Dele

EDIT: I think Dele is actually Tikka Korner:
. The name/​ownership seems to have changed a couple of times, so I was confused. Just in case, I posted this same review for Tikka Korner.
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Dele was one of the only restaurants open in the area after midnight, and coming from a long flight and a long BART ride from SFO, a dinner buffet was a very welcome sight.
For that time of the night, there was a pretty large selection of the dishes you might expect: Many colourful liquids, as the previous reviewer said, but also pakora, chicken tandoori (nice and tender), and one dish with mixed broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, onions, and carrots (maybe a bit overcooked, but what do you expect from a midnight buffet?). There was even goat curry, which in my experience is rare in an Indian food buffet. Everything was mildly spiced and tended to taste similar.
The salad buffet had lettuce, a couple of different chutneys and yogurts, watermelon, and rice pudding. It’s possible they offer more things during the daytime.
The man working at the counter kindly let me have my fill in a take-​out carton, and even asked me if I wanted butter on my roti (no thank you). You get a free mango lassi (refreshing, but VERY sweet) for checking in on Unilocal.
The all-​you-​can eat dinner buffet came to just over $ 9 after tax. It’s maybe $ 1 – 2 cheaper for lunch.

Dele is a recently opened pakistani/​indian buffet that steadies its aim at the poor college student. This place is so new that they still have the El Sombrero Taqueria sign hanging over above. They’re located right across from McDonald’s and they have a green awning with their name on it. What’s odd is that their awning says «Mexican, Pakistani, Indian.» They serve Mexican too? I didn’t get any enchiladas when I was there.
The food is mostly just a selection of different curries and stuff cooked in colorful liquids. Usually I find tandoori chicken a dry dish, but here it’s a very liquid-​y dish. I’m guessing they make everything to be in a liquid bath so everything stays moist plus they can hide the actual amount of produce/​meat that they have in the dish (which is hardly any). Many of their dishes contain meat but you’ll have a hard time finding any. There is a salad bar but it’s very tiny. For dessert they only had rice pudding and an empty metal container of gulab jamun. I really wanted some gulab jamun…
You pretty much serve yourself like at any other buffet. They do bring you a basket of garlic naan yet this only seems to benefit the restaurant so I don’t eat anymore of their precious watery curries. The place is run by a couple of guys. There’s one guys who shuffles about and takes plates away while the main guy runs the cashier. On paying he did ask how everything was and if the curries were spicy enough. I replied that the curries could’ve been hotter; however, they could have also used more flavor, produce, meat, and a light touch.
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Only go if you’re desperate. There are plenty of other good pakistani/​indian places in the area.