Havelie restaurant, Nice France 7/10

http://www.restaurant-havelie.fr/

Address: 35 Rue d'Angleterre, 06000 Nice, France

Phone:+33 4 93 88 99 40 

One of the better Indian restaurants in Nice (there arent many there to begin with).

The maitre d  is a knowledgeable lady with a background in hotel management and local history, besides the food.

Lamb madars - 7/10. Well made and flavorful, thick gravy. Tasty. 

Chicken biryani - 6/10. The chicken could have been better (marinated) but was still tasty.

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

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
 

Utsav, New York, 9/10

http://www.utsavny.com/

Address: 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036

Phone:(212) 575-2525

Good food and ambiance as well as location - NYC

Roomali roti 9/10 - one of the few places in the country to have this on the menu
Mutton bhuna (goat) - 9/10. Tasty, thick gravy, well spiced.

The serving folks need an education in animals... they insisted that lamb and goat are the same animal! :)

India Restaurant, Paris 5/10

www.indiarestaurant.fr

Address: 20 Rue du Débarcadère, 75017 Paris, France

Phone:+33 1 45 74 22 88

Average food.
Chicken kabab - 5/10. Nothing much to write about it.
Lamb madras - 5/10.

Chicken (poulet) madras - 5/10
Lamb  (Agneu) biryani - 6/10

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

Hotbreads, Woburn MA

Hotbreads.

One of the best places around for Indian food and pastries. They have a good lunch buffet too.

Lamb biryani - 8/10. Very good. It is not served in the typical layered style (saffron rice, meat, rice...), but is mixed up. Nevertheless, its tasty and spicy.

Chicken biryani - 8/10. Ditto.

Lamb curry - 8/10. Good consistency gravy (not watery), spicy.

Egg curry - 8/10. Ditto.

Pastries - if you want the 'Indian style' pastries, this is the place!

Filter coffee - average. It used to be brewed the proper South Indian way, but its machine made now.

Ras malai and gulab jamun - both nice.

438, Main Street
Woburn, MA - 01801
Phone: (978) 361-6943

Priya, Chelmsford, MA

Priya

1270 Westford St (Drumhill Rd)
Lowell, MA 01851
(978) 454-7777

Update 11/24/11: As with most Indian restaurants, the quality has gone downhill, and it has become yet another 'average' Indian restaurant.
11/11/11
Goat curry (buffet) 6/10 - the curry was tasty and the goat was cooked well. 
The rest of the buffet was average.


2010:

This replaced the earlier Kebab (which had gone downhill over the past year or so)

The food is much better, and I would definitely recommend trying it out.

Chicken 65 or 95 or something like that - 8/10. Very well done. The dry kind.

Biryani - 7/10

Lamb curry - 7/10

Minerva

Minerva Indian Cuisine
500 Boston Providence Tpk (Rte 1 North), Norwood, MA 02062
Tel: (781) 551-9797

Good food overall. New restaurant. They have a buffet on all 7 days. Better variety than the average Indian buffet. Courteous folks. The place has a nice Andhra flavor to the food.

Shrimp fry - 7.5/10. Good stuff. Dry, kind of like shrimp manchurian with chillies and onion. I wish the shrimp pieces were a bit bigger though (it was chopped up). Nicely spiced, well done masala.
Lamb curry - 6.5/10. Nicer than the average fare. Tasty.
Goat biryani - 7/10. Welcome sight to see biryani in a buffet. The goat pieces could have been a bit more moist. But thats nitpicking now. :)
Chicken curry - 6/10. Better than average.
Naan - 7/10. Thin crispy naan, almost bite sized, fresh. Not the half raw, half cold stuff you get on average.
Tandoori chicken - 6/10. Better than usual.
Mushroom curry - 6/10. Tasty, different, but the curry was a bit dilute.
Palak paneer - 5/10. Ok.
Gulab jamun - 7/10. Very nice. Soft, no lumpy core, not overly sweet.