Albany Tandoori

Unmatched Tasty Food with Warm Service

Nestled precariously amid a boulevard of culinary mediocrity, this restaurant manages to emerge as something of an unpolished gem. Stepping inside, you're greeted by a cozily chaotic ambiance, bustling with genial warmth from the staff, who ripple through the rooms like the calm swells preceding a storm. Despite a few inconsistent stumbles in service—alarming stories abound on delayed deliveries and orphaned phone calls—it becomes clear that the in-restaurant experience significantly outshines its takeaway counterpart. Inside, the waitstaff cradles you in a professionalism both bolstering and intimate, transforming even minor missteps into forgivable footnotes with genuine charm and attentiveness.

A noteworthy value proposition accompanies their imaginative menu, which promises more than it obfuscates. My foray into the lamb bore testament to flavors both robustly developed and skillfully layered—a tender pink symphony some might deem underdone, though that hardly diminished the companion's delight. Yet, the restaurant has reportedly struggled with consistency in their takeout venture, with ambitious narratives of wrong orders slipping into dreary vignette backgrounds. Set against the fairly reasonable price hierarchy, the transcendent quality of dishes savored within these walls earn my compliance to overlook the sporadic hiccup; perhaps when quaffed within this welcoming enclave, even cold delivery instances don't seem like the same beast at all. — Nigel Gourmet