India Garden

Great place for a family dinner! Fair pricing! The food was really good, staff was friendly, we had so many left overs the lamb biryani was a hand full!

Before the pandemic, I used to enjoy India Garden once a week for their $12 lunch buffet and also an occasional dinner. Today I went for lunch for the first time since Covid.First red flag was, the entrance. It was kind of strange with the Dollar Store, bathroom doorknob on the main entrance door. I'm assuming they had been broken into and this was temporary. Turning the knob and letting myself in, I was greeted by a man who stared at me until I broke the silence with, "Are you open?" He shook his head, yes, and pointed to the empty dining room. I seated myself and immediately a different man came and asked what I wanted to drink. I said, Iced Tea. I said Iced Tea 3 times because he didn't seem to understand. So, after he brought me a glass of water (no ice), he gave me a menu. The buffet is long gone, I'm guessing, for health reasons. So now the offerings are limited to single dishes ranging in price from $13.99 to $16.99. No lunch menu. Or maybe that was the lunch menu...I don't know.I ordered Chiken Vindaloo. The food came pretty fast. A pot of Jasmine rice, cooked perfectly. And a pot of the Vindaloo. The Chicken Vindaloo was made up from one small chicken breast with a couple of potatoe cubes thrown in as filler. The rest was sauce. No Naan. I don't even remember seeing Naan on the menu and it was not offered. But still, the taste was amazing. What a shame and what a disappointing lunch. I hate seeing a once great business kill itself off like that. I won't be going back any time soon.

They recently shrunk their portions by half or over half. Entrees were served in a 24 oz dish and now are in a 12 oz dish. The result was only 4 oz of protein and a bunch of sauce.

I've been to India Garden many times over the past two decades. The current ownership has transformed the look and the food greatly. I've been to their restaurant in Oklahoma and was amazed at their food quality and service there. They are trying to bring the same ambiance here as well. I made some recommendations to the ownership from my observation and they immediately implemented it. Food tasted really well especially the vegetable curry, daal, and the chicken tikka masala.

What do you think of when it comes to Indian food? Hot? Spicy? Mind-blowing flavors? If you guessed hot, you were correct. But hot as in the temperature inside the establishment. I think it was no less than 80 degrees in there. They had an AC unit which was running but that thing was not going to cool the entire restaurant. There was no way. Service. Wow. Mediocre at best. The food comes out rather quickly and the seating is good. The decor does not fit the establishment's roots. I think they need to go back to the drawing board and make it feel like I am on foreign land when stepping inside and trying out Indian food. I ordered the lamb masala with buttered naan and lollipop chicken. The lamb was cooked beautifully, the curry was also very tasteful. Rice was good as expected. I mostly mixed everything with the rice. Now, for the lollipop chicken. They need to take that thing off the menu or re-create it. There were more crispy parts than chicken itself. Unseasoned as well. I ordered a lime soda and it was decent. I think if you ordered here to go, your experience will be a lot different. Customer service was sub-par. With only 1 waitress, the restaurant was not even busy but yet it took me 8 minutes to cash out. Staff need to be more attentive to their customers. Would I try the food here again? Yes. But only if they fix or get a bigger air conditioning unit.

Wow big changes here!Another management changeRed solo cups instead of glasswareVery informal and tables have thin plastic table clothsFood is not same quality as a year ago or even 7 years ago Malai kofta and garlic naan had no salt and very blandWe ordered butter chicken no spice but it came spicy for my daughterServer was nice but he kept forgetting everything and served us the ticket then told us he forgot to add the mango lassieIt was a comical lunch Only 1 toilet nowBack room had trash on the floor Doubt we will ever return

I only order through DoorDash so I can't speak to the actual restaurant (service/staff), but their lamb biryani is by far the best I've had since moving back to Dallas fm SF. Every time I order it's exceptional! I prefer their butter naan to the garlic bc they don't use any fresh garlic (just uncooked garlic powder which is bitter IMO). I just add my own chopped/smashed garlic at home.

The service and atmosphere were great! However the food was the reason for the 4 stars. It honestly may be that I'm used to my spot in Richardson but the spices were different. I may come back to give it a go because of the service and atmosphere. I will say that I'm going to order something different before I decide to return a third time or not.

been getting takeout from here for the last 5 years. usually quite good. the last two times were noticeably worse quality. food is much more bland, too heavy on the sauce withe dwindling portions of protein. last night the dal makhani tasted like lentils simply boiled in water with no seasoning. ended up throwing it away as no one could enjoy it. won't be ordering here again, unfortunately.

Used to be good a couple years ago, but things have gone downhill as far as flavor, portion size, and sanitation. Would not recommend anymore