"As an Indian (ok, ABCD who has traveled extensively in India, I can say based on experience that my dishes at this neighborhood Indian restaurant were mostly authentic Indian food served with authentic Indian service. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that we all preferred the food to multiple neighborhood Indian places in Seattle. The curries were nicely spiced with visible crushed whole spices showing they were using fresh spices not taking shortcuts. Some Americans or British people might take exception to the fact that the curry dishes weren?t filled with whipping cream and butter grease, but let?s be clear that doesn?t happen in India so I took that as a positive not a negative. We orderered the veg kofta curry (nom nom , the lamb Punjabi curry (also nom nom , and a chicken tikka masala for my Bristish husband (also tasty and less ?fake tasting? than the usual garbage my husband likes . The naans (we ordered butter, paneer and spinach were tasty with a nice crisp on the outside and soft inside. The naan weren?t drowning in grease as often happens at a neighborhood joint, which means I could actually eat and enjoy them. The only low food point was the Kachumber salad, which I was expecting to be similar to a Raita/village salad. Instead it was more akin to a relish plate than an American salad with cucumbers, tomatoes and onions with a little chaat powder scattered on top. That said, I?ve had that kind of relish plate served as Kachumber salad (as well as something resembling a horiatiki salad in India so whatever. As to the service, like many restaurants they seem to be struggling to staff experienced folk and it was our waiters first day. ,with the current post-pandemic labor crisis it?s a little hard to ding them too hard for that. It did mean that logistically there were some challenges (like our waiter didn?t know if they had beer and if so, what types but they had a positive attitude and were helpful and we got what we needed. Also, they aren?t the frantically running around type. Which means that sometimes people would come in and it would take a minute for folks to realize they were there. But America is the only country where I feel like we expect our servers to be running around madly. When I have time for it, especially when dine in, I personally prefer the kind of time service provided In most other countries, including India, where everything is a little leisurely but not late, which is how I?d describe the service here. If you are short on time just factor that extra few mins in. The chef came out and checked on whether we enjoyed our food. She and her partner (husband? we?re all quite kind and trying to do their best to provide good service. They were all quite sweet to our young kids. If you can, I would suggest calling in an order as the online ordering system (or perhaps calling to confirm as seems based on reviews to have some glitches. Having moved to Oak Harbor from Seattle wi"
