World Curry

We came to World Curry at 730 on a Sunday night and they were under staffed and over worked like crazy. I want to blame our so-​so experience on that, but the food was just ok and we got forgotten about and then no water for a good 15 minutes. We ordered chicken tikka masala which did not taste at all like tikka masala and ordered it hot and it was probably a mild. Same hotness issue with the Thai yellow curry. The naan was overly greasy and the samosas were a little cold inside. I’ve heard good things about this place but even the person I was with had been here multiple times before and never had these issues. Definitely not really any of the servers fault, but we won’t be coming back again for sure.

Ordered panang curry and tiki masala, both were completely bland… Was really looking forward to a flavorful curry but was incredibly disappointed at the lack of flavor and spice.

Awesome place! Will be coming here often. I ordered the Golden India Curry. Sooo goood!

Just had lunch there! And the Bali beef was amazing and the waitress couldn’t have been more helpful. Huge portions and prices were reasonable.

Hands down, one of the best places to go for different types of curry! The salad that they brought out before our entrée was amazing. We even bought the dreswing for it. I ordered the Bali Beef with brown rice and was impressed by the amount of flavor it had. The waitress was very nice and bubbly and was very helpful with recommendations. I’d definitely come back again.

This place is the spot if you are looking for a variety of curry dishes. The service is attentive and restaurant is clean. For those looking for a major spice fix, try the phall poppers or if you are brave try the phall entrée… SPICY.
Overall this place is affordable, clean, and a go to for a curry fix.

Today was mine and my bfs first time having curry, he had the keen some thing (Indian curry) lol can’t remember and for appetizers he had the poppers. As for me I enjoyed some Bali beef along with some M something soup. Hahha ya I can’t pronounce let alone spell the names haha I included pictures tho. He loved his food. I loved how my soup had a sweet spice taste to it that went well with the extra salad side they gave us. As well as my main course with the beef that was cooked so well it melted like butter mmmmm! You can also taste the coconut milk !!
Side note: Tho our waitress was kind and quick I am a little envious of the other tables waitress. She was so evolved and quirky. Very welcoming. Brown naturally curly hair. You miss are 5 stars.
All in all I would definitely recommend this place to anyone :)

Always a Pacific Beach Family favorite. I always come here with friends and family. It’s a great place to savor your meal, eat slowly, & enjoy the conversation/​company of friends & family.
Happy hour specials are everyday from 3−6pm, with $ 2 appetizers. The menu has a variety of curry from several different countries. My favorite is any and all Japanese curry.
Beware…the spice level is accurate!!! If you order hot or really hot, be prepared. Get a lassi to deaden the spice level. Works every time :)
Love the laid back atmosphere and wonderful staff here. They make this place great. The curry is pretty good too. Give’em a try!

We decided to try this place because it’s just down the street and much closer than the other Indian restaurants we prefer. This is unlike any other Indian food or curry I’ve ever had and not in a good way. I ordered the murgh masala which they claim, in the menu, is supposed to be similar to chicken tikka masala. It is nothing like the traditional tikka masala. It is very thick and tastes like a chili paste. The chicken is large strip-​like chunks, unlike the uniform small chunks in every other tikka masala I’ve ordered. My husband ordered the vindaloo. It tasted and looked like pulled barbecue chicken. The samosa was simply ok and only came one to an order. If you’d like great tasting Indian food try Tandoori Chef.

World curry is my favorite for a local PB place to grab curry. The Panang curry is my favorite (and honestly the only one I’ve tried!). I normally get it with tofu and veggies or chicken. Sometimes we order the garlic naan with hummus after a long workout! It is out of this world! The place itself
Is small and normally not too crowded. The service has always been good each time we’ve come. Almost as good as being in Thailand!

I got take out the other day and although the curry was good, it was just OK. I am upset because I ordered naan, which is $ 3.50 for ONE piece and the naan they packaged was completely burnt!!! To the point that the entire back side was blackened and the middle completely crumbled due to the singed state of the flatbread. I’m rather baffled by why ANY employee would find it acceptable to package this item for a customer, especially at such a steep price to begin with! It was completely inedible due to the carcinogenic char

I absolutely LOVE curry, and I have some dietary challenges that make eating out pretty difficult. This place is a gold mine!!! The servers are dolls and very attentive.
I have to say though, I’ve been disappointed by the food a couple times. I’ll never get the lifeless tofu again, and switched to vegetables after that experience last time. But this time, my vegetables weren’t cooked thru all the way. The broccoli should be much softer!
My boyfriend has been disappointed a few times here too, but I keep dragging him here. He says, «subpar chicken teriyaki».
I will say though, I’ll keep coming back. The presentation is great and I’ve really enjoyed the curry flavors. There’s always just one detail that’s out of whack.
Oh, and the coleslaw type thing they serve before the meal– LITERALLY THE BEST THING I’VE EVER EATEN. My taste buds are so happy.

Man! If can smell the dish Igot you would stop what your doing and meet me here. The food is amazing. I being coming to this place for years and the food and service is always outstanding. Not the cheapest place in town but it’s worth it.

I’ve been here multiple times and have never had a bad experience. I usually get the keema curried chicken dish with the garlic naan. The regular portion is more than enough food and I usually have enough for leftovers. With the added side salad, you’ll never go hungry here.
Taking into account the service, quality of food, and portion size, it’s hard to go wrong here. Add to the fact, they have frequent BOGO and Groupon type deals to make it an even better value, I’ll keep coming back again and again.

Went here for dinner because they had Phaal. They were nice enough to give us a sample before we ordered it. Sadly it was not that great. It just didn’t taste very good I didn’t think. It was spicy but it’s gotta taste good as well.
All in all it’s an ok place if you’re close to it But I wouldn’t make a special trip.

The quality of the food has gone down and the service is abysmal. Just recently got two orders to go, a large green curry and large Bali beef. It took about 15 minutes for the food to arrive to go. Once home we got to eat, the salad that comes with the meals was really browning and it was not the dressing that caused the salad to go brown, the dressing is in a small container.
The green curry was good, but the Bali beef was terrible. There was zero seasoning in the tub. The beef was in just water, no flavor, no hot sauce that they usually dump at the bottom of the plastic tub of curry. Just was totally soggy water logged beef. You could tell by the appearance there was no rendang seasoning.
I went back last evening to exchange the Bali beef because it was inedible and $ 12.99, prices have gone up considerably. There was a long line and totally disorganized. The woman at the register did not know what to do and said I need to wait for the manager. Finally after about 8 minutes the manager came to the register and ask what I would like to order. I said I had ordered 2 large entrees to go 2 nights ago and he looked puzzled and odd. I said the Bali beef was terrible and not seasoned. I asked him to look at it, but he didn’t care to (really wanted him to see that it had no seasoning and the beef was sitting in water), he said he will offer free food for another time. I asked just for them to exchange it tonight. About 10 minutes later he gave the food and said he hopes it is better this time.
I should have looked at the food before I left, but was waiting for so long and there was no seating for customers wait while getting take-​out or waiting for a table and I had been there a while to try to get it straightened out. The bali beef was the wrong size regular size and not large as ordered and there was ¼″ of oil on top of the beef, but it did have rendang seasoning this time. So disappointing. Doesn’t seem the restaurant cares anymore about customers nor want to serve edible quality food.

This place is easily my favorite place to snag some curry. The vibe is super calm, and there’s always seating.
Food: went for the Panang curry with extra veggies, and yellow curry with shrimp. Both were good, but that Panang curry thoooo. Hmmmmm
Still dreaming about that sweet Panang sauce. Yum.
They also have a sweet check in special, so if you’re good at checking in this little place will reward you for that. ;)

My husband and I have an obsession for curry and decided to take a trip down here. And all we can say is WOW!
My husband had a tomato based curry while I enjoyed the tikka masala. It’s was super delish! We also ordered the garlic naan to soak up all the goodness we had!
Definitely coming back for more!

It still brings a smile to my face when I think of World Curry as they are the Godfather of curry houses in my opinion. They’ve been here in PB for 20 years now. TWENTY YEARS. I remember having my first Thai ice tea EVER here at World Curry. I swear I still remember, to this day, the way the orange colored thai tea looked and the way the beautiful ½ and ½ cream slowly bled through the tea.
I received word that World Curry is going to be offering the same prix fixe menu starting August 10 until August 30^th from 4:00p-8:00p for $ 20. I don’t know how big the portion size will be but it’s still a great way to try (or re-​try) World Curry.
Here’s what we tried from that prix fixe menu:
PHALL POPPERS
These cream cheese stuffed eggrolls have a bit of their phall curry inside. The phall curry is bat sh*t crazy SPICY. We loved these poppers.
TIKKA TACO
One of THE BEST things I’ve eaten all year. The taco is made with World Curry’s roti flatbread (which was so soft & nicely chewy) and stuffed with their tikka chicken. It’s covered with fresh cabbage and smothered in sauce (curry? cream?).
VEGGIE PAKORA
There were lots of fresh vegetables (zucchini, carrots, onions, broccoli) in this pakora. The chickpea batter could have been crispier.
NAAN
This is the underbelly of the naan. The naan was clay oven baked beautifully.
THAI GREEN CURRY WITH CHICKEN & VEGGIES; TIKKA MASALA WITH CHICKEN
I was shocked to see this dish as my memory of this place was jostled once again. I asked Momo (one of the owners) if they always served their rice in that pyramid shape. She smiled and said yes. It’s funny the stuff your head remembers! I enjoyed the Thai green curry as it was lightly sweet and had a thinner (curry) sauce. The tikka masala was a thicker curry with almost a grittier texture. I wish I could remember what Bruce said was used in their tikka masala. The chicken tasted fine but could have been served warmer.
BANANA FRITTER WITH COCONUT ICE CREAM
You could taste that they make their coconut ice cream in house. It was a wonderfully coconut-​y ice cream topped with toasted coconut. The fried banana fritter had a nice crunch (I think they used a wonton wrapper) and would be a nice dessert option if you like something sweet and gooey (from the caramel sauce and hot banana flesh).
The owners Momo and Bruce are such sincere hard working people. I can’t imagine how many hours they have put of themselves into World Curry since opening it 20 years ago. TWENTY YEARS. Still baffles my mind.

Ever since being introduced to curry via my school’s cafeteria, I have been in love. How have I not heard of this place earlier? World curry, it was love at first bite. Okay that might be a bit of an exaggeration but seriously the food was fantastic.
I was so excited to see that there was a Unilocal deal, but unfortunately the deal expires at 3 and I was there for dinner. Anyways, I came here with a large group for one of my curry loving friend’s birthdays. Service was relatively slow, but we did have a large group.
The normal curries come with a refreshing salad, which was too doused in dressing but still crisp and tasty. My friend and I ordered two curries and split them because you can never have too many curries. We had a mild Tikka Masala and «very hot» golden curry (both with chicken). The Tikka Masala sauce was delicious, too mild for me, but still flavorful. Something was off about the chicken in it — I can’t quite identify why, maybe it was too stringy or dry? The golden curry warmed my soul probably because it was spicy. The chicken was perfect and the sauce was to die for. I would literally drink it instead of water if that were socially acceptable or sufficient enough to hydrate me.
I can really say nothing accurate about the ambiance or staff because I was to focused on the food. The restaurant could have been on fire and I wouldn’t have noticed because I was distracted by The Great Pyramids of rice surrounded by liquid heaven called curry. My new goal in life is to get my signature up on the «Finished a Phall» board.