Classic curries, tandoori specialties & Indian-themed cocktails in elegant environs. Based on 807 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.8 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
578 Tremont St suite1, Boston, MA 02118
Phone: (617) 859-4805
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Hours
| Sunday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11:30 AM–10 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Friday | 11:30 AM–10:30 PM |
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–10:30 PM |
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Reviews
Deepti Gupta
This is definitely a cute and cozy Indian restaurant in Tremont street. Delicious food and all ingredients are fresh and you can really get the fragnance of the fresh spices . This is only one of our fav Indian restaurant in Boston. I highly recommend this place if you in Tremont street and would like to taste a good Indian food !!
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Fariha O
Food is delicious, good serving size, Lassi and was amazing. I wish there was a little more space, it was easy to bump into other guests.
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Divya Darshni
The food was so-so. Everything was steeply priced. Had ordered rice, chole and gulab jamun and food was very average. It’s not value for money.
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Kelly Cambridgeport
Beautiful restaurant interior. Excellent Indian food and pistachio shake. My favorite dishes are the lamb entrées, especially the lamb vindaloo. Staff will replenish plain rice for free if you ask, but it was hard to get a hold of server. Service was not attentive. One time, several months ago, a customer at the table next to mine (a large group) chastised the server for not checking on them during the meal or refilling the water glasses. I’ve been coming to this restaurant for more than 10 years, but service has noticeably lapsed since 2020. Food is still delicious, but please improve the service.
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Wayne Mcgraw JR
Was craving Indian and pleasantly surprised I found this spot food came HOTTT and delicious and ️ highly recommend
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Shree Harlalka
Went there on Monday night, place was not too busy but a steady stream. About half full all the time which may be due to the proximity to 2 major colleges in town.
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Warren Bowman
Great spot located in the south end on Tremont St. I haven’t been to many Indian restaurants so I didn’t have any expectations walking in. But I’m really glad my girlfriend suggested this place. The food was delicious and service was great. Liked having the table next to the window to have a view of the neighborhood while eating delicious food.
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Vedant Kar
Imagine looking at a picture of diamond and ordering it and then when you open the box, you see a bunch of coal. That is what you experience when you eat at this restaurant. They have spent all their money on the decor, which is great, but absolutely 0 effort and money into the kitchen since flavor is an unknown subject to these chefs. If you have a person who has wronged you in the past, please bring them here and make them pay. Don’t worry about what they order, everything will be bad except the chutneys they probably buy from Patel brothers.
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Hisham Alharbi
Cozy and busy. The restaurant had an offer $52 dinner for two if it’s meat and $45 if it’s vegetarian. We went for the meat options. The menu was endless with lots of choices between curry , grill , and Biryanis. Our starters were lentils soup and meat samosas with spicy sauce and tamarind sauce, loved the sauces. However the lentil soup lacked the flavor and need to be thicker. We had two carry the chicken butter an d lamb roush Rogan, the lamb dish was bland but the butter chicken had a good test to it. The mixed grill was dry specially the chicken and came with white rice. The set menu came with a dessert however none of the staff care to serve and they were busy chatting to each other even though the costumers cleared and only one table left other than ours. Service were slow and it’s hard to ask for a mango chutney as we had to ask three waiters till we had it.
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Swati Babbar
Mela should be an option for those who don’t know Indian food well. They gave salad on a plate of oil dripping samosas and chutneys also on the same plate. Making the samosa difficult to hold. The lemonade for$ 4 was just water and lemon. I would not recommend this restaurant. They had more staff/servers than people coming in probably more for online orders. I asked them to make my lemonade without ice and sugar and they could not understand it at once. Came twice to my seat to ask what I meant? The photo is good because I click good photos.
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