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11 reviews for Cafe Tandoor
So, I came to Cafe Tandoor with a group, and we had Lamb Biryani, Piratha, Naan, Saag Paneer, Chicken Tikka Maasala, and an Okra based curry.
It's actually the first S. Asian place I've been to in Cleveland. Why? Well, because all of my S Asian colleagues have told me that there aren't any particularly great places... except for their own homes. Now why didn't I think of that?
Next time, I'll just self invite myself to their homes!!!
Still, one has to explore...
Waitstaff are friendly enough, and actually rather courteous. I've been to good places where the servers are convinced they are doing you a favour by coming by to take an order. This isn't one of them... which probably means it's not really Indian. :)
1/2 kidding.
The food was decent, but definitely not great. Mild in spice, and spare in seasoning, the food was bland to my palate, when compared to other indian venues.
I think I drank some hot-sauce... there just wasn't enough spice in the prepared foods.
C'est la vie!
Would I come back? If someone else wanted to come. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to trying Saffron Patch.
One of my favorite restaurants in the Cleveland area. The food is served family style so there is usually plenty to take home. Some of the other reviewers on here complained about the amount of spice but I just tell the servers how I want the order to be when I order and I haven't been disappointed. The food is excellent and definitely a great place to stop and check out
The food at this place is disgusting. I would have given it 0 stars if that were possible. I'm not usually hostile in my reviews, even when I don't like a place. But this place was SO bad it pissed me off. And at the prices they charge, I consider it fraud. If it were not a** cold out, I would have driven all the way back to demand a refund for my take-out order.
I ordered Indian basics. Veggie pakora, meat samosas, chicken korma, and aloo palak. Only the meat samosa was even edible, and that's just because fried dough around ground beef is hard to ruin. But it had no flavor or taste whatsover. And the peas were uncooked, hard and crunchy. Everything else went straight in the trash. The pakora was like sawdust and the ratio of bland breading to alleged veggie was about 100:1. The chicken korma looked and tasted like glue. And the aloo palak looked fine, but had no taste whatsoever. To be fair, the sweet sauce for the samosas was nice, but only because it tasted like barbecue sauce. I suppose the rice was technically edible, although cold. But what is the point of plain rice without anything to put on it?
I gripe all the time about ethnic food in Cleveland, and Indian is the worst genre. But this is far and away the worst food of any kind I have tasted in Cleveland.
I really love the butter chicken here - just about the best I've ever had (and I've had butter chicken at many different restaurants). The service is consistently good, the atmosphere is fine - clean and spacious, not terribly interesting. The samosas are ok - a bit dry. Great naan. That said, I stopped going here because I didn't feel the prices were justified.
I came to visit my family for Christmas and this was one of my must eat list. There really isn't any Indian restaurants in Midland (is there any at all??). So I was blessed to have my fix of rogan josh and naan.The homemade mango ice cream was so so. The food doesn't taste as good as it was when I first ate there in 2005... but hey ok Indian food is better than none!
Cafe Tandoor satisfies my indian food cravings in Cleveland.
The samosas are huge and have a thick crust. (I prefer a more moist (and oily) version). I would recommend the vegetable samosas over the meat ones. Very good with the cool mint sauce.
Not a big fan of tandoori in general, so I can't say anything about that. But the naan and curry dishes are quite decent! (I like the lamb korma)
I never have to make reservations here- just walk in and there's plenty of room. Wait staff is nice and attentive. All around consistently good experience.
p.s. Go to the website and print out $5 off coupon!
http://www.cafetandoor...
This is really excellent. I've happened to eat there a couple of times on two-for-one wine night on Tuesdays. I highly recommend this place. Plus, I really miss not eating Indian food more often. India was part of my biz dev territory, years back, and I miss the authentic cuisine, which you can get in the UK , too.
A bit pricey but fairly solid Americanized Indian food. In general the food tends to be mild enough for sensitive tongues The lamb and chicken korma are both fairly good but stay away from the catfish.
Went here a few weeks ago. Thoughts
1) Food was generally good. What you'd expect from an Indian place selling food in a middle class suburb. Naan was fresh and tasty, samosas were large and filling (extra charge for mango chutney was an annoyance, however). Tikka Masala and Lamb Curry were both tasty.
2) Service: Attentive (they were constantly filling up our water and since it was still hot out, it was a nice touch) but the time to get the food was a bit on the unacceptable side. They brought it just in time to stop me from complaining for both courses
3) Drinks - Upon walking in, I saw a rather well stocked bar for a smaller Indian place. Hopeful, I ordered a drink from their "Indian specialties" menu. Quite unsatisfied with that -- it was small, tasted cheap (felt like it was made with discount vodka) and didn't taste much like mango.
Good but not spectacular. If you're in the area and crave Indian, probably could do worse.
Expensive, and the food was subpar. Just kind of boring, not much spice, in fact the sauce was just kind of wet instead of actually tasting like anything in particular. I also had a mango martini and it disintegrated over the course of dinner, until it tasted so bad I couldn't drink it anymore.
The place to be for veggie Indian cuisine. I met no resistance in making my dish vegan! Wonderful service and a great selection. From the samosas to the rice dishes to the naan...you are good to go. Easy to just walk in and grab a table or they have a delivery service available online. Don't forget the coupon (see the other review)!