Priya, Detroit, MI

priyarestaurant.com
72 W Maple Rd, Troy, MI 48084
(248) 269-0100

Lamb Karai - 8/10. Well made, spicy semi-dry lamb dish. Tasty, with juicy lamb chunks.

Tandoori combo platter- This was largely a disappointment.

Lamb seekh kabab - 4/10: was coarsely ground and had whole coriander seeds in it, that, when chewing, gave a dominant 'raw coriander seed' flavor for many seconds (not a good taste by itself). Repeat that taste for each bite ... and the experience is not good.

Chicken tikka - 5/10 was dry and not very well marinated either, besides the spices being limited to the top surface of the chicken.

Naan - 7/10 fresh and lightly buttered plain naan.

Kanapina (food card at Canary Wharf) London, 6/10

https://www.google.com/search?q=kanapina+canary+wharf

Address: Reuters Plaza, London E14 5AJ, United Kingdom

Phone:+44 20 7519 6288

 

Nice fast food card just outside the Canary Wharf tube station.

 

Chicken tikka and Lamb seekh kabab roti rollups or in-salad plates - 6/10

Indian Star Restaurant, near Monaco 6.5/10

http://www.indianstar.fr/
23 Bvd de la République 06240, Beausoleil France Tel: 09 82 48 94 34

One of the few Indian restaurants near Monaco... the food is a bit above average, but "good" for that area.

Tandoori mixed grill - 6/10. several different kebabs and tandoori chicken.
Lamb rogan josh - 6/10
Chicken tikka - 6/10
Lamb madras - 7/10 
Chicken rogan josh - 7/10

Naan - 7/10

Maharaja, Milwaukee 6/10

http://www.maharajarestaurants.com/

Address: 1550 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202

Phone:(414) 276-2250

 

Average food here. 

 

Mixed grill (except tandoori chicken or shrimp - still havent found good tandoorii chicken anywhere in the USA...) - 6/10

Goat curry - 6/10

Naan 5/10

 

Dishoom, London, 7/10

http://www.dishoom.com/covent-garden/

12 Upper St Martin's Ln

London WC2H 9FB

+44 20 7420 9320

 

Nice restaurant, with a couple of tasty dishes. Very popular and busy (had to wait an hour, but they were nice enough to serve tea to everyone waiting outside in the cold - Feb 2014). Had high expectations going in, but the food was mixed... specially for a Indian restaurant in London (London has some of the best food outside India :).

Lamb chops - 8/10. tender and well spiced.

Chicken tikka - 6/10. could have been cooked a bit more

Lamb Seekh kabab - 7/10. could have been a bit more moist and flavorful

Roomali roti - rare find. 8/10

Kacchi lamb - 7/10

 

Sitar restaurant, Paris 7/10

http://restaurant-sitar.fr/
7 Rue Liot, Boulogne-Billancourt, France+33 1 46 21 32 16

Overall, a fairly good restaurant, given its Paris...

Cheese naan - 8/10 different and interesting
Lamb (Agneau) madras / curry - 7/10. Tasty lamb dish
Lamb biryani - 7/10. Lamb pieces could be better marinated, but still an above average biryani
Chicken (poulet) curry - 6/10. The use of tomato puree, instead of fresh tomatoes, adds some gelatinous consistency to it, otherwise its ok
Chicken bhuna/madras - 7/10
Keema matar - 7/10 - a bit on the sweet side

Mixed kebab platter - 
Beef seekh kebab - 7/10
Chicken tikka - 6/10
Lamb tikka - 7/10

Masala chai - 7/10
 

Dockmaster's House, London, 6/10

http://www.dockmastershouse.com/

Address: 1 Hertsmere Road, London E14 8JJ, United Kingdom

Phone:+44 20 7345 0345

 

Average food.

 

Kebab platter -

Chicken tikka - 6/10

Ginger lamb chop - 7/10

Tandoori prawn - 7/10

(very few pieces in the platter)

Rogan josh - 6/10 - far cry from authentic, and average in taste

Garlic chicken - 6/10 

Lamb biryani - 7/10 - well presented in a flour sealed handi, aromatic and moist as well, but lacked an overall taste

Palak paneer - 7/10

Dhingri mattar - 6/10

Bombay Brasserie, London 8/10

http://www.bombaybrasserielondon.com/

Address: Courtfield Rd, London SW7 4QH, United Kingdom

Phone:+44 20 7370 4040

 

Very good food as well as ambiance. Large quiet place.

 

Kebab platter - An assortment of tandoori chicken, seekh kebab, jhinga dum nisha and
sarson chicken tikka:

Chicken tikka - 8/10

Tandoori chicken -7/10. was expecting better from here, given the rest of the food was good.

Lamb seekh kabab - 8/10

Jhinga (prawn) - 8/10

Chicken pepper masala - 9/10. very tasty and well made. Good thick gravy, pepper spiced.

Naan - 8/10. oven fresh

Spice Village, London (Southall), 8/10

 http://spicevillageltd.com/southall-branch/

Address: 185-189 The Broadway, Southall UB1 1LX, United Kingdom

Phone:+44 20 8574 4475

A large, busy restaurant. Open kitchen. Seems very popular and the food was good too.

Mixed grill - a good sizzling platter overall (image).
Lamb chops - 8/10 , tasty and tender and well marinated.
Lamb seekh kabab - 8/10
Chicken tikka - 7/10
Lamb tikka - 8/10.

A chef special chicken dish 8/10 (not on menu, but ask for chef special), which was well spiced, similar to but unlike your regular chicken curry/karahi (with bone). Caveat - the high dose of those 1-3 spices may not be to your liking (the taste is a mix between bay leaf and fennel and cumin - or maybe a mix of all 3 - they didnt tell)

Chana masala - 7/10

Naan - fresh 7/10

Gymkhana restaurant, London, 9/10

http://www.gymkhanalondon.com/
 
Address: 42 Albemarle St, London W1S 4JH, United Kingdom

Phone:+44 20 3011 5900

Upscale Indian restaurant, themed after the Gymkhana clubs in colonial India... good ambiance and very good food.

Lasooni Wild Tiger Prawns - moist and well marinated. 9/10

Gilafi Quail Seekh Kebab - juicy and well made 8/10

Chicken Tikka - 7/10

Lamb Nalli Barra - 9/10. very good lamb chops, well marinated, spicy, moist.

(all the above were in a sampler platter)

Kid Goat Methi Keema - 9/10 - spicy and well prepared.

Chicken Butter Masala - 7/10 - a bit on the sweeter side, with creamy/tomato.  Tasty though.

 

Lahore Kebab House, Near East Aldgate tube, London : 8/10

http://www.lahore-kebabhouse.com/

Address: 2-10 Umberston St, London E1 1PY, United Kingdom

Phone:+44 20 7481 9737

 

Some of the best lamb chops here, also one of their specialties. You can see it on pretty much every table, and made fresh in volume. Overall a tasty place, but lacks consistency between trips. Its a BYOB place.

 

Lamb chops - 9/10. Not heavily spiced, nor hot (spice), but flavorful and juicy. 

Chicken karahi (boneless) / curry (bone) - 7/10, sometimes not so good, but not consistent. Bone version is better.

Lamb karahi / curry - 7/10, but not consistent either. Bone version is better.

Naan - 5/10

Lamb seekh kabab - 8/10

Mutton tikka - 7/10

Chicken tikka - 7/10

Saag paneer - 6/10

Bhindi okra - 7/10

Methi gosht - 6/10

Masala Art‎, Needham MA

http://masala-art.com/
990 Great Plain Ave, Needham, MA 
(781) 449-4050‎

Will go out on a limb and say that this seems to be the best overall Indian restaurant in the greater Boston area, yet. Infact, will give it that crown until I eat at a better place around here :)

Great appetizers. Good entrees. Good ambience and decor.

Lamb seekh kabab - 8/10
Hariyali chicken tikka - 8/10
Malai shrimp - 8/10
Lamb barra kabab (lamb chops) - 9/10 - well spiced and marinated in general for most of the finger foods above

Lamb biryani - 7/10
Chicken anarkali - 7/10
Rogan josh - 7/10
Goat curry - 7/10 - had higher expectations on this one
Saag paneer - 7/10

Naan was nice - 7/10

Kebab Indian Cuisine

Kebab Indian Cuisine, (978) 454-7777
1270 Westford St. (Drum Hill RD.), Lowell MA 01851

Nice place, new. Daily buffet, including weekends. Buffet generally has 4 non veg entrees and a similar veg variety. Nice dessert (kheer or gulab jamun).

Update Sep 2008
Goat curry - 7/10. Tasty, with rich gravy. However, the pieces were a bit dry, and the aroma of "goat" :) was missing from the overall entree.

Update 3/26/08
Butter chicken - 6/10
Chicken Aachari - 6/10
Chicken curry - 5.5/10
Chicken seekh kabab - 6.5/10

They also had a nice 'vaghare baigan' (eggplant in rich curry sauce). They seem to be always out of lamb seekh kabab, so call ahead.

3/2/08
Buffet - 6.5/10

Tandoori combo platter was some nice and some average. It has
Tandoori chicken - 6/10
chicken tikka - 6/10
boti kebab - 5/10

They also had a shoe-lace-fluorescent-green dry paneer dish - I forget the name - Paneer hariyali/kofta (paneer with spinach covering) maybe - which was useless and tasteless (despite asking for spicy) - 4/10.