Mood Indian Restaurant

Mood has moved to a new location, their new address is 423 W. Girard Ave. This information was posted in their window prior to the move.

I’ve only been to Mood for lunch so far, so this review is for the buffet only.
Mood opens up at 11:30, but the half dozen times I went the majority of the buffet was not ready yet.
The buffet itself is a bit underwhelming. They had saag with no paneer (really?), one or two chicken dishes and some veggie offerings.
The restaurant itself is a bit dark with very poor lighting. Not sure what ambiance they were going for but it doesn’t work well at all.
The only reason I give Mood 3 stars and 2 is the price point is very good. $ 9 for a buffet is a good price in Philly.

Definitely not a place I will order from again. The only redeeming quality was the insanely fast delivery.
The chat papri had tomatoes, which are not usually in the dish, and the cracker base was insanely greasy.
The palak paneer has a strange consistency, and the paneer is not very flavorful.
Also ordered the chicken vindaloo which was not spicy at all and swimming in grease.
Very disappointing for all of the great reviews this place has.

After reading tons of reviews and finding a groupon, I made sure to stop in. Our server was extremely knowledgeable of gluten free items for my friend. We started with palak paneer with a spice level of 6. The paneer was soo good and a great size for sharing. Make sure to get the garlic naan, this was my fav. I also had the chicken karahi at a spice level of 8 which was great. I definitely think the spice level was accurate just an FYI. I wish they were closer to center city to fill my winter Indian craving.

AMAZING!!! I will be craving Indian food for the next month! Great menu selection and good place to go with a gluten allergy. There were so many delicious options, I didn’t know what to choose! We got a few items on the menu and shared. The spice level was accurate, I asked for about a 6 on a scale of 1 – 10 and it came out just how I like it!
The service was excellent, we weren’t in a rush and he was very patient. He was very understanding of my line of questioning when asking about gluten free items. After our meal we stayed a while longer to finish our bottle of wine.
I am very pleased with this restaurant and will have very high expectations for Indian cuisine in the future!

This was our go to spot for Indian food. We order at least once a month. I was extremely disappointed in our delivery order this time. We ordered through eat 24 and I marked my order as not spicy and added special instructions of not spicy. I know it’s Indian food, but they have giving me this request many times in the past. My dish was extremely spicy. We called to explain the situation asking for a new dish that was not spicy. They argued with us that we said medium spicy. I have the ordered receipt indicating that I did in fact order not spicy. They were extremely rude to us. We asked for a refund on just my dish and they hung up on us.
We called Eat 24 and they told us that our order went through as I asked. They tried to call the restaurant to discuss it with them, but Eat 24 said the restaurant is not even answering the phone.
It’s a shame that a restaurant with good food is losing regular customers due to horrendous service.

I’ve never been in the restaurant, and have only ordered take out. My history with Mood started when I lived in the apartments above it, and when I recently moved back to Old City I was excited to eat it! I get all different things on the menu, and I’ve never had a bad meal. I love the naan bread and could eat it all day with the Chicken Mahkani. I definitely recommend!

Holy moly is their delivery FAST. I placed my order around 6:09 and the driver texted me at 6:13 saying my food had arrived AND this text came after I missed his call. I’m not exaggerating, these are the literal time stamps on my phone!
All the food was piping hot and the garlic naan smelled amazing before I even opened the foil. When I did I saw that it was SMOTHERED in heavenly garlic (just the way I like it) and also bigger than my face. I also got chicken tikka which came with a good sized portion of basmati rice. Though it was on the pricier side, it definitely hit the spot and will now be my go-​to for those once in a while Indian comfort food cravings.

Normally I would’ve given the five stars, I order from this place all the time and being sick I just wanted the paleek paneer like normal creamy spinach goodness. instead I received something that looks brown and OLD. The spinach does not look fresh it looks frozen and it’s hard and not creamy. Mood people please get it together!!! I want consistency as I’m sure other customers do! this meal that just cost me $ 12 is of no use to me :(

After reading the glowing reviews, I have been wanting to try either of their spots for a while so when I saw a groupon, I snagged that baby. I ended up going alone for dinner last night (lol) and here are some comments…
The shahi paneer & bhaigan bartha were decently spicy and fresh and not oily. If you can handle it, I’d suggest going for the extra spicy instead of spicy. The paneer wasn’t that gross frozen stuff and actually tasted like paneer (cheese). Yaass! Bhaigan (eggplant) is one of their house specials and I’m glad I got it. It is generally really hard to make any eggplant dish without putting a ton of oil it in, but they did it well. Raita was also good and not sweet. Garlic naan perfff. Highly suggest getting some in addition to the rice provided. All in all… I’m really excited to eat my leftovers for lunch.
FYI street parking even on Sundays. they kindly gave me change but its quarters so bring some! Vegetarian entrees were $ 12.
Mood, please come to center city and show those other places how Indian food should actually taste!

Really good service, decent food, terrible location. We had a lot of various items, all pretty good, but nothing spectacular. The spice level was not what I expected. If I ask for something spicy, don’t assume that because I’m white, I can’t handle spice (if that’s what they assumed; if not, then their «spicy» is more like mild). The food came out fairly quickly, as expected with not many people in the restaurant. I really doubt this place will stay open much longer as their location is terrible. It’s hidden away in a gated lot in no man’s land south of Spring Garden. I might go there again, but that’s only because it’s the closest Indian Restaurant to me.

Dear sir,
I am just now seeing your response to my review, shamefully almost two years later. I was thinking of visiting your great city soon and came across your reply. Since quite some time has past, this may no longer be the case. However, your complete dismissal and denial of my experience from there warrants a response, no matter how much time has passed.
I beseech you to check out your late night delivery orders before you flag legitimate reviews. I found your restaurant from Unilocal.There wasn’t any mistaking it for some other. Your excellent reviews are the reason I chose Mood Indian.
Every establishment can have a bad day/​evening. For you to say you didn’t see any record of my transaction is absurd. I’m sure you will continue your 4 star reviews if you continue to flag the ones you don’t agree with.
If you truly care about the service of your patrons, locals as well as the one just passing through your city, I would implore you to spot check your Sunday late night deliveries to see what they send out. As a suggestion, just order something and have it sent to any nearby hotel, have it delivered to the front lobby and meet them.
I was staying at the Wyndham, 400 Arch street. If that is not in your delivery area, please reply back and I will retract my review and give my most sincere and humble apology.
I wrote this review due to an epic fail of my experience, far from excellence like I had read from other Unilocalers. I thought you should know in order to preserve your 4star rating, no matter what hour your patrons order.

Mood came to our office for Fooda today, and they had a «buffet special» for the introductory price of $ 6! It included lamb rogan josh, chicken tikka masala, palak paneer, mutter paneer, rice, and naan! They even had three different delicious sauces: yogurt, tamarind, and mint. It was wonderful! The lamb was very tender, and everything was just spicy enough, somewhere between mild and medium. I am very happy!

It’s not trendy, it’s not conveniently located, the service isn’t polished, but the food is consistently excellent. Not only that, but the quiet locale in the bottom of an apartment complex is nice for a laid back meal.
The lamb achari, chicken tikka masala, saag paneer, and malabar dishes are all excellent. The chaat and paneer naan are also winners. I like Indian restaurants that are able to manage the spiciness level of the food, and Mood does a really good job with this.
The service is friendly and relatively fast, but don’t come looking for white glove service. Being a byob and offering Groupons here and there push this one to five star status.

So I saw this place had pretty good review on Unilocal and just purchased the deal online. As a Philly newbie I did not aware this restaurant was far from Rittenhouse square. We had to drive to Northern liberty to eat since I already got the coupon.
Food better be good…
Two of us got samosa chaat and chicken tikka masala with garlic naan and mango lassi.
Apparently Unilocal review www pretty accurate. This was 4 star restaurant for me. Samosa chaat was huge as appetizer. Probably most girls would be ok for their main dish itself. Chicken tikka masala was creamy, buttery and meat was tender. Delicious. We ended up having whole bowl of rice with it.
Lassi was thick and amazing. I hate watery lassi and this place wasn’t one of them.
We were only customer when we were there and service was not bad or extra nice. They did minimum service for you haha. But I loved the food there and wish they were close to me. I would go often.

This is the only indian place I have tried in Philadelphia.
We came as group of 6, for late lunch time and shared all order so we could enjoy different flavor of curries.
Living in east coast I feel there isn’t easy access to good inexpensive indian cuisine.
This isn’t the best indian place I have tried in my life. I think I should go to japan to get good indian curry and naan.
Mood Indian Restaurant still serves good foods.
It is not super cheap place compared to indian restaurant I have tried in other countries but for Philadelphia this is a pretty nice spot.

Located on the south side of Spring Garden kind of in the middle of nowhere. It sits on the first floor of an apartment building and you have to look for parking on the street so make sure you bring quarters. The good news is that there is no issue with finding parking. We came here on a Monday night and there was only one couple dining. It seemed like the owner was our waiter, the host and the cashier and he was very friendly. The place is very clean, does not have a crazy spice smell and is very casual. My friend ordered the tomato soup which he said was good along with a rice and lamb dish which looked really good. I ordered chicken tikka masala and it was delicious along with some pita bread. I would definitely come back here on a week day night or during lunch for some good quality indian food.

I got a groupon for this restaurant and that’s how I found it. It looks family owned. It’s located below a condominium. They have a parking lot but I think you can only park there during the day. There’s plenty of metered street parking. Bring quarters!
Food is good. Good portions. I had the chicken tikka masala, shrimp, and chatt. I’ve been here for lunch and dinner. The lunch special are definitely worth it. The nan was a little heavy– thick bread. I like the thinner nan that I’ve had at Karma.

Passed this place a few times, but have rarely seen anyone eating in. We decided to try some take out from Mood: chicken tikka masala, bainban bharta, lamb vindaloo, and the naan and garlic naan.
The portion sizes were similar to other Indian restaurants. Unfortunately, the flavor was not as great. I found the dishes to be a little on the blander side. Wasn’t very impressed but it was worth a shot.

We decided to meet up with a friend of ours for dinner at Mood Indian Restaurant. It is tucked away inside a residential complex on 4^th St in the Northern Liberties neighborhood.
Got Samosa chaat and a chicken Malabari for appetizers. The Samosa chaat was nice and fresh and the chicken Malabari was pretty good too.
For the main course we got a Tandoori Salmon, a Baingan Bharta and a Chicken Makhani. All three dishes were slightly on the sweeter side (read a little more creamy) but nice nevertheless. The only bit of a let down was the salmon which turned out over done.
The bread basket was adequate for three people. We went with the laccha paratha, onion kulcha and garlic naan and all three turned out pretty good.
Portions are fairly large and filling. We would give this place 3.5 stars (rounded to 4). Worth checking out if you want to get some Indian/​Pakistani grub without having to wait for too long on a weekend.
They permit BYOB if you do plan on getting something.

Angenehm überrascht, endlich ein indisches Restaurant in Philly, dass Ich mag.
Es gibt so viel sub-​par indisches Essen in der Stadt, es ist auch nicht lustig.
Aloo Chole & Knoblauch Naan waren ganz lecker. Namaste euch, meine köstliche neue Freunde.
Die süßen Stämme von Asha Bhosle erfüllte die Luft, als ich zufrieden speiste.