Anokha

Our favorite Indian restaurant in Richmond. Service is always friendly and efficient. Food is tasty and generously portioned. Always looking forward to going back

We got the Saag Paneer (5/5), chicken tikka masala (2/5), and tandoori chicken tikka (1/5) with butter naan (2/5).

Saag paneer was tasty and well seasoned. Chicken tikka masala and the tandoori were all white meat. Would have been fine if it were cooked well, but both dishes were dry and hard to eat. Chicken tandoori had minimal seasoning. Naan was chewy and a bit burnt. None of that wonderful ghee flavor.

I would highly recommend going to Jannat instead. Superior taste and meat. Naan is superior as well.

We were looking for dinner options on a road trip and saw good reviews for this place and decided to stop by. Sorry yelp. This restaurant was a major letdown. We ordered two starters, chili paneer and lahsooni gobhi, and the biryani main course. All the items were in front of us in five minutes. The food wasn't even hot. It was somewhere between lukewarm and cold. I had a few bites and had to stop eating because the taste was off, and my gut told me to stop. So we ended up not eating and went to a pizzeria next door (Perlas) to grab some dinner.

Had a business lunch here- great setting where the music was low and tables spaced out enough you could actually here the people around you

Food was fresh and really delicious

My favorite Indian restaurant in Richmond. Over the years, I've gone to many Indian restaurants, usually with Indian born work colleagues, including here several times. This one is consistently excellent!

Last night, we had a group of 10. Service was perfect. We had table apps, drinks and dinner. Everything was timed well and service was attentive; drinks stayed full, plates cleared promptly. The staff here doesn't seem to turn over.

We had an assortment of appetizers and they were all good. By the time we ordered dinner, I was full. However, I opted for Chicken Patia, which has curry, mango, and scallions. It was so good with flavorful rice and naan. They ask for spice level, so I'm always able to adjust, since I prefer mild. A few of the apps had higher spice, but I still enjoyed them.

My husband was thrilled to eat my leftovers.

Love it!
The atmosphere, the food, the service. Everything!
We went there with a group of friends for lunch on a weekday. The interior design attracts me immediately, a good mix of modem and cultural. Love it. Our group got couple items from the lunch menu. All entrees come with a soup / salad, rice and nann, dessert and chef'e special for the day. Both my tandori shrimp and chicken, and my husband's lamb taste very good. My mango lasi taste the best in all Richmond Indian restaurant I've tried so far.

Yum! I was gifted a door dash gift card and was craving curry. I've passed Anika a million times when I've visited Starbucks but haven't water here yet. A search of delivery curry i]optioned netted Anokha, so I decided to order.

Lunch was for my daughter and me, so I got a butter chicken for her, vindaloo for me, naan, raita and a cucumber salad. Both curries were good, the naan...yum! And huge portion! I usually go to Lehja but now I know the small portions and high prices are due to the mall location. Anokha easily beats out Lehja for value and taste. The only thing I didn't like and wouldn't order again is the cucumber tomato salad. It was just boring cut up veggies.

I want to try Anokha in person soon instead of take out. My dasher delivered the food, which leaked most of the saucy goodness on the paper at and my porch. Not fun to clean up.

Nice atmosphere, decent service, but not the best naan or great examples of anything really. The naan was both a little chewier and thicker than it should be. Lunch comes with a salad or soup... tried both as we were a party of 2. The salad was very basic and I truly can't imagine anyone liking the tomato soup they had. I had a few sips.

The vegetable sampler appetizer was pretty good. Especially liked the vegetable pakora. The chutney's were good, which isn't always the case.

For entrees, we ordered vegetable korma and paneer tikka masala. They gave a free order of mattar with our entrees which was nice, it was pretty tasty. The paneer wasn't the best consistency or taste and you can pretty much tell what each vegetable was. The best indian restaurants you can't completely tell which vegetables are what in my opinion. This all made for decent leftovers, however! Lehja is still the only place around RVA that belongs in my top-tier Indian restaurants list. Since it was one of the first I had around here and saw other highly rated ones I thought I'd find a few good ones, but they've pretty much all been duds so far and I fear it's time to stop shopping around.

2/25/2023. I think Ankoha's menu could use a refresh, adding some fresher, bolder, innovative choices.

The service is a overly attentive...I have been here few times and often feel like I am being rushed through my meal. The food is fine if you are new to Indian cuisine, but the menu is quite unexciting for Indian food lovers. Lunch is served with a choice of soup or salad. I chose soup only to receive a cup of warm tomato water. Chicken 65, Hara Bhara Kebab, lamb Rogan josh, and bhindi masala were tasty but nothing noteworthy, The Lassooni Gobi was breaded and fried cauliflower... too heavy.

My dear friend and I had a great time catching up, but ended with a 'let's meet somewhere else next time'.

It's been a while since I've been to Anokha since I don't get out to Short Pump often. I remembered it as one of Richmond's best Indian restaurants, but that's not what we experienced this time. The surly greeter made us wonder if we were welcome, but a friendly waiter made up for it by cheerfully taking a drink order. The food came out quickly, and it was reasonably good but far from the excellent food I was used to. The Chicken Tika Masala was particularly bland. Hopefully, we caught them on a bad day, but we will be more wary than excited if we ever give it another try.