Modern eatery in a 19th-century venue offering Indian classics, a bar & a patio with river views.
Sathya
The ambience was extraordinary! service was below normal as one person taking care of every customer. Food was horrible! We ordered chicken tikka , chicken hariyali kabab , lamb briyani , chicken briyani , roti, some veg entrees . Roti was like pappad(Indian chips) Everything came out as cold as it could be and I strongly recommend not anyone who like to taste Indian food to judge by this restaurant. This review is from 4 adults and 3 kids who hated their kids menu of Mac&cheese / chicken finger too!
… moreJennifer Gill
The food was excellent. I eat A LOT of Indian and this was particularly good. I like spicy food and the “spicy” was the perfect amount of heat for me. It was a little warm in the restaurant, so if you sweat from spicy food I might suggest a little less heat. I arrived about 30 minutes before closing and the restaurant was deserted. I was by myself so I sat at the bar and ordered quickly as to avoid keeping them there past closing time. While I was keenly aware that it was almost closing time and I was the sole customer–I’ve worked in the service industry for years so it would be weird if I wasn’t acutely aware of this–the waitress was very nice and not pushing me to get out in the slightest. Sometimes when you’re the only customer servers can kind of be up your butt, but everyone just simply acknowledged me and went about biding their time before they could go home. I’m a little sad that the place was so dead because the food was exceptionally good and I hope they make it so I can return the next time I’m in town! Also, it’s very reasonably priced for the quality and portion size. Definitely check this place out!
… moreJason Martinez
We were helped out by Chuck for our second time to Kabob Grill, both times everything was great. If you like Indian food you’ll find some of the best here. If you’re somebody who is sensitive to spicy foods, they make their dishes completely mild for folks who like no spicyness, and as spicy as you’d like. It can be difficult to get truly NOT spicy curry, they do it perfectly. Highly recommended, we’ll be going back here frequently 🙂
… moreFrances Warner
Celebrated my son’s birthday tonight at this amazing restaurant. The food was absolutely delicious and the person who waited on us was the best! We loved the atmosphere. I highly recommend this restaurant for someone who enjoys Indian cuisine…..it was the best we have had in a long time!
… moreTony Gomez
Best lamb chops ever!! I came here with friends. I’m allergic to most things in Indian cuisine (spices, coconut milk, dairy) and they made me a special plate of pork chops and veggies. The veggies even though didn’t have seasoning was cooked perfectly and don’t get me started on those lamb chops! I don’t like lamb but decided to give it one more try and I’m glad I did! It was better than steak seriously! Service was great!
… moreStephen
In short: good food can never make up for terrible customer service.
The long story: I had a coupon for $10 off a $20 or more purchase excluding alcohol (the only exclusion listed). After my food is already bagged and ready to go, the waitress calls the manager (who isn’t present in the building) to get a password to take off the $10. He argues that it is a coupon for dine-in only even though it says it nowhere on the coupon. I tell the waitress that I will dine-in to which says he will honor the deal as a take out and hangs up without giving her the password. She then tells me she will have to wait for him to call her back.
20 minutes later, he calls back and tells her to take the $10 off the total, including tax. She hands me a total which has been taxed twice and proceeds to tell me this is how it is done. She could not understand that taking the discount off the taxed total and then taxing it again was incorrect. At my insistence, she calls the manager back, and he walks her through how to properly apply the discount. After a grand total of 40 minutes, I finally receive a correct bill for my food. Needless to say, my food (which was pretty good) was lukewarm at this point. This was my fourth time eating here, and I will not be going back.
… moreMelissa Cotrone
UPDATE MARCH 2018: this restaurant looks to be out of business
UPDATE JUNE 2017
I became tired of trying to give this restaurant a chance and being disappointed by lukewarm, unappetizing food and poor service. There are no really good indian restaurants in this town. The other two are mediocre to poor.
UPDATE Dec 2016 – The menu has been modified to ccount for lack of foot traffic from major construction in front of the restaurant. The meal was still subpar compared to when it first opened and more expensive.
UPDATE October 2016 – We love Indian Cuisine, so we come here at least once during lunch when we are in town. However, the last few times we’ve dined, I’ve noticed a distinct difference. The food is not hot upon arrival and the recipes taste a bit…different. The Palaak Paneer was somewhat glutinous, with too much of I-don’t-know-what dairy product while the Tikka was more soupy than saucy. The aloo side dish was room temperature at best and the fried Pakora was greasy and also room temp. Also, I’ve not seen the great waitress Susan since coming here last year when they opened, only half-hearted waitresses. We usually arrive at the end of the lunch rush and I am sadly concerned that this restaurant is not living up to it’s great beginning.
ORIGINAL REVIEW OF OPENING MONTH- Price VS quality ratio gives this great restaurant five stars! Lovely decor and ambience, Susan was a very professional waitress the likes of which I have see only in the finest restaurants and the food was great! Also, the bathrooms were clean and nicely decorated. We came for the lunch special and it was so much food that we couldn’t finish!
… morekevin brunjes
If I could give 0, I would. I have no idea why this place has a 4.8 and I never write reviews but felt I needed to voice our experience to save others their money (and stomachs). As a Wilmington native our fave place for Indian is Tandoori Bites, but this place seemed to have decent reviews so we tried it for date night. The service was deplorable! We did not get a drink menu, until we asked. We asked about beer specials and the waiter just brought us a random opened beer. For food we did the four course special, with garlic naan. Two of the courses were not what we ordered, and they never put our naan in until we asked about it when our main dishes came out. We sat for twenty minutes with no interaction from the server and I’m pretty sure the table behind us was just as upset when they asked for the manager when their server finally brought their appetizer out once they had finished their meal and were paying. The food was nothing worth the prices being charged. I had a vegetarian eggplant dish that was drenched in what tasted like heavy whipping cream. And the sesame salad was literally chunks of cheese and uncooked peppers and onions with sesame seeds. Overall, real big disappointment and not worth it. At the end of all this we had another server bring our check b/c ours was no where to be found. Honestly we probably should have walked out half way through but we were optimistic and the place was ironically busy towards the end. I’m thinking it’s tourists who are drinking too much and giving this place a false positive. Can’t say I didn’t warn you!
… moreAddy Marie
This place deserves as much foot traffic as it can get. To begin, the restaurant’s esthetic is beautiful: rich, dark wood with some pop of beautiful jewel-toned decor gets you in the mood for the pleasant meal to follow. Let your eyes take a tour of the various pieces while you wait for your food to come (which doesn’t take very long at all). The service is always extremely polite and doting, and if you’re having trouble deciding what dish to indulge in, they’re more than happy to recommend something great.
The food here is fantastic, and my fiancee and I are constantly wondering why it isn’t packed all the time, especially considering its prime downtown location. Granted, we tend to venture here during lunch hours, so this might be a different story in the evening.
Added bonus: They DELIVER!!! What more could you want?
… moreBethany Bowen-Wefuan
The service my husband and I received here was almost laughable. We waited almost an hour for our food, the waiter rarely showed his face, and didn’t offer any explanation or apology. Once the food came, it was mediocre. If you’re looking for Indian food in Wilmington, avoid this place and head to Tandoori Bites.
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