India Palace Restaurant (TANDOOR)

1226 Chapel St, New Haven - 06511
40 reviews
Indian Pakistani
(203) 776-9010

If I had a chance I wouldn’t even give 1 star. Experience dining in here was so horrible. Owner is really rude. Food was just okay and please never order Biryani here because the owner thinks he knows a lot about biryanis and apparently his restaurant serves the best one since he’s from Punjab. I laughed so hard because I’m from Hyderabad and the Biryani here shouldn’t even be called as Biryani. ? He was rude to everyone that he was serving to. I wonder if he’s actually making any money with this horrible attitude.

Like the Place. We missed their buffet as we reached just after 3PM. So we order ala carte. Chicken, paneer, dal ,garlic naan and rice.Food was fresh and tasty. Service was nice. Owner himself attended us. We loved having food here. Must visist. Then we went to Yale University to explore the places nearby.

We travelled from Hartford to eat at this place for friday dinner. But our visit to this restaurant was a nightmare. The owner is really very rude and the customer service is horrible. We tried Gobi Manchurian and asked the spicy level to be Hot. To our utter surprise the manchurian was so hot that it burned our mouth. The owner should have explained the spice level before taking orders. Some of my friends ordered biryani but to their surprise it turned out to be a pulav.I won’t recommend visiting this restaurant to anyone.

Along with the terrible food that they offer, They are so Unethical as well, they charged extra tip after 2 days we have been to this restaurant. I am complaining about this fraud to my bank.Giving you benefit of doubt, If its mistake please reply in the comments.Thanks

Never order spicy food from here. It will burn your tongue.

A fixture in the Chapel Street area for quite a number of years, Tandoor continues to provide quality Indian cuisine in a casual atmosphere with a friendly and professional wait staff. You'll find all the dishes you'd expect (curry, tandoori, tikka etc., etc...) served in generous portions supplemented by a small but well chosen selection of beer and wine.

Good Indian food at a reasonable price housed in an old 60s style diner. Daily lunch buffets and pretty expansive menu. Some of the best naans and roti's around. They will adjust the level of spice to your taste, but just know that they tend to be on the spicier side. If you want just a little heat be warned that even the "medium" may be too much for your taste buds.

They are not consistent with the taste of their food. We ordered Fish Biriyani with spicy level. They delivered fish curry and rice mixed together and was sweeter in taste. It was good as a fish curry rice, but no where near biriyani. In chicken biriyani, they put bell peppers, only Tandoor does this. Sometimes, the samosa is too good, sometime it tastes stale. The aloo paratha tastes good, but had the same taste as the samosa aloo fillings. The fish pakora has tilapia fish, never expected this as it is around 12 bucks and had only two tilapia fillets. We expected better fish. When you order, you never know what will be taste of the food. Their rice had mixture of different quality rice like mixture of basmati and the cheaper long grain.

Ordered takeout, food was excellent! I ordered the cucumber tomato salad, vegetable samosas, lamb samosas, raita, kheer and a tikka masala lunch special. It came with the array of onion chutney, green chutney and tamarind sauces. I think my favorite was the vegetable samosa (like a chickpea/potato fried pocket (size of an orange and some)) and the kheer was very very good. Tikka masala lunch special had no spice (so I slapped on some of my own) and while I'd prefer a higher spice level and requested medium hot, the tikka masala sauce in and of itself was delicious making up for it, very creamy. All in all, I had an excellent lunch with left overs for tomorrow! Delivery was very prompt, around 25min.

Very rude people