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    Cumin Restaurant

    4.4 (257 reviews)

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    Good for groups
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Emeline T.

    This spot seems to be tucked away in an unassuming plaza but I'm glad a family member recommended it. My boyfriend and I dined in on a Friday night and there were only a couple other parties dining around 7:30 pm. The interior is beautifully decorated! The flower vases and rose-shaped napkins on every table were nice touches and made our date night feel extra cute and special. The service was also very friendly. We ordered the fish curry, paneer tikka masala, butter naan, and pulav rice. We requested a level 2 spice level (mild-medium). This was a subtle spice level for me -- a noticeable kick but not enough to make me sweat -- so we probably could have gone higher. Nevertheless, the food was plenty flavorful! I love a good tikka masala sauce and was not disappointed with this one. The salmon in the fish curry was a bit more well done than we preferred; overall the curry was just okay for us. The naan was thin and crispy, nice for dipping. This was a perfect amount of food for the two of us, and we will definitely be back to try more off of their large menu!

    Ruchira C.

    We were a group of 4. Ordered the Veg Platter for appetisers and the Veg Momos . Entrée were Chole, Saag Paneer. For the breads, we ordered Spinach Naan, Garlic naan, Lacha Paratha and, Basmati Rice on the side. For desserts-Gulab Jamun. The appetisers did not taste fresh (they were probably just reheated so were dry and very chewy and quite tasteless). Entrée tasted fine. Lacha paratha was poorly prepared and very tasteless aswell, the other breads, rice and dessert were okay. Service was prompt, ambience was below average, dingy too (the napkins also had a discomforting smell). I am okay to have visited the restaurant once, however it is more than likely that I may not want to repeat the experience, so sorry can't recommend.

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    Sabrina K.

    The food is quite tasty however they do not serve alcohol. The server was attentive. The ambiance was of a small neighborhood restaurant. They have a lunch combo special during the day. I'd say it's heavier on the meat dishes vs vegetable. If your craving Indian food in the flamingo hotel neighborhood, this was a nice little find. Could be romantic for a couple, however no alcohol. My favorite dish was the Kadhai Lamb.

    Samantha A.

    Great sit down place for dinner! This is a perfect spot for a family dinner. They had indoor and outdoor seating. Service was fast, there wasnt many people which was nice. We had the samosas (10/10), chicken curry (9/10), shrimp biryani (10/10) and the chicken tikka (9/10). Everything was delicious! I highly recommend this spot

    Bryan M.

    wow i was so surpised to find out how good this place was. let me start by saying this is most likely my favorite Indian restaurant in all of Santa rosa! their spinach Naan is too die for and their tikki Masala makes my mouth water just thinking about it. this place was so good and to think I would have never came if my friend didn't take me. if you are thinking Indian go to cumin!

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    What a wonderful, succulent treat! Really enjoyed every dish we had and wish we could have tried more of them.

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    Not that good Not comfortable. Food too hot. Won't be back. We should have known to turn around because the restaurant was empty

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    Bland food. Second chance. I wanted to love their food but both times meal was forgettable. We won't be back.

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    The food was absolutely delicious and the service was fantastic! We ordered this for delivery and it was yummy and easy.

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    Generally a good restaurant for Indian food, however portion sizes seem to be inconsistent when using take out!

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    Best Indian restaurant in Sonoma: I've tried all of them! The chicken tikka masala is perfect! We will be back again and again...

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    4 years ago

    Kind staff, delicious Chicken Tikka Masala, Coconut Soup and Garlic Cilantro Cheese Naan!! This is our go-to Indian spot :)

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    Ask the Community - Cumin Restaurant

    Hello, I was looking for buffets and your restaurant popped up. Is there a buffet? I would not have even known about you otherwise, but even if you don't have one, the food sounds great!

    Hi! They don't have any buffets. They do have a lunch menu. But you can still order from the main menu.

    This restaurant came up as best of Gluten Free in my area. What is on your menu that is gluten free?

    Hi Barbara, Thanks for checking with us. 80% of food that we offer on the menu are gluten-free. A… 

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    First, it's a really cute spot with a beautiful windows lighted corner right on the square, perfect…read morefor people watching, or with their out door side wall patio you could hear the music that might be playing on the Thursday nights on the green. Inside the restaurant there is a calming feeling as they were playing slow Hindu chanting music low on their sound system. The first server We began with was very young and maybe learning the menu still as he was really not that good at answering questions on the menu. As soon as we checked in on Yelp, suddenly service picked up. Another more experienced server brought us first, hand towels to wipe out hands (a nice touch, but the towels were almost cold when he brought them, was it an after thought?); and he also brought us complimentary cups of dal that were very tasty. The dishes we got were saag lamb, butter chicken, and organic channa masala, and garlic buttered Naan. Had our first server known how to describe menu better we may have chosen a few different items. He did recommend the butter chicken as one of his favorite so that's why we got it as we often enjoy it other places as well. It was very good, a classic with great sauce, probably the favorite dish. The saag lamb was good too, but we almost got the patak lamb, similar sounding dish but maybe creamier/ other veggie too? But our first server could not really describe difference well. I'm thinking we may have enjoyed the other dish better than saag lamb which was good, but felt the spinach was extremely over cooked, and so finely chopped almost like it was highly minced or powdered? But it was flavorful. The Channa Masala was on the dry side. We we're trying to decide on a saucy vegetable dish and we asked about this dish because we liked that it said organic. That same first server said it was saucy, but not that saucy. Each dish comes with your choice of white or brown rice, or steamed veggies. Two dishes we got brown rice with, and the third we got steamed veggies because we thought there would be more sauce overall to add them too. The rice was allot ( took quite a bit home); the veggies were this nice mix, but so boring with no taste, and what a waste. The veggies even had water floating in bottom of dish. It would be so much nicer if there were an option to have these lightly stirfried with a little flavor as an option ( they were completely bland) , and there was really not enough saucy stuff to add them to so only partially eaten, left remaining there on table instead of taking home with other stuff. We asked for a sample of their side sauces and we got a tiny (like a tablespoon each?) 3 dish sampling of their very tasty homemade mango sauce, tart and tangy cilantro mint sauce, and some sweeter tamarind sauce. But they were very tiny amounts. The Naan was light and crisp, very nice, but could barely taste garlic butter. We asked for our dishes to be medium heat and it was fairly mild for us still, but i guess with American palate, spicy can be relative. But oh well. We also had cups of chai (under $5.00) that had refills, and a glass of house white wine ( Murphy good Sauvignon Blanc was only $8.00 so that was a deal). I'm giving 4 stars for their efforts, but hope they read this so they can improve a few things.

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