India Garden

This place is quite good, we came for the lunch buffet at noon on a Friday. It wasn’t too crowded, and it was very quiet. They do a cool thing where they keep the rice in a closed cooker, so it doesn’t dry out in a chaffing dish. There’s a rice paddle in water next to it. This is also valuable info if you’ve not been here before. Just pop the button and open the lid.
I had spinach, goat, and chicken tikka masala. The spinach was bland, stay away. But the goat was quite good. You have to fight it off the bone a bit, but it was worth the struggle. My favorite was the chicken. It was tender and moist, not what I was expecting from a buffet. It is what will bring us back.
They also had gulab jamun in the cold section. They are small baked balls made of sugar, flour, sugar, yogurt, and sugar. Try them!

Not that good Indian food. The taste was not that good but the place was good… Had expected lot more from Indian Garden, but it didn’t satisfy me… I think I won’t come back…

About a week after my review and an
Email to the owner and no response
Apparently this owner does not care
To be fail with his customers.

The buffet has dropped its quality the last few times weve gone. Less dishes and flavors are not as layered… hope they get their groove back.

This place is not bad! I was looking for a place to eat for vegetarian Monday’s and not this place did not disappoint. I like the naan bread they served, it tastes like it’s made within the facility. The naan bread is comparable color to Matzos but the texture is soft when you bite into it. I ate it with the curry dishes and the combination went well.
The curries and salad bar looks fresh in the buffet line. There are different sauces that you can add with your meal.
The restaurant is clean and wait staff are friendly. I didn’t have ask to refill up my water glass. They automatically check on your dining experience and making sure everything is okay. If you are looking for a colorful in your taste palette food this is the place.

My family has dined at this location on numerous occasions, and it has always been a great experience. The place is decorated well, has super clean white linens on the tables, and the fantastic music played on the TV’s only heightens the experience.
We’ve enjoyed both the lunch buffet and individual meals, and each meal has been pleasant and delicious. The staff is courteous and enjoys explaining what is in each dish, they often bring us special drinks to try too.
The ginger chicken and ginger shrimp is just about the best thing I have ever tasted. It has a zing to it that really brightens up what could be a very plain dish. The chicken is cooked with a lot of care and flavor.
If you’re a Naan person, you are going to love this place! They have so many different options! The garlic Naan is out of this world! The buttery Naan is great, and the one with raisins is spectacular too! The prices are a little high, but not outrageous. This is a dining destination on the west side of town.

We went for the lunch buffet a couple weeks ago. It was fabulous, and all the servers, chef, etc. were extremely nice. We’ll be back there soon for sure.

Clean place, friendly staff, food delicious and they were extremely flexible when we asked for vegan options.

Best lunch buffet it town! Amazing flavors, always fresh and a clean, relaxing environment. If you’ve never had Indian this is the place to try, or if you know what you like you can’t go wrong here!

I’ve wanted to come here for quite a while. Tidat the stars aligned! It was lovely food served by the gentlemen. :-) at the first mouthful of Kihari shrimp, my tastebuds were singing… oh yes! !

I love this place just ordered the chicken curry, rice and garlic naan. So good! My girl gets the chicken briyani she loves that too! To-​go or eat in it a great place.

When I’m staying on this side of town, I do like making a point to eat here for the lunch buffet.
Sometimes the service seems inattentive. This time I was impressed with the service.
One of the main staff people saw me when he came from a back room to the bar area and waved and asked how I was doing. Then later he made a special trip into the dining room and asked, «Where have you been?» because it had been since about March that I had eaten there.
I explained I don’t live near and get there when I can. It felt good being recognized, and missed.
The food is generally quite good here. For me it’s a good dining experience when they have the selections I like, and an OK one when they don’t.
When I went there last Saturday they had a paneer dish which is what makes a buffet worth having, for me (all Indian buffets should have one paneer dish, in my book).
That was quite good, except the cheese was in big pieces and I cut it, to enjoy with the veggie pakoras which were very good.
They also had a mushroom masala — I love korma and masala dishes, except do not like mushrooms, so I would suggest they note how a large number of vegetarians, such as myself, appreciate vegetarian dishes and do not like mushrooms.
The chai on the buffet I’m happy to say is a minimum for Phoenix Indian restaurants. There’s is pretty good here. Except it was way too high a temperature, and stayed piping hot the whole time I was there. Maybe it was a fresh pot, set to boil, when it was poured into the dispenser.
I would have liked it about 8 – 10 degrees cooler.
I liked the watermelon as the fruit on the buffet. I would have liked the mango fruit pudding commonly found on Indian buffets. The «milk balls», as I call them, because I forgot the Indian name of the dish, were really good here. The rice pudding was pretty good. (Usually I skip both; here they looked good, and did not disappoint.)
This was a good choice for lunch, and I got lucky by picking a good day with the selections they had.

Amazingly attentive, welcoming service. Can I say heartfelt? The staff made us feel as if we were longtime, cherished old friends.
Our orders were delivered timely and explained well.
The dinner was ala carte and quite expensive, $ 30 per person, though we know they have a booming daily buffet at $ 9.99 a person which is said to be quite good, which we shall return for. They also cater and do takeout. We got a menu for later ;)
Music was modern yet tasteful, Indian influenced stuff that accompanied the meal well.
Bathrooms and décor were clean, well cared for. Parking was easy, nice access to Dysart, the place is easy to spot from the road.
The wifey can’t handle spice so they dumbed it down for her. My lamb dish was adequately spiced for me though. Drink choices were plentiful. Rice options and side dishes all what you would expect though I didn’t notice saffron rice, maybe they don’t do it or I just missed it? They have a huge menu. I will venture into more flavorful choices on our next visit.
Portion sizes were good, though maybe a bit skimpy on meat and naan considering price per plate, still had plenty of food left over which they helped us carefully pack, so can not really complain. I imagine they do vegan dishes very well.
Everything presented well, our waters were kept full and we were checked on often to ensure we enjoyed the meal and all was in order.
On the way out, the waiter even rushed half way across the restaurant to hold the door open for us and personally thank us for coming, a nice touch, and their thankfulness quite sincere. That kind of care goes a long way in my book, and sets them apart from many Indian places I’ve been before.
So there you have it, the India Garden. Give it a go, one of the few if not only restaurant in the West Valley of its kind and caliber.

The only Indian restaurant I’ve been to in the PHX southwest area. The service is always great and the dishes I’ve ordered are always delicious! I’ve never been here with more than 5 tables seated so I am always served fast. I highly recommend to anyone who enjoy Indian food or willing to try!

Ah yes! My favorite place to eat at! They’re lunch buffet is soo good! They have Chicken Tandoori and Chicken Curry, best combination ever. I highly recommend this place to those who want to eat something different than your regular lunch buffet. Also for Friday lol nah events they serve goat curry as well! I love it so much? 5 stars way up! Great service and the place is very clean.

Great food. And a fun place. It’s like being in India which I have visited several times. Saturday night is the best. They have a great buffet for lunch.

I am extremely thankful that there is a good Indian food restaurant in the west valley!
Overall, the food at India Garden is very good. I have tried the buffet a couple times, and also gotten take out probably half a dozen times.
The buffet is solid, but unspectacular. Maybe not quite up to the level of some of the better options in Tempe/​Phoenix. However, it is priced right & the quality is good.
The regular menu items are better, in my opinion. However, things do get a bit expensive when you add up the entrée, the rice, and the bread all as separate charges.
***PRO TIP*** — you can cut down the bill a little by using the coupon on their website, just pull it up on your phone & show them!!!
My favorite dish on the menu is the Chicken Makhani. Butter chicken is one of my favorite Indian dishes, and India Garden does it right! The tandoori chicken pieces are delicious & the gravy is super rich. I have also tried the Chicken Tikka Masala, Chicken Vindaloo, Saag Paneer, & Muttar Paneer. All of them are very good.
If you like Indian food & live in the West Valley, this place is worth checking out & saving yourself a trip across town when the curry cravings come calling!

Recently me and a friend of mine when here for the lunch buffet.
While we ate most of the lunch items provided, I decided to dig in to the sweet section. I found «gulab jamun» (fried dough in sugar syrup) and decided to get some. As I took a big spoonful and put it in my bowl, I found a COCKROACH in the bowl. I informed the lady working there and asked her to dispose off the entire bowl they had served. I am not sure if this was done, as they promptly brought the bowl outside.
She asked me to try it again– To which I promptly refused.
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The service here is great. They are very welcoming and accommodating. This was our forth visit to the restaurant but two other times we had the buffet. This trip we arrived late after a movie just prior to closing and they were more than willing to serve us. They told us to take our time after we ordered they began to close up but they expected us to take our time and not feel rushed. They explained they would be staying late to work on the following days prep. It was great to have the place to ourselves and have an attentive staff. The food is great. On this visit I had the Chicken Vindaloo. The husbear had the Chicken Tikka Masala. Both were with rice and garlic naan. This family place will be sure to satisfy your Indian cuisine needs.
The restaurant is clean, modern and well maintained.

Excellent food.
The proprietor is happy to come out and explain every dish. The menu is not limited, and the bar is stocked with top shelf liquor.
And what you can eat here is not restricted to what is on the menu. For example, the owner mentioned several additional types of naan they would serve us. We ordered the naan with raisins.