My family and I were in Tempe area and looking for a place to eat. As with everything, I like to research recommendations through Yelp. Nandini Indian Cuisine is highly rated so we decided to give it a try. The Sunday champagne buffet brunch was very reasonably priced. We thoroughly enjoyed the flavorful varieties of dishes. The curries, naan bread, and samosas were delicious and perfectly seasoned. I highly recommend this restaurant if you are craving great Indian food and attentive service. My family and I will definitely be repeat customers. read more

Walked in at 5 and it Was empty. Soon after arrival people started pouring in. We ordered and our food And it came out so fast. It was nice portion sizes, not too overwhelming or too small and tasted amazing. I recommend the tikki masala or the curry chicken. The nan bread was also fantastic. Great service, very friendly and welcoming. The owner even came out to speak with us and thank us for coming in. Truly a great Indian dinning experience. We will be back with friends or family. Thank you Nadini Indian cuisine! read more

Original Indian Kitchen - Amazing curry, nan and masala!! - Indian Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Great service, great flavors. WOW! can't wait to go back. My co-workers visiting from India put this at the top of the list for authentic flavors of home. Good for all-veggie/vegan options. We had the buffet, which was good variety and really good quality. The place is clean, but very simple décor. read more

ROCK SOLID!! Just went for the lunch buffet and can't begin to describe the VALUE. Fresh Naan bread brought to the table piping hot. Great selection of Meat and Vegetarian options. Will definitely be back. read more

Love this place. Very authentic tasting Indian food. My roommates and I love it. I can't wait to go back

This is my favorite Indian Restaurant! They have the best lunch buffet and it seems to get better and better every time we go. The waiters are all so welcoming and friendly! I cant wait to take my parents to eat there when they are in town. Love love love it!! read more

Worst food ever. Came here for dinner, that maybe the reason for my experience. Their medium spicy was way over spicy. Had stomach churns that night. DO NOT GO HERE FOR DINNER. read more

We came across Nandini on Yelp while looking for a half-way place to meet friends that live in east valley. Lots of good reviews helped us decide to give Nandini a try. I'm happy to say the Yelp reviews were spot-on, Nandini is a great Indian restaurant! Since I am new to Indian cuisine I'm not really qualified to provide an in depth critique of the food but I can say this - everything we ate was delicious! Something I can comment on is their great service! The owner was our server and he was really excited to see new faces at Nandini. He also seemed really pleased that the positive Yelp reviews are generating new business. If you are like me and fairly new to Indian cuisine I highly recommend Nandini. Their menu isn't overwhelming and has the english description of each dish so you won't be afraid to make a choice. read more

Absolutely fantastic! Best Indian food I've had in Phoenix. The staff is friendly and welcoming. Happy to educate about the history of their food and culture if you're interested, and truly understand customer service. I had the lamb vindaloo (spicy of course), garlic naan, and a Haywards 5000 beer (at the recommendation of the staff). The vindaloo was perfectly prepared. The lamb was nice and tender and the spices were a perfect combination of spicy and savory. The Haywards 5000 is apparently newly imported to the U.S., and is far superior IMHO to Kingfisher or Taj Mahal. I'm glad they recommended it. As an added bonus, they brought me a sample of the Jalapeño Fritter. As of right now this is an off-menu item, but I strongly suggested they add it to the menu as it was fantastic. If you like jalapeños and don't see it in the menu, ask for it. read more

My first time trying Indian food and it was absolutely amazing! I got the chicken tikka masala, side of yogurt & rice, and naan. All very good and the chicken tikka masala had the perfect amount of spice read more

Original Indian Kitchen - Indian Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

This place is our favorite. The food is really good (we have tried others around the valley and we come back here). The mango lassi is perfection! Today we tried goat and it was tender! I can go on. read more

Original Indian Kitchen - The waiter offered me champagne!... Why not? Yum! - Indian Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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I ordered takeout from this place since it had so many positive reviews, and for the most part I was very pleased with the food. We got the the chicken Tika masala, shrimp tandoori, basmati rice, and garlic nan. The shrimp tandoori was AMAZING. Sweet, sour, and spicey with tons of peppers and onions and large marinated shrimp. The restuarant deserves 5 stars for this dish alone. However, the chicken Tika masala , while it has a nice flavor, was dry and the sauce was very thick for my liking. The garlic nan was delicious, but disappointingly the rice was dry like the chicken, and tasted old. Overall I would order from here again just for the tandoori shrimp alone, and probably just stick with the nan or request fresh rice. read more

Great food, great service... Family style Indian food that is definitely worth the trip!

This place is one of the better INDIAN CUISINE SREVING restaurants. I hope the experience I had was an isolated negative experience. I continue to patronise this place as a number of my friends who I introduced to this place do. read more

Hadn't been here in a while. I was impressed with the boldness of the spices, especially in a rice dish that had really up-front tumeric. Might have been too much for some, but just the way I like it. Garlic naan, same. HIGHLY recommended! Not busy at all at 6 PM on a Thursday. Should be busier, best Indian food I've had in a while. read more

This place is delicious! I love that you can order anything spicy and it actually is spicy!

Just had dinner with my brudder from New York at Nandini, good eats!! I had the tikka masala and he had the curry chicken, both were great! The naan and the beer were also pretty good! We will be back!! read more

Yikes. First indian try of the valley was a little disappointing. Pros: Spicy! Most of the buffet choices have some kick. I also like the Carrot Halwa and I had not had that before. Service was nice too. Cons: Salty! This must be the white people version of indian. It pretty much negated the spicy. They obviously want to cater to the mcdonalds eaters. Garlic naan. I don't mind it, but if i could choose naan or heavy garlic naan, I'll have regular naan. Lastly, no korma. I should have called to ask if that was on the buffet. read more

Celebrated a birthday dinner here with the family. Vegetable samosas = yummy. Crispy pastry crust really was crispy. My Mutter Paneer was delicious - and the Lamb Korma was lovely! I would definitely order any/all of those again! I love that they have a whole menu section for naan. read more

The restaurant is good and so was the owner. Food was ok , yes just ok . Indian food is full of flavors , and its not just colors. Tandoori chicken was more of chilly chicken with too much color in it. and you could see your fingers orange colored . It wasn't even grilled. Chicken curries were good but one of the curry had potatoes . Chicken and potato is a strict no. Palak saag was good . kadhi pakora - fine And why to keep potato sabzi , it is so common. Did not try the chutneys or anything. Sweets were too sweet. Gulab jamun was a little bit hard and so was gajar halwa. The best thing was indian bread , naan . freshly cooked , soft , had that garlic taste. It was the only thing on the menu I liked. And mango lassi too watery , and thin. And couldn't try the rice - they were still making it. This is an honest review. I wished to eat Indian food after so long but it was a disappointment. In tempe its difficult to get good indian food. I would rather say drinks are better than food . Owner is really good read more

Loved, loved, loved the food. So good. Veg korma ctm, pecoras, garlic naan. All spectacular

Had buffet there and we were kinda disappointed. The floor was dirty and which was sticky especially where the food was served. Mango larsi was not even cold. The only good thing is free garlic nan. Remember this place is not pure vegetarian. They serve meat and chicken. read more

Amazing buffet with so many amazing choices and a very great price at that. We will be coming back in the near future!

Amazing food! The lamb vindaloo is the best in town! They are very accommodating when it comes to spiciness, so I can get my dish nice and spicy while my kids can get theirs more on the mild side. If you haven't eaten here, you need to! read more

This is the best Indian restaurant we have found in Phoenix since moving here. The service was great, everyone was very friendly. The food was amazing. We had the tikki saag and Malai kofta (sp?) And I would recommend it to anyone that wants dishes full of flavor. I just finished my meal and already can't wait to come back again to try more new dishes. read more

After seeing the Yelp reviews about this place I had to try it! I'm so glad I did because it was amazing! We got dinner to go and stopped to pick up a movie. The car smelled so good on the way home. Truly, the food was out of this world! We will be back! read more

Absolute favorite Indian delivery. I've tried delivery and dine in at other Indian places and I like these guys best. What sells it is the garlic naan bread. I lived in England for a while and frequented curry mile. You can always tell a good Indian place by the taste of their naan in my opinion. Other places I've been to the naan tasted over cooked or too crispy. Nandini gets it just right which means you know the other dishes are going to be good. I get the same thing every time-chicken tikka masala, naan bread and basmati rice. Perfectly wrapped for a one person dinner or you could make it a leftover. So worth it! read more

The service was friendly. The food was great. I ordered samosas, garlic naan, chicken vindaloo, and chicken biryani. Everything was amazing and full of flavor. Portions were large enough for me to have lunch and dinner the next day! Will definitely be returning. read more

great service. Best lamb curry i've ever had! owner/waiter was extremely helpful and more than willing to answer all my questions. also gave me A free desert and juice drink just so i could try them! read more

Original Indian Kitchen - Great atmosphere - Indian Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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Went with a colleague for lunch buffet last week. Arrived early and the place was quite empty. So we get to eat the first/fresh food out of the kitchen. I like it that way. The items were all tasty and the variety they offer for $6.99 buffet is awesome. The guy who waited on us was constantly checking on us and was very attentive. The place was decent (not much decoration though). Place did not smell bad or anything like some reviewers mentioned. This is the first time I ever reviewed a restaurant; I am from India and can tell this is authentic Indian food. I was writing this so other folks can check them out while the price is still 6.99 for lunch buffet. read more

Good food, casual. The naan bread was a must get. Tried the lamb curry and chicken vindaloo. The lamb curry gets five stars, the chicken not so much due to the fat not trimmed off. I don't claim to be an expert on Indian food so take this with a grain of salt. However, the staff was very friendly and it's evident they're doing their best to bring authentic Indian food to tempe. read more

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We found the food to be very tasty and it came at a good pace. The service was truly awesome. We had samosas appetizer, veggie korma, chicken tikka masala, rice and garlic nan. We would go back regularly if we lived here. We found it based on the address and not by visually spotting the restaurant. It is In a shopping center and the restaurant/sign isn't visible once we were in the parking lot. It was tucked behind an animal hospital. Price was rightly for the quantity and quality of the food. read more

Only tried the buffet and it was OK at best. Definitely not the worst. The service was pretty good but to be honest the place looks like a health hazard. The dishes are all pretty mild and watered down tasting on the buffet. For the price of $6.99. It's worth it for a quick bite though. read more

Since moving to AZ, we've tried four or five Indian restaurants in different parts of the valley, but this is our favorite by far. Note: we've only eaten here for dinner, cannot comment on their buffet. Their vegetable pakoras are the best I've ever had, period. After living in the Bay Area, Chicago, and NYC, this is the highest compliment I can give. Their naan (always steaming and smoldering when it comes to the table) and palak paneer are similarly exceptional. Everything comes to the table deliciously fresh. For some reason, the restaurant is rarely very busy when we've been. In fact, the first time we went we were the only customers. Didn't stop us from having an absolutely delicious meal! Service was great, as you might expect. read more

This is BY FAR the best Indian food restaurant in Tempe. The Tandoori Chicken Saag is my ultimate favorite but their Lamb Saag is great as well as their Lamb Korma, Lamb Rogan Josh, Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Tikka Masala ... ok, I could go on but, I'll spare you. For appetizers - try their Samosa Chaat - it's so fresh and flavorful. I saw someone else comment that their tomato soup wasn't good and I highly disagree! It too is super fresh and flavorful. It's definitely on the spicy side so that may be why it wasn't up their alley. I've been frequenting Nandini since it was Royal Taj (so for about 3 years now) and I've never been disappointed in the food or service (both are just wonderful). I've tried other Indian restaurants in the area and not one holds a candle to Nandini's level of cuisine. I started out being afraid of spice and have moved up to preferring my dishes "Indian Spicy." Thanks, Nandini! read more

FANtastic! This review is for take out. I ordered Aloo Gobi (with a slight modification that they were HAPPY to accommodate)). They allowed me to order at the bar and I asked if I could wait in my car and they said "absolutely" and offered to take it out to me. They brought it out within minutes! When I got home I was happy to see that the portions were large and the food was piping hot! The rice was yummy and fluffy! The garlic nann was great! Aloo Gobi was superb! I was VERY happy with the food and the entire experience. read more

This restaurant has been a family favorite for years, even when it was under different management and called the Royal Taj. The service is great, atmosphere is friendly and the food is delicious. We always order too much so we can enjoy leftovers the next day. The buffet is great. We often take advantage of Groupon and Entertainment offers and they never give us trouble. My son returned from a 6-month stay in India and couldn't wait to get back to Tempe and dine with us at some of the local Indian restaurants. This one is his favorite, for all the reasons I listed above. We went there last night and, as always, enjoyed the experience. We'll be back again soon! read more

I happened to be in the neighborhood last night (1-14-2016) and was driving past when I noticed Nandini. I really enjoy Indian food, so I decided to stop in and give it a try. Best decision possible!!! I have lived overseas and have tasted authentic food from many different regions. I must admit, this is the best Indian food I have had in the US! No kidding! I had the Chicken Tikka, spicy (of course ^,^)... Unbelievable! Also, the nan was amazing! If you happen to be in the area and are a lover of authentic cuisine, give this place a go! Absolutely worth it! Albeit, a bit pricey by the end. Worth it ^,^ read more

My husband and I are always looking for a good Indian buffet and we def found one! Fresh, delicious, and a friendly staff! read more

Original Indian Kitchen - Delicious!!!! - Indian Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Excellent lunch buffet for 10 bucks, mango lassi, chai tea, some items in buffet were a lil spicy total plus, all ingredients were fresh and delicious and everyone working there was courteous and friendly, my new go too lunch spot when the craving for complex spices arouses read more