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Bombay Grill Bay Ridge

Bombay Grill Bay Ridge

8716 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209, City of New York, United States

Grill • Salad • Indian • Casual


"What happened?! This is my second review of Bombay Grill with my last being a few years ago closer to their initial opening and a full 5 stars. So much has changed.We haven't had Indian from here since before COVID, so a few years, and we were excited to order for pickup. Food was ready promptly for pickup, and when I arrived the restaurant had a very sad feel. A woman seated with her family was complaining her curry dish wasn't the right color and I was internally rolling my eyes. Her husband had his head in his hands out of embarrassment or frustration his food was the only which hadn't arrived. Anyway, I grabbed my food and headed home.We had the chicken biryani, curry chicken, a grilled meat appetizer, and samosa appetizer. Appetizers were fine nothing amazing or terrible no surprises. The chicken biriyani though was one of the oddest things I've eaten. While edible, it was incredibly overspiced with cloves where at several points we found ourselves pulling full clove stems out of our mouths. That's unheard of im not Gordon Ramsey but eff me I even know that's not okay. At one point we said it tasted like someone dropped some spiced apple cider in the rice. As for the chicken curry, the color was totally different than what we were used to it was red the lady at the table was no longer as obnoxious as I had believed. It basically tasted like chicken tikka masala with some curry powder thrown in. Everything seemed like a cook who was issued to cooking Italian or some other cuisine tried cooking Indian food for the first time and was winging it. This was a huge departure from our earlier years of often ordering from here, and sad to say we may be on a break again. I hope for the best with them as Bay Ridge like many areas desperately needs a solid Indian spot."