Bombay Flames

It was edible, but intensely disappointing. The 1 – 5 stars for heat is an illusion. Two dishes, both ordered as 2 (slightly spicy) — one was a two or maybe 3. The other was a 0. After pointing this out — 1. I was doubted. 2. I was offered hot sauce to remedy it. My friend’s dish was almost entirely sauce. In mine, the texture of the paneer was off. The best explanation I can come up with was that we were served the dregs of a lunch buffet.

I had lamb and my friend had goat and I ate some goat. I love lambs and I love goats… in my mouth. The service was amazing and the food was better! I’m here another 2 nights and will eat there that many more times.

Pretty run-​of-​the-​mill Indian Buffet. Price was tiny bit lower than most I’ve visited, but so was the quality of the food. None of it was bad — it was just all kind of plain; the chana paneer was the best thing out there, though not the best ever, and if any other dish were as good as that I’d have given the third star. This is the only time I can remember ever having to put salt on Indian food — the chicken masala tikka was pretty bland, but the salt helped. I just don’t think I’ve ever had to do that before. The pakoras were doughy and gummy rather than crispy and light. Restaurant was clean, service was good, price was good — the food was just average or a little below.

Great food and service! We really enjoyed our meal here. Delicious butter Naan and butter chicken. Waiters were very attentive and nice.

This place satisfies my cravings for fast food type Indian food and at a good price. However, I’m not going to pretend it’s anything great.
I usually go alone or with friends from work and eat the lunch buffet that includes butter chicken, goat curry, palaak paneer and other very standard North Indian buffet items. Looking for a quick fix, it’s great! I wouldn’t suggest going to dinner. There are many other Indian restaurants with more flavor and more crafted dishes.

Lunch buffet is my favorite. There are not a lot of choices, but enough to cover most of my favorite like chicken biryani, curry goat and vegetable dishes. The lunch price has gone up from $ 5.99 to $ 7.45 in two years, but it’s ok to compare with price for a hamburger combo:)

Great for lunch or dinner (and probably breakfast, although they don’t open until 11:30am). We’ve been for the lunch buffet, which for $ 8 a person offered all the favorite Indian dishes (Tikka masala, chicken curry, lots of Naan and jasmine rice and vegetable dishes). I’m always impressed when a lunch buffet serves the real thing, not just a cheaper or lesser version of their normal items, and this place does great food at lunch. At dinner, the portions are large and the food is just as good — except you get leftovers, yay! One thing to note: they’ll ask you how hot you want your dish prepared, on a scale of 1 to 5. A «three» is still pretty hot, comparable to a spicy Mexican salsa. (I like hot food but will stay with a heat rating of 2 from now on!) Btw, it’s right next to the Ramada — easier to find if you look for this landmark. Friendly staff that brings lots of water to drink when needed! :)

Very busy, good food, fast service. I’d go back …

I absolutely LOVE this place. The staff is very friendly and the lunch buffet is the best around! I have a mild addiction to the lunch buffet– SO many choices! I honestly come here every week.
If you haven’t been here yet, don’t let the tucked away location fool you. THE best Indian food buffet around. I’m in love

Oh how I miss Bombay Flame…
I used to live a mile from here. I’m a big fan Indian food and I had high expectations going in for the first time. I didn’t know what to expect from a $ 6.00 lunch buffet. I was amazed. This was some of the best Indian food I had ever had!
The environment is tastefully decorated. Indian music is playing. The staff was more than kind. My wife didn’t know anything about Indian food. The waiter explained the different foods to here and even taught us the difference between northern Indian cuisine and southern Indian cuisine. Every time our glasses got half empty, someone came by to fill them.
Delicious rice, curry goat, naan, chicken tikka, etc.
This place is totally worth the the $ 6 you’ll pay.

While heading out for dinner to Buffalo Wild Wings, I decided to step outside of my comfort zone. Man, I sure am glad I did.
Through a Unilocal search of restaurants in the vicinity, I stumbled across Bombay Flames (across the street from BWW). I wasn’t sure what to expect.
The décor was cozy. Most restaurants in strip malls are dated but Bombay Flames did a good job keeping the ‘tired’ feeling out. It was dinner time so buffet was not offered. I ordered the bread service, malgatawny soup, and the butter chicken entrée. The bread service is huge. It’s enough for 4 to 6 people. My favorite naan in the bread service was the onion naan. Oh, my mouth is watering thinking about it. The malgatawny soup and butter chicken were equally delicious.
Now the service… The service was SUPERB. Not sure of the gentleman servers name but he was so courteous and attentive.
I will definitely be back to this restaurant!

Buffet was okay, really wish there was more variety/​spicy options. I wanted to be sweating upon leaving!
For a 6.99 buffet option it was good. Rice was good, goat was delicious!
Server didn’t talk at all but that didn’t bother me.
Good value, will come back and try it again!

This place is designed to serve American crowd, even the host treat guest differently (indian vs American). We were group of 2 people and order food first and there was another group of 5 Americans and they ordered lot of food after us, they got food ahead of us (???)
Food is also not that great lot of salt in food and their vegetable varieties are not that great.
Finally they added 15% service charge for 2 people (really ?) and its very expensive too
I wouldn’t recommend this place for Indian crowd. Please stay away.

Note: This is my first Unilocal review
Wow, I have no idea what some other customers on here are talking about. Maybe they might’ve confused this amazing restaurant with another one. I’ve been to this restaurant a couple of times, and let’s just say that this restaurant can easily take the award for best Indian restaurant in Alpharetta area. I’ve been here a few times to eat their lunch buffet, and I would rate it a full on ¹⁰⁄₁₀! From their food to their amazing customer service, it’s just perfect!
Anyhow, from their naans to their curries and desserts, everything is A-​1. I would recommend this restaurant to everyone who loves Indian Food, and even to those who would like to try!

A brief update on trying a dish on the menu I have never ordered.
I ordered Hakka noodles with chicken, listed under the Indian style Chinese part of the menu. It is a generous portion of noodles with vegetables and chicken. This dish is also available with vegetables and egg or shrimp.
It was delicious and I would order it again.

I went here last weekend, and I enjoyed the food here. The atmosphere is nice, and there are cloth napkins and nice silverware. Parking is easy. Waiter was polite, but a little odd. The entire time my roommate and I were here, every time he came to the table, he had a smile on his face that he was trying to contain. It made me feel like he was maybe making fun of us, or maybe laughing at our choice of food, or spice level? I don’t know, but from the moment he greeted us to the moment we asked for our checks, every inquiry was met with that expression. Maybe they don’t see a lot of female pairs come in here together? I don’t know.
I ended up getting the Mixed Vegetable Sampler ($ 6.99), which came with paneer pakora, 1 large samosa, and onion and aloo pakoras. I’d say this is a good sized sampler to share between every two people, because everything comes in twos, or is easily divided in half. It’s not the kind of appetizer you could buy for yourself in place of a meal.
For my entrée, I got the Chicken Vindaloo ($ 12.99), which comes with rice. My spice level was 3/​5, which was just about right. I could see myself trying a 4 at some time, but I would be concerned the spiciness would overpower the spices used. We also requested a pitcher of water be brought to our table, because the water wasn’t really coming out fast enough (and this was before we ate – we were just thirsty).
They bring you a large platter of rice at the table, to share family-​style. In case you were looking for your own plate of rice, but the amount of rice they give you is pretty good. The entrée portion was also a good size, and I was able to eat it for about 3 meals. When I went home, I cooked additional rice and added it, though, to get a bit more out of it.
My roommate got a VIndaloo as well (Goat?), and the Bread Basket. There’s a reason it’s $ 12.99! It came with 3 layers of naan (butter, garlic, and onion) and some lacha parantha. Picture 12 inch pieces, cut into quarters. But it’s worth it, especially if you have a bigger table. Every single one of those fullfy pieces was just fantastic! Obviously homemade, steaming, with a light dusting of garlic, and a warm, fluffy center. Simply fantastic!
PROS:
The Bread Basket was simply fantastic.
Homemade naan.
Awesome balance of spices and spiciness.
Large parking lot, and easy to find.
Kind of fancy, with cloth napkins and glass goblets for drinking.
Portions were decent, and the flavor was good.
CONS:
Gave us one platter for rice, so we had to divide it amongst ourselves.
Waiter was polite, but basically laughed at us every time he saw us.
When you take the rest of your food to go, they give you Styrofoam. Considering the dishes are heavily sauced based, this isn’t the best kind of container for this food.

I’ve been back many times in the 18 months since I first tried Bombay Flames, always for the lunch buffet. I have never been disappointed.
The biggest con of BF for me is that they are closed on Mondays! There are some Mondays that I could have really used some of this deliciously comforting food to help me get through the day.
While the selection may be smaller than some Indian buffets in the area, it provides the right variety. Also, BF always seems calmer and cleaner. Perhaps because it is tucked off the road and not a busy stretch, even when every table is full, it seems quieter and more peaceful, so that lunch is not only delicious, but a respite from a hectic day.

Excelente lugar, chiquito y a un costado de Mansell Rd, pegado al Ramada Inn. Buenos precios, porciones abundantes y un sabor muy tradicional que hace tiempo que no probaba. Te dejan elegir el nivel de picante de 1 a 5, cuidado con hacerse el malo que poca en serio! Muy buen servicio y la ambientación es apropiada, recomendado!

We were so jaded Indian restaurants that we stopped going to any. But since this restaurant had very good reviews, we thought ‘oh what the heck!’
Let me just say we should have gone somewhere else. I mean, Outback would have been better. Besides the disappointment and sugary flavor in their chicken tikka masala, the goat biryani was edible BUT even that had hidden bones in it. Yum!
It might be a great place for others but for us, it’s definitely not our cup of chai. Naa Uh.
Oh and the two stars are for the ok rice :) See, I’m not that bad of a critic. :D

Let me start by saying that in my opinion, the service and hospitality at most indian restaurants is minimal to non-​existent. Well, the buck stops here because that’s certainly not the case at Bombay Flames. Chef Sandeep and his team are amazing people. He is so meticulous with everything from the daily buffet offerings to catering and it shows that he has a passion for quality.
I have eaten here at least a dozen times and have had a couple of parties catered by Bombay Flames as well. Chef Sandeep was not only accommodating to a vegan/​vegetarian crowd, but he made suggestions on items that would compliment each other. He also made sure that no butter was used on the vegan bread and ensured that everything was kept in separate transport containers. If you’re a vegetarian or a vegan, or have a food allergy, you will appreciate the extra consideration that is provided here.
Now, getting to the food, I consider the menu to have the best dishes that come out of India and prepared in the most authentic and flavorful way. The spices are consistent and perfect every single time. Some of my favorites are the potatoes and cauliflower, the paneer tikka masala, and the signature appetizer. Everything that I’ve tried has been mouth watering and very fresh. My dad, who is a carnivore, couldn’t stop eating the Chole (chick pea curry) at the last event I had catered. He took 3 servings and asked for a doggie bag, saying that this was the best chole he’s ever had. I took a client here once who has traveled all over the world eating indian food and she said that the Tandoori Chicken @ Bombay Flames was the best that she’s ever had.
I would absolutely recommend Bombay Flames for a sit down dinner and for catering a corporate event or party. Well done Bombay Flames, keep it up! Namaste, y’all!

Bombay Flames is located off Mansell Road and close to Northpoint Mall. A co-​worker has been wanting me to try this place out for a few months now because he’s a huge fan and mentioned that the pani puri is really good. The only other Indian restaurant to have pani puri on the lunch buffet is The Palace, which is my favorite Indian restaurant (and still is).
The interior to Bombay Flames is nice, cozy, and casual. I like the small booth tables fit for two. It’s a small restaurant. There were around 10 – 12 items at the lunch buffet. There was chicken masala tikka, chicken tandoor, goat curry, curry chicken, and other dishes. I have to say that I’m in love with the chana palak. I went back for seconds because it was that good. It taste good with the naan. I was impress with the naan because I usually complain about naan at buffet but it wasn’t dry. I couldn’t find the pani puri at first but it’s at another table on the other side of the restaurant.
One thing I will never get tired of at Desi restaurants is my water being filled. If you have read my other reviews, that’s one of my pet peeves — when I have to beg for my water to be refilled (especially at Asian restaurants).
Overall, Bombay Flames has tasty food. I will come back for the chana palak alone.