Tadka Restaurant

The buffet is spicier than other Indian buffets in the Northeast Ohio area. They have Chinese food as well since the buffet for Tadka is hosted in the connected eatery, Inchin’s Bamboo Garden. They have fruit for dessert as well as fruit custard, sticky donut balls and a Tapioca drink. The buffet is yummy and is around $ 15.00. I went with my friend on Christmas day and it was packed way past the lunch closing time!

Pathetic service. They have Chinese and Indian place connected but you do not have luxury to eat what ever you like. They blame Caucasian management for this issue and don’t serve us Indian right. I would not eat here again

First will start with the seating arrangement. chair/​table were so low & uncomfortable to sit & eat. now coming to food. we ordered chicken hakka noodle & veg manchurian. the guy told me that they have thick noodle, but he gave me thin vermicelli type noodle. taste was average though. chicken manchurian was also ok. not bad. We tried in tadka columbus which was horrible. Now after trying here, i am confirmed they are bad everywhere. I will never ever visit this restaurant again.

Worst service, worst response, I had to wait for 15 min to get water and occupancy was just 10%!!!
Only visit if you are ok with 45 min of wait time for order and another 30 min for food
Very disappointed

So I do try and hit up Indian places when I’m craving the food so I went here because my fiancé’s grandfather was talking about this place and said it was very good lol So we convinced his mom to take a trip here and have Indian for the first time.
The place is very big but it’s also connected with a Chinese food place next door so it’s a bit confusing when you walk in. But I did like the overall atmosphere of the place. Nice and relaxing, looked really clean too. The bathrooms were immaculate too lol We were literally the only people in there at this time so I can tell ya the service was fast haha
I ordered the chicken tikka masala because I’m a coward and always order that when I want Indian food haha. I also had naan bread and we ordered two appetizers. My usual– vegetable samosa and something different this time. I can’t remember the name of it but it was a fried patty type hash brown thing that had spinach and potato inside it and it was really good! You’ll see it on the menu under appetizers — you can’t miss it. Just read the description.
My only complaint– I asked for mild sauce (I know I’m a wimp) but the sauce was pretty hot actually. I’d say it was more on the medium side. I still ate it but I just hate chugging my water or soda after every bite. I like to enjoy the taste of my food– not burn my tongue. But overall– it was delicious! And we had tons of left overs haha

This review is based on the lunch buffet only. This place has easily one of the top 3 Indian buffets in Cleveland!
They have a huge selection of Indian and Indo-​Chinese food to pick from on the buffet. Everything from the typical warm, fluffy naan, vegetable fritters, Tandoori Chicken, Curry Chicken, and Chicken Briyani to Szechuan Lamb, Mongolian chicken, Chili Pepper Chicken, and these fried fish things. They also have soup, and bread pudding, kheer (rice pudding), fruit custard, and fresh fruit for dessert. The buffet includes a dosa station where you have your choice or 6 or so dosa varieties that are made right in front of you! Dosas are a large, thin crêpe rolled up with savory ingredients like paneer, curry potatoes, masala, or a number of other fillings that I have yet to try. They offer two kinds of dipping sauces to accompany your dosa.
Although Tadka is a chain restaurant, it really is good and the variety of dishes offered on the buffet can’t be beat! Each time I’ve gone, the place has been filled with Indian customers, so you KNOW it’s a good place! :P
Service is great in that they clear your plates and refill your water quickly. The décor is really snazzy and modern looking and the restaurant is very clean. The weekend lunch buffet is a bit more than other Indian buffets around Cleveland at $ 15, (used to be $ 13) but the variety of dishes makes it worth it!
I’m glad I don’t live closer, or I’d come here more often and start packing on the pounds rather quickly!

Came in and ordered a three course meal with my family with soup, some paratha, and chicken Tikka and rasmalai. The service was the worst ever and the food was not on point. The «birbali shorba» was basically hit water with some food coloring. So I told them to cancel that order as soon as I tasted one spoon. The server said it cannot be done so I told her to call the manager. Some other server came and asked me what’s going and I told him simply wanted to cancel my soup order. He said it can’t be done so I told him to call the manager. Both the servers failed to do so and never came back to fill our waters. For a place with less than authentic Indian food and incompetent illegal employees that work under the table, a one star rating will suffice. Not my first time eating here with my family with and experiencing bad service. There are several other times where a larger Indian gentleman with a mustache took our order without writing it down and brought us back the wrong order. I hope the management will hear out these complaints and take them into consideration.
Pros:
Excellent ambience
Great décor
Clean
Warm
Smells good!

Nice décor, friendly and attentive waitstaff, and good quality Indian food make for a pleasant experience. Not the best Indian place I’ve ever been, but certainly worth a return visit.

Update:
Great weekend buffet dosas! Improved service…

This was my first time eating here and I was happy with it. The food was okay and plentiful. The décor of the restaurant was nice. The waitress was nice and helpful — we had the recommendation she made from a menu that was a bit difficult to navigate. I’m not a huge fan of Indian food, but it seemed to be okay. My friend loved it and is ready to go back immediately. I can take it or leave it. There just didn’t seem to be the special something that makes me want to go back.

Best Indian food in the entire OHIO! Absolutely love the curries! The quantities are good and the staff is awesome. Try the hara bhara kabab, paneer tikka masala and malai kofta. The naan are soft and freshly made. A must try!

Tadka is probably the best place in Cleveland for Indian food. large selection of foods, great décor and atmosphere. You can get both the Indian and Indian Chinese cuisines here.

Where do I begin… Worst Customer Service ever…
Went to TADKA to celebrate a colleague’s birthday. We started with some drinks and placed our order for the food, which was a mix of both Indian and Indo chinese. The waiter made some snide comments on what we were ordering! Strike 1…
The drinks were served and the waiter asked us to repeat the order again… had a very arrogant attitude, didn’t wait till we finished repeating the order and said OK OK and and left. All the dishes we ordered we were placed on the table, we were short on 1 naan bread and mentioned it to the waiter, he said we didn’t ask for it… but later after some discussion, we got the the naan. the curries and the naans were piping hot but the schezwan chicken noodles that we ordered were cold and we wanted to send it back… he stared arguing about how the dish was hot and he put his finger into our food… we were stunned and after a lot of arguing, he decided to send us another plate… but we had lot our interest in that dish… Strike 2.
Later we heard the same waiter argue with another table and we were just observing the conversation… The chicken dish that we ordered was really bad and no one wanted to eat it… so we had to call him again and say that the chicken tasted off… and he started arguing with us again… i mentioned that the other table was also complaining. and he started raising his voice at us and the other customer began to support us… we asked to speak to the manager and he said he was the manager… and the other customer was like — I am not coming back again… the waiter/​manager didnt care and said thanks… Strike 3…
We are not going back to that restaurant again… we were discussing about the event in the office the next day and some of our other colleagues said they have faced/​heard of such instances before…
and SHAME on TADKA for having such a Manager, that too in the service business, inspite of so many incidents…

After a horrendous experience more than a year ago, we have been to this place few times now.
Food quality has definitely improved. The taste, flavors and overall quality of food is now very good.
We have had their buffet as well as a la carte Punjabi and Indochinese food. And there is consistency in quality.
This place did have one of the best ambience of an Indian restaurant in the Cleveland area.
They do have new serving staff which is a good change. But they do have that one guy who casually puts food on your table without a smile or even saying anything. They still don’t check on you to see if everything is OK like most restaurants do.
Just ignore the poor service and go for the food!

Have been a few times. The restaurant is connected to Inchin’s Bamboo Garden next door. You can order from either menu.
First time I went hear was because the Inchin’s Bamboo Garden was booked for a party. The had a Indian buffet. We were able to try different things. There is one word for this place SPICY!

Very stylish, clean décor, one of the larger buffet spreads I’ve seen at an Indian restaurant, plus a chaat buffet and made-​to-​order dosa. This place had so much promise.
Specializing in Indian and Chinese cuisine (and even some Thai dishes), they do a lot of things, but none of them particularly well unfortunately. I tried every single dish out of the 15 or so available and didn’t enjoy a single one. I was full, though, so I got that going for me. I guess if you want to stuff yourself silly and still not really be satisfied somehow, then Tadka is for you. Tadka is not for me.
You can find cheaper, better options elsewhere. $ 15 for what is essentially filler food is not worth it.

Best South Indian Buffet (esp Saturday and Sunday) in the Cleveland area. It’s not your typical American Indian food with Tikka Masalas, Mutter Panneers, etc… it’s much better than that! Dosas, Chaat and a huge buffet with spiced meats, currys, etc.
I especially liked the option to have a Dosa made fresh in front of us. Pack it in without the cheese (that’s the American flavor) and enjoy the coconut or tamarind sauces with it. Yum!

As a brown person forever in search of good Indian food, Tadka is probably the best place in Cleveland. Their weekend buffet serves south Indian food (dosas), chaat, and a mix of Indian and Indo-​Chinese food, which are all very good! My favorites include the dosas and the chicken 65. Come for lunch and be happily sleepy/​full for the rest of the day!

Very scary walked in and walked out!
Went to the rail instead!

Great attentive service with a wonderful buffet selection. Be sure to try a bit of everything as I did my first time here. Spacious dining area and a décor that matches the essence of the true Indian flavors.