Imperial Spice

We were disappointed to find that the restaurant is under new ownership, and sadly, the food just wasn't up to the standard we were used to. Unfortunately, we won't be returning.We ordered: * Papdi Chaat: Used to be a favorite, but now it's soggy and overwhelmed by raw onions and barely any chickpeas, and completely different flavor * Gobi Manchurian: Previously our go-to dish, but now over-breaded, though the flavor is still there. * Chicken Tikka Masala: Tasted off, as if it had a filler ingredient, with noticeably less chicken. * Rice: A bit dry like it had been made the day before * Garlic Naan: Thankfully, still delicious. * Mango Lassi: No longer tastes authentic, more like it came from a pre-made mix.I hate leaving reviews like this however, people work way too hard for their money to spend it on restaurants that cut corners. It's a shame, as we used to love this place.

Simply loved food and ambience but customer service was very slow . Had to wait very long for food . Ambience-5/5Food -5/5Customer service -4/5Tried multiple dishes n everything was flavorful like Punjabi Indian styled food . Felt I was in India in terms of food taste .Paneer butter masala Bhindi masala Tandoori roti Veg biryani All were perfect

I was passing through Tracy and decided to eat Indian. Imperial Spice has multiple ceiling fans to keep you cool. The waiters were very attentive. I ordered pani puri, which is one of my favorite appetizers. The pani puri was crunchy, and delicious, and the presentation was excellent. The chai was refreshing. The chicken tikka masala was average. Not the best I've had. Something was lacking in the spice used.

Imperial spice buffet was excellent. Their goat curry was well balanced between tender and properly seasoned. Naan was crispy and light. Would definitely go again.

They charge $6 for rice, it doesn't come with an entree. I didn't know this until I paid : ( What's weird is after I ordered, I got a feeling like I should leave because it was kind of a weird environment inside (side note, I live in Vegas). There was no music, no TVs, "cold" environment overall, not very inviting. I wish I followed my gut. I was pretty much the only in the restaurant at the time

This location used to be Dhaba (which we loved) and then after they closed, we would visit the other Dhaba location on Grant line. But I wondered what the next business would be here.We placed a phone order which was a bit of a challenge because I think perhaps the person on the other end had a hearing issue or something as hubby kept having to repeat himself but was incredibly patient with them. Upon entering, it was lunch time. The layout inside looks exactly how Dhaba did. Not much changed there. The guy who brought out our food was friendly and kind.Lunch buffet goes for $22. Seems a bit steep for lunch but perhaps would've been the better option considering we paid $50 for 2 adults for the following items and portions were small.Butter chicken (1/5)Chicken Tikka Masala (4/5)Saffron Rice (5/5)Garlic Naan (4/5)The Butter chicken missed the mark for us completely. The heat was there however:1) It kid you not, it only had 6 SMALL pieces of chicken :( the size of a tater tot. The container was 99% sauce. 2) We've had many butter chickens in our life however the sauce was swimming in butter/oil, to the point where we could see the oil globs forming and wasn't appetizing at all. I feel we got punk'd with this dish.The chicken tikka came in the same container style as the butter chicken. This one had a better serving of chicken but not a lot either. The saffron rice was not included with the main dishes and the portion was small but was very delicious in flavor.The garlic naan was pretty good too.Overall I was disappointed with the portion sizes. Our Indian food order is usually 2 mains (1 must be butter chicken), rice, garlic naan, and samosas. We ALWAYS had leftovers for the next day for 2 adults. We did not have any leftovers with this place. I hope they take this and improve on the portions of their chicken.

Went here in a whim with hubby on my lunch hour. Walking in the place it's small but also has a bar. We did the lunch buffet $30 per person variety of food omg everything was really good the rice is my go to and the garlic Nan. Service was great very attentive and cheerful whenever they were needed. Would like to see more food for the price we paid

Best Indian spot in Tracy. We ate buffet style on Monday, fresh food and lots of variety.Beer - " Godfather" was recommended by the waiter, excellent taste.Staff was friendly , food was good , clean environment. Definitely recommend this place!

The food was average from my experience with Indian foods. The variety was adequate. I'd go there again. One thing that disturbed was our waiter told us if we tip on a debit or credit card, the owner keeps it. We changed our tip on the receipt and gave him cash.

Today was a slow day, so I decided to take my Old Man out to get some lunch. Was thinking to go Bay Area but he wanted to stay local. I decided Imperial Spice as I've been here before and it was satisfactory. You would think with the number of Indian Restaurants opening in Tracy, quality would improve for the older ones. But it was disappointing.First of all, you have an Indian buffet but there's no butter chicken, no kabob, and no biryani? I know butter chicken doesn't necessarily originate from India -- but if you ask anyone local what's their favorite Indian dish they will tell you butter chicken. No one's coming to an Indian buffet to eat chicken Korma and Chicken Curry. And then they had some dried out, stale tandoori chicken. Not only that, half the items were so random. Chicken nuggets, tenders, small sandwich things, and some other stuff I don't recall. The naan took 10 minutes to arrive. I'm not hating it's just you want to take someone out and then you feel embarrassed that this was your choice.I hate giving bad reviews for Mom n Pops, but come on. I've had my own experiences in the Indian food scene, and this is unbelievable. My friends had told me the quality had gone down this year but I didn't think it was like this.Oh I need to add, the papdi chaat was so ugh/nasty and stale and not good. I had to waste the plate I had it on.Good remarks for the server, he was attentive. And the gulab jaman/dessert was okay.