"This was my first time eating here. As other reviewers have noted, it is not a fancy place. However, my meal was served on food service grade china dishes, and I ate it with food service standard silverware. Curiously, I was given a fork and spoon but no knife. My friend got the same silverware kit. That made for a challenge eating my mutton karrahi, but it was a challenge that I gladly accepted.
I had a restaurant.com gift certificate, and they handled it without any questions. At this place, you order at the counter, pay for your meal, and then they bring it out to you. I ordered the mutton karrahi, mixed vegetable curry, and whole wheat roti. Like Sheesh Mahal on May Avenue, the meat entrees do not come with rice or bread; you have to order those separately. That means you can't eat here for less than $10 at lunch if you want to have a good size protein and starch. However, if you don't mind having a smaller amount of protein, you can go for one of their meat biryanis.
The mutton karrahi was simply delicious. Picture chunks of mutton sitting in a thick tomato sauce flavored with jalapenos to make it nice and spicy. It hit a home run with my mouth. The roti was just the right amount of bland to quench the fire from the jalapenos. The mixed vegetable curry, however, was a mushy mess. It came with the same vegetables as in the menu description (i.e. peas, cauliflower, potatoes), but they cooked the vegetables in a generous amount of oil until the vegetables got mushy. This is the opposite of stir fry, when the vegetables come out crisp. I don't care for mushy cauliflower, so this part of my meal was only okay. On a future visit, I would like to try the spinach or okra since I enjoy those vegetables when they are cooked as long as the vegetables in my order today.
The service was friendly and attentive. We were the first lunch customers at noon. I was a bit worried when two employees opened up the restaurant just a minute before noon. I wondered if we were in for slow service. However, we were served around 12:25 pm, and it was quite possible to finish eating by 1:00 pm.
Overall, this place is worth another trip."
Chicken Curry
