Mirch Masala 2 Go

TLDR: three stars for experience and value at dinner... But five stars for the hot, fresh and VERY YUMMY food I got!!I would not necessarily recommend coming here for dinner. They are supposed to be open until 9 pm; I came at 7 and it was like they were closing up for the day. The floor was wet as they mopped up, and I almost slipped. I was the only customer there, and I started to get a little nervous. I used to come here before the pandemic when it was a different restaurant. And I found the menu board here confusing. They have south Indian food like idli and dosas, but then also North Indian food like Dal and baingan bharta. I asked the man at the counter what he might recommend as their best vegetarian dishes, and he didn't really direct me in any way. And the place is called "to go"... but my food took about 20 minutes in the evening. And it was about $25 for Dal makhani, naan and a mango lassi. No raita or anything else. HOWEVER... when I got home, the Dal was HELLA delicious. And the naan was buttery and perfect. And the mango lassi was pretty good too. And I still have enough Dal and rice to have more tomorrow. So in the end I am pretty happy with my dinner! I would just recommend coming in the daytime when they have lunch specials, and food will be faster and a better value.

Honestly, given the high ratings, I was expecting this place to be decent. However, this is the worst Indian food I have eaten in SD, and some of the worst Indian food I've ever eaten. My gf thought it was ok, hence two stars. Went for dinner pickup, ordered two different lamb curries. The staff was prompt and friendly, which was nice. However, once I got home to eat, the curry had completely separated into water and oil. It was pretty gross--the oil was the top 1/3 of the container, which I've never seen before, and the spices had turned into a chunky mush on the bottom. Clearly the curry had been sitting all day and we got the dregs. To boot, the garlic naan was flavorless and lacked that richness and chew you can get with naan other places. The rice was fine, but that's hard to mess up. My Indian grandmother can't cook for her life but still makes better food than this place served us.

We tried the Chaat Buffet on Saturday. Entire family worked together behind the scenes to make this a success. Food quality , taste and personal service was just amazing. I would highly recommend folks to give them a try. We had kids and elders in our group and every one enjoyed to their hearts content.

Bought a deal from Localflavor to use at Mirch Masala but it turns out they refuse to honor it. Sounds like they entered an agreement with localflavor to advertise their business with the intention of baiting customers to come there and spend money since they made an effort to go there already. If they wanted to stop business with localflavor, they should have honored all deal purchases made up until they terminated all business with localflavor.

The food was very well seasoned and full of flavor. The restaurant is located amongst a medical office complex with convenient parking right outside the door. The service was fast and the food was very well packaged for take out. We went on a Saturday and the place was empty, probably due to the offices around not being open at that time.

Excellent food with -Great personal service-I had misplaced my jacket the day we visited that restaurant on the first time, and even after the restaurant was closed, they answered my call promptly and the owner even called me from his home, assuring me that he would look for that-Felt so good about the attitude and Service that we went back with the rest of our extended family to have the great experience as well

Delicious food and an excellent customer service. I go there almost every week Must try their biryani Goat curry and shahi tukda

Enjoyed Mirch Masala. Only snafu wasThe online order process. I ordered and came to pickup and they never received the order. Got the meal prepped in 10 min. Got the butter chicken and garlic naan. Very good and def try it again. Super nice staff too. The lead lady was very apologetic and got the error corrected. Was super busy as well which is always a good sign.

Delicious food. Average ambiance. Don't go for the ambiance, but definitely go for the food. The naan was absolutely delicious..... it looks like a family run place. It was quiet when I went for a weeknight dinner.

Pains me to give a negative review of this place. First visit. Very disappointed with the quality of the food. Came in for lunch and ordered the lunch special. Had chicken and lamb as entrées.Background music is nice, but seriously loud and could not hear woman behind counterRegarding food:Rice was good jasmine riceNann was fresh and tasty Entrées were not great. Sauces had good flavor. However chicken dish was 75% bones and gristle. The lamb was mostly chunks of fat. Basically served rice and sauce. To add to disappointment there was a piece of plastic packaging in the chicken entrée. Perhaps from packaging? When mentioned it to person who was serving food, she sheepishly looked at me and said, "oh....sorry" and took the basket with a half dollar sized piece of sauce encrusted packaging back to the kitchen. Sad to say the search for a decent Indian food place near work continues and will suggest colleagues go elsewhere.