Urban India, San Diego, CA 7/10

Urban India

1041 4th Ave

San Diego, CA 92101

 

Overall a nice place in downtown San Diego.

 

Mixed non veg grill - 7/10

The grilled shrimp and the chicken were pretty tasty.7/10

The seekh kabab could have been better (more finely minced and subtler spices) 6/10

Goat curry - had spoken to the Punjabi chef (who is a vegetarian btw) and asked to make an authentic Indian curry. He did a good job, but would have been better if he cooked the onion tomato gravy for a bit longer. 7.5/10

Naan was good and fresh - 8/10

Junoon, New York 8/10

http://www.junoonnyc.com/

Address: 27 W 24th St, New York, NY 10010

Phone:(212) 490-2100

 

Great ambience and good food. Definitely on the expensive side.

 

Goat Patiala - 8/10

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

 

Basera Indian Bistro, NYC 6/10

745 9th Ave

New York, NY 10019

(212) 757-9787

 

 An OK place. Not much to write home about.

Goat curry - 6/10.

Lamb biryani - 6/10. Lamb pieces were dry-ish.

Butter Naan -  nice, 7/10

Chakra, Tyngsboro MA 8/10 good

18 Pondview Place #24, Tyngsboro, MA 01879
Tel: (978) 649-6400
http://www.chakraus.com/

Good food. More of self service (and takeout-ish) than a full restaurant setting ... neat clean new place.

Chicken pepper fry - very well made 8.5/10. Dry-ish and spicy. Asking for extra hot would make it half way to tabasco pepper sauce.
Goat curry - another well made dish 8/10. Thick onion tomato gravy, no cream :)
Chicken seekh kabab - 7/10. One of the better kababs in the area. (note that because of the white meat in CSKs, it is inherently less flavorful than Lamb ones)
Naan 8/10 fresh from the oven, and fluffy.
Chicken vindaloo - 5/10. Could be better.

Updated 5/11/14
Goat dum biryani - very good 9/10
Veg and non veg thali - mixed reviews.. ok. 6/10

Goat pepper fry (aka Mutton Sukka on the menu) 9/10 very good

Paneer pepper fry 8/10 good

Chicken 65 - ok. 5/10

Update Nov 19, 2014.
The pepper fry series here (mutton, chicken & paneer) continue to be very good.

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

India Palace, Chelmsford, MA

India Palace Restaurant
313 Littleton Rd
Chelmsford, MA 01824
(978) 244-1235

(second post on this one)
Goat curry - good. 7.5/10. Not overly rich (a positive), it was tasty and had a good gravy. The pieces were a bit chewy though.

Naan - nice, but a bit stretchy.
Another good dish here - chilli paneer (dry).

8/19/08
Murch Vagan (A hot and spicy combination of ground lamb and boneless lamb pieces cooked in an onion sauce seared with red chillies) - 5/10. Its not as good as it sounds, and had a base sweetness to it which made it taste like something lost in fusion. 

Lamb seekh kabab - 5/10. Could have been eating tasteless rubber with coriander. When asked for spicy, they simply dumped red chilli powder on top of the kebabs.

Punjab, Arlington MA

Punjab - punjabarlington.com
485 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington - (781) 643-0943

Update 4/9/09
Tandoori chicken - 6/10. Juicy, with a good coating of masala, but still not enough to get into the meat. It was fresh, on insistence that they make it well.
Chicken curry - 6/10. Rich, above average hot, on demand.

Lamb seekh kabab - good flavor - 7/10
Goat curry - tasty, although the gravy was a bit rich and on the sweeter side (probably because of the long fried 'caramelized-like' onions). 7/10
Fresh naan - 7/10 (when we ordered from the menu)

Order more - the above meal (with 3 naans/rice) wasnt enough for 2 guys.
Nice ambience. They have a buffet too.

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.

Aangan

Aangan Fine Indian Cuisine (717) 909-7777
3500 Walnut St, Harrisburg, PA

Nice dinner buffet.
Goat curry - rich and tasty - 6/10
Tandoori chicken - 5/10
Chicken tikka masala - 5/10

Gajar halwa - 5/10
Gulab jamun - 5/10

Bombay Mahal in Waltham, MA
458 Moody St, Waltham, MA 02453 (781) 893-9988

The best goat curry in the Boston area. (Credit for this find goes to a close friend, also a trusted authority on good food)
Goat curry: 8/10. They dont have it daily, so call ahead.
The daily buffet is average - 5/10