Jewel Of The Crown Cusine of India

Love this place! The food is amazing! Best indian food I’ve ever had and I’ve had a lot! Very authentic! Reminds me of my grandmas homemade indian food!

Water tastes dirty ice tea was terrible. Food was decent. Nice patio. Very nice staff.

The service was good, very nice lady! She refill our waters many time! Gave us 10% because one of the plate came very late. The food was just amazing! I ate the vegetarian korma. First of all I was pleased to see so many vegetarian option and second it was delicious! My husband was so jealous of my plate that he went back the day after and order it! Love this place and we will go back!!!

Excellent customer service. There was a mix up with our carry out order, but we were offered complementary drinks while we waited for the cook to make our food fresh. We were also given a nice little discount (we didn’t ask!). The girl working there was super nice and accommodating. Also, the food was amazing! Very pleasant experience.

I’m not real experienced in the field of indian food, but wow I left here happy! I am a vegetarian and was always unsure if I’d really like indian food that much to go out and get it since it can be expensive, but I gave it a try and I’m glad I did.
My mom and I went here for lunch after the Scottsdale arts festival and no one else was there when we got there! As we were eating more people showed up though. They had some lunch specials that were reasonably priced so I decided to do that! I got a vegetarian sampler type thing for $ 11, my mom got a vegetarian curry and we shared. Our server did great, was attentive and served us well! I don’t even know exactly what I got but dang everything was delicious! Was worried I wouldn’t like some of it, but everything was excellent, paneer with spinach, lentils, vegetable curry, some kind of yogurt type sauce, rice, and naan. Everything was delicious! The naan was a little crispy and idk if it’s supposed to be like that, but I enjoyed it. My mom loved hers too. Mine also came with a dessert and I wasn’t too into it, but I just don’t really like desserts like that. Was cool to try something new though. Glad I came here!

We had
certificate for this restaurant. I called them up almost a month back and told them that i am having
certificate — is there any limitations or rules to follow (as there are reviews from customers who had
certificate and they had very bad experience). The owner was very rude and told me that don’t come on Friday to Monday… I said okay… I was in this area and I had my
coupons with me so i decided to go on Wednesday. We were two in number and i told about the
certificate itself. So the waiter told us that we can’t order thali which we were planning to order. So first order i need to cancel then i went with the second order — this time we were told that for the $ 25
certificate we need to order minimum of $ 50 food. that was very ridiculous term. but i thought okay let’s do that… but we were told that you can carry out any thing… i was speechless and i decided to walk out. Then this person said that he has already redeemed my
certificate, what??? In a nutshell i will say avoid this restaurant. the restaurant was only 20% occupied and these folks have an attitude that you really need to tolerate. On top of it they have made so many rules which will make it extremely difficult for any reasonable guy to deal with them. Just avoid the
and avoid this place. Moreover i can figure out there were no indian customers nearby so obviously food is not good and not at all crowded place. why in the world any restaurant will align with
or
if they are good??? Moreover rather than making so many difficult rules and being rude-​if they focus some half of this brain into something useful they can increase their sales. This place is definitely not an option — that’s it. Because i want my review to be published that’s why giving a generous 1 start otherwise they are –ve star place.

Great food and ambience. Terrible service. We waited five minutes for someone to approach our table and it was the busboy. Fine. He brought ice water. Another five minutes passed and a waitress came by. Ok. We ordered a glass of wine and a beer. That took nearly ten minutes to be delivered. She was pretty useless in navigating the great looking menu. We were on our own. She either doesn’t like Indian food or has no opinions, recommendations, knowledge or enthusiasm. We ordered well — maybe just lucky. Frankly I bet everything that comes out of that kitcheon is great. FTR — We ordered the lamb curry and shrimp Marsala.
The food came out quickly and was delicious. First rate and the restaurant is lovely. We ate our wonderful meal and decided to order coffee and desert. We waited. No one bussed our table (ever) and we never saw the waitress again for ten minutes. We finally decided to get ice cream cones at a shop next door. However we still didn’t have our check. After demanding that the waitress bring me my check, I had to get it from the busboy — our hero. The waitress acts like her guests are nuisances and she is doing us a favor to be there. My guess is that she’s a long unemployed humanities major that resents waiting tables. Probably recently divorced and still bitter. She doesn’t belong in the service industry!!! The owner/​manager appeared confused and out of her depth. I suggested that since her kitcheon rocked, she should tighten up the table service. All she could do was apologize repeatedly. I don’t want an apology just attentive professional service.
Please don’t miss the fact that the food was great. You just may need to wade through and wait out the unprofessionals in the front of the house.

Used to visit the buffet as a child when this restaurant was in original location. Now fast forward many moons, and brought my child for a valentine dinner.
The restaurant was not busy, maybe 20 guests; however the service was horrible. Mostly the staff was seen having conversations rather than tending to guests. Forgetting to fill up waters, table was left un-​bussed as the next courses arrived.
Food was mediocre, cold rice with hardened naan. Flavors of dishes: Chicken Vindaloo, Shahi Paneer, Veg Samosa, Malai Kofta, Tadka Daal were lacking in both depth and interest.
Definitely not worth returning soon to pay for the over-​priced menu based simply on location.

Had dinner there tonight. The food was adequate. The service was terrible. After being seated it took 15 minutes to get a waiter. 15 minutes to get a drink and then 40 min. to get our food and then 15 min. to get our check and they weren’t busy! Won’t be going back.

After several years of abstinence from Indian food, I thought a visit to Jewel of the Crown would give me warm fuzzies all over. I was expecting a rush of passion that you get from food affairs, but instead of being overcome with flavor, comfort, and satiation my vegetarian meal left me feeling unsatisfied and underwhelmed.
I will try not to repeat that word too many times in this review. However, my vegetarian meal was indeed underwhelming and I did not take the leftovers or bother ordering dessert.
Service was A+ but food averaged to a B– because the hearsay I have about the meat raises the grade. Meat was seasoned exceptionally. If you’re a carnivore, I suggest you order mixed kabobs ($ 20) for a sample of lamb, seafood, chicken, etc. Kebabs were served vertically suspended over chutneys and yoghurt and their presentation was more appealing than anything else on the table.
Yes, you heard right. A display of hanging meat looked better than anything on the table.
For me, flavor seemed to come from only the chutneys. One red, which was mild and tasted like tamarind; the other green and spicy with cilantro and other herbs my tongue couldn’t recognize. In fact, chutney saved the meal. We ordered a third chutney, mango ($ 3 — not worth it), which isn’t made in-​house. It is overly sweet with chunks of candied fruit. Unimpressive.
Samosa appetizer was served with a spoonful of chana. The breading was fried right and not too thick. Not spicy at all, so I slathered it in green chutney.
Bharta Makni ($ 12) came in a hot pot with tea candle underneath and still simmering on arrival. The menu describes it as eggplant mixed with onion and tomatoes, but it was an unrecognizable pureed dish with mushy green peas mixed in. I could barely taste the spice so I slathered it in green chutney.
Vegetable curry was served chunky but with all starchy veggies and I quickly lost interest.
Unfortunately having an underwhelming meal leaves my mind to wander. I began annoyingly verbalizing comparisons to other restaurants. Minute details which I would usually ignore became bothersome:
1. Is this garlic naan? Really? Garlic?
2. Where’s the garlic?
3. Do you taste any garlic?
4. Not worth $ 3. One, yes, but not three.
5. This is the first indian restaurant where I haven’t received a small plate of pappadum upon seating.
6. We have to pay for pappadum?
7. Isn’t naan suppose to be fluffy bread?
8. I remember naan being fluffy.
9. This naan is flat on one side. It’s like cracker texture.
10. Where’s the garlic?
11. I still don’t taste garlic?
12. They don’t even offer mints or licorice at the end.
So, three out of five stars for Jewel of the Crown.
Yes, I would go again, but not anytime soon.

ENVIRONMENT
Located in the Civic Center area next to AZ88 and the theater. This restaurant has been here for years and continues to win local restaurant awards.
Dim mood lighting with lots of indoor round table seating. There’s also a small bar area.
MENU
Everything you could want in Indian food and a lot of things I’ve never seen before. Wine, beer, liquor, etc.
Garlic Naan — ALWAYS ORDER THIS! It’s a must.
Spicy Chicken Masala — So spicy! But unlike the most spicy options at Indian restaurants in LA, this is edible and worth it. Served with rice.
Chicken Curry — Good curry. medium spicy isn’t really spicy (to someone like me who loves super spicy). Served with rice.

My first Indian food experience was Jewel of the Crown catering at a Thunderbird Global Management graduation party. Not knowing what it was, I scooped up some Paneer Tikka Masala on a garlic naan, and I’ve been hooked ever since.
I have now been a customer of Jewel of The Crown for eight years and everything I’ve ever had on the menu has been fantastic. Being a pescatarian, there is a plethora of choices for me on the menu. If you are vegetarian or vegan, they are extremely accommodating.
The mango lassi is fantastic for the children, while they have a great array of alcoholic beverages for the adults. Heck, I order the mango lassi for myself it’s so good!
I *highly* recommend getting garlic naan with your entre and then an extra one to take home if you have leftovers. When heating your leftovers up, separate the rice from the entrée, heat on the stove, and broil the naan on high (watch closely!). It will be just as good as it was in the restaurant.

We had a delightful lunch at Jewel of the Crown on a Saturday afternoon. The November weather was perfect and we were able to sit outside, listening to the next restaurant’s live entertainment.
We ordered off the dinner menu rather than get lunch specials. The tandoori chicken was very good and had a nice kick to it. Likewise for the chicken tikka masala, a generous portion with lots of wonderful creamy sauce. It was also spicier than I have had in the past but was excellent. The only disappointment was the naan bread, which was nothing special.
If I were in town again I would absolutely go again to try some of my other Indian favorites.
The hours are unusual so make sure they are open before you go.

I’ve been coming here for lunch occasionally since 2011 when I’ve been working in the area. Nice décor inside, and nice outside in cooler weather. I like their lunch selections, from the wraps to the sample platters (thaali)…I usually get the non-​vegetarian thaali with chicken curry, chicken tandori, naan, etc. Always fresh and flavorful. Good beer selection.

This was only my second experience with Indian food, so let me just say up front I am obviously NOT an expert on this cuisine and don’t have much to compare it to. All I have is my palette!
With that said, as far as positives go — the restaurant is located in the Scottsdale Mall, nice area and right next to the Scottsdale Performing Arts Center. The inside is nice too. I ordered the Chicken Masala (kept it basic and simple). I thought it was flavorful, I liked it! It’s served with a side of rice. They serve this cracker bread type thing (sorry, don’t know what it’s called) for the table when you sit down, along with these 2 sauces to dip it in. Both were delicious, full of flavor. They had a spicy and sweet quality to them. I also ordered one of their special cocktails, can’t remember the whole name — Madarajah something… it had bourbon, ginger and lemon. Was very good!
Now for the negatives… we went on a Friday night, the place was almost full and there were 3, THREE servers working the entire restaurant, INCLUDING the bar. So basically the «bartender» was a server who was leaving the bar unattended to take tables in the dining room. (while my friend and I sat, unacknowledged, for 15 – 20 minutes till we finally went back to our table and had our server just get the drinks for us). I was pretty surprised that on a Friday night there were only 3 people. Now, they were definitely hustling and running around and working very hard (we were a large party) but in my opinion that is just completely ridiculous to be that understaffed. It creates a tense environment and you feel like you are overwhelming them if you ask for anything. Granted, our server was very nice and clearly was running his ass off! The food really didn’t take long considering all this, I was pretty shocked. I am not saying I wouldn’t go back, but I would not go back on a weekend when it’s chaotic like that. Also, and maybe this is because I have worked in the food service/​restaurant industry, but when the food runner came with our food, they were «auctioning off» the food. This is a peeve of mine, I find it completely tacky and unprofessional. Not to mention the guy doing it must NOT have understood English because he gave me the wrong dish twice before giving me my order. LOL. Again, it’s not enough to keep me from returning, but I think they need to stop doing that!

We went there after reading all the amazing reviews on Unilocal.And Disappointed is what we were. Yet another Indian Restaurant that fails to deliver. It’s at a beautiful location in Scottsdale Mall and the interiors are tastefully done but that’s that.
We started with Drinks followed by an endless wait of 30 minutes before our appetizers arrived. The place was pretty full and almost all the tables were waiting for food. I wondered what was going on in the Kitchen. There were no servers around except for the lady who was taking the orders. I did spot the illusive servers once or twice when they were coming with food for other tables but failed to draw their attention.
Our order was Chicken Ginger Kabob which was just chicken coated with some ginger paste on a bed of stale onions. The chicken was cold and very dry. It had no flavor. The only relief was the chutneys tamarind and mint which they serve on table with Pappad.
Too hungry to complain we just wanted to get our hands on the Main which was Chicken korma and Rice. The korma did arrive at the table but it was a VEG korma.
The lady took that away leaving us with Rice as we waited another 15 minutes for the Chicken korma to arrive. When it finally did the Rice had become cold!
The Chicken Korma (boneless pieces of meat cooked with onion, cream or yogurt, nuts and delicately spiced) was nothing of the sort.
Also be prepared to wait another 10 minutes for the Check. Meh… I have definitely experienced better.

Hands down my favorite Indian restaurant by far in the Phoenix/​Scottsdale are. The food is as close as it gets to eating home cooked Indian food! The chicken saag is outstanding, the mixed kebabs are excellent. I love the dals, aloo gobi (cauliflower with potato), okra, the eggplant bhartha, the channa bhatura (chickpeas with bread), the kheer (rice pudding), gulab jaman and kulfi (ice cream) to name but a few. The setting is beautiful in the Civic Center area. This is as authentic as it gets!

Great experience I’ve always loved indian cuisine for it’s bold seasoning and rustic plates Jewel of the Crown delivered on both those ends. Every dish was well made and seasoned, the lamb was tender and the chicken was still juicy. Garlic naan was the best! Only reason I did four instead of five stars is the service took a lil longer than I expected for my large party. I would definitely go back though.

This is fast becoming one of my favorite restaurants. We are here every other week, and have not found a dish we didn’t like. The Chicken Tikki Masala and the Chicken Bryani with Garlic Naan are what we usually get. The spice levels are always right on with our tastes. The two servers we regularly see are very nice, and are always ready with a recommendation of something new to try.
It’s always quiet, with only a handful of tables full at any given time, but that makes it a nice place for conversation, versus some of the busier places in Old Town.

I have many things to say about this place. I’m not even going to mention the Groupon issue I had today. I’m not gonna.
a) what kind of Indian restaurant charges for naan? come on.
b) I ‘thought’ they were honoring my Groupon (WHICH I’m not going to mention) so I got an appetizer. I ordered the Jewel Kebab. The lamb was great actually; however the chicken came out on bones. huh? I had a drumstick and a thigh. That’s not a kebab. That is, well, chicken legs and thighs. Weird
c) So they bring out my entrée: lamb curry. About 4 pounds of rice and a huge tureen of curry, so I thought. The curry was in a silver tureen/​warming pot and I was thinking «Wow that’s a lot of food». No, it was a shallow pan and everything below it was the heating element. While I don’t need a week’s worth of food for my entrée, I do have to say that there were maybe 4 – 5 chunks of lamb and the rest was the broth. So basically I had soup.
They didn’t honor my Groupon (which, again, I’m not even going to mention) so my lunch came out to $ 23. WAs the quality of my lunch worth $ 23? No. It was certainly edible and I did in fact eat it, but the weird kebabs and the lack of lamb in my entrée was in no way worth what I accidentally spent.
There are far better Indian places.