make the order timely.