Namskar

Ok… just to put this in perspective. I am not a fan of Indian food really. too saucy and brown. not enough bright colours to be visually appealing. I am a Vegan and love my veggies.
My BF suggested this place and it’s close to where I live so I agreed.
The appies Pakors. veggie and onion were to DIE for… my tastebuds were soooooo happy.
We had rice, Naan and Palak Aloo and Aloo Gobhi.
I was smiling and MMMMMMing the whole time!!!
I am a fan!
Service was also great… just the right amount of attention and the servers knew all the ingredient in everything we ordered

Order on their website through their online order system which was «down» but he said he refreshed his browser and got the order after 1.25 hours after ordering and was assured they would be able to get it to us in thirty minutes.
One hour later the delivery man showed up after hanging up on me two times as I told him where the building was. This was after I called and cancelled my order around the 2 hour mark. He tailgates into my building and shoved his foot against the door and was extremely confrontational had to tell him to take his foot out of the door as we had already starting cooking instant food. Very disappointing experience but a culmination of failures from the ordering system which required me to prepay which might need more work on their side monitoring and using it properly. The food is always good but the service was ridiculous for the price.
Bottom line is I don’t order food to get harassed by the delivery man and come about five minutes away from calling the police or having to drag them out of our building.

Sunil!
That’s how this review has to start. He brought the flavours, the humour and the celebration even with our picky, confused and probably frustrating tribe. The menu is diverse enough to please even the most uncertain Indian food newbie and traditional enough to appeal to the true foodie (self defined of course). We had to wait — the restaurant lacks sufficient parking and speed. Perhaps due to the demand of the patrons and the desire for REAL food rather than fast food? I wish we had slowed our dive into our delightfully presented edibles because had we you would be viewing colourful choice dishes of vegetarian curry, butter chicken, scrumptious paneer, prawn korma, and garlic naan — served up classically in copper (?) dishes so beautifully you could practically smell the spices through the photos. Oh and I must not soon forget the triple heat of the chicken entrée one of our party enjoyed. A jug of water unsolicited (but definitely wanted) and an unexpected birthday treat complete with song made this a special night and a special place. I recommend you visit, soon, and I further recommend you make reservations and say «hi» to Sunil. He is worth the drive — even from the SE!

Truly awful, service was poor, staff unfriendly, not recommended, pretentious management, slow to serve, walked out only gave a star so could post and warn people

If you like Indian cuisine, definitely put Namskar on your list. I’ve been here several times for their lunch buffet, and I’ve been consistently impressed. As others have noted, food quality is beyond reproach, but parking is a challenge: their lot is tiny and neighbourhood restrictions can make finding a nearby spot iffy. Clean, bright, and moderately upscale.

Upon entering Namskar you are struck by the dated «tacky» California Art Deco and confused chaos! Once settled we ordered our vegi samosa as both of us were starving. While imbibing on our beers, the waiter seated two people at the next table. Shortly thereafter their samosa order arrived … did they forget our order. After some fuss it arrived, shall we it was worth the wait — crispy and golden accompanied with two chutneys.
Our main dishes of Dal Tarka and Goat Korma had just the right blend of flavours and spices with delicious creamy textures.
Do not suggest ordering side orders of salad (overpriced) with no imagination! Nan bread was cold and chewy! Basmati steam rice was nothing special.
If you like currie, you will not be disappointed!

This is my new favourite Indian delivery place. It’s a little more pricey than the other Indian places but totally worth it. They have online delivery ($ 4!) through SkiptheDishes and I’ve never had any issues with my order.
Firstly, my current favourite dishes are: the peas and mushroom rice, butter chicken, garlic naan and the vegetable pakora. But… they are so good that I have to admit that I haven’t tried too many other menu items.
What I love:
— The chicken is really good chicken breast quality and I’m never scared of getting a grissly bit.
— The sauces — I could just eat the butter chicken sauce and rice. If I had to.
— The garlic naan. Seriously. I currently buy as many pieces as I will have individual meals from my delivery. I’ve been reliably told that the cheese naan ($ 7) is not as good as the garlic naan ($ 3).
A cold or rainy day and need some comfort food? This is a great option. The website says 30 — 60 minutes for delivery and you can track the delivery which is super handy — it usually takes around an hour from experience.

The food is good but they either leave you on hold so long that you give up or they don’t answer their phone at all and you leave a message that isn’t returned. The online ordering option also isn’t very useful because the system doesn’t work well and then I’m reluctant to enter my credit card number into such a shaky system. Oh well…

Great service friendly staff. The portions where small but delicious. Rice left something to be desired but overall great experience.

Full disclosure: I came here on Father’s Day.
I’m not sure if it’s correlated but the service was so slow that day. It took a long time for our appy to arrive and even longer for our entrees. I usually order dessert but we had somewhere to be after dinner!
For the appy, we ordered the paneer pakora, which is home made cottage cheese fried in chick pea batter. I usually love me some cheese pakora but it was rather bland and a bit rubbery. The mint chutney that came with it sure livened it up.
For the main, I ordered the chicken lababdar while hubby ordered the beef korma. They were very good in very distinct ways. The chicken lababdar was similar to a butter chicken but with more spices and depth of flavour. I wanted to lick the bowl clean. The korma was a mild and creamy yellow curry which went perfectly with the garlic naan. We also had the saffron rice. Yum.
I’ll definitely be back but I’ll skip the paneer pakora next time.

Food is so delicious ! They recently changed their delivery fees which are so ridiculous we don’t order from them anymore. But they know how to cook if you can make it in to the restaurant.

I Was extremely disappointed. I got butter chicken, rice, and garlic naan. The butter chicken tasted like tomato soup with boiled chicken plopped in it. The rice was rice (hard to screw up). The naan was undercooked, pretty much still dough which was sad.
The delivery guys (2 of them) were polite and the guy on the phone was nice, but that was the only good thing going for them.

I came here for the all you can eat lunch buffet and I was excited because I love Indian food! It is only $ 16.95, which is pretty reasonable for all you can eat.
They had an assortment of food. I had some rice, naan bread, assorted vegetables, and of course, butter chicken! I personally love spicy food and I found the butter chicken to have no spice to it at all, which was disappointing, but it was still very good. The sauce that was on the assorted vegetables had some spice to it so I dipped my naan bread in that! For dessert I tried their fruit crème, which is basically assorted fruits with a mango sauce on top, and that was yummy.
The staff are very friendly and the restaurant itself was very nice. I would definitely come back!

tandoori chicken was meh and |MEH meh meh. The bad parts of the chicken served heaping with bones. I imagine they use the good for butter chicken. Veg Kora looked like store bought frozen pees and carrots in babyfood. The mango Kafli and Lychi drink were meh. 2 mehs. I WILL NOT BE BACK EVAR

I thought the food was great. I thought the price was reasonable. However, my service was not up to the standard I would have wanted. There was one main waiter and a couple of folks bringing out food, but the server was dramatically out-​numbered.
My advice, anticipate your needs a bit further in advance than you normally would — unless they have an adequate staff on hand.

This is pretty much my favorite restaurant. I’ve found pretty much everything I’ve ordered to be excellent! I generally get the Butter Chicken but I’ve also ordered the Chicken, Beef and Lamb Vindaloo, and the Chicken Tikka. Their garlic naan is perfectly chewy and the pakora (both chicken and vegetable) are amazing.
They are also very consistent. The food is always good and, to date, I have never had a bad or an off meal.
When I eat in the service is always good. The staff are prompt and very friendly.
When I get takeout, my food is always ready on time and I’ve never had them mess up my order.

We went there on a Thursday night and as soon as I entered I was surprised by the crowd. The restaurant was 80% full which is impressive for a weeknight considering the fact that the location also does not attract a lot of walk ins.
We had the appetizer platter and the house wine to start. The house wine is terrible but I was not expecting anything better in an Indian restaurant. It was our own fault ordering wine, not a good pairing at all.
Most items on appetizer platter was tasty but my favorite was the Pakora. Very delicious and fried to perfection. Also it came with two dipping sauces/​chutney which was fantastic. I am sure if they bottle them most customer will buy it on their way out.
For the main course I tried, the lamb Vindaloo and the Dal. Both of them were very good. However, the Dal was something special. Probably the best Dal I had in Alberta. I normally try to avoid vegetarian dishes but if every vegetarian dish tastes like this Dal, I may convert ;). Also on the side, we ordered saffron rice and garlic bread. The bread was freshly baked and tasty. On the other hand, the saffron rice did not taste like saffron at all. I really prefer the Persian version of the saffron rice which is more generous on the Saffron: D
I will definitely go back there to try other items on the menu but I am sure whatever I order, I will have the Dal also.

First off we had a gem of a server which always makes the experience that much better. The dishes were very flavorful. A couple downsides: chicken in the vindaloo was quite tough, the samosas crust was a bit to much like pie crust .
Awesome coconut rice and the best dang gulab jamun in the city

This was our first time here! The boys and I came in at 12:30pm and the place was packed! It’s a good thing we made reservations online. Our server was very pleasant and seated us immediately. We wasted no time and ordered mango lassis– yum… they were thick, creamy and not too sweet.
Having just come off a ten-​day diet (mostly veggies, fruit, nuts, fish, eggs, cheeses), I needed carbs… badly… !! We made a mad dash to the lunch buffet (the a la carte menu is only available at dinner time).
I was pleasantly surprised that they also had a Greek-​style salad (complete with black olives, sans feta) as well as the regular red onion and green lettuce salads.

The goat curry was absolutely divine. The meat was tender and falling off the bone; it was bathed in a mildly spiced, flavorful curry. However, I was fishing around in the chafing dish for more goat meat (there were mostly pieces of spine and neck bone), but I guess the kitchen had to use up all parts of their goat eventually…
Strangely enough, the naan (covered by a large cloth) was out on a heated tray at the buffet. At most of the Indian restaurants we’ve been to, the servers brought out the naan separately to each table to avoid it drying out at the buffet. Sure enough, the edges of the naan on top of the stack were curling a bit…

The cabbage and peas were delicious, and so were the masala turnips. The butter chicken was meltingly tender and the sauce was seasoned perfectly.
A white gourd curry was also available – I didn’t get a chance to try it. I also didn’t have
room for rice pudding or fruit salad.
We will definitely be back sometime for dinner! There are some great choices on their online menu!

I am sad that I didn’t try this place sooner!
I’ve always been intrigued by the uniquely shaped building on 16^th avenue. I was also thrilled that there was no buffet, as I much prefer ordering a few quality dishes rather than the excessive quantity and average quality of a buffet.
I really enjoyed the garlic naan, veggie pakora platter, and dal. The portions, when they come out, seem like they are quite small, but it’s deceivingly filling. The prices are still a little bit higher than other Indian restaurants, but I definitely think it’s worth it.
We had an incredibly friendly, upbeat server, who I wish I could have as a server at every restaurant!
They also have a great selection of hand made desserts. Good for a dressy night out or a casual dinner with friends.