Bombay Takeout

The business idea, price and quantity is good. But only thing that bothered me is taste. The taste is really below average. I would personally prefer cooking myself than ordering again.
Come on guys, basic thing a person looks for is good flavor in any food. Later comes quantity and price. I am sure you will get repeat customers if you improve the recipes or replace the cook. Good luck!

I just ordered this Yesterday, and so far I have consumed one sabzi and 3 chappati, seems OK,
I am not the best person yet to comment about the food or the service,
I need someone’s opinion on does the food stay safe the whole week, because usually I have never eaten food refrigerated more than a day, So is it really safe to eat this food after 5 days,
Any tips on how to refrigerate or reheat are welcome.!! :-)

Food is strictly OK !!
They claim it to be healthy, maybe it is but not flavorful !!
Plus they deliver late at night after dinner time and mixed up my first order :(
Not likely to order again.

When I have to travel and don’t get time to prep meals for my family in advance, I wanted an alternative where they could get good meals, hence ordered from Bombay takeout. Although the ordering process was easy and met expectations, the food taste was not so great. As soon as I received my order I tasted it and am glad I did. One of the 5 veggies was spoilt so I had to throw it away immediately. The remaining food was too bland. When I reached out to them, they promptly refunded the amount for the spoilt dish. Based on this I will give high points for their service, not so much for the food though.

Great idea and convenient if you don’t have time to cook during the week. Food is tasty and they offer a good range of healthy options.
The quantity in each sabzi pot is a bit light considering the total cost incl. tax and delivery charge.
The delivery time for Manhattan on Monday is way too late. They say 6−10pm but the food was actually delivered well past 10pm. If they can’t make Monday work at a reasonable time they shouldn’t offer it as an option in the first place.

I had been contemplating ordering this service for a while now since I’ve had amazing dabba experiences in Bombay years ago.
This is nothing like the dabba waala service in Mumbai but it gets the job done– home
Food, home delivered. I ordered the five vegetarian dishes (they change their menu every week or so which is refreshing). The serving size was decent. The delivery happened on time (in fact before time). However, they missed an item in the order. I emailed them and they promptly responded, apologized and delivered my missing item the very next day, along with extra rice and raita which I thought was a great gesture to back their great service. Very Impressed!
Now the taste, like most reviewers state, the food is a little on the bland side lacking strong flavors; however, it’s not swimming in oil and other overpowering ingredients. It definitely seems healthy and light and very basic. I really enjoyed the rajma and paneer. Not mind blowing flavors but they fill you up. Three stars for service and 2 stars for food taste. If they up their flavors, I’d be ordering all the time :)

The food is homely with not much oil and sodium as others said. Personally I found food tasty and didn’t find the other issues pointed to by reviewers.

We have been ordering their Rasoi Ghar Tiffin package for a few weeks now. We’ve found the food to be flavorful and fresh. We will continue to order as it is so convenient to have a home cooked meal waiting at home for you right through the week.

I like the convenience of having a home cooked meal when I get back from work late at night. And it is true that the food I get from Bombay Takeout is not greasy. But it is very bland. Perhaps BLAND = HEALTHY?
I agree that they have been skimping on ingredients. The dal we got last week was 50% non-​dal. When storing in the fridge, a transparent jelly like substance floated to the top and filled half the container. Could have been corn meal, could have been something else. I am not sure. I have been using them for about 2 months now. But I am considering going back to cooking. There is nothing equivalent to a self-​cooked meal I suppose where you have complete control on the ingredients.
They don’t give you a bill, so they aren’t paying taxes for sure. However, they charge delivery fee of $ 5 and then tax and then I have to tip the guy too.
This is a «meh» for me. Sigh, I guess I am done with trying to find shortcuts to eating well and eating right.

We have been ordering fro this place for a while. Food is not greasy, has low sodium and they deliver. Its like home cooked food but most dishes lack flavor.
They also try to skim on ingredients. For example, the baingan bartha was cooked in a tomato base. WHen we called to inquire if we got the correct dish, we were told that they are trying out a variation of baingan bhartha. Of course, we didnt buy that.
More recently we ordered baingan-​aloo and this was full of potato.
They dont take credit card but are quick to charge tax. When we confronted them, they agreed to take a check as payment.
We might continue to use this service as a convenience but the food is nothing to brag about.

First the good — food was decent and non-​greasy so it’s not a bad tiffin service.
Then the reasons for a two star — Firstly, the website says $ 43. But when it came time to pay, it was $ 46 (before tip) including $ 3 for tax. Yet they only accept cash and don’t provide a bill. Means they not only cheat the Internal Revenue Service, but are fooling us as well. They don’t pay any taxes!
Secondly, it was very hard to reach them. Can’t on the phone, only respond via email.

Changing the rating to 3 since I did receive a response to my complaint. They offered to drop off three subzis free of cost or a discount on the weekly tiffin. The last time we tried, food tasted a little better but I am not sure if it was just a fluke. Need to see consistently good food in order to make me wanna get the tiffin.