Tandoor Indian Restaurant

10/31/09

GREAT GREAT GREAT

by Matthew Mondary

I've eaten Indian food at all of the restaurants in Nashville, as well as several places in New England, and Tandoor is , hands down, the BEST Indian food I've ever had. The staff is really great, and while several of them are new to Indian food themselves, they are always trying new things to give recommenda...tions to others. The owner is the nicest guy, always coming to visit my wife and I on the 2, 3 or 4 trips we make every week. We love the buffet, but the personal touch we get with dinner is wonderful. I really do not know what the negative reviewers are expecting, but they either don't have a clue what Indian food is, nor want to know, or they can find something to complain about anywhere. Tandoor is GREAT!

In regards to long wait times, this was true when it reopened after the fire, but the kitchen and wait staff has been sorted out and the only wait now is while your food is being prepared. We take our time and enjoy our meals now!

• Pros: Excellent food and service, friendly staff
• Cons: NONE!

06/14/09

Negative Reviewers are Crazy

by stevepmcg

Every Meal I have had here has been 5 star. I have tried every Indian restaurant in Nashville and multiple others throughout the states and this is by far the best hands down. I am originally from Scotland and Indian food is almost the national fare so I feel I know what I am talking about.

Pros are as follows:

It is the ONLY Indian that does lamb on its buffet.

It has a buffet for lunch for 7 dollars every day.

The evening meals are wonderfully presented and the kitchen will custom cook items not on the menu (we regularly ask for peshwari and keema nans with no problem.

The owner comes out and greets customers.

I don't know where previous reviewers ate but it was not this restaurant.

• Pros: The Food, the Price, the atmosphere
• Cons: none

04/11/09

TERRIBLE SERVICE AND MANAGEMENT

by julie08roly

Do not eat here! If your food is inedible, you shouldn't feel accused of trying to get a free meal from the manager. The manager came to our table very defensively when we said that a chicken dish my husband order was not as described. We had a miscommunication with out server in regards to how much spice was added to the dish. The server then told us she placed the order the way we had ordered it, but they did not follow the order's request. The manager was angry with us for trying to order a mild dish because they aren't a "corporate" restaurant. We did not even mention anything about corporate restaurants! My husband asked the server if the dish was possible to be ordered mild and the server said the dish actually had no spice to it. We tried to explain that the server told us the dish is not a spicy dish, but all he said to us was "WHAT DO YOU THINK INDIAN FOOD IS? INDIAN FOOD IS SPICY!" which I understand, but if it reads not spicy and told not spicy, then it is expected not spicy! So all he did was grab the dish and took it to the back and threw some rice into the container and brought the container back with nasty finger prints all over the box! We did not take the box home because we were quite sure he handled our food with his fingers...how else would his finger prints be all over the box!? Then he threw the box down our table and said..."All i did was throw rice in it!" and left, apparently that was supposed to fix our spicy issue. They wouldnt re-cook it. Not to also mention the meal took about 2 hours because service was awful. I would never return to a restaurant that cannot make good dish and have managers that are on the defensive and rude!

TANDOORI IS TERRIBLE!

• Cons: service and management