One of Curry Lounge's specialties, the Amritsari Kulcha with Chole is a popular North Indian dish…read more Often consumed for breakfast, Amritsari Kulcha is a stuffed unleavened flatbread, traditionally cooked in a tandoor oven. It consists of spiced mashed potatoes, paneer, yogurt, mixed vegetables & onions. Topped with a slathering of butter or ghee. Never served by itself, Amritsari Kulcha is paired with Chole (chickpea curry). For dipping, raita (yogurt) & tamarind chutney complete the meal. I've had Amritsari Kulcha at many establishments in Little India, and Curry Lounge does it the best! An order is large and a generous amount of food, that'll keep you full for the rest of the day. Regarding the remodel, the restaurant is now more spacious and accommodating for more guests. The murals on the walls & decorations add to the appeal. I've been a regular at Curry Lounge, since they opened, and will continue to be so. Highly recommend!

Man, I really had high hopes for this place. We ordered the chicken tikka masala, butter chicken,…read moresaag aloo, garlic naan, white rice, and samosas to start. I'll start with the positives -- the samosas were actually really good. Great flavor, crispy texture, and the sauces they came with were excellent. Service was also great, and our server was very friendly and attentive. Now for the disappointing part. The garlic naan was super doughy and almost cake-like, which was not enjoyable at all. The butter chicken was overwhelmingly sweet to the point where it honestly tasted more like dessert than curry. The tikka masala was better, but it seriously lacked salt and flavor depth. The saag aloo was creamy, but overall pretty bland and forgettable. The biggest disappointment was the amount of chicken in both dishes. We were left with bowls full of sauce and barely any meat. It honestly felt like we paid for soup with a few pieces of chicken thrown in. We left feeling pretty ripped off, especially for the price. Maybe it was just an off night since they were busy, but based on this experience, we won't be coming back.

So sad this place is gone. Now it's some tacky, low energy restaurant. Really sad!!!…read more The new place had dull vibes walking in, felt like a cafeteria with mismatched plastic water bottles and pre-packaged lassi...it felt like a knock off Yantra...clearly riding off the prestige on Google and Yelp! Most importantly the menu and people trying to wait on us had next to nil for people skills. Even after pointing out what I wanted they still selected the wrong things... Wife and I spent about a year visiting artesia to get wedding garments for us and our respective wedding parties...and this was always our first stop! Shout out to the Yantra owner, Raj, and the hostess who always worked with Raj! Again, so sad to see it go...after becoming regulars...

PRETTY AMAZING FOOD. NGL... SOLID 5 STARS…read more EVERY Curry dish was EXCELLENT. Chicken, cheese, lamb All Good. Daal super delicious. Naan bread and Naan with cheese, very solid. Fried cauliflower was great. Puff pastry wasn't all that... Is what it is. ICED COFFEE was hella good Sweet dipping sauce is great Green veggie herb dipping sauce was great. SERVICE EXCELLENT.

The India Restaurant is located in Artesia on the block with all of the amazing Indian restaurants…read more My boyfriend and I were somewhat in the area, and we made a slight detour to explore the area. This was such a great spontaneous discovery. They have a small parking lot in the front where we parked, but then we saw later on that they also have additional parking in the back if you don' see spots in the front. Upon entering the staff was welcoming. The gave us a few tables to choose from that were cleaned and appropriate for 2 people. I just want to say service was impeccable our whole time there. Everyone on their team took turns checking on us, making sure our waters were refilled, and that we had everything we needed to enjoy our meal. So nice!! As we explored the menu, we saw the combination dinners that allowed us to get more variety, which we love. We both picked a different combo so we could share and try more things. My boyfriend enjoys tandoori so he went with the Mix Tandoori Grill ($26.95) that comes with an assortment of Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Seekh Kabab, Chicken Tikka, Fish Tikka served in a sizzling platter on a bed of onions with naan, rice, and gulab jamun. So much food! I picked the India Special ($24.95) which comes with chicken tikka, the choice of lamb or chicken curry which I opted for the chicken, veg, korma, raita, rice, naan, and gulab jamun. What a FEAST!! For the naan I asked for the garlic naan and it was INCREDIBLE. Wow! Might be THEE best Indian food I have ever enjoyed. Between the two of our orders I felt like I had the variety I have when I go eat at Indian buffets. My boyfriend loved the tandooris platter. All of the proteins were cooked perfectly. I assume they were prepped separately to get to the right cooking temp. So funny because my boyfriend was eating the rice while I was indulging in the naan. Dipping the naan in the curry and the korma. Nom Nom Nom! So fun and so delicious. My boyfriend was even saying this is one of the best meals he had in a while. I was so full when the gulab jamun dessert came out at the end but it was so delicious I still ate all of it. Without a doubt the best execution of this dessert I have ever had. We will definitely be back when we find ourselves craving Indian food.

We went here on a Wednesday night. They have parking in front and in the back of the restaurant. It…read moreis really nice inside. Their menu has lots of good options. We ordered the Vegetarian & Meat Samosas. 5/5 Really Tasty The garlic & butter naan was also very good. 5/5 The Tikka Masala & Butter Chicken were great too. 5/5 When you order a plate they give you family style rice. You can always ask for more rice. The service was great too. I will definitely return and try other menu options.

Simplified version - good quality food, solid portion sizes, and a really comfortable "community…read morevibe". -- longer version below -- The food is great! The butter chicken is my favorite, I know it's the most basic b Indian food but everything I've tried has been awesome. Sangeetha's cooking has made me ok with trying some vegetarian food when I thought I'd never like any non meat-centric dish. Swing by, try something new or enjoy something old. Relevant - it's not super spicy, but that's ok to me, it's more accessible to people that might be turned off by excessive spice - I have some scorpion pepper powder that I add to bring the heat, and it doesn't hurt the flavor that I've come to love. They're not open Mondays, but hey - she deserves time off! A suggestion if I may - grab an extra bowl of butter chicken alongside whatever else you get, and throw a fried egg or two on top the next morning for breakfast. DOES NOT HAVE BANANAS! As a professional simian that is of note, but not a negative ;) There are random snacks I've never seen before, I've tried a few and have been happy with what I've sampled. The bottles of mango lassi are super tasty and for me, it helps my heartburn.

Original review: I am South Asian myself, but I was not overwhelmed by the food. I felt like it was…read morejust fine. I could've cooked it at home. I probably will not be returning, but it wasn't bad. I think non-south Asians would really like it. Edit: I was going to delete my review, but I got a private message from the owner with a ton of attitude, asking me to take this down, but I don't feel like that's ethical. I don't think three stars is bad. So just to restate. The food is not bad. But I'm not going to take this review down because I don't feel like it's appropriate for the owner to message you privately with an attitude and try to strong-arm you into taking down the review. I have left plenty of reviews about restaurants in Little India, and not once as anybody messaged me with the tone that you have used with me. So I'm leaving it up. Live and learn. Edit: I got a notification that the owner continued to add to her comment, so to answer her questions, I don't remember what I got because it was several months ago, but I remember that it was just okay. It wasn't bad but your approach to dealing with your customers is. I don't think that Yelp has the option of messaging people so you can come at them with a shitty attitude and strong-arm them into trying to change their review. You're honestly just making yourself look worse.

Use to come here often a long while back. Hubby and I needed a to swing by an Asian market to get…read moreingredients for shabu shabu and thought of this place. It is still a great value at 21.99 for Saturday lunch buffet. There is a good selection of Indian staples, chicken tikka masala, paneer sag, Muton stew. All very tasty though some of the chicken in the tikka masala and the pepper chicken were a little dry. They also had gulab jamun and other sweets. Being so busy, food is constantly replenish from the kitchen. It's one huge open room and quite hectic at lunch time. There were a lot of servers and they were good at clearing out plates, refilling water and overall vein attentive. The interiors are neither here nor there, not basic, but thankfully not garrish either. The sound level though, quite noisy. It you're craving Indian buffet in the Cerritos or Long Beach area this place is still with a visit.

I've been coming to this restaurant for over 10 years now. Service has been hit or miss. But…read morenothing I couldn't look past. Today was some of the worst service I had ever seen from the front desk team. The hostesses appeared to be discriminating against a woman because of her service animal. I'm not sure they understand how ILLEGAL what they did today was. We arrived for Mother's Day because my mom loves the all you can eat buffet there and it's one of her favorite restaurants. The hosts up front seemed a bit scattered and were quoting random times to people. We were told it would be about 15-20 minutes. I think we were seated after 30 minutes. They called us up and then told us wait the table isn't ready so asked us to wait another 5 minutes. The reason I took off 3 stars is because a very nice woman had been waiting with her friends and her service dog longer than us. She was extremely patient and kind. She waited outside with her dog and didn't complain once about the wait. I heard the hosts discussing her dog and they were like oh that's a BIG service dog. It was just a normal small sized black lab. And they never began preparing a table for her. The woman finally came in after about 30 minutes to say she had been waiting and was told they were just setting up a table. They kind of brushed her off and said we will get to you. It seems like they had no intention of ever seating her and her friends. They seated multiple large groups before her. We were table of two and we got sat so we thought she would be next and she wasn't. Eventually the poor woman left. They have a sign outside saying service dogs are allowed. This is not true. And you will be discriminated against and not be given a table. I'm not sure if the hosts know how illegal their behavior was. It was clear her dog was a real service animal and the hostesses did not care for her at all. I was a hostess at two restaurants when I was younger and I have never seen anyone treat a customer so poorly before. I truly hope they apologize to this woman. - As for inside the restaurant the servers and waitstaff were extremely friendly. It is a bit scattered and you don't know who your server is so it is hard to flag people down. But they still serve water, naan, and anything else you need promptly. The entire restaurant was packed. Every table was full and the staff always had the food trays full of items. The items also all tasted fresh. All besides the Hakka noodles. That one was a little soggy or over boiled for my taste. I am vegetarian so I got their spinach and mushroom pasta which was surprisingly good. Paneer tikka was also very good. They also had channa/chole. They have street food station where they made fresh pani puri which was great. I believe this station is switched out each buffet day. The last time I was here it was dev puri. And they had someone making paneer tacos. The man making the tacos was really friendly and seemed really happy to be helping everyone. They had samosas and puff pastries as appetizers. They have wide variety of sweets such as carrot halwa, gulab jamun, jalebi, sweets, Kheer, and mango fruit custard. There is a variety of meat dishes such as tandoor chicken, mutton, chili chicken, and chicken curries. I think the only issue with this place is how the hostesses treat customers. Especially new customers. This is their first impression of the restaurant.

Came here on a whim while craving some Indian food…read more The owner is very obviously kind and has a good sense of humor. Ordering can be on the phone after scanning a QR code or through a physical kiosk. I ordered the Non-Veg Lunch Special which comes with rice, naan, two meat entrees, and a side salad. The highlight of my meal was the naan, which was amazingly fresh and buttery. I got the curry chicken and tikka masala which also did not disappoint. All in all a great experience for a quick meal that was able to satisfy my cravings.

Love this place! The butter chicken is to die for! The chicken tikka masala pizza, garlic naan, and…read morealoo gobi were also delicious! The owner cracked us up and was very attentive. We enjoyed chatting with her. The small restaurant is very homey and comfortable. We got to chat here for a while. We really enjoyed this place and wanna be regulars!

Really nice buffet options, gods variety and wonderful staff…read more Clam atmosphere, nice ambiance

Good food. Buffet was great and service/ ambiance was good. Very good price for the quality of food!read more

AMAZING. Every dish…read morethat came out was handmade. Food quality is great. The Garlic Cheese Naan was perfectly crisp. The owners were also sooooo sooo nice. Inside was ok. I believe it is mostly a to-go place. I'm glad I came here to try Indian food for the first time. It felt like I tried Indian food from someone's home.

We had a tasty experience at Paratha Grill. The parathas were flavorful and fresh, with great…read morevariety and authentic preparation--perfectly golden and well-stuffed, especially when paired with their curries. Many of the classic Indian breads and dishes here are delightfully satisfying and hit the spot when you want something hearty and comforting. The atmosphere is casual and relaxed, making it a good choice for a quick lunch or dinner without pretension. Service was friendly and efficient, and we appreciated how fresh the food tasted, with made-to-order parathas right off the grill. There were a few things we tried that were just okay, and a couple of items might benefit from bolder seasoning, but overall the food is enjoyable and well worth the visit if you're in the Artesia area. The menu has a nice mix of vegetarian and meat options, so there's something for everyone. Definitely a solid spot for authentic Indian flatbreads and comfort dishes--we'll be back to try more from the menu.

This was my second time here. Delicious and varied spread - the menu changes often. All their…read morepreparations are tasty - some sabjis are oily (the okra is yumm but quite oily). Always enjoy their kadhi. Chaas is also served. The unlimited thali also comes with a dessert. I got their rose falooda ice cream (the ice cream was good; the presentation and quantity were ok). Friend got their Shrikhand and loved it. Service is great - they keep checking in to make sure there is no gap in your meal experience. You are never left waiting for roti/poori/ rice. Beautiful interiors!

Thali was okay, not spiced well. Roti's weren't very soft. Puri was good…read more Galub jamun was not good What is with LA indian food being mediocre. Bay Area is more similar to what I had in Rajasthan

Food Tikki chaat -…read moreFlavorful and good portion for $9. A decent kick. 4.7/5 Samosa - Another flavor bomb full of a potato pea blend. The mint chutney banged and the tamarind chutney was solid. 4.8/5 Garlic naan - This is the best garlic naan I've ever had. Garlickly and delicious. Perfection. 5/5 Mango lassi - Balanced and delicious. Elegant. 4.8/5 Service 4.5/5 Ambiance 4.5/5 Overall, this is near perfect Indian food full of flavor. I can see why it's on the Top 100 LA list. Some of the best Indian food I've had. Not too pricey either.

SERVICE - located in little India on pioneer blvd…read more- parking available on street or in one of the nearby lots - ambiance good for a casual, family friendly meal - service was okay but slow and some dishes took very long to be served MENU - rajasthani selection of entrees and thalis - all vegetarian with vegan options available - average price FOOD - baingan ka bharta (7/10): roasted eggplant mashed in a tomato sauce. This was one of the few dishes that did not contain dairy. Relative to the roti it was served with, the portion could have been bigger by filling the bowl more. The flavors were good with the smokiness of the eggplant and the warmth of the spices. - bajra roti (2/10): this was not very pleasant to eat. It was much thicker than i was expecting which made it hard to tear into small pieces and chew. WOULD I GO BACK? Maybe, though there are other nearby places that I have enjoyed more.