Indian Masala

Excellent buffet. great customer service. Warm and friendly. The buffet has a lot of vegetarian options, which I really liked!

One of the worst Indian restaurants in the twin cities- The food tastes horrendous and the quantity is like even less than Kids portions - my daughter loves vadas but the Sambar Vada Boom that came to us was horrible just like all other things

Have not been to this location in a while and was driving near it so decided to order some pickup.
Looks like there might have been new ownership, or they are rebranding themselves as the signage and the flying chef over the restaurant was new.

One thing was same old tho... the dang potholes in the parking lot. Those seem to have been there for years and years now.
The place inside (dining area) seemed to have been revamped also but again one thing they did not touch are the bathrooms. They look as rough as I remember from 3-4 years ago.

The food itself is always great. No complaints there. The portions are generous. It is always seasoned perfectly. When I went in, saw that they have the daily buffet back so will try that out one of these days and update the review.

Pros: Great Food. ok customer service.
Cons: pothole ridden parking lot. Dingy bathrooms.

We had the buffet here on a Thursday shortly after opening (11:30 ish), and we thought it was great! (Saag paneer, butter chicken, onion pakora, curry chicken, broccoli potato dal, chicken biryani, etc)
We will return. But agree the building & interior is tired, but clean. The food is good- only Indian buffet we know of still operating. The owner said it was even larger on the weekends. Two thumbs up for curing our Indian craving!

How do you put one start because they won't let me do a negative one star.
Well, this place is pretty much a joke !!
I stood in line for over five minutes where the guy was on the phone and as he hangs up some other guy comes in behind me and he goes right to the customer even though I've been standing there for over five minutes!!!
Bring my food home and I have had burnt toast taste better

Please, everyone don't waste your money and do not go to this restaurant

Bad service. I literally watched the worker ignore a customer who was a person of color. He never went to her table to remove the dirty dishes or interact at all. I also noticed he did the complete opposite for the other customers who were white and even chatted with them. When she left, he cleared off the table and was even left a tip.

Place is grungy looking, dirty windows and ceiling, ugly color scheme. This place is not worth the effort it takes to get there.

Disappointed to see what happened to that girl.

Sunday buffet was not appetizing.
The rice dishes were very dry.
The chicken appetizer had bones.
Will not be visiting this place again.

Amazing food. Just amazing.
I loved everything I got and for such a great price
Service was quick and the foot was hot

I usually give restaurants the benefit of the doubt. I follow a personal three strikes rule unless it was pretty egregious. So I ordered takeout two times within the month of February. The first time, everything went okay but they forgot one of my items. I asked for a refund and they would not give it to me. Fair enough, they said mention it next time I order. I agreed to it and they promised a "treat" whatever that means which I'm not going to hold them to.

The second time I ordered online, I specifically mentioned that they forgot my item and I would like to have it included. Well, when I went to pick up the item, they claimed they were not informed by me even though it was put in the order. I walked away again with meal but missing my item. They tried to substitute it for an entirely different item which I refused because it was a specific item not on their buffet. Also, I tried their lunch special platter and the tandoori chicken they gave me were just pieces of bone with barely any meat. How does a restaurant serve only chicken bones to their paying customers? On top of that, my work colleague ordered the same platter and he also got chicken bones with barely any meat on there.

Sadly, I really want to like this place. I really do! Food is good and they are courteous. I will give this place one more try and if they cannot get my order correct and serve just chicken bones again to me, then I am not going back a fourth time. I'll come back and update my review at this restaurant one more time when I decide to eat in-person or do takeout again.

This restaurant is in the middle of nowhere and has labeled vegan options, which is cool.

The vegetable samosa ($5) was fine but nothing special.

We did like the masala dosa ($11) which is vegan by default and tasted good.

The Punjabi daal tadka ($11) was great: vegan, savory and complex. I was less impressed with the gongura subz ($13), a South Indian dish you don't see often; it was oily and had a sharp citrus flavor.

The alu matter ($12) is vegan by default and was just middling. Nothing special.

I did like the parotta ($10) which comes with a "salna" curry that tasted great all around. Parotta is a flaky South Indian and Sri Lankan bread that you don't see often, so I'm glad they had it here.

Lastly, the tandoori roti ($2) and the rarer methi (fenugreek) roti ($3) were both good.

Come to Indian Masala for something out of the ordinary in an area you'd never expect.