Great informative service. Great vegetarian selection. Had the Naan with Indian cheese, Mirchi ka Salan Aug the hottest curry and somasas read more

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if you're debating about ordering passage to india for delivery or pickup, here's your sign. just do it. everything is delicious and packed with extreme care. no janky styrofoam containers or spills. i've ordered here numerous times, and they never make mistakes or ignore special requests. the food arrives quickly and piping hot. each entree is at least two servings. highly recommended from a picky indian cuisine connoisseur. read more

The staff is very kind and quick to refill a drink. I love that I can pop in and fill up my plate right away with great food. Love this place. Eat here all the time. read more

Wonderful food made with TLC. So delicious and different than any other place in town that I have tried. Owners care and have good intention. Very fresh and ALWAYS willing to please. I drive from the other side of town to eat here. A++ Thank you for always making my delicious gobi with no potatoes for me and my daughter... read more

Passage to India has the absolute BEST korma and tiki masala that you will find in the Valley. Their spices translate into amazing aromatic flavors with each bite. We have family that drive down from Central Phoenix for and Arcadia for their Korma. I have traveled to the UK many times for business and compare Passage to India to any UK Indian Restaurant (England and Ireland). Their Naan Bread is also amazing-I prefer the Garlic Naan. "Happy" is the bartender and son of the Chef and they have this down. We are going to have it for dinner tonight to watch the NCAA Championship. PS-try their Rice Pudding for dessert too! read more

Love the authenticity and the service is great. They also have a great bar with all the wine and liquor you need. read more

Passage to India - Eat all the naan you can. #lovesgarlicnaan - Indian Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

This is my favorite Indian restaurant in Tempe. The ambience is quite a bit nicer than other Indian restaurants in the area. Service is always fast and friendly and the food is consistently good. My favorite dish is the vegetable korma, but everything is good! read more

The free appetizer served was boring, thin crisps with not so flavorful mint and sweet sauces. I ordered chicken tikka masala which wasn't as creamy as I expected. It was so bad I had to give the leftover chicken to my dogs, after removing the sauce. The worst tikka masala was served with the worst garlic naan. All dry and hard, it hardly had any garlic or butter. There wasn't a nice ambience either. The place looked clean but very old, seemed like the decor wasn't updated since 70s. read more

I love this place. It is very clean, the prices are reasonable, and the food is very delicious. I love their chicken tikka masala, lamb andhra curry and mughlai chicken. The spices are always perfect. I went there for dinner with my family. The staff is super friendly. Throughout the meal, the server would come by to check on us. We had a very good experience. We will most definitely come back. read more

Passage to India - Indian Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

We ordered through Door Dash. The order was accurate and our food hot and well-packaged. It was obviously made and packed with care. We ordered a chicken dish and paneer tikka masala, along with some appetizers, gobi cauliflower and veggie pakoras, and some garlic naan. The dishes were tasty and well-seasoned. We don't like our Indian food too spicy and our request to keep things on the mild side was honored. I'd absolutely order from them again and can't wait to dine in as well. Highly recommend. read more

Dropped in on a Sunday night..it was really quite at 6.30pm.but filled up nearer 8pm. Phew. We thought the absence of people was a sign of food quality. Think again. The food was great quite authentic having traveled several times to india. The spice could have been more..but great flavour and portion sizes. Service pretty average but good food.. read more

Great food, great staff, but I have to laugh I'm there the other night getting ready to leave and approx 9.45 / 9.50 some people walk in and think the whole world needs to recalibrate, the place is shutting in 10 mins, they were offered take away but they think you can stay open till were ready to leave. They were complete assholes of the highest order. read more

I did not have a good experience at this restaurant. Vegetable soup was horrible , Egg noodles were not fresh and probably were made a day ago. This is not authentic taste of Indian Food , wont recommend this restaurant to any one read more

We had the buffet when we went there for lunch. The food wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. If I compare it to some other Indian places I wouldn't go back. The flavors didn't seem as smooth and blended. It felt rushed. The customer service wasn't bad... but nothing memorable. read more

This review is for the buffet only. Their advertising coupon brought us in to the buffet. I must also mention that I frequent Indian buffets and enjoy Indian food. The buffet was not bad, but it wasn't good either. Usually I go for Indian because of the bold flavors, and there just wasn't any flavor to this buffet. It wasn't memorable. The selection of items was just okay. Not impressed. I certainly won't be returning for the buffet and most likely not for dinner. We did have good service, however. read more

Love this place! Great food, wonderful service, and reasonable prices. This has become a monthly treat for us. We always order way too much food and leave with leftovers for days. read more

Passage to India - Family style food. - Indian Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

I was impressed by the novel, and I'm equally impressed by the food at this very contemporary restaurant. Service was attentive and excellent. The indian breads show the mark of a well trained chef and the chicken vindaloo and goat chettinadu curry were flavorful and scrumptious. Some of the best beer and bar prices in the area only serves to emphasize the gem quality of this eating find. read more

Passage to India - Vindaloo and Chettinadu Curries - Indian Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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Ordered Matar panneer and veg biriyani. Matar panneer was really good. But Veg biriyani was equally bad- taste less, had very old cashews and not so fresh veggies (advice to the management- use some quality vegetables and nuts) read more

We have been coming here for over 5 years for lunch. Food is great but we were always worried it wouldn't last as we rarely saw many other people eat here. Today we were informed that they will no longer be allowing children under 5. I would understand this more from dinner but for lunch buffet?!? We always come here with our two kids, guess we won't be back. read more

Restaurant was not busy. Service was great. Server was very friendly and knowledgeable. Lamb and chicken entrées were very good. The lamb entrée was our favorite. Chicken entrée was good but different than we have had at other restaurants. We will be coming back. read more

We got a vegetarian take out yesterday night. The paneer kati roll was good. The aloo mutter and naan were ok, nothing to write home about. The ras malai was just awful, it was like the milk was burnt! But the worst part of our night was that when we had ordered paneer tikka masala, we were given chicken tikka masala. we went home and started to cut the supposedly paneer in the entree, only to realize it was chicken. Now, it is understandable that the order got mixed up. But what irked me was that when I called them to tell about it, the owner acted like its not possible and that I was mistaken. Even though we are vegetarian, we know what chicken looks like. He was extremely rude and asked me to come all the way back to the restaurant to examine the dish himself or to email photos of it. I decided to do neither coz I was completely pissed at the way this was handled. I wouldn't have minded if I hadn't gotten my money back, but to treat a customer like this, all for $10 is unacceptable for me. Terrible way to run a business, and that too when it is new! Anyway, we're never going back and recommend that people check their dish before eating it, coz they are never going to accept their mistake. read more

Passage to India's takeout during COVID has been fantastic! The takeout menu has more options than the buffet. I was especially happy with the Chicken Saag and Chicken Vindaloo. read more

Bad ambience. 1h wait for food when there were only 3 other tables with people. Bad quality and quantity of food.

We got take-out tonight and it was great! The staff were extremely polite and friendly. We got the Lamb Tikka Masala and the Malibu Malabar entrees and garlic Naan and it was all delicious! We will be back often. To update, we come here very often. The staff are still extremely polite and friendly. The happy hour food is awesome and cheap! We also love the drink menu - the lychee martini, the mango martini, and the kamasutra martini with passionfruit and pineapple are all delicious! The staff have made helpful recommendations about what to try too. The place is not too crowded and the service is faster these days (which others had complained about previously). I highly recommend Passage to India! read more

I was born and raised in India (Indian from India i know Indian food), so trust me when I give it 1 star. Of course, I was exited to try this place as I just moved to the valley of the sun from San Francisco. I was highly disappointed with everything we ordered : Chicken Manchurian, Chicken Chilly, Garlic naan and Daal (you cannot mess-up Daal, its like messing up Mac and Cheese). Both chicken dishes tasted exactly the same (which is not correct). Naan was cold (another red flag). Finally the Daal I know most of you don`t order this dish in Indian restaurants as I mentioned it will be like ordering Mac and cheese in an American restaurant. I always try Daal at a new Indian restaurant as this gives me a good idea of how good the food is. It`s a simple vegetarian dish made with Lentils. There are many interpretetion for this dish so very restaurant will have a different take on it. I really wanted this restaurant to be good after all the reviews, but it will be a challenge for me to try this place again. read more

I ordered take out and was not disappointed! I have been craving butter chicken since I returned from a trip abroad and have yet to find anything decent. I stumbled across this place and was pleasantly surprised! It was delicious! It was pretty expensive but they give you quite a bit of chicken, wish there was more rice and naan bread! Also wish they would make a lunch specials (smaller portions/ cheaper price) if so, I would be here everyday! I have yet to try any of there other dishes, since the butter chicken was very addicting! I'll be back again and again if not just for the butter chicken alone! read more

Oh yum - this place is just deeeelish! I'm always on the search for really good Indian restaurants and this has quickly become my favorite. It's a nice set-up, with friendly servers and complete with a bar. The food is fantastic. We usually go for dinner and have ordered a number of dishes. The prawns are always large, the chicken tikka masala is divine and the naan is perfect. Tonight we tried the chicken makhani (spl?) and the chicken andhra. They were both just fantastic. You could taste the grilled, chardness of the chicken in the makhani. And the depth of the flavors in the andhra were amazing. The makhani is quite a rich dish and the andhra was served chicken none in (which keep in mind gives you really tender meat). Don't give this place a miss. Josie the server is always super pleasant and very knowledgable about the menu! read more

Just had lunch buffet with wife for first time at this 3 week old new restaurant. Noticed several parties of East Indian descent eating there, so took that as a good sign. I gave it 5 stars for my goat dish, wife gives it 4 stars as she wished her chicken marsala had more spicey kick. Bare ambience, but food more important to me, so will come back to try dinner. read more

Super awesome food. The chicken biryani is to die for. I cannot remember the number of times we have taken our food to go from here. The kathi rolls are awesome too! I'd recommend this place to anyone who wants to taste good flavorful Indian food. So sad that we have now moved from the area and won't be able to take out as often :-( read more

We called the Manager, Happy, the next day after Valentines Day and he asked us to come in again so they could show us what a fluke Valentine's Day was, too many things went wrong, so we did. Friday 02/28/14, so two weeks exactly after our bad experience, we went back in and pretty much ordered the same thing. Business was much lighter, and Happy of course checked in on us frequently. But here's the thing, the food was great, some of the best Indian fare we've had, and the atmosphere was nearly perfect, we sat in the less crowded section by the bar. I had Kadai Lamb and my wife had Saag Lamb, both we tasty, I ordered mine a little hot, and found it enjoyable. Passage to India has a nice layout, and good service when all is working well. Too many things went wrong the night we first went there, and so I am pleased to see that they work hard to keep customers happy, as the manager's name suggests. They of course took care of us, cutting our dinner bill in half so we will be back, as the food and the service were both thoroughly enjoyable. read more

Spicy and Flavorful! Generous sized portions. Amazing happy hour specials from 5pm to 7pm. Beautiful Indian music. Bernadette, our waitress provided exceptional customer service! This was a wonderful dining experience. I love this place! read more

The worst Indian joint i have been to in AZ. Dont get me wrong, the place is decked up with nice tables, chairs, and lighting. Only problem is that without good food or good service none of that matters. Went there on a Friday night aroung 7PM, waiter took about 15 mins to come over, food took more than 30 mins after ordering and when it did come out it was cold! I ordered the goat biryani, and for those of you who know what this is will understand why i was pissed that they brought out steamed basmati rice with goat curry under the rice (2 piece of meat that were 80% bone). Told them good luck and took off. Dont waste your time or money on this place, food and managment are well below par! read more

We live nearby and almost always get take-away. Good and consistent quality of food, our faves include: chicken makhni, chana masala, bhindi masala, chicken 65, mutter paneer, and peshwari naan. Naan always seems fresh. Hope this place sticks around! read more

The food is AMAZING! Most Indian restaurants skimp on the spice when I say I want something spicy but this place didn't. They definitely delivered great flavor and spice for my Chana masala. I appreciate that they have such a broad menu and the takeout and dinner service are great! read more

We live about a quater of a mile for this place . We always order take out so I cannot speak to the other in dining experiences. the sauces are always spot on. If you happen to order a chicken dish, you have to ask for white meat or you get dark meat which I don't like and find rather slimy...again, for what it is, which is not a curry house in London and tempe is not NYC or San Fran it's a good solid option Americanized Indian cuisine. Of all the places I have been to here in az, the place is about on par with the other places that I would consider good, India house, royal taj etc. this is just closer to my house and being that it's about the same, passage to India gets my business... Truly I have never had real Indian food in az that has not been Americanized in some way...just saying. Tasty food overall. read more

I've always liked Indian food, but it took this place to convince my wife how great it can be. We have eaten here three times at the restaurant and three times with takeout. It's damn good. My wife keeps it simple with the Tandoori Chicken Machkni. I have had a bunch of different things and I will be using this place to educate myself about Indian food. The Lamb Rogan Josh and the Andrea Curry are both awesome. The service is always good. It's a new place with an occasional hiccup, but they always work hard to fix the problems. If I felt more qualified to rate Indian food I'd give this place five stars, but it's a solid four to be sure. read more

The paneer tika masala & chicken 65 are amazing and the people that work here are wonderful! The first time we came in we were served promptly, and attended to. I love northern Indian food ie shahi paneer, mattar paneer. I asked them what was equivalent. Happy the manager suggested the tika masala. It was great! We have come back once a week ever since. Great customer service, great people, yummmmy food. read more

The Indian place by us closed so we had to go a bit farther afield to try a new spot. This one was definitely worth the drive! We got tikka masala of various heat levels and a korma. All were delicious! Naan was wonderful. The service was friendly without being overbearing. This is my new favorite Indian restaurant! read more

Was not sure I was going to like Indian food, I have eaten it a few times in the past and was not a big fan. I tried the food because I it is close to my house, and was surprised the food was very good and the staff was friendly. I also went in the bar on a Friday night because I know Alonso that was playing music and had a great time. I have met the owner and he is a great guy and working hard making the over all experience was a good one. read more

Relatively new restaurant that I decided to try on a whim when I needed some downtime, but wanted to eat out somewhere. Very welcoming staff. The restaurant is small enough to still give that personal feel. I spoke with the owners and other staff who are all very friendly and appreciate providing an enjoyable experience for the customer. They have a moderately stocked full bar with a small, but well chosen selection of beers on tap. So far I have only had a few of the appetizers, but I have been pleased with each dish I have tried. I like spicy food, and the hot is spicy enough to have great flavor and sneak up on you towards the end, but not too spicy as to not be enjoyable. Prices are great for HH, and overall, very competitive. Given the quality of the food, well worth the price. Overall, a great place, and I will be back many more times. Cant wait to try the duck! read more