This is the best Indian food in town. I have experienced Indian food from all parts of the world. Their food is second to none! The chicken korma is to die for.
Julie Andrews
My husband ordered Vindilu and received a mild tomato broth. I ordered Masala and received a mildly flavored sautéed dish covered in oil. It certainly was not Masala as the name might suggest. I travelled through India so I definitely know what Indian food should taste like, and this was not it. They also left part of my order out.
John Twitch
Awful customer service, none of the staff was wearing a mask, and the spicy chicken masala was way more sugary and sweet. Also for 14 dollars (2 dollars more than their website) I would have expected more than only 7 peices of chicken.I would not recommend, though i have eaten here in the past, i will not be eating here in the future.
Tricia B.
It was the worst Indian food I've ever had! The whole experience was bizarre. I'm reading from other reviews that ownership has changed, which makes sense, because we've eaten here in the past and have loved it. Unfortunately, we will have to look for someplace else next time we are in Boise.
Anil kumar
Natasha shah name today I went to the masala bistro the food was really good I tried yellow dal with aloo gobi really tasty
Alan C.
I ordered the Tikka Masala with chicken and it was above excellent except for the pre baked cubes of chicken breast added in. I would definitely add this place to my favorites but please cook the chicken with the masala...it really makes a difference in flavor.
Michael Naragon
First time definitely wasn't a charm. My only real experience with Indian food in Boise was with another restaurant, so we decided to give this one a try. The tikka masala was decidedly meh. The naan was actually rock hard, which was a new experience for me. And they left out some of the items we ordered. So there's a good chance we won't be ordering from them a second time.
Ariel Hennon
I was really happy a year ago when I found this restaurant. The food was really tasty. Unfortunately the last several times I’ve eaten their food, the quality has gone way down. Most recent two experiences: 1. Family sit down dinner in restaurant. I ordered a chai tea to drink. Didn’t get it for over 20 minutes. The server brought us the wrong meals. We ordered lamb korma and chicken tikka masala. The dishes they served us didn’t even look close to those two. We let him know they were wrong and it was another 10 minutes until he brought out the right food. Total time to order our food and get it, was over 45 minutes. It was NOT busy. 2. Ordered vegetable samosas, chicken tikka masala, chickpea curry, lamb korma, and garlic naan bread from them via Uber eats. They only packed one small portion of rice despite me paying for 3 whole entrees, a side of naan, and samosas. They forgot the samosas completely. The naan tasted super burnt. My husband said the lamb korma tastes way less quality than it had previously. Totally bummed out. Dunno if they had a change of ownership or what, but hopefully they can change what’s going wrong and get back on track. Truly I loved their food, but I won’t be giving them another try in the foreseeable future.
amber
In the past, this restaurant has had pretty good food, but as of the last 6-8 months, it’s gone incredibly downhill. I have ordered Spicy Chicken Tikka Masala on three separate occasions, and not one time was it made correctly. One of those times I was given tofu instead of chicken, and the other two times it was bland and not spicy whatsoever. I wouldn’t have minded that it wasn’t spicy had it had some flavor, but it just tasted like water and food coloring. I’m not sure if they have a different lead cook now or something, but a year or so ago it was really good, but it no longer is. Just based off that one dish, I wouldn’t recommend their food.
ALEXIS LEDFORD
We ordered garlic basil naan and onion basil naan. We received a plain garlic naan with no other seasonings and a naan with only green onion. Both are half the price of the ones we ordered, and were somehow burnt while at the same time almost raw. We also ordered two lamb coconut korma... no coconut flavor, no raisins or any of the other ingredients, pretty sure they mixed those up too. No flavor, tasted like canned tomato soup. We were told we were getting 2 gulaab jamin, which were just fried dough, floating in flavorless syrup. The menu said it was balls of cottage cheese and dry milk. Not so. The whole meal was the worst I have ordered in at least a year or two. DO NOT GO HERE! Any indian restaurant around is better than this, disappointing waste of money. Go to Mt. Everest Momo Cafe. They are amazing and I regret ever cheating on them.
Yuck! Dry, old rubbery chicken. I recommend Madhaban or Momo's Cafe, this place reeks. Worst food. I don't know how you mess up Indian food this BADLY.
deepashri gaonkar
We ordered pick up -a chicken biryani and chicken korma two days ago. The chicken biryani was not at all a biryani but chicken pulav. It was extremely oily. It tasted like rice cooked in broth and turmeric with some boneless chicken pieces in it.very bad. The raita was very very sour. The chicken korma was more like chicken butter masala again tasted very tangy and the red gravy was the butter masala gravy not the korma.No white rice was given either with the curry ordered.Totally disappointing!!
Lee-Mark R.
We decided to try the restaurant in person. There was one waitress when we went in and we were welcomed warmly. We didn't have to wait very long to order or receive our food. Upon check in on Yelp I received a Yelp coupon for a free mango lassie and showed it to our waitress when she brought our bill. She stated that we don't do this anymore, meaning no coupons, and the business was under new ownership. I stated that didn't make sense because there were reviews where the owner had responded recently. I'm not sure what that was about but she did end up recognizing the coupon. Food I would rate as a 5, service a 2. The main reason for the 2 is because I observed the waitress not keeping her mask on when talking to patrons. She was super nice but that was concerning. Food was very flavorful and healthy portions.
Ishwor Singh
Ordered some food for the first time . The food was below average , no flavors at all. The food really didn’t taste even close to what I wanted to have . In this pandemic we are trying to help businesses but please don’t disappoint your customers. And yes you guys even forgot one of our food that we ordered
Cam D.
Situation: First time using Uber eats and eating from this restaurant. Props to restaurant for utilizing Uber eats during pandemic times - 2 stars. Food: Ordered 1 veggie curry and 1 lamb curry but received two lamb curries, no veggie. The lamb itself was quite good. I think more veggies in this curry would much improve it. I added some at home. The spinach pakora I've never had before but it was a little too deep fried for me but I have nothing to compare against here. The Kachumber salad was mediocre, nothing special. Again this is a review on takeout food. I think this restaurant has potential to be good.
This is the best Indian food in town. I have experienced Indian food from all parts of the world. Their food is second to none! The chicken korma is to die for.
My husband ordered Vindilu and received a mild tomato broth. I ordered Masala and received a mildly flavored sautéed dish covered in oil. It certainly was not Masala as the name might suggest. I travelled through India so I definitely know what Indian food should taste like, and this was not it. They also left part of my order out.
Awful customer service, none of the staff was wearing a mask, and the spicy chicken masala was way more sugary and sweet. Also for 14 dollars (2 dollars more than their website) I would have expected more than only 7 peices of chicken.I would not recommend, though i have eaten here in the past, i will not be eating here in the future.
It was the worst Indian food I've ever had! The whole experience was bizarre. I'm reading from other reviews that ownership has changed, which makes sense, because we've eaten here in the past and have loved it. Unfortunately, we will have to look for someplace else next time we are in Boise.
Natasha shah name today I went to the masala bistro the food was really good I tried yellow dal with aloo gobi really tasty
I ordered the Tikka Masala with chicken and it was above excellent except for the pre baked cubes of chicken breast added in. I would definitely add this place to my favorites but please cook the chicken with the masala...it really makes a difference in flavor.
First time definitely wasn't a charm. My only real experience with Indian food in Boise was with another restaurant, so we decided to give this one a try. The tikka masala was decidedly meh. The naan was actually rock hard, which was a new experience for me. And they left out some of the items we ordered. So there's a good chance we won't be ordering from them a second time.
I was really happy a year ago when I found this restaurant. The food was really tasty. Unfortunately the last several times I’ve eaten their food, the quality has gone way down. Most recent two experiences: 1. Family sit down dinner in restaurant. I ordered a chai tea to drink. Didn’t get it for over 20 minutes. The server brought us the wrong meals. We ordered lamb korma and chicken tikka masala. The dishes they served us didn’t even look close to those two. We let him know they were wrong and it was another 10 minutes until he brought out the right food. Total time to order our food and get it, was over 45 minutes. It was NOT busy. 2. Ordered vegetable samosas, chicken tikka masala, chickpea curry, lamb korma, and garlic naan bread from them via Uber eats. They only packed one small portion of rice despite me paying for 3 whole entrees, a side of naan, and samosas. They forgot the samosas completely. The naan tasted super burnt. My husband said the lamb korma tastes way less quality than it had previously. Totally bummed out. Dunno if they had a change of ownership or what, but hopefully they can change what’s going wrong and get back on track. Truly I loved their food, but I won’t be giving them another try in the foreseeable future.
In the past, this restaurant has had pretty good food, but as of the last 6-8 months, it’s gone incredibly downhill. I have ordered Spicy Chicken Tikka Masala on three separate occasions, and not one time was it made correctly. One of those times I was given tofu instead of chicken, and the other two times it was bland and not spicy whatsoever. I wouldn’t have minded that it wasn’t spicy had it had some flavor, but it just tasted like water and food coloring. I’m not sure if they have a different lead cook now or something, but a year or so ago it was really good, but it no longer is. Just based off that one dish, I wouldn’t recommend their food.
We ordered garlic basil naan and onion basil naan. We received a plain garlic naan with no other seasonings and a naan with only green onion. Both are half the price of the ones we ordered, and were somehow burnt while at the same time almost raw. We also ordered two lamb coconut korma... no coconut flavor, no raisins or any of the other ingredients, pretty sure they mixed those up too. No flavor, tasted like canned tomato soup. We were told we were getting 2 gulaab jamin, which were just fried dough, floating in flavorless syrup. The menu said it was balls of cottage cheese and dry milk. Not so. The whole meal was the worst I have ordered in at least a year or two. DO NOT GO HERE! Any indian restaurant around is better than this, disappointing waste of money. Go to Mt. Everest Momo Cafe. They are amazing and I regret ever cheating on them.
Restaurantji Recommends
Yuck! Dry, old rubbery chicken. I recommend Madhaban or Momo's Cafe, this place reeks. Worst food. I don't know how you mess up Indian food this BADLY.
We ordered pick up -a chicken biryani and chicken korma two days ago. The chicken biryani was not at all a biryani but chicken pulav. It was extremely oily. It tasted like rice cooked in broth and turmeric with some boneless chicken pieces in it.very bad. The raita was very very sour. The chicken korma was more like chicken butter masala again tasted very tangy and the red gravy was the butter masala gravy not the korma.No white rice was given either with the curry ordered.Totally disappointing!!
We decided to try the restaurant in person. There was one waitress when we went in and we were welcomed warmly. We didn't have to wait very long to order or receive our food. Upon check in on Yelp I received a Yelp coupon for a free mango lassie and showed it to our waitress when she brought our bill. She stated that we don't do this anymore, meaning no coupons, and the business was under new ownership. I stated that didn't make sense because there were reviews where the owner had responded recently. I'm not sure what that was about but she did end up recognizing the coupon. Food I would rate as a 5, service a 2. The main reason for the 2 is because I observed the waitress not keeping her mask on when talking to patrons. She was super nice but that was concerning. Food was very flavorful and healthy portions.
Ordered some food for the first time . The food was below average , no flavors at all. The food really didn’t taste even close to what I wanted to have . In this pandemic we are trying to help businesses but please don’t disappoint your customers. And yes you guys even forgot one of our food that we ordered
Situation: First time using Uber eats and eating from this restaurant. Props to restaurant for utilizing Uber eats during pandemic times - 2 stars. Food: Ordered 1 veggie curry and 1 lamb curry but received two lamb curries, no veggie. The lamb itself was quite good. I think more veggies in this curry would much improve it. I added some at home. The spinach pakora I've never had before but it was a little too deep fried for me but I have nothing to compare against here. The Kachumber salad was mediocre, nothing special. Again this is a review on takeout food. I think this restaurant has potential to be good.