Bombay Olive - Authentic Indian Cuisine

518 S Illinois Ave, Carbondale
(618) 457-6680

Recent Reviews

Parker Wilkinson

Food is good, but service is awful. No refund policy for messing up orders over and over.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 1

Joe Dada

Great food 8/10 times. Rudest owners in town. If something is wrong don't expect to see any remorse on their part. Would never give them my money if there was any other option.

Mostly Foodventutes

One of the worst experiences iv had at a dining establishment. The food was bland, the 'coconut' curry tasted like cambells tomato soup, and the saag chicken had little to no flavor. The biriyani was actually not too bad but everything else was such a disappointment. Even the garlic naan had one single piece of garlic.The service was abysmal. There were 2 servers. One guy who seemed to be doing everything, and a girl who ignored everyone. We didn't get waters until we asked and that was right before our food basically came out. I was asked how spicy I want my food from 1-10, and since I'm not a fan of spicy food I said 1. I was then judged by the girl taking our order saying "really? No spice?" Yes really. Then she forgot our mango lassi, and when our food came out she didn't bring us plates. Our food runner had to signal her TWICE to get us plates. After sitting there for 2 hours waiting for our server to get our food waters etc, I went to the counter to pay because she was just waiting at the front desk not attending any tables. I asked to check out and she gave me the total. I asked what was on the bill and she said she couldn't tell me. I informed her that we never got our mango Lassi and I asked she take it off the bill. She said "oh I can just get it for you now" but I declined saying I just wanted to pay for what came out and left. She said she could go back and edit because she already tapped the pay button. So we had to wait for another 10 minutes for someone else to 'fix' the ticket. When I asked for the receipt she looked to the other server and asked "what about gratuity?" We didn't even get served had to beg for our items and then in front of us demand gratuity on a party of 4? One of which did not eat?Save your time and money because this was the biggest disappointment and I hope that going further they at least fix the woman servers attitude or at least teach her basic serving skills. Not once were we checked on we had to ask for everything.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

The Thundercat

I’ve been to 30+ Indian restaurants and this is by far the worst, won’t be open much longer, and clean your disgusting bathrooms

Durga Gautam

Worst food experience. Biryani tasted like rice and meat; served together. The Chicken Chettinand is the worst of all. Naan was comparatively good one. Customer service was so poor. They didnot even looked at the glasses for water. And why is it so strict that you have to order everything at once and you cant keep menu to order items later?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 2

Leslie Langford

Best Indian restaurant ever! We drive over an hour to eat here!

Arun Subramanian

Vegetarian options: Good vegetarian and vegan options

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Sedonia Sipes

This restaurant is solid. I’ve eaten here probably 10 times, and have not had a bad experience. Most recently, I organized two business dinners here recently, and everyone in our group was pleased with the food. It does take a while, so probably not the place to go if you are in a hurry. Mango lassis are amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

John Smith

There's no information about any dish except appetizers and Sizzlers online. It's rather difficult to order when you can't tell what is what.

Elizabeth Hartman

All these 5-star reviews gotta be fake. I've heard nothing but stories about upset stomachs and obscene wait times - finally tried it myself and boy those stories are NOT wrong.

Food: 1

Service: 1

Teresa Hutchens

Very disappointed. First time we ate there it was amazing. The second time it wasn't even edible. The tomato soup tasted like bitter raw garlic (and raw garlic was floating in it). The "host" treated me like I had never eaten Indian food before, which I have, and told me that it was supposed to be that hot. I can handle spicy and so can my boyfriend. The food was inedible. Won't be back and will not recommend.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Hannah Creamer

I guess the hours on the door don’t matter. We came at 1:50 (the hours on the door show 11-2:30), but they were already locked up. No sign showing that they were closed early either. The worker on the door kept saying closed.

humming bird

We had a wonderful dinner, relaxing atmosphere, and good service. We ordered lamb korma, garlic Naan and Chicken Manchurian for an appetizer. Delicious food. Thank you.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Naan

Kinnari Parmar

Food was Awesome. But employees are not good. Don’t know how to treat customer. Only giving reviews due to food quality not based on service.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 1

Cowelle S

Try the korma!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

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Bombay Olive - Authentic Indian Cuisine

518 S Illinois Ave, Carbondale, IL 62901
(618) 457-6680