About - Tandoori express
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Ordered via a delivery service. Driver was great! Food? Not so great. I ordered plain naan and Cheese Kulcha. I received two burnt plain naan and no Kulcha. This restaurant seems to like to burn their naan because this is the fourth time I have received burned naan. The butter chicken is $16+ and yet is served in a two cup container (dishwasher and microwave safe). The rice has grated veggies and was good. Served in a small Chinese rice like container. The aloo tikki were falling apart and good. The vegetable samosa was bordering on burned as well. Overall, not worth the $34+ tips and fees ($9+). Other platforms have this same restaurant at $36 plus $10 fees and such. Again, just not worth it. There are other Indian places in town that care about the food they send out
We were in town for a track meet. I was surprised that the menu I found online didn't clearly note which dishes were vegetarian and which were vegan. We decided to grab lunch there as Indian food typically had lots of meatless options. Unfortunately, the man working didn't seem to know what dishes were vegan (no animal). Definitely a language barrier to overcome and didn't leave me with a lot of confidence. We ordered vegetable pakora, vegetable samosa, and chickpea masala. I thought everything was vegan but when asked the man working seemed unsure. I think he was confused about what I was asking but "vegan" and "no animals" should be obvious. There is an article on the wall near the point of sale system about eating vegan. It seemed to be a one man show. I'm pretty sure one guy was taking orders, brought us clean plates and utensils, cooked, served our food, and cleaned our table. Respect to him, that's a lot to do, plus they lived up to the "Express" in their name, as food was severed quickly. The food was good but not great. I had higher expectations based on the reviews I had read. I thought the samosas were the best thing we got. My wife and I love vegetable pakora but both thought that was underwhelming here. The spices mix the pakora and samosa were dusted with was very flavorful. The pakora was kind of big and not well fried and crispy. The vegetables that were inside were kind of big pieces which made them crunchy. That is not how our local spot is and was quite a bit different than what we're used to. The samosas were nice and plump. The spice dusting was really helpful for the profile. They seemed soft as opposed to a crispy fried exterior that we're used to. The samosa was my favorite part of our meal. The chickpea masala was good. It had a nice flavor but wasn't something we normally order. When ordering I struggled to verify if chickpea masala was vegan and he said no chicken. I asked about aloo matar, which is what we usually get at our local spot, but he did not know what that was. I wasn't trying to order that, just trying to figure out vegan (no dairy or egg) dishes. The masala didn't set well with either of us. Tandoori Express was decent. The food wasn't bad. The restaurant is small and mostly clean. The door was a little grimy, the table too, nothing horrible. The neighborhood was pretty sketchy. We didn't feel safe where we were. Maybe this is typical for Decatur. I'd like to see vegan items clearly marked and the staff be familiar with ingredients. I really wanted to order bread but can only assume it had dairy in it and skipped it. Tandoori Express isn't a bad restaurant. I don't think we'll eat here again if ever given the opportunity.
This place is delicious!! We had never eaten Indian food before and were blown away by the delicious flavors!! We had the lamb samosa, garlic naan, shrimp tandoori, and the chicken jafrazi. Everything was delicious! We also got a mango lassi and the mango dessert😋😋. The service was great too, the prices were very reasonable and the food was made fresh. Highly recommend this place!!