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    Punjabi Tadka

    3.7 (45 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Chole Bhature
    Louise F.

    Everything on the chaat's special menu was something I wanted to try. Have to admit I haven't really had anything on the menu before so I can't really judge but we got the chole bhature and I definitely liked it. The bread was so puffy (and SO fried) and more than enough for 2 people. The chickpea we dipped it in was good, and the yogurt was light.

    Tripti B.

    I have eaten here thrice. The first couple of times I had the dahi puri which was delicious. Today I tried the kachori chat which was equally yummy! Highly recommended!

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    Ratish K.

    at the prime location in crossroads mall! love their Samosa Chaat, it was tasty and Samosa was amazing! Katori chaat was little drier and while the paani for paani poori was ok, the poori could have been little better, was too hard. great atmosphere always, love to have an tasty chaat option closer to home!

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    John G.

    We stopped by for a quick snack and got the samosa which comes with some dipping sauce. It hit the spot and it was tasty.

    Lovely Dahi Puri!

    Great chat food and great chai! Would recommend for a lovely pit stop at the crossroads mall!

    Prag R.

    Punjabi Tadka is the new Indian place inside the Crossroads mall. Went by this evening to try and it was okay. A fellow Yelp friend went by and I took his recs, ordered the Samosa Chaat- it was okay, can try once. I ordered the Annapurna Thali too- 2 curries, a naan, a bowl of rice, raitha and gulab jamun came along. It was panner curry and Aloo today, the panner was so watery and lacked salt. Overall, I don't think I ll try the Thali. Maybe sticking to chaat is a good option. For the price point, the quantities were good

    Pratik P.

    A relatively new addition to the Crossroads Mall food court which serves very authentic Indian vegetarian food. Paratha Thali is delicious and value for money. I picked it with aloo paratha and Amritsari Chhole (chickpeas). Amritsari Chhole are hands down the best in Greater Seattle area. On a different day, I tried Chana Masala (chickpeas as well) and they weren't as good as Amritsari Chhole. I will check their chickpeas special of the day before going next time. The Paratha had a good amount of stuffing which is rare at other places. The staff is friendly. Ambiance is that of a typical good court. They give electric buzzers which buzz when the order is ready and you can grab any open table.

    I felt sad. I had a favorite restaurant. I knew it couldn't survive The Plague, I knew the food was slowly getting worse, but I kept driving to Ballard, no matter how bad the traffic was. The staff was kind, passionate, and creative. The brand name & menu were wonderful. I liked the sign that said "No leather, no fur," and still do. But that sign became 200 empty seats, filled with an entire warehouse of cardboard & carry-out containers that would never be used. It wasn't a friend in the local Restaurant Game that broke the news. It was a friend from the Polish side of Chicago. Years ago, when we were both Vegan, she had used her language skills to find unbelievable Tempura & Ramen in Downtown & the International District. She moved back Home for the deep-dish pizza, hot dogs smothered in cream cheese, and a fiance I can't wait to meet. The text came at 10am: Coffee Time in the Rainy City, time to eat in the Windy one. We were both devastated. I knew I had to get in my car and start driving. Ignore my phone. Bury myself in a book. Too impatient to wait for Amazon, too flustered and overwhelmed to go to the Library. I floated, unmoored, until docking at Bellevue Crossroads. My strategy for Half Price Books was simple: Persuasion by Jane Austen, missed in high school; and The Queen's Gambit, by Walter Tevis. I found what I needed, and looked at the time on my phone. 3PM. Time for breakfast. Something simple, something cheap, I'm already right next to a food court. But I found something better. A brand new Chaat joint, displaying all the tools to go from 1 store in the mall, to a 5,000+ square foot Flagship, then five stores, then 15 across Puget Sound. Flat-screen TVs, not chalkboards that need to be edited by hand. Clover POS, tried & true, not Toast, which is revolutionary enough to have over 50% market share, but still in Beta (millions of stakeholders in my industry are on edge, waiting to see if Toast's upcoming software update will be Toast 1.1, or Toast 2, Electric Boogaloo). I like Clover because it already works. And I liked the Talent I saw - people skills, tech skills, culinary talent, and leadership. I googled a few things on the menu, then approached the counter. We started talking. He asked me about my spice tolerance three times. Would've kept asking me, if I hadn't told him that my life & palette started 100 kilometers outside of Dubai, and I welcomed an attempt at culinary assassination. "As spicy as YOU can handle, bro."   What I ordered doesn't matter. It's my favorite spot now. I'll be back, and I want to try everything.

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    Loved the Kulcha thali and chai. Great if you are hungry and craving for a close to home cooked meal

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    Chakra

    Chakra

    4.0
    (72 reviews)
    0.0 mi
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    Yum! This spot is in the food court at CrossRoads and is one of my fave spots to hit at the mall…read more On my last visit, I went on a Friday evening and the line wasn't too long. I ordered paneer butter masala and grabbed a mango lassi from the fridge. I returned about 5 min later and it was ready for me! They do not ask for spice preference, and the things I have ordered all have mild heat (equivalent to 1-2 stars). This works great for me. The meals all come with rice, which is great. The food is definitely better for takeout, as the curry and rice were in different containers and it was a little awkward to try to eat it there. That said, it held up great and was a perfect meal on the couch! The ambiance in the food court is so so. Really depends on the time of day. Lots of crying babies there when we went, so we took it to go.

    Came here for a lunch break between site visits for work. I'm often in the mood for Indian food and…read morehad seen Chakra in previous visits to the mall so I figured I'd give them a shot. This was a Friday, so I was told the lunch specials were no longer valid. There attendant explained that it's only valid Monday-Thursday. I find that kind of lame, like it's the middle of the day on Friday c'mon. I got the Butter Chicken meal which was ok. The chicken was a bit dry, but the sauce was nice and creamy. About 2 servings. The meal also comes with Naan, it was 3 nice sized pieces. They were hot and tasted fresh. The presentation was nice as my expectations for food court food a slightly lower. Getting it "for here" over "to go" probably helped with that. I'd consider going again but definitely would try for a lunch special to save a few bucks.

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    Madhurai Mess

    Madhurai Mess

    4.0
    (20 reviews)
    0.3 mi

    Probably a 3rd or 4th Indian restaurant in the same location with each having a different south…read moreIndian cuisine. Needs some improvement to bring the food quality up! - claypot parotta with chicken is served only during dine in and comes in a hot claypot covered with banana leaf and inside it contains alternating layers of parotta and chicken curry. It was delicious - chicken lollipop is something we don't get often here and this dish was good. I just hoped it had little more salt. - butter milk or salted lassi was fresh and delicious. - Dosa with chicken curry - while the dosa was good, the chicken curry was not good. I didn't feel it right and also when I ate later at home. This combo does not come with chutney and when asked for it, I was given a cold, refrigerated chutney which tasted awful. . Super friendly folks who are ready to serve you some unique dishes.

    A friend told us they liked the food at Madhurai Mess and we decided to try it for dinner. It's a…read moresmall place with limited seating, this location has had multiple South Indian restaurants, none of which have worked for long. We got Egg Omelette, Chicken Lollipop, Mutton Liver Roast, Chicken Kothu Parotta, and Idiyappam With Chicken Curry. We liked the Egg Omelette, Chicken Lollipop and Chicken Kothu Parotta were okay. We didn't like the Mutton Liver Roast. Chicken Kothu Parotta and Mutton Liver Roast were very greasy. Idiyappam With Chicken Curry was good, this was the only item that was good. Overall, a bit of a disappointment.

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    Banaras

    Banaras

    3.9
    (152 reviews)
    0.1 mi
    $$$

    Nice upscale restaurant with nice decor. Average noise levels with accommodations for large group…read more 5 star for service. Staff waited patiently and were generous with their recommendations and with their time. Food was great. We ordered 4 appetizers: spinach chaat, choti matar ki Kachori and aloo chaat and farreh. Spinach chaat was outstanding as was aloo chaat. Farreh is an acquired taste so if you like dry doughy textured appetizers then this one is for you. On the main course front: the sapkahita stood out. The lithi choka was a bit with some of us but a bit of a miss for me. I found it too spicy for my taste (but received fair warning from our server in advance). Dessert: 4.5 stars for the Jalebi. Cooked in ghee and made fresh and served warm with Rabri. It was so good, I took another serving to go! Definitely a place to go to f you're in the Seattle area!

    We visited for lunch to try the Kashi Food Festival and had a wonderful experience. Since we had a…read morereservation, we were seated right away. We ordered all the festival specials, and everything arrived surprisingly quickly. Each dish was beautifully prepared, full of flavor, and absolutely delicious. The quality was consistently excellent across the board, which is something Banaras continues to do exceptionally well. Dining here is always a great experience, and this festival was no exception. The Kashi specials were a true delight for the taste buds, and we're glad we had the opportunity to try them. Highly recommended!

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    Ruchi Indian Restaurant

    Ruchi Indian Restaurant

    2.5
    (227 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    $$

    I made the mistake of eating in the restaurant. I like the fact that it's a family-run restaurant…read more I hate the comically bad level of service, poor cleanliness of the restaurant, and the sound of a noisy refrigerator while three big screen televisions were switched off. I honestly think they hate it when someone wants to eat in the restaurant. From a "server" who tossed plates and disposable flatware onto our table, to the "specials" that were the most expensive items on the menu, the place is not a warm or welcoming atmosphere for a lunch. The food tasted good but the health department warning on the door, indicating multiple serious cleanliness issues, makes me concerned for the potential aftermath. I'd advise against this establishment.

    Superlative sambar and great masala dosa!…read more Sad to see the many negative reviews of this place from years past, because on our visit in May 2024 the masala dosa and sambar combo we got were expertly done, and the copious servings were so tasty that we asked to meet the kitchen chef. He had recently come from India after doing a course in hotel management and obviously knew his craft very well. What a shame that this restaurant has earned such bad reputation. We were the only in-house diners on a Sunday at brunch time when neighboring Indian restaurants were full of customers. Multiple chutneys, potato and pea masala inside the dosa, and especially the stellar sambar will definitely make me a repeat customer here. The variety of dosas is pleasing and they have a range of other tiffin style south Indian entrees. Sometimes going off the beaten track and outwitting the Yelp algorithms are beneficial. We had a nice warm chat with the chef and he gave us samples of other things he had made because we told him his sambar was superlative (it really was). Altogether we had a warm, homely, non-capitalistic dining experience in the sanitized corporatocracy that is Bellevue. This was a priceless experience.

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    The Roll Pod

    The Roll Pod

    4.2
    (347 reviews)
    1.1 mi
    $$

    One of my favorite fast casual Indian restaurants is a brick and mortar! There's still the food…read moretruck that's still very popular during lunch due to office crowds, so this is a nice change of pace. I ordered for dinner and it was not busy at all. Prices are also cheaper here than the food truck setup in South Lake Union. I took advantage of the BOGO single pod with chicken tikka so I paid about $9 for 2 which is a good deal, but even at regular pricing, it's great value. Food quality is comparable. I can see myself coming here more often as it's open through dinner and is close to my office

    The food was very tasty, but the ordering experience and customer service experience was…read morefrustrating. I placed my order through Yelp, which redirects customers to DoorDash for fulfillment. Unfortunately, there was no option to specify the spice level for the paneer masala side dish, despite the restaurant description highlighting customizable spice levels as part of its offering. Because I have health-related dietary concerns, I called the restaurant immediately after placing the order to request a mild spice level. The staff member who answered was initially unable to locate my order, even after I spelled out the name multiple times, which significantly delayed the process. My husband later called and was able to get someone to find the order, but when I called back again to confirm the mild spice request, I was told it was too late to make any changes. I also had an earlier issue when I accidentally went to the wrong location and called for assistance. Rather than providing the Bellevue location's direct number or helping redirect me, I was placed on hold multiple times, which added to the inconvenience. While the food itself was excellent, the customer service and ordering experience were disappointing. Since the Yelp/ DoorDash ordering flow does not allow customers to specify spice preferences for certain items, I expected more flexibility and consideration when I called immediately after placing the order with a reasonable health-related request.

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