Hi ya! So we are here yesterday after driving back from banff and it was really great. Our server was Val and she made good recommendations, clarified on things and made the experience perfect. The restaurant is super clean and the service very good. We were kind of thrown for a second when we didn't get menus but you scan the QR code--they just need to add more pics on the the foods at the website, but I used yelp to see the popular dishes and prefer them. 2 orders of the 3 different types of naan, butter chicken, tiki masala, another dish (can't remember name), a rice dish with beef, and couple of beers to wash it all down with. What a good meal. We noticed that portions in Canada are a little smaller in Canada than the US (probably for the better) but we left stuffed from this place. They have a lot of good reviews for a reason and definitely this is a place to enjoy some Indian dining. 5 stars. read more

When we moved to Calgary few years ago, this was the first restaurant we tried. They have a large and extensive menu to choose from. It is a good Indian restaurant, however not consistent with the taste sometimes in take out as gravies are a little runny. Dine in is always amazing experience. Service is always good and efficient. Ambience is cozy and inviting as is the staff. read more

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We ordered through Doordash. Biryani, butter chicken, saag, roti, naan and garlic naan. The portion of chicken in the butter chicken was good. Lots of places do not put enough protein in this dish. The saag was tasty, we got it mild without the paneer. Rice was good, yogurt was nice. I would like to try more items on their menu read more

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I did not get to take pictures of the food. It was takeout and yummy. I know we ordered chicken, lamb, garlic naan, and sweet sour eggplant. Fast pickup service. Very nice restaurant and ambiance. Perhaps I will dine in next time. read more

Tamarind East Indian Restaurant - Indian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Was suggested this place by our hotel staff. Ambience is good but food was meh! Nothing outstanding to post. Staff were courteous and checked on us regularly. read more

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Love their food. Have had several dishes from this place and have enjoyed all of them. Would go there again.

Our go to Indian fine dining place in Calgary. It's such a pleasant experience dining here every time. Really good food , courteous staff and classy decor. Our fav dish is the spinach tikki and the fish pakora. read more

The most excellent Indian food we've had in a while! Ordered via Uber Eats. What drew us to order from Tamarind was the Beef Rendang and we weren't disappointed. Ordered: Spinach Tikki Platter - Little spinach pancakes filled with spinach and in the middle, a surprise of cream cheese! Eat with tamarind sauce. My favourite!! Spiced Beef Samosas- Very well-made samosas. Tiny pyramids of sheer happiness, doused with tamarind sauce. Found the crust to be thinner than other restaurants. Very delectable! Beef Rendang - slightly spicy, tender, braised beef in coconut, kafir lime leaves, lemongrass and tumeric. Reminds me of Singapore right away! Kerala Fish Curry - Fish simmered in coconut curry sauce. The fish is from a meatier cut like halibut. Very tasty! Will be back to try the other Indian dishes that Tamarind has to offer! read more

Delicious food, great service... expensive fish pakoras when comparing portions. Kadai Fish was good, fried rice was very very delicious. Naan was little chewy.Butter fish was little too sweet for me, mango lassi omg soooo good very delicious... read more

Food and service are great. Handled professionally and the staff is very helpful. Great ambiance.

Val did an amazing job as our waitress and the food was great too. Especially the bubbly chicken- it was so good. I highly recommend Tamarind! read more

There are a lot of good East Indian restaurants in this city so it's sometime hard to pick a favourite. Tamarind is one of the good ones and definitely one of my favourites. I think what sets them apart is a focus on quality. The menus certainly has some variety to it but they limit it to representing a fine selection from various regions and local cuisine styles. Dishes like the Punjabi Fish are a departure from the standard Indian fair of pakoras and butter chicken, and it is a delightful departure of wonderful spices accentuating tender flaky fish; over coconut rice this is simply sublime. Their eggplant is also pretty assume as is many other dishes on the menu. We have had many of them a few fail to impress. It's simple all delicious with some that stand out as superb. For what looks like a local family run restaurant they have a bigger sophisticated flair to the atmosphere and presentation of the food. You are comfortable popping in for some casual dinning but will be equally pleased to make it a focus point if a more important night out with family and friends or an important date. Highly recommended for its authentic sometimes spicy taste and atmosphere. Definitely in my top five list. Keep up the delicious work Tamarind! read more

We went there 9-45 and they welcomed us smiling even though they were closing 10! Very cheerful staff, quick service and food was on top of all. Recommend bread basket and paneer tikka masala! The interior was modern and music was soothing indian. read more

Tamarind East Indian Restaurant - Indian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Like their chicken tikka, & chiken tikka masala. Really like their noodles as well. Good place!

Their food is so good especially their appetizers. The employees were so rude though they kept saying "our white customers usually like these" as if being white is bad. Their kind of racist. But overall it's a meh read more

Night out to catch up with a friend and we'd already left a place for being smoky and having too-tall uncomfortable chairs. We were hangry and neither of us know the area well. But...Yelp pulled off another win! The Aloo Tikki to start: pillowy potato splodges of deliciousness, covered with art-deco streaks of chutney and sauce. Appealing to the eye and tongue! The Chicken Korma dish on the menu wasn't available but they subbed a tasty one in and both the Beef Rogan Josh and Pudine Wala Paneer were perfectly balanced spice creations and heartily satisfying. Rice and Naan are like the triangles or maracas to an orchestra - they can either compliment beautifully or stand out and wreck the entire arrangement. Here, they were the perfect addition. I can't remember the name of my cocktail but I know it had ginger beer, rum and a variety of other delights. It was a sensory vacation. Our server was attentive, knowledgeable, had an endearing pride of the establishment and was (if this matters to you) handsome with piercing blue eyes (wink). The portions were enough that we took some home. I am only taking one star off because I am used to paying less for Indian food where I live. But, honestly I will gladly return here for the quality of food & presentation and look forward to trying more dishes. read more

Tamarind East Indian Restaurant - Prosecco, Paneer, Korma, Rogan Josh - Indian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Reasonable price for great cuisine. Nice decor and fair ambiance. One of the best East Indian restaurants in the city .

excellent food with very generous portion sizes. i recommend this restaurant to anyone

Excellent food, the best Indian I have had in Calgary. Good sized portions. Friendly service.

Great place to eat. Food so good and tasty. Really good value. Stop by anytime I am in the area. read more

-----Food----- I tried the following dishes : matar paneer, butter chicken, lamb rogan josh, and their milky mango smoothie. All were amazing flavours, good portions for great price. -----Condition----- Clean, up to date, very nice looking. Bathrooms well kept -----Service----- Effective, fast, friendly service. -----Cosmetics----- Asian look and feel, has a few Buddha statues. No Indian cosmetics, but still very beautiful, relaxing environment. read more

Grabbed take out for lunch here the other day and was pleasantly surprised with how fresh the food was, how great it tasted and it wasn't oily or greasy at all. We ordered the Aloo Gobi, Sweet and Sour Eggplant, Tamarind Rice and Roti - came to $32.29 including taxes and they provided some plates and cutlery to go. My favorite Indian place in Calgary so far has been Moti Mahal, but we're moving to Panorama and are so thrilled that Tamarind is right down the street. It's definitely going to be our go to Indian place now. I love that they have several different dishes and not just the same old items everyone else has. I also highly recommend the sweet and sour eggplant! It's eggplant pieces cooked in a tamarind tomato saucey curry. So delicious :) read more

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Review #5 of Yelp's 30 Day Challenge 2012. Food: 4/5 Atmosphere: 5/5 Service: 3.5/5 Overall experience: 4/5 (1- Terrible; 3- decent; 5- Fantastic) I don't really like Indian food and I rarely go out to eat it, but Tamarind changed my mind completely. It was the most delicious and flavourful Indian food I have ever had. Tamarind is an upscale Indian restaurant with a sophisticated decor like Mango Shiva. You wouldn't have known this was an Indian restaurant until you take a whiff of the beautiful curry spices wafting in the air. It is fairly small and although I went on a Sunday night, the restaurant was full by 6pm-7pm. Our server was pretty good. He asked us if we wanted drinks right when we sat down and took our order in a timely manner. My friends and I ordered a variety of dishes to share and I appreciated how he read back our order to make sure it was correct. The food came out all at once in about 15-20 minutes. I'm not sure if I can say the same if it was during dinner rush. Their menu is nothing you haven't seen before at an Indian restaurant. Curries are around $10-$15 which is fairly cheap compared to other Indian restaurants in Calgary. On the other hand, the dishes are a smaller portion, but if you order 1 dish per person and share amongst yourselves you will guaranteed be full. Overall, the food was amazing! The Indian flavours of the curry were mild so nothing was overly spicy; but it was still seasoned very well. I noticed that the curries we got were fairly thick which I prefer since I can easily sop it up with my naan bread or meld into my rice. My friends and I ordered the: - "Sweet and Sour Eggplant" ($10.95), with roasted Eggplant, Tamarind ginger and coconut curry. This is the restaurant's specialty dish. The eggplant was super tender, wasn't too oily, and the flavours were blended together well. Would recommend for a vegetarian dish. - "Butter Chicken" ($12.95) and "Chicken Tikka Masala" ($12.95). The chicken pieces were extremely moist and tender which almost never happens whenever I get a chicken dish. It was like eating a cube of butter. The tikka masala had a thick curry with large chicken chunks and bell peppers. The butter chicken was the highlight of the meal with a killer creamy sauce. It wasn't too heavy and tasted amazing with the coconut rice. Although both chicken dishes were good I highly recommend the butter chicken. - "Palak Saag Lamb" ($ 11.95) with creamy spinach and marinated lamb. Wasn't as good as the other dishes. For sides we got: - Garlic Naan ($2.50). We got two orders which gives each person 1.5 ample pieces. The bread was soft, chewy, and lightly buttered with garlic. - You MUST GET the "Coconut Rice" ($3.95) with the curries! It is the best coconut rice I've ever had. You can really taste the coconut flavour and the addition of shredded coconut was what knocked it out of the ballpark. We finished our meal off with their "Gulab Jaman" ($3.95) dessert which is a spongy cake mound sopped in sugar syrup and served with vanilla ice cream. A guilty yet pleasurable way to end a meal! Perfect to share since it comes with two small rounds. Coming from someone who doesn't like Indian food, I highly recommend Tamarind. I loved every single bite of my meal and I would definitely come back to try their other curries. read more

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Great place for Indian food! Highly recommended. The service is also amazing. We had the Zesty Martini to start. It was pretty good. The ginger and pineapple together were an odd combination For dinner we had the butter chicken, beef korma, and mattar paneer. All was so tasty. Especially the Korma. The beef was so tender. The butter chicken had a bit of a tomato taste though which was different. Get the garlic naan bread!!!!! Soon good! read more

Tamarind East Indian Restaurant - Indian dishes: butter chicken, beef korma, mattar paneer. So yummy - Indian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

The food here is top notch and so tasty. The staff is friendly and very accommodating for food allergies. I avoid dairy and they were able to make some dishes without. I've been back a few times since. I highly recommend this restaurant. read more

It's food tastes awesome specially the starters are very tasty. The staff and Ambience are great too. Its my favourite place to dine in.

This is my second choice of Indian food in the NW and very close to home. The only reason Why I minus a star is I only like there garlic naan and spicy eggplant. I have tried other dishes and it alright nothing to special but order these two every time and take out more because it too fancy for me but love the decor and staff are very friendly every time I pick up. read more

The ambiance and decor of this restaurant is one of the loveliest in Calgary. We ordered a variety of dishes and each one was unique in its flavours and freshness. The kebabs were delicious and had just the right hint of spices and herbs. We also ordered the paneer and garlic naan, which were both delicious. And the mango lassi is just to die for! The service was prompt and helpful, with efficient staff. I would definitely say that this is a great place to have in the NW, so glad to have found it right in our own backyard! Recommend to anyone that enjoys good food period. read more

Tamarind East Indian Restaurant - Indian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

I really like this restaurant. We've ordered take out quite a few times, and the food is consistently good. One word of warning: the last time I ordered, as always, I told them no nuts, but one of the dishes definitely had nuts in it. They said 'may' have nuts, but it absolutely did have nuts in it. No may about it. read more

I found this gem by pure accident when I was googling to find a restaurant within a few minutes If my friend's work place and easy access to Stoney Trail, so she could head south after. Boy oh boy - what a find!!! The staff were so nice and friendly. And the food!!! Yum! We shared a couple of curries - the portion sizes were amble and the spice level was divine. We will most definitely come back and order delivery. Super delicious and so glad we found. Highly recommend. read more

First time trying Indian food and it did not disappoint! My husband and I were immediately seated and helped. Our server was very knowledgeable and helped us pick out some dishes. Our server was very attentive and made sure we liked our food. Make sure to stop by, they are amazing!! read more

The service is beyond compare. Always attentive. If there isn't something on the menu, they will make it for you if you request it. The food is unbelievable. Between the sauces, the flavours, and combination of dishes. Mmmm. This place never disappoints. read more

My first experience at tamarind was just how you would want it to be, friendly service, very good food with excellent presentation would recommend the mild butter chicken to anyone who doesn't love spicy food read more

After a long time I was truly happy with an Indian Restaurent. Everything was just great. First impression walking into the place was just great. Ambient, elegantly decorated with buddha and modern designs. Lighting is just perfect. Service was great. We were asked few times if we needed anything and never let our glasses get to less than 1/3 of water. Every dishes we ordered were delicious and on point. We had Butter chicken which actually was so creamy, little sweet and chicken were moist. Their malai Prawns had very nice aroma, it was creamy delicious. Our favorite on the table was sweet and sour Eggplant. It was just perfect as I imagined from the description. Perfect balance of taste. It had enough sauce to eat with naan or rice. Highly recommended read more

Tamarind East Indian Restaurant - Butter Chicken, Malai prawn, Sweet and Sour Eggplant and Peas Rice - Indian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Interior of the restaurant is very nice, customer service is friendly, prices are average for indian (12-15/entree) Butter Chicken - yummm! as always. Lamb Vindaloo - spicy but delicious. Always one of my must-haves. Sweet & sour eggplant - I wondered about the name too, sounded like sugary Chinese food but it is actually a great dish made with a ginger and coconut sauce. It was the same one Kent V. ordered and will probably one of my future regular orders. All the wonderful food, and they disappointed me with the naan. It tasted delicious. Just when I order naan, I order LOTS of naan. We ordered 3 orders at $1.95 each, and we got 3 medium sized pieces :( Yes I almost cried when I opened up the take-out bag and saw the limited amount of naan. All 3 orders were equivalent of 1 or 1.5 orders at another restaurant. They crushed my most important part of the meal by having ridiculously overpriced naan. I debated 3 stars, but others may not care about swimming in naan like I do, so I'll give it 4, and see how it goes next time. read more

This used to be one of my favourite places for Indian food because the food is great and the place is relatively close to my place in the NW but the last time I visited, the service was so horrible that I will definitely have to find a new regular Indian place. The previous time we visited, we had a lovely server (I'm sorry, I really can't remember her name because I am so horrible with names) who recommended some dishes we've never tried before. One of the dishes were tilapia, which we LOVED. Remembering how good it was, we called in to order some food for pick up. When I called, I spoke to a guy who was downright rude and condescending. I asked if they have a fish dish with tilapia as I couldn't remember the name of the dish and he talked to me as if I was stupid and said there was no such fish on the menu. I thought perhaps I just mixed up the names, so I asked him to recommend a different dish and went to pick up. As I was waiting for the food when I got to the restaurant, I checked the menu to see what the dish I had last time was. The menu clearly said tilapia!!! When I mentioned it to the hostess, the guy stormed over and argued with me, saying that the menu was outdated and that he does all the orders for the inventory, and that he hasn't ordered tilapia for months because it's too expensive. I understand that customers make mistakes. And I understand that your menu is outdated. Yes I understand that you are the manager or assistant manager or whatever high horse you are riding on, but talking down to a customer and arguing that they are wrong is clearly not the right way to run a customer service oriented job and business. He made me feel stupid and not welcomed at all, when I was there to pick up 60$ of take out food as I regularly do. I used to frequent this place and take many of my friends there, but I haven't visited since my last unpleasant pick up order and do not plan to again. So, if anyone has a recommendation for a great Indian restaurant, this girl right here is looking for a new fav place. read more

Felt like butter chicken but didn't want to drive too far so decided to check out Tamarind. We ordered our usual EI course consisting of popodum, onion bahji, butter chicken, chicken korma, curry veg & rice. Even though we had it to go a few things about the restaurant. Its in a new strip mall and offers decent parking. The interior is quite nice and tastefully decorated which would be appropriate for anything from a dinner with the kids to date night. The person who took my order and served me when picking up was very friendly and seemed to care about providing good service. Now back to the food! The popodums themselves were good but nothing special (how can you make a deep fried cracker special??) but the chutneys served with it were fantastic. In particular the papaya was very refreshing. The bahji were nicely spiced and were fresh, good bite sized lumps of oniony goodness. The butter chicken and chicken korma were both well prepared with enough spice to give a kick but not over powering. The curry veg had a good selection of different vegetables and also freshly prepared. A nice surprise is they offered coconut rice. While not as strong as thai coconut rice it was still very good. read more

The food may be good, but I just had a horrendous experience which spoilt my entire day pretty much. The staff is utmost rude and unpolished in their hospitality. They do not know how to conduct themselves. I am not going to recommend this to anyone henceforth, nor am I going to waste fuel and time to go to this place ever again. Totally not worth it. For the interested, the specifics are below: We drove about 25 KM from downtown to have food there. As I generally do, I was carrying my camera with me and if I do see good items, I take pictures of them. The waiter came running to me and very rudely said you are not supposed to take pictures of the menu, which I anyway was not, and I clarified this to him. I closed the menu book and had barely taken a photo or two of a overhanging bulb shade - when the man again came running to me, this time visibly angry and outright rude - asking me to delete the pics. I showed him the one pic I had taken of the bulb and deleted it. The man was not at all moved on realizing he had made a mistake. I walked out of the restaurant and he did not even try to ask me why I was leaving. Very disrespectful read more

Something is missing in spices. Food taste different then the last time we dined in. Service was fabulous though. 3.5 star if I had option. read more

We have eaten a few times here and the service has been good with excellent food. After tonight however we feel the staff need some hospitality 101 training. We were seated after a short wait - my wife tried to order a Kingfisher beer but the waiter said it was not available and suggested a Tiger which she agreed to. I ordered a Coors and the waiter went to fetch. He came back a little later and now said Tiger was out too - they had just restocked and it was all warm. Now disappointed, my wife opted for no beer. Just after waiter left - behind us we noticed that a table received three Tiger beers. The same table that was seated and ordered drinks after us. As we were waiting to give our order, a table was being cleared next to us. A napkin with utensils was left on the table from the previous guests with the fork was on top. Instead of taking everything away (the smart thing in case fork was used) the staff just tucked it back into the napkin and put down a new plate. That is a H&S no no. Food arrived - we ordered a platter for two and two other dishes medium spiced. They were all very tasty but the dishes were NOT medium - they were only mild. Finally - icing on the cake on hospitality disasters - when we got the bill - the Tiger was on it. Really? You screw up finding my wife a beer - a good restaurant would of given her a free one and apologized for messing up. But no. And then you charge for something we didn't order. So no - we're not going back. Food is good but I think we"ll take our business elsewhere. This restaurant needs hospitality work and now has questionable food safety standards. read more