Ariel M.
Yelp
I've been here a few times and normally my experience is great. It is very quiet during the day and the staff is normally friendly; however, today was different.
First, ordered the chai, and the lady behind the counter left to go in the back, which I thought nothing of. I was drinking it and I noticed my cup was dirty. Not just dirty but filthy, it had food outside of the cup and some dried-up sauce inside. I let them know and I got a new drink, but this time they grabbed a cup from behind the counter. I noticed that was where they keep clean cups. So did you just go back there and purposely grab a dirty cup?
Next, I ordered food. The person who had originally served me and made my drink had left. I figured I'd test out if my mistreatment was a mistake or if they took issue with me being there. Just as an aside, I was the only black person there. I went to wait in line as two ladies were ordering food. When they left I was about to walk up when another customer just cut me in line. I assumed the cashier, who I think was the owner, would say something. Earlier I saw the last employee inform her of my dirty cup. Since she didn't apologize for that, surely she would this time. I mean this was two times I was given bad service. But alas, no. She said absolutely nothing. The customer apologized, but she never did. I ordered the lamb vindaloo and I asked if this could be made with no onions, and she assured me it could. Imagine my surprise, when I get home that there are onions in my dish. I'm allergic to onions. If you couldn't take them out, just say that. But I digress. I couldn't eat the meal which is sad because it smelled good, but definitely not worth the price I paid.
I watched for the entire time I was there as she made rounds to tables, and engaged in conversation with all of the other customers. But she couldn't even apologize to me. Sad, but I won't be coming back, not that I think she cares. Maybe I was naive and should have left earlier before I got hungry.
Anyway, the food is not worth what you pay, at least when it comes to portions. The small piece of lamb I tried was dry and overcooked. I mean I could not even cut it with a metal fork. If I'm paying 26 dollars for one dish it had better be tender meat, no fat, or at the very least freshly made. Considering I didn't wait that long I'm guessing it wasn't. You can find better and cheaper Indian food from anywhere else in this part of Raleigh. It just sucks to lose a quiet place to work