RESTAURANT: 3 Stars Always lot of options but very long wait times even when it is not crowded. Maybe due to staff shortages that are hurting all businesses. Best samosas and mirchi Bhajji in twin cities. Other attractions are fresh sugarcane juice, Indo-Chinese food. Quality: 4 Stars Quantity: 5 Stars Service: 2 Stars This review is based on average of around last 5-10 visits to this place. Grocery: 5 Stars Great collection of both North and South Indian groceries. Recently they expanded it and added a big namkeen (snacks) section and extended their fresh Chapati (Roti, Indian Bread) section. If you are not from India: You should try their fresh chapatis (Indian staple Bread) to taste what Indians eat on daily basis as naan is not our staple food. read more

India Bazaar - Indian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cashiers need customer service training. I saw them arguing with customers. Not replying to hello to the customer and not smiling

It's a little unassuming from the outside but really good chai. It would be nice if they cleaned the tables for you.

Stopped in this place as I was nearby. Servers were nonchalant and uninterested in assisting. I was right behind a customer, the server turned around and The young lady asked me was I waiting to be his assisted. I didn't bother ordering. I don't frequent places like this. read more

Visited both locations of this business. Not a very user friendly place. The people who work in both places are not knowledgeable about their stocks and quite unhelpful. It feels like they were hired to be there as a warm body, more than serving customers. I will avoid to patronize this business. read more

The only reason I visit this place is because there aren't many alternatives nearby. The food is just okay, nothing special. The staff seem unprofessional, almost as if they're doing you a favor by serving you. If you really want to eat here, you might want to bring your own cleaning supplies -- because they ask customers to clean, yet provide none. The place doesn't seem to care about basic hygiene or customer experience. Definitely not a restaurant I'd recommend. read more

Food is average. They're constantly out of dishes. They don't even give you rice with a $17 curry. (We got 3 curries, they confirmed we don't get rice). Would NEVER go back. read more

Don't be intimidated to come in here. If you like Indian food, you must shop here. Even just for regular rice produce, and meats check it out. Everyone in the store is very helpful. If you look like you don't know what you're doing, they will help you out, lol. Definitely grab yourself some food to go, and the pastries are amazing! read more

Five stars for the excellent fresh whole wheat chapati that India Bazaar makes in front of you. Put it in a dry pan until it puffs up, and swipe some butter on both of the paper thin sides, and scrunch it up with your tongs. These are the best chapati ever! They have a large selection of Indian ingredients, including an entire aisle of various crispy puffs to make a hundred different varieties of bhel puri. Don't forget to stop by the restaurant to pick up something to go. They have wonderful dosas, dal, entrees and appetizers. They have been very strict upholding the highest standards to prevent Covid spread. My only complaint is that the store is a little dingy and messy. read more

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This has been a to-go Indian grocery shop for a lot of Indians from the Hopkins area after the closure of Namaste Plaza. This is a pretty big store with a lot of options from veggies, freshly made rotis, restaurant, meat shop and they also sell small snacks like samosas, puffs and even quick eats like subjis and biryanis. The rotis that they make out of the huge roti maker are fresh and hot. Make sure you buy a pack of it if you are here for the first time. The veggies are fresh for most of the time and they do a good job of replenishing it promptly. They have a large variety of readymade mixes and pickles too. One thing I haven't liked much and the reason to rate this place one star less is the stench that comes out of the meat section as they cut through it. No disregards to people who eat meat but the smell is highly intolerable to people like me who don't eat it. I have informed this politely to the front desk folks couple of times, but they don't care to give a damn about setting it right. Nevertheless, this store is a typical Indian Walmart shop where you can find anything under the sun and the sections are neatly categorized to provide a seamless shopping experience. read more

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This is a typical Indian grocery store/cafe---in a suburban strip mall, offering packaged products along with a standard slew of North and South Indian hot foods in a run-down cafe. That said, the selection of packaged and frozen goods was above average, with stuff you can't find elsewhere. Also, the hot foods were really tasty. The cafe is disorganized, slow and not terribly friendly, which is why I'm docking them a star. Vegan pro-tip: Indian grocery stores tend to be highly vegan-friendly, both in terms of fresh and packaged goods. Take a look at my photos and explore for yourself to get unusual products you won't find anywhere else. The veggie samosas ($4) are great and I loved the roasted green chili they give you. These things are super spicy. The mango dal ($6) was delicious with good texture and heartiness, though I wish it had been slightly less liquid. The veggie puff ($3) also tasted good and was filled with a mixture of corn and chickpeas. If you want the best cheap packaged vegan ramen around, get the Maggi Masala Atta Noodles ($3). Once you've had these, Nissin or whatever other brand, you won't go back. I also highly recommend Kurkure Munch or Bikano Chatax as snacks. These are basically Cheetos, but spiced with actual herbs and Indian flavors, instead of fake cheese and artificial flavors. They're also all vegan. read more

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Delicious food and great service!!! Cant wait to come back :) Tried all different kinds of foods and was pleased with it all! read more

Amazing Chai Samosa with a Chilli place!! Yes my readers I am talking about the restaurant that they maintain. I am new to the city and you can tale the word of new girl in town . We ordered a to-go for Chicken Chettinad, Veg kofta curry , Chapati combo along with tea , samosa. I was totally delighted with the tea, samosa. The lunch was also delectable. Hence, I totally recommed this place to every one. read more

India Bazaar - Samosa - Indian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

This is as authentic as it gets. Enjoy Indian cuisine at its finest with a laid back feel. Boherees chicken biryani was perfectly spiced and topped with cilantro, onion, lime and egg. read more

Had lunch on a Sunday while they had a special lunch buffet. One of the best Indian buffets I have had in recent days. The number of items in the buffet was huge. So we just had a little bit of everything. Crab Masala and Chicken Fry were the best. The Chicken Biriyani was good but not the best. They had spiced buttermilk. It was too spicy and oily. There are way too many items to list here. Overall the food was great! Now to the service - definitely not the best. I don't think they have enough folks to service all the customers. You have to pretty much take care of things by yourself - getting water, used plates. If they just address this, it would make the overall experience complete. For us, it was not a big deal because the food compensates for everything. read more

The egg fried rice was really good! Super flavourful. I also enjoyed the sugar cane juice!

I read some reviews about poor customer service but my experience today was the opposite. Both the woman on the grocery side and the gentleman on the cafe side were very courteous to me. I ordered online (through Yelp/Grubhub) and specified a time about an hour in the future and it was ready on time. I've never been and purchased a bunch of new snacks in the grocery store, they have an excellent selection. We tried some standard stuff in the cafe that we haven't found worth eating at other Indian restaurants in the twin cities (after CA and TX we thought maybe in MN they just don't do these things the same): Butter chicken and veggie samosas are the best we've had here! Both were flavorful and had the right spice level (spicy but not overly). I had a chikoo shake which was something different and delicious than the standard mango lassi at most restaurants (they have that too). The freshly made chapatis are top notch, we'll be back! read more

Its a small and nice place for Indian food. I love their food. Especially the biryanis. They always have a special item for evening and they will be exceptional in taste. The indo Chinese items are a must try. There would a little wait time to get your food. But it's totally worth the wait! read more

India Bazaar - Fried Rice - Indian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

So happy to see lots of positive changes and improvements to this store! I'm most excited about the meat counter they've added (zabiha for those who care) - fresh meat cut the the right way for our desi dishes =) Unfortunately (for some of us) they don't carry beef. They've also added a quick-serve counter with ready-to-go samosas, pakoras, mithai, etc., as well as expanded their fresh produce section! read more

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My first visit and my 1st biryani in India Bazaar(Had jackfruit Biryani) It was so yummy. I really loved it. Thank you India Bazaar.

Liked the pastries..especially the falooda pastry. Loved all their biriyanis. My top favorites are paneer biriyani & veg pulav with their salan & raitha. read more

India Bazaar - Indian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

As I am a fan of Indian food,went for breakfast today after seeing their Facebook post.The staff helped me by explaining the menu items and suggested me to try bonda something made with plain flour,that tasted heavenly good.Will sure go here very soon again!!! read more

India Bazaar - Indian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rude staff. Would rather go someplace where the staff is more hospitable and appreciate your services. Mediocre food that's usually not warm or fresh. read more

I was super excited to visit this restaurant as they had a Plethora of Biryanis and was more curious to satisfy my palette. Along with my other friends we did reach this restaurant at 7.30 ish and got our table at 7.55 PM . I was more curious to eat Old city Biryani, Natukodi Biryani , Guntur Biryani. Biryani was really horrible and the rice grain was heated up to the core and could hardly eat. Tried reaching people and My god no one was willing to hear Natukodi Biryani- Hardly got pieces and we literally waited for so long time. Biryani rice was horrible Old city Biryani- This is what they named it for Kabsa Biryani( Which is never an Old City Biryani) Its a Arabic Biryani which is so Happening in Hyderabad these days. Old City always been a very Spl Dum Biryani which is so Good. Guntur Bilal Biryani- My Word they messed up this Biryani . Its different and the texture and color should be different. In this restaurant they totally screwed up. Shrimp Biryani- They have totally made it into a colorful biryani adding color to Shrimp. Honestly it was a crap. Never saw shrimp with color in biryani. Probably they have reinvented it Natukodi Biryani- Cannot comment too much as they could not refill it . I understand that running a restaurant is not so easy and maintaining the quality is difficult but I really waited with Patience as this restaurant made me Go Bonkers whenever i had something or the other. Please make sure you guys do not mess up the traditional dishes and would not refrain myself letting people know. Gods sake Food is a disaster. We had Gulab Jamoons and they were Good. I would request them not to try the dishes which they are not aware of and please make sure that the traditional dishes does not loose its charm Signing off with Bitter Disappointment!!! Unfortunately there is No option of giving No !! Lastly i would say that Grocery Store is really Good. Variety of Stuff.. Focus on it and i think they can Rock read more

India Bazaar - FLYER!!! - Indian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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This place is bad, especially the restaurant. This is the 2nd time I ordered goat biryani. Came home and it is chicken biryani. This be place is dirty and check everything after buying. read more

I love their food. They have a lot of options with a vast menu. Happened to have the biryani on their biryani night. We had goat biryani, which was really tasty and fresh at a reasonable price. It's a small and nice place for Indian food. Will definitely come back with friends. read more

Went there today - Dosa was great. But the Sheikh Kabob was awful - it tasted frozen, not fresh, bland, and was 16 dollars for garbage. Paneer was just ok. Will only come back for dosa - everything else was bad. read more

Their cafe sells food made out of frozen veggies. If you order chat like bhel puri, they rip off a bhel puri mix right from their grocery store add onions and tomatoes and garnish, this can be prepared at your home itself, there is no need to spend some buck for this preparation. Rest all are also similar. And one customer was complaining as he realized that the samosas are just taken out from the freezer and deep fried. They don't prepare anything from scratch. Everything is FROZEN. Beware if you are prepared to eat frozen food. read more

I have been looking for early Indian breakfast place, I like their idly , dosa and Vada with side chutney and sambhar. They are pretty authentic and home style. read more

This might be the best Indian restaurant in Minneapolis. I would come back for some home feel food here. They have been consistent every time. I also like their chapatis and some of their curries. Keep up the quality and you will go a long way. read more

Taking advantage of being only Indian store in the neighborhood. Indian groceries are costlier at least by 30% and common vegetables are most of the times cheaper in Cubs and other local stores. Fresh Indian food and rotis are surly a saving grace. read more

Extremely helpful even to the culturally ignorant. Great deli. Went in looking for some ingredients to make a chicken tikka dish and ended up learning about all kinds of spicing combinations and different variants of a tikka dish. Ended up getting samosas from the deli and they were amazing read more

I use to visit India Bazaar for groceries and snacks. Today i had ordered half tray veg biriyani, naan and paneer gravy for pickup as i had some guests at home. First of all, they forgot Raita and salna and the veg biriyani was horrible. It was full of salt, my guests and kids threw all the food away. The remaining biriyani goes to the garbage. When i called them to give feedback, they said, oh sorry we forgot the raita and salna. About veg biriyani, the chef tasted before serving the food and it was perfect and denied my feedback. I really wanted to go in person and make them taste the biriyani they have made but i don't think they care and saved from further embarrassment. The naan was good though. read more

Very nice place for Indian Groceries and Cafe, wide varieties of fresh veggies and all varieties of Indian spices, fresh chapati, Batter and meat . Well stocked, comprehensive selection and great personalized service makes this my favorite , weekly store to visit. read more

Cafe is worst they kept me waiting for more than an hour just for 1 dish intially the person in the cashier told me to wait for 15 minutes.

Reasonable prices and wide range of indian groceries. Fresh meat and vegetables. Owners are generous to communicate with the customers to get the stock if you don't find any specific products in the store read more

Chicken 65 isn't really chicken 65 . It's a made up version of their Manchuria and it's still not worth that price . I guess there is no Indian restaurant around making them thrive with these high prices for low quality food. read more

In my entire life this is the worst Biryani I had. Rice and mutton not cooked. Probably it's old and rotten food. We took 2 goat biryani take out and opened not cooked so threw everything thing on garbage.as we spend 15 $ each hence I want to try one goat piece and for that mistake we are suffering from yesterday with stomach upset . Please please please don't go tho this restaurant. read more

The grocery store is okay but the new restaurant is horrendous. Overpriced, extremely dirty and poor quality food

Pretty good place for Indian groceries and vegetables. Their fresh made curries and chapatis are very good. Biryani is also pretty tasty.