Nazara Indian Bistro

Food : absolutely amazing taste , if you are craving for North Indian food.Service: Good service can be improved. They refunded me for the soup which was salty was not looking for a refund, but I told the server that please take it back. It is salty even after ordering twice.Ambience: good ambience nicely, bright colored upholstery , good bar section.Overall, had a nice experience by Food.

Nazara Indian Bistro has a beautiful tradition interior and is the perfect place for authentic Indian cuisine in the Triangle area. We got two appetizers and an entree to try along with their garlic naan. The tandoori chicken was flavorful and by far my favorite dish, especially with the green chutney! We also had good service and got recommended an item not on the menu (see picture) that was delicious as well. The paneer masala was a bit sweet for my liking which is why I took a star off.

Stopped in on a Thursday at around 12:30. My BIL said he has been craving Indian food and was raving about Nazara's lunch buffet. Unfortunately, it must have been a pre-Covid thing because they didn't have this available when we went (Dec 2022). Luckily, they did have some lunch specials. The four of us shared two orders of samosas (1 order comes with 2 pcs) and three lunch specials and it was more than enough food. The samosas were a good size and came with this really flavorful and addictive green chutney ($)/sauce. For entrees, we shared the chicken tikka masala, palak paneer, and malai kofta. All specials are served with rice, naan, dal, raita, salad, and dessert. I didn't love the veggie dumplings in the malai kofta (probably a texture thing), but the sauce was good. The other two dishes were great - can't go wrong with a tikka masala. I also tried dal for the first time, which I really enjoyed, to my surprise - since I don't usually eat lentils and definitely not peas. Dessert was a rice pudding, which was okay but I was also very stuffed by then. Each couple also shared a mango lassi because you it's a must when eating Indian food. I would have loved to try the buffet so I can expand my palette for Indian food - but I'm still happy with what we ordered.

We came on Saturday night, so it was busy around 6:30pm. So we sat down at the bar- kind of fun experience. I'll focus on what's good: - Ambience is nice and upscale so does the price - we really really liked the assorted breads- slightly crispy and still moist inside- lamb vindaloo is spicy. The kind of spice will grow the more you eat. But we like that. - Mango ice cream does taste like homemade with strong mango puree, not like those mango artificial flavor from store-bought ice cream. We ordered this much of food and the bill with tip is around $140 for 2 people.

Really good food and ambience. The staff was friendly. Walked in for dinner without a reservation on a weekday and got seated without waiting. The menu has decent amount of options to choose from. We got an old fashioned and mango lassi and they were both delicious! For appetizers, we went for a paneer pineapple tikka and laal masala murgh which were both good. Appetizer portions were small. Entree - the chicken mirchi malai, chicken tikka masala and malai kofta all of which were great. The masala chai wasn't the best but overall we enjoyed the food!

Lunch trays! I got the Chicken tikka masala. It's my go to when I try new places to get a baseline. The lunch trays come with naan, basmati rice, chicken pea dish, daal curry, and rice pudding, and a tahini sauce to balance out of you food is too spicy for you. Excellent service and excellent food! I would definitely recommend them!

Came here for lunch and had a delicious spicy chicken curry. Love how they serve the meals on the tray, something I haven't had since the very first Indian restaurant I tried more than 20 years ago. The Raita was some of the best I have ever had. The restaurant is huge and I imagine is more packed in the evenings.

The prices have gone up 50% under new management & the quantity has gone down 50%. So they basically doubled the price in last two years. Food was also not that great. Very very spicy & rubbery bhaturas.

With the hopes of this restaurant being amazing last time, I brought my parents here for dinner and we were disappointed this time. Most of the dishes were bland and tasteless, including appetizers and beverages lacked favor. I'm hoping it was an off day or I'm unsure if their regular chef has changed, but they better pickup the slack or else it's not looking good. Below are the items we ordered today. Drinks:-Ganna mojito: could not taste any sugarcane. They just threw a stick of sugarcane in hopes of making it seem "fancy" but it was really disappointing -Mango fizz mocktail: this was an ok drink/averageApps:- pineapple paneer tikka: very disappointing. Paneer was hard. Peppers/Veggies were raw and not grilled. Dish was not warm, in fact was served cold. - tawa chicken: pretty average my husband said. It didn't look as appetizing either. Portion size was good. Main:Chole bhatura: possibly the worst chole we've had. Chole basically had no flavor and lacked taste. Bhatura was ok, but what's the point of a good bhatura without good chole. Very disappointing!Lahori paneer masala: dish lacked flavor. I mainly taste only tomato purée and it was spicy. Disappointing!Dal makhni: ordered this as mild for our son. Came mild but lacked flavor. Chicken mirch malai: average dish. Not something to rave about but not terrible either. Breads:- garlic naan/chilli garlic naan/roti: all average. Chilli garlic naan has some good heat but the naans were all on the crispy side which I was hoping it's more soft and fluffy. In any case, i am hoping this was just an off day because anyone that asks me for a restaurant recommendation, I say Nazara!

Everything that touched the table was flavorful and well-seasoned! The only downside was the wait :/. I came on a Friday night just before 8. There was a very large party there and maybe two other small parties. My group was included 5 people. We were seated very quickly, but it took the better part of 25 mins to get water. Once we ordered, the wait time was much more reasonable. White rice comes as a side dish, and we were given two large bowls for the table of five; it was plenty of rice!! They rice was also really good and served hot!I ordered the Kerala Chicken Curry, and it's very tasty! It's slightly spicy (maybe a two out of five?) very tender, and has a nice, thick sauce. I highly recommend this dish! Side note: the bowls are very cute and has a cute slant. Stylish!The naan was beautiful! It was very hot and fresh, and just glistening! They are served in large triangles, which is perfect so that you don't have to break off a piece in put it back in the bread basket. I only sampled the dessert and it was quite good! It's not overly sweet and it tasted vegan (?). Either way, add it to your bill and enjoy.