Tandoori Nights

I LOVE THIS PLACE! Yes… I shouted it out as I wrote that statement. It was that d*mn good! I have been having a craving for Indian food. so much that I made curry last week for dinner and although I am a great cook, I was not satisfied. I need that authentic Indian grandma/​mom and pop style food. I was in the Kentlands on my lunch break and searched «butter chicken» on Unilocal.Tandoori Nights popped up and I called to find out if they do takeout for lunch. Fortunately they did and the lady mentioned that there was a lunch buffet. When I walked in (through the wrong door almost) I went straight to the main dining room where all the patrons were and told the host that I wanted the lunch buffet takeout. I could smell the amazing scents of all of the spices and my stomach grumbled in joy. The host gave me a Styrofoam takeout box and I was on my way. The spread was amazing. I went only for butter chicken but filled my takeout container with EVERYTHING but the rice pudding; I did not want my savory to touch my sweet. I got the chicken biryani, basmati rice, vegetable spring roll, spicy green sauce, tandoori chicken, curry goat, chicken tikka masala, Mutter Paneer, and the Khile Phool. I know. I overdid it but I was so hungry and smelling all of the goodness of the lunch buffet made me crazy! When I took my takeout container to get weighed, the host told me that they did not weigh… there is a flat rate of less than $ 12! They even add a generous portion of warm plain naan which even tasted amazing and buttery! I was shocked! All that food for just under $ 12! I inhaled the food once I got back to work. Today was a good lunch day. I convinced my coworkers for us to go there later this week. I cannot wait!

Amazing restaurant and awesome staff. Great authentic dining experience. We loved the lamb chops and tandoori chicken. Their Naan is super fresh and rice is perfectly cooked. Also, they have a great selection of authentic Indian beers! I will definitely come back.

We ate here the second time. The first time the food was just okay but this time neither of us was happy. The Tandoori vegetables were overly spicy and the mixed Tandoori kabobs were over cooked. The waiter said it was lamb, chicken and shrimp but it was mostly over cooked and dry chicken. The single cube of lamb was tough and dry, the single minced lamb kabob was okay and the two shrimp were nothing special. If we weren’t with another couple who come there often I would have given the dish back. You have to pay extra for nan and the flatbread that came free was not very good. We will not come back.

Been here a few times over the years but it had been a while.
My husband, son and I usually drive to Rockville to Bombay bistro or spice crossing but this time we decided to stay close to home.
Food was truly excellent. I had Bombay fish curry.
My husband had the lamb saag and my son has the chicken bBiryani The portions here are very large. The three of us could easily have shared just two entrees
Very flavorful. Quite delicious.
Nice ambiance. Very clean and very attentive staff.
High recommended.

Everything was great. The service. The atmosphere and especially the food :-))
The spices were every delicious and everything was as requested.
We had checkin tekka masala which is highly recommended with beriyani rice, also we had the checkin curry and the whole tandoor checkin.
Will defiantly be here again very soon.

Wow, this place is great and serves wonderful food!
BP and I came for lunch on a sleepy Saturday and were only one of two parties dining in at the time. The other group was made up of eight obnoxious 20-​something old males who were not only rude to the waiter, but were loud and extremely rowdy. Only six of them actually ordered food. The other two kept asking for the free chutney and pappar. They were so impatient. Granted, I was hungry too, and the food took at least 25 minutes to arrive, but it was well worth the wait.
Tuning out the annoying group, BP and I enjoyed our Mango Lassi (creamy, cool, and delicious, worth the almost $ 4 charge), Chicken Makhani (butter chicken), Chicken Curry, and our assorted naan (cut into quarters, we ordered butter garlic, jalapeño cheese, and Night naan, which was stuffed with shredded tandoori chicken).
I cannot get over how well the chicken was cooked. Tender chunks of boneless chicken perfectly coated in the curry. It was so tasty. Much better than I expected.
The waiter was kind, patient, and generous because he re-​filled our rice without charging extra. One of the staff members also told us that they serve halal meat, so that’s exciting to know since I am sure my parents would enjoy the food as well!

One of the item out of the 3 we ordered was STALE., smelling. We were shocked that the chef would not smell it before serving food. The service was very slow even though only 3 tables were occupied. When we complained about the food, the manager sympathized and said he would replace the dish (but since we had already finished eating), he packed it to go and also brought some chole on the house. However, we also had to pay for the stale dish! Go figure customer service! never again!

It was pretty quite here on a Monday, service was quick and friendly, waiters attentive, and the manager stopped by to check on us. Glad to find quality Indian food close to us.

I have previously dined at this restaurant years before and decided to go try it again after buying a groupon offer. I liked what I ordered but my boyfriend really had trouble eating his seekh kebob. I tried some, the kebob tasted like a skewer of ground up cardboard mixed with salt and some spices. We returned that dish and I shared my chicken tikka masala with my boyfriend. It really wasn’t the greatest dining experience.

First time trying this place as I wanted to revisit a dish I had sampled while in Bossier City, LA. The dish is Chicken Korma. HOWEVER… WE DIDNT GET TO TRY ANYTHING BECAUSE WE LEFT OUT IN A BIG HURRY WHEN WE SAW A MOUSE IN THE DINING ROOM THAT ANOTHER PATRON HAD POINTED OUT… SORRY, CANT STAY NOW!!! NO THANK YOU!
It could be a simple coincidence but judging by the emptiness of the restaurant, business is suffering and that means cutting back on the expenses when things get right. I’m sure Pest Control would be one to go first unfortunately! It a shame this happened as I’m a big supporter of small business but I have to say Goodnight to Tandoori Nights! I wouldn’t give this a star but I have to in order to post.

I went here on a dating with my significant other. I specifically came to eat the butter chicken they had. (Because that’s my favorite type of Indian Food). When we got there, I felt like they rushed to get our order out of the way, which I didn’t like. Afterwards, the wait time for the food wasn’t bad. Once I got the food, the chicken had a lot of extra liquid in the dish that didn’t need to be there, and the serving size of the rice was too small… I didn’t complain about it though.
One thing I didn’t like is that once we left, we saw them rush to the table to see how much of a tip we left. I didn’t like that. It’s not common sense to do something like that. You should wait until the customer is out of sight. It’s just rude. Makes it seem greedy.
I probably won’t be back here for dinner.

Yesterday we went in tandoori night for dinner! It was so raining! We are almost 8.00 ! It was so busy ! We had goat curry, lamb sag, achari chicken tikka, chicken biryani, olive naan it’s so amy! Staf so polite, so nice talking all professional I want to go back again ! So we’re very happy we recommend that place…

Zero star for customer service and the one is for the Mediocre food. We went there with a bunch of friends with hope that the food will be ok. But it was just ok and nothing else. They even charged is $ 1.99 for half an onion and some lime wedges. The waiter there had no courtesy and enthusiasm. I will not recommend this place.

Delicious food, reasonable prices, but extremely lack luster service.
The waiter actually interrupted our conversation at one point to get our order. (we weren’t ready!) Granted we were at a table of 15 people, but he was trying to get the attention of someone talking — when there were people not talking right there ready to give their order.
Little things like that — doing separate checks was really difficult to bog down — which is fine, but even understand what the restaurants capabilities were was difficult. I’m I unreasonable? That after years of people wanting to go to restaurants in large groups — I can’t expect there to be a system in place to allow a simplified process when a group wants to split checks? Most restaurants can handle this — and they know to expect it when you book at large table!
You may be thinking — come on Mandana, large tables are hard to handle and they were probably busy.
Nope! We were one of 5 tables there — on a Tuesday night.
So sure the food is good — the atmosphere is lovely — but after a stressful day of work, and sitting in an hour of traffic to get to dinner — having a dismissive and weird waiter made the experience disappointing. I expect a little more when I’m shelling out $ 20+ for an entrée.

I give a big zero to this restaurant because my 17 year old daughter went to this restaurant and carefully ordered a meal that didn’t have nuts, something that she is very allergic to, and she made sure the waiter knew. After a single bite, her lips swelled up and her throat began to close. As she was leaving for the Emergency Room, the restaurant service stopped her to pay for the meal she had only one bite out of. My daughter was in the ER all night, and when we called them the next day, they didn’t care at all and never completely responded. We sent in paperwork for them, but like I said, they are very careless and did not give us a clear response. Worst restaurant experience ever and so unprofessional. I have gone to the Health Department to figure this all out. I hope no one goes through this rough experience!

I have been to this restaurant about four times and I love it! I’ve been to about five different Indian restaurants in the area and this has got to be my favorite. I always order the Chicken Vindaloo extra spicy and it is delicious, we also get the Chicken Biryani for the table that is outstanding. Even my friend who doesn’t like Indian food too much loves it!!!
The staff weren’t very talkative but they were attentive. They gave us free white rice to take home because we were upset that we were left with none to enjoy as leftovers. They always replenished our water quickly so that we never ran out. The waiters were always smiling which added to our good time.
Overall this is a great place to come and enjoy a bit of Indian food (:

My mouth is watering just thinking about my last meal here. Tandoori probably merits a solid 4 stars, but I bumped up the rating since the deal you score with the Groupon is pretty sweet. I’m also not a huge fan of Indian food, so when I like it as much as I liked Tandoori you know something’s up.
A friend and I came here for dinner on a weekday night and the place was mostly deserted. The menu has a ton of options to choose from — it took us a while to narrow things down. We orders a cauliflower/​khile phool ($ 11.99), lamb saag ($ 16.99), and chicken tikka masala ($ 14.99). All of it came with plenty of rice, and the two of us had trouble finishing all three dishes. The lamb and cauliflower dishes were my favorite, and I would definitely order them again. The chicken chunks in the masala were a little tough, but it had a good flavor.
We had prompt service throughout the night and paid a good price with the Groupon for the amount of food we got. I can’t wait to come back here again.

I’ve noticed a steady decline in this establishment over the years. The buffet options have decreased and aren’t as good (no more tandoori chicken).
The most disappointing part is the customer service. The staff isn’t clear with communication. We were mislead about several details during our dining experience here. They also refused to seat us at a more spacious table even with the dining area was completely empty. Not to mention, we ordered samosas as an appetizer which weren’t provided until the end of our meal.

I’m not sure what happened to this place, but it’s gone downhill. drastically. I used to go for their drinks and deserts (I can thank them for my obsession with ras malai). The food is good, but similar to other restaurants in the area.
We went on a weekday and there were about 4 or 5 other couples there that night and they had plenty of staff on hand. Our server forgot parts of my order, including our appetizer. When I asked him about it, he said «Oh, I guess I forgot» with some attitude. We never got the appetizer and it didn’t seem like the dude had any intentions on correcting his mistake.
I also had to return my drinks since it was pretty much juice with ice in it. Not worth the price, at all. I should have stuck with gingerale.
I like the location as it’s close to my home, plenty of parking and always clean. However, my last visit, about a month ago, will be my last as I put very high importance on service.

Came here through a LivingSocial deal ($ 20 for $ 40), and glad we did. Indian restaurants are almost always awesome, and Tandoori Nights definitely maintained this trend.
Jennifer L. and I arrived ~9 pm on a Sunday night. Arriving this late meant that we had pretty much the whole restaurant to ourselves. Our server was very friendly and started us off with some courtesy «papad» (lentil crackers) and two chutneys (tamarind, which is dark, and slightly tangy and syrupy; and green coriander/​mint, which was slightly spicy). Now, I’m no expert on chutneys (other than knowing the above!); but I was pretty satisfied with them.
For our entrees, Jenn had the Achari Lamb (tender lamb cubes marinated in Indian spices and pickles and cooked with a touch of mustard oil; $ 16.99). I had a taste of it, and per Indian cuisine as usual, it was awesome. But I have to say my Tandoori Special Kabob Platter (Malai Kabob, Chicken Tikka, Boti Kabob, Lamb Seekh Kabob, and Tandoori Shrimp; $ 17.99) was just fantastic. Great variety of meats, spices, and flavors.
And despite being full and both needing carryout boxes for our leftovers, we ordered some Gulab Jamun (milk balls served in rose-​flavored sugar syrup with a touch of cardamom; $ 5.99). Must be something about the texture and taste; but, for whatever reason, I always feel like a kid when I’m eating these. The description nor the pictures are very appetizing, but I definitely recommend at least trying it (and Tandoori Nights in general).