Ruchi Indian Cuisine

I've been going here off and on for a long time now. When I'm in the mood for my butter Chicken Masala, it's my goto place! I'll be honest, it's probably only once every 1-3 months, just depends?? However I'm always reminded how delicious this place is everytime I go there!!This night was a little different, I had just got back in town with my daughter and my wife and I were in the mood, so I told her that I would head over and get 2 Butter Chickens / 2 Steamed Rice / 2 Garlic Naan. Food was 10/10....However, when I got there, there was an election party going on. They invited me in, offered me a beer and some chili fried shrimp. Beer was great, shrimp was delicious. I stayed long enough to get my food home hot and fresh, but I was over the moon happy with how nice everyone was and how inviting they were to me. Election is once every 5 years, I'll be back in 2029 to celebrate with them in the future!!Absolutely LOVE this place!!!!

I was disappointed in the limited selections. Service was ambivalent and the place was empty. Overall I would go to Curry House next time or an Indian Cuisine restaurant and order off the menu

Came for a lunch buffet. The standout offering was an aloo and paneer dish with a sauce very similar to (maybe the same?) a tikka masala. Everything else was only ok. Service was hit or miss as far as water refills, and all the storage in the back space near the restroom made for a space that was less than comfortable. I suppose getting that aloo dish as takeout could be worthwhile, but honestly with so many nearby alternatives, I don't know if a return visit is in the cards.

Best obsidian food around. The dining room is typically pretty quiet and not many people, but also nicely decorated. Restaurant and bathrooms were clean. Staff was over the top nice! Brought us free mango lassies (which were AMAZING), we also got an order of samosas which are supposed to come with 2, but there were three of us, and he brought us three. Garlic naan was hot and delicious, and butter chickens were excellent. Overall an awesome experience!

We went here on a weekday evening and this place wasn't crowded so we got a bit skeptical on whether we will regret our decision of coming in here.We were seated and the glasses and plates that wet out on the table were extremely clean. I was very impressed. Server was a bit weak in English but understood all of our order and even answered questions.They offer a free appetizer for Yelp checkin.Chicken 65 and Apollo Fish were good. The former more juicier and meatier than the latter. Apollo Fish had less meat and more batter. But overall both the appetizers tasted great. We cleaned up the plates.Butter Naan was so fresh & fluffy. Goat curry had a good combination of meat and bones. The taste was incredible. The chicken biriyani was delicious. Mango Lassi was so tasty.We loved the food overall and the next goal is to visit this place for lunch buffet.I think we have found a good Indian restaurant in Folsom and only hope that they deliver to El Dorado Hills!

Really disappointed after trying this place for lunch buffet. I had heard great reviews from others who tried it previously. Not sure if they changed owners/management or what happened. We arrived around 12:30pm on a Tuesday and there were only a few tables with customers. All appeared to be enjoying their food and a woman with a take out box was hogging the buffet line while serving herself the to go order. Service was attentive for a buffet - our waters were refilled multiple times within the hour we were there and a basket of hot plain naan was brought out to the table. Unfortunately the buffet food was mediocre at best. They give you a metal tray with compartments instead of a plate - think TV dinner or jail cafeteria. They no longer offer salad bar. When you start the buffet line, there are 3 sauces (white, green and one other) but no chutneys. Then there were two soups and both looked extremely watered down so I didn't try them - lentil and one other. The fried pakora (onion and vegetable) were both hard and dense. They had two rice options and the one I tried was bland. They had a fried eggplant dish that tasted more like chewy fried breading than the vegetable. I didn't see a lot of other vegetable options but they did have a curry lentil dish and a garbanzo dish with potatoes. The sauce in the butter chicken was good but the meat was tough cubes of white meat breast. Tandoori chicken thigh was flavorful and moist. Choices in the buffet were limited- no samosas, no paneer dishes, only chicken and no other meats nor fish offered for non-vegetarians. They had a rice pudding for dessert at the end, no fruit or other dessert options. No fresh or cooked vegetables that weren't fried. I only eat Indian food a few times a year and won't be back to this place again.

This restaurant was highly recommended to me by a friend. It did not disappoint. Everything was so flavorful and superb. The garlic naan is the best I've ever had! The Navartan Kurma was amazing! I can't wait to come back!

I'm so sorry but the restaurant was not clean, the food was cold (went in during lunch hours), the food options were very limited & didn't even taste good. It was expensive, so all together I would say maybe try a different restaurant.

Ruchi Indian restaurant in Folsom on East Bidwell Street serves up some tasty Indian food at decent prices. I called in a lunch order for pickup. The gentleman handling the phone and orders was very polite and kind. He was super pleasant to speak with. He was wearing a face mask and socially distancing. When I picked up my order, I told him it was the first time ordering from his restaurant. I asked him about the lunch menu that was posted on the window. I asked if it was available on the weekend, he said yes. The lunch menu is served everyday. That's good to know since most places only have it available for the weekday. Plus he said if there is an entree not listed on the printed lunch menu, they can make it. That's customer service! The lunch menu plates come with meat or veg curry of your choice AND a mini veg samosa, rice pilaf, dal or channa, and naan (2 pieces) for $8.99. Onto the food that I ordered. I ordered the Wednesday lunch special of chicken korma and a side of rice for $9.99. I asked for it to be mild. He told me that it comes more of a medium. Even though I'm a spice wimp and can't stand a lot of heat... I went for it. Woo wee! It had a nice spiced kick. It didn't hit me right away. I can taste the flavor from first bite though. Nice big chunks of tender chicken. The chicken was fork tender. The heat hit me a few bites in. But then it quickly went away to start up again after each bite. I'm not complaining. It was delicious. The rice was delicious as well. Fluffy and fragrant. The vegetable samosas (2 for $4.40 ) was tasty. They were a good size. They came with two distinctly different flavored chutneys. Both were delicious. One was sweet and the other was a green chutney made from cilantro.

This was my first time trying the lunch buffet here, and unfortunately, it didn't live up to the expectations set by my husband, who had spoken highly of the place. The buffet had very few options, which was quite disappointing for an Indian restaurant.The pakoras, pulao, biryani, curries all seemed to lack freshness. I couldn't finish anything from my plate. The dessert selection included jalebi and some mawa or peda, but I didn't feel inclined to try many items based on how they looked on the counter.The only highlight of the meal was the Masala Chai, which was flavorful and enjoyable. However, a good chai alone isn't enough to bring us back.Overall, the experience fell short, and we won't be returning!