Excellent East Indian food, but not cheap at all. I've not been to India, so I can't tell you if this is "authentic" but I spent two years in the United Kingdom and Surahi hits the mark for exported Indian meals and cooking style. All the usual favorites and expected sauces and the prices are clearly marked on the menu. Good service, but I could tell that the one woman who was serving needed a bit more help than just having one girl there to bus tables. She was running ragged but still managed to do so with a smile. I had the vegetable samosas to start. They were nice and spicy, served plenty hot with a small dish of dipping sauce. Right out of the fryer, I am sure. For my main, I chose the Lamb Rogan Josh, basmati rice, garlic naan bread and a dish of cucumber/carrot riata. The lamb had a deceptive heat to it that I didn't notice until the first couple of bites went down. By that point, it was a good thing that the riata was there to cool things off. The garlic naan had a TON of garlic on it and it was just the right amount of soft and crunchy. Domestic and North American beers on the beer menu plus the usual lot of Indian beers. I saw one guy drinking Stella, which makes absolutely no sense to me. Why not get a Kingfisher or a Cobra, dude? All told, my meal was $40 with tip. A little expensive for one person with a beer and a starter. Two people sharing the rice and the naan might be able to get in and out for less than $60. read more

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Great service, friendly staff, and delicious food! As someone who adores Indian cuisine I am very pleased whenever I get food from this location. read more

We have eaten at Surahi on occasion for several years. It has been a family favourite for a treat or birthday dinner. When dining in it is a place to enjoy an unrushed meal... this is not fast food, it does not happen quickly. Surahi is a place to savour food and friends or family. Since COVID we have taken out on a regular basis. It's a fantastic choice... the delicious, beautifully spiced dishes travel well and can be warmed without damaging textures or flavours. Staff is gracious and helpful without being overbearing. I highly recommend this flavourful restaurant... we have enjoyed every dish that we've tried but cannot do a meal without a korma (chicken or lamb) , lamb rogan josh, and paneer pakoras. The korma is a creamy nutty dream! read more

I hail from the eclectic city of Seattle, which has a large Asian and Indian population. That is to say, certainly more than Calgary. I enjoy Indian food immensely, and while traveling on business, I was delighted to come across Surahi. My first exposure was dinner, where I had their Tandoori Mixed Grill, consisting of prawns, seekh kebab (beef), lamb tikka, and chicken tikka on a bed of onions and bell peppers. This meat was moist and flavorful, and the portion was substantial for the price of $15. I certainly felt satiated at the end of my meal. My second trip was for lunch where they served food buffet style, as is common of Indian restaurants. As before, everything was well cooked and flavorful, though it did seem to be priced a little high for a lunch buffet at $16. Not to say I didn't get my money's worth -- I did. But in the States, I'm used to a typical lunch buffet being around $10. read more

Negative star! By far the WORST customer service in a restaurant! My fiancé and I decided to dine East Indian style for Valentine's Day, was the worst evening date. I called to make reservations for two. We arrived and were asked to wait for our table, 20 mins later after many family have been seated and served we finally got seated. The waitress was utterly rude and our order wasn't placed for another 20 mins! Our food came cold with even more disrespect. It was apparent we were not welcome there , based on our skin colour! Most extreme racism! Being the only white couple we had the worst service! I'd rather they told us we weren't welcome then running our whole night! I will never go again and have warned all my friends and family the degree of racism in our multicultural city and neighbourhood. I'm still interested in the delicious cuisine but I won't ever pay a dollar for that disrespect! read more

Perhaps my favourite Indian joint in town; and the buffet isn't to be missed. The only thing I would wish is some variety in the buffet but I suppose they probably keep it stable so people know what to expect; still it would be nice if they kept a couple alternating dishes in addition to their staples. For a $17 lunch buffet including fresh Naan, dude, hook me up. read more

Surahi East Indian Cuisine - a plate of food - Indian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Surahi is one of those places that makes you wonder: "How do they flourish?" Its location is far from ideal, tucked away behind a nondescript Swiss Chalet beside the Calgary Co-op on Macleod Trail just south of Heritage Drive and a short walk from the Carriage House Inn. I've only sampled their weekend buffet (it's delicious), with the de rigeur tandoori chicken, butter chicken, beef curry, chicken samosas, vegetable pakora, khulab jamun, gheer, and chutneys, but the place is never close to full, so it must do most of its business at lunch on weekdays, what with all the nearby offices. read more

Rob & I only went here the one time, and it's not all that likely we'd ever go back. We don't typically branch out to restaurants along Macleod Trail since we live near lots of restaurants anyway, but we got a 50% off coupon and thought, 'why not, we like indian food'. Well, the decor is very lovely, big purple & gold curtains, paintings of regal elephants and even some nice, tantric music playing in the background. I remember the waitress seemed very nice & accomodating, so that's good. We had the buffet style meal. However, I found a lot of them items were either kind of bland, or they seemed so spicy it made them bitter. When we were done & paying for it, we were suprised to be charged so much money (I think it was like, $30/person, even with a coupon). And then we both had an upset stomach for awhile after that. I am not trying to drag their business name through the mud, but figure you, as a person reading the review, deserve a fair warning of what you may be getting yourself into. At the least, bring a fair amount of money. read more

LOVE IT! I've only ever had it as take out, but it's by far my favourite take out! The staff is always helpful and friendly when you pick up your order and I've never had any mistakes with my orders. The food is DELICIOUS!!!! I would highly recommend the Chicken Korma with the Coco Pilau (coconut rice) and don't forget the Garlic Naan bread for your extra sauce ;) read more

This place is pretty good! Wouldn't hesitate to go to the buffet anytime! It's a great deal! However I am not a fan of ordering from the menu here. I guess when you you can pay half as much and eat even more then come back and order from the menu and pay almost twice as much and eat less you somehow feel cheated! Hahahaha Either way the food here is good and well prepared! Though I must say nothing stood out as amazing. The setting and ambience has a bit of a peculiar feeling to it for some reason ?? I don't know why exactly but every time I have gone I always feel like their is something just a little off with vibe! Call me crazy! It's a decent place! I would certainly go back for the buffet ! Check it out and see what you think! read more

this is literally a hidden gem me and my bf come here and the service is amazing and it's cozy and quiet and the food is amazing. In regards to potion size there is more then enough food most the time I have to box it home cause there is so much. I really love how knowledgeable the staff is great service recommend going! read more

So we sat down quickly because there were very few people there. We ordered a quite a few dishes. We started with veggie Samosas and Pakora fish. Then we waited.... Took about 45 mins to get our dinner. 4 small tables were present, so I don't know why it took so long. We ordered: Chicken tikka Aloo Golbi Butter chicken Prawn Korma Chicken Vindaloo Navrattan Korma Saffron Aloo Peas Pilau Garlic naan All dishes were very good, but for $13/order, I would expect more than 8 small pieces of meat. If you want value for your money, maybe not this place. Quality is better than average. I probably won't be back. I don't see value in the prices they charge. read more

The food is really good. The butter chicken not as good as many other places, but the prawn korma is very excellent - better than most of the other places we visit. The naan is wonderful, too. My complaint is that we used a coupon from the Entertainment book, and instead of taking the second highest priced item from the bill, they took the lowest price. It's only five dollars but that's a fair amount to me. It seems kind of "small-town cheap". It wouldn't dissuade me from coming again - particularly if I have a coupon, but I'd order slightly differently. I need to check "etiquette" on the coupon book as I believe the proper use would be a second item 'of equal or lesser value'. The samosas were also very tasty. The papadum come folded strangely into quarters, but since we break off pieces, it doesn't present a problem. It looks nice, anyway. I always prefer the mint chutney over mango, and they're happy to provide that if you ask. read more

I love the ambiance and friendly waitress. Very prompt and courteous. The food is very tasty and delicious. Tried buffet few times. But its quite same menu always and bit pricey compared to other Indian restaurants. Very limited items on buffet. Could be better if they add more items to buffet. On a weekend the buffet costs round 18.95 per pax before tax but items are very less. Definitely need to add more items and different ones. read more

My family of five tried these three Indian Restaurants: rating them below; Surahi (Mcleod Trail) 5 stars-the best Namskar (16th Avenue) 4 stars and Moti Mahal (14th street SW) 3 stars. Surahi - took too long for your order, but well worth waiting for, all fresh and delicious, the safron rice was perfect, butter chicken and chicken masala were superb. Good service from the lady owner. My daughter, wife and two sons and myself... now all agreed that this is the best Indian Resto in Calgary, so far. If you have no other concern other than good food and waiting doesn't matter, then this is the place for you to enjoy the delicious Indian cuisine. Namskar- clean dining and excellent service, the owner/manager is so accommodating and the foods were great too, almost as good as Surahi (but serving/portions were too small for a family of five). Expensive but we're all satisfied! We went to Moti Mahal (for reading good reviews), well I think it's overrated. I was disappointed. Moti's butter chicken served raw, as my son complained, I told him it's not...but the texture's different, definitely that was not freshly cooked, pre-cooked maybe or processed? The foods were served fast but it did compromise the quality. The eggplant dish is superb and had a perfect garlic naan bread. The safron rice was mostly white rice too, thumbs down! Chicken biryani was a disappointment, or maybe because I like Pakistani Biryani instead. We all didn't like the beef kebab, it was tough and chewy. Overall, we didn't like it! read more

Not sure how good the food is because we never got ours. We ordered our food for delivery and the guy on the phone said it would take an hour. After an hour I called back and the same guy said the food was just coming off the pans.. Okay I can wait. Another half hour passed and still nothing.. I called again. "Oh the delivery should be there any second". After ANOTHER half hour I called back for the last time and the same guy said "it should be there any moment". I'm sorry but we are ten minutes away from the store. Shouldn't take 2 hours to get food. And the guy didn't even apologize for the wait. So I canceled my order. With so many restaurants out there I can't be bothered to waste my time with a business that doesn't value their customers. read more

Surahi is probably one of my favorite East Indian destinations in Calgary. Located conveniently on MacLeod Tr S, I always enjoy my visits. I will admit that they're a little pricy, but in my opinion the quality of their food is excellent. I particularly like the butter chicken and naan and would probably go there just for that. The service is always friendly which is nice. read more

Lots of vegan options. The lady is very helpful. The food is delicious. The restaurant is never crowded (in my experience). Love this place.

We got an order for take out on a Wednesday evening. Order was ready under the 25 minute estimate we were given. Service both on the phone and in person was great. We got the Butter Chicken ($15), Lamb Roganjosh ($16), Mixed Vegetable Curry ($11.50), 3 orders of Naan Bread ($2.15 Each) and Onion Bhaji ($6). Split between three people, it was a perfect amount of food. We definitely should have gotten rice (we ended up making our own at home) as the dishes are very liquid. We were disappointed by the lack of meat in the chicken and lamb dishes - about 10 bite-sized chunks in each. However, everything was delicious! I'm not a huge fan of Indian food but even I liked everything. The Onion Bhaji were pretty mild, with a delightful sweet dipping sauce. Butter chicken & veggie dishes were typical. The Lamb Roganjosh was much spicier than expected, but still very good. The Naan bread was tasty and quite large - each order is a piece about the size of a large dinner plate. Over all, excellent food but definitely should have gotten more meat for the price. read more

Service here is friendly but slow. Food portions were VERY small. My gf and I had the butter chicken for 15.50. Honestly there was not even one chicken breast within the dish. We also ordered the tandoori chicken which was also a small portion and was kind of tasteless. read more

Food was decent and service started out very good but the meal took forever to get to us. Dishes sat on the table until just before our diner came. Even at the end when waiting for the bill it took forever and we weren't even asked how it was. Food wasn't worth that long of a wait. Should have drove to the north for tamarind would have eaten in the same amount of time. read more

Place serves up some good indian food. Had tried the Lamb Korma, Chicken something, and prawn masala. The garlic naan is like eating a clove of garlic so be careful where you place your mouth after the meal. This is a good place to try indian food without smelling up your home. read more

We found this restaurant by accident, hidden as it is from Mcleod Trail by the Co-op and Swiss Chalet. It is an attractive room, and we were warmly welcomed by the server, who did a great job. Their buffet was not open, so we ordered a la carte, starting with chicken and vegetable pakoras. The veg pakora was a potatoey delight, but the chicken version was on the dry side and the dough was just a hair underdone. Our mains were: chicken biryani, a lovely mix of tender chicken and rice, well-flavoured; and shahi paneer - cheese in a cream sauce with cardamom and fenugreek - the cheese was a little spongy, but the sauce was to die for. We ate every drop of it, using the standard butter naan to get it all. We were glad to find the Surahi and will return next time we're in south central Calgary. The price was reasonable and the quality very good. read more

Have been a Surahi several times for both lunch & dinner. The food is consistently terrific! A must go to for Indian. Service is very good, attentive to her customers. Highly recommended. read more

Delicious! Great value too! I went searching online for dinner on a Sunday evening. It's difficult to find Indian food in this part of town, and my "usual" place is closed on Sundays. I called and placed a takeout order -- it was ready within twenty minutes. Veggie samosas, butter chicken, aloo peas pilau rice, and garlic naan. Good sized portions, and everything tasted great. read more

Ive eaten here a couple of times in the past. The food is good, but not stellar for the price. Would not recommend this place for the food on price alone. Its just not that good. And the lack of a real Tandoori oven does affect the quality and flavor of the food. Better luck next time Surahi. read more

Love buffet here. Have some really good options including butter chicken, tikka masala and chai tea. Great place for quick lunch

I love this restaurant! The food is flavourful and delicious, and the menu offers a wide selection of different dishes organized by main ingredient: chicken, beef, lamb, veggie, cheese, breads etc. I dine in and out of the restaurant and have found the food to be consistent and reliable. I have celiac disease and the staff, (most notably the female owner) are vigilant with cross contamination and work with me to make sure I can eat without fear. One time they made a multi person order totally gluten free so that I could try a little of everything :) I can't say how nice that was for me, what a treat, and so thoughtful! I know that the prices are a little high, but for me the consistency and quality of the food and the consideration of my dietary needs is worth a couple of extra $$$. I highly recommend giving it a try. My favourite dishes are the chicken Kashmiri, paneer makhani and the chicken tikka. read more

I love trying different middle eastern and North African foods so I thought I'd give this restaurant a try. It wasn't my favourite but still good. If you like spicy food, defiantly come here. I like spicy food and curry but even this restaurant was way too much for me to handle. I ordered a dish that was spicy and my fiancé ordered a normal dish and his was way more spicier than mine. On another note, the decor is beautiful and the service is pretty good read more

To be honest, I came here a couple of years ago and I remember the food and service being good however I was very disappointed today. My friend drove 35mins from the North with her children to come and meet us here. I don't even think they should open for dine-in on Sunday's because it was dead; the only people there were picking up take-out. The butter chicken was not that great and the manager or owner kept saying, "so just the 2?" when we had only ordered one rice, one naan and one dessert in addition to the drinks and other entrees, but she seemed eager to sell and also go home an hour before the restaurant closed. To my disappointment as well, the washrooms have no changing table and there wasn't enough counter space to change my 3-month old so I had to go to the car during the middle of dinner. Good thing it was not winter as I probably would've left. So much for a restaurant where families go eat. I will no longer recommend this place to my friends unfortunately. read more

I went with my co workers during lunch hour. I am from an Indian background. The food tasted nothing like an Indian food, over cooked , oily, taste like Cr*ap. Me and all of my co workers felt like shitt afterwords. I apologize to all the non-indian people who have went to this restaurant to taste the indian culture and hopes of tasting something nice. I swear , east indian food doesnt taste like this. To all indians , ur mum make a lot better indian food than this , dont waste ur money here in hopes of tasting something good. read more

We went for buffet today . It was $20 per person which was higher than downtown Indian buffet average price . The choices were very limited . The Pakora was stale , the rice was not fresh , the samosa had some weird chicken in it . By far the worst experience of Indian cuisine I have had in Calgary that was slapped with a hefty price in the end . read more

Food- good Service-Terrible Price- medium to high compare to other indian restaurants. We went there hungry and waited for almost an hour for food to arrive. This was all while we had asked them in advance to get our appetizers ready as we will be reaching in 15 min and everyone was very hungry. Even after reaching there and sitting down we had to ask the two ladies working there almost 6-7 times to bring our appetizers and every time they said they will get it and then nothing. After long wait we got our food and then the guy (who took our table reservation and initial order on phone to get our appetizers ready) came to our table and was trying to explain us why it took so much time as the cooking takes times etc, so why didn't he tell us that on phone that it will take an hour to get our appetizers ready and we could have ordered something else. Luckily for him he came after we had eaten a bit so we were calm by then, otherwise god help us if he would have come before the food. They seriously need to streamline their service. Sometime it seems they all are just hovering over one delivery order while the folks dining in should always take priority. Chances of us going back there is close to none now. We would rather go to better places who values our time and business more. read more