Cafe Tandoor

Café Tandoor is the first place I ever had Indian food, and for that it will forever have a special place in my heart. It’s pricey, but it’s good!
I’ve had the keema naan, garlic naan, roti, lamb biryani, shahjahani curry, and rogan josh. All of them are amazing, but the rogan josh is just on a whole different level. The waiter asked if I would like mild or spicy. It’s Indian food, it’s meant to have spice, so I ordered spicy. It was perfect! It was hot, but not overbearingly so. The balance of different spices is great, this is the way Indian food should be. With classical Indian music playing softly in the background (think Ravi Shankar) and the song of so many different flavors dancing on your tongue, you almost feel like you’re in India, albeit a rather nice restaurant in Delhi.

Had Indian in US. Had Indian in UK. Had Indian in Hong Kong. Had Indian in India. Take all that for what it’s worth… and in the context of «I’ve had crappy Italian in Rome»…and this is some of the best Indian food I’ve eaten. Excellent wine specials on Tuesday and Wednesday… which means I’ve frequented probably a dozen times a year… the staff are respectful and unobtrusive… so if you want something, or a recommendation, or aren’t sure… Just ask them. They won’t impose and tell you what to order, so if this is a new cuisine for you, ask for their help.

I like this place. The atmosphere is quiet and pleasant. The waiters nearly whisper to you it is that quiet — at least when we are there — which is around 5ish.
The food is great. Especially if you like spicy food. Be sure to always order some rice.

Saturday night the restaurant was packed. Thank goodness we made a reservation. We were craving Indian, and as usual, the food and service was good. I had a Tassi drink. Tasted like milky mango. Refreshing. We had a Tandoor meat platter with all meats on it that were very good. My lamb dish was mild and tasty. We started with fried veggie triangles. They were the best of all. Curry veggies with a little spicy heat. We took half the food home. So good. See my photos.

The food was terrible. The butter chicken tasted like it had ketchup in it. The garlic shrimp bland no seasoning. Did not taste like Indian food at all. And I don’t understand how you charge $ 13.50 for a dish and it doesn’t include rice. What the hell is Indian food without rice. I will never go there again ever!!!

Pretty good Indian food. Made the call later at closing they waited for me, however since the business is slow for this location prices go up. Chicken tikka masala, 2 Naans and rice came to almost $ 25 which is kind of pricey I looked at me I at store before owner/​cashier rang me up and noticed that prices were upped from the menu which is very odd, however considering that he stayed a little extra for me I was ok — another situation I would question him.

This was our first trip to this restaurant and it won’t be our last. The menu has some amazing dishes. We tried the fish curry and we thought it was amazing. We also thought it was the best dish and dinner we have had in a long time. My 9 year old picky eater even loved the food, especially the curry and naan bread.

Indian is my among my favorites and I love it extra spicy which is perfect for the winter. My stomach is made of cast iron, I suspect. I prefer southern indian over northern indian food. That said, Café Tandoor is a bit northern, where the sauces tend towards the creamy and sweet. It’s the only Indian restaurant around where I live though. A bit Americanized, Café Tandoor is a great gateway drug to this regional cuisine for the uninitiated. If you’ve never tried indian food before, come in and order the butter chicken, saffron rice and garlic naan. Finish things off with a Gulab Jaman for dessert.

Good food, enjoy the butter chicken and saffron rice. You can let them know how spicy you want your food, I usually get mine medium. Wednesday is half price bottles of wine awesome deal. The service is good.

Coming in from LA to visit friends and family and we wanted some Indian food. I have to say we were quite impressed. We had the curry catfish, chicken tikka masala and the Rogen Josh. Also had the paneer potatoes, lentil dish and garlic naan. Everything was fantastic. My belly hurts from eating too much. I was so hard to stop eating! If you are craving some Indian food, this is the place to go!

Amazing food!!! Great vegetable samosas! Paneer is excellent and lamb Benoni is to die for! Can’t forget the garlic nann!!!

I’ve been eating at this restaurant for years and have always enjoyed it. The butter chicken is delicious. The garlic naan is warm and garlicky. The lamb shahi korma is tender and creamy. I’ve had at least of dozen different dishes and have always been quite happy with both the food and the service.

This was a pleasant surprise. Our family of 4 each ordered different items at different levels of heat and all were prepared to our specifications. The flavors were quite delicious.
A couple of criticisms: 1) The protein to sauce ratio was heavy on the sauce side. I think if portion sizes were increased by adding a couple more ounces of protein to each dish, the complaints you see on other reviews regarding pricing might disappear. 2) the saffron rice, while tasty was clearly not prepared with real saffron threads and had a weird artificial orange tinge.
This restaurant was nearly empty at 7:30 on a Thursday night, and ours was the only take out order on the counter when I arrived. I would love to see this place stay in business, so I hope it can remedy these issues.

Typical stuff that you and find in any Indian restaurant. Very pricy. Rice or bread do not come with your 16 dollars main dish. Wasted money to buy saffron rice, it was just rice with orange food coloring. I cook Indian food too, if the color was that dark, you’d smell the saffron from far away, but this one didn’t even in your mouth.

Excellent paneer dishes. Naan bread was microwaved though. Haven’t gone back since its 3x over priced. If it were cheaper I’d eat there every week!

We’ve been going to Café Tandoor (in Aurora) for about 10 years. It’s always a good experience with excellent service and good food.
The pakora appetizers are a winner and their curries are very good. I usually get it Indian Hot and it never disappoints.
They also have a nice variety of vegetarian dishes and excellent selection of breads.
Try the gulab jamun desert (sponge-​cake like balls in syrup).
Some nice beer selections as well.

Very, very tasty Chicken Tikka Masala. My husband and I shared it, along with the good Roti and oh-​so-​light saffron rice. We also split a chai. We both raved over the dish and the chai was perfect.
Despite other reviews, this place was almost packed. Maybe because it was Holi?
My only complaint would be that our initial service was kind of odd. We were seated and then kind of ignored, but their redeeming quality is that once we did order, we received our food within 10 minutes.
This was a refreshing culinary experience and was well worth the money.

Café Tandoor is sort of like that slightly strange, but always reliable friend. I have eaten in and ordered take out from here quite a few times. I keep coming back because good Indian food doesn’t exactly lie within the specialty of the local suburbs. Let me start by talking about eating in.
This is where the strangeness of the friend comes in, Café Tandoor looks just about like any ‘family owned’ place would if it were located in a strip mall, but there is one strange, distinguishing factor: It is ALWAYS empty. I’m not exaggerating either; at any given time you can come into this restaurant and expect that you will have the place to yourself, save perhaps maybe two other tables… out of the twenty free. I am not saying this is a bad thing, but if you’re not looking for a (very) quiet, relaxed, and solitary dinner, don’t eat in here. The service is usually good, nothing to complain or rave about. They are very good about filling up drinks though…
Onto the reliable part, Café Tandoor’s food quality is always consistent and always filling. There has not been a single time where I did not get exactly what I was looking for. If you want something other than the usual pizza and breadsticks take out (and have a little more scrilla in your pocket) hit up Café Tandoor. In terms of take out, portions are good, they always get your order exactly right, and the quality is never compromised. Your belly WILL be satisfied, your wallet on the other hand, may not be. I concede that for what you get, this place tends to overcharge just a little. Not a biggie, just watch what you get and don’t be a regular!
Overall, I would definitely suggest Café Tandoor to anyone in the area looking for something a little different but satisfying. Just remember what I said, strange but reliable, make sure you’re looking for what they have to offer!

Food: Nothing special just average.
Service: good
Price: pricey for the kind of food they serve
Ambience: Ok
Clean: ok
Would not go back.

I’ve had Indian food a few times. I usually enjoy it as long as my mouth still has feeling at the end of the meal (spicy and I don’t always agree).
However.
One of the few reviewers in the far Southeast of Cleveland, I must regrettably bestow my first 3 star rating on Unilocal (ever) to Café Tandoor. Is the food good? Yup. Quite good.
But I don’t need to pay that much for Indian food.
My girlfriend and I had a late meal on a snowy weekday, a sure way to have a restaurant to yourself in the ‘burbs. That part was nice. Ambiance was calm and service was good. I had a tasty lamb dish, she had a grilled veggie platter. Samosas were shared between us and were probably my favorite part of the meal.
When you’re in the ‘burbs there really aren’t too many dining options. I would go back here, but with a plan and hopefully with a kind friend offering to pick up the tab.