Tandoor Indian Restaurant
Tandoor Indian Restaurant
Garlic Naan, Rice, and 1/4 Tandoori Chicken
1/2 Tandoori Chicken
Entrance
Drink menu
Curry chicken, chicken tikka
Garlic Naan
Tarka Dal
the cover of the book celebrating the flavors and spirits of fine indian dining
Naan
food
food
Amazing private traditional indian room !!
interior, sushi and sashimi
outside
Tandoori buffet
Bollywood deliciousness!
Stuffed
Tender & delicious naan bread with the chutney tray.
Garlic naan
Delicious
My special treat lunch on my day off. It's delicious! Tandoor Indian is something of a hidden delight in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area.
Great cheese cake
food, curry
food, curry
Davia N.
Aug 22, 2023
For under $12, you don't typically find a decent buffet, but this one was good for a quick lunch. There are mostly chicken and vegetable options. Naan served at the table was very good. On the buffet I tried a variety of dishes. The chicken Tikka was the best dish I had that day. Good flavor, great sauce, and seemed to have good quality chicken. The chicken curry wasn't as flavorful as I expected. Pretty one dimensional. It could really use some heat. Tandoori chicken was also bland and not hot, temperature wise. I tried a few of the vegetable stews. They were all fine.Take out from here may be a better option, but for a quick and cheap lunch, it worked.The location is unassuming, at best. You enter the side of a building and then go downstairs. Doesn't really look like much from the outside. It's clean but very outdated. Some of the seating area is used for storage. This could definitely be more appealing with some effort.Service was good. Since it's a buffet, you don't need much but my plate was cleared quickly after I finished. The lady working answered questions I had about items on the buffet also.Overall, it was a good experience at a very good price.
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Gayle D.
Feb 9, 2024
Stopped in for dinner. Opened the door and was assaulted by the smell of mold and urine. Should have left then but it's nostalgic for my husband so on we went. I could not order any food because I knew I could not eat it, the smell was so disgusting. My husband is made of different stuff and had a meal that he says was good. I ordered something to go, got home and it was the wrong thing. I called and was grilled about what I actually received which was highly inappropriate, I finally had to raise my voice to get past this and that dish refunded. I wish I had insisted they refund the generous tip also. 12/10 do not recommend, for any reason.
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Trang H.
Sep 20, 2023
I'm obsessed with their lamb biryani, they also have really good assortments of freshly made naan and really good samosas!
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Felitia S.
Dec 4, 2021
The most disrespectful service I have ever been given. I strategically placed an order at 9:30pm because the internet said (as well as the sign outside of the door) that they closed at 10:00pm. I placed the order and the man on the other end mentioned "please hurry because we close soon". I was 20 minutes away and that placed me there at 9:53pm. At 9:45, after hauling ass to get there, the same man calls me back and asks where I am. He says that he said 10 minutes. I told him that I wasn't sure where I was at the time of placing the order however, I was a mere 6 minutes away. He simply hung up on me without saying a word! Upon arrival, I was boiling at the lack of respect I received as a customer. I go downstairs and proceed to tell him that I did not appreciate him hanging up on me and that if he did not want my business, I would take it elsewhere. I ALSO reminded him of the sign outside the door as well as the image I had on my phone (he was not interested in seeing), BOTH saying that the restaurant closed at 10:00pm.... It was merely 9:55pm. I will NEVER give this place a dime of my money again. They are disgustingly disrespectful and rude! In addition, perhaps someone should remind them that this female makes her own money and I spend it where I want. Being hung up on and treated as if I am not allowed to speak out for myself, is unacceptable! If you close at 9:45, then ADVERTISE 9:45 and not 10:00PM!!!! I will never order from here again!
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Erica P.
Dec 4, 2019
I read some of the other reviews by my fellow Yelpers and decided two things. 1: I really need to go try the lunch buffet! 2: I would be ordering the Saag Paneer. I ordered takeout via UberEats, and from the moment I placed my order to the moment my courier was arriving with my food, it was only 33 minutes! Score! I'm all about some speedy comfort food delivery as this weather gets colder. I ordered the Saag Paneer, which was decent, but I would have liked an option to have it made spicier (not docking points from Tandoor, since this might have been a 3rd party platform issue!). I also got the classic Chicken Tikka Masala, which was topped with some fresh aromatic herbs. The real star of the show, however, was the Aloo Naan. It was HOT. It was FLAVORFUL. It was SO FREAKING SATISFYING. I'm usually a garlic naan girl, but decided to give this one a whirl. I'm so glad I did, and this will definitely be in my regular order!Another important criterion for my takeout ratings is how well it reheats the next day. Tandoor reheats beautifully! I'll definitely add Tandoor to my list of comfort takeout food!
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Ander C.
May 10, 2019
I've lived close by for a few months and always drive past this place but never went until today for lunch. First impression was "this place looks shady" You enter through the door and see two doors which are covered by curtains. And you realize quickly that you have to go down the basement to get to the restaurant. But upon entering it, it turns out they have an all you can eat lunch buffet with chicken tikka masala, basmati rice and all the fixins. The options are not very numerous but they also have a couple desserts to top it all off. Best of all, they give you bottled water and the very best of everything else is the price. For $9/person for pretty much the same thing you'd expect from any other all you can eat Indian buffet this place takes the cake.
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Soha R.
Sep 12, 2024
Hosts and staff were extremely kind, and the food was *incredible* - especially the chicken saag, biryani, naan, and hot chai!
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Ellen D.
Jul 18, 2024
This is our go-to Indian comfort food. Always good, reasonable prices, family run. Saag paneer and chicken tikka masala (with mango lassi!) are favorites.
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Sierra M.
Jul 10, 2023
THE FOOD IS OUTSTANDING!!!! It doesn't look like much when you walk in (quiet, downstairs), but this is incredibly delicious and (not that expensive) high quality Indian food. We got the vegetarian appetizer platter, which was delicious and let us try fritters, samosas, and pakora, which was all delectable. It came out super fast, and the waiter was so kind and helpful. For entrees, we had tandoori chicken - so sweet and spicy. We loooved the caramelized onions. We also got garlic naan (BEST I'VE HAD). We got yellow dal (dal tarka), which comes with a lot of rice. Every serving is plentiful and absolutely delicious. WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME. Thank you so much!!
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Deb R.
Jan 6, 2024
I love a good Indian buffet but this was not. Nothing had a good taste except the vegetable korma sauce (but it had few vegetables in it). The masala chai was good as a beverage but not included in the buffet. I took a plate of food and ended up not eating it. Even the naan wasn't worth eating. Also the place is dumpy. Very poor ambience.
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