India's Restaurant-A Taste of Paradise

I've been in Houston for 6 years and I'm a big curry lover! India's was, and still is one of the best I've visited and still use it frequently. I'm English and have travelled to India many times. India's, to me, has fused both the British tastes with authentic Indian cuisine. They cater for your needs and will adapted dishes to your tastes and likings. The service is good and the atmosphere is relaxed and enjoyable. I would recommend India's to any person that wishes to sample Indian food for the first time. My girlfriend had never tried it, and is now hooked! Top marks!

I have been to just about Indian restaurant in the Greater Houston area and I have to say that India's is by far the best. The service here alone makes this place a good find. The waitstaff is knowledgeable and attentive and the managers are always around to make sure you're dining experience is nothing short of perfect. It is very reasonably priced and the food is delicious. The chicken tikka and saag paneer are my personal favorites, but it's all very good. The lunch buffet particularly is a steal - one of the better priced Indian lunch buffets in town and it has great variety! I personally love it and I would highly recommend it.

I go to India's a couple of times a month, and I like it. Not it's not the most authentic Indian food, and it could use some more spices to kick it up a bit, but all in all, the food is really good. Considering the price, it's a good value relative to the other Indian restaurants around. Sure you can go to Kiran's, BB Place, Ashiani; but your going to pay 1 to 2 times the price (or more) and get a much nicer setting. Service at ALL Indian restaurants is POOR, bar none!! Kiran's is one of the best and most expensive, but the service is horrible!!!

Much better food can be found off Hillcroft around the SW Freeway, but most of the places have never heard the word HYGIENE, and certain don't practice cleanliness. Every time I eat in around that area, I just block it out of my mind and NEVER EVER go to the restrooms, or youll never go back.

The bottom-line is simple: Good Food, Clean, Fair Service, and reasonably priced. So I continue to go back.

I'm not trying to be critical or ugly, but face it, most Indians are very cost conscious and they always think prices are too high. I have many Indian friends and they are all very frugal. Immigrants and their next generations are just that way; trust me, I'm Italian and we're the exact same. So when one of my Indian friends tells me they are kind of expensive I take it with a grain of salt. Besides, Id much rather eat in their homes than go to a restaurant.

BTW-Their buffet price is in-line with most other Indian restaurants in town.

My Fiance and I went there for a Saturday night dinner excited about trying out a new Indian place. Being Indian - we might be holding the place to a higher standard but, overall we found the food to be very disappointing. We decided to get two appetizer's and an entree to share. I at first ordered the papri chaat and the waiter suggested we try something else since the papri chaat was not very good that day. What? That is like saying our salad is not very good today...so I had veggie cutlets. They were oily, rubbery, and nasty. Tasted totally nuked. We ordered the malai kofta for dinner. Completely BLAND! No taste whatsoever. I felt like I was eating cream and butter with a fried fritter. Aside from total lack of spice, our food was not properly seasonsed either. Service was very good (which is not common in most Indian restaurants), the waiters were very nice and attentive, and the ambiance was fine. Considering that and since we had heard good things about the place and thought well maybe they were just having an off night. We went back (like idiots) for the buffet - and I totally agree with previous posters. The food was all bad!! There was not one thing on the menu aside from the rice and raita (what does that really say about an indian restaurant) that was worth the very expensive lunch price. Papri chaat was indeed disgusting. Generally the food was oily, stale, and worst of all bland. Save yourself some $$ and go elsewhere.

I used to eat at India's all the time. I cook Indian dishes myself, and although India's didn't serve much that was unusual, I at least appreciated the quality of what they provided. Over the last six years, however, the food has gotten worse and worse. Smaller portions, cheaper spices used. Now I'm sorry to note they don't even bother spicing some dishes. The Tandoori chicken, for example, is dry and tasteless. It's obvious they aren't even marinating the chicken anymore - just painting it red and (over)roasting it. (Which is odd, because that's the chicken used in Chicken Tikka Masala, a perennial favorite at most restaurants. But at India's the sauce is nothing but tomato and a little butter - no fine spices whatsoever.) The Sag Paneer is just spinach, cubes, and an unspiced cream sauce. (Tastes the same as the spinach at Boston Market.) And be aware, you are expected to pay EXTRA for rice - and given the prices charged by India's, that's just robbery.

Truly the MacDonald's of Indian cuisine, but at a ridiculous price. Really, Houston, we can do better. Go elsewhere.