Sitar Indian Cuisine

Excellent coconut curry chicken! melt in your mouth flavor. I ordered medium spice. It was wonderful. Portions enough for 2 people. Garlic naan and salty lassi were also great. Super service. Highly recommend***

I have ordered from here multiple times and it's always the same! Place an order says it will be done in 55mins. Arrive 10 mins after that and the next thing I know it is like 80-90 mins before I am able to leave with my order.I'm done ordering from here as there are Now other options locally!

Sitar has been our local go-to Indian place for a little while now. We enjoy other region-specific Indian restaurants, too. For the general fare and for distance, this is our chosen place. Its deco is basic suggesting an indifferent mom & pop type of place without the glitz that is sometimes found at other Kirkland (and Bellevue and Redmond) Indian restaurants. Three TVs on the wall play Indian music videos, kids' cartoons, or soothing travel imagery. It is a funny mix bag for your visual entertainment. The clientele is predominately Indian (always a good thing). We have been here enough times that we now order amongst several favorite dishes. Our food comes reasonably swift. They have robust take-out orders, so a bit of wait during prime dinner time is understandable. Our waitstaff is very courteous. Their prices are a bit better than some/most Eastside restaurants, but cheaper can be found in Seattle. When the temperature is 84F outside, it feels like high 70s inside. Their AC isn't very strong, if that matters to you. The Food/Drinks:Tandoori Chicken, $16 - 5 StarsTandoori chicken (bone-in) is my calibration tool to determine if an Indian restaurant hits the basics correctly. Theirs is impeccably flavored, very well-seasoned, served sizzling on a hot plate. Even the chutney is delicious.Shahi Korma Goat, $19 - 5 Stars This sauce is amazing! So delicious. Goat is +$2 over the baseline of chicken. I think both proteins would be good with this sauce. They serve plenty of sauce for the rice and the naan.Mango Curry Chicken, $17 - 3 StarsThe flavor was pretty good, but the sauce was oddly thick today, possibly too heavy handed with the cream. It didn't mix as well with the rice and oddly thick for the naan. Shrimp Masala Curry, $17 - 4 StarsShrimp is my preferred protein, and this dish is the cheapest way to order shrimp. LOL. While I enjoy a masala curry, it tends to be oily. Garlic Naan, $4 - 4.5 Stars This is my other calibration tool of an Indian restaurant. Theirs is crispy on the bottom with a fluffy chew throughout. Thumbs up.Masala Dosa, $11 - 3.5 Stars I still miss Dakshin that was in downtown Kirkland. This one is good enough but need more potato filling. I want a bit more masala flavor. The crispiness and flavor of the crepe itself is good. Indian Masala Tea, $3 - 3 StarsThe tea was pretty strong (not complaining). It was also oddly thick. A film forms easily on the surface. I ended up adding a bit of water to thin. Likely a personal preference thing, but I probably won't re-order.Mango Lassi, $5 - 4 StarsFairly normal mango lassi. Would order again.

Sitar has the most authentic Indian food I've tried thus far in America. Their menu contains food from North to South India, with everything from malai kofta to dosa. Their butter chicken and paneer butter masala offer a rich creamy taste, and their garlic naan is fresh from the tandoor. The waiters are all super kind, and some definitely don't hold back on the banter. I recommend getting the Taj beer as well if you're looking to drink a light beer! This is now my go to Indian join here in the puget sound!

We grabbed take out from here this weekend and were super impressed with the excellent flavor and quality of ingredients. We ordered online and I called in to alert them to my gluten allergy. I was happy to discover their pakora and the curries were all gf as I'd hoped. The individual answering the phone was very helpful.Stopping in to pick up the food they were not quite done yet and apologized for my wait and were very nice. The restaurant isn't particularly decorated but they had ballywood videos playing and plenty of table space.Food was so delicious once we tore into it at home. The pakora batter was so well seasoned and crispy, curries perfectly spiced. We look forward to ordering from them again soon.

Talk about an amazing food find!! We were in the Kirkland area and originally was going for sushi but this place caught our eye and we had to try it! I'm so glad we did!! My personal fave was the chicken tikki marsala it was so amazing loaded with chicken and the spices were on point! It paired so nicely with the garlic naan.My husband loves Indian food and this place is now on his top list!

We went to this restaurant for the first time and loved the food. Most Indian restaurants in the area have a similar taste for curries but all dishes were unique flavors that we enjoyed. The service was great. Staff was friendly. We were a large group that came just before closing on Sunday night but they did not rush us at all. Will definitely go again.

Food was excellent the first time I went as a walk in ordered takeout and had a Taj. Food was perfect and spicy as I asked for. The second trip food was great again despite not getting what I ordered. This place is great and I'd definitely recommend trying them.

The food was excellent. I got garlic naan, and a curry vegetable dish with white rice. My son got the curry Chicken. Very good. I have issues with cheap silverware I personally believe when the restaurant or café has nice silverware it brings the food to another level!! The food still was good!! We came around 2;00 so they were in the mind-set of closing before dinner at 5:00. We got a different servicer when we could not decide on what dishes we wanted. The 2nd servicer had exceptional customer service which made the transition even better!!

Very tasty food. We got paneer 65 biryani and vijaywada chicken biryani. Little wet biryani, not completely dry but lots of flavors and amazing masala. I haven't had such soft paneer anywhere and seems like they may have made their own paneer as well! Masala lemonade is actually masala soda - very tasty sweet and salty. Lots of booths to sit and open ambience.