Reviews of Tandoor Fine Indian Cuisine (Restaurant)

Steven Strablow

This place is great. The best Indian food in Lexington.

Matt smith

Great food, took 45 min to get it though. However, 2nd rounds of Kingfisher taken care of!

arpit. dream

Wine and you best things.

Elise Dolinar

I've tried several Indian cuisine restaurants in the area and this is by far the best! Good food and service and the staff is nice! This place is my go-to!

Neal Linville

Great food, nice space!

susan barnes

Good food good service. Clean and pretty. Good choice for a datenight.

Prasangi Rajapaksha

This is our most visited Indian restaurant in Lexington. The buffet is always good. The staff is friendly. They give a good portion for a reasonable price.

Asif Ishtiaque

Good food. Nice decorations. The staff could be more amicable.

Steve Rowe

This is easily the best Indian food in Lexington. I usually carry out, but I recently ate in the dining room and had so much attention from the wait staff that I felt like a raja! You must try the goat biryani, but beware the bones. So good!

Tessa B

I loved the food. It was perfectly spicy and the staff was very friendly

Paul Stackhouse

Good food, hearty portions.

Kishlay Singh

We went in the day. The buffet was just average and was probably leftovers from the last day. Food was missing flavor and spice. All paneer items DIDNT have paneer!!!

Omar Aldarawish

Very poor service. Went in to order 2 meals to go, I left the restaurant an hour later. Horrible service but good food though.

mildred quiros

Delicious food, relaxing atmosphere and quality service. I recommend it 100% and I will be back very soon.

Christian Herman

Tandoor is amazing! Great food, great service, great atmosphere!

Mary Palumbo

Excellent food and service. Would definitely go back!

Joseph Manley

Super delicious, I love that they have things listed at vegan on the menu. The Aloo Gobi is perfect, I get it 5/5 on the spice and it's exactly what I want. They were concerned about the fact that the samosas are fried in oil that has had meat fried in it. Since that isn't a priority for me I enjoyed them greatly.

Claire Davidson

Food was good. Service was good. Can not justify the $12 per person charge for a lunch buffet that consisted mostly of chicken, fish and vegetables.

Ganeson Kandasamy

Its great for the weekend buffet feast..

Victor Contreras

Food is always on point! Chai tea is amazing.

Sweta Ojha

Very delicious food! Best Indian restaurant in Lexington!

Lynn Fors

My favorite Indian restaurant. Great lunch buffet at a reasonable price.

Sulait Peter Israel Mayanja

Best Indian food you can eat

Michael D'Souza

Tasty Indian cousine...always a delight to eat here.

Michael Luzunaris

Food and service was very very good.

Anne Fleischer

Great service! And consistently good food!

Chuck Caudill

Tandoor is high quality food at a conpetitive price. The new building is very nice and well taken care of. The lunch buffet has many choices and everything i have ever had off the dinner menu has been amazing. Treat yourself next time you go out with your significant other and try the five course dinner for two. It is worth every cent.

Emily DeVries

They even had a vegan and Vegetarian menu which was quite nice.

Mihir Patel

Nice place to eat. Great service.

Joe Goebeler

Great food. Vegetarian/Vegan options

Tiku Patel

They had really good food and also inside was so fantastic

Kristy Hurst

Great food, friendly service and beautiful decor. One of our favorite places to eat. Their coconut shrimp is the bomb! Love, love, love their cauliflower appetizer. So many delicious Naan bread to choose from. Try it, you'll like it!

Rachel Chaney

So delish everytime!

jaimini soni

Food was awesome service is great. We ordered ahead since we were driving to Cincinnati and they accommodated us. Great ambiance very clean restaurant. If we lived in Kentucky we would go to this place quite often.

william hamilton

Always delicious every time I come here. Best Indian food around.

Ragini Pandya

Always great

Sathya Velmurugan

Delicious authentic Indian food!

Pawandeep Singh

We had a great experience on our way back to Cincinnati. The chicken was delicious and amazingly tender. Good ambience and service. Best wishes for further success

Heather Athon

Tandoor is my top Indian restaurant in Lexington. I would highly recommend the lunch buffet! Large selection, fresh naan, and wonderful service.

canatech 82

Delicious Indian food, friendly staff. The go to place for Indian food in Lex.

Shaun Vargas

Pretty Restaurant.. The food made me sick and it was very bland compared to other Indian restaurants I've been to.. But it was a really pretty restaurant.. I'd write more but I can't stop vomiting :(

Teddilynn Williamson

Very good

khalid alzann

Bad stuff and service They didn’t be welcome with me I don’t know why and the food is cooled

Robert Eversole

I've eaten a lot of Indian food from around the country, and this has been some of the best yet! One of the few places where you can order your food "Indian Hot", and it will come out as spicy as you had hoped! Very impressed with the food, service, and cleanliness! We will be back many, many times!

Dayn Johnson

One of Lexington's best kept secrets. Phenomenal Indian food, and an amazing lunch buffet. Rarely crowded, and moved into a trendy new spot in late 2016/early 2017. Awesome curry, but can't go wrong with anything.

Stacey Kimmerer

Favorite kind of food. Always reliable

Frank Rizzo

Friendly, hot food with nice selection, dishes change daily so you don't get burnt out. The nan is top notch fresh fried.

John Doe

We ordered our food, over $50 worth, and sat waiting at the table for over 45 minutes. The same waitress approached asking if we had our order taken yet. The place was not that busy so I'm puzzled how one would not recall taking our order. She apologized and found the ticket she had previously written. We received our food after about an hour of waiting. She told us she would give us a discount, which consisted of not having to pay for a drink I had when we first arrived. Overall I was very dissapointed.

Vera Pravosud

Good food

Piyush Patel

Service is ok but taste perfect

Andrew McDonald

Everything is

Brett Flora

Love the new, updated Tandoor! Same great food and an amazing buffet. The new restaurant looks very hip and modern and the service was friendly and quick.

Richard Lusk

Got to the restaurant shortly before 5 p.m. and they weren't open yet my friends were shopping next door at the grocery store Apna Bazar... The guys who working on the restaurant where inside having chai tea and were nice enough to let me in and join them!! I felt this was Superior to any other restaurant I've been to, I will definitely come back here and I give it 5 Stars the food was excellent and the service was amazing the atmosphere is beautiful with blue lights lit up all over the restaurant it has a very elegant feel and can also be very private and romantic if you come early...

Samuel L

Tasty buffet. Seems like they have held back on their seasoning a little...probably to be more appealing to broader customer base. Could use slightly better service skills....just a bit awkward for the hosts and waiters. Over all pretty good visit.

Keagan Guy

Best Indian restaurant in Lexington but their set up is ridiculous. We're always seated right next to the buffet and people waiting in line were literally leaning on our table. I love good customer service but it seems like we get at least 5 employees checking on us every 2 minutes. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

Marilyn Campbell

Their food is delicious! I did miss the Mango and Fruit pudding they used to have ob their buffet.

Tom Tharos

A gem. Took my family there for Sunday brunch. I was surprised to find an Indian cuisine restaurant this nice in a city as small as Lexington. The decor is definitely upscale. The wait staff attentive. Someone was always watching the food and keeping it fresh. There was a very nice selection of dishes. My entire family loved it and want to go back.

Rob Liles

Good buffet at a nice price.

Jinyoung Kim

I love asian food and had a lot of chicken tikka masala from other restaurants , they had the best moisture chicken and great favors!

Greg Wilson

While Indian food is not my preference, I had a very positive experience at Tandoor. The young server knew the menu offerings well, and helped me decide on a dish that I would enjoy. The servers were all attentive and helpful. The dishes were plentiful and we had leftovers to bring home. They even gave us some additional rice to add to what we were taking home. I would recommend Tandoor to anyone who would ask.

samy dely

They have nice and helpful staff, great vegan options.

Marissa Hereford

This is my go to place for Indian food! The lunch buffet always has a large selection, and I enjoy that it’s different every time, allowing you to try multiple different dishes from the menu. For dinner we usually order it to-go from their website online and we’ve never had an issue with our food!

Heather Rayl

Such a good place. Usually feel judged in certain places, but the people here are so friendly. The lunch buffet is so good and has plently of different foods if you like to try new things.

SUZANNE SAVOY

Very friendly staff and nice atmosphere.

FJ 4plae

18 year happy customer. For my taste it's the best in Lex

Edward Isaacs

Very good food. Quick, friendly service. Highly recommend the samosas, and the aloo chole.

Margot Capers

Excellent Indian buffet for about $11. There is also a menu to order from, though I didn't look at it since I knew I'd be doing buffet. Huge selection, the largest I've ever seen and delicious food. The staff is pleasant and they remove your used plates often. They also have a bar, which seemed to be quite popular. The decor is more upscale than the typical Indian restaurant. They have clusters of TV's, though they are almost muted. I think this is the best Indian restaurant in Lexington.

Jacob Elgin

We went there one day because we found out it's in walking distance of our place. I was really happy with the food and the service! धन्यवाद

William Netherland

Great food. Excellent service.

Susana Bonometti

Best Indian food that I had so far in different cities, plus the price is very good

Pranav John

Excellent hospitality and great food!

S Swain

The food is awesome!! Lunch buffet has so many options for both vegetarians and meat lovers. Sweet options were little limited though. Ambiance was a bonus , very neat and clean with a contemporary look. Very spacious, so waiting time was okay. Staffs are very friendly and professional. Price was very reasonable. Must say, we drove 1 hour and it was worth of such a long drive for lunch . A must try , if you are around Lexington area.

Neil Shah

Great Food! Good Ambiance!

Michelle Shane

Delicious food, excellent service, and lovely new location! Nice selection of mixed drinks and draught beer.

John Wright

good lunch buffet, a bit pricey

Winny Mandela

The service, the people, environment and food was amazing. I will be going back!!

Joshua

Excellent buffet, for the novice to try or the experienced to enjoy.

Derek Fitch

Food was really amazing. Everything was delicious and well made. It has been a while since a meal surprised me with flavors, and my girlfriend and I both agreed it was excellent. Went on a Sunday night- not very busy but not dead either. Wait staff was attentive but not intrusive. Not very friendly people but then again, I don't go out to eat to make friends! The food was spot on! We did the dinner for 2, and it was plenty of food and had leftovers for lunch the next day. Also very fairly priced. Will definitely be going back soon!

Muthu Subramanian

Food not so great.

Jessica Short

The food is amazing! Staff is friendly. The decoration is very extravagant but nice! Very clean.

Harold Putman

Buffet has a great selection of delicious food. Staff was super and there is plenty of space for large groups. Highly recommend!

Eric Cooper

Way above average. Epic buffet selection. Comfortable. Bathrooms surprisingly nice. Will definitely return. A big bustling place. Nice decor. The tea was delish.

Waqas Ahmed

I thought the offering at the express was a bit better. Food and chicken was a little stale. Friendly service

murchhana roy

Best Indian Restaurant in Lexington.

william cohen

Good Indian food with many different choices.

Jill from Leawood

Delicious, abundant variety of authentic Indian food. It was my first visit. I will return here for Indian food bar none! Good service also .attentive but awkward.

Maria Musiyaka

Love the food..very clean..fresh food. Great service.

Jayesh Patel

Excellent food, Ambience and service... Amazing...

Alicia Brab

I love this place! Very nice decor, friendly staff and delicious food.

Joey Miniard

My favorite Indian restaurant in Lexington. The staff are fr enjoy and will remember regulars. The food is always good. I’ve never had an issue here

Siddhesh Nanaware

We were driving from NC at night and it was raining heavy and we weren't able to find any other open restaurants. This was the only restaurant we found which was on the verge of closing. Still, they packed us Chicken Biryani and Lassi. The biryani was too delicious to describe. Very hospitable and polite owners. Highly recommended place, at least for Biryani.

John Dobson

I enjoyed the food the first time, but when I tried to use my lex18 deal coupon the 2nd time I was denied. They said they will no longer accept them even though the expiration date is clearly marked and was valid at the time. I will never eat at these restaurants again. They have 2 locations and I recommend you not visit them based on their shady business practices.

abdy kulshi hadi

Nice Indian restaurant in Lexington KY

Sam Wagner

Very good food. I love it.

Keyur Mandani

Chicken 65 is awesome and so is coriander chicken. Attire is very nice. Good varieties for Alcohol.

Joshua Guthrie

My family has always loved Tandoor Restaurant and we've celebrated many special occasions over Indian food in the original location and the new location at the opposite end of the strip. The new location is definitely more elegant but the food is still great. The kids love the korma and the server never bats an eye when we order multiples of it. The tandoor naan bread is extremely good; the peshwari style is my favorite. We've always had exceptionally good waitstaff. I believe it's changed hands a few times over the years with some ups and downs along the way. Since the move, it is definitely in an upswing. I left the restaurant uncomfortably full last weekend - that last bit of chana masala was just too good to leave behind.

al

The staff are attentive to the patrons and glasses do not stay empty. This was my first time eating Indian food and it was well worth the wait. Will be coming back. So happy Avtar recommended this restaurant. Thank you.

Madison Agee

Amazing! Everything is so good here and it is a beautiful restaurant

Garnett Coy

Good stuff, I was trying to get some turbo spice and ordered Indian spicy level 5. It was quite tasty and still edible dispite the max spice order.

Andrew Russell

Excellent food, atmosphere and service. We go here frequently and consistently have a great experience. I would highly recommend.

Steve Johnson

Rich and exotic good food.

David Eo

So good place to eat

Dr. Nina Waldron

Best Indian food in Lexington. The lunch buffet is a great value for the money. Some of the best dishes include chicken tikka masala, mango chicken, curries and saag paneer. Very friendly and courteous service.

Emily Hornung

I absolutely love this restaurant, my boyfriend and I eat here whenever we can. The new location is beautiful. They even have a lunch buffet. They will also deliver depending on the size of the order.

Nate C

Low quality food, poor service, average prices.

once upon A time

My favorite Indian restaurant!! Im vegetarian / gluten free. They have alot of options for me. Beautiful place to eat, friendly staff and the best lunch buffet ever!

肥羊小

good price. One of the best environmental restaurants.

Jennifer Dobbs

I think this place is so pretty. The owners are so super nice and genuine people. They are tberetomakeeveronefeel special. They also provide delivery which is easy to order online or by calling. If you cll,thenyouareabletotip the driver. Ordering goblins you are not able to tip them.

Grant Clark

Fantastic food and service! We will definitely be back!

sandra marchino

Very good. Staff helpful in making the right choices for a vegan meal.

Diana Smith

Amazingly delicious, every single time. The server was very kind, helpful, and generous! I can't wait to go back.

Deelip Sahu

Teasty food, far better than last few years, Good service, nice eating place.

Alexander Loudon VI, D.C.

Really good food, a nice selection of vegetarian items on the buffet, and even some vegan items!

Misty N Tj Smith

Good food n service. I should have brought better company to eat with thou. Lol.

Kimberly Green

I love their lamb chops! And they have the best french fries!

James Mastin

Very goood

Nicole Templet

Always enjoy the weekly Buffet and now that they deliver that's even better

Sathya Govidasamy

The ambience is really nice, but the food takes forever

Nancy Lund

The food just keeps on getting better! Masala used to be our favorite, but last time we ate there, they had started adding sugar to all of their food. Not good.

nevermind me

This restaurant is absolutely stunning in every way. The food is out of this world, the atmosphere is lovely, and the service is both friendly and fast! On Sundays they have a buffet with a special on margaritas I believe. Their cocktails are superb. I love coming here with my friends and could not recommend it more.

David Griffiths

This was not the usual one-sauce-fits-all indian restaurant. Excellent coriander chicken and lamb byriani served promptly and without fuss. The fact that it was so busy on a Sunday evening spoke for itself.

Roxanne Young

Like the buffet style during lunch.

Elizabeth Johnson

My hubs and. I are addicted to our new favorite place to get our Indian food fix. Great menu, portions and price. Super happy we finally tried this place.

Curtis Smith

I hate to give this place too good of a rating because I want to keep it for myself, it's great! Weekend lunch buffet is the best because you can try so many delicious Indian foods and discover find you may have never known to order. Everyone can find something they love there! My 5 year old absolutely loves this page for its naan and "orange chicken" (chicken tiki masala).

Ashwin Kumar Srinivasan

Been here twice now..the restaurant is nice.. large dining area.. food is good, the buffet during lunch was more american than Indian.. was a little bland.. the dinner service was great.. lot of things in the menu and taste was amazing...the complimentary paapad and green chutney was unbeatable...

Jessica Hawkins

Best Indian food in Lexington. Always enjoy our meals. The first time we visited, our waiter selected some items off the menu for us since we weren’t sure what to try and it was all crazy good. The Ghobi Manchurian appetizer is one of my favorite dishes. I always try to order something new and have not been disappointed. Have also been for the lunch buffet, which I’d recommend.

Papi Musgrove

Great food on the buffet table!

Aaron Lamphier

Get the buffet it's the best

Madi Bobb

Best Indian buffet i’ve ever had. Seriously amazing Not much of the food on the buffet is spicy but it all has tons of flavor. There’s always something new to try and it’s all always amazing. Also that have the best Diet Coke ever.

Patel Nitin

I won't to this restaurant food is very good I am from Boston I love this food great service

Jim Hook

I am not usually a fan of buffets due to lack of cleanliness, but Tandoor pleasantly surprised me. The restaurant is so clean and beautifully maintained, the staff is very attentive and friendly, and the food is high quality and delicious. I would definitely recommend Tandoor Indian Cuisine.

Ravindra M

Good buffet spread for lunch. Have been here multiple times. Interiors feel upscale yet prices are reasonable. Carrot halwa stood out in desserts . Fast service ,polite staff. All the times food felt warm and freshly prepared. Would always be my choice if on the list, anytime.

Cole C

Had a great time, good food and nice atmosphere. Service was good

Mohamed Mahmoud

One of the best Indian restaurants in Lexington, they just need to have a double sided buffet instead of one, cause when it’s busy it’s too busy and people has to stand in a long line that goes by the tables where people are seated to eat! It doesn’t look good.

Alanna Wentworth

They often leave bits out of the order. I called to ask them to deliver naan I ordered, they wouldn’t answer until I called from another number, then told me I could drive over and get it, or they could deliver it tomorrow when I order.

Joshua Mitchell

My wife and I have visited Tandoor on multiple occasions starting at their old location to their current location on Mapleleaf Drive. Unfortunately, while the food may be the best Indian food in Lexington, that isn't saying very much. In general, we have found the food to be lacking in flavor and the menu is the same generic north Indian-based cuisine you find at most Indian restaurants. Although I know what authentic Indian food tastes like, it's not fair to hold it to that standard so I won't. If I were to make my review solely based on the food compared to other Indian restaurants I have visited in America as a whole, I would give it a 3 out of 5 stars. Regrettably my issues with Tandoor extend beyond the food. First, while the interior of the restaurant is very spacious, the environment in the restaurant makes enjoying your meal very difficult. There are bright blue accent lights all over the restaurant, obnoxious cliche Bollywood music as well as 5 TVs in the central dining area. All of these are big distractions. Any one of these might be fine, but all of them together are just too much. Second, we have had consistently below average to poor service. The time to get your order can vary significantly between visits and sometimes you have to really push the staff to give you your bill or to refill your water. One time my veg tandoor had chicken in it so always double check. Third and finally, and this is what really ruined Tandoor for my wife and I, is that we have had very awkward interactions with the staff. We are mixed-race couple (Indian and American) and we have very different experiences when we come here together versus separately. On our last trip together, the wait staff completely ignored us and simply left a pitcher of water on the table instead of attending to our drinks like they did with all of the other tables. We weren't asked a single time if the food was correct or service acceptable (it was not, the mint paratha did not have mint, the tandoor mixed veg was tasteless, we did not get our drinks or our bill). Every other party was treated respectfully as you would expect in a restaurant except for us. I would normally attribute this to a bad waiter if this happened only once, but this has occurred on previous visits as well. When either of us go individually with our (all white) work groups this never happens and we have always gotten great service. Needless to say we can get generic Indian food at a number of places in town and I will always choose to go the one where we are treated respectfully. For that reason I don't think we will go to Tandoor again and you shouldn't either. Go somewhere like Masala Indian Cuisine where you get similar if not better food and good service regardless of your race or relationship status.

Brooke Farmer

My husband and I drive an hour just to eat this food a few times each month.

Gapt00th Guru

The lunch buffet is unrivaled in town. Food is delicious and quite affordable. Restraunt is also immaculatly clean.

David Kravetz

Love this place. Clean, fresh and new. Their buffet is loaded with goodies and they have great options for vegans. Loved their spicy chicken.

John

The buffet was a bit bland

April Bill

The absolute best Indian buffet. We drive close to an hour to eat here.

Monty Collingsworth

Picked up food for an event the food was great and the price was also good. Forgot to take pictures we ate it too fast...

shivu bhandari

It's good place , everything is good but owner never give tips to their server

Patricia Hayden

Scrumptious. Love trying different cuisine.

Gabriela Magalhaes

Very good lunch buffet when we visited on Friday! The selection was wide and everything we had was enjoyable. There was rice, fresh naan, two types of pakora, chicken tikke masala, chicken biryani, tandori chicken, another chicken dish, fish curry, two vegetable dishes, a dal, muttar paneer, and vegetable saag, as well as two sweet dishes, chutneys and fresh veggies, and chai. The food was all very good, the waiters were attentive, and the restaurant itself was lovely. It was particularly fun to see the naan being made by hand behind the buffet. I adore Indian food, and this restaurant was definitely worth the visit.

Smaran Bhaktawara

Excellent taste of indian food. I am indian and whenever i feel home sick i come here for the food. The food never disappoints. It is a bit more on the expensive side but i do still enjoy the food a lot. The restaurant is designed really well, it look cool and fancy. The atmosphere is like a regal high class indian theme and i thought that was super cool.

Liz Braun

Hands down, this is my favorite Indian restaurant in town. Their newer location is so nice too! High quality food and very inviting staff!

Allegra Jones

I stopped by yesterday and got to see the new building for the first time. It looks great but still has a similar vibe to the older building. The food was delicious as usual. I was told that the Chef is what "makes" Tandoor. He is obviously very adept at what he does. Tandoor is the best -- perhaps in the city of Lexington.

Alison Ball

Excellent food and atmosphere. Best goat curry in Lexington! Lunch buffet is also quite good and always served fresh.

NILESH CHAKLASIYA

Great place. Clean✌

Basant Joshi

Very bad food ,rude staff, stinky smell foods , old rotten food. Never ever go there

Shruti Sinha

The worst customer service ever!!! I have been there with my husband a couple of times. Me and my husband are a mixed race couple and on more occasions than one I have felt xenophobia from the staff at this restaurant. It took them 40 minutes to get our food out, we got a pitcher of water to pour ourselves water ( which I don't mind on a regular occasion ) but none other tables had pitchers and they were filling their water personally. Never came to ask us for a box 20 minutes after we finished our meal and never came to ask us for a check and we had to go to the bar to pay for the dinner. The food was bland and not good either but the staff is rude and customer service the worst!!! Never returning to this place ever!!

Anthony Petrenko

Supern Indian cuisine with a very nicely redone restaurant interior. Spacious and relaxing. Enjoy some seriously tasty and spicy (if you like) Indian dishes.

ronald wegner

Fabulous.

michael allen

My wife loves this place! She said it is her favorite Indian food place out of the three states we've lived. I enjoyed it as well and I'm a more traditional burger and fries kinda guy. I recommend it just for something new!

Betsy Nickolaus

The food is delicious and a good variety on the lunch buffet. The staff is super friendly and its always clean and inviting inside.

Jatin Gajjar

Nice food with Indian taste