India House

11/26/09

Grat place for indian food

by ferrob at Citysearch

Very nice place

11/18/09

Another example of how Chicago fails in Indian cuisine

by jimbrewer2221 at Citysearch

Chicago is one of the worst cities in the U.S., I am convinced for Indian food. And India House is just another example to illustrate the point. This is boring, uninspired cuisine that lacks depth of flavor. I strongly urge the owners of India house to buy round trip tickets to New Delhi, India, and visit Swagath Restaurant in Defense Colony. This is Indian cuisine executed at its finest. It's time for Indian restaurant owners to break away from the typical, overdone, and simplistic versions of Indian food served all over Chicago. Do something different and give Indian food the respect it deserves! Visit Swagath, I beg you... and you will see how far you fall short of greatness.

• Pros: nice space
• Cons: Average, uninventive cuisine

03/06/09

Just OK !!!

by ivankapep at Citysearch

If you really want to experience great Indian cusine and knowledgeable service go to the Indian Garden on Devon St. (north side); a way better, flavorful food than in Indian House

• Pros: pelite service

03/04/09

Awful Service, never smiling servers

by Susan8105 at Citysearch

We gave a party to a group of 25 people. Now let me tell you how horrible the service was.

When they started to serve appetizers the guy serving them was just throwing the food on table with no civility or professionalism. Everybody was looking at his face but he kept on doing it throughout the dinner. Maybe he had a fight at home or was piss*d off at the manager but this is not the way to deal with customers.

We had specially asked them to keep spices low in all the dishes(they ask for this when you order food - low/high spice) but they did the opposite. Some people had to repeatedly go to restroom for that. When we asked them that why they did that, the foolish manager smilingly said that the chef forgot.

Then I asked one server to bring a sweet mouth freshener which is usually lying on one table near the bar because we were a group of 25 people and everybody was asking for it. I did a mistake - I asked the same 'mad' server to do this. You wont imagine what he told me "Please go and grab the dish yourself and serve it yourself". I was like what the heck. My colleague sitting next to me was so mad that he was about to h*t that server. That server spoiled the whole fun in the party. I got up and took that server on side and said dude what's your problem. He said the most absurd explanation "Sir this is America I do what I do". I talked to the manager he was just saying sorry for everything. The impression I got is about that mad server was that he was a fresh immigrant from India and might be a cousin or nephew of the restaurant owner because the manager was not taking any action even after noticing such BS going on.

The whole service was like they were doing a favor on us. No smiles on faces of servers, messed up food.... I would say this to all the people who wrote good reviews about this restaurant - stop writing reviews about your own restaurant because your place s*cks and stop defrauding people.

• Pros: None, maybe good ambinece
• Cons: terrible food, foolish servers

02/12/09

GREAT service GREAT food

by wharris80 at Citysearch

Was the first time that I ever been at India House and I can tell you that the staff was very nice and polite, the food was in the perfect point of cook and spicy, they gave me the table that I wanted, not like the other restaurats where you don?t have chance. The quality, the attention and all made India House one of my favorite restaurants. I completely recommend it.

• Pros: Great service and food
• Cons: The chicken smoke

02/05/09

the food quality is terible

by gofckurself at Citysearch

first i hade a salid it was wilted and brown ,the tomatoes were spotted like the king u through away . i had some swordfish it was great the non was good also but it was butterd very unhealthy but good unhelthy the chicken was dry and the lamb was smelly .

food -1 star needs to use better quality

sevice -4.5 stars great

aviaounce- 4 stars very nice

location -5 stars great

price -3 stars good

• Pros: great sevice and locaton
• Cons: needs work on food

02/03/09

Best Indian food in Chicago

by devlin808 at Citysearch

Just had to write a review after seeing someone put a negative comment down. Trust me, I live downtown Chicago and I have been to many, many Indian restaurants. India house is one of the very best and my personal favorite in the city. The buffet is outstanding and I have never had a bad experience and I eat here multiple times throughout the year. The negative review must be someone with a grudge for some reason or another. Thanks for reading.

11/01/08

Great service and great food!

by yodaface at Citysearch

We were a group of 6 that was seating promptly. Service was quick, attentive, and pleasant. The food was fantastic!!

• Pros: great service
• Cons: it is a little dark

10/12/08

Avoid the Buffet

by jazzbythebay at Citysearch

I had lunch at India House recently and the buffet seems to be going from bad to worse. The food tasted stale and every person I had lunch with was feeling not-so-good post-lunch. The service was average and there wasn't a good variety of drinks. I have ordered off the menu in the past and found that to be a better way to eat here. Also, the cost of the buffet is not justified by the quality of food served. There are a couple of restaurants in Chicago that serve better Indian food than India House.

• Pros: Ambience, Proximity to downtown
• Cons: Buffet average

05/25/08

Good, You can definitely try

by Vijai04 at Citysearch

Hi Guys,

I have been to the lunch buffett on the weekends twice. Pretty good. I don't have any clue why some people are rating it one. I think they expect too much. I feel the correct rating would be 4. I may not be the best buffett I had. But decent seating. The buffet is almost full on sundays. Lot of indian as other people. They provide a tandoori chicken as soon as u enter, which is nice. You can ask for more, if you like it. Then there are 4 vegetable and 4 non vegetarian items. Reasonably good. Then you get mango icecream and jamoons to finish. So I think it is a good try. 90% of u will like it. Thanks and bye