Amber Indian

Quick and dirty:  Comfortable restaurant with a good food selection.  Very good food and excellent service.  This is the second time we have been there since the restaurant changed ownership.  The quality significantly improved with the change in ownership.  Unlike the former ownership, bread is included with the meal.  Highly recommended.

We went there at around 6 PM on Friday, February 1st (I'm a bit behind on my reviews).  They consistently had three to four tables filled during time we were there.

We had chicken pakora, chicken tikka masala, shrimp tikka masala, and plain paratha.

Chicken pakora:  Strips of chicken that is breaded, spiced, and deep fried.  Well done and flavorful.  The portion was easily large enough to share.  Recommended.

Chicken tikka masala:  Ordered medium spicy.  Well prepared and very flavorful without being too hot.  The sauce was of a good consistency that well coated the chicken.  The rice was toothsome and could stand on its own.  Recommended.

Shrimp tikka masala:  Ordered spicy.  The shrimp were relatively small (20 per pound size), but of reasonable quantity.  As with the chicken tikka masala, it was well prepared.  I compared the sauces, and the spicy was hotter than the medium spicy, but not significantly so.  For those that prefer Indian-level spice, I would recommend going to the "hot" level. Recommended.

-had lunch w/D here yesterday.  They open at 11:00 & we went at 11:30 to see what was fresh on the buffet.  This is an off-shoot of one of my fav. Indian restaurants with the same name located on Meridian St in Carmel.

We had a delightful lunch, but of course I'm going to critque.  
I think their lunch buffet is quite a bit smaller than Meridian Street, but not the price. (go figure)  (I'm going to call them "lil sista' ", like I do w/Harry & Izzy's related to St. Elmos)  There is less of each, such as salads, veggie dishes & entrees.  They did have some of my fav's, such as Tika Masala, Tandoori Chic, veggie rice, Pakora (fried veggies), naan, tamarind sauce, & gulab jamun (honey balls).  The Daal Curry was missing the daal (lentils), I missed the spinach paneer, & I really missed the entree of either goat or lamb.  They had neither.  All in all we enjoyed everything and will be going back.  Location to your living quarters says alot!