India Palace

 

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Ingrid S.

New York, NY

What had drawn me to this place was the clientele. They were mostly from Great Britain.  Now you know they love their Indian food for obvious reasons, and they were correct.  This is as genuine as you can get.  I am almost positive this is a family run operation because of the quirky service but they are mostly attentive to your needs.  There was no waiting for anything we were waited on right away.

They have a fabulous garlic Naan, which is my favorite.  You can go vegetarian or not, either way the food is excellent.

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Brent S.

San Francisco, CA

When you read a review of a restaurant, there are several things you're going to be looking for. Right away you're going to want to know if the food is generally good or bad, how the atmosphere is, how much it costs, and whether the service is up-to-par. Why else would you want to read a review? Certainly not because you wanted read some hypothetical questions. Not because you want to read about what should be in a review. You just want a review without having to sit around reading a worthless foreword to a review. That's why this is a bad review.

Except that you also want a review to paint an overall picture of what a restaurant is like. Sadly, eating at India Palace feels just like reading this review: You have to sit and wait for way too long before you realize that the substance isn't half bad.

We were starving, but we had to wait forever before we got water, before we could order, before we got our food. Our appetizer was Garlic Naan, and it was the last thing to show up (with only a faint trace of garlic), making it worthless as an appetizer. We got Bengan Bhartha, Palak Paneer, and a chicken dish. They were all perfectly tasty, to the extent that one can really tell when so hungry. Later we were trying to get the check, and the woman who should have brought it to us was off helping her kids with their homework or something. That earns her 5 stars as a Mom, not so much as a waitress. Eventually we went up to the counter and got it. Turned out it was ridiculously overpriced.

Food is fine, but not worth the price, the wait, or the annoyance of being ignored.

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