Ambar India Restaurant
Ambar India Restaurant
2 pieces. Deep-fried crisp pastries stuffed with mildly spiced potatoes and green peas.
Tender boneless batter-fried chicken marinated with spices.
2 pieces. Mildly spiced beef filled pastries.
A tangy-sweet blend of chickpeas, potatoes, papadies, and a touch of yogurt with black Indian salt served chilled.
A sampling of appetizers including chicken pakora and paneer pakora.
Homemade cheese cubes lightly spiced and batter fried.
Assorted fresh fritters.
A sampling of vegetarian appetizers.
A tangy-sweet blend of fruit and vegetables sprinkled with black Indian salt served chilled.
Traditional boneless fried chicken.
Mildly spiced minced deep-fried potatoes.
Crisp spicy lentil wafer.
Boneless chicken tandoori tossed with lightly spiced onions stuffed in a pastry shell deep-fried.
Homemade cheese tossed with lightly spiced onions and bell peppers stuffed in a pastry shell deep-fried.
Deliciously mild lentil soup.
Lightly seasoned.
Freshly made a tossed salad with herbs and lemon.
Special rice blended with garden vegetables and nuts and raisins.
Fresh shrimp lightly tossed with nuts and raisins.
Basmati rice cooked with tender chunks of chicken and fresh peas and nuts and raisins
Specially blended rice with a touch of spice and peas.
Basmati rice cooked with lamb cubes and fresh peas and nuts.
Lightly broiled chicken cooked in a savory tomato, onion, and butter sauce.
Tender chicken pieces cooked with green peas and spices.
Specially cooked marinated chicken pieces smothered with onions, tomatoes, butter, and cream sauce with nuts and raisins.
Tender chicken cooked with green peppers, tomatoes, and onions.
Mildly spiced with lots of sauce.
Succulent chicken pieces and cheese cubes gently simmered with nuts and raisins.
Chicken pieces and potatoes cooked in a tangy hot sauce.
Tender chicken pieces cooked with mushrooms.
Chicken pieces cooked with lightly spiced spinach and cream.
Made with hot chili and green bell pepper.
Tender chicken pieces delicately blended with lightly creamed spiced lentils.
Tender chicken pieces cooked with mildly spiced fresh vegetables.
Boneless marinated chicken cooked with spinach, cream, and tomato sauce.
Tender chicken cooked with green peppers, tomatoes, and caraway seeds.
chicken tikka masla cooked with onions and bellpeppers
curry or masala sauce without chicken
add extra chicken to main entree ( only one extra allowed per entree )
Chick peas and potatoes prepared North Indian style.
Potato cubes cooked in spinach and cream.
Homemade cheese cubes cooked in spinach and cream.
Eggplant cooked with vegetables and mild spices.
Tender mushrooms and green peas cooked with tomato sauce.
Potatoes and cauliflower cooked with spices.
Chick peas and spinach cooked in tomato and cream sauce.
Potatoes cooked in a tangy hot sauce.
Tender mushrooms cooked with spinach and cream sauce.
Fresh vegetables blended with spices with a touch of curry sauce.
Mixed vegetable balls cooked in an onion and tomato sauce.
Fresh vegetables cooked with green peppers, tomatoes, and onions.
Fresh mild cheese gently cooked with tender green peas and spices.
Homemade cheese cubes cooked in tomato and cream sauce.
Peas and potato combination blended with aromatic spices.
Creamed lentils prepared with butter, cream, and a touch of spice.
A gentle blend of mixed vegetables, cashews, and light cream.
yellow lentils cooked with spices
add extra veges or cheese to main entree (only one extra per entree)
homemade cheese cubes cooked in curry and tomato sauce with onions and tomatoes
Lamb simmered in thick curry sauce.
Lamb cooked in tomato sauce with a touch of yogurt.
Lamb smothered with tomatoes, onions, peppers, and spices.
Lamb simmered with potatoes cooked in a tangy hot sauce.
Lamb blended with cream, cashews, and raisins.
Lamb cooked with mushrooms.
Lamb cooked with lightly spiced spinach and cream.
add extra lamb to main entree (only one extra per entree)
Your choice in thick curry sauce.
Your choice blended with potatoes in a tangy hot sauce.
Your choice skewered, marinated in yogurt, and pan-fried with rich tomatoes, curry, and cream.
Your choice fried, smothered with onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, and tomatoes.
Your choice simmered with spinach in a light cream sauce.
Sea scallop cooked in tomato and cream sauce.
add extra shrimp( 2 shrimps ) to main shrimp or fish entree
Boneless marinated chicken pieces.
1/2 chicken marinated in yogurt, mild spices, and herbs.
Delicately broiled to perfection.
homemade cheese cubes cooked in clay oven
lamb chops cooked in clay oven mildly spiced
Roti. Traditional baked whole wheat bread.
Whole wheat bread lightly fried.
Multi-layered whole wheat bread stuffed with potato.
Crispy layered fried bread stuffed with mildly spiced potatoes.
Crispy layered fried bread.
Crispy layered fried bread stuffed with homemade cheese.
Multi-layered whole wheat bread.
Garlic stuffed nan.
Stuffed with broiled chicken pieces.
Onion stuffed bread.
Stuffed with lightly spiced potatoes.
Traditional Indian style bread.
Green chillies and spicy bread.
Stuffed with cheese.
Bread with nuts and raisins.
Stuffed with a combination of onions, garlic, potatoes, and chicken.
Assorted vegetable picked in oil.
Pureed mango chunks in sweet syrup.
A tangy mixture of potatoes, cucumbers, and tomatoes in fresh homemade yogurt.
Chick peas cooked with lamb, served with bhatura fried and rice.
Mildly spiced shrimp and lamb in curry sauce served with nan and rice.
Fried cheese ball soaked in honey syrup served warm.
Indian style rice pudding served cool with pistachios.
Indian style ice cream with the nutty taste of pistachios and a touch of rose water.
Chilled sweet mangoes blended with a touch of rose water and fresh homemade yogurt.
Chilled sweet mango juice.
Freshly brewed with cardamom spices and milk.
Refreshing yogurt drink sweetened with rose water or salted with crushed cumin seeds.
Tomatoes and Onions Salad
Tomatoes and Onions Salad, Paneer Makhanni
Interior
Interior
Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken saag
Garlic naan
Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken tikka
a plate of food
Chicken Tikka Masala
Exterior
Garlic naan and saag paneer.
a plate of food
Huge samosas
Chutneys
Chutneys
Bartha saag
Chicken vindaloo
Mattu Special
Chicken Pakora
Mango Lassi
Chicken Pakora
Malai Kofta
Manish C.
Sep 11, 2024
Ambar India Restaurant is located in the Clifton area a bit north of downtown Cincinnati. Online reviews seemed numerous and somewhat favorable, so we stopped in for lunch after a visit to the nearby zoo & botanical gardens. While interiors are modest and there's not much ambiance, service by the staff was very warm and pleasant.We ordered the mango lassi, chicken pakoras, chicken tikka masala, and a naan. While I have no basis of comparison with other Indian restaurants in Cincinnati, all the food was fresh and tasted good, although probably a bit underspiced (as I've come to expect for Indian restaurants not located in the northeast US). The naan was very generous size and among the largest I've seen served. While the food itself would probably rate closer to average where I live, I don't mind rounding up a bit to a 4 to align with other ratings since the food was fresh and service being gracious, attentive, and friendly. This was a decent lunch experience, so I'd recommend Ambar India Restaurant to try out to those with a craving for Indian food in Cincinnati.
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Rena S.
Nov 11, 2024
We came here while visiting Cincinnati. It was easy to get in at 7:30 on a Saturday night. The servers were attentive and friendly. We ordered chicken tikka masala and lamb vindaloo with garlic naan and my husband got coconut soup. The spice level was accurate and the portions were good-sized. I thought it was pretty good - not the best Indian I've ever tasted but it was pretty solid. The restaurant was clean and had a lot in inside seating. I can see why they are so popular in the area. I would come back.
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Don B.
Oct 26, 2024
Great food and friendly service. This place feels like you're in someone's home. It's comfortable and smells so good. So many amazing choices. It's great to get a few dishes and share.
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Jim T.
Nov 11, 2024
My wife and I came here while we were visiting from out of town. A friend recommended this place to us. The waitress was attentive and friendly. The inside was clean and large and easy to get a seat on a Saturday night. We ordered chicken tikka masala and lamb vindaloo. I thought it tasted good but it didn't agree with my stomach. I also tried the coconut soup. I've never had anything else like it. I would come back and perhaps try a different dish next time.
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Cameo T.
Aug 1, 2024
Just not much flavor. We've tried them several times and sadly are still underwhelmed. Their staff are friendly so sayin the food doesn't match up is difficult.
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Colleen A.
Jun 9, 2023
Ambar is hands down the best Indian restaurant in Cincinnati. I have tried many and always come back to Ambar. I've never had a saag mushroom at any Indian restaurant ever as delicious as Ambar's. The garlic naan is perfect and the chicken tikka masala is top notch. Servers are friendly and attentive. The atmosphere is intimate and quiet enough for casual conversation. Definitely recommend Ambar if you're looking for some great Indian cuisine.
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Thomas J.
Aug 21, 2024
Our server was great and the lamb korma and chicken masala was excellent as always, just shocked at the price increases since my last visit. What can you do if the quality is authentic, and there is limited competition in the area.
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Neal H.
Nov 26, 2023
My favorite restaurant!! I lived in Cincinnati for about a decade and couldn't get enough of Ambar; especially, their makhani and saag. I moved to Chicago about 15 years ago and every time I go back to Cincy I dine in and take out. In fact, it's in the car right now, heading back to Chi-town. I have not found Ambar's equal and, believe me, I've tried.
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Jeff K.
Dec 16, 2024
An excellent meal at a good price point. The wait staff was friendly and helped my friend who was an Indian food neophyte.
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Joseph B.
Nov 26, 2024
Expensive like most Indian food, but very good. Parking lot in back. Several Indian food places in the area
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