Lamb korma was loaded with bones, even very small ones, very little meat. Could have choked or broken a tooth. Should have been a warning. I expect bone to be likely in goat but not lamb. Sauce was so salty I couldn't eat it. Naan was badly burned with only a couple of good bites in each one. Altogether a horrible meal, expensive and the only decent item was meat pakoras. It went straight in the garbage. read more

I ordered egg dosa, chai, and some somasas. Trying the egg dosa first time usually order plain dosa. This was really good. Chef makes sure my order is nice and hot when I pick it up. Thank you read more

Daawat Indian Cuisine - Egg dosa - Indian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

This place has amazing food.thus is our favorite Indian restaurant. Usually get it to go.

The restaurant didn't give a very hygienic feel. Tandoori Chicken was literally stinking and stale. Naan was not authentic and almost seemed like a Pathani thick naan bread. The food had extremely strong odors and Indian food should not be like this. Had to discard most of it. read more

Updated review: This place stinks now. Went there today and very dissatisfied. Smell was unbearable. They really need professional cleaning in their restaurant. Food quality is deteriorating too. Might not return soon here. --------- This place is definitely on my top list of frequently visited restaurant. If I have to suggest 3 things to anyone , then below is my list : 1- Mutton thali 2- Chicken thali 3- Chicken dum biryani Thali comes with so much stuffs that you definitely can't eat alone. Something or other will be left. Would suggest 2 people to share one thali. Most authentic biryani they have is chicken dum biryani. Other biryani options are just okay not so great read more

Daawat Indian Cuisine - Mutton thali - Indian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

The food was delicious. Fresh hot and so flavorful . The garlic bread was a hit!! Loved it!!!!

While the restaurant may not be the most aesthetically pleasing place you've ever been the food is top notch. I had the chicken tikki masala which was delicious. I also had the garlic naan and meat samosas which were excellent. Would recommend and would come back. The service was excellent aswell we were helped right away read more

Best naan I've had in Phoenix, good portions, good recipes, cozy inside. Order at register.

This place has good chicken tikka masala (pictured) & chicken curry. The naan was pretty good too. Their servings should be bigger but I loved this food. read more

Daawat Indian Cuisine - a bowl of rice and a container of chicken curry - Indian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Ordered pretty much everything vegetarian on the menu and not only were portions unexpectedly large but every dish was seasoned to perfection. Thank you for he excellent meal. read more

Update 07-20-2020 Things are not normal now, it seems everything is moving backwards, gravity is pulling anything that is not nailed, screwed, or riveted down up into the sky. The POTUS is showing symptoms of untreated syphilis in public. He doesn't even remember who he ripped off ... never ordered any salad, & I don't drink Coke. Please don't attempt to reach me again. Dudeman got the wrong person, confused? Days like this I miss living in LA. Original 07-14-2020 The guy at the counter ripped me off here for a $8 tip charge that he added on after I signed on his machine. I'm in the process of disputing the charges with my credit card company. The total of my takeout was $48 plus change, after reviewing my statement from Discover, I found out he charged $56 and change. Considering this Indian has a hole in the wall with mediocre food at best, I'm wondering how this greedy thief still manages to stay in business. read more

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Really really good food I enjoyed every bite. small advice hurry up and get some! I'm coming here every time to dine or take out. read more

Absolutely delicious traditional Indian food, great flavors.. Located inside a humble strip mall, definitely a place to visit if you love Indian food. All their vegetarian options are phenomenal. read more

Grabbed some takeout yesterday. Haven't been back here in quite some time. I was totally disappointed in the quality of my chicken tika masala. It was so BLAND tasting. No spice and I fought the urge to add salt. Usually you have to specify the heat level for this dish but I guess they automatically assumed I wanted no heat/spice at all. I would usually order a medium level heat. So perhaps that was my fault for not being specific but besides the spice the dish really had no flavor at all. Prices went up a dollar which is understandable given the current COVID-19 situation. I ate some of the food as I didn't want to waste it but I threw the rest away. I don't think I will be back since it seems to be hit and miss with this establishment. I need to know that the food quality is consistently good in order to be a repeat customer. Very disappointing. read more

Called in an order for pick up. It was ready when I walked in. It seemed as if only 1 person was working, but he still managed to smile when handing me the food. The price was just a bit more than. I wanted to spend, but the food was good; even the 2nd day as leftovers. I do not recommend the naan though; it wasn't what I am used to naan being cooked like. read more

Had a bowling tournament near by and we had a lunch break. I opted to try the Chicken Vindaloo, Garlic Naan and chicken "lollipops." The lollipops were basically the wing meat pushed up on one bone. It was served with a spicy green sauce. It was good, but the sauce was amazing and fresh tasting with an awesome kick. The chicken vindaloo was also well seasoned and tasted great. I loved their Garlic Naan bread as well. The serving size is good. The place is a small with a few tables. It's definitely worth checking out. read more

This place is horrible. Every time I order through Uber eats they cancel my order thus causing me to scramble for what to eat. They have caused me several problems with food for people. I do not recommend going here for Uber eats. They seem to not appreciate the mobile orders. read more

I have to start off by saying I really really wanted to like this place a ton, but the food quality made it very hard for me to do so. So first things first, Daawat is a little hole in the wall type restaurant with a handful of tables. It is very quaint and seems to be family run for the most part. Overall, you do feel like you are getting some sort of authentic Indian food experience from this vibe alone. However, the food hit a low 2.5/5.0 for me. The service was excellent which is what makes me round this up to a 3.0/5.0. My family and I dropped by Daawat on a Friday around 1:00 pm. We put in our order quite quickly and the kitchen really pushed out the appetizers in a timely manner. We had the onion pakora and the chili paneer. Tastewise, both dishes were fine, nothing spectacular, nothing terrible. Be warned that the onion pakora portion is GIANT, definitely something to share! For our entrees we had the paneer butter masala, aloo palak, daal, and thayir sadam/curd rice. We also grabbed some garlic naan and plain naan. Frankly, the curries were all extremely heavy. I know, I know paneer butter masala screams fat and heaviness, but even so, it had an excess amount of oil. The aloo palak was also very oily and even the daal was somewhat overwhelming. I had heard that the naan at this place was great so I was super looking forward to it, but it was honestly a let down. The garlic naans had both been overdone to the point of being crispy and the plain naan had areas that were overdone as well. The greatness of naan to me is that soft, flaky texture and we really missed out on that during this meal. We all picked at the food because of how oily and heavy it was and ultimately had a bunch of leftovers that none of us really looked forward to eating. I want to give this place the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe this lack of quality was because of a busy lunch hour, but frankly I won't be dropping by this place any time soon. read more

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Nice clean counter served Indian food. Delicious mango lassie and good tasty naan (bread). Liked it for some change and wasn't disappointed at all. read more

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Daawat is a small hole in the wall kind of casual Indian Restaurant. This is a no frills take out restaurant that also offers a small modest dining room for dining in. You order at the counter and all the food they serve will be in styrofoam ware. They serve Traditional North Moghali, South Hyderabadi and Indo-Chinese Style Foods. We started with the Cut Mirch. They were tasty garbanzo bean battered hot pepper fritters. They served them with cooling tamarind and cilantro mint dipping sauces. They are tasty but are not for the faint of heart as they are fiery hot and pack a lot of heat. We shared the House Specialty...The Chicken Dum Biryani and the Chicken Vindaloo. The Chicken Dum Biryani was extremely fragrant and very floral....it possibly contained rosewater. I enjoyed all the exotic flavors and found it to be the most refreshing Biryani I ever tasted....but I didn't enjoy the dark meat chicken in it because it was over cooked and very dry. I do warn you to be careful with this dish because it contained pieces of inedible cinnamon bark and whole cardamon pods. The Chicken Vindaloo contained MOIST Flavorful Fresh Chicken......This dish was tasty but lack heat of any sort. I don't know but believe they accidentally prepared Chicken Masala. Daawat Indian Cuisine offers different Indian Foods that you don't come across all the time. Portions are very large and Prices are Low. Some Hits and Some Misses warrants a three star rating read more

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Delicious! Very Authentic and reasonable prices. I would definitely eat here again or get it delivered. Yummm

I am honestly surprised to see any good reviews on this store. My partner (and also my partners dad) has been here multiple times, and every single time the service is absolutely terrible. Not only does the restaurant smell absolutely awful when you walk inside, but so does the staff's attitude. One cashier even had the audacity to roll her eyes and get frustrated when my partner said they had a mobile order to pick up. Having a good experience here is rare, which makes me believe the good reviews on here were made by the staff members themselves. read more

Good and tasty food. Service was pretty fast. Ambiance was just okay. Food portion was less. Prices per dish was little high. Overall a good restaurant to try. read more

This is our to-go place if we are craving for Ulavacharu biryani..We have been introduced to this place by a friend of ours and we have been going everyweek after that(Almost 6 months now).. We have never tried anything other than biryanis at this restaurent but we love it! Place is really small and we have noticed that most of the orders were take out. Aiming to try out chaat items next time... Update: we did try samosa chaat and we loved it!! Large quantity and amazing taste!! read more

Daawat Indian Cuisine - Indian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

this is the best tasting indian food I have ever had. everything was so unbelievably fresh and so unbelievably favorable.

Excellent food , Biryanis are fantastic . Their Indian style Chinese dishes are super . The Owner is the Chef , so the attention to detail is precise . read more

Great food.. friendly service.. Their chicken biryani was our of the world... Will surely return back! read more

Some of my boyfriend's clients recommended this place and it absolutely did not disappoint! My friend who runs an Indian food blog was visiting and we decided to try it out while he was in town. We had Chicken Tikka Masala, Saag Paneer, vegetable Korma, samosas and garlic naan. I'm salivating just thinking about it. It was all incredible. read more

food so old today my first time trying I don't like it !! And then restaurant to dirty read more

When you find a restaurant that your heart and palate have both been looking for you want to keep coming back. This is my place!! Found Daawat on a search for Indian on my way home from work and so glad I did. Shabana and Bobbo are so kind and helpful at recommending dishes for those who are new to Indian. They have North & South Indian dishes. They perfectly spice things to your liking. Tikka Masala, Biryani, Khoorma, Makhani, etc are all amazing. read more

Daawat Indian Cuisine - Menu - Outside - Indian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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This restaurant was without question the best Indian food I have ever eaten. The servings were generous. The flavor was authentic and a must go for anyone who loves a great meal. read more

Absolutely love this place! Come here a lot, I love the food which is why I give it 4 stars. I take a star off only because the restaurant needs a SERIOUS deep cleaning and sometimes when I walk in there is stuff all over the place and looks as if no one is really keeping up with the cleaning part of the restaurant, but honestly I'm not too picky and I still get food from here! I'm just saying as a helpful tip and someone who works in a restaurant keep your space clean! Especially as a small business, customers can easily get turned off if they feel the space is isn't clean. Also the women at the front need to work on being a little bit more friendly and not ignore people when they walk in. read more

Loved the meat samosas and garlic naan, but the chicken tikka masala was seriously lacking. I came to Daawat after reading a great review about the meat samosas. Was not disappointed. They were stuffed with yummy well seasoned meat and vegetables. It came with mint chutney and a tamarind chutney, both had nice flavors. Then came the chicken tikka masala. It was a nice orange color that screams "I'm bursting with flavor!" However, first bite betrays all. Very, very plain tasting. The chicken itself was okay, veggies were good, but overall really lacking flavor. The garlic naan was very yummy and crispy. Would eat by itself. I would go again to eat more samosas and maybe try the biryani or another menu item since this place has a lot of nice reviews. But certainly wouldn't get the chicken tikka masala again. read more

Daawat Indian Cuisine - Meat samosas! - Indian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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We ordered food in New years Eve through Uber eats. The order came after 3.5 hours. Yes, 3.5 hours!!! We got our good just around 11 by which time we had already made other arrangements and we had lost our appetite anyway. yes I understand that 1)this was the only indian place which was open and 2) they had a huge crowd. But why accept orders when you know this?! The biryani we ordered had one single skinny piece of chicken!! One! The food was just awful. Needless to say, we're never ever going here again and we HIGHLY recommend you guys don't either read more

Extremely disappointed by the portion sizes! I am a student, just trying to treat myself to one decent meal and spent my limited funds on the smallest entree iv ever seen.... At least it tastes good read more

Daawat Indian Cuisine - $13 "entree" - Indian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

I've been here about 5 or 6 times. Never seen a white dude in here. Is that offensive? Not meant to be, just making a comment about the authenticity. Anyway, I love this place. Consistently excellent food and quick service. read more

A family owned little spot, and the owner was polite and very accommodating when we put in a catering order. The price was fair and negotiable, and the quality was very good. read more

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I wouldn't have given a star if there was an option not to. Any way coming to the point got family pack Keema biryani( salty taste), chicken 65(totally rubbish with lot of bones in it) god knows what chef know about indian food. Got Goat fry(no taste at all with no salt in it), chicken curry and goat curry same as above. End of the story ... won't recommend to anyone and I was utterly disappointed Please Don't say that this is Hyderabad's food, Thanks. read more

1st time eating here and 1st time having authentic Indian food. The owner was nice and answered my questions about what's this and whats that lol. I ordered the Lamb Dum Biryani, Gulab Jamun and garlic naan. Everything was good. I took a star off because it was barely any lamb in the biryani which made it basically lots of rice. I will be back to try some of their other dishes read more

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Coming from LA, it has been difficult to really make me crave some of my favorite ethnic foods here in AZ. But I wanted Indian delivered and this was my one choice. And now it will be my first choice for Indian. Yum. Yum. Yum. The Tika is perfectly spiced. Tangy and spicy and unique. And the, I think, homemade naan was lumpy in places, flat in others giving it a very rustic feel. And it's another one of those flavors that has a taste like no other. Naan is just so perfect here. And they have both vegetable and meat samosas! Try it. I have no idea what it's like inside but the food is just really, really good. NOTE: Went to order thru Grubhub and my usual order seemed very pricy. I pay more attention to each price. For instance one piece if naan on GH was $3.99. I called the restaurant directly and they said naan was $1.50 per piece. That's a 150% markup. I ordered from the restaurant and saved $30 on my total. Picked it up and asked if they make the overage and they do not. So, I love GH and use it often. But for smaller family run restaurants, I'll check prices from now on. I want everyone to win - GH, the restaurant and me. You, too. So do some checking and consider leaving info when you find this kind of price difference. read more