Aab India

Aab is Fantastic! Best Indian food I have had in many years. Can’t wait to head back! Remember there is a newer Aab on Sawmill with a slightly different menu (more northern Indian palette). Enjoy! DJS

I dont think this place has made any afford to improve service at all since multiple bad service review. They are rudest people I have come across. Its not even worth the food. GO TO AMUL INDIA OR ANYWHERE ELSE then this place. They dont understand the meaning of hospitality or food service. Try to order a carry out and the guy on the phone was soo rude and wasnt willing to listen to my order. He hung up the phone stating I have line here and your wasting my time by asking me for the total of my bill and going over the order. I think it just a common courtesy to go over your order and tell you the total. I will never ever ever go to this place as an INDIAN!

We started with the keema samosa which was a crumbly meat wrapped in pastry. Never had this before… the meat had some Indian spices but it was very mild. It came with three different sauces. I don’t know what they were but the orange one was spicy and delicious.
We shared chicken tikki masala and chicken curry. They were similar. The curry was red. And even though we ordered both medium they came out very mild. I’m going to go for hot next time. The chicken in both dishes was very tender… more so than other Indian restaurants I’ve been to. If you don’t know what to order… try the tiki masala. I’ve never know anyone not to like it.
The garlic naan was huge and so good. Biggest piece I’ve had from any Indian restaurant and the garlic tasted great.
As stated in other reviews, the seating is awkward and the décor a little bland but not horrible. The place is clean and new. The service was very good. I was also able use a Groupon so that was nice too!
Of the three aab in columbus, Grandview is the nicest as far as atmosphere but I like bexley for the food.

The food is good, but the service has never been great. Been here a few times to make sure it’s not a fluke, but there seems to be a constant rotation of servers who aren’t well trained and a real lack of structure. Diners wait ages for food (which tastes great!) and then struggle to pay the bill or get water. I’ve had two to-​go orders lost, and, while I don’t expect the world, an apology or improvement to the future could be nice. Aab should work to improve its management and invest in a more responsive environment.
Also, the chicken shahi korma is fantastic; spice level 5 is perfect. Eat it, but expect a big of a wait

First time at this location and I really enjoyed it! I have always loved the Grandview Aab but for Restaurant Week, I decided to venture into the throes of Bexley for a change of scenery. The Restaurant Week menu is a steal! If you’re reading this and it is Restaurant Week, please put down your phone or laptop or tablet and get to Aab!
Okay, if you’re still reading because you missed restaurant week, I will continue my discussion of Bexley Aab:
The location is pretty good and has ample parking which is always such a foreign concept to me after living downtown for the last five years. The restaurant itself is quaint yet also has a HUGE television showing the latest and greatest in Baliwood music videos. The women’s restroom was out of order so that was a bummer for me but otherwise, no complaints.
The food was superb. I had the curry lamb and it was cooked to perfection. I also had a glass of malbec from their wine list which is filled with great selections. They even have Crush by Dreaming Tree which is one of my favorites.
The parking lot was kind of gross with snow so I’d recommend not wearing heels (like I did) because you will have an awkward walk into the restaurant. I definitely plan to visit again when the weather gets warmer!

Terrible customer service. We came with a group of 7 for dinner and 1 couple wanted to use their groupon to pay for their dinner. The waiter said our table had to all be on one check for them to use their groupon. This really made things difficult with a group of 7 which took away from the experience for sure. Very difficult to work with!!!

Tasty and affordable
My favorite dish is Chicken Tikka Masala, I always have it in most Indian restaurant I Visit and this one just pass my test
It doesn’t look like much from the outside and Honestly not much from the inside either
But the food is good and that’s sums it all
It is a restaurant after all
Clean, food seems fresh and most important tasty
I do recommend this restaurant

Wow. This was bad. Terrible service on a Monday night-​what?!
The wrong order of wines were placed in front of me and my friend and we were actually told that we ordered them before the waiter grudgingly took them away to fix HIS mistake. He had NO clue what the happy hour deal was or that it had ended at 6pm when we had arrived at 615. Not helpful whatsoever. The food was bland and fried-​not at ALL what I expected. I ordered the veggie appetizer platter– I’m not a huge Indian food aficionado, but I would have thought this would have been fresh and light not battered, disgusting goo. The chicken nan was ok but also lacked any flavor whatsoever. I didn’t even want my leftovers, which has never happened to me. Ever.
In the end, I wanted to use my groupon since I won’t be back and was denied even that because my meal was under $ 20.
Gross. All around. Most dissatisfied I have been in any restaurant.

I love Indian food, and I’ve visited this spot three times since they’ve opened hoping to get some consistency, but I’m ready to call it quits.
They have no consistency with their spice level. I always order a 4 or 5 out of their 6 levels of spice — not afraid of some heat/​flavor. Two of those three times the dish was without heat. The latest order I placed, which was takeout or I’d have sent it back, the only flavor was blandness. That’s really disappointing especially since it directly said on the receipt «Med Hot.» Not even close. The samosas and nan are good, but if the main dish can’t be consistent, what’s the point?

If you went early on after the opening of this one, you may, like me, have found the service to be extremely lacking. I’m happy to say it’s picked up markedly. And the food is great, almost as good as the original location.
Lunch buffet 7 days a week for a great price, too.
The space can get a little cramped which is unfortunate. Get there early for a decent table. There’s a small but decent patio in the warmer times too.
They seem to have consistency issues with the spice level here. I’ve ordered a 3 and had it be a little bland, and the next time very spicy.
Overall, Yay — I’m a fan! Nice to have this one a touch closer to me than Grandview.

This is my first visit to this location. Went for the lunch buffet. The quality and variety was a little less than their Grandview location but still really good.
My majority complaint is how packed the sitting area is. Very crowded in there.

Food is the same great quality as the Grandview location, which pleased me greatly! Service was just fine in my experience, but maybe that’s because I go above and beyond to be a pleasant customer so that wait staff want to return the kindness. Call me crazy. I’m so glad to have this new location much closer to home! I will definitely be coming back!

I was so sad when I heard Aladdin’s closed, but replacing it with Aab India makes it sort of OK. I was actually pretty impressed with Aab. I thought the food was fantastic. Service was great and portions were big. We were stuffed and took the majority home with us. I had the lamb korma and garlic naan. The korma was so rich and creamy. I had the medium hot level of spice which was just about perfect for me. The naan was the size of a medium pizza which I didn’t know when I ordered it, so there is a bunch leftover. So delicious and garlicky. They also have a decent beer selection… Stone IPA on tap and Anchor Steam in bottles, which is one of my favorite go-​to beers. Very pleasantly surprised. Tons of vegetarian options too so easy to go with our veg fam members!

Uh… what else can I say about how delicious Aab is because it is known that that the food is absolutely amazing here. So I guess I’ll just make up a word, and say that the food at Aab is splinterrictastic!!! Get the lunch buffet and try not to eat 4 plates, and the garlic nan is a must try! Keep doing what u doin Aab!

I wish I could give this place a higher rating. We have been craving a good Indian restaurant on the east side of the city for a long time and when Aab opened we thought it may be peg to fill that hole. It’s close, but the service really lets it down.
The food is easily a 4. It’s really good. Not the best curry I have ever had, but a solid 4. The service unfortunately is only 2. While we sat fairly quickly and the food was served with no issues, my main complaint is sitting for about 20 minutes after clearly finishing and no waiter to present the check. When he finally showed up it was like he was never missing at all. An apology would have been easy! We will probably go back again, and just allow more time in the schedule for waiting.

So the new, much closer to me Aab has opened in Bexley! This will not be good for my physique. I seriously get massively full, full as a tick, stick me I’m done full every time I go to the Aab in Grandview and Bexley, as it turns out, is no different. Gluttony a sin? Then this guys going straight to hell.
The place is smaller with much less seating area than Grandview but still has a bar to belly up to. As long as my belly affords me enough room to sit at the bar I will do so. The buffet also is smaller but has all of the especially delicious choices as the one in Grandview.
The consistency and taste of the food is the exact same which is a good thing.
There seems to be a lot of complaints about service on here. Bad service is never my experience here but, to be fair, I’m not really being waited on going to the buffet. There only duty is water refill, set up and clearing dirty plates. So I’m probably not a fair judge of that.

I almost gave this new Aab location a 3 star, but the food really carried it up to a 4 star review. If they didn’t have a lunch buffet, the service would have sunk the rating for sure.
First off, the table arrangement in this place is terrible. I’m not sure who designed it, but there’s tables in front of doors where people are constantly coming in and out and not just the patio. I was seated right in front of the main door and people were on top of me as they came in.
Second, the service, or lack of service is frustrating. There didn’t seem to be set servers for any of the tables, so they just of wandered about, and I had to track them down to get any sort of drink. The guy that seemed to be refilling my drink the most (once at the beginning and once as I was leaving) just had the attitude about him that was unwelcoming. I watched him scoff at some people at one of the tables then go behind the bar and take a shot of wine. Who does that? If you don’t want to work here, then don’t, but don’t make me feel like asking for a drink is some disservice to you. You literally do nothing but refill drinks during lunch and clear plates.
Luckily, I didn’t have to deal with the anyone that much, since it’s a buffet, and I could just help myself (I pity the dinner crowd). The food was fantastic and held up to the Grandview location that I frequent more. The chicken makhani was delicious as was the vegetable curry. In fact, just about everything up there was awesome, including the mango custard. I haven’t ever been a fan of the tandoori chicken, because it’s so dry, but maybe I just don’t like tandoori chicken? I don’t know.
Overall, I’d only come here for lunch so my interaction with the waitstaff would be as little as possible. The food stands on its own, and it’s awesome to finally have an Indian restaurant on this side of town.

Found a bone in my chicken tikka masala!
My boyfriend and I arrived at Aab at around 8:55 pm. today and stood around for about 30 seconds, waiting to be greeted and or told where to sit. This didn’t happen so we seated ourselves. It took about 10 — 15 minutes for our waitress to bring us menus, and this is was only after I stopped the waitress and asked her for them. The same thing happened with our drink orders. I had to wave down a waiter after watching him walk back and forth through the small restaurant. My boyfriend is observing Ramadan so he was starving — we ordered our beverages and food at the same time!
I wish that was the worst part.
I found a medium-​sized bone in my chicken tikka masala. I told my waiter and he made a «Yikes» face and then headed to the back to tell the chef.
No apologies. I saw him come out and chat with his fellow wait staff. Still no apologies. He brought us our check, thanked us for coming and then left to return to chatting with his friend.
No one came to our table and apolgized or even acknowledged that their customer had made a complaint.
We’ll only be eating at the Grandview Aab location from now on, unfortunately. We live really close to this location so we had hoped it would be better :-(

Aab Bexley has a buffet that’s just as tasty as Aab Grandview, if perhaps slightly less vegetarian-​friendly. The food at Aab is like crack and I have to force myself not to keep going back until I can’t fit more food in my body.
Our server was friendly and made sure we had drink refills.
My only complaint is that there are tables that block the patio door, so every time we took a buffet trip from the lovely patio, we were all in this couple’s business on the way in and out. They seemed a little unhappy about it, and I don’t blame them. Moving (or removing) that table would make the restaurant flow better.

Same great Aab as in Grandview… but this one is at the END OF MY STREET.
The Bexley Aab has only been open a short while, so I can totally forgive/​overlook any minor hiccups. But at the end of the day, it’s delicious, high-​quality Indian food and really awesome service.
On my first trip here, I had the lunch buffet. I’m not an Indian-​lunch-​buffet kinda guy, so my saying that it was awesome is huge for me. We came during the last 30 minutes, and everything was still piping hot and fresh. There were lots of dishes that I loved, and everything was plentiful.
When I explained my wheat thing to our server, she immediately knew which dishes I couldn’t have (which wasn’t many btw). Five stars for understanding allergies and dietary restrictions!
The only thing I didn’t love was how they’ve squeezed two tables right in front of the patio door. You literally smoosh into the people sitting there as you walk outside. For the love of Gaga, MOVE THOSE TABLES.
Other than that tiny gripe in all caps, I’m thrilled to have such a great option close to home. You know, ever since the great disappointment of 2015. Side eye to Zöe’s.