Narin’s Bombay Brasserie

Amazing Indian food! Love this place always «poppin». Waiters are very attentive and courteous and buffet is my favorite. Your glass is literally never empty, buffet is never «old» or cold, and your dishes never pile up. Wonderful atmosphere. No complaints.

We came for New Years Eve dinner and ordered off the menu so I cannot rate the buffet (but buffets are usually significantly worse than eating off the menu at any establishment). Prices here are high compared to other Indian restaurants but the quality was good so I didn’t mind. I’m sure that the rent in this area is pretty steep as well.
Our table ordered about five dishes and I was able to sample all. We had malai kofta, keema mutter, paneer makhani, lamb saagwala, and a chicken dish I can’t find on the online menu. All of them were good. I think the malai kofta, paneer mahkani and the chicken dish were the best but any of them would be fine to order. The sauces were rich, creamy and flavorful.
The dishes do NOT come with naan or rice, you have to order that separately, which does make the price add up.
The gulab jamun were served hot and were tasty. My friend did not like the kheer particularly but I didn’t taste it so can’t say whether I would have liked it or not. She said it wasn’t very sweet like it usually is.
Service was pretty good, not super fast, but very friendly and they were busy on New Years Eve so I wouldn’t expect everything to be super fast.
All in all, it’s one of the better Indian meals I’ve had in Houston, though probably not up to the standards of some of my favorites in other parts of the country.

Food was average. Not bad, but not great either. It was our first time there and we had the lunch buffet. I don’t like finding small bones in a dish that has a sauce base. Unpleasant surprise… The service was below average (we literally got less then 10 words out of everyone, COMBINED) but I chalked it up to them being a little busy.
The thing that stood out the most and will definitely keep me from returning was the SHOCKING layer of dust on all the walls. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it anywhere, much less a restaurant. Perception is reality, I can only assume the kitchen is filthy also.

Do you want home style Indian food? Do you want food that is so good that you cannot stop eating? I highly recommend Narin’s. The owner will make the food at any heat level. If you do not want spicy, that is okay. I ask for hot and they never disappoint. I can, honestly, say that I have never had a bad thing at this place. It is quiet and enjoyable. Just come with an empty stomach and enjoy.

We had my cousins baby shower in one of their banquet halls. They did a great job of setting everything up on time and even allowed us to come the night before to decorate and check the set up of the room. I definitely recommend coming the night before in case you want to change or add something. They are pretty flexible with adding more stuff, like an extra table.
On the day of the event, the food was ready on time. For drinks we had mango lassi and soda. The mango lassi was too sweet in my opinion. For appetizers, we had cocktail samosa, chilly panner, chicken tikka masala and chicken shashlik. They all were a great hit. Everyone loved the snacks. Even though I am a big chicken person, my favorite was the chilly panner. It had the perfect blend of spices. For entrée, we had six different entrees and everything except Dal Makhni was great. The dal was really salty in my opinion and a lot of people thought the same. For dessert, we had gulab jamun, which was delicious. They even helped us cut the cake we brought into small pieces and served it to everyone on the table.
The service was great except that they stopped serving drinks during lunch time. You had to ask the servers to get the drinks from inside.
One thing I don’t liked about this place was that they informed us a week before about the time changes because they took up another booking right after us. Our original timings were 12−4pm but instead we had to change it to 12 – 3:30pm because the next event started at 4pm. It worked out well for us but I don’t think that will always be the case.
Overall, I recommend this place for big functions and even for dinner.

Favorite Indian food place in Houston. Great for dinner. I love their chicken saag and tikka Marsala. Great friendly service. Lunch buffet and Sunday brunch is really good as well.

I come here with coworkers for lunch, it gets pretty packed around that time. It has a wonderful and fresh buffet with mostly veggies and some lamb and chicken dishes. Reasonably priced.

One of the best Indian restaurants in Houston. Great staff and incredible malai kofta.

I find the food okay. Not the best Indian food in town that’s for sure. It was a bit on the sour side when I ate the chicken tikka masala. It was a bit over priced for the type of service we received as well as the food. They put the whole check together and couldn’t split the items when we asked them too. They also automatically charged us 20% gratuity! Isn’t that illegal? I wouldn’t come back here.

Neither good, nor bad. I would say there is nothing special about their food. Their a la carte menu runs short of choices and the buffet nothing great, so to speak of. Tandoori chicken was pretty bland, other dishes were average.

We’ve eaten here twice. Both times the food was good, however on the second visit we saw roaches crawling on the walls and above the kitchen food window. Needless to say we won’t be going back.

Very upscale service. Came here with 4 of my colleagues. Had a three course meal. They ordered a bottle of premium wine. The water and wine glasses would never go below half full because someone constantly kept them full. The bill was a little north of $ 400 bucks. It’s a perfect place for a business meeting. Great ambiance and music. Lamb was said to be halal.

I had a family lunch here, we ate the lunch buffet. The food was very good and the waitstaff was attentive. The biggest food had a good variety of options– tikka, korma, paneer, tandoori chicken, rice, naan, and more. We left very full and happy :)

Every time I go to Narin’s the service and the food are excellent. Today, I was greeted by the same maître d’ that I remember from past visits the moment I crossed the threshold. He seated me immediately at a table with fresh white linens and took my drink order. My beer was poured for me by another waiter as if I had ordered expensive bottle of wine. I noticed all of the waiters providing equally attentive service.
As usual, the food was excellent and a little different from other Indian restaurants. The Chef’s Special was a baked (Pablano?) pepper dish. I have never had it before, but it was delicious with the right amount of heat.
It is an upscale restaurant in the Galleria and it is priced accordingly.

My favorite Indian food. I love it, I crave it, I go there at least once a week.
My favorite is saag paneer:)

Because I am a fan of buffet AND of Indian cuisine, this place is pretty damn good! It is also close to the office which may account for my favoritism somewhat.
Pro: reasonably priced and food is pretty good
Con: tables are tightly packed and very close to the single sided buffet stretch making us «buffet-​lovers» suck it in and constantly wonder if we should pass crotch or butt first.
Bottom line, this is a great option for lunch and can accommodate larger parties if you want to bring the whole office, just call me to come join you too :)

First time here and as you walk in, you get a serious punch of spices at your face. You know that this is an Indian restaurant. The door is a bit weird but cool at the same time. They need to fix it because you open only with the left door. Very odd. They are a buffet during the day and regular dining at night. I came for dinner.
They give complimentary «chip and dip». They had a green, spicy dip, I want to say it’s some kind of chutney but I really don’t know. There was also a sweet, jelly like dip as well. I didn’t prefer it. Not sure what the chip was but it was very crunchy and crispy.
My friend ordered everything so I have no idea what any of it was called…
–Paneer. This was the one item I requested. I love paneer! I expected it to be spicier however, but the flavor was still there. My friend said that the cheese itself was too chewy, so I guess that was the flaw in that.
— Rack of Lamb (?). This was my favorite item! They cooked it really well. Wasn’t dry or undercooked. I wanted to pick it up by the rib and eat it, but I thought I should be more civilized.
— Chicken Tikka (?) Chopped pieces of chicken that honestly felt a bit rubbery… I needed the green sauce from earlier for it to be edible. Felt bland as well.
— Shrimp Tikka (?) shrimp was cooked well. Again, felt bland so had to use the green sauce
— This one item that I cannot figure out the name of. It’s ground meat formed into a log. Whatever it is called, it was dry, dry, and even more dry… Drenched in sauce.
— Chicken Tandoori: chicken was not overly dry, which most places tend to make a mistake with. Still needed the sauce.
Overall, I used the sauce with everything. I have definitely had better else where but it was just somewhere to try for indian food. I wish everything was spicy though…

If you’re looking for standard Houston Indian comfort food, you’ll get it here. No real standouts, but nothing was terrible. Parts of the naan were super dry — almost like a cracker — but it was edible.
But, I won’t come back here for this kind of Indian food. There are better options.

Stay away from this place. It’s disgusting, oil-​laden, restaurant-​style Indian and the management is awful.
We went in with friends on a weekend to use our Groupon. The Groupon had NO limitations on it so we weren’t expecting any issue. We had asked for menus but were told we could only eat off the buffet. We obliged and when it came time to pay our waiter refused the Groupon saying it could only be used on items off the menu. We tried to explain that we asked for a menu upon arriving but were refused one. I also showed him the Groupon and went over in detail what it said, proving that there was no mention of exclusions for the buffet. Still the waiter refused. He was completely rude. We forked over nearly 80 dollars for gross food.
Unfortunately, we had to use the Groupon, so we went back one more time to order of the menu. The food was even more disgusting than the buffet. I’m attaching photos of the daal we ordered and you can see it’s just swimming in oil. Unacceptable.
If you want real Indian food head to Hilcroft. Don’t waste your time with these jerks.

The restaurant is big, and clean. They have a good menu with a lot of choices. I have had a few different menu items, and enjoyed them all. Their rice selection is nice, but they don’t take the cardamom out before they serve it, so be careful not to bite into one unless you want a mouthful of it.
Their naan is good, as well as the chutneys, and crisp things they serve with your meal; the naan is not included with the meals.
this place is great for groups.