SAFFIRE

If you’re craving a memorable Indian dining experience on Long Island, Saffire in Commack is an absolute must-try. From the warm and inviting atmosphere to the bold, beautifully crafted flavors, this restaurant consistently delivers on all fronts. Right from the moment you walk in, the contemporary yet relaxed vibe sets the stage for a special meal. The staff are genuinely welcoming and attentive, offering knowledgeable suggestions — whether you’re navigating the menu for the first time or returning as a regular. Diners frequently highlight how accommodating the team is with spice preferences and menu guidance, making everyone feel comfortable and catered to.  The menu itself is a celebration of modern South Asian cuisine. Classic curries like Chicken Tikka Masala boast rich, layered flavors while vibrant biryanis and succulent kebabs stand out for their fragrant spices and perfect execution. Appetizers like the varied samosa trio and inventive small plates are consistently praised, and specialty breads — especially the sesame naan — are a flavorful highlight.  What elevates the experience is the consistent praise from guests: from excellent service and a pleasant ambiance to dishes that leave you excited to return. Many reviewers cite this as some of the best Indian food they’ve enjoyed locally, with flavorful plates that rival major city restaurants.  Whether it’s a casual lunch, a date night, or a dinner with friends, Saffire combines striking flavors, generous portions, and gracious service to make every visit special. Make sure to ask for Nikki, she will make your visit special.

This was our first time visiting Saffire, and everything exceeded our expectations—from the food to the ambiance and the service. The staff was extremely friendly and offered great recommendations, though we decided to go with the lunch buffet. Almost every item was delicious; the only exception for us was the mutton biryani. Overall, the quality and experience were absolutely worth every penny. We’ll definitely be returning very soon. A big plus is the large parking area and the spacious outdoor seating as well. Highly recommended!

We were in search of something new and delicious and we hit the jackpot! We decided to go for the happy hour specials to get a feel for the food and drink. We started with a mango margarita which was perfect to go with our first 2 choices off the happy hour menu, the Ali Tikki and Chili Naan. They were spectacular together! We moved on and ordered a few more apps all while chatting with the wonderful man tending the bar and our food order and just happened to be the owner/chef Chani Singh. He was gracious and knowledgeable and made great recommendations. I switched to a Sauvignon Blanc which held up beautifully with the spice and heat of the food. The fish, samosas and hummus were all the best I’ve eaten! We also had Daal Makhni off the charts delicious! Highly recommend this place for happy hour and cannot wait to bring friends for a whole meal! We felt welcomed, cared for and full by the time we finished!

Food was amazing. The samosa trio was really good. Each one was different. Big enough to spilt in half. My favorite was the beef tikka kebab. Beef was soft and tender and full of flavor. Also tried the yellow Daal Tadka with garlic Nana. Had a little bit of heat but was delicious. Couldn't leave with out trying one of the biryanis. I ordered the boneless chicken biryani. Nice flavor. Comes with a yogurt to mix with. Definitely worth coming by and trying this place out if you like Indian Food. Servers here are friendly. I recommend coming early or making a reservation. Will definitely return again.

I’ve only written a few restaurant reviews, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to brag on this one. The food was fresh, flavorful, and top notch. Our group shared several dishes from the traditional curry menu including chicken tikka masala, lamb korma, and chicken with Saffire fire sauce. We also ordered channa masala, garlic naan, and two of the rice options. It was more than enough food for four people, and we even had leftovers to take home. This combination will definitely be a staple for us. Our waitress was attentive and incredibly welcoming. We especially appreciated the warm and quieter atmosphere. There was plenty of space between the tables. We were able to enjoy meaningful conversation with friends without competing with loud music or an overly crowded room. We will absolutely be back!

The experience was amazing! Everyone there was so welcoming especially the owner and our waiter Nikki. She was super nice and always there when we needed her. She gave us some great recommendations. The food was superb, coming from someone who has never ate Indian food in their life. My expectation was very much exceeded and will be definitely coming back!

Having dined there last evening after reading positive reviews, I found the restaurant to be quite lovely, with a beautiful ambiance. The menu appeared to be very appealing. We selected the lamb boti kabab, vegetable momos, and drums of heaven, and everything was delicious and flavorful. For our main courses, we sampled the shahi paneer and saag chicken, accompanied by truffle naan, malai naan, and garlic naan. The shahi paneer was particularly delightful, offering a unique flavor profile compared to other restaurants, and is certainly a must-try dish. The saag chicken and the trio of naans were also very enjoyable. The lychee mojito was also quite good. Our server, Nikki, provided outstanding service, and frequently checked on us. The only suggestion I would offer is that the red beans served with the vegetable momos could be improved. The beans lacked flavor and did not complement the otherwise delicious vegetable momos.

This was my first time coming to Sapphire. Everything was amazing between food, ambiance and service. The staff was very friendly and gave great recommendations. My server, Nikita, was phenomenal. I will definitely be returning here ASAP

Just came from the lunch Buffet at Saffire and it was great. My Wife's first Indian Restaurant and I am so glad we went here. The servers were personable and took time to explain and answer questions. The food was perfectly spiced. Wish I could have had the room for a second plate. The decor is pleasing and not overdone. We will be going back for a dinner so we can see the difference between the buffet and ordering from the menu. Best India I have had in sometime. I give Saffire 5 stars

Great ambiance. Good service. With respect to food, nothing stood out as most were typical run of the mill you find in any Indian restaurants. For a Fri night, place was 50% occupied in their main dining area but mostly by caucasians or non-desis. So definitely the food was served to their palate. They have a beautiful outdoor seating which will be a great hangout place in summer for a large group.

Was very eager to try this place out & it was fantastic. The place is very spacious, indoors & outdoors, so much seating. Everyone was very friendly. The decor and vibe was modern, inviting & elegant. The food! Chefs kiss delicious! Went for the lunch buffet and tried almost everything & it was all excellent. Started with a paantini, which was a rose lychee & sambuca cocktail, very fresh tasting! I loved it! On the buffet everything was very fresh, you know how buffets can get, not this one. Had some rice with chicken tikka, lentils & veggie noodles, loved them all, round 2 had more chicken tikka, sorry it's my fav! tandoori chicken, chickpea curry, palek paneer & some naan. Their food is the best Indian I've had yet on LI. It's my new fav can't wait to go back!

Wow! You know when you try a new really good restaurant and find yourself talking about how good it was throughout the next day? That's Saffire. The entire dinner experience was delicious. Our party of 4 was uncertain at times, but followed the guidance of our expert waitress: samosas, garlic naan, chicken tikka masala, saag paneer, and lamb korma eaten with Peshwari rice. One dish was better than the next. We can't wait to go back for the lunch buffet to be able to taste more dishes!

Food and service excellent!! Tried the lunch buffet special - Good variety and tasty food!! Got hot nan at the table - will like to see more variety of dessert and perhaps more food variations too!! Overall a great experience! The place is large and can accommodate families as well as couples !!!

I can't say enough great things about this place. The food was outstanding, service was fantastic, clean and perfect for large groups or events as well. It wasn't loud so we could actually enjoy our conversations and they didn't rush us when we sat for 3 hours just enjoying our time together! They were so lovely and now a favorite spot. Definitely worth going or at the very least, order take out! You won't regret it

Relatively new Indian place with authentic meals. The drink was a good mix of sweet and spicy with the mango and jalapeños. Highly recommend the samosas, they were very yummy! Tandoori chicken was good and the portion size was generous! Next time I'd like to try something spicier from the menu.

In general, I don't dig restaurants that feel like the interior of an airplane hanger. However, I had to work down the block, & the local lunch options were VERY limited. Solid, standard Indian buffet fare. Nothing is spicy - you wld have to request raw chilies on the side. Very courteous staff, prompt service, & very clean inside. Special bonus - they randomly have fresh Trumer pils on tap - currently, the best Pilsner brewed in the US. Pairs most excellently with Indian food!

First time here and the food was very authentic Indian. Wait staff was very kind. Naan (not pictured) was great to dip in stew! Would definitely come back!

Great food! Really tasty and authentic. Service was good, place was clean and very big.

Great food, great service. Can't wait to return and try more dishes! We enjoyed the tikka masala, the korma, the tandoori mixed chicken grill, and the biryani. The garlic naan is delicious.

Really enjoyed dinner last evening. We go out to eat every Saturday and are getting bored with the same foods all the time. This was a fun place to try out new tastes. Drinks are delicious. I had a lychee mojito. Started with chicken skewer, and followed with lamb biryani. Excellent flavors. Service was amazing. Our server,Suhana,explained all the choices to us and checked several times if we were enjoying. Will definitely go back.

We were met at the door by Nicky. She helped us feel comfortable in an unfamiliar restaurant. She led us into a nicely decorated dining room. We were there for a lunch buffet. We just loved the food. All of it. We would definitely go back. Thank you Saffire for a wonderful experience.

This is our third time having dinner at Saffire. It is always a very pleasant experience. The staff is very welcoming and the food is absolutely delicious. We sat at the bar for happy hour and ordered everything off of the happy hour menu. Hindi music videos are playing on the televisions which adds to the whole experience. The Punjabi hummus is my favorite. It is creamy and flavorful but not too spicy. For dinner, we had two soups (mulligatawny and lamb shorba). My husband ordered his soup very spicy and he was not disappointed. We ordered the saag paneer and tikka masala chicken. Each dish has a very unique taste with its own special sauce. We finished off the meal with the mango pastry. Every time we go, we try something new. We have always been delighted by the bountiful flavors in each dish. I highly recommend this restaurant!

We went with friends tonight to try this new Indian restaurant which opened a few weeks ago at the site of the former Il Toscano. We were excited to see an Indian restaurant in the neighborhood, since we usually have to travel for this cuisine. The space is very pretty and roomy and we were greeted warmly. There is also a very nice patio area for outdoor dining. We shared a few appetizers, shrimp in a spicy tamarind sauce and a delicious chicken wrap. I had the tandoori chicken trio, my husband had chicken vindaloo and our friends had chicken saag, with spinach. We also had Naan and paratha. Everything was delicious, flavorful and nice portions. They have fusion dishes, include some Nepalese apps and Hakka Chinese-Indian food, which I'm looking forward to trying when we go back. Service was very sweet and attentive. . They have a full liquor license too. Definitely a nice addition to the neighborhood. They have a few non South Asian dishes too, so if you have a group where some people don't like Indian food, there are choices for them.

We came here on Saturday for the buffet. There were a few waiters and a waitress. Some of the tables had dirty dishes and glasses on it the entire time we were there. The entrées for the buffet, the tops were all left open and everything was cool or warm. Nothing was hot. Many fires were not on underneath. It did not seem that it was being managed appropriately. The food was typical Indian food. My husband was disappointed that there was no goat, especially for the price of the buffet. It was $24 per person. This place may have a lot of potential if they do better with cleanliness, keeping the food very hot and fresh, everything seemed to be sitting out the entire hour we ate. Maybe they want to put less out and keep it fresh and hot.

Saffire was recommended to my wife and I so we had to give it a try. I'm glad we did. The food was delicious! We weren't sure what to get as an appetizer so our amazing server, Nikki, gave us a suggestion and it was phenomenal. I got the Chicken Tikka Masala, and my wife got the Shrimp Tikka Masala and we paired it with some garlic naan. Outstanding! We highly recommend it!

Fresh and excellent tasting food. Saffire has an impressive menu and their service is fantastic (Erica). I definitely will be coming back! Thank you! Can't wait to try the buffet so I can sample more of your delicious food!

A stellar experience. Went there for the first time, taking a friend to birthday dinner, and found myself going back two days later. (I can't stay away!) This is a gracious, welcoming and friendly spot with a vast and creative menu, warm, engaging and helpful waitstaff and just a general feelgood atmosphere. This is our new go-to spot for Indian food. The food is as close to perfect as one could want; the entire staff cannot do enough to make you happy, comfortable and well-fed. Ooops, I am making myself hungry all over again.....

Very cozy and inviting. Nikki, our server, was incredibly helpful and gave fantastic recommendations. The best Indian food in the area.

We tried this on Christmas eve. The food is delicious!! Our server, Nikki, was so knowledgeable about the menu and guided us through. The decor is gorgeous as they kept the original beautiful marble floor of when it was the steakhouse/seafood location. As far as ambiance, I think the restaurant would benefit from some walls separating parts of the dining area as, while it was nice, seemed sort of cafeteria-like and wide open. I imagine if it gets really crowded, it may be difficult to hear because of that reason. But, the food was amazing. The Tikka Masala was traditional with hints of the butter chicken. Delicious. I had the chicken vindaloo and it was good but the chicken TM won out. Also, the rice with lentils and coconut was delicious. I don't like coconut but you can't even taste it! So that was good for me. Apps: samosa trio was good; tandoori chicken skewer was only one skewer with 1 bite portions - they should make that two; a shrimp app my husband enjoyed. The garlic naan was excellent.

I think this is the same eatery I had a great meal in East Meadow... I can't remember what I had but i definitely remember a very happy tummy! I thought this was Indian food??? The dessert offered amazing!!! I'm going here very soon.

Second time visiting Saffire and I'm thrilled with the food and staff! Best Indian food on Long Island.

Nice people. Had couple mixed drinks at bar. Way overpriced compared to equivalent restaurants. May or may not come back.

Amazing Food & Service. So nice to have this gem with such flavorful food and exceptional service. I tried many other Indian restaurants but this is by far the best. Highly recommended

The food was delicious and the atmosphere was lovely too. I'll be back really soon. Highly recommend this place. The staff was amazing

We came to Saffire to celebrate my Mother's birthday on a Wednesday evening. The bar was busy, but the dining room only had one other table occupy when we were seated. The hostess and our server were very nice and friendly, but unfortunately the good part stopped there. Overall the service is EXTREMELY slow. The drinks took about 15-20 minutes to arrive, the appetizers about another half hour and the mains about the same after the apps. The desserts took even longer. A couple who was seated right after us waited an hour and 10 minutes to get any food at all (they were livid!). The food was beyond mediocre. It lacked any of that strong spiced flavour Indian dishes should have. I want to bring the owner's attention (if you will be reading this at all) to the Shrimp Chatpatta appetizer - what chef ever put it together and thought it was a finished dish that desereves to be a menu item??!! It is 5 pieces of small dry shrimp with an absolutely tasteless dry sauce that looked like brown toothpaste on top of the shrimp. We also ordered Papri Chaat which usually my favourite Indian appetizer, but here it was terrible - again, no flavour. Plain yogurt, crackers and flavourless chickpeas, no seasoning at all. The Amritsari Fish was really good, but it is just fried fish pieces, so hard to mess that up. My goat in Saffire Fire Sauce was mostly bones and it was not as spicy as the waitress was warning me it will be. The best dish was Goat Tikka Masala. The Vindaloo goat was mostly potato, barely any meat and , once again, lacked flavour. The desserts were absoltuly atrocious. The carrot pudding was just little chunks of carrots mixed with a little bit of chopped nuts and maybe a little sugar, that is it. I have had this dessert at other places and it is not what it is supposed to be! The rice pudding was horrid - boiled rice in some milk with a tiny bit of sugar. Both tasted more like baby breakfast food, not desserts. Overall, like others have mentioned, I don't think the place will last more than 6 months with this quility of food.

The chicken tikka masala had just a few pieces of chicken, not even enough to share, but the sauce was delicious. Shrimp Kadai were tiny over-cooked frozen shrimp and the sauce was just ok. For $28.00, they could have splurged and used decent-sized shrimp. The "vegetarian" biriyani only had a few peas and a lot of bell peppers, but no cauliflower, broccoli, carrots or potatoes. The "onion" kulcha bread had no onions at all, only dry scallions and was tasteless. The truffle rosemary naan bread was completely dry, so we had to add melted butter to it, just to be able to eat it. Does your kitchen have ghee? The lemon zest cilantro rice was also very dry and tasteless! Never going here again - Time to go back to Curry Club.

We have been here twice and each time everything was delicious. Appetizers that we have ordered include Samosa Trio and Paani Puri. Main courses were Lamb Biryani, Chicken Korma, Duck Breast and Seekh Kebab. The drinks are very good too. I ordered a Tito's with mango purée in club soda. It was both delicious and refreshing. My husband loves spicy food in the owner was kind enough to give him one of his hot peppers to try. There is no doubt that once my hubby makes his hot sauce, he will bring some for them to sample. We live close by and there is no doubt that we'll be a regular customer.

Tried this new South Asian spot on a whim, and it was wonderful! The food was exceptional -- we loved the cauliflower appetizer, samosas, tikka masala, and garlic naan. The service was also excellent. Nikki took great care of us and made us feel so welcome from the moment we stepped through the doors. Saffire is such a fantastic addition to Commack and I can't wait to go again!

This is the best Indian restaurant in this area. The chili cheese & Garlic Naan's were excellent! All the curry dishes were amazing & you can tailor spice levels. The spicy rice & the coconut lentil rice were delicious. Make sure you try their Mango Lassi! Glad this place opened so we don't need to go to Hicksville for good Indian food.

Just got back from Saffire a new Indian restaurant in Commack Ny, where Il Toscano used to be, & it was teally delicious. What a good experience it was! Great food, great service, & great ambiance! We will be going back!

Great lunch buffet with a wide variety of food--lamb curry, butter chicken, saag paneer, naan, rice, and some other dishes. It's served fresh to your table. It's all you can eat but I can't imagine needing more than one round since there's so much food. The ambiance is very classy but relaxed. Great service, food, and atmosphere.

New restaurant in Commack, great location and atmosphere and look forward to watching it grow. The service was excellent, very attentive and good with making recommendations. We ordered the samosa trio and papi puri along with chicken korma and their titular Saffire Fire curry. All food was delicious and great portions, will definitely continue to return as this part of Suffolk is sorely lacking in this type of food!

Just had an outstanding dinner at this brand new restaurant last night. The food was really delicious and all of the staff were really friendly and welcoming. We will be back many times!