Tandoor Restaurant

Great food and service. One of my Bloomington favorites. We have been coming here for over twenty years. The butter chicken and tandoori chicken are my favorites.

Great Food, Apathetic (Bold, Italic, Underline) Service.
After letting a few months pass by since my last visit, I decided to give Tandoor a second chance – good news is they are consistent with both their food and service. One good, the other terrible.
Last time I tried to order something I found on their online menu, which they didn’t make anymore and got very testy about the whole ordeal – a great first impression to say the least. This time I timed how long it took to interact with me after being seated (15 minutes). I shouldn’t forget to mention that it took an intense stare down to get the attention of the waiter on staff who kept disappearing to God knows where. He kind of hated me for the rest of my visit there, but c’mon, all I expect of a waiter is to occasionally check and see if I have a pulse from time to time or would like an appetizer (and frankly, a samosa sounded pretty damn good!)
Once the food came it looked awesome! After the «shade» thrown at me by the waiter, I was half expecting some microwaved concoction or visible spit in my dish – neither of which were present. My Kadhai Chicken dish, which I ordered Medium spicy (To Minnesotan standards – shoulda gone full on hot) was flavorful and had the ginger flavor that took me back to my favorite Indian restaurants out east that gave a damn about their customers.
There are places in the cities that serve good Indian food and also treat their customers like guests – this isn’t one of ‘em: Skip!

This place was great! I don’t get the negative reviews though. Trust me everyone; I travel all over the world and this was great Northern Indian grub.

This is the best Indian in msp. Garlic naan & tandoori chicken with a cold beer is all you need for eternal happiness. Great service and you will leave very full and happy.

Disclaimer: This is my neighborhood Indian joint and I’m biased.
I have been here over 100 times. I do not know if Tandoor measures up to world class Indian food, nor do I give a flying f*ck. This is my local place. I’ve been to other buffets and sit down Indian dinners in town, and they’re fine, but never had anything to persuade me to stop coming to Tandoor. Everytime I try another buffet I feel like an adulterer.
Buffet recommendations: When it’s on, the Egg Curry. Bone-​in chicken and tandoori chicken are always on the menu and good safe plays.
Dinner recommendations: I tend towards the vindaloos, daal makhani, and the Kaddhai chicken is capable of ripping your throat out. I mean that in a good way.
Tandoor gets 5 stars just because. Go Tandoor!

Fantastic everything haha! We really loved the atmosphere. The owners were very nice. Everyone was helpful and its very kid friendly. The dishes where not too spicy at all.

Not good Indian Food. Period. Service was great as I received a full refund for my bad food. I got take out and upon getting home with my Lamb Rogan Josh, Hot Lamb Vindaloo, 2 meat samosas, and 2 garlic na’an I was supremely disappointed. The na’an was not very garlicky and burnt. The meat samosas were all potato, this turned out to be a mistake upon ordering but either way, I have had veggie samosas before and this was bad. The hot vindaloo was not spicy in the least and had only a few hunks of lamb. The Rogan Josh had absolutely no spice although it was requested to be medium and was way too tomatoey. It was as if I was eating thickened tomato soup. Both curries were incredibly runny and just overall bad. I will not go back here. There are other Indian joints within a few miles of here with much better food.

Been there for dinner last night and it’s a ridiculous waste of money. I am surprised with the review of ppl, who say the Biryani is amazing and what not. Guess they have never eaten how a Biryani tastes like.
Never seen Chicken Tandoori with Lentil till last night, was a first time there.
Also the super stingy staff, crying for a cup of extra Raitha.
It was a waste of $ 50 there

This is my go to Indian food restaurant — the Chicken Madras and Paswari naan are amazing if you’re in the mood for coconut, and their chutneys are delicious! All the breads are delicious, too — don’t just stick to plain naan — try the tandoori roti for a delicious whole wheat flavor, or the poori for something chewy, light, and delicious!

Was feeling like Indian food and had never been here before, despite living nearby, so we decided to try it out. Was not disappointed.
I got the Lamb Madras, garlic naan, and mango lassi, and my wife got the Chicken Tikka (which comes with naan) and chai and we both loved our meal.
Service was excellent. My water was never empty and I drink a lot whenever I go out so I’m not used to that. We had three different staff checking in on us periodically but not in a way that interrupted our meal.
Ambience was fairly quiet but relaxed.
Ate too much food but that’s my fault, not theirs. Well… kind of theirs…

Great place, the buffet is fantastic for trying out things you’ve never had before. The one weakness is the staff is a bit off putting, but it may be a cultural divide. Overall great food!

I had a fabulous takeout experience. It was an impulse stop as I’m in town in business and I get tired of the same old hotel or chain food.
I asked for a recommendation in the curry options and went with the chicken makhani, hot. Then gentleman who took my order was very friendly and helpful. My order was ready within 15 minutes. It was carefully packaged (important, if you’ve experienced the opposite with takeout you know what I mean), and the portion was very generous. More than I could eat and I eat like a man!
The gentleman who brought my food up was equally as friendly and attentive. While I didn’t dine in, I was intrigued by some of the beautiful paintings on the walls.
If I’m in this neighborhood I will be back to try other menu options. Oh – and the prices are very reasonable, $ 11 for my meal.

We stopped in on a Saturday for the lunch buffet. The waitress that was working couldn’t have cared less if we were there or not. She was a young lady who was not at all friendly, nor did she appear she wanted to be there. Much more interested in her cell phone. (Dock 1 star)
The food was very good. The goat curry was crazy good! My wife who doesn’t like goat liked it also. The Samosa’s and the Aloo Tikki appetizers were very good also. My wife had the Chicken Vindaloo and Chicken Curry which were both very good also.
The only clunker was the naan. (I know, the naan…) It was so dried out it was inedible. One young man working saw it and apologized and said there would be more coming out right away, but we never saw it. (Dock the 2^nd star)
All in all we will be back to try it again when we are in the area.
Oh, and the young lady that greeted and seated us was also the person working the cash register when we left. Didn’t ask if we enjoyed our meal or how everything was, but she did manage to fire off 2 text messages while my credit card was processing.

Tried shrimp biryani and chicken biryani here. Completely disappointed with the taste, it’s worse. I don’t recommend biryani here.

Waitress is not friendly. Chicken tandori appetizer is quite nice but after that the entrée food comes too long. The biryani shirmp however is also very nice. Overall food is really good but the lady staff not friendly.

Had the buffet on a Saturday, which is $ 2 more than during the weekday, fyi. I’ve been to many, many of this kind of buffet and thought it was slightly better than average due to the spice factor being more robust than some. Still, not overly impressed.

A few months back I went through a phase of trying to find the best Indian lunch buffet, and this was it by far.
The selection is satisfactory, and all the dishes have distinctly delicious flavors. My boyfriend and I have went on 5 different occasions, and each time there was something that was different from the last, so we got to try a lot of new dishes. My favorites are the chicken makhani, and the saag paneer.

Yea I liked the food. I ordered aloo mutter and butter naan and trust me I loved the food.

Tandoor is all kinds of awesome. First things first, their mango lassi is delicious. Service is nice and prompt, and yet… we’re talking Minnesota.
I don’t know how anyone can claim this isn’t an indian restaurant. It is explicitly South Indian which I’m guessing a lot of people have no idea what that is? South Indian means: spicier, different portion sizes, different seasonings and a different style.
This is not the sui generis indian food you get at every indian place across all of america. No. I was pleasantly pleased with the food quantity and quality here, because this is fairly competitive with places like Udupi palace in chicago — which is also a South Indian (hyderabad) restaurant.
What does south indian mean? Thankfully: Spicy. Instead of Samosa you see Dosa or Sambusa.
Tandoor looks like some random tiny restaurant, but step inside and you’re headed to legitimate Indian cuisine. In short, I completely disagree with Claudio.
If I come back to Minnesota, I will be coming back here.

Man… this hurts me to give a bad review. But Unilocal deserves the truth.
I love Indian food and I get the same two dishes at every Indian place to find out how good the restaurant really is… and the two dishes I got were chicken tikka masala & shaahi paneer with garlic naan.
Now, considering I paid $ 30+ for dinner for two dishes I expected a awesome authentic food… right?
I was wrong. It was dull, plain, and just okay. Nothing said this food was made with passion or sense of quality. It was a just «matter» and substance. I don’t think it would even impressive my non-​indian friends… like this is most americanized Indian food I have ever had. Who puts bell peppers in a indian curry? Wtf guys… that ruined it for me.
My goal is to find the best and most authentic Indian food in Minneapolis. This restaurant needs to rethink what it thinks is Indian food.
Sorry for a bad review… I want you to take this and improve. Maybe I’ll come back. Maybe…