Tandoori Paradise

They lost the magic somewhere. I’ve ordered delivery or pickup a couple of times since my first review, and the food didn’t live up to the level that it was when they opened. It tastes like nearly every other Indian place nearby, and if your familiar with traditional Indian food, that isn’t a compliment. If you’re craving Indian food and can’t get homemade, you’re better off going to Fremont or San Jose.

The chicken tikka is so good! I order usually delivery. Today they went out of their way in bringing me rice. I was unaware i had to order rice and i just orderer 3 main dishes. The manager have it delivered to me in no time. They obviously care about their clients and that will keep me coming back for sure. Thumbs up, great food, awesome customer service!

I love Indian food, especially for lunch buffets, and was happy to discover that another place in my area offered this.
Too bad, the lunch buffet was a sorry excuse for a buffet. I’m sorry, but someone had to say it. This was the worst buffet I’ve ever had. Even Hometown buffet is much better when compared, so you know that says a lot.
They had roughly 8 main buffet items– 1 goat, 4 chicken dishes, some rice, bean dip/​soup, all of which were skippable.
The «chicken tikka masala» was the best dish here, surprisingly. Usually my go to dish is the lamb or goat curry, which they managed to screw up.
Like another reviewer stated, it tastes more like indian butter chicken than chicken tikka masala. The top layer was dry, so we had to scoop towards the bottom.
No fruits for dessert, only mango yogurt mixed with canned fruit pudding.
At least the naan was fresh and piping hot, the best part of the whole meal! Thank goodness or this would’ve been a one star review.
Our server seemed new and was very nice. The owner or manager was staring down on him like a hawk during our whole meal and I felt soooo bad for him. He was literally sweating beads and thinking «please don’t eff up.»
Normally, I spend about 2 hours tops at buffets, but I was outta there in about 40 min, «trying» to get the most out of my experience.
I will be sticking to Flavors of India from now on, which isn’t only closer to my house, but also cheaper and tastes 10x better.

Yummy! My company catered from here for lunch and I loved the chicken tikka masala! Portion was huge, although the naan was a little too oily.
Would definitely love to eat from here again.

Their food are just yummmmm… love it

Came here with our Groupon and found a sign on, which says «closed under maintainance». We didn’t get to use the Groupon and the coupon got expired. Then we called to make sure they were back open. We came back on a day they were supposed to be open, and found it closed again. We took a photo of the sign. And when we came here, they refused to honor the Groupon voucher as they promised on the phone earlier. And also, they said they were open last time when we were here, we showed them the photo with the evidence that they were closed during regular lunch time. They argued that they were open, such big fat liers in front of our photo with time and location marked! And they refused to honor the coupon value. Just horrible service.
We wasted our time and effort, and they are completely not worth it!

I had jury duty and a Groupon in Hayward. This place is right down the street from the courthouse and has a buffet for lunch, so it’s.very fast. and convenient.
The buffet started with salad, skipped that, followed by several pulses. They lentils were good, as was the saag and cauliflower. There were quite a few vegetarian dishes and 2 kinds of rice. The butter chicken was the bomb, tho the sauce tasted like chicken tikka masala.
Then I tasted the meat curries. There was a chicken curry with a red sauce and a lamb curry with the same sauce. I didn’t like the lamb… too fatty. The goat curry sauce had a unique flavor, but I didn’t like the meat itself. They also brought 3 small pieces of fresh naan.
The buffet cost $ 12.05. It seemed a little pricey, but it was good. If I get jury duty next year in Hayward, I’ll go back, but I probably won’t make the trip just for that. It is very close to the 880, so if you’re stuck in traffic, give it a try.

Lunch Buffet review
Chicken Tikka Masala:
Luke warm
Tasted more like Indian butter chicken
I’m pretty sure it was reheated from the previous days leftovers (I had to stir
the food because the top layer was dry)
Naan:
Oily
Soft
Rice:
Great
Service:
Great!
Lighting:
Dark like a dungeon
(Ask to sit in the room with windows)
Overall I would not go back here.

I had bought a groupon ($ 10.50 — lunch buffet for two) for this place. I went to this place along with my wife today. They had lots of choices in the buffet but the food was very average. There were no standout dishes and few of them tasted bad. The restaurant was empty for the entire time while we were there. The parking area was kind of sketchy.
The service was good. The waiter was friendly and was always smiling.
My wife was disappointed with the food. We are not going back even with a groupon deal.

Very yummy! Goat and lamb curry! The chickens! The rice! And then the donuts and mango pudding! Wonderful lunch choice and it was my grandma and uncles first time having Indian food!
We got here at 1145am and the food was ready for the buffet! Quiet enough to enough lunch and Raj was a dear, sharing with my grandma and me how the food is spiced, what some of them are and how the food is done in India!
Wonderful experience ;)

I bought a Groupon for the lunch buffet (2 for $ 10.50) and decided to check it out. We went right when it opened so it wasn’t crowded and all the warmer dishes were full.
All the dishes were flavorful and the meat was tender. Our server was super nice.
Will go back again.

Not a lot of selection. It wasn’t busy when we went which makes me nervous about the turnover of the food. It tasted okay. We used a groupon. I don’t think I would pay full price to eat here.

This place is near Alameda County buildings, across the street. My boyfriend go an Amazon buffet deal for here, so we came here to eat only the buffet. The food mostly didn’t seem fresh, they should try to keep it fresh by making less and more often. They need to work on that. Of the food in the buffet the curry chicken was the best but it was okay tasting. There were many chicken entrées. Much of the entrees were kinda dry and didn’t taste good to me. I tried most of the entrees except for one that was lamb or goat. After I left my tummy didn’t feel well, I think it’s because the food wasn’t fresh.
The people there — the service were very nice. They seated us right away and came to take plates away when it looked like we might be done with them. The made fresh chai when it was out.
The place is clean, located in an somewhat older building that looks like it might have been either an Italian restaurant of a Steakhouse.

‘You should have come before 1′. That’s what the server told me on letting him know that more than half of the dishes were not available in the lunch buffet.
Went to a lunch buffet on last Saturday at 1.20 PM. I was super hungry and was excited to have an Indian buffet after a long time. When I noticed that ALL the chicken curries and biryani dishes were empty, I brought it to the notice of the server and he assured me that they were gonna be refilled ASAP. I reminded about it after 10 minutes and he gave me the same reply. I waited till 1.55 (they close at 2) and the dishes were never refilled. I had only pakora and chilli chicken and some white rice with chana masala. When I went to pay the bill I told him how disappointed I was and he replied very casually that I should have come before 1.
Why lie when you have no plans to refill the dishes. Highly disappointed. I would suggest you guys to look at the availability of dishes before getting seated. Would not go again.

Stopped in late Saturday evening with a groupon. The place was empty except for one other table that was wrapping it up. Since there was no one in the joint we had the servers full attention during our meal. He was very attentive and answered all our questions. We had a very nice dining experience and a delicious meal.
We ordered the Chefs Special tandoori a combo of chicken, seafood and lamb. The dish was very tasty and the side of green sauce (tasted like cilantro) drizzled on top enhanced the spicy flavors. We also had lentils marinated with ginger and garlic they were very good and very filling. One order of garlic naan was just the right size for two and for scooping up the tasty tidbits from my plate
Finished up with the mango pudding nothing special pudding with canned fruit cocktail.
Based on the Unilocal reviews it appears the majority of their business is during lunch Monday thru Friday as they are located near the court house and the po po station. I will definitely have to check it out the buffet but for a nice quiet meal check this place out for dinner.

Mr. M bought a Groupon for this place, and so we did a rare weekday lunch date to check it out. We got an early start and it was nearly empty but the buffet was on.
The staff was really friendly and eager to please. The buffet was on the small side, but from the start I was impressed with the fresh salad ingredients. They were simple… lettuce, tomato and onion in separate dishes, but very crisp and fresh. The vegetable rice had a lot of veggies in it. And then I skipped right to the curries. I’m partial to chicken curries, and chicken curry and butter chicken were fantastic. The meat was more tender than I’ve had in an Indian restaurant before. The basket of naan they brought was both delicious and generous (I hate have to ask for more naan and wait 10 minutes for it).
I look forward to our next visit!

Came here for the buffet with a Groupon $ 9 for 2 for lunch buffet. I really liked the fish curry and the chicken tikka masala, but everything else was so-​so. Even those two were so-​so, probably because it’s a buffet so the food was out for a while (albeit in heaters). You have to ask for the naan, but it’s kind of slow to come out. The naan is good though, because it’s fresh. It could be chewier and fluffier though, and they should give more per basket. Food’s okay; I wouldn’t come here again for the buffet though.

I honestly really wished I liked this place, but it turned out to be a disappointment. I came here because I saw good ratings in Unilocal and there was a Groupon for the lunch buffet.
Location wise, it was pretty easy to find. There is a small parking lot in the back. When I first walked into the restaurant, there was no one to greet us! We stood there awkwardly waiting for a few minutes until someone came to seat us. A few customers looked at us…
After being seated, we did what we do at other buffets. GET FOOD and EAT! There was a pretty good selections of items available. I got the chicken tikka masala, goat curry, and lamb curry. There wasn’t that much food in the containers anymore and they did not bring anymore food out. Another negative was that the food was barely warm!
As for the curry themselves, it did not taste that great and definitely not the best I’ve had. It was lacking more spices and it was not spicy enough. Also, the meat was more on the dry side. I would say the goat curry was the best.
Overall, I wouldn’t come back. The hunt for good Indian food continues!
After we were done with the main course, we had to go for the dessert! Boy was that a disappointment. The rice with the milk was tasteless! The rice was also clumpped together… it did not look appetizing at all. I’ve definitely had way better.
The service was ok… it was just 2 guys who barely spoke. They were really good at filling our waters except my cup was dirty…

Just finished eating their lunch buffet and boy am I stuffed and happy. We got there around 11:45 AM and were the first ones there. The place was clean and décor nice.
They have a great variety of dishes and all were really tasty! There wasn’t one dish I didn’t like. The chicken tikka masala is always my go to dish when eating Indian food and theirs didn’t disappoint. My boyfriend and I tried every single dish except the salad and everything was flavorful. Some of the dishes include mixed vegetable pakora, palak paneer, dal, chilli chicken, tandoori chicken, gobi aloo, chicken curry, plain rice, vegetable biryani, goat curry, and lamb curry. For dessert they had kheer (basmati rice pudding), mango pudding and guiab jamun (donut balls soaked in flavored sugar syrup).
Things that can be improved — friendlier customer service and the food could be warmer.
I would definitely recommend this place. I’d like to eat dinner here next time.

My co-​workers and I are nervous that this place opened right across the street from our building because once we tried the food we knew we would be back more often!
We had the lunch buffet and they had a good variety of dishes including naan and masala chai tea which was a very nice treat for me consider it was a bit of a cold and slightly rainy day. It hit the spot. From what I could remember they had the following buffet items (see the menu for a details of the dishes):
— Dal
— Mutter Paneer
— Malai Kofta
— Chicken Tikka Masala
— Vegetable Biryani
— Channa Masala
— Goat Chetinad
— Tandoori Chicken
— Mixed Vegetable Pakora
— Fish Amritsari
— Gulab Jamun
— Mango Pudding
— salad
— fruit (cantalope)
— other various sauces
They bring out the naan fresh and warm. It was soft and fluffy! The chicken tandoori was actually pretty savory and not dry at all. My favorite dishes were the Channa Masala, Chicken Tikka Masala and the Fish Amritsari. The fish was fresh and it was nicely breaded (not oily or soggy!).
My co-​workers enjoyed it as well. I cannot speak on spice-​levels because I like my food only mild to slightly-​spicy. For what I had I believe most of the food was more on the mild side.
I only rated this place 4 star because this was our first time and we had not ordered from items on the menu.
Atmosphere: The restaurant was neat, clean and the service was good! The workers there are very nice and attentive.
I’m excited that this place is a very short walk away from me but at the same time I’m going to have to watch my wallet and my appetite! =)
I forgot to take pictures but I will definitely take some the next time I go!